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including the weather right now. it is here. decision day in iowa. good afternoon. i am erin burnett in washington. >> i am in new york. we want to welcome you to live coverage of the iowa caucuses. we are counting down to the official start of the first contest in the republican presidential race. >> we want to confuse people. washington, you are in new york. everybody, get ready. the battle for iowa taking place against those record cold temperatures we have been talking about. some places in iowa, the real feel temperature is 35 below zero, which has not stopped the candidates i...

the temperature up here in the alps is rising by about twice the global average. it's already increased by 2 degrees celsius. and 20 years since the us—led coalition invaded iraq to topple dictator saddam hussein, we look at the legacy. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world's financial markets have reacted with unease following last night's emergency takeover of the troubled swiss bank credit suisse. shares in credit suisse fell by more than 60% this morning after european markets opened and the value of banking shares across europe have dropped sharply. credit suisse was bought...

Caucuses, none of whom became the candidate, none of whom became the president. Its indicative, but it is hardly a Concrete Predictor of whats going to happen next. The real question in all of this, though, who does show up . The weather in this state is going to be absolutely brutal this evening. There is a big worry about that, as our Jeff Zeleny reported. Another issue, theyve changed the locations of some caucuses. So some people may be driving further than they normally would to reach the caucus. That may also have a dampening effect. You know, iowans are used to this weather. Theyre used...

Order -- you saw that. >> those are the words, but he doesn't actually have the authority to do that. and you saw the retail federation come out and really push back, and talk about the intry kasi of the global supply chain, and this is not something that can be turned on a dime. i think this is what a lot of companies are facing, is that we are so integrated globally, that we have to concede that trade is not somebody wins, somebody loses. when you're dealing with the two biggest economies in the world, the ripple effects, not just through the confidence channels we talked about, but through ...

Banker for over 30 years, it's the special purview of the regulators to look at aggravate trends and intervene when those trends become concerning or death growth is too rapid. >> what do you think -- what role do interest rates play in this? we're getting ready to see a possible lowering of interest rates in the united states. something a lot of economies disagree with but we lower interest rates to speed up the economy, you make more money available to make people spend more. is that a lever we should use when we think we're getting out of control growth in private debt? >> it's a clumsy lev...