iowa. polls show former president trump has a commanding lead there and nikki haley, ron desantis, they re battling out for second place. yesterday haley the former u.n. ambassador took aim at her old boss. she told voters the former president was, quote, good at breaking things, but wasn t good at fixing them. she also said that chaos follows trump and pitched herself as a new generational leader that will leave the baggage behind. for those that want me to hit trump more, i just am not going to do it. i told you that i m not going to do it. if he lies about me, i will call him out on it. if he s done something wrong, whether it s the economy or how he talks about dictators and those things, i ll call him out on every one of those issues, but i just think politics is personal enough and i think let s focus on the issues and getting america back on track. the former president was also
there are those who are trying to pull us backward. in this moment we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard-fought, hard-won freedoms and rights. tune into the republican presidential debate moderated by jake tapper and dana bash live from iowa on wednesday, 9:00 p.m. eastern, only on cnn. let s look now at other political headlines and congress is returning to capitol hill tomorrow with several pressing issues to address after several days off for the holidays. lawmakers are facing a deadline to avoid a government shutdown, two deadlines to be exact. funding for several agencies is due to expire on january 19th and also in february there is also an issue the issue of military funding for israel and ukraine and also funding for iowan and also broader concerns about the security at the u.s. southern border. house speaker mike johnson and
potentially large amounts of snow. a look at the forecast for today, the bulk will be focused across the southwestern u.s., then we shift over into the southern plains and the central u.s. by the time we get to the evening and especially into monday morning. this is also when wind becomes a factor with this system. now you ve got snow but also blowing snow, reducing that visibility down to basically zero for several states, making travel a virtually impossible in some of these states. then the system continues to make its way east bringing heavy rain along the gulf coast but beginning to shift snow and ice into areas of the midwest, places like chicago, milwaukee, even omaha, in the southeast it s not just the heavy rain but also the potential for severe thunderstorms, too. you re talking about a lot of moisture regardless of whether you re getting snow or rain, it s going to be a lot of it. a lot of these areas where the snow you re looking at widespread totals of at least a half a fo
litigated piecemeal rather than having one ruling say, okay, now you ve got to go. shan wu, thank you. sure thing. still to come, the head of the ntsb is describing the alaska airlines accident as a pretty terrifying event, obviously. now investigators are trying to find the panel that blew out shortly after takeoff. they re asking for the public s help. plus a winter storm is plowing through the u.s. and there s yet another more powerful coming right behind t we have your forecast. and national rifle association chief wayne lapierre is resigning ahead of a civil trupgs trial that s expected to start tomorrow. what this might mean for the knew tour of the nra.
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