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from the trail to a trial, fresh off a big win, iowa donald trump this back in a manhattan courtroom today for another hearing. this time it is in the second defamation case against the former president. he is facing his accuser for the first time in decades. and the suspect accused of the gilgo beach killing faces a fourth count of murder. he appeared in court as the victims families demanded justice. and prosecutors say new evidence tyson to the latest victims. and severe weather gripping the united states. startling trafficked, canceling fights, even canceling votes in congress. millions are dealing with the impact of an arctic blast bringing record low temperatures, we are following the major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. ♪ ♪ ♪

from domination in iowa to defamation in new york, hours after his historic 30-point victory in the iowa caucuses, donald trump isn't a federal courtroom in manhattan for his second e. jean carroll civil defamation trial. in the first one, a jury, or i should say in the first one, trump was found liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll and defaming her in 2022. this trial concerns separate remarks. the previous verdict carries over, which means the jury will only determine how much in damages trump must pay. >> adding to the gravity of the situation, carroll and trump are face to face right now. trump did not attend the first trial, so this is the first time in decades that he is in the same room as his accuser. we have carris canal outside the courthouse and christian combs on the campaign trail in

new hampshire. kara, i want to start with you. what has played out in the courtroom so far today? >> reporter: we've had about three hours of jury selection underway taking place. the judge asking the jurors a number of questions, but as you said this is the first time former president donald trump has been in the same room with e. jean carroll in decades. as far as we can tell, they have not made any eye contact. carroll is sitting in the first row of tables. i have not seen her turnaround yet to look at former president donald trump, who is sitting two sets of tables behind her. during jury selection, the judge has told the jury that they will be anonymous in this case. that is for their own protection. he also said that the trial will last just a few days. he began asking them questions emphasizing the importance of being fair and impartial. asked out of the gate if any jurors knew what the case was about, and who could not be fair and impartial. there were three who raised their hands and they were excused. this is out of a pool of about 40 to 50 prospective jurors. two others were also excused

later when they were asked if they were aware of trump's investigation, his legal cases, and his indictments, and if that would in any way affect their ability to be fair and impartial. those two left. so we still have a big pool of jurors and they have gone through a number of rounds of questioning. a number of questions had to do with politics, and that is where we saw the former president turnaround front face the jurors as they were answering these questions. out of this jury pool, the majority of them said they voted in the 2016 and 2017 -- excuse me, 2020 election. there has also been many questions about donations. there were three jurors who said they donated to donald trump's campaign or pack supporting him. and there was about ten who said they donated to either president obama, hillary clinton, or president biden's campaigns. a lot of these jurors said they feel like they could be fair and impartial, and that is why they are still working through the process.

we just took a bit of a break. the judge has brought everyone back into the courtroom and he will begin what will be the final round of questioning here, asking each of the jurors to say a bit about themselves, to help the lawyers decide what jurors they want to strike from the pool, and which ones they will keep. this jury will be a jury of nine jurors. no alternates. so these nine will decide the case. as you said, it is about damages here. e. jean carroll is seeking more than $10 million in damages for the statements of trump has made. after the jury is seated and sworn in, they will take a lunch break, and then opening statements will begin. so this will get underway pretty swiftly this afternoon. breonna and alex? >> and trump, kara, after some back and forth with the judge, was ultimately allowed to address the court in his civil fraud trial. there was no jury in that case. that's a key difference here. will this jury ultimately hear from him? >> reporter: that's the big

question. if trump decides to testify in the case, then the jury will hear from him, but the judge has made it very clear that this trial is not a do-over of last year's trial. the focus here for all the witnesses will be about what they can say about damages. that is the question of what testimony could trump give that relates to damages that e. jean carroll has suffered as a result of the defamatory statements. that is something that the lawyers and the judgment have gone back and forth on. it's not clear exactly how will -- it will play out if trump decides to take the stand. he's likely the only witness. that his defense will call. they mentioned calling a woman who e. jean carroll confided in after the assault, but the judge hasn't ruled on whether that testimony will come in. for now, trump might be the only witness testifying in his defense, as you said, he did not testify at all or even attend the last trial. that would be a big difference this time around. >> kara, thank you so much for that. kristen, you are in new hampshire. the jury selection today in new

