faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal laws. a skeptical response to donald trump s immunity claims by one of the three federal appeals judges who heard arguments yesterday. we ll get expert legal analysis on that hearing. straight ahead, it comes just days before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley and ron desantis are in the state trying to cut trump s large lead while he is tied up with those legal issues. also ahead, the latest on the health scare for the secretary of defense. we re learning more about the medical issues that landed lloyd austin in the icu. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 10th. i m in for jonathan lemire. a decision could come as early as today fro the three judge appeals court panel that heard president trump s presidential immunity claim. prosecutors and lawyers for the former president made their oral arguments yesterday in washington, d.c. trump s legal team appealed an earlier ruling by federal judge
as we get into tomorrow, the rockies bringing snow there and bitter cold temperatures on tap by the time we get into the weekend. be in it plains and spread east. this is going to be a mess across the great lakes for heavy snow, gusty winds, travel will be difficult. and that rain starts to work over those same portions of that dealt with heavy rain over the past 24 hours, and on top of that we ll have another round of potentially severe weather in the forecast. lots to cover in the days ahead. that was meant to be the good news. angie lassman, thank you. still ahead, this is relevant, the iowa caucuses are just days away and former president trump still maintains a large lead in the polls despite barely showing up for campaign events in the state. coming up we ll have analysis whether trump s absence in the trail from iowa will affect support there. and how a brutal winter forecast might impact turnout there, too. that s just ahead on way too early. on way too early.
then we are also going to start to see those spread east. we have some additional showers in portions of the northeast, the great lakes region and this cluster across portions of south texas. a lot of activity going on today and the potential for some strong to severe thunderstorms exist as well. we are talking damaging winds, large hail and a few tornados. d.c. pittsburgh, cincinnati, nashville stretch across forces much atlanta and memphis and our sejd area out to the west. it also has the potential for those strong storms. two different waves here are expected today. the one ongoing this morning and then once we move into the afternoon and evening a lot of those same areas get hit yet again. but that s when the real focus for some of those strongest thunderstorms is going to be, in the back half of the day. by tomorrow again more showers and thunderstorms across the northeast, the mid-atlantic regional and even some additional showers and thunderstorms firing up across the southeast
severe storms ramp up this afternoon. once you get the heating of the day starting to build, they ll continue into the evening hours. so have a way to get emergency alerts before you go to bed tonight. this is multiday event because we have another system that moves in tomorrow so the potential for tomorrow exists across areas of eastern new mexico, areas of the texas and oklahoma panhandle and by monday, we see it spread north as well as spread east. again, the two systems, here s the first one. the one across the midwest pushing into areas of west virginia and ohio tomorrow. there s the secondary system beginning to slide in. that s going to be a factor not only sunday, but monday. unfortunately, some of those same areas hit yesterday are going to see the potential for more severe weather on monday. there s more. thank you so much. coming up, two-thirds of children in ukraine have been forced to leave their homes. next, we ll talk to a unicef spokesperson about what he is seeing
a little later in the programme, we will be back from here to find out more about the vital work that s done by the nci. storms around the world now and first, another view of storm eunice, this time from belgium. the same systems that struck the uk spread east across northern europe, causing further destruction. summer in south america brought extreme heat and severe storms. in the brazilian city petropolis in february, torrential rain caused flooding and landslides which killed over 200 people. and in paraguay s capital asuncion in march, roads became rivers, engulfing cars in a torrent. tornado damage in the usa in texas in march. with over 200 twisters reported, it s a new record for the month. to australia now, where it s been another summer of extremes. from heat in the west, as perth enjoyed its hottest summer, with more days over 35 celsius than any other on record, to extreme rainfall in the east with a la nina weather pattern.