julie: we re on the homestretch, folks. the kickoff for the republican presidential nominating calendar, the iowa caucuses just three days away. eyes are on the candidates but also on the weather there. another major snowstorm is expected today. polar vortex expected to bring insanely freezing temps on caucus day. the contenders are looking to sway voters there way and convince them to even show up. i m julie banderas in for harris today. let s get into it. a new poll of likely iowa caucus goers showing former nikki haley pulling ahead in a battle for second before chris christie left the race. former president trump meantime standing at 54% support. haley at 20. desantis 13. vivek ramaswamy and chris christie with six and 2% respectively when the poll asked who voters preferred with chrissy out of the race, his two points going right into the haley column. a wall street journal piece with the headline haley/desantis food fight validates trump debate. they hammer each oth
to a lack of fuel as israel continues its military operation there. communications are also down for a second day in the enclave. the un s biggest agency in gaza says it is no longer able to bring in and distribute aid. as of this morning, no aid has come in as of this morning and this is due to the lack of fuel. so if we get in a shipment of fuel, yes, we will be able to go up to the border and pick up those trucks of much needed supplies. but we need fuel for that. live now to geneva to speak to dr margaret harris, a spokesperson for the world heath organization. the un is telling us they are begging for fuel right now. can you explain what happens in a hospital when there is no fuel or power? fix, when there is no fuel or power? hospital then is really reduced to a first aid station if you have no power. all you can do a google is look at what the problem is and try to pat somebody up, but you can t do surgery, you can t do any of the life saving things because you won t
have been canceled or postponed. former south carolina governor nikki haley had to move her in person town halls to tell town halls. desantis is trying to get to a couple events this afternoon. vivek ramaswamy is on the campaign trail right now out and about holding his events as usual. but because of these snowy conditions, the bus had to stay put. now as we look forward to caucus day, the big story is going to be those falling temperatures. they could fall to negative 14 degrees below 0 on caucus day when. when we asked caucus goers if that would deter them here is what they said. i will be inside. it will rarity the caucus, yes. diehard trump supporters will come out under any circumstance. there might be a view people but for the most part i don t