. >>> hello and welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up, the final push ahead of the iowa caucuses. a new poll shows donald trump with a commanding lead as the state deals with historic winter weather. >>> cnn investigates israeli strikes on hospitals in gaza, whether they were proportional given the potential for harming civilians. >>> historic win in taiwan, the president-elect say it demonstrates a commitment to democracy. >> announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn "newsroom" with michael holmes. >>> iowa's caucuses, the first nomination test ahead of the presidential elections. a just released poll finds donald trump continues to keep his iron grip on iowa republicans. the final des moines register/nbc news poll shows donald trump support at 48%. nikki haley second at 20%, ron desantis, third at 16%. but iowa is coping with a vicious winter storm which has brought blizzard conditions and brutal cold across the state, candidates forced to cancel many events before the push of the caucuses. the arctic

>>> hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm michael holmes, appreciate your company. coming up on cnn "newsroom," final push to the iowa caucuses, a new poll, the state deals with historic winter weather. >>> huge crowds gather in tel aviv calling for the release of the hostages, how israel is marking 100 days since hamas launched its deadly raid and the global protests against the military operation in gaza that has followed. >>> and a historic win in taiwan, details plus a live report from beijing to see how china is reacting. >> we begin this hour with brutal winter weather pummelling much of the u.s. iowa is the center, the state patrol has received calls for 86 crashes in under ten hours on saturday. iowa is set to hold a republican caucuses monday amid an arctic blast that has campaigns concerned about turnout. the high temperature in much of the state that day is forecast to be minus 2 degrees fahrenheit, that's minus 16 celsius. elsewhere, the nfl postponed the game between the buffalo bills and the pittsburgh steelers, it will now take place in

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>>> welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, i am michael holmes and we are counting down the hours to the new hampshire primary, with u.s. president donald trump has now one less opponent in the race for the republican nomination, that is after florida governor ron desantis suspended his campaign for president on sunday and at one point he was considered the greatest threat to trump in securing the republican nomination. please if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews i would do it. i can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources we don't have a clear path to victory accordingly i am today suspending my campaign. >> reporter: now the republican race is down to two main candidates, donald trump and former south alanna governor nikki haley. desantis has thrown his support behind trump that trump says he is looking forward to working with the florida governor meanwhile, nikki haley is using a moment to rally support for the fight ahead. >> ron ran a great race, and we wish him wel

michael holmes, cnn. >> thanks so much for your company this hour. i'm rosemary clutch. with more "cnn newsroom" after a short break. you may know adam schiff's work to protect the rule of law, or to build affordable housing, or write california's patients bill of rights. but i know adam through the big brother program. we've been brothers since i was seven. he stood by my side as i graduated from yale, and i stood by his side when he married eve, the love of his life. i'm a little biased, but take it from adam's little brother. he'll make us all proud as california senator. i'm adam schiff and i approve this message.

i'm michael holmes.friend and colleague kim brunhuber standing by with the latest on our breaking news -- houthi positions in yemen. that is coming your way after those just after the break. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >>> thank you for joinin

michael holmes, cnn. >> we'll be back in a moment. >>> the nfl's regular season has come to an end. with a the tluler between two addition rivals on sunday night. but the buffalo bills taking on the dolphins, josh allen threw the go ahead touchdown to knox mid-way through the fourth quarter and the bills go on to win, 21-14. buffalo, their fourth straight afc east title and the second seed in the conference of the upcoming playoffs. >> it's a bigt night on sunday for the pelicans as they tooken opt the kings in the start of the phi-game road trip. they dominated the kings winning. new orleans started the game with 12 points which grew to 50 points. they were missing a power forward currently out for a quad injury. >>> and stories in the spotlight this hour, the u.s. launched its first lunar lander in decades from florida. it's now on the way to the moon. it's loaded with equipment to gather data. >> this is expected to become the first commercial mission to land on the moon as part of the collaboration with the space companies. >>> the golden globes kicked off the award season on su

i'm michael holmes in atlanta. appreciate your company. we begin with breaking news, and concerns about a possible widening of conflict in the middle east. the u.s. and uk have been striking houthi targets in yemen following a surge of attacks by the iran-backed rebels against commercial vessels in the red sea. have a look at these images that came in a short time ago, showing american fighter jets taking off from the uss eisenhower aircraft carrier. a senior u.s. military official says it is unclear what percentage of who the assets were destroyed inside yemen, but said the amount was significant. houthis say they retaliated. we are told u.s. and coalition forces hit more than 60 targets at 16 of the locations, and those targets included the militants radar systems along with storage and launch sites for ballistic myself, cruise missiles, and drones. i can show you where they are located. you can see there on the map, the u.s. has carried out strikes against iranian proxies in iraq and syria in recent months. this is the first known strik

michael holmes reports. >> reporter: homes submerged their rooftops. murky water. plastic bottles. foul smell are flooding some neighborhoods that for now, can only be navigated by makeshift canoe. more than 300 people have died in recent months from the overflowing congo river. the second longest river in africa after the nile. burst river banks and intense rains have left tens of thousands of homes on both sides of the river destroyed. >> we were born here and this is our plot with four shops that helps us with the children's school fees. this water overflows without it really raining. water often overflows. but this time, it overflowed badly. we have children and a plot of land. but we are homeless. >>> in the democratic republic of the congo, some 300,000 households have been affected by the swelling rivers chest high flood waters in the capital and elsewhere. in the neighboring republic of the congo. 64,000 households have been destroyed or damaged. according to the world health organizations. they can sometimes double as open sewers and are now overflowing. some residents res

