david. >> great to hear from alex trebek. we wish him well. when we come back, the headline from the cdc, they will tell the public early next week how to best survive a nuclear attack. >>> as i mentioned, anyone who has an iphone, smartphone, pc, a major security flaw we have learned about and what authorities say you should do right away after the break. a farmer's market.ieve what's in this kiester. a fire truck. even a marching band. and if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. for any sort of discomfort in yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. ...stuff happens.old... shut down cold symptoms fast... ...with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. ♪ tired of sore throat lozenges that only last a short time? try alka-seltzer plus sore throat relief. the melts dissolve quickly. plus, the powerful pain reliever provides long- lasting relief for up to six hours. try alka-seltzer plus! my teeth are like an iceberg... something interesting... there's a lot going on u

. >>> the health scare for alex trebek. why he'll be off the air. >>> and if you own an iphone, a mac, a pc -- a major security flaw. what authorities say you need to do now. good evening and it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the new concern tonight, just as we begin the weekend, the dangerous life-threatening cold moving in in some places record breaking cold. so much of the country reeling from the deadly storm. flooded streets right there along the massachusetts coast. record high waves in boston. cars frozen tonight under several feet of water in revere. fierce winds fueling a fire in new jersey. a tough battle there. a very cold night ahead. authorities are warning take these temperatures seriously. in fact, take a look at the windchills in the morning. it will feel like 16 below in new york city. 26 below in boston. 14 below in the nation's capital. tonight the fires fueled by the winds. firefighters out in this frigid cold and abc's eva pilgrim leads us off from massachusetts. >> reporte

. >>> the health scare for alex trebek. why he'll be off the air. >>> and if you own an iphone, a mac, a pc, a major security flaw. what authorities say you need to do now. good evening as we come on the air in the west. we begin with the new concern tonight, just as we begin the weekend, the dangerous life-threatening cold moving in in some places record breaking cold. so much of the country reeling from the deadly storm. flooded streets right there along the massachusetts coast. record high waves in boston. cars frozen under several feet of water in revere. fierce winds fueling a fire in new jersey. a tough battle there. a very cold night ahead. authorities are warning take these temperatures seriously. in fact, take a look at the windchills in the morning. it will feel like 16 below in new york city. 26 below in boston. 19 below in minneapolis. min fuzz 20 in chicago. those temperatures straight across the country. another concern. the fires being fueled by the winds. abc's eva pilgrim leads us off. >> reporter: tonight

longtime "jeopardy" host alex trebek says he'll return to work soon, after powerball jackpots are each higher than 400-million dollars. and that has people racing to buy tickets.. and dreaming about what they do with their winnings. in this freezing cold weather, potential lottery winners have one thing on their minds: getting warm. the drawing for the 445-million dollar mega millions jackpot is at 11 tonight. the powerball drawing will take place at 10:59 tomorrow night. that jackpot is 550-million dollars. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen wind chill advisory until noon for the entire 5-10 below zero. - dangerous cold today and tomorrow; wind gusts 30+ mph - frostbite type of weather -- please be safe outside & bring in pets! - near record lows this weekend - 40s return next week - watching potential for a wintry mix monday & friday today: sunny and dangerously cold. blustery. highs: 17-22 winds: nw 15-20 g 30+ mph tonight: clear, very cold, and blustery. lows: 3-9 winds: nw 10-15 g 25 mph saturday: sunny and dangerously cold. blustery. highs: 17-22 winds: nw 15-20 g 25+ actuall

. >> and the health scare for alex trebek. >> why he is taking a brief medical leave from the >>> and guess who's almost 26 years old. yep, you're watching it. we're cracking open the abc news vault, checking out some of the greatest moments of "world news now" history over the past 26 years. oh, lord. it's friday, january 5th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> we say welcome to lynda here with us. that was one of the classic, rob nelson doing his farewell show and doing tina. because you can't do a farewell show nice and easy. >> like tina. >>> we're going to start this half hour with millions of americans reeling from the monster storm. >> the snowfall is over, but the radar showing the snow moving out, what comes next is the bone-chilling deep freeze that sets the stage for the rest of the weekend. >> it unleashed record flooding in boston. emergency crews had to rescue this woman who was trapped on her rooftop. look at that scene. they used a bulldozer to get her down. floodwaters froze around her house there. just incredible images we got from the northeast overnig

no one can replace alex trebek. there's no one. >> prolific in this industry. we talk about ratings sometimes. jeopardy is still one. highest rated shows on television. 33 years later. >> how about that for a things. celebrating the one of the greatest nights of the year. >> golden globe awards. they'll be on sunday. seth myers a ceremonial rolling out of red carpet. he plans to mock hollywood by being respectful of the headlines. he wants to remind people that 2017 was a great year for women in tv and movies. >>> just about 5:00 a.m. bundle up big time today. a storm team 4 schools canceled and delayed as temperatures drop to their lowest levels in years. >> that cold causing trouble on our roads, too. a water main break shutting down major routes into d.c. we're live. >> news 4 is working for you. our team is spread out. we'll get you ready before you open your front door. you won't want to do it. close it shut and not open it for a while. >> it's 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> i'm eun yang. stay inside as much as you can, if possible. a lot of school dis

