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file what is the center of the political universe this week as america waits for the first contest on the 2024 primary calendar. republican candidates all working through the weekend there. meeting people all over the state pleading with them to get out and vote. welcome to "fox news live" i am arthel double hi eric. eric: thank you for joining us here on fox news. pulls right now show former president trump, he is running away with th the caucus in iowa. the fight for a second by seating up to florida governor desantis former un ambassador nikki haley. good political newcomer and firebrand vivek ramaswamy hostess he and trump come america first candidates. he moving up in the polls right now i and about will hear direcy from vivek ramaswamy. he will join us in a minute there he is in des moines on his plan to pick up more primary voters and to better the caucu.

vivek ramaswamy in a moment. >> we have live fox team coverage for you bret baier, martha mccallum with analysis of the race of the hawkeye state but built first bill melugin and des moines, iowa with the week ahead. hey bill. >> as a gop candidates make their final push with the voters here in iowa many of them are deciding to focus on securing the southern border. keep in mind december had the highest number of illegal crossings in recorded history. here's what former president trump said here in iowa yesterday about it. >> the stakes of this election could not be higher. under cricket joe biden are boarders hopping a race we do not have borders anymore sounding unbelievable you cannot have a country without borders. millions of illegal aliens are invading from all over the world. what sort of governor desantis making the border a huge

priority in his campaign he has already said it would authorize the use of military strikes against drug cartels in mexico. said he would authorize the use of lethal force against anyone cutting to the border wall or smuggling functional into the country was a dude asked deportations of bills president trump did not fulfill his promise about building a border wall, take a listen. >> we are going to build the border wall and we we're going o quote have mexico pay for. what i thought trump was going to do mexico is not just going to give you money, of course not. you charge fees on the remittances they sent to foreign countries. that will raise billions of dollars on going to the construction of the wall. >> correct former un ambassador nikki haley also making the border a priority in her campaign as well but she's already said she wants to hire additional 25000 border patrol agents and ice agents currently have less than 20000 border patrol agents have a huge

increase in manpower. she blasted president biden for his handling of the border here in iowa, take a listen. >> i do not know honestly how biden has not been held accountable for this. this is a truly one of the worst things i've ever seen. >> and vivek ramaswamy has made the border a part in his campaign as well i know i set up for all four of them but it is the fact they are all focusing on it. president biden's a really underwater in terms of handling immigration. vivek ramaswamy cities in the military to the northern and the southern border and i believe easily canned out the bunch who went up to the northern border and visited up there to see what is going home will send it back to you. arthel: privacy the immigration crisis is top of mind of the candidates. what are you hearing from the people they are, the islands? are you getting a sense of what they are thinking? >> yes, it absolutely is the voters here as well. basically every state i've gone

to forget iowa, whether as a political state or not, everywhere we go with this in theinterior of the country, the border, voters care about what is happening at the border but is getting to the point these days almost everybody knows a friend, a failed member, an acquaintance was been touched by the fentanyl crisis so yes it is a huge priority here in iowa for these republican primary voters. arthel: alright bill melugin live and des moines, iowa thank you, bill. >> how many of you are considering donald trump for the caucus? do america first candidates in this racist donald trump and me. >> that is vivek ramaswamy speaking and iowa county yesterday billed himself as a trump heir apparent as much as a challenger. right now the polls show him running behind former president as well as ron desantis and nikki haley and iowa. but the states caucus system, that in the past is given to some surprises but belting the e

more conservative contender to first place setting their nation a message but some say the caucus system can benefit an outsider like vivek ramaswamy. vivek ramaswamy joins us now from des moines. good bit see you thank you for joining us. >> good to see if things are going great here. >> how is it going? you are in the fourth place you've seen a lot on the ground. what is the reaction? what do you predict? >> the polls are drastically off. what you see as many supporters of my campaign in particular our first time ever caucus goers. many from the next generation. many traditional america first patriots that have not participated recently and a caucus and who have not been polled. so i predict a major surprise on january 15. i like where the expectations have been set it will shatter those expectations as going to propel me forward to the next phase of this race. i think a lot of the islands in

the final phase are getting into the details but is not just talking about the border and checking a box. the clear strategy for how we would actually use our military to seal that border. actually end birthright citizenship for the kids of illegal migrants and the return anyone who is in this country illegally. to their country of origin. especially in iowa right now about the specifics. through their dealt with the talking points they want detail what's show you some voters this issue last night i was watching you at a town hall. you stood up and took pictures with lots of folks what struck me as you had real conversations with them. you asked basically have you voted in a caucus before? maybe everybody you talked to said no. so what does it mean if you are bringing out new voters and people have never attended a caucus before exit means two things.

