i want to congratulate ron and nikki for having a good, a good time together we're all having a good time together i also want to congratulate vivek. because he did a hell of a job >> donald trump calls out the competition after a dominant win if iowa. a resurgent showing for governor

desantis might breathe new life into his candidacy we're live in des moines with how the caucus is setting the stage for the race to the white house. the battle in texas after a migrant woman and two children drowned in the rio grande. millions in the path of winter's grasp the arctic blast bringing heavy snow and ice across the deep south. and an about face for apple. how the tech titan is turning back the ban on its watches. hello egot elton john completes one of the most coveted awards in entertainment. plus all the big moments from the emmys. it's tuesday, january 16 "early today" starts right now hi there, good morning i'm frances rivera we kick off our coverage in iowa, where the first election results of 2024 are in nbc news projects that donald trump has easily won the iowa

caucuses, completing the first step in a path to rematch with president joe biden, but his republican rivals are holding on alice barr joins us from iowa to break down those results good morning, alice. >> reporter: frances, election season is officially under way, and nbc news is projecting this first contest as a historic win for former president trump he's expected to carry iowa with more than 50% of the vote. there is no clear second place winner, no clear alternative to former president trump emerging from iowa. the person that did come in second is florida governor ron desantis, but he's not pulled away from nikki haley. the former u.n. ambassador and south carolina governor, and she's not pulled away from him there was some questions about really how close they would wind up being and they're a distant second and pretty close together. florida governor ron desantis had bet big on iowa. he put in a lot of time, money

and resources here he outpourmed erformed the mostt polls we saw for him let's let you hear from both of them first, with the former president who really struck a message of unity tonight, talking about compliments rarely heard for his republican rivals, and clearly looking ahead to the general election >> i really think this is time now for everybody, our country, to come together we want to come together, whether it's republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we could come together and straighten out the world and straighten out the problems and straighten out all of the death and destruction that we're witnessing >> people want to have hope for this country's future. and that's what we represent we represent a chance to reverse the math m madness that we've seen in this

country. >> reporter: nikki haley has been pulling closer to former president trump in new hampshire. so she's going to have an advantage heading in there and she said tonight that her campaign represents what she called the last best hope of stopping the trump-biden nightmare. that rematch the other thing to note from tonight is that entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy, he dropped out of the race overnight and actually on stage endorsed former president trump, so it will be interesting to see where his supporters could go in the next contest frances, back to you >> alice, thank you. a washington court will consider whether to remove former president trump from the ballot the supreme court has already decided to take up the case from colorado and today the former president is expected to attend the first day of the new e. gjean carroll

trial. she sued him after his comments made after another trial the tragic death of a migrant woman and her children has intensified a fight between the biden administration and the state. >> re >> reporter: tragedy on the rio grande, centered around federal authorities' access to the border the department of homeland security issuing a letter to the state attorney general demanding texas immediately cease and desist any actions that brooke bo b block federal access to the shelby park area, near where a woman and two children drowned late friday the rescue response highly disputed the white house stating texas officials blocked u.s. border patrol from attempting to save the migrants texas authorities calling that wholly inaccurate, sharing by

the time border patrol requested access, mexican authorities were already recovering the bodies. >> it's devastating to imagine that state officials would know that people were drowning in the river, particularly children, and block border patrol from going and saving them. >> reporter: just hours before the drowning, the state's governor defending its border presence >>texas has the legal authorit to control ingress and egress into any geographical location in the state of texas. >> reporter: back in eagle pass, 700 white crosses marking the estimated migrant deaths the last year. texas is given a deadline of this wednesday to stop blocking border patrol or they'll refer the matter to the department of justice and pursue all options available to restore access. morgan chesky, nbc news, dallas. just a few days after u.s. airstrikes on their bases in yemen, houthi rebels have

resre resumed attacks on ships the attack came a day after u.s. fighter jets shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired toward an american destroyer let's go live to chapman bell. what more can you tell us about these latest attacks >> reporter: morning, frances. that first attack, an anti-ship cruise missile fired towards a navy destroyer in the area it was shot down by a u.s. fighter jet. however, houthi rebels were able to hit a u.s.-owned ship off the coast of yemen the vessel struck by a projectile on the portside the gibraltar eagle had no reported injuries and no significant damage and was able to continue on its journey though both attacks following the airstrikes by the u.s. and uk at the end of last week and over the weekend, following multiple warningsi to the

