maybe handcuff it to the snowboard wrangler for the duration of the storm next time? i'm sorry, d.c. your storm was probably bigger than they say it was. i know you say that to all -- never mind. that does it for us tonight. it's tuesday, january 26th. right now on "first look" -- 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 the handful of people on the top. that's my definition of democratic socialism. >> they throw all of this stuff at me. and i'm still standing. i've been on the front lines of change and progress since i was your age. i have been fighting to give kids and women and -- and the people who are left out and left

behind a chance to make the most out of their own lives. >> hold strong at your caucus because america is looking for a new leader. and the republicans are gearing up for a final debate this week. the blizzard of 2016 has claimed 27 lives. plus, massive erosion beneath the apartments along the california coastline. the hunt for three escaped dangerous inmates heats up. a cute polar bear cub cuddles with mama and more. "first look" starts right now. good morning. i'm gigi stone woods. iowa voters will caucus in six days. democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders and martin o'malley made their last pitch and the war of words between up donald trump an ted cruz heats

up. edward lawrence has the very latest. what do you have for us this morning? >> reporter: well, good morning. the first contest is on monday. and not only are the candidates desperate to show why they should win, but they want the momentum of a win. in iowa the temperatures may be cold but the race to be each party's nominee is heating up. the candidates highlighted their difference from one another as they made a pitch to the people of iowa. >> i led the effort against wall street deregulation. see where hillary clinton was on this issue. >> we tackled income inquality and produced results that's what i'll do as president. >> ted cruz is doing one thing and saying something different. >> reporter: meanwhile, the race is getting nasty on the republicans especially between donald trump and ted cruz. >> i won't respond in kind, because i think the people of iowa, the people of new hampshire and south carolina and

this country deserve better. >> reporter: still ted cruz released his attack ad. >> my views are different if i lived in iowa. >> they are different like on abortion. >> reporter: trump is calling cruz the man from canada. >> put that pipe line goes from canada, the birth place of ted cruz. he was born there, now he goes all the way to texas. maybe he has a conflict of interest. >> reporter: the gop front-runners says he'll take action as president and not back down to anyone. and political experts say that donald trump has enormous crowds at the events but in order to win he needs to turn that energy into people actually showing up to caucus for him. gigi? >> see if it works out. thanks. at least 42 people are now confirmed dead from the weekend's historic blizzard including a pennsylvania teen who was eight months pregnant who guyed while shoveling snow. frustrations mounting over the clean-up or lack thereof in some areas. new york city residents are

saying many roads are completely impassable. in queens people feel forgettable and public schools were open yesterday but it was nearly impossible for many students to get to class. look at this school bus, it was filled with students and it had a scary moment, skidding on the way to school. federal workers in the nation's capital are ordered to stay home today where the clean-up is pretty slow. and in in neighborhood, plowing has been nonexistent. residents are cut off from the outside world. they have to shovel paths just to get to their neighbors. over on the jersey shore, a different sort of clean-up after a town saw the worst flooding in history. in wildwood, floodwaters rose six to eight inches higher than in superstorm sandy. some boats 100 yards from their docks. parts of the sea wall constructed after sandy compromised and now in need of

repair. in pennsylvania, governor wolf apologized to more than 550 motorists who were stuck on the u.s. highway for two days. and the travel nightmares are far from over. 1,300 flights are cancelled for today, that's after 2,100 were cancelled yesterday. united airlines is bringing in workers from chicago and houston to help out at the airports. at jfk international in new york city, managers say it's the biggest recovery since superstorm sandy. in addition to money lost in the economy, $850 million, the clean-up costs are staggering. virginia governor terry mcauliffe estimates $3 million an hour to clean it up. higher temperatures during the day dropped below freezing at night. the nanhunt for three escaped inmates in california continues this morning. the orange county sheriff's department says they absolutely need the public's help in this