michael holmes reports. >> days after the latest in a series of volcanic eruptions threatened the icelandictown of grindavik, residents are still being kept away. last weekend's red-hot lava flow reached the outskirts of the 4,000-person town, setting three homes a blaze. fortunately, no one was harmed, since residents had already evacuated for the second time since november. it's the fifth eruption on the peninsula of reykjanes since 2021. >> it was devastating. that's the word i can tell you. i was -- this is something that we had been expecting, but seeing it so close to the town was just devastating. >> krista maria says that she was born and raised in grindavik and hopes to give her children the same life. after all, she'd just poubought home there. but having been evacuated to reykjavik since november, she says she wonders whether she and her neighbors will ever go back. although the latest eruption seems to have subsided, magma still flows underground, leaving the threat of cracks opening on the surface. >> there's huge uncertainty when we will go back, because the area is really dan

i'm michael holmes. a terrifying incident leaves many boeing 737 max 9s temporarily grounded and 177 passengers and crew feeling lucky to be alive. we're actually now waiting for a news briefing from the u.s. national transportation safety board. that's set to begin at any minute, and we will bring it to you live. they'll be discussing what happened on alaska airlines flight 1282 on friday. officials and witnesses say a part of the fuselage called a plug blew off during the plane's ascent leaving a gaping doorway sized hole in the side of the jet while it was an altitude of 16,000 feet. that's around 4,900 meters. incredibly the plane made a successful emergency landing and there were injuries but none of them serious. >>> now, after the alaska airlines emergency, the u.s. federal aviation administration temporarily grounded certain boeing 737 max 9 aircraft operated by u.s. airlines or in u.s. territory. the faa says 171 planes worldwide are affected. cnn's pete munteen now reports boeing once again fac

michael holmes, cnn. >>> the baltimore ravens have advanced to the afc championship game.hat is following a 34-10 victory over the houston texans. the team is back on the conference title game for the first time since the 2012 season and will play the winner of the divisional matchup between the kansas city chiefs and the buffalo bills. now, the san francisco 49ers have advanced. they out lasted the green bay packers and came away with a victory, 24-21. i'm told that it was a thrilling game. they will now play the winner of tomorrow's matchup between the buccaneers. they will be serving some food. newly inspired the food is from pop star and newly minted chiefs fan taylor swift. okay. here we go. in a nod to her music, the bills team will offer a triple decker karma quesadilla. there we go. swift has been showing up regularly to support kansas city. and her presumed beau travis kelce. i think many of us should consult her concert schedule to know when her football schedule is. thanks for your company. ken picks it up from here.

. >> michael holmes, cnn. >>> coming up next, a healthcare for yet another member of the royal familyth the duchess of york is facing when we come back. >>> another health concern for the british royal family, the duchess of york has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma according to the press association citing her spokesperson, and aggressive form of skin cancer which was discovered after several moles were removed when ferguson was treated for breast cancer last june. jom london with the latest, what more are you learning about this latest royal health scare, this time the duchess of york recovering from skin cancer surgery. >> she was having the treatment of they found symbols and tested them and they turned out to be malignant, a spokesperson in a statement released in the press association. she remains in good spirits, very keen for people to have their moles checked, she wanted to release the information, which is also something that king charles did last week when he revealed he had enlarged prostate, he wanted to have moormann get themselves checked and there was a huge rise

we are going to have the whole -- we're going to have the whole cast from josh holmes' podcast. michaels comfortably smug ruthless pod cast. eric trump is going to be joining us too. jay glazer to break down these games and talk about the taylor swift attack and jamie lissow because he is funny. overtaxed and overregulated. one california homeowner forced to fight supreme court after his county fined him $23,000. more on the crazy cash grab ahead ♪ it's the rich man's world. ♪ money, money, moneyok ♪ in the rich man's world but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness, and swelling in ra and psa. relieve fatigue for some... and stop joint damage. and in psa, can leave skin clear or almost clear. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin; heart attack, stroke, and gi tears occurred. people 50 and older w

joining us now who ss us were living the co- us all of the ruthless podcast, we have a josh holmes and michael duncan, ashbrook the men notice comfortably smog and believe me he is, welcome guys appreciate it. [laughter] [laughter] >> thank you brian this is awesome can't believe he had the guts to have us on. brian: [laughter] let start with you josh is it that bad of a thing, the donald trump as more of a fight this time given that we has two victories in most people with conventional wisdom say that opponent come in this case nikki haley would've dropped out ear early. >> no willow, there's conventional wisdom here, that you just want to field as fast as possible into a general election, that is in some part true but i think what is happening here but i had to head nikki haley says she started to a segment of voters that are open for business and ultimately will be the majority makers in the longer party engages those people, and talks about the biden record and talks about you know all of the failures in this administration of the last two years, i like it is a good thing for donald trump

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