let's also i plan to deliver a landslide in the general election. take a different kind i'm a businessman not a politician who have reached and a lead that the new generation of americans. the first-time donors compared to 2% torn a republican candidates another 50.1 a fight between the republicans. nineteen '80s style moral mandate. the only candidate who can bring the next generation along. urging that in the iowa caucus we deliver a massive on 15th. they reward someone who shows up i will done over 330 events by the time of the iowa caucus on the ground in iowa. that is more than all of the other candidates not only shows up was off the talking points of

real and authentic conversations my wife is a throat surgeon by the day but it is on the campaign trail with me. i think will expect a major surprise in nine days. >> what the folks to know the iowa caucus is not going from the voting booth you have different on the fw all and everyone discusses they literally move around to whoever who is convinced to go to somebody else. give the firebrand of support for basic ordinary iowa once you try to convince their neighbors to go over to your corner of the room? or because we are seeing on the ground. the media is completely missing the plot which has happened in prior cycles at least the mainstream media does not learn their lesson to teach them a lesson this time around there propping up certain favored candidates the super pacs are

propping up super candidates. in my case my biggest donor is me i don't report to the establishment i report to the people of this country a lot of people here on the ground and iowa estate that goes first for a reason, understand that. we are on track to deliver a shock to the system. i think that will propel us forward not to just be the nominee biden said he was to reunite the country he did the exact opposite. a combination of the mainstream media to this administration they divided this country to a near breaking point. it is going to take a leader who is able to speak the hard truth. not just to the democrat but to our own party. too also reunite frankly both parties in this country as a whole. that is how we take our america first agenda to the next level. and i think i am the only candidate in this race i can do that. eric: you're talking my surprise the main street media.

in 2016 some of the more conservative ted cruz, 2012 at rick santorum, 2008 mike huckabee. here's a look at what concerns iowa wins the last fox news bowl and december economic issues 3 38%. speaking of the economy said something yesterday that really struck out at me. i was stunned. social security checks, folks you get social security or watching us right now that check you get in the mailbox? a few hundred dollars, thousand dollars or so? you said at an event yesterday that the government had fulfilled its fiduciary responsibility that check could be $18000 a person. tell us about that, i've never heard that before. >> is exactly right takes a businessman who understands us to speak that hard truth. much of the republican party was to cut social security and medicare to ship more money to foreign wars in ukraine and elsewhere that don't advance our interests. that is what i call america last. i will fight the national debt begin the oil and gas from

underneath our ground and selling it. that buys down our national debt. then i went to ask a different question not helped cut social security but how do we increase social security benefits for many seniors especially in the next generation? here is how. forty years ago at the social security trust fund had been allowed to be invested in a diversified portfolio just like your financial advisor would tell you to do, stocks, bonds, et cetera, the average person plucks a few $800 per month toy would be collecting close to $18000 per month today. that would make a major difference for seniors across this country. no other candidate is talking about what it takes a leader from the outside who has been a ceo who actually understands basic arithmetic. to make sure we don't l make the same mistakes again. it is a false dichotomy to say we have to fight our national debt or we have to keep social security intact. i am the candidate has offered a clear plan for how we can do both of those things. yes, fight the national debt but do the right thing for all

americans. not to cut social security but many of the social security benefits are not even allowing the senior step basic ends meet. that is wrong and i'll stand for our american citizens by using basic common sense that our government has failed our people to apply. that's the kind of president we need that's all i will lead the country every republican can and orshould be on were bored with this. >> before it let you go what has this been like for you? you are out there in the cold out there for many hours. i've carried the iowa caucus many times is quite an exercise in american democracy. >> it is it has been energizing and inspiring redoing it together as a family but my wife as i mentioned is a throat version she's doing it this with me with our two kids i see patriots coming out who love this country that is when they come out to these events but that's what gives me my energy until it has been a rewarding process we will take it away with this for the rest of our life. hopefully over the next years in the white house propelling us to success. eric: vivek ramaswamy

presidential candidate in the iowa caucus of course thank you for joining us we will be following you this week. >> take care. arthel: thank you eric. here special report anchor bret baier anchor of the story martha mccallum. good to have both of you here with us. here we go three nights, three town halls three major candidates. look, you're both journalist you do not have an agenda for us. that said, what do you hope to provide our viewers with in these town halls? also how critical are the iowa caucuses? >> arthel, good afternoon. this is about iowa assistance getting to ask questions in the final days. we are a week out at the first time americans will vote in the 2024 election. so ththe town halls are crucialy are the closing candidates. nikki haley is on monday, ron

