we were here. we had no results on caucus night. they had a new fancy app that they were using, which didn t work at all. you know, might seem cliche to ask you about the weather, but what about the weather? it s going to be below zero. we talked to these candidates. they talked about how good their turnout is, how hard that they worked to get people to show up. is that a factor when it s below zero? it is. we ve faced this before. essentially as a sight director and caucus chair, we all come with our snow blowers and snow shovels. try to call as many of our volunteers to bring their snow shovels. ultimately most iowans are used to the weather. they will come out. martha: steve, what is your feel? you can t talk about who you support as a chair. what is your feel for how this will go? i think based on the fact that donald trump was the prior
57 past the hour. more than 40 states from washington and massachusetts and more than 100 million americans are being impacted by winter storms on the move today. take a look at this video out of panama city beach, florida. tornado destroyed homes and overturned cars. in south dakota, snow blowers and plowers are out as the midwest braces for another dumping of snow. bill, what s going on and where is this thing heading? jose, we have many life threatening conditions happening now in many different states. we ll start with the tornados. we can call this a tornado outbreak. we know of one fatality. an 80-year-old woman in a mobile home got hit this morning just outside of dothan, alabama. in panama city, the tornado came through before sunrise and did significant damage there. so the tornado threat continues. we have watches that extend from fort myers, tampa, jacksonville,
winds could cause black ice, vehicle pileups, and power blackouts. joining me now from scranton, pennsylvania, is nbc news correspondent george soliz. george, a lot colder than what you and i are used to, so give us the latest. this big storm system heading where you are, actually, in pennsylvania. how are people in your area getting ready for this potential storm? yeah, this is a good opportunity, katie, for people to pick out the shovels, test out their snow blowers. in the scranton area, we re expecting 4 to 8 inches of snow. some pockets seeing up to a foot of snow, so, obviously, a lot of people on notice. that s a little bit closer to the coastline of new york, new jersey, unfortunately, they re not going to get that white, winter wonderland they were expecting. they might see a little bit of snow, but that s going to move over into some rain. still, though, obviously, good habits to make sure that your equipment is stopped, all your supplies or stop, because there s another st