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♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. tonight, winter storms blanket the nation. all 50 states under weather alerts today. the midwest is getting clobbered as a blizzard, heavy snow, and freezing temperatures cause havoc at the nation's airports, with more than 2,000 flights canceled. what the wild weather means for the nfl playoffs. also, there is bitter cold and whiteout conditions in iowa just as the 2024 election is heating up. it's the final countdown for the kickoff of the race for the white house. cbs's ed o'keefe is there with how frigid ...

they're willing to carry a protest sign for a day. with us now to talk about this, mark, senior national political reporter for nbc news digital. nbc news washington correspondent and moderator of "washington week" on pbs who is a professor at the cardell school of law. we'll have more on the polling in a moment. mark, what else did the judge say in his order a short time ago? >> for me, what really stood out is this was mentioned in court on friday when i was there, but the judge specifically mentioned, i'm going to try to read it from the ruling that he said given the public notori...

Dramatic rescues overnight from an interstate after floods left people's cars under water. this shows rescue teams pulling passengers to safety. look at that. i mean more than waist, chest deep water. and police are looking for a hiker after flash flooding swept people off their feet, the family telling our affiliate they believe this video shows her and another man trying to stay above the raging waters. in new mexico, rapid rainfall washed out a road leading to charles bad trapping some 200 visitors for more than nine hours. the roads impassible. joining us is senior national corresponde...

When it crossed i-55, i believe. near haiti and carruthersville. and i got to this area, it was flashing lights in every direction. trees down. roads impassible. it looked like a war zone. what you're seeing behind me is nothing from what goes on for the next four or five miles. it looks like what's behind me, all the way through town. >> that is very difficult to hear, michael. just a devastating scene, as you noted, outside of this candle factory in mayfield, kentucky, that looks like a junkyard. and as michael noted, search and rescue teams are doing

Flipped over. more than 600 structures effected as a result of the storms. when you consider the force of the ef-4 tornado, up to 200 miles an hour coming through here. it is amazing there were not more lives lost. at least 11 people killed as a result of the storm system that swept through here. texas governor greg abbott declaring a state of emergency in four counties. authorities are going door-to-door to make sure everyone affected by the storms is accounted for. miguel, christine. >> nick, thanks for that. the governor of missouri declaring a state of emergency. storms with torrential rai...