houthis. they say they will consider a all american ships as hostile targets. now these attacks continue to worry many that this conflict could grow in the region now also the search continues for two u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. who went missing several days ago while boarding a ship off the coast of somalia with weapons bound for yemen. one of the sailors went overboard and following protocol, the other went in after them like i said, missing for several days however, the search continues for these two u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s., as many continue to worry about this conflict growing in the region. there seems to be a lot of action and a lot of uncertainty, frances? >> chapman bell, thank you more turbulenc turbulence fg

after a crack was found in a cockpit window during a flight over japan cabin pressure was normal and the plane safely returned to the airport. it comes a week after the door plug blew off a plane over oregon the deadly deep freeze continues to plague much of the country, fuelling storms that are believed to be responsible for at least ten deaths. huge swaths of the country are below freezing, making it treacherous for many to be outside. on monday, montana recorded the coldest temperature nationwide at minus 42 degrees. more than 9,000 flights were delayed, and over 3,000 were canceled today there are already more than 1,000 flights grounded. residents in texas are asked to conserve power for a second day in a row as frigid temperatures continue there let's bring in angie lassman good morning >> you are exactly right we've got chilly temperatures, snow happening, and we've got

kind of a wintry mix across portions of the south. because we've of course got the cold air in place. slick roads are likely going to be out there can you see how expansive these reports are. we've got another system out west impacting folks in washington and oregon over the next day or so here's how this system across portions of the east works out we're going to see that early snow taper off, but slick travel, maryland to maine. the wind the winds remain gusty that means more snow and more of it east of the great lakes 107 million people right now, these temperatures bottoming out with a feels-like of minus 20 later today. minus 30 in des moines 31 below for denver.and single .

green bay hits three by this afternoon. >> angie, thank you. the eagles won't be making a return trip to the big game this year in a final matchup of the wildcard weekend, the defending nfc champs had their wings clipped. philly found the end zone just once, while baker mayfield threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns and a dominant playoff performance. fans in buffalo braved the weather and a postponement to watch the bills faktake on the steelers josh allen accounted for three touchdowns in the first half versus the seven-seeded steelers the bills get the honor of

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queen. thousands of people lining the streets of copenhagen to witness a historic transfer of power, a grateful nation braving the cold on sunday to say thank you to denmark's queen, europe's longest reigning monarch after queen elizabeth. it comes two weeks after she shocked the nation with her new year's address, announcing she's stepping down from the throne due to health reeasons. but after more than half a century of service, she, with the stroke of a pen, is leaving behind a lasting legacy of modernizing the throne to her son. in keeping with danish tradition, her son frederick x joining the danish prime minister on the royal balcony declaring frederick as king. at 55, king frederick now tasked

with pushing his mother's legacy forward. ste telling a cheering crowd he hopes to be a unifying king. he's already known for relatability among his people. but it's his wife, mary donaldson proudly standing next to the king making history as the world's first australian-born queen. >> just amazing. what an honor for me being an australian woman to have her representing us over if n denma. >> reporter: a country with allegiance to the british monarch with some claiming king frederick and queen mary their own. >> we've got royalty in australia, really. >> reporter: a sweet love story that started in sydney at the olympic games in 2000. frederick and mary meeting in a pub, a long-distance relationship leading to marriage four years later

and now, a royal abdication, bringing two countries on opposite sides of the world together, as den mark's monarchy enters a new era megan fitzgerald, nbc news, london >> like a fairy tale story thanks so much for watching "early today." i'm frances rivera have a great tuesday hope you're back here joining us wednesday morning. wednesday morning. (vo) at wells fargo, direct deposits come up to two days early with early pay day. what if everything came two days early? (hero) have a good weekend! alright now...have a good weekend. (co-worker) but it's wednesday... (co-worker 2) see you monday! (co-worker 3) am i missing something? (hero) it's the weekend baby... see you later. (vo) like getting things two days early? when it comes to payday, you can with wells fargo. (co-worker 4) what are you doing this weekend?

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