Here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with a bitter blast of arctic air in the central and eastern u. S. More than 200 million americans will see below average temperatures today. More than a half dozen states are waking up p to temperatures near or below freezing. Temperatures are expected to plunge again beginning next week, and a Daring Rescue unfolded in the frigid waters of the Niagara River in upstate new york. First responders pulled a man from the water just above the American Falls in buffalo yesterday. Forecasters say the air temperature in Niagara Falls was 31 degrees, but it felt like 25. The cold temperatures could also bring heavy snow to many state. Parts of new england may see more than six inches of snow today. Now to campaign 2020. Michael bloomberg is positioning himself to enter the president ial race. The 77yearold billionaire and former new york city mayor would enter a crowded democratic field led by joe biden and Senators Elizabeth
In your forecast. The Iowa Caucuses ended with the closest democratic results in history. Now the party says it is reviewing complaints from both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders about the final delegate totals. Totals. In at least six cases a coin toss made clinton the winner. The Democratic Party calls it fair accurate and legal and says it does not expect the numbers to change. The party says reviews the processes after every caucus event to improve. Happening right now, now,republican candidates are debating in New Hampshire. Its their final chance to reach voters primary. A number of issues are being discussed including what happened on monday in iowa. Thats when ted cruz supporters told caucusgoers that doctor ben carson was dropping out of the race. I was very dissapointed that members of his team thought so little of me that they ttught that after having hundreds if not thousands of volunteers and College Students who sacrificed their time and were dedicated to the cause, one
Across Northern Iraq and now one group even threatening it will spread south. Radical militants seized two of the countrys major cities so far. They appear poised to launch attacks against baghdad itself. U. S. Officials confirm the Iraqi Government wants the u. S. To consider offering air support to slow renewed sectarian violence. Nbcs Richard Engel has more. Reporter the Iraqi Government is losing control of a large part of northern and central iraq. Some Iraqi Security forces are fighting. But most appear to be stripping off their uniforms, leaving them in the streets, and abandoning their posts, weapons and vehicles. Theyre retreating from islamic extremists who, today, consolidated control of iraqs second largest city mosul and advanced much further. Thousands of civilians are fleeing the area, living in tents. The u. S. Fought a nearly decades long war, costing thousands of american lives and a trillion dollars for this not to happen. The radicals are from an al qaeda offshoot,
Primary ballot in alabama. Why alabama has the first deadline where you have to sign up first. Now bloomberg declined to jump in months ago. So what changed his mind here . The New York Times reports that bloomberg sees weakness in the top tier of the democratic field and doesnt think that joe biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are Strong Enough to defeat President Trump. The 77yearold has Financial Resources no other democrats, really almost no other humans on earth can match. Hes also a former republican who turned democrat ahead of the midterm election. A democrat before he turned to a republican, before he turned to an independent, before he turned back into a democrat. And now we know he is likely running for president of the United States. We are also following several major developments on the impeachment front as well as investigators get ready for the first televised public hearings. Thats going to be next week. Meantime, acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney
His conversations with other administration officials, and there are signs tonight that the president s former National Security adviser, john bolton, who left in september, not on the best of terms, may be willing to cooperate with the investigation. Nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight at the capito reporter the newest transcript paints a damning picture of actions taken by the president s personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and u. S. Special envoy kurt volker. Deputy assistant secretary of state george kent told lawmakers that giuliani schemed with a series of corrupt ukrainians to wage a monthslong campaign of lies against thenu. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. Kent says the smears created a crisis that threatened to consume the u. S. Ukraine relationship. Kent says that after yovanovitch was sent home, special envoy volker informed the ukrainians that he was now in charge of ukrainian policy along with two trump confidants, ambassador to the e. U. Gordon sondland an