york. no cameras. the facts of the case already settled. why is trump there and not in this beautiful wonderland where we find you? >> reporter: brianna, this is part of their campaign strategy. donald trump knows he can suck the oxygen out of any race, any candidates momentum, if he is in the courtroom. that is what he's trying to do. they have made these court appearances part of their campaign trail strategy. one of the things we noted was last week he pretended to different court appearances, both of them were voluntary, as was this one. and one of them used every single opportunity to be in front of the camera. i am told that right now they are not expecting him to do any sort of media availability is, so it's unclear what he is getting out of this in terms of media narrative, but they do believe that he particularly believes that this keeps the focus on donald trump. i'm also told that with this case in particular he has been

fixated on it. you can tell from his social media as well. he's consistently posting about this case and a judge. he has continually said that all of these cases are election interference, and that he's being politically prosecuted, or persecuted, excuse me. so what do we expect to hear from him today? that's the big question. what messaging is he going to give here in new hampshire? because we are just days out from that primary. one thing that we know is that his team has been watching nikki haley's poll numbers rise very closely. in fact, they are spending millions of dollars already in the state. they put out ads attacking her on immigration, attacking her on medicare and social security. they are concerned about what they have seen in her growing popularity. five will also tell you that they are much more relieved going into this primary after what happened last night. they believe they have some momentum now going into the second primary whereas there was a little concerned of what those margins could have been in iowa. of course, as we know he did have a historic win there. >> he certainly did.

kristen holmes, thank you very much. kara scannell, thank you to you as well. let's talk with cnn legal analyst and civil rights attorney areva martin. interesting. let's talk about what is that issue and what is not at issue here. it is so crucial, whether trump defamed e. jean carroll, whether he is liable for sexual assault here. obviously, that is decided versus what he owes hurt monetarily. take us through that as well as the difference between these cases. >> reporter: absolutely, brianna. this is the case of damages. this is a case where the judge has already determined liability. there is no question about whether trump defamed e. jean carroll or whether he committed the sexual assault that she accused him of. the only issue that this jury will be deciding is if there are additional damages. when i segmentation, we should note that in may of last year, trump was ordered to pay e. jean carroll $5 million for

sexual assault and defamation. so the question in this trial that started today is, will he be responsible for paying for additional damages? it's important to know in this case, breonna, that e. jean carroll does not only want compensatory damage for the loss of reputation, for the damage to her reputation. she wants punitive damages. she wants to send a very strong message to donald trump. that the kind of conduct he has engaged in will cost him millions and millions of dollars. although there is a 10 million dollar figure that is being talked about, i would not be surprised if we don't see her attorneys ask for even more in terms of millions, when it gets to the punitive damages faced in this trial. >> what are the most important factors that the jury will be looking at when determining whether carroll should get those damages, areva? >> alex, the most important thing for the jurors in this case are the damages.

what damage to e. jean carroll's reputation, to her business prospects, to her career, did the statements that donald trump made, statements like she is a whack job, i've never met her, like this is a fake story that she's made up. e. jean carroll has said she lost her job as an advice columnist because of the defamation and defamatory statements that donald trump has said consistently throughout this entire process. so i suspect we will see someone from l magazine, or someone who can testify to the fact that she did lose her job. that her reputation was damaged. that perhaps you cannot get other jobs in media or entertainment field. and we might hear someone testifying about emotional damages and how this has caused her shame and humiliation. so those are the kinds of witnesses that we should expect to see. and the evidence that we should expect in this trial. >> it's very interesting

