hello, everyone. thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with the frigid, final stretch before the first votes of the 2024 presidential election. freezing weather causing major disruptions at the iowa caucus campaign trail. there are now just two days until caucus-goers make their picks. today, much of iowa is under a blizzard warning. temperatures dropping into the single digits. that s cooling off what s typically a fiery, final blitz for campaigns. candidates are scaling back in-person events across the hawkeye state, even as they try to lure those still undecided voters. cnn s jeff zeleny and jessica dean are braving the elements on the campaign trail. jeff, you first. how much of an impact is the weather expected to make leading up to monday s caucuses? reporter: frederica, there is no doubt, it will impact the number of republicans who turn out to the caucuses on monday night. all campaigns are scrambling to sort of assess how it is e
all right. good morning, everyone. it is saturday, january 13th. i m amara walker. i mean, my list is short but there are a few people on it. i m victor blackwell. that you would shovel snow for? yeah. really. i ll have to during the break. i m not going to reassess. much of iowa is still under a blizzard warning this morning. and you can see why. snow like this contributed to the snowiest week in des moines since 1942. and republican presidential candidates are worried that weather could lead to low turnout at monday s caucus in iowa. despite canceling events earlier in the week, most planned to still engage with viewers voters i should say, we re engaging with viewers, they re engaging with voters. that s right. some are doing it virtually. donald trump will hold a virtual rally today. how many of these likely caucus goers are going to stay home baz of the temperatures and all the snow? let s go to cnn s evan mckend joining us now. what are you
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anniversary. right now, i m in buffalo, new york. having reached at two churches on a very solemn sunday for the city. today marking the one year anniversary of the racist mass shooting at the top supermarket that left ten black residents dead. president biden also addressed the anniversary. where he lamented the played of gun violence that appears only be exhilarating in the wake of the buffalo massacre. telling the american people, he is doing everything he can to reduce gun violence. but congress must do more. new york governor kathy hochul is here in her hometown of buffalo. she will join me in a minute. before participating in a memorial event tonight for those lost in the mess shooting. that tragedy is just one of the things they are contending with this weekend. the governor is calling for more federal aid to help care for an expected influx of asylum seekers. tensions in the southwest border have been declining in the days since the covid days. they re already straine
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