search for the men, described as extremely dangerous felons. the three used tools to cut through a steel grate in their cell, made their way through the plumbing system to the roof where they believe they used linens fashioned to -- into a rope to rappel five stories down. authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for information. one county supervisor say it should be raised to $150,000. all three have been charged by the district attorney for escaping. 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 following accusations made in an undercover video that it sold tissue from aborted fetuses. instead, the grand jury chose to indict two of the anti-abortion activists said to have been behind the videos. center for medical progress founder david daleiden is accused of violating state law. the videos fired up

anti-abortion lawmakers, republicans on the campaign trail and in congress condemning planned parenthood and leading the charge to strip the funding. planned parenthood released a statement saying, these people broke the law to spread malicious laws about planned parenthood in order to advance their extreme anti-abortion political agenda. as the dust settles and the truth comes out it's become totally clear that the only people who engaged in wrongdoing are the criminals behind this fraud and we're glad they're being held accountable. an officer involved shooting was caught in orlando, florida. it occurred earlier this month. the police department released two videos of the drama that started with a minor traffic violation. officer jonathan mills says he opened fire when the car started driving in his direction. the 17-year-old driver fled the scene and reports indicate the car was stolen. the officer opened fire and he crashed into a home half a mile away. the suspect was first

transported to a hospital and then to juvenile detention. the florida department of law enforcement is investigating. this is sweet, a bottled water company owned by sean "diddy" combs and mark wahlberg will donate a million water bottles to those in flint, michigan. they're trying to determine if state laws were violated during that ongoing water crisis in the city. so at a press conference yesterday, attorney general bill schuette announced the new heads of the investigation, flood and andy arena. schuette noted they both represent the state government and said measures would be taken to prevent conflicts. he also echoed the outrage of many in the community who have believe it north received water bills averaging around $140 a

month according to the flint journal. talk about adding insult to injury. >> i understand the anger and frustration of the family and citizens of flint. if you can't drink the bad water you shouldn't pay for it. >> our open rachel maddow will lead a town hall wednesday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. don't miss it. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning. >> hi, good morning to you as well. twitter stock is tumbling and the company is shaking up management. but it does have one thing going for it -- cash. and a lot of it. twitter has about $3.5 billion on hand. which could give a type to try to fix things. if it only burns through $8.5 million like last year, twitter has enough cash that last 412 years. meanwhile, a new self-propelling stroller aims to make parent's lives easier. it has an electronic engine, has a built in bottle warmer and the

price tag is about 3 grand when it officially hits the market next year. president obama will propose expanding access to retirement accounts when he issues the budget next month. that could benefit more than 30 million people. it would require employers to automatically enroll workers in the ira in exchange for a tax credit to off set the cost. >> thanks, landon dowdy. in sports in the 21st meeting between williams and sharapova. top seed williams won her 18th consecutive victory over sharapova. on the men's side, federer had trouble getting to semifinals by defeating tomas burr ditch in straight sets. in what was an ugly game between the nba's two best teams, golden state dominated the spurs with a romp.

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welcome back to "first look" on this tuesday. a little bit of snow to shovel from milwaukee to green bay, northern portions of michigan.

going across pennsylvania is a different concern. in the pinkish colors, this is freezing rain, and also if you're headed out akrouss interstate 80, be careful of freezing rain that will continue to move its way through northern new england through the day. further to the south, plain old rain down here. we have been watching the potential for a new storm. it will be a southern storm that's the key. this is a southern storm. it will be bringing a lot of tropical moisture up to the gulf coast states into today and tomorrow and that will push down through florida. especially wednesday afternoon. maybe even some strong thunderstorms. will this storm move up the coast and be the next nor'easter? it doesn't like this. this is more of a southern system. it does not look like this is a snow producer at all. so for today, doing a snow melt. new york city 42 and d.c. at 45. just watch out for a little bit

of black ice and a little bit of the freezing rain. >> we do deserve the respite. two huge changes for juveniles serving time behind bars. president obama has ordered a ban on solitary confinement for all juvenile inmates in federal prisons. in an op-ed, he highlighted the damaging effects. it's been linked to depression and other devastating psychological issues. it will affect around 10,000 prisoners in solitary confinement. the second change the u.s. supreme court declared juvenile life imprisonment with no possibility of parole unconstitutional. it applies retroactively to past life sentences. remember this protester who tried to block the reporters from covering this?

