monday s caucus. we will take you to des moines for the latest. plus today marks 100 days since hamas launched its deadly raid into israel, killing and kidnapping hundreds of people. we will look at how the families of those still being held hostage are making the day. and we re live in taiwan to see how voters there shrugged off warnings from china and reelected the ruling water for the third consecutive term. announcer: live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the very first nominating contest of the 2024 u.s. presidential election is tomorrow. iowa s republican caucuses and a new poll finds that donald trump is still the man to beat, but it s unlikely his competitors in the midwestern state will do so. the des moines register, nbc news poll shows trump s support at a whopping 48%. nikki haley is a distant second with 20% and ron desantis is in third at 16%. but the state has been hit with dangerous winter weather. iowa s capital, des moi
We will have much more on the upcoming iowa republican caucuses after a short break. we will tell you what a new poll says about the strength of donald trump s support among the state s gop voters. plus, iowa is one of several states dealing with a blast of arctic air that s impacting millions of americans. windchill warnings spilling into the northern and central plains as arctic air could get the windchills down to 45 degrees below zero. all of this happening right in time for the iowa caucus, making it one of the coldest on record. we will take the latest look at temperatures and windchills, that s coming up next.
Americans, looking at 80% of the lower 48 with temperatures below freezing by the time we get to tuesday, almost 20% of us subzero. we are looking at records falling, maybe 250 or more records both daytime cold highs and overnight low temperatures that could fall as a result of this arctic invasion. now, this is coming kind of the first of the season, a lot of these places, especially in the upper midwest, are in the midst of their warmest winter on record. all of the red dots there, that s the difference between weather and climate. this is really their first cold snap, but the trend since december 1st has been a warm one. airlines are still digging themselves out from an intense few days of storms across the united states and more chaos is likely on the way. according to the tracking site flight aware there are more than 700 flights canceled within, into or out of the u.s. for today. more than 1,300 flights were canceled saturday and more than
Jenna: sound like good advice. maria, thank you. thanks. jon: right now the minimum wage just went up in in 13 states across the country. the new year will bring a new debate whether the national minimum wage should rise as well. a recent abc news/washington post poll find 66% of americans support a increase. 33% are against it. 2% are not sure. an gell la mcglowan is fox news political analyst. let as look at politics of all of this. with the economy in such bad shape. you have 7% unemployment. right. jon: seems like raising the minimum wage is a good thing to do. what do you think? as john boehner said raising price on employment you will have less employment. jon, you re right you would think raising the minimum wage would be logical but i think americans were actually polled did not make a payroll. if you raise the minimum wage you will raise taxes not only on
Can turn around or families can turn around and sue i don t think that is the right approach. i disagree with tom. jenna: i have to leave it there though. it will be interesting case. if we see changes with this one case it will be interested to see what opens up with others. jennifer, you will be back with us for another case. tom, great to have you. happy new year. jenna: we ll have another great legal panel coming up next hour. jon: meantime the debate over raising the minimum wage expected to be a big campaign issue in 2014. do americans want to see the wage increase nationwide or not? what the polls say coming up. tracking a major winter storm that s impacting millions of americans and will hit millions more. the latest on its path next. [ bottle ] okay, listen up! i m here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. [ all gasp ] oj, veggies you re cool. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah!