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
our thanks to wxyz for that. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. we begin with this breaking news on the manhunt undway under way cleveland texas for the suspect accused of the shootings of five including an 8-year-old. ryan young isle toing all of this for us. what more are we learning about the suspect? troubling details on this. we ve been following this for hours. we ve been given a name. francisco orpeza is the name police are looking for at this point. they are still actively looking for him. this all started with a 911 call over a noise disturbance. apparently he was on his porch file firing a well. neighbors asked him to stop shootings. he went to the home and started shooting people execution style. listen to the sheriff early on in this investigation. when they got here, they found four people deceased inside of the residence. there was an 8-year-old that had been shot. everybody that was shot was shot fr
Below zero as we go through the evening. Factoring the Wind Chill is 30 35 degrees below zero. When you look at past caucuses, you can see what i was saying. This is not quite iowa weather. In the 30s and 40s. 2004 with the previous coldest at 16 degrees. Today, zero degrees in des moines. Was fascinating about this is that its coming on the heels of the warmest winter on record for iowa. It is definitely not what they are used to for this time of year. It is pretty incredible. Coming off the warmest winter, all Of A Sudden is called a few days hitting as these first boats come in. The weather has continued to be a major focus. The Ron Desantis Campaign is trying to rival trumps campaign to get people out. To do that in the cold weather, theyve been offering rides, corner the market with suvs and get them from peoples homes to
Was meant to send a mebssage to the biden administration that border cities are bearing too much of a burden for the migrant crisis. now new york s overtaxed shelter system is struggling to keep up. officials expect another surge in border crossings when a pandemic-era rule called title 42 expires in less than two weeks from now. polo sandoval joins us. has there been any response to the new york mayor s request? so what we see here is basically the new york city mayor eric adams turning to fema and asking them to remove any sort of financial incentive for mayors in other parts of the country, trying to keep them from offering rides from migrants in their cities to other cities. new york city continues to sort of lead the pack in terms of very popular destinations for migrants, either because they know people here or they have heard about the services.