melissa glick can face 15 days behind bars if convicted. don't mess with the first amendment. the city of pacifica, california, has declared a state of emergency yesterday. the recent storms cause by el nino have put apartments on the cliff's edge at risk. the apartment buildings have been deemed uninhabitable and they're no longer living there. check out a van on fire as the driver who is accused of being a sexual predator tries to outrun police. a 911 call was made about david moore who allegedly approached two children offering them toys. in alabama, a 2-year-old hound escaped from her home and then ran a half marathon last month. she ended up finishing seventh. in her honor the race has been renamed the hound dog half. oh, she's trying to rake it in in endorsement. john kasich on the upswing.

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trailing ted cruz by only two points. now speaking of kasich, he received a big endorsement from "the boston globe" yesterday which cited his experience and record of the results as governor. in addition to his commanding lead in new hampshire, bernie sanders can add this to his list of campaign pitches. ice cream flavor. ben & jerry's ben cohen has created bernie's yearnings for the presidential candidate, adding he has been a fan for 30 years. the flavor mint ice cream covered in solid chocolate. governor chris christie getting criticism from some new jersey residents over his decision to head back to new hampshire to campaign. while residents are cleaning up from the weekend's blizzard. however, christie wasn't even planning on returning to the home state at all, although jimmy fallon says he thinks he knows why the governor changed course. >> chris christie left the campaign trail in new hampshire to return home to new jersey to deal with the snowstorm.

of course, what do you expect to happen when you tell chris christie there's a blizzard waiting for him? >> that's not nice. that's "scrambled politics." let's bring in best selling author ellis henican. >> good morning. ben & jerry's named it after bernie, not after christie, do you get that? >> absolutely. all right. last night, town hall meeting. they tried to highlight their differences. hillary clinton touting her -- >> hillary is running kind of on inevitability, that i've got this support, i have done the work. i'm the nominee. that really is the clash i would say. >> right. harder to articulate in a town hall forum though. so over to the republicans, we have got this very incendiary ad

that ted cruz is releasing about donald trump where donald trump it's from the past, but he clearly states he's pro choice. how hard does that make it for republicans to back him? >> slam. it's a tough one. particularly in a state like iowa, right, where the evangelicals are such an important part of the base. i mean, it's donald's words right there saying he's pro-life and for partial birth abortion and, you know, that may not be so bad across america, but in pockets of strong, christian faith, i don't know. i think it could be tough on him. cruz did come out with it one week before iowa. i don't think the timing was an accident. >> trump's lead keeps growing. what are the republican strategist who are against him doing behind the scenes? how are they trying to stop him? >> do you think they have a strategy? >> i think they're working hard. >> i think they're grasping for one. no one has figured out how to

stop him. everyone tried to ignore him, tried sucking up to him, giving little pokes but honestly, i don't any of this is working and they don't have an idea of what to do next. >> does john kasich get a boost now that he got an endorsement from "the boston globe"? >> we talked about newspaper endorsements, they're not what they once were. but when you're down in the pack, anything can help. kasich is gnawing up the way on cruz and marco rubio and chris christie. yeah, it's been a good couple of days for john kasich. but if he's going to have them, he better have them soon. >> let's see who comes in third. ellis henican. thank you. just ahead, why some former disney employees are not happy with the happiest place on earth.

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clinton's lead over bernie sanders shrinks. ted cruz sticks with his attacks on donald trump's new york values while reminding iowans that trump said this -- >> how stupid are the people of iowa? >> the big question is will it work? and on the run, the search intensifies for three prison inmates accused of cutting through steel bars and plumbing ducts before rappelling down to freedom. 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." good morning. it's tuesday, january the 26th. i'm louis bergdorf. a new cnn/orc poll of democrats nationwide shows hillary clinton with the 14 point lead over