right now on early start, lost at sea. the all-out search under way to find a small sub that was taking tourists to the titanic. and new talks to bring americans detained in china back home. and tropical storm gaining strength, tomorrow it could be a hurricane. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. it is a race against time to find the five people aboard that submersible. contact with the craft was lost sunday. it has only about four days worth of life support aboard. a billionaire is one of the five passengers along with a father and son from pakistan. brian todd has more. reporter: an urgent search and rescue operation is under way in the north atlantic to find a lost submersible with five people aboard. coast guard has a ship and aircraft on the scene. canadian ships and planes joining the search as well. along with the polar prince, the vessel that transported the missing submersible to the site of the titanic wr
you get a fair shake. why would i allow a hostile network and allow people that are polling at zero, polling at zero, one is zero with an arrow left. why would i allow people at 1 and 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night. i don t think it s fair. that was former president donald trump s noncommittal answer on debating the other republican candidates because of their polling numbers when new data shows his own are starting to slip amid his federal indictment and the possibility of another indictment for january 6th coming this summer. the numbers are starting to slip, and you look at the people outside the hard core republican base, republicans and even independents leaning republican. you get outside of that to swing voters, to independents, to everybody else. something like 85% of those voters. i think he needs to drop out of the race right now. we ll have more on that ahead. also ahead, we re learning more about the plea deal for hunter biden as the
speeches in each precinct before the caucus goers vote for their candidate of choice. in a secret ballot. no early voting. no absentee voting. no veil in voting in this instance. the process can take a little while, but this, year could be the coldest iowa caucus ever. current forecast for monday night include record sub-zero temperatures, which, of course, could affect turnout. at this point, a force of nature might be the only thing that could prevent donald trump from winning the state. the latest poll of iowa conducted by suffolk university earlier this month shows the former president leading the pack with 54% of likely republican caucus goers saying they plan to support him. his closest rival, nikki haley, is 34 points behind. a 20%. if these numbers hold, trump has the opportunity to smash the record for the largest margin of victory in iowa gop history for a non incumbents. that s a record currently held by bob dole, who won the 1988 caucuses by 13 points. over pat ro
biden s plea deal. was it a sweetheart deal as republicans claim or was it tougher than what the average person would have received for the same offenses as biden supporters say. and her reaction? i m proud of my son. why would i let these people , 1 to 2% to be hitting me with questions all night? i don t think it s fair. and desperate hours for crews in the atlantic ocean as the five passengers inside that missing submersible approach the end of the supply and a new report uncovers major safety concerns around the company that will the craft. good day everyone. diplomatic flareup is breaking out between the white house and china, one day after the secretary of state had a historic meeting with president xi . biden has created a furor in beijing over the off-the- cuff remark , it was at an off- camera political fundraiser in california. biden called president xi a dictator and suggested the chinese leader was embarrassed because he did not know in advance that the
i m jose diazdiaz-balart. u.s. and other coalitions announced retaliatory strikes in yemen. and we ll talk to mark pocan about what he says the white house must do first before launching anymore strikes. and this weekend will mark 100 days since hamas shocking massacre of at least 1200 israelis. how the families of the hostages are observing that day. and in iowa, blizzard conditions force at least two republican presidential candidates to cancel campaign events. how the weather could impact turnout with just three days until the caucuses. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east. the u.s. along with a coalition of other countries carry out a series of strikes in yemen targeting strike necessary say are being used by iranian-backed houthis. u.s. air force central command said it launched over 100 precision guided munitions across 16 locations used by the houthis. over the past several months, the houthis have launched more than two dozen attacks