desantis on tuesday, former president trump on wednesday. going to be part of the town hall audience we have a lot of people already signed up. you can go to foxnews.com. i have posted a way to get there on my twitter/x account. you can sign up it is free tickets. there's a qr code on the screen that's that nikki haley town hall. and each one will be separate. but you can go to all three if you want if you are and iowa voter. we have a lot of people already. we have a lot of great questions. and the key thing to answer your question is to get these citizens, these voters asking what they want to talk about that as with the iowa caucuses all about. it is small enough that people like to interact. they'd like to have candidates and their living room. new hampshire is a lot like that too so we are facilitating that in these town halls.

>> when you consider preparations and personality how might the three different? >> opposite the stakes are very high for them at this point. they are now just days away. interesting to watch vivek ramaswamy he's been on the trail in every county in iowa. this is an exhausting effort that they all put themselves through. no doubt the adrenaline is very high for this is her closing argument in these three town halls that brett and i will oversee and a moderate over the coming days. it's a great opportunity especially for people who are having trouble making up their mind at this point. they can get into the room they could do all three nights and ask questions of former president trump, ron desantis, nikki haley. and help to make up their minds. that is what i am hoping for these town halls we get interesting conversation back and forth. this is the home stretch. no doubt everyone is been very

stretched thin by this point it is a starting gate. the first democratic experience of the 2024 election. and in true iowa fashion, i've been getting ready myself to go but looking at the weather is going to be about 6 degrees on caucus day. [laughter] i wish everybody to bring their hat and gloves because this is going to be a real classic iowa caucus experience of everyone cannot wait. arthel: martha, i want to make sure we clarify and make sure everybody knows this is all authentic. there is no cherry picking up any questions this is the voters getting to ask their questions as they see it. click lately. that is the great process of this. right and i are used to sitting down during one-on-one interviews as you are as well. our job is to allow the conversation between the candidates to percolate and happen. i can think back yourself the top of my head a number of

really interesting town halls that have happened that became movers and shapers in elections. so i am looking toward that it was very interesting to hear vivek say is got a lot of people coming out for the very first time to caucus. we know the trump fabric to santos and haley working those folks are to get them out it's a big commemorative got to be the for the whole night of caucus night is going to be interesting to see if this time around more and more people start taking part of the process. we fed that set out to me too. brett, martha sucking with the one on ones that everybody does here in the news business and on fox news but i want to talk about you because you have had that amazing interview with former president trump in june. hey usually needs more corralling than others. so will you apply the same approach to him on wednesday night that you do to everybody else? >> yes, for the most part. you're right former president trump is unique on the way he

answers questions and deals with things and sometimes you have to get in on the breath. but this is a chance for him to answer tough but fair questions from iowa with citizens and also from martha and me. we will follow up. we will ask questions we will talk about the news of the day but the primary issue is to get iowa citizens to talk and ask questions but we should point out it's going to be a mixed crowd of people leaning one way or another. the campaigns do not get to choose who is in the audience they do not get to see the questions ahead of time. they never would. but just to be clear they don't. and it is questions from martha, me but most importantly the iowa citizens. we've already got a whole bunch, dozens of questions they are of the issues that we see in polls that are most concerning to voters heading into 2024. and i think this start, really kicking this off is going to be away that people get to see as you head into new hampshire,

south carolina and nevada the beginning of the process. arthel: absolutely. it is gametime for shorebird you are already as you all are always are. martha, brett good to see you i'll be watching monday, tuesday, wednesday, so forth good to have you. >> thanks arthel great to do bewith you. arthel: thank you. there you go you've got three town halls you've got haley monday generate eight, you got desantis choose or generate ninth. and trump wednesday january 10 and martha and brett for all of it. eric: thank you martha, brett, and arthel. so we heard about this one? united states defense secretary in the hospital intensive care we are told president biden does not even know about it. if you were in the hospital wouldn't you call your boss? the controversy in the capitol next here on fox news life.