because trump was not at the other trial. and yet, this is jury selection and he shows up for that. it's a very different thing. we also could be hearing from him in the coming days, areva. i wonder what you think we should expect. >> reporter: expect not to hear from him, breonna. we know that donald trump loves to tell the media that he's going to testify. and he never does. and that civil trial you referenced at the beginning of this segment, he did not testify. he asked the judge to allow him to make closing arguments, and to participate in the closing argument that his attorney was giving. that is very different. they have taken the witness stand, put in -- putting your hand on a bible, holding up saying you swear to tell the truth, and then to be cross-examined by the other side. so i do not expect donald trump to take the witness stand. i do not expect him to be a participant in this trial in any way. what i expect is what we've always seen. he makes remarks about it.

he will make promises. then he won't do it. more importantly, he's there for media tensions. as the other correspondent said, this is his way of sucking the air from all the other candidates efforts to gain any media tension. he knows that whenever he's in a trial, his followers in particular get more excited about him as a candidate. >> a very pointed statement he's making by being there right after ottawa, and not new hampshire, as we head towards the new hampshire primary. areva martin, thank you very much for your time and thoughts today. we appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you. all eyes are now on new hampshire. will ron desantis keep up the momentum from his second place finish in the iowa caucuses? in the meantime, nikki haley is out with her new debate plans, and they involve donald trump. plus, snow and bitter cold temperatures impacting more than 100 million people, and creating headaches on the roads and in airports across the

country. then this, gilgo beach murder suspect rex heuermann charged with murder in the death of a fourth woman. ahead, what we are learning about the new charge.

the race for 2024 is now squarely set for new hampshire which will hold its republican presidential primary in under a weeks time. donald trump will be attending following his monster of a landslide win last night. trump took more than 50% of the vote, far ahead of ron desantis at 21%, and nikki haley at 19% of the vote. >> the polls are now helping boost haley's hopes in new hampshire. a cnn poll released last night found she is within single digits striking distance of trump's lead in the state. cnn correspondent omar jimenez

in manchester, new hampshire. omar, what is nikki haley's game plan today? >> reporter: yeah. we were just with her an hour ago at a local diner here, and really coming off of iowa, despite finishing in third place there, she's really trying to frame this as a two person race looking past ron desantis as we get into new hampshire. desantis started his day in south carolina, but here in new hampshire as we get into the final week stretch to primary day here, nikki haley said that she obviously has seen the polls and she knows that she's within single digits of former president trump, at least as far as what the polls have shown to this point. and she's hoping to capitalize on some of that momentum and on the fact that independents, or undeclared as they are called here in new hampshire, can vote along with some of those conservative republicans. listen to some of how she from her position, especially when it comes to ron desantis.

he's in single digits in south carolina and single digits in new hampshire. he has been invisible in both states. he is not my concern. i am going after trump. that is what i'm saying, and i'm doing that not for personal reasons. it's the fact that i don't want my kids to live like this. at some point, something's got to give. people are tired of the division and the chaos. we can't go through four more years of chaos. we will survive it. -- we won't survive it. >> reporter: we also heard more and more rain this is not going back to the trump and biden america, lumping both of them together. in particular, when we look at the debates that were scheduled for the coming weeks, she's also painted a red line saying she will not debate unless former president trump is on that stage, which we know he hasn't shown upped any debates to this point she said she will only debate if it's joe biden on the stage, inferring that she would be the want to go on and win the republican nomination. so that is the tone shift we have seen from iowa here to new

hampshire, where it does appear that she has among the best chances she can to cut into what has been a trump dominating the league since the beginning of this primary process really. and while she does have momentum, i mentioned that it's a big hill to climb here in snowy new hampshire. >> it certainly is. from iowa to new hampshire, candidates not only facing themselves, but some increasing weather. omar jimenez in manchester. thank you so much for the report. let's open up the conversation with joe walsh, former republican congressman representing illinois, he's also the director of mission democracy and the host of the white flag podcast. also here is democratic strategist maria cardona, who also has a podcast called hot mics, from left to right. thank you both for joining us. joe, if you look at the entrance polls from iowa last night, donald trump's cementing his hold on the republican party. we have a large majority of iowa republican caucus goers thinking that the 2020 election

