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blizzard conditions slamming the midwest, blizzards, more than 6,000 flight delays and cancellations and that is just so far because this thing ain't over. temperatures in iowa expected to drop below zero overnight and they have already got a lot of extra snow as we speak. the caucus is now just three days away. we've got you covered on all fronts with aishah hasnie braving the cold in urbandale, iowa, as candidates are forced to cancel still more events. in west des moines come on the push to get folks to caucus sites despite those frigid temperatures. "your world" and a frigid worl...

"america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: the pressure has been building on the biden administration to respond to one of tehran's many proxies in the middle east, houthis are just one of them. since mid november the houthis have been attacking ships in the red sea with impunity until now. the underlying question will iran, which backs the houthis, get this message? >> it's a bit ironic coming from a houthi spokesperson giving they are using the words brutal aggression after we've seen 20 attacks from houthis against international commercial ships, u.s. vessels and others in an...

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Inflation. want to give you context. six out of the top ten carriers are diverting their ships away from the red sea sailing around the tip of south africa. the cargo has to add on ten days and a million in fuel costs. it means hundreds of dollars more per shipping container. some of the weekly increases. cost for a 40 foot container up 58% to the east coast, 60% for the west coast. shippers indicated their long term contract rates will increase yet again on monday. we're not at pandemic levels yet. zoom out. the impact hits you. on this chart you might see a sharp spike at the right. that's h...