Express over the weekend. Lets get to it. First from the desk this monday, donald trump has taken the lead in iowa one week before the nations first president ial contest. Thats according to a brand new fox news poll. He now leads ted cruz by 11 points. Three weeks ago ted cruz was up by three, a statistical tie. Marco rubio, the only other candidate in double digits. Now theres word another billionaire might be getting into the race. The New York Times reports the former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg would likely launch a thirdparty run if it looks like the nominee will be trump or cruz versus Bernie Sanders. Mayor bloomberg has been a republican and a democrat. Hes now registered as an independent. He is richer than donald trump, and trump is apparently getting serious as we head into the home stretch. He normally flies back to one of his homes after his rallies, but the New York Times reports he actually stayed overnight in iowa this weekend at a Holiday Inn Express no doubt
Showers. The first time its rained in times square on new years eve since 1994. Thats the year i graduated from high school. I dont know if theres a connection to that at all. Jennifer gray joining me now live from the cnn weather cen r center. It could get a little ugly, jenner. It could. Once it starts raining in times square, its not going to stop. So all of those people waiting for the ball to drop, theyre going to be in for the long haul. Its going to be raining in philadelphia, d. C. , as well. And all of these cities to the west. Chicago, cleveland, cincinnati, st. Louis, and even some storms all the way down the Mississippi River valley, into places like baton rouge, new orleans, very popular new years eve spots could be soaked for tonight. There is also a Severe Weather risk, and that extends from the south up to places like lexington, where we could see damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and even the possibility of hail. So some very serious new years eve weather conditions