>>> we've been watching it together and pretty amazing as we saw dylan dreyer and her crew driving live through lincoln tunnel despite the travel bans in new york city, and dylan's folks were giving us a birds-eye view on roads leading into new york city. their vehicle is a press vehicle so they are in effect not a part of the ban, but it was fascinating to be a part of that ride as we saw nobody on the streets. this is a different look as you see some cars that were left in times square. there you can see more of it now, a live look as it's pedestrians just taking up that walkway. we only see one vehicle with headlights. we're going to talk more about the situation for new york city as it is expected to get worse before it gets better. back in a moment. and i'm still struggling with my diabetes. i do my best to manage. but it's hard to keep up with it. your body and your diabetes change over time. your treatment plan may too. know your options. once-daily toujeo® is a long-acting insulin from the makers of lantus®. it releases slowly to provide consistent insulin levels for a full 24 h

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. >> and i'm craig melvin alongside dylan dreyer. us. she is recuperating. we wish her the best. >> tweet her or send her a picture. brighten up her video. >> that video that dropped? hot. you can't go wrong. we will look more at the video later. there is also a tad of controversy surrounding it. we will dig into that. >>> the top story this morning, hillary clinton on the defense after the state department announced it was withholding 22 e-mails saying they contained all of this comes two days before a razor tight race in iowa. we have full coverage from des moines this morning. we start with white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. people are buzzing about hillary clinton's e-mail issue this morning. not exactly the headline the clinton campaign wants to see two days before the iowa caucuses. her top rival, bernie sanders is not making an issue of it, instead, both candidates are focused on the finish line. >> you can make her the next president of the united states. >> reporter: hillary and bill cl

we have dylan dreyer out in the field along with our meteorologists. this is all of the effected states and those under a blizzard warning. southern connecticut. >> already so much going on. storm. the snow is falling fast. 1 to 3 inches per hour. already washington, d.c. has more than a foot of snow on the ground. than 2 feet. philadelphia, 9 inches already. they are expecting up to 2 feet as well. here in new york, we are now expecting more snow than originally predicted. at least 3 inches at this hour, but up to a foot or more we are told when it is all over. >> the storm has life threatening blizzard conditions. a storm this big has not been seen in washington, d.c. in nearly 100 years. no surprise, the roads are dangerous. people are told to stay inside. thousands of accidents. at least ten people killed on the roads. >> the storm is a huge mess as you can imagine. let's get to dylan dreyer who joins us from the nation's capital. erica. vengeance. we already have more than a foot of snow on the ground. at the coast in virginia and delaware, we had

i'm craig melvin with dylan dreyer. weather. at home. it is, as you put it, iowa >> yeah. i like to make it a little iowa caucus eve. that's our top story. we're now just about 35 hours away from first caucuses. this morning, there is new polling from the des moines register and that's often a good indicator of how the caucuses go in that state. donald trump has five points polling. hillary clinton three points ahead of bernie sanders. put in the margin of error, they're basically neck and neck. we begin with halle jackson who is covering the republican race from des moines. hallie, good morning. >> good morning, erica. represents a 15 point turn around since december. but nearly half of likely republican caucusgoers say even now they could still be convinced to change their minds. and iff they do, it is ted cruz who would stand to benefit the most. flying high for now it is donald trump on top the day before the caucuses in iowa. >> donald j. trump! >> reporter: where the latest poll shows he leads ted cruz by five points. >> the numbers were so good for me, which i'm hap

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we can follow them. >> i like your thinking, dylan dreyer. >>> okay, mr. sunshine. meantime, it's a big day for football fans as the nfl divisional playoffs get under way. the chiefs facing off against the new england patriots. >> go pats. >> it is a home game for the patriots defending super bowl champs. 41-14. >> calm down. >> then it is the green bay packers against the cardinals. you can see that game tonight here on nbc. coverage starts at 7:30 eastern. >> packers -- i won't say it. >>> still to come here, the must-see moment of the week from the history making broadcast of lawsuit over a popular lip balm. >>> and adele with the lip sync performance you do not want to miss. nbc. >>> still to come on "today," a backlash against parents selling their children's girl scout cookies. how this is not helping their kids out. >>> and can you tell me how to get to "sesame street." the season kicking off with a new tv address. we have some very special guests in the studio this morning to we will get to them >>> just two hours ago, allied air forces began attack on iraq

we can follow them. >> i like your thinking, dylan dreyer. >>> okay, mr. sunshine. meantime, it's a big day for football fans as the nfl divisional playoffs get under way. the chiefs facing off against the new england patriots. >> go pats. >> it is a home game for the patriots defending super bowl champs. the chiefs crushed the patriots, 41-14. >> calm down. >> then it is the green bay packers against the cardinals. you can see that game tonight here on nbc. coverage starts at 7:30 eastern. >> packers -- i won't say it. >>> still to come here, the must-see moment of the week from the history making broadcast of the white house and major lawsuit over a popular lip balm. performance you do not want to but first this is "today" on nbc. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules i