when we get this done can you go out there and bring it home? tomorrow night we caucus and win the primary and we win the general. bill: the stage is set. first votes in the 2024 election will be tallied hours from now. tonight in iowa voters get their first verdict on the republican presidential field when they go to caucus. we ve waited a long time for this one, right? it s finally here. w welcome to a frigid iowa. i m bill hemmer. great to kick it off with you. all right. let s go. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it s cold outside, warm inside. the iowans are saying what are you complaining about? we ll be fine. if they re not worried maybe we shouldn t be worried for voter turnout. the coldest in history, frigid weather and a wild card that could maybe have a major impact on turnout. the candidates will make their final pitches today across the state to deliver last-minute bids to win over voters. all pockets of the hawkeye state could hold
Deep freeze, 110 Million americans living under Windchill Warnings and advisories and bone chilling temps crippling Power Grids up and down the country. In Iowa Weather and politics coming headtohead. Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean with the forecast for the hawkeye state. What is that, janice . Thats more than pink behind you. This is windchill. What it feels like when you go outside and you have exposed skin. The body that Cant Deal with all of this cold air and the wind combined. Feeling like Minus 46 in my not. Minus 39 in bismarck and into iowa and temperatures and windchills are bitter. It will be the coldest caucus on record. As you heard folks, it wont deter them. We dont have a winter storm, right . There is no snow or blowing snow. No ice, although i did hear Steve Duesy earlier say some of the roads arent plowed. That will be a problem
deep freeze, 110 million americans living under windchill warnings and advisories and bone chilling temps crippling power grids up and down the country. in iowa weather and politics coming head-to-head. senior meteorologist janice dean with the forecast for the hawkeye state. what is that, janice? that s more than pink behind you. this is windchill. what it feels like when you go outside and you have exposed skin. the body that can t deal with all of this cold air and the wind combined. feeling like minus 46 in my not. minus 39 in bismarck and into iowa and temperatures and windchills are bitter. it will be the coldest caucus on record. as you heard folks, it won t deter them. we don t have a winter storm, right? there is no snow or blowing snow. no ice, although i did hear steve duesy earlier say some of the roads aren t plowed. that will be a problem.
we re talking higher than tropical storm force in some locations. 63 miles per hour for the peak wind gusts in buffalo. this will likely cause widespread power outages, which as we know with those arctic temperatures that we have been tracking in other locations of the country as this system continueses to work its way to the east, have been very impactful. we don t want to lose power in wide ved areas when our temperatures are sub zero. these are the dangerously cold temperatures we re dealing with right now. you can see places like pier, minus 46 with windchill. 40 below in carney. we look to kansas city and it s just 1 degree below for your actual temperature. it s not just parts of the plains or upper midwest. it s also going to dip into the south, where we ll see this arctic air thx powerful cold air set until for friday, saturday and sunday. atlanta, just 12 degrees for saturday. now the airport impacts will be immense i m sure you heard all
so, they probably want to keep him hidden. hey, they did it the entire campaign. he was allowed campaign for president out of his basement. never pressed on anything. ice cream photo op.s and went down in the basement. this is nothing new. they do not want joe biden out in front of the cameras. they don t want kamala harris out in want photograph the cameras either. no one out there representing america. nobody answering questions for anybody. unfortunately it s to the detriment of the american people. ainsley: thank you, lara, for coming on. happy birthday to eric. thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. all right. let s check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for fox weather forecast. hey, j.d. janice: good morning. the cold air and snow the big headlines today. take look at it. cold air as far as south as texas. parts of tennessee and kentucky area as we have our next storm developing. and wind chills, minus 46 in parts of north dakota. minus 8 in chicago.