they say texas kept the feds from helping a woman and two children who died crossing the rio grande. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with donald trump getting a warm embrace from frigid iowa. nbc s garrett haake is just north of des moines. garrett, what is the former president saying in his closing pitch? reporter: good afternoon, from what will surely be a donald trump jr. event here today in ankeny as the trump team tries to lock in the results of what we have seen in poll after poll over the last couple of weeks. a dominant lead here in the hawk eye state. at his last major rally yesterday, donald trump basically tried to welcome in all the disparate elements of his movement here in this state, be they first time cause of action caucus goers, evangelicals, and warned primarily against their biggest enemy which he views as complacency. listen to what he told a call in indianola yesterday. a victory over all the liars, che
including the weather right now. it is here. decision day in iowa. good afternoon. i am erin burnett in washington. i am in new york. we want to welcome you to live coverage of the iowa caucuses. we are counting down to the official start of the first contest in the republican presidential race. we want to confuse people. washington, you are in new york. everybody, get ready. the battle for iowa taking place against those record cold temperatures we have been talking about. some places in iowa, the real feel temperature is 35 below zero, which has not stopped the candidates in a contest all about turnout trying to get every single person out they can. these final hours, they have been making one case for the candidacies. we know that this is how we are going to get our country on track. remember, today is the day we make history. i am running on your issues and family issues to turn this country around. here is what is interesting. you did not see trump, right? he
welcome to the lead. how about this for question of the day? fani willis, what are you thinking? exactly parks trisha murphy. murphy is a top opinion writer for the atlanta journal constitution asking that of district attorney fani willis who has yesterday to deny that she has a special relationship with a special prosecutor she hired, the stunning scandal revealed in legal briefs in georgia. donald trump was at the first hearing today since the allegations were revealed. plus inside the iowa caucuses, exactly how does this very american, very bizarre process work and why does iowa opt for this versus the more popular and easy primary process where voters just line up and vote in the polls? leading this hour, what could be a worsening global crisis for president biden, iranian-backed houthi militants warning of retaliation against the u.s. and its allies for strikes against houthis in yemen last night. the white house insists these were self-defense strikes intended to
Welcome to squawk on the street. Im Carl Quintanilla, david faber, jim cramer at the new york stock exchange. Get to wells in a moment. Premarket weak on the back of disappointing chinese trade data, renewing concerns about global growth. Europe down more than 1 . Yields here falling back to 1. 75. And oil still fighting it out just above 50. John stumpf said departure comes amid that scandal thats engulfed wells fargo. Tim sloan is now the new ceo. Sanger will be nonexecutive chairman. Jim, happened suddenly, tensely worded press release. Your thoughts after seeing that tape. Well, first, when i asked stumpf whether he would resign, that was regarded at that moment as a radical question. Almost idiotic. People said what are you kidding me . Jumping to conclusion. And i just felt that the way went through the crisis the crisis is a very simple lesson. You lose your job whether you know about what happened underneath or you dont. Now, you can say jamie dimon didnt lose his job, very dif
Proctor, utx, merck and more. Nikkei had a sixmonth high of a weaker yen. Oil inventories after the bell. Case schiller home prices up 5. 3. Out of road map begins with major blue chips reporting earnings from cat to gm, due paupt and visa. Under armour shares are down double digits, despite a betterthanexpected number. And the latest regulatory issues surrounding at ts merger with time warner. Netflixs Reed Hastings weighing in on the deal. First up, among the dow components out with results this morning, caterpillar beats on the bottom line, misses on revenue, cuts their fullyear guidance saying most of its end markets remaining challenged. And then proctors results are above consensus. Thursday on squawk on the street sara eisen will have an exclusive with p g Ceo David Taylor coming into the job. Says that this quarter marks what he called a good start for the fiscal year, jim. This is a remarkable morning because you see two Companies Like Procter Gamble and dupont putting up 3 or