that was a lifetime ago. that was a lifetime ago. but, you know, she made a big point, if she was born in iowa, this was going to be her state. this was going to be so you think she might drop out or, given her money situation? soul searching is what you i think, yes. and if you re rick perry, what justification do you have for going forward? just because you ve got money in the bank? the justification of going forward, i talked to rick perry today. he said he s the only conservative who can mount a national effort, fund-raising effort, against mitt romney. can he make that case after tonight? harder, but we ll see what happens with santorum. see how santorum performs in new hampshire. perry s not going to new hampshire. perry s going to south carolina. southern governor, conservative, a tea party message. look, he understands, he blew it in the early debates. the voters in iowa never forgave him for those gaffes. he s going to try one more time in south carol
the streamers come off the great lakes piling up some of the snow there and more lake-effect snow expected, maybe another five to ten inches on top of what we ve already seen in this area. as far as what we re looking at for day time high, chilly. across iowa, chilly. temperatures in the single digits without the wind now in iowa and it will rise into the 30s throughout the day today. by iowa standards, not too bad. thank you, mr. marciano. good stuff. by the way, i don t know if you ve noticed, every morning we like to get you ahead of the news cycle, even at 6:00 in the morning. not just get caught up in the news, what s happening in the news and the stories actually developing that will be big tonight. and talks with chinese leaders focusing on north korea. curt campbell, assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs will be there, will visit south korea and japan during a four-day trip. and a potential break in a cold murder case in massachusetts. are you ready for
maybe they thought they were in death valley, california. what is it going to look like today? 127? it s a cold morning. good morning. we have the snow yesterday. the lake-effect snow machine was in full blast. lake michigan, grand rapids got it pretty good. cleveland, ohio got it pretty good. northern indiana. you go right across every major lake and city and everyone saw some snow yesterday. syracuse, buffalo, rochester, even this morning in areas between cleveland and the areas you re still seeing snow. the big forecast is out in iowa. a lot of people wondering what the weather is going to be. it affects the turnout. and right now it s a cold morning. there s no doubt about it. zero in mason city. des moines has a wind chill of three. davenport, two. a lot of the big cities are cold. go through the afternoon, the winds are going to die down. there is no snow. by iowa standards, once we get highs in the 30s in most cases, des moines, 39, not bad at all. we re going to see a decen
2012. we were getting you up to speed on the bizarre fires. look at this man with the ponytail. he s been arrested. this is the worst string of fires in that city since the riots of 92. get this. there may be annism grags beef allegedly involved with this arrest. lots more to tell yu about that. that s coming up. he looked like he was kind of smirking in that video. a man accused of killing a park ranger is found dead fats down in a waterfall. apparently the exposure to all the cold there. the mountain is shut down as the rangers regroup and mourn the loss of one of their own. we don t worry so much that the sniper is out there. they ve shut down the search. they pretty much figure they ve got the guy. also, did you feel it this morning when you woke up or did you have to shovel it? it has been a serious cold day in the midwest. it s basically slamming us this weather. it s actually moving into the east as well. a couple feet of snow in some places in the great lak
michigan with visibility dropping down to zero at times, dangerous driving conditions, no doubt about that, and it will be windy across parts of western p.a. and upstate new york with 40 mile an hour plus winds potentialee potentially right through the rest of the day. places like new york city, if you re traveling out of those airports, we ll see delays throughout the afternoon. cleveland to say the least with the snow will see some of that also. some chillier air all the way down to west palm beach, with wind-chill advisories there. it is cold in iowa. not snowing but cold. and tomorrow we expect high temperatures in the mid 30s, which by iowa standards is pretty nice. good election weather. kyra, back to you. well, it s 2012. and the november election doesn t seem so far off right now. we re going to take you back to the center of the political universe, if you don t mind, right after the break. a lot of iowans haven t made up their minds about who to vote for tomorrow. but that c