if you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. it s the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that s cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo s preventable? right on! if you dig your bones, protect them. all: cbs cares! well today president obama all but endorsed hillary clinton. seven days before the first votes are cast in the race for president. this may be one reason why our new cbs news battleground tracker poll in iowa shows clinton and bernie sanders essentially in a dead heat. here is nancy cordes. let s go get them. reporter: with a week to go, bernie sanders is trying to emulate president obama s winning formula from eight years ago down to the feel-good ads, and army of young volunteers. we are from the bernie sanders campaign. reporter: in a pod cast interview with politico, the president rejected the comparison. no, i don t think that is true. and gushed about his former secretary of state. saying her skills are be
news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. time is short, and the to-do list is long for the men and women running for president. in just six days we will be counting actual votes in iowa, but in the final stretch it s all about the polls, and tonight they appear to confirm a dramatic reversal of fortune among the two republican front-runners. donald trump now ahead in a state that once seemed to be ted cruz s to lose. and more worrisome for the cruz camp is trump is lining up what could be key endorsements. high drama in the democratic contests, too. we ve got both races covered starting with nbc s katy tur. hi, katy. reporter: hey there, lester, you know it s crunch time when one candidate is flying known endorsements and the other issuing a warning. donald trump is about to take the stage joined by arizona sheriff jozef arpaio known for his hardline stance on immigration. the clock is ticking in iowa. donald trump is
nation s capital and the nation s largest city are struggling to recover from a blizzard they will be talking about for years. the storm is blamed for at least 45 deaths in 11 states, mostly from car accidents and snow shoveling. nearly 27 inches of snow rose on the sidewalks of new york. parts of washington got 22. but glengarry, west virginia, population 277, takes the prize at 42 inches. we have a team of correspondents on the blizzard of 16 and we ll go first to kris van cleave in d.c. be careful. reporter: washington, d.c., s government says it s using everything it s got to dig the city out of nearly two feet of snow. man, machine, even bigger machine to scoop it up and haul it away. in some areas it s barely made a difference. people were told to stay home, and many schools will remain closed until at least wednesday. touched by snowplows. d.c. s metro worked to clear the tracks as it tries to restore full service some time tuesday. we want the city back just li
we ask on every story is it well today president obama all but endorsed hillary clinton. seven days before the first votes are cast in the race for president. this may be one reason why our new cbs news battleground tracker poll in iowa shows clinton and bernie sanders essentially in a dead heat. here is nancy cordes. let s go get them. reporter: with a week to go, bernie sanders is trying to emulate president obama s winning formula from eight years we are from the bernie sanders campaign. reporter: in a pod cast interview with politico, the president rejected the comparison. no, i don t think that is true. and gushed about his former secretary of state. overlooked. eye for a long time and in a better. right. and you know, you are always looking at the bright, shiny object that people don t, haven t seen before. reporter: that bright, shiny object has convinced 85% of iowa democrats that he understand how they feel. compared to 65% who say that about cl
with scott pelley. pelley: tonight the nation s capital and the nation s largest city are struggling to recover from a blizzard they will be talking about for years. the storm is blamed for at least 45 deaths in 11 states, mostly from car accidents and snow shoveling. nearly 27 inches of snow rose on the sidewalks of new york. parts of washington got 22. but glengarry, west virginia, population 277, takes the prize at 42 inches. we have a team of correspondents on the blizzard of 16 and we ll go first to kris van cleave in d.c. be careful. reporter: washington, d.c., s government says it s using everything it s got to dig the city out of nearly two feet of snow. man, machine, even bigger machine to scoop it up and haul it away. in some areas it s barely made a difference. people were told to stay home, closed until at least wednesday. some streets have yet to be touched by snowplows. d.c. s metro worked to clear the tracks as it tries to restore full service some time