the 2024 election season is off to the races former president trump dominates the hawkeye state's republican voters, and a long-shot candidate calls it quits but all eyes were on the race for second place we've got the latest numbers overseas, growing concern over a widening war in the middle east. an american-owned ship hit by a houthi missile days after the

u.s. strikes in yemen. we're live with the latest the arctic blast sweeps across the country and wreaking havoc on travel. angie lassman is tracking that and a new storm drenching the west the nfl wildcard weekend stretching into monday night as the last two teams clench their spot, we break down your divisional matchup and history made on the stage at the 75th prime time emmy awards. we take a look at the biggest winners. it's tuesday, january 16 "early today" starts right now good morning, good to be with you. i'm frances rivera donald trump has proven his dominance in the first major test of the 2024 election cycle. nbc news projects the former president has easily won the iowa caucuses. the republican frontrunner used part of his victory speech to congratulate his competition >> 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 >> nbc news projects that ron desantis has won the closely-watched race for second place. narrowly defeating nikki haley meanwhile, vivek ramaswamy has announced the end of his campaign >> there is no path for me to be the next president, absent things that we don't want to see happen in this country >> ramaswamy also used his speech to endorse donald trump for more on the iowa fallout, here's dasha burns >> reporter: a cold and dramatic night here in iowa donald trump with that massive victory, despite the frigid temperatures, his voters did turn out, and they turned out hard for him no the turnout was lower than typical, and we can do expect that that is because of those

absolutely brutal temperatures out there. that's also something that desantis hoped to help him get into that second-place finish, which did, in fact happen for the governor, he needed that second place in order to argue viability going forward, which he now says he is. he is in it for the long haul, he says he's heading on to south carolina tomorrow, bf heading to new hampshire, which is the next state in line, but he's going to south carolina to sort of stump on nikki haley's home turf the two have been neck and neck in the polls haley doing much better in new hampshire, actually potentially in striking distance of donald trump. but we finally got real results here in iowa, which set the narrative. donald trump is absolutely dominant his rivals, though, live to fight another day. >> dasha, thank you.

now to the dem s democratic sid in furnding is powered by grassroots enthusiasm. just a few days after u.s. strikes on their bases in yemen, the houthi rebels have resumed atax on ships near atax t attacks. let's go live to chapman bell. what more can you tell us about these latest attacks >> reporter: good morning, frances, that first missile fired at an american warship the anti-ship missile was fired toward the naval destroyer from houthi-controlled areas of yemen. it was shot down by a u.s. fighter jet, and just yesterday, houthi rebels hitting a

u.s.-owned ship off the coast of yemen. the vessel was struck by the projectile on the portside, causing limited damage to the cargo hold, but it remains seaworthy. central command saying the ship had no reported injuries and, or significant damage and was continuing on its journey, but all this follows the attacks by the u.s. and uk, the airstrike at the end of last week on targets in yemen, following a series of attacks of vessels if the red sea. then the united states, of course, taking more airstrikes at the weekend on targets inside yemen, trying to deter such attacks. senator chris coons saying the u.s. needs to take further actions to deter rebels disrupting commerce in the red sea. now, all of this, of course, following the growing concerns that this war in israel could

pexpand in the region and the search continues for two u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. who went missing in the area while they were searching a ship. one went into the water, fell overboard. but this search continues for these two sailors. as the israel-hamas war passed the 100-day mark, the focus was on the plight of the hostages around 100 are expected to still be alive, among them a baby boy who will turn 1-year-old >> reporter: we are learning for the first time about the youngest american hostage held for weeks, abigail idan. on october 7, hamas executed her parents if front of her. her neig

her neighbors took her into their home >> she was red with blood, smeared with blood and i remember thinking it is not her, it's someone else, but i knew it was her. >> reporter: they took her and their three children to the safe room but hamas later kidnapped all of them. it's an indescribable fear, the fear of someone coming to kell you kill you, she says, they were held for 51 days, sometimes in homes. before they were released. hamas released a new video they claim is proof of life of another hostage, noa argamani, kidnapped from a music festival and speaking under duress. hamas claims two other hostages are dead israel says hamas is making cruel use of hostages in the

video. hostage families are suffering as days of captivity now drag into months. i'm at the home of the bebibiba family >> he's supposed to start walking, saying his first word and we don't know if he will have a chance to do that >> we want this to be over i want him back. we've been screaming this from the day one. >> reporter: israeli officials believe more than 100 hostages are still alive in gaza. the white house says at least six of them are americans. >> richard, thank you. defense secretary lloyd austin is out of the hospital after undergoing treatment for

complications that followed prostate cancer surgery. the incident was skept secret from even the white house, drawing widespread criticism the white house said austin will continue to recuperate and form his perform his duties from home a seat belt may have saved a person after a car went airborne the driver was pulled from the wreckage and taken to the hospital she's in stable condition and state highway patrol officer say it's all thanks to her seat belt the deadly deep freeze continues to plague much of the country, with storms that are responsible for at least ten deaths huge s.w swaths of the country are below freezing, making it treacherous to be outside.

>> you normally, it takes you 30 minutes to get to work, plan on an hour. takes you 15 minutes, plan on 30 double your time it's probably good vista if you don't feel safe, back it up it's better to be late than not there at all >> the coldest temperature was minus 42 degrees thousand flights were delayed and 3,000 canceled today there are already more than 1,000 flights grounded. residents in texas are asked to conserve power let's bring in angie lassman a whole lot to still cover, angie. good morning >> we've got snow, the bitter cold temperatures. a little bit of rain and ice happening across parts of the southeast and the snow that we've been waiting for, for so many here's those winter alerts.

we have another storm system we're watching out west. this goes up until midnight. half an inch in new york it is still snowing, so we'll likely see that number, philadelphia, picking up an inch and a half, and baltimore, four inches we are over 700 days in a lot of these spots. so some snow, i think, will be a welcome sight for a lot of folks. taking it slow as that snow is still falling. we do see the lake-effect snow still going on as we get into tomorrow just east of those lakes. when it's all said and done we'll pick up maybe half a foot, with higher amount, one high toy omaha hits 8 degrees, des moines

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center built in his honor, students joined other volunteers packing hygiene kits for those in need. >> service to me is just giving back whether it's to the less fortunate or just on equal levels just giving back to other people out of the goodness of your heart. j i >> i think service is a mute ool relationship you're able to give something and get something back because you're learning from the community you're working in. >> this nation will rise up. >> and live out the true meaning. ♪ we shall ♪ >> reporter: a reminder that others stand ready to pick uh the mantle blayne alexander, atlanta. >> dr. king was also honored with a special service at the atlanta church where he was a

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