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arthel: more canceled flights today after a fleet of boeing boeing737 max of nine planes grd for safety inspections. the order from the faa coming after a window panel on the alaska airlines plane blew out in mid air friday. friday night over oregon.

the plane made an emergency landing in portland. no one was seriously hurt the federal transportation secretary investigators say it's fortunate no one was sitting in the row where the piece blew off they are not looking for that blown out panel. an aircraft door not needed by alaska airlines and made into a window for the plane is new, just a few months old. >> normally only see a rapid loss of cabin pressure we see this with the airplanes that have been around for 10, 15, 20 years that's usually the result of a fatigue from the takeoffs and the landings and the constant pressurization cycles on the airplane. so just speculating i would think there is probably something to do with those seals or something in quality control or something not seated right it is very strange this happened with the brand-new aircraft. the event complete coverage coming up next hour.

christina coleman with a live report on the investigation as well as insight from aviation expert robert mark. eric: alarming oversight in washington d.c. defense secretary lloyd austin in the hospital, at one point in intensive care summit made the decision to keep his boss apparently in the dark for days. including the white house and president biden. thankfully secretary austin we are told has resumed his full duties he has also publicly owning up to the delay in the disclosure some republican lawmakers want more than just a statement. lucas tomlinson is live reporting on the president who was spending the weekend at his home in bloomington, delaware hi lucas. >> will eric come at defense secretary lloyd austin remains hospitalized today under mysterious circumstances during this illness as you mentioned at one point landing him in the i icu. many republicans are outraged there defense secretary went mia apparently without telling

anyone. >> apparently a national security council did not know it for the white house did not know it. congress did not know it. we are in a time of a lot of turmoil internationally and the secretary of defense more than a matter wasn't there actually sent over false information sam working from home when he's not actually available at all. >> here's the timeline. late friday the pentagon released a vague statement saying austin was admitted to walter reed on monday for complications following our recent elective surgery the nature of that surgery remains unknown. at one point often became ill it was rushed to the icu the authorities report delegated his deputy was on vacation in puerto rico it is not even clear she knew austin was in the hospital for u.s. forces have been active in their bosses absence u.s. military carrying out a drone strike in iraq on thursday while austin was in the hospital critics ask with everything going on in the world right now why would the defense secretary choose to have elective surgery? officials say the white house

was not informed of his absence for over three days. a statement last night austin took full responsibilities" i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. i commit to doing better and this is important to say this was my medical procedure and i take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure. republicans have pounced many democrats have rushed to austin's defense. >> heat does have a duty to keep the public informed and i do not know whether it was him or somebody of the military establishment that decided to do it this way but i am sure you a little better going forward as he said he would. >> we are told president biden spoke to his defense secretary last night and wished him a speedy recovery. >> week wished him a speedy recovery as well thank you.

arthel: yes we do. house republicans to hold the first impeachment hearing in this week into homeland security secretary mayorkas this as mayorkas has to the southern border tomorrow. arizona congressman andy biggs it was just at the border. we will talk with him about what is at stake. here's to... one year bolder. ♪ ♪boost♪ nutrition for now. this is our last chance to help save thousands of holocaust survivors who are suffering in the former soviet union today.

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arthel: dhs secretary mayorkas said to visit the southern border tomorrow just days after the house homeland security communities first hearing over his possible impeachment. trento and it will get a firsthand look at conditions in eagle pass, texas a hot spot where border agents have been overwhelmed for months. senior correspondent casey stegall is there now and it will pass with more. >> hey arthel, nice to be with you. this morning we have seen another group of migrants crossing here in eagle pass. although it has been relatively small in size. about 50 or so people, nothing at all like the hundreds or even thousands that we have seen come across in the past. they waited to the chilly water of the rio grande and were taken into custody but we should also note that as we are out here our teams do see people entering the u.s. at the authorized port of

entry using cbp one app like they are supposed to. today on fox news at a texas governor greg abbott said that is one simple way to control the surge. just enforcing existing laws to incentivize migrants to use the proper channels. instead of allowing everyone to stay in the u.s. as they await their immigration proceedings. ito give a valid asylum claim yu can go to on the ports of entry of which we have 29 and just in the state of texas alone. you must make them seek asylum from either the country they are fleeing or from mexico or some other safe country they go into. >> meanwhile border patrol agents in el paso have disrupted another stash house with the help of texas dps were more than 30,000 dollars in cold hard cash was seized right likely cartel money when it migrants from mexico was apprehended and will be processed for removal.

as we said tomorrow secretary mayorkas will be in town meeting with federal agents and surveying the sector's facilities here but he is not expected to take any questions from reporters. arthel: nice to have you on with us, thank you very much. >> thank you arthel. >> that it is great secretary mayorkas blame congress for the migrant influx sa sing the $14 billion supplemental funding that president biden has proposed remains in limbo. republicans say the president can take his own action right now if he really is serious about stemming the flow. arizona republican congressman andy biggs joins us. he is cochair of the border security caucus. and traveled to the port last week. congressman good to see a welcome to fox news channel per. >> thanks eric good to be with you. >> what do you expect if anything will come out from the visit by the secretary to the border tomorrow?