was stolen from him. of course, we will know it was not. just a small bit less think that trump is still fit to run the country, even if he is convicted. remember, 91 counts, four and died mets against him. sitting here today just a few hours after the results in iowa, how are you feeling about trump's hold of the party and where he goes from here? >> i think i am a lousy guest to have on tv shows like this to talk about this race, because i just don't think there is a race. i think this is over. i think it was over from the beginning. everything you just rattled off there tells us where the voters in my former political party are. this is trump's party. i think it has been his nomination from the very beginning. nikki haley make rattle us a little bit in new hampshire, but that's it. neither haley or desantis has a path. >> what do you think? >> so when i heard nikki haley talking to dana bash, that you had the headline down at the

bottom saying haley now going after donald trump. now? like after she wasn't even able to put away ron desantis in iowa? and now a week before, or actually a couple of days before, she actually has to compete against in new hampshire. this is way too late. when you have nikki haley saying something like that, when she was not even able to keep her hand down when they asked if she, and everyone else, would vote for donald trump or support donald trump if he was a committed felon? she was not even able to put up her hand. i think that tells you exactly what joe was saying, and frustration that is felt, because what if she had been going against trump? had the backbone to go against trump from the very beginning. she talked how donald trump, you know, for better or worse, for right or wrong, chaos follows him. no, nikki, chaos does not follow him. he is the chaos.

he causes the chaos. he injects the chaos and the criminality into that chaos. but she was never able to make that case. >> in her defense, and in desantis's defense, if they had gone after trump from the very beginning they would beaten. look at chris christie. everything you brought up in that first question. the base doesn't believe january 6th was a bad day. the base does not believe joe biden won fair and square. and the base believes the deep state is after trump. so if nikki haley had said that from the beginning, she would no longer be in the race. >> right, but what if all of them had done exactly what chris christie had? another thing we don't talk about last night -- >> it would be over. >> they might all be out. >> but last night, everyone talks about how historic trump's tweet was, and it was, but almost half the voters did not vote for him. >> haley was asked an interesting question. let's listen to her answer. >> if you are the nominee, would you ask donald trump to

be a vice president? >> well, i'm not going to think about who's going to be my vice president yet, but in six months i will be happy to tell you. >> seems like a pretty easy question to answer for someone who says four more years of chaos we won't survive it. >> just say no. [laughter] that is an easy question for nikki haley, to just say no. >> she seems to not be able to answer easy questions. [laughter] that wasn't the only one. >> what is desantis's play here? he did not go straight to new hampshire. you want to south carolina. our colleague, dana bash, asked governor haley whether that was -- he will be in new hampshire tonight in a town hall with our colleague wolf blitzer, but what does rhonda scent is due now? he's so far behind in new hampshire. how does he stand or stay relevant? >> the gentle. >> [laughter] i don't think that he can. i think he's making a very last-ditch effort.

i think he wants the publicity up the town hall that he will do with wolf tonight, to see if that moves anything anywhere. realistically speaking, he doesn't have a path. he put everything, all his eggs, he put them into iowa and it did not pan out. i think he's going to south carolina because he knows that in new hampshire it will be nikki haley's sort of hill to die on. and in south carolina, trump's trouncing them both right now. so i think it's just sort of his last hurrah, if you will. >> a little multiple choice before you go. haley and desantis are framing this as a two person race between themselves and donald trump. is it haley, desantis, neither, or both? >> neither. it's trump versus biden. >> yeah, neither. the general election has become. >> you showed your work on that. we appreciate it. i like that. joe, maria, thank you so much.

great having you. be sure to watch tonight as cnn's wolf blitzer moderates a town hall in new hampshire with governor ron desantis which will start at nine pm. still ahead, the u.s. navy seizing weapons destined for the houthi rebels in yemen. we will tell you what types of weapons we are talking about here, and what this means for tensions in the region. plus, some live pictures out of new hampshire. just one of many states under winter weather alert. you can hardly see the road there. people in places like new york seeing something they have not seen in years, more than an inch of snow. how long it's expected to last.

