[ applause ] -- and the people who are left out and left behind a chance to make the most out of their own lives. >> hold strong because america is looking for a new leader. >> the republicans are gearing up for a final debate this week. the blizzard of 2016 claimed at least 4 2 clooifslives, the federal government remains closed and many are still dealing with the big dig. >> and the hunt for three e skamd dangerous inmates in california. >> a cute polar bear cub cuddles with mo and more. "early today" starts now. good morning, i'm dara brown. iowa voters will caucus in just six days. democrats had one last chance to make their pitch last night in iowa. while on the republican stage the war of words between trump and cruz continues, as both hope to come out on top next monday.

washington d.c. with the latest. good morning edward. >> good morning dara, that all important contest is monday in iowa. not only are the candidates desperate to show that they should win, that they want the momentum of a win. >> in iowa, the temperatures may be cold but the race to be each party's nominee for president is heating up. the democrat candidates highlighted their differences from one another as they made a final pitch to people in iowa. >> i led the effort against wall street deregulation. see where hillary clinton was on this issue. >> we tackled income inequality and produced results. not talk, action. and that is what i will do as president. >> ted cruz saying one thing and doing something different. >> meanwhile on the republican side the race is getting nasty. especially between donald trump and senator cruz. >> i will not respond in kind because i think the people of this country deserve better.

second attack ad in iowa on donald trump's values. >> my views are a little different than if i lived in iowa. >> trump now calling cruz the man from canada. because that pipeline goes from canada, the birthplace of ted cruz. he was born there. and now he goes all the way to texas. maybe has a conflict of interest. that's interesting. >> the gop front runner says he'll take action as president and not back down to anyone. a new nbc news survey monkey poll out this mornings among national voters shows donald trump increasing his lead at 39%. ted cruz sliding 14 to 17% and marco rubio in third at 10%. >> thank you so much that report. at least 32 people are confirmed dead from the blizzard.

clean up or lack thereof in some areas. new york city residents are saying many roads are completely impassable. and although public schools were open yesterday it was nearly impossible for many students to get to class. and this school bus filled with students even skidded on its way to school. some venturous entrepreneur built this igloo and tried to rent it ow on airbnb for $200 a night. unfortunately it didn't meet the guidelines. in the capitol workers are today. and in this neighborhood plowing has been non existent. out. and the jersey shore a different sort of clean up after towns saw the worst flooding in history. even more devastating, parts of the seawall compromised and in

and the governor apologized to motorists stuck on the turnpike for almost two days. and 13 hundred flights canceled today after 2100 yesterday. plus a massive backlog from the weekend. the loss to the economy estimated to be around $850 million. the clean up costs are staggers chts up to 3 million dollars per hour. the most expensive snow storm in the state's history. the man hunt continues in california. the orange county sheriffs department says they absolutely need the public's help in the search for the men. the three used tools to skut threw a steel grate in the cell, made their way to the roof through the plumbing system where it is believed they used linens fashioned into the rope to repel five stories down. authorities are offering a $50 thousand reward for information.

be raised to 350 thousand. if convicted the men face between three and nine years in state prison. >> a texas grand jury has cleared planned parenthood of breaking any laws. instead the grand jury chose to the indict of the antiabortion activists said to have been behind the videos. david dlieen along with another face charges of tampering with government records. and accused of violating state laws against humans buying organs. aintd abortion lawmakers fired up. with republicans condemning planned parenthood and leading the charge to strip federal funding. last night plan blood released this statement. as the dust settles and the

totally career that the only people who engaged in wrong doing are the criminals behind this fraud. and we're glad they are being held accountability. an officer-involved shooting caught on body cam in orlando florida. the orlando police department released two videos of the drama that all apparently started with a minor traffic violation. the officer opened fire he said when the car started driving in his direction. the 17-year-old driver fled the scene. reports indicate the vehicle was stolen. the driver crashed into a vacant home about half mile a way. the suspect was transported to a hospital and then to juvenile detection. the officer is on paid administrative leave and the florida of law enforcement department is investigating. and donating a million bottles of water to the

this as an official investigation begins by the michigan attorney general's office to determine if state laws were violated during the ongoing water crisis in that city. at a press conference yesterday attorney general announced the news the new heads of the investigation, todd flood a former wayne county assistant prosecutorthe former head of the fbi. the office represents both the people and the state government and says measures would have been tack into prevent conflict similar to detroit's bankruptcy case. and also echoed the traichblg of many outrage of many who have received water bills. >> i understand the. if you can't drink the bad water you shouldn't pay for it.

water crisis wednesday nights at 9:00 p.m. on msnbc. >> bill karins is here with the forecast. >> so many amazing images. here is a view from outer space. you can see this is the brown earth. before the storm. and after the storm went buy can see we pretty much paint the white across all of kentucky. you can see the cutoff near raleigh and also near new york. and the nation's capital right in the middle. let's me show you what it looked like in thisthisin this morning. a beautiful sunrise. the airport at reagan national. what a beautiful glow. they are going to be doing a slow melt the upcoming days. that's good. no flooding concerns. just slow and steady. big storm up in british columbia, dragging in moisture. much is going to miss areas to the south. the weather pattern changed lately.

north and a little closer view of the radar shows seattle so far and looks like some of the showers trying to move across the south and will be over top of you soon. as far as this week goes we're not going to see too many problems early in the week. yesterday we didn't have many and also today. light rain and freezing stuff in the north. and middle of the week also looks really quiet. just heavy rain down here in florida. there is the rain we're dealing with today and a little bit tomorrow in the northwest. and then by the end of the week that is when the bigger storm will move in. that is when more significant moisture will be with us and heavy mountain snows too. and maybe another into sunday. the active weather for the west is on your way. that is your national weather and here is a closer look at the day ahead. >> right along the coastal areas is where we'll have the best chance of seeing rain. further inland we should be okay from sailen sourt werd just a slight chance of shower. most locations looking nice in

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