it's tuesday, january 26th, coming up on "early today," iowa voters caucus in six days as the democrats make their final case. >> we will raise taxes, yes, we will. what i believe in is creating a government that works for all of us, not just a hand full of people on the top. that's my definition of democratic socialism. >> they throw all this stuff at me and i'm still standing. i've been on the front lines of change and progress since i was

i've been fighting for people left behind the chance to make the most out of their own lives. >> hold strong at your caucus because america is scanning the horizon. we cannot be this fed up with our national politics and think return to old names is going to move us forward. >> and the republicans are gearing up for a final debate this week. the blizzard has claimed at least 32 lives and many are still dealing with the big dig. plus, massive erosion be beneath the california coast line. the hunt for escaped dangerous inmates. and a cute cub cuddles with his mom. "early today" starts right now. good morning, at least 42 people are now confirmed dead

blizzard, including a pennsylvania teen who was eight months pregnant and died while shoveling snow. frustration is mounting over the clean up, or lack thereof in some areas. in new york, roads completely impossible. and nearly impossible for many students to get to class. this school bus filled with students had a scary moment skidding on the way to school. and workers in the nation's capital are ordered to stay at home where clean up is slow. and first responders were forced to dig it out before helping others. and in this neighborhood plowing has been nonexistent. residents are essentially cut off from the outside world. over on the jersey shore, a different sort of clean up after a town saw the worst flooding in history

six to eight inches higher than superstorm sandy. and debris littering streets in people's yards. some boats now hundreds of yards from their docks and parts of the sea wall constructedcompromised, now in need of repair. and governor wolf appalls s s jzed to travellers stranded. and the travel nightmare is far from over. 1300 flights were canceled today after 2100 were canceled yesterday. united airline is bringing in workers from chicago and houston to help out at some airports and in new york city, managers say it's the biggest recovery since super storm sandy, although some experts say we're lucky this is a relatively slow time of year for travel. and don't tell that to the this

have found a heater to sleep on. and money lost estimated millions of dollars and $300 per hour. that's the most expensive snow storm in the state's history and black ice is a serious concern as higher temperatures during the day drop below freezing at night. to politics where iowa days. democrats had one last chance to make their pitch at a forum in iowa last night. while on the republican side, the war of words between donald trump and ted cruz continued. nbc's edward lawrence live in washington with the very latest. >> reporter: we are so close to that monday caucus. not only are the candidates desperate to show they should

in iowa, the democrats tried to highlight to make the final pitch during a town hall on why they should be the democratic nominee. senator bernie sanders saying he will take on the establishment and hillary clinton saying she's part of that ideology. and hillary clinton saying she'll make people 's lives better when she's president. and things turning nasty on the republican side. senator ted cruz released his attack ad against donald trump's new york values and trump is now calling cruz the man from canada. and in order for trump to win iowa, he'll need the energy he gets and all of them to show up in caucus which is a difficult process. back to you. >> thanks. the man hunt for three escaped inmates in california continues this morning.

department said they need the public's help in the men described as "extremely dangerous felons." they made their way through the jail's pluming system through the roof where it's believed they used linens tie under to ropes to go three stories down. and all three have been formally charge bide the orange county district attorney for escaping. they face between three and nine years in state prison. a texas grand jury has cleared planned parent dstz hood of breaking any laws that it sold tissue from aborted fetuses and instead they decided to indict the abortion activists behind the videos.

activist face charges with tampering with government records. the videos fired up antiabortion law makers with republican on the campaign trail and congress condemning planned parenthood. and they released a statement saying "these people broke the law to spread malicious laws about planned parent dstz hood in order to advance their extreme antiabortion political agenda. as the dust settles and the truth comes out, it's become clear that the only people involved in wrong doing are the people behind the the videos." orlando police department released a video. officer wells released fire when the car started driving in his direction.

the driver was hit in the shoulder when the officer opened fire and the suspect was first transported to a hospital and then juvenile detention. officer mills is on paided a min ed a min min -- administrative leave. and a water company will donated a million bottles of water to the residents of flint, michigan, as a official investigation begins to determine about the ongoing water crisis in the city. attorney general announced the new heads of the investigation, flood and former wayne county assistant prosecutor and andy arena, the former head of detroit's fbi office. and he noted the office represents the people and the state government and measures would be taken similar to

and he echoed the out rage of people who have received water bills averaging around $140 a month, according to the flint journal. >> i understand the anger and frustration of the families and citizens of flint. if you can't drink the bad water, you shouldn't pay for it. >> how is that possible? msnbc's rachel maddow ow will lead on nbc. and bill karins is here with your tuesday weather. yesterday we were talking about the posability of anather east coast storm and your shuvlting shuvlt shoveling in green bay, a couple inches of snow and little light coating of freezing rain now across areas of central new york and pennsylvania.

a -- 80 and across. and further to the south, rain along the cold front to the east of houston. and new orleans, on and off rain and then soaked in florida. it looks like wernz dnesday and evening. and this is out to sea. this storm does not combine, the southern storm does not combine with the northern storm. it looks like separate inteties. this does not get sucked back into the northeast and that means a clear forecast into the weekend. today's forecast and very seasonable. minneapolis minneapolis, 25, one of the colder spots and a little bit of melting from new york city to washington d.c. with temperatures in the low 40s. now a closer look at your day ahead. so, today we have a little bit of that light rain that will

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