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this just him, the united states has launched new strikes against the iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen. officials telling cnn they targeted anti ship ballistic missiles, the same kinds of weapons that the houthis have been using to attack merchant and commercial and navy ships, in the red sea for the past few months. this is the third round of u.s.-led strikes since thursday night. cnn's oren liebermann is at the pentagon and has been tracking all this. oren, what are you learning about this latest round of strikes? >> reporter: it's crucial to know this is the first time we have seen the u.s. strike anti-ship ballistic missiles before they were launched. u.s. central command said the houthis were preparing to launch these anti-ship ballistic missiles on international shipping lanes when they were destroyed.

i should point out, this is the third time we have seen the u.s. strike yemen over the course of the past several days. thursday night d.c. time, friday night, and then the news coming just a short time ago about this latest round of strikes. u.s. national security advisor jake sullivan warning there could be more if the houthis continue to launched against international shipping lanes. >> we did not say when we launched our attacks that they would end once and for all. that the houthis would be fully deterred. we anticipated the houthis would continue to try to hold this critical artery at risk. and we continue to preserve the right to take further action. this needs to be an all hands on deck effort. >> reporter: several hours after the u.s. strikes, the houthis did in fact launch another anti ship ballistic missile, striking a maltese flag boat carrier, so they retain the ability to carry out strikes and it's also worth noting that over the course of the past day or two, they have also, in what appears to be the first time, struck a u.s.-owned

and operated boat carrier. in both cases, it was minor damage. the ships were able to continue on their way, but first you see the threat that continues and one of the world's most critical waterways, alex. second, i think you easily see the possibility of further u.s. strikes there. >> oren, the u.s. navy is now saying that the weapons were seized, that we're heading to the houthis in yemen, they were iranian weapons. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: alex, we have seen the u.s. intercept shipments of iranian weapons to yemen in the past. often on stateless small ships. this is what we are seeing here once again that occurred on january 11th according to u.s. central command. what is unique here this time are the weapons that were seized. according to officials, they seized components for anti ship ballistic missiles, anti ship cruise missiles. these are the types of weapons that the houthis have used to try and target and threaten international shipping lanes. that in and of itself is significant, but there were two navy sales that were a part of this operation, along with

other assets but, according to u.s. officials those seals are currently missing. there is an ongoing search that has been going on for five days. u.s. officials have spoken to us previously and said that this seizure occurred in eight foot seas, which are incredibly difficult conditions. one of the seals fell into the water, and the other ceo, by his training, and mediately went after his colleague. at this point, alex, both remain missing. >> falling into the water at night in rough seas on thursday. corn liebermann at the pentagon. thank you very much. the suspect in the gilgo beach serial killings just pled not guilty to a fourth murder charge. up next, we will have what prosecutors saying that this new indictment marks a, quote, change in the investigation. cnn newsroom.

the long island man accused of killing three women and what is known as the gilgo beach murders is now being charged with killing a fourth. rex heuermann already awaiting trial on three murders that happened more than a decade ago. this fourth alleged victim has been identified as marine brain burns. >> her remains were found in 2010 near long island's gilgo beach. it is believed she was actually the first victim. rex heuermann has pled not guilty to the new charge. cnn's brynn gingras was at today's hearing. prosecutors saying they found a critical link between heuermann and barnes? >> that's right. listen, there are a couple of things that happened in court today that i want to get through. the main point here is what the district attorney said. that this now concludes the investigation into the killings of the women who are known as

the gilgo four. yes, the charges of killing maureen barnes, at what investigators are saying, this new superseding indictment, is that there was dna evidence linking, a hair found on barnes, which was basically on a belt that was used to bind her up. that matches the dna profile of rex heuermann's wipe. so that is critical dna evidence. they said they used advanced dna technology to make that connection. what also happened in court today, while that is significant, is that investigators said they found even more evidence to connect heuermann to the murders of all four women. so the two other women that he's already facing charges. with they said there's the na evidence that not only connects heuermann because his hair was found on the bodies, looked to his wife, his daughter, himself, but that there was also digital evidence connecting him to the women including cell phone activity, communications through computers.