>> i don't expect very much butl happen consistently he will get down there. we sell the sanitized version of it they move 12000 people out from under that bridge under eagle pass in a 24 hour. they cleaned up the facility to show members of congress and also in secretary mayorkas gets there. he is not going to see what i have seen when i have gone down with a small group on my own. and i don't think is going to change policies per. >> what have you seen when they don't clean this up as you say? >> so, the week before christmas and lute phil arizona we saw hundreds and hundreds of people they have had 30,000 people in the tucson sector in the last two weeks alone. and so i talk to people guinea, india, pakistan, senegal, and guatemala. just in a short period of time and the result was, as we drove along the border our agents are so busy at the processing and

transporting that we went and miles without seeing any agent on the line at all. they do not have the staffing to deal with both. eric: what are those folks tell if you are from west africa or east africa that's amazing incredible trip and journey to come through all through central america. do they say they were told it is easy that the u.s. is welcoming? what do they say in terms of what they go through and why they are doing it? >> they are sent justice fox has reported at other times they are saying it's easier now to enter the united states. in this administration is welcoming the benefits that a been promised to illegal aliens entering the country they don't say illegal aliens but for those of us coming in the country. they said we want those benefits because they know about that? >> oh yes absolutely print they will tell you that. and i will tell you what other thing when i was talking to

folks i did not get to talk to as many people in eagle pass. but when i say where you're going they would pull up a paper that was laminated with phone numbers and an address and a laminated card form and they would just show that to cbp personnel which they are processing their going to ice and be distributed throughout the country that is where they're going to go per. >> those a laminated what you see obviously it sounds like an organized structure to wait to get these people in. what was on the laminated cards, do you know? was it friends and family or government phone numbers? >> they were not government phone numbers. they were essentially what i would say our sponsors. there was always an address. one guy was going to the bronx and somebody else was going to missouri, oklahoma, they have addresses for these places. >> some democrats are finally saying it's a crisis.

john fetterman notably h here'sa bit of secretary mayorkas and pennsylvania senator john fetterman who admits it is a crisis. let's listen. >> should yyou do think it's a s now? >> brett it is a challenge that we have been addressing vigorously with all the tools and resources that we have been provided. >> there is a crisis at the border. i don't know how anyone could pretend there isn't. eric: fetterman is laying it right after being blunt do you think more democrats are following his lead? >> there are. we have had some democrats in the house and basically taking our position they just won't vote with what needs to happen. but even at my my friend from ts said this week there's about a million and a half people who have removal orders this administration has refused to

remove from the country these people already had their due process but henry has joined me and others saying this administration' is got to start removing those people because when you start removing people that because of the dead disincentive that will slow the flow down. i people coming into the country. >> here in new york there but i see hearings of some in new york at this congressman, 2035, 2035. she think they're going to show up 11 years from now? >> no. already the inspector general for dhs said last week we met with him more than 75% of the people that come in we have no idea where they are. and of those hearings you are talking about those of the are e secondary hearings the actual hearings in their case over 90% failed to appear they will come to the first hearing and make contact, why question mcdill get a document this is a can work in

the country for a couple of years but there also given their dates when they're given their dates they're not going to show up for the actual hearing. they are lost to the country. eric: seems like they know how to work the system arizona congressman andy biggs has been on this border issue, congressman thank you for joining us. >> thanks eric. >> of course. arthel: flu cases are surging across the country. what you can do to protect yourself plus the northeast experiencing its first winter storm of the season. it looks pretty but a live report from new england coming up next. no, not that talk. about what the future looks like. for me. i may have trouble getting around, but i want to live in my home where i'm comfortable and my friends are nearby. i can do it with the help of a barber, personal shopper and exercise buddy. someone who can help me live right at home. life's good.

