who love the fact we have the greatest economy we ve ever had. he also lashed out at the husband of one of his top officials slamming kellyanne conway s husband george for suggesting the president is mentally unstable. president trump: he s a whack job there s no question about it. internet jiffy with politico, conway sided with the president saying you think you shouldn t respond, you think you should just take that sitting down? she also told politico that the president is defending her, he could have just said it s all becoming too much of a distraction and sent her packing. instead she says he is doing exactly the opposite. bret: john roberts live on the north lawn. meantime, floods in the midwest have caused at least three deaths and damaged at least hundreds of homes. farmers are suffering as the water damage threatens to stocke the grain and livestock.
if you are on a bit of a tighter budget, might i point out the ball drop in times square is completely free as long as you don t mind sharing the night with 1 million of your closest friends. zain asher, cnn, new york. zain, thanks very much. much of the nation will start the new year the same way it ended it. in the cold. the eastern half of the country will see temps mostly below normal as the first snow of the new year brings ten inches to new england. windchills in the midwest have dropped below 30 degrees. meteorologist alexander steele looking ahead to next year s forecast. hi, martin. let s start things off in new york city for times square. right now in new york, it feels like 20 degrees. tonight it will feel like 16. of course, we ve got some strong winds out there. boston, of course, if you re out there, the big library light
north carolina was always part of the south, but in the last few years and last decade or so, because of the growth of the tech and research and education centers throughout the state, a lot of northerners and people from the midwest have moved there and it seemed to be coming less a southern state in terms of being part of that conservative culture that long pivoted in the south. in 2008, it went for obama by half a point. but now we see 2012, obama lost by almost two points to mitt romney. you see the resurgence of the republican right there. and, again, so this whole image of what are they upset about, do you know? nia, can you, having been down there, what is upsetting the people on the conserve ti side of the aisle that makes them want to go the other direction? well, you know, i do think in states across the country, we have in some ways seen an obama backlash and you see in some of these states that are very much controlled by republicans from top to bottom from the govern
accuweather is tracking all of it. it just seems like every time we come on here, we re talking about another blizzard. those folks in the midwest have had a rough, rough last couple of weeks. one storm on top of another on top of another. so it s been rough. i have to say one of my brothers lives out in missouri. and he a couple of years ago when we were getting lambasted by snow, he was out there going ha, ha. so you re saying it s karma for your kinfolk in missouri. i would hate to put all of that on you guys in missouri, but i m just saying. you can blame derek perez, that s all i m saying. also this morning, one man s anger with airline personnel recorded on security video for all of us to enjoy. see what happens when he misses a flight and hear about his tantrum and his very necessary apology. we have all wanted to strangle an airline employee at one point or another, if you travel enough. i m not saying do it, i m not
and a half of snow, and powerful winds. accuweather is tracking all of it. it just seems like every time we come on here, we re talking about another blizzard. those folks in the midwest have had a rough, rough last couple of weeks. one storm on top of another on top of another. so it s been rough. i have to say one of my brothers lives out in missouri. and he a couple of years ago when we were getting lambasted by snow, he was out there going ha, ha. so you re saying it s karma for your kinfolk in missouri. i would hate to put all of that on you guys in missouri, but i m just saying. you can blame derek perez, that s all i m saying. also this morning, one man s anger with airline personnel recorded on security video for all of us to enjoy. see what happens when he misses a flight and hear about his tantrum and his very necessary apology. we have all wanted to strangle an airline employee at