i said that connected him as well. also very significant that we learn today in court, we saw the daughter and family members of maureen brainard-barnes who disappeared in 2007. she's from connecticut. a 25-year-old woman who was a sex worker. this is really some of the first time that they have spoken out. for daughter saying that she has not seen her mother, you know, she was seven years old when she disappeared. i also want you to hear from her sister. >> it has been 16 years since the last time i saw my sister. 16 years since i heard her voice because 16 years ago she was silenced. losing maureen has become a wound that has never truly healed. it remains a part of me. >> reporter: if you remember this case, melissa karen is the sister of maureen brainard-barnes. she received a phone call from the killer after her sister went missing. that is something that has of course haunted her throughout this entire time. so there's certainly an element

of justice to this. they were inside the court when rex heuermann appeared in court. he had a dark suit on with his hands tied behind his back in handcuffs. he is expected back in court next month, and we expect more evidence to sort of be turned over in the process. the district attorney essentially saying that there are still more investigating that will be done. can he be linked to other murders, bodies that were found in the same area as cocoa beach? so we will continue to follow this one for you. >> thank you so much for that, brynn. joining us now is a legal analyst and trial attorney mercedes colwyn. mercedes, thank you so much for being with us. it's interesting, you heard heuermann's attorney raising questions about some of this dna evidence. can you explain what he's trying to get had and what he's trying to cast a pall over? whether that would actually work with the jury. great to be on your show,

thanks for having me. it's a great question because it's key for the defense to say, start to take apart the dna evidence. you already heard him swing when it came out of the court because it was the first time that the prosecutors said that there's genetic material tying rex heuermann to all of the victims. not just one. we've heard for, but all. so of course, the defense attorneys coming forward and is going to say, there's this new testing called nuclear dna. we heard about mitochondrial dna, which is in the cytoplasm of the genes, of the genetic material. but now we're talking about nuclear dna and it shouldn't be a surprise because with each -- technology gets better and better. so, they're going to attack several things. one, they're going to attack the testing itself. the -- of the evidence, the decomposition of the body is obviously, if there's decomposition, the genetic material -- the argument the defense will make is that it's unreliable to make any sort of conclusions as to whether there's a link between rex heuermann and the

victims. >> and mercedes, this fourth charge, what does that tell you about where this case against rex heuermann now stands? >> well, it certainly says more evidence there is and the more individuals, the more victims, the more commonality between all the victims, we know that they died violently. we know that all four of them were sex workers. we know that they were wrapped in burlap. all of those common modalities of their death just really starts to create, when the jurors mind, that there's build because more commonalities between the victims and the more that you can link rex heuermann to these individuals, then certainly, -- successful prosecution. >> there is also a lot of circumstantial evidence and, i mean, a lot of it, right? it turns out, he was using software to try to scrub the -- of the online interactions that he was having with these women. you have the fact, when all of these murders occurred. his wife, and it seems like his

daughter, they were out of town, right? so, this indication that if it is him, he's doing it when he doesn't have someone else in the house. how convincing is that to a jury? >> if there is nothing to fear, you wouldn't go through the sophisticated steps of scrubbing all of your internet searches. and that digital evidence, exactly to your point, brianna, this is so critical to the prosecution because it really is a layup leading up to the genetic material. they have to go into the jury's mind because you look at rex heuermann, he was a successful architect. he was a pilot, there's no indication whatsoever that he had sociopathic tendencies leading to murders. so, that's why the prosecution has to take so many steps to get to the very final conclusion that he was the murderer. and to your point, any juror in their common sense are going to say, they have nothing to hide. you can look at my computer, i

