this is it, the official kickoff for the 2024 battle for the white house, and one state has the first shot at shaping the race. it s decision time in the bitter cold heartland. iowa has a huge, huge role to play here. this starts here. there is no way iowa is voting against trump. the first votes in a presidential contest that is testing american democracy in extraordinary ways. are you ready? will the former president and unprecedented legal peril get one step closer to a white house comeback? 2024 is our final battle. it s iowa s choice. tonight, after months of anticipation, the republican race gets real. donald trump aiming to drive home his dominance over his gop rivals. we got to be sure that we put this thing away. ron desantis and nikki haley. our best days are yet to come. engaging in a heated showdown to be the top alternative to trump. nikki haley is running on her donors issues. i m the only one running on your issues. he is going to
Pilots. These are good flyers. Plane,annot at the billions of dollars, and they say, this does not hold a candle to the old when we used to fly. It does not maneuver as well, work, we are talking billions and billions. What are we doing, folks . What are we doing . What are we doing . So, we need a special leader. We need a special leader. [chanting trump] say, the headlines blared, i do not believe those by the way because most of those pollsters do not like me. Im not saying anything that goes on innocently with pauline, lling, ok . Po but both of those groups dislike me. I was just interview, wheres jake . Is he here . He is a good man, he just interviewed me. Watch me at 9 00 sunday morning with jake on cnn. He is here someplace. He is a good man. He is maybe shy. He is here somewhere, but it is good. 9 00 on sunday morning. I think we will do great. Here is the story. I have never seen such press. My wife called, she said, are you ok, darling . How bad is it . They may did someone
Stacey a man is arrested after West Des Moines police say he intentionally set a woman on fire. Kccis Mark Tauscheck just back from West Des Moines. Mark true, this is hard to believe. 58yearold john moore, jr. Is charged with willful injury causing bodily injury. Officers say they were called to 127 8th street around 6 20 this morning in West Des Moines on a report of a person who had been burned. They say they found 54yearold Jackie Gilbert with burns on her upper body. She apparently waited almost 24 hours to report this. Gilbert told police she had been arguing with moore thursday morning, when he threw an unknown flammable substance on her and then set her on fire. Sgt. Kock this is a first for me. But i dont know i have ever heard of that before, someone intentionally lighting someone else on fire. Mark gilbert was taken to a hospital. Polk county jail. Look for much more on this breaking story tonight on air and online at kcci. Com. Steve thank you, mark. The school bus sign say
To 50 to 55 mph possible. As high pressur build sin behind this systems colder air works its way down from canada dropping highs on friday into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Tonight showers stor ms ending, windy low 3743 winds sw 1530 and gustythursday p cloudy, very windy high 50 low 40 friday m cloudy, stll windy high 43 low 33 saturday mostly sunny high 56 low 26 sunday mostly sunny high 58 low 36 monday chance of showers high 53 low 3 tuesday chance of showers high 49 low 42 tonight, the National Weather service confirmed that an ef1 tornado touched down near avoca. Thats a tow in Pottawattamie County in souuwest iowa. This tornados winds peaked at about 110 miles per hour, and they damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farmland. There are no reports of any injuries. In astern iowa, the storms damaged several outbuildings with Farm Machinery inside of them. This is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. And in iowa city, the storms scatter
Only on gma this morning. And good morning, america. Happy thursday. We are looking forward to welcoming diane sawyer back to gma. Of course, she has that interview with Jennifer Lawrence. Two kentucky women and theyre going to dig into that pay gap issue, an important debate for women everywhere. That is a little later. Always great to have diane in the studio with us. We begin with that large storm sweeping across the country. Ten reported tornadoes, nearly two feet of snow in some areas and wind gusts topping 80 miles an hour. Abcs rob marciano is in chicago this morning and starts us off. Good morning, rob. Good morning, robin. The winds howling all night long in chicago. The flags along Michigan Avenue for the most part have been 0 horizontal. 49mileanhour wind gust at the airport. 53 in west chicago. Even the big skyway bridge, flying debris. Thats just the win. This storm is whipping up snow and Severe Weather across the midwest. [ sirens ] reporter overnight, a massive storm sy