investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if he s reelected. then we ll talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go and republican candidates are battling an unexpected challenger, mother nature. as we look at iowa city right now, the temperature today, minus ten. the temperatures and forecast to warm up kind of, by caucus time tomorrow, but will remain below zero. conditions on the ground are treacherous for campaigners. it could hinder the ability of voters to get to caucus locations. however, the candidates are braving the weather today. they are blitzing nine cities and the crisscross on the state for
just a few hours. his remarks coming after a harrowing 24 hours in america yesterday when one gunman shot and killed four people inside a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma, before turning the gun on himself. the shooter whom officials say purchased his ar-15-style rifle just hours before he barged into the facility looking for a doctor he blamed for ongoing pain after back surgery. the tragic attack in tulsa was not the only one to take place. a prison inmate in dayton, ohio grabbed a security guard and fatally shot him. outside in los angeles, a student was shot outside a high school. that incident now among the two dozen acts of gun violence near schools that have taken place since the start of 2022. according to one count there have been 20 mass shootings just since the rampage in uvalde, texas, last week, which of course, became the country s deadliest mass shooting this year, just ten days after a white supremacist murdered ten people and wounded three others in a supermarket
week. the first, up the nfl. and unprecedented move postponing a playoff game with buffalo piled under by snow. that is supposed to happen in the game. frigid temperatures in iowa are expected to limit turnout to the gop caucus tomorrow. we have two reports from the coldest places we could think to send our reporters. one from the upper midwest, the other nation s heartland. first, jessie curb, so you have snow, but you re cold, and cold. how can you tell us about how it feels? it feels cold. colder when we have the wind picking up. we are in grand rapids, as you mentioned. there is quite a bit of snow out here in this neighborhood. the snow is still coming down, but they already have more than 70 inches that have been recorded in this community. the snow is expected to keep going in the great lakes region. you buffalo mentioned buffalo. parts of the area and buffalo,
you steve kornacki breaks down this iowa poll a bit more. heil be here at2:30 eastern time. you this headline. want to sh fears grow that trump will use the military in dictatorial ways if he returns to the white house. former lead investigator from the january six committee tim heaphy will talk about that next. he is here in studio. we re back in 60 seconds. e back in 60 seconds [city ambience sounds] [car screech] [car door slam] [camera shutter sfx] introducing ned s plaque psoriasis. [camera shutter sfx] he thinks his flaky, red patches are all people see. otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. [ned?] it can help you get clearer skin and reduce itching and flaking. with no routine blood tests required. doctors have been prescribing it for nearly a decade. otezla is also approved to treat psoriatic arthritis. don t use otezla if you re allergic to it. serious allergic reactions can happen. otezla may cause severe
derek van dam. dramatic snowstorms. yeah, those are incredible images we re seeing out of extreme western new york and some of the tellees are coming in from this three-day snow event and i m showing you buffalo, new york, because so much attention has been brought to that city. they did break a 24-hour daily record on saturday, 21.5 inches of snow. their three-day snowfall total 36.7 inches. that s the second snowiest three-day period in the month of november, but this is by no means the most amount of snow that was experienced across western new york. recall that this band of snow that s created this heavy lake effect has only been about 5 to 10 miles in diameter and it shifts and oscillates depending on the wind direction. it moves south of buffalo for a period of time, set up shop near the orchard park and hamburg region and proved over 6 1/2 feet or nearly 6 1/2 feet. that is incredible amounts of