do searches every day. i have searches every day, i don't have the sophisticated software described my searches. now, they were able, there was at least it's been reported that there are searches that were found on his computers, on his cell that demonstrates fascination with the case, with the investigation, with the victims, with the families, with prostitution and these very graphic types of violent deaths. so, we will have to see. i think that's how the prosecution will certainly get to that final conclusion that he is, in fact, the murder of these four women. >> yeah, they do have so much to stitch together here with their case and that's just what we were aware of at this point. mercedes, great to have you. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. ice on the roads, snow on the ground. dealing with this on the way in today. temperatures, way below zero. might as well bring out the skis, like this guy here, because it's bad out there, folks. we're going to talk about how bad after a quicick break.

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>> just into cnn, a federal judge has blocked a proposed merger of jetblue and spirit airlines. spirit investors are now feeling the pain. shares have quickly dropped around 52%. the judge outlined several issues that they had with the proposed merger, including higher fares, especially for spirit customers. jetblue said the deal would

create a stronger competition with bigger airlines and keeping a close eye on the story as it develops. meanwhile, a brutal arctic blast gripping almost 80% of the country with record low temperatures and life-threatening wind chills. several southern states are cautioning -- residents to stay off the roads, stay inside, unless travel is absolutely necessary. take a look at this. this is in memphis, tennessee. someone skiing, cross country skiing, on the middle of that memphis street. >> making the best of it, i love it. new york city, philadelphia, baltimore, here in washington, d.c., finally got more than an inch of snow, ending a nearly two year long snow drought. and more than 7000 u.s. flights have been canceled or delayed today, according to data from flightaware. we have meteorologist elisa raffa here with us. all right, lisa, what's ahead? what can we expect? >> we've got some more cold on the table for us but like you mentioned, finally getting some snow in spots that haven't seen it for so long. you can see the snow tracks

that the last two storms that we had. this is the blizzard that jumped up to a foot of snow in parts of iowa. this is the one that we had track across the south. you can see some of those 6 to 8-inch totals across tennessee and then up the spine of the appalachian mountains. this is what's left. you've got some rain just to the east there in d.c., kind of working its way offshore. some of that snow in upstate new york, that rain, snow line right over boston. you've got winter weather advisories -- two or more, and then you've got one, two, three feet possible off of the great lakes from buffalo to watertown, as that cold air pumps some lake effect snow the next two days. but yeah, i mean, these massive cities, philadelphia, baltimore, d.c., new york, all finally ended their two year streak without an inch of snow. they've gone more than 700 days without seeing an inch of snow. new york city, storm total is about an inch and a half. 701 days without an inch of snow in the previous record was about 383 days. it's been about two years since

they have seen some significant snow there. we will continue to find this snow kind of exiting the new england as we go through the day today, but the cold does kind of stick around. >> yeah, didn't realize it had been that long until we saw what we got yesterday. so lisa, how long do we expect this really arctic cold snap to last? >> yeah, we are going to find it last through another day or two, then we have another round that comes in as we go into the weekend. so, we will find this storm kind of exit. the lake effect snow starts to pump. you have the feet of snow possible there because that arctic air continues to pull in and dump feet of snow from buffalo to watertown. and we've had these freezing temperatures as far south into texas, as we go through the day today. 80% of us with a freezing cold temperatures. and here's what i was mentioning, you have this arctic blast that starts to moderate, kind of go farther north a little bit by thursday. and then it starts to dive south again. look at this, by the weekend. we're looking at these temperatures again plummeting. so, we're not quite done yet.

>> all right, lisa, refined will keeping a close eye on that, thank you very much for that report. iowa is now in the books with a big win for donald trump and it is on to new hampshire. but is anyone stopping the former presidents campaign for the republican nomination or is the writing already on the wall for ron desantis and nikki haley? we will break that down as well as another court appearance for trump. that is coming up after this break, stay with us.