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>> martha: i love the live shots of beautiful iowa this afternoon. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. great to have you with us. today it is caucus day. it is subzero. doesn't seem to be bothering many people out there. the final few hours before iowans file in to their voting precincts, we wait to see what will happen, what it will mean for the election and ultimately for the country. >> we tune out the noise of the politicians and we raise the voices of americans that say we want a better day. >> the country needs a fresh face. i'd like a strg woman. >> we feel fantastic. we're ...

good morning at home and to you. purple friday. the bengal orange on. >> dana: i thought you would suit up. >> bill: still working, right? two more days, right? president biden playing the blame game calling republicans the party of chaos and at as trophy when it comes to the economy. what else will he say? pointing the better than expected growth in the fourth quarter down from the previous quarter showing the economy is cooling. watch that story. in inflation remains hide saddling americans with painful price hikes and rising interest rates. house committee chair jody arrington fir...

unveils his debt limit plan and the white house accuses him of dangerous economic hostage taking. we have katie pavlich and robert wolf standing by. first to peter doocy on the north lawn. hi, peter. >> president biden and speaker mccarthy are not talking to each other. they're taking at each other. we've been hearing for weeks at the white house that president biden's idea about the debt ceiling is simple. just raise it. republicans did it during trump. just do it again. as speaker mccarthy has a three-point plan that he announced minutes ago. >> i'm proud to announce that we are in...

governor's race. kathy hochul is in a bit of trouble here as lee zeldin nudges this race now from what was a solid dem in that column, now it is just likely dem. so these are moves that we watch closely. hochul is now trying to recalibrate, scrambling to say that everyone deserves a "subway ride" that is without fear after this horrific scene that we watched over the past several days. so many other beatings that have frightened new yorkers. these two races are also shifting. sean patrick malone, head of the democrat campaign committee, a very important influential democrat is now in...

[gunfire] >> bill: these are the latest images inside gaza. israel's incursion three weeks old in gaza. new report that israel, hamas closer to reaching a deal on the hostages. watch that story. there has been a lot of reporting throughout the week. it hasn't happened yet. we can hold out hope. i'm bill hemmer in new york. dana is in nashville for the big patriot awards later tonight. martha and i have the duties in new york city. >> martha: good morning. let's get right to it. sensitive negotiations are underway right now for a potential hostage deal. we've been hearing about it ove...