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merry christmas, everyone! we are so glad you are with us on this special morning. i'm poppy hearlow with paul maddingly. this is a special edition of cnn this morning. hope you're having a great holiday with your loved ones. merry christmas. >> i want to stay on this set forever. >> isn't it beautiful? >> it's beautiful. >> they did a wonderful job. >> i love all the poinsettias all around. we have a christmas tree and a fire. >> the iowa caucuses are just three weeks away from today. this morning, we'll highlight the key moments on the campaign trail so far, and how they could shap...

Of behavior is this, and what questions do you have about this? >> it's all pretty suspicious. i mean it may be that they knew at some point this would blow up and they wanted to get out of the, you know, the glare of the lights, neighbors watching what they were doing, possibly staging him so that he can go on the run. i mean that's a theory. this seems like an odd time to go camping. he's back. gabby's missing. up know, they know, well, something happened to her. so it's very suspicious. i think there's three investigations going on right now, don. there's a traditional fugitive hunt to look...

Fugitive hunt when you are looking for two killers. but now when there is solid information they may have a gun in their hand i think every officer in that area was ready to deal with a threat if he or she saw it. and apparently at least in one and perhaps -- perhaps -- in a second case that may have happened within the last hour. >> and if i may get an analysis from you, clint van zandt, on what sweat is going through right now. is it harder for him to elude? how does his situation change right now now that one of them has been killed and he's now on his own? >> if he was anywhere close to th...

Had a blizzard situation. but there's many considerations here. this has turned into almost a standard fugitive hunt that the police go through all the time. and police executives constantly learn from other incidents in other parts of the country. the most recent similar situation we had was the dorner case in los angeles just two months ago. but in that case when they found the burning vehicle, they believed he was on that mountain top. they only had 400 red dens to deal with to try to search and find him. and worry that he could carjack them and leave a week. it took a week with 400 buildin...