degrees below zero. alex perez live in chicago. rob marciano timing this out tonight and tomorrow. also tonight, the new video just in. the u.s.-led air strikes against iranian-backed militants. the houthi rebels in yemen. the u.s. firing more than 80 tomahawk cruise missiles, dozens of targets hit. what the white house is saying tonight about concerns over a wider war. mary bruce with late reporting. new images not seen before from inside the cabin of that alaska airlines flight just moments before the door plug tore off at 16,000 feet, leaving that huge hole in the cabin. the haunting images of what it was like in the holes near that row in the plane. three days to go until the iowa caucuses and this is what they re dealing with. tonight, ron desantis still campaigning. nikki haley had to call off in-person events. donald trump isn t there but trump does lead in the polls by 30 points. a win by that margin would be historic. but it all depends on who turns out. a u.
time. the windchills coming 20 to 65 degrees below zero. alex perez live in chicago. rob marciano timing this out tonight and tomorrow. also tonight, the new video just in. the u.s.-led air strikes against iranian-backed militants. the houthi rebels in yemen. the u.s. now firing more than 80 tomahawk cruise missiles, dozens of targets hit. and what the white house is saying tonight about concerns over a wider war. mary bruce with late reporting. new images not seen before from inside the cabin of that alaska airlines flight just moments after the door plug tore off at 16,000 feet, leaving that huge hole in the cabin. the haunting images of what it was like in the rows near that hole in the plane. just three days to go until the iowa caucuses, and this is what they re dealing with. tonight, ron desantis still campaigning. nikki haley had to call off in-person events. donald trump isn t there, but trump does lead in the polls by 30 points there. a win by that margin would
israel to change its tactics inside gaza to protect civilians and get the remaining hostages out. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin touching down in qatar today as officials desperately try to hammer out a deal. plus, dual natural disasters across the globe. in iceland, lava spewing out of a volcano in what experts say is one of the worst possible locations for an eruption. in china, a devastating earthquake killing more than 100 people. and wild weather complicating life in the u.s. after a massive storm knocking out power to more than half a million people in the northeast. a final good-bye for a woman who stands stall in american history. president biden will be among those offering tributes at justice sandra day o connor s funeral in just under an hour. it is a busy tuesday. thank you for joining us. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin in gaza, where israeli forces say they have been engaged in intense fighting this morning. and have killed a promine
Winter storms from the Pacific Northwest to new england, texas to tallahassee, weve seen temperatures plunge in some places by tens of degrees an hour. Coastal flooding, gail forced winds, Blizzard Conditions, roads iced over causing massive pileups, including the one you see here on the Ohio Turnpike that took one life at least. Were also seeing more than a million homes without power tonight, more than 5,000 flights cancelled. C cnn Polo Sandoval is live for us and drivers are stranded on icy roads and omar jimenez is at ohare. We begin with Polo Sandoval. What can you tell us about the stranded drivers and what theyre facing tonight . Reporter it is going to be a very long frigid night, Jim For County officials as they will be out in these conditions going through hundreds of Stranded Cars Inn erie county and rescuig people inside. Officials said this is something they feared of happening so they implemented at 9 30 this morning a driving ban hoping people would stay home but sadly,
rocket attacks in 24 hours as the military steps up its assault in ukraine. our reporters are here to cover all of the latest developments and we start there. nbc s richard engel is in dnipro, ukraine, this latest barrage of missiles, give us the latest we know about what s happening on the ground there. reporter: so ukrainians are shrugging it off. they so far say that the russian offensive, which was launched about two weeks ago, is not shaping up to be as devastating as province, the head of ukrainian intelligence earlier today said the russian offensive appears to be of such low quality that some field commanders don t even know that it has begun, that there has been intense activity from the russian side around bakhmut where we have been reporting over the last couple of weeks, but that in other areas, the russians are running so low on ammunition on artillery shells they are now in an ammunition conservation mode. so, yes, they are still able to launch rockets at unde