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arthel: concern is growing as flu cases rise across the u.s. let's take a look at the numbers. cdc estimates between october and december last year there were between 10 -- 19 million flu cases. at least 100 10,000

hospitalizations and up to 19000 flu -related deaths. experts fear cases will only continue to climb in the new year. so, how can you protect yourself this flu season (doctor marty mckay professor at johns hopkins school of medicine on a fox news conservative. so doctor mary, is this flu season worse than others? or are we mingling more? >> it is nice to see you arthel but does not appear to be worse than other flu seasons but the country has been oddly complacent about flu deaths each year we have got almost 5000 this year from just this flu season. they has not yet peaked in many parts of the northern united states inmate peak in february. we may see 15 -- 30,000 deaths in the typical flu season where the hopes of the pandemic was the silver lining is that we basically learn better hygiene. it should not be acceptable to show up to work coughing on people and slobbering.

and if you are sick you should generally stay home there's also the vaccines. so in this case i think the cdc director is correct when she says the numbers we are seeing with flu this year are pretty typical for this time of year but we should still take it seriously. arthel: if you got the flu shot can u you so that the flu? also if you have not gotten the flu shot is it too late? >> if you had the flu shot you could absolutely get the fluid the flu shot downgrades the severity of illness and some fraction of people get the flu after the shot may be half of the people that is considered a good match for the flu shot to the viruses circulating this year it is considered to be a good match. if you have not gotten the flu shot this is a good time to get it but right now about 45% of american adults have gotten your flu shot, and should be higher this is a very tried-and-true vaccine that's been around was a very good safety profile for over 50 years.

i would recommend that the you want to get is just before the uptick in cases it lasts about three months in terms of its maximal protection. remember rsv another virus is also circulating for people over age 60 they can get the rsv vaccine it's also available to women and their third trimester pregnancy because newborn babies can get affected by rsp as well. arthel: interesting. cdc again it says the flu season has not even hit its high note yet i think you said maybe look for that to happen in february. so how can we protect ourselves? and are there different factors that could determine who is more susceptible? >> for sure. those with pre-existing lung disease immunosuppressed individuals in older folks are the folks who get hit hard with these common seasonal viruses we see every winter break right now in the south in the united states they are seeing a lot of

people in the hospital particularly people over the age of 65 and those with special pre-existing conditions. so for those individuals be really careful. try to make sure you have got the vaccines there is another vaccine code pneumococcal callel vaccine for type of pneumonia recommended for everyone over age 65. you get the rsv, flu, if you are a candidate and it is highly recommended. otherwise you don't have a lot of great options you can use common sense and that's probably what everyone should keep in mind. if i've literally have 22nd so again if you get the flu shot you can still get the flu but maybe it doesn't have to mean a death sentence, correct? what's it downgrades the severity of illness. if you have a wheezing or trouble breathing or prolonged fevers when he went to seek a medical professional. arthel: of course we are sorry for any families who dealt with a deaths related to flu doctor

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arthel: gave an update now on the response to defense secretary lloyd austin's hospitalization. a senior u.s. defense official telling fox news is number two deputy defense secretary

kathleen hicks was told on january 2 to assume certain operational duties. but was not told until two days later that it was because secretary austin was in the hospital. spiritual deputy secretary hicks was on a planned vacation in puerto rico at the time but was able to fully work remotely. lucas tomlinson will have more details for us next hour. >> a powerful nor'easter moving through new england at this moment let's take a look at new hampshire. in a providence, rhode island, while its white conditions there in new hampshire britt foxworthy correspondent robert ray in massachusetts as we can see it is snowing there, hey robert. [laughter] >> hey eric, good at pronunciatn as they say it here 40 or 50 miles west of boston. and look at the snow here.

about 10 inches and counting as it is coming down like a snow globe here in central mass. it all started at 11:00 p.m. last night but look at the visuals at our viewers of this area. a significant snow amounts coming through here. it is because the temperatures are in the 20s and when those winds kicked up anywhere between 20 -- 35-mile an hour gusts it feels like it is nine or 10 degrees. now here's the bad part about these nor'easter's as we know, power outages. the state of massachusetts is going to ebb and flow and that based upon the wind and the snow out here today pit one point about 17000 customers found themselves without power. just looked a second ago is just under 7000 but, as the storm continues in the winter storm warning goes until 1:00 a.m. later tonight into the morning those numbers will likely move around.

but look at the streets to hear it. they are just full of snow. they put the brine it down where they are doing their best fit underneath is a layer of ice and you've got to be careful precooked set -- mike robert thank you. arthel it's a winter wonderland that is for sure but it is beautiful but the commuters tomorrow.in divide tha!t part that part. mike emanuel is up from washington. stay tuned. 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar, 25 vitamins and minerals. and a new fiber blend with a prebiotic. (♪) ♪ [typing] you were made to act spontaneously. we were made to help plan accordingly. ♪

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