degrees below zero. alex perez live in chicago. rob marciano timing this out tonight and tomorrow. also tonight, the new video just in. the u.s.-led air strikes against iranian-backed militants. the houthi rebels in yemen. the u.s. firing more than 80 tomahawk cruise missiles, dozens of targets hit. what the white house is saying tonight about concerns over a wider war. mary bruce with late reporting. new images not seen before from inside the cabin of that alaska airlines flight just moments before the door plug tore off at 16,000 feet, leaving that huge hole in the cabin. the haunting images of what it was like in the holes near that row in the plane. three days to go until the iowa caucuses and this is what they re dealing with. tonight, ron desantis still campaigning. nikki haley had to call off in-person events. donald trump isn t there but trump does lead in the polls by 30 points. a win by that margin would be historic. but it all depends on who turns out. a u.
iowa blinding snow, impassible roads, a ferocious blizzard hitting the state. and with just three days to go until the caucuses, it s a potential gamechanger. nikki haley canceling all her in-person events today, but ron desantis, who s staked his entire campaign on a strong showing here, still out on the stump. i ll brave whatever we have to. nothing is handed to you in this life, much less a presidential nomination. so if you have to go trudge through snow to be able to earn the vote, you trudge through snow to be able to earn the vote. reporter: in ankeny, a few dozen people pushing through the dangerous cold to hear the florida governor speak. i m really impressed that so many people came out given the weather. we are going to be i m going full speed ahead with whatever we have, but we want people to be safe. reporter: desantis has visited iowa more than any of the major candidates. he s had 165 events, haley 79. donald trump has only logged 35 stops, and he s the only
stopped with impassible roads. glad he is there. hope we will start bringing you pictures to get help soon. let s get a check of cnn money. global stocks higher as the u.s. and canada get a deal done. big win for the u.s. president. the third quarter ended yesterday. this was the best quarter for the s&p 500 in five years. gaining 7%. stocks up thanks to strong co corporate earnings. the u.s. trade war with china is a hurdle as well as the midte s midterms. elon musk will step down settling charges in the s.e.c. in august, musk tweeted he secured funding to take tesla private which boosted the stock price. the s.e.c. said that wasn t true. musk will pay the fine and leave the board. he stays on as ceo.
despite all of the bungling this week there is still a lot of potentially damning evidence still to collect in the killing of reeva steenkamp. we are told shorts might just stick with the very tough premeditated murder charge and we could find out as early as friday, shep. shepard: greg palkot live in johannesburg. a fox weather alert now. if you are in the midwest batten down the hatches. giant winter storm that started in california is now barreling across the plains and by the time all is said and done this system will have hit just about every single state in the lower 48. take a look at the weather map. the folks in the center of this thing could see a foot and a half of snow. talking, nebraska,, kansas, parts of missouri. and this is the scene in st. louis. in other area, whiteout conditions. a blizzard with blinding snow. impassible roads. flights canceled all over the place. and this is wichita, kansas. because the storm is so