erin murray has that story. << at 11 weeks old, stormy the kitten waits her turn. "that's ok, you can sit there." she's in the nebraska humane society hospital room waiting on a diagnosis. humane society "like her paw was basically like out like this because it was so swollen." two of her legs are badly injured. dr. elizabeth marriott/nebr aska humane society "her rear leg if fractured, so today we're going to do surgery and get x-rays done to her and see what we can do to fix that." as doctors remind us though, this little kitten is lucky to even have made it this far. erin murray/repor ter "appropriately named stormy because on sunday the little kitten was frozen to a storm drain, like this one. people at the animal shelter believe that she may have tried to crawl in here to get out of the cold." dr. elizabeth marriott/nebr aska humane society "this is probably one of the more severe cases, because she was like dangling, so she has a fractured leg with that as well, in addition to the frostbite." from her cage, she's first taken into x-rays. and after a few diffe

erin murray has more. >> at 11 weeks old, stormy the kitten waits her turn. she's in the nebraska humane society hospital room waiting on a diagnosis. >> like her paw was basically like out like this because it was so swollen. her rear leg if fractured, so today we're going to do surgery and get x-rays done to her and see what we can do to fix that." >> as doctors remind us though, this little kitten is lucky to even have made it this far. >> appropriately named stormy because on sunday the little kitten was frozen to a storm drain, like this one. people at the animal shelter believe that she may have tried to crawl in here to get out of >> this is probably one of the more severe cases, because she was like dangling, so she has a fractured leg with that as well, in addition to frostbite. >> from her cage, she's first taken into x-rays. and after a few different angles, the fracture is actually determined to be a break. >> the break is right here. >> her back leg will have to be amputated. but for a kitten, the doctors assure us she will be able to adjust easi

murray. is this any sign skipping the debate is going to stall trump's momentum in these final hours? >> erin, today donald trump seemed almost gleeful to skip this last gop debate in iowa. even voters don't think it's going to hurt him. >> what happened last night that was amazing because i wasn't treated right. i did something that was very risky and i think it turned out great because i'm on the front page of every paper. >> reporter: today, donald trump showing no signs of regret after skipping last night's debate. >> he got really pummelled last night. he got pummelled. >> reporter: instead, piling on ted cruz. >> ted cruz may not be a u.s. citizen, right? but he's an anchor baby. ted cruz is an anchor baby in canada. >> reporter: after the des moines register's front page declared the debate a rough night for cruz. trump's absence left a target on cruz's back. >> i would note the last four questions have been rand, please attack ted, marco, please attack ted, jeb, please attack ted. >> it is a debate, sir. >> no, a debate is a policy issue. if you guys ask one more mean question, i may

i want to bring in sarah murray, with the donald trump campaign and she has breaking news on this situation, what he might do. sarah? >> that's right, erin. we just spoke with donald trump's campaign manager. trump will not be showing up at the debate in iowa. they're holding out a possibility of having a competing event in iowa on thursday night. potentially with another network. they said they're not in any further negotiations with fox news. he definitely won't be there. neither trump nor anyone else in the campaign have spoken to roger ales over at fox news. they're also saying they haven't spoken to reince priebus. we'll have to see how the rnc reacts to this. it's clear the trump campaign not to want to skip this debate, but challenge the fox rating by holding their own event. >> i think it's important, reince priebus, you have just learned donald trump will not be showing up at the debate on fox. confirming here on cnn with sarah murray, donald trump will not be there thursday night. bill, that means this game of chicken is over. he said it and he meant it. >> apparently. i say, ronald reagan won in 1980 in new hampshire by showin

that was erin murray reporting from elkhorn, nebraska. doctors say stormy was most likely a stray and went to the drain to keep warm. still ahead, details of a conference to advance