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. >>> plus, "jeopardy" host alex trebek on hiatus. the latest on his brain surgery. >>> and facial yoga. the exercise technique promising to fight wrinkles to make you look years younger. >>> and good morning. i'm lynda lopez in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. as if the heavy snow and hurricane-force winds weren't bad enough, the monster storm that slammed the east coast has also caused record flooding. >> a historic high tide swamped the massachusetts coast overwhelming towns with rushing water, stranding residents and prompting dozens of rescues. and as soon as the floodwaters hit the streets, they froze turning parked cars into popsicles frozen in place. overnight high water blasting through a seawall south of boston. many calling it the most ferocious storm surge in decades. >> i was shocked at how quickly the water rose. >> reporter: rescuers pulling more than a dozen people to safety after waters surrounded their homes. >> i am fine. the house completely flooded out. the propane tank flipped over. there was a small f

. >>> plus, "jeopardy" host alex trebek on hiatus. the latest on his brain surgery. >>> facial yoga. the exercise technique promising to fight wrinkles to make you look years younger. >>> and good morning, i'm lynda lopez in for diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. as if the heavy snow and hurricane-force winds weren't bad enough the monster storm has caused record flooding. >> a historic high tide swamped the massachusetts coast overwhelming towns with rushing water, stranding residents and prompting dozens of as soon as floodwaters hit the street they froze turning parked cars into popsicles frozen in place. overnight high water blasting through a seawall south of boston. many calling it the most ferocious storm surge in decades. >> i was shocked at how quickly the water rose. >> reporter: rescuers pulling more than a dozen to safety after waters surrounded their homes. >> i am fine. the house completely flooded out. propane tank flipped over. there was a small fire inside the house. >> reporter: one woman saved from the second story

. >>> coming up in the next half hour, the health scare for alex trebek. why he's been forced to take a medical leave from the program. >>> plus leading theaters this weekend, jessica chastain and kevin k kevin k kevin costner. and keeps it there longer with lock-in moisture technology unless it's olay. ♪ >>> aaron sorkin, the "the west wing" is making his directorial debut with the story of a poker princess. >> jessica chastain stars as molly bloom who ran the poker game until the fbi stepped in. >> reporter: the movie tell the unlikely story of a brilliant olympic hopeful bound for harvard law school who ended up heading an illicit gambling game. i talked to molly. >> i became the owner and operator of the game. >> reporter: a seat at her poker table became one of the hottest tickets in towns, attracting players like leonardo dicaprio, ben affleck and toby mcgwire. the characters in the movie are fictional. you peeled back and it's not a pretty sight. >> it's not. just to be clear, in peeling back the curtain, i don't dish on anyone. i wouldn't want to

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. >> and a health update on alex trebek following brain surgery. >> great being with you on a friday moshing. >> the east coast is waking up to fridggid temperatures. >> massachusetts bore the brunt of the power of the storm. snow falling as quickly as three inches per hour. and storm surge left massive flooding along the coast. we have more. >> reporter: just fourer days in to the new year, and we already have the blizzard of 2018. >> i have never seen this before. >> reporter: a record setting storm that dumped up to a foot and a half of snow on boston and pushed the waters of boston harborn a storm surge not seen in 40 years since the blizzard of 1978. a surprise to the city's mayor. >> it's the first time i can remember in four years that we have had flooding that has come up as far and gone in to basements. >> reporter: the rising storm surge caught people off guard. firefighters raced around, rescuing people from the cars and homes. >> the city is well prepared to handle snow and a blizza blizzardededed. >> we don't have any plane, you need to stay there during four nights and

. >> that was alex trebek. he has hosted jeopardy since 19l look at the forecast when we come back. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, i have an important message about security. write down the number on your screen, so you can call when i finish. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. this is a lock for your life insurance, a rate lock, that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. but be careful. many policies you see do not have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the colonial penn program. call this number to learn more. this plan was designed with a rate lock for people on a fixed income who want affordable life insurance that's simple to get. coverage options for just $9.95 a month, less than 35 cents a day. act now and your rate will be locked in for life. it will never increase, guaranteed. this is lifelong coverage that can never be cancelled as long as you pay your premiums, guaranteed. and your acceptance is guaranteed, with no

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. >> and a health update on alex trebek following brain surgery. >> great being with you on a friday moshing. >> the east coast is waking up to fridggid temperatures. >> massachusetts bore the brunt of the power of the storm. snow falling as quickly as three inches per hour. and storm surge left massive flooding along the coast. we have more. >> reporter: just fourer days in to the new year, and we already have the blizzard of 2018. >> i have never seen this before. >> reporter: a record setting storm that dumped up to a foot and a half of snow on boston and pushed the waters of boston harbor in to city streets. a storm surge not seen in 40 years since the blizzard of 1978. a surprise to the city's mayor. >> it's the first time i can remember in four years that we have had flooding that has come up as far and gone in to basements. >> reporter: the rising storm surge caught people off guard. firefighters raced around, rescuing people from the cars and homes. >> the city is well prepared to handle snow and a blizza blizzardededed. >> we don't have any plane, you need to stay there duri

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one of the highest rated shows here. >> they can't find a replacement for alex trebek. so the show has to go off the air for a little while. >>> the golden globes will be handed out on sunday. host seth m rolling out of the red carpet in beverly hills. he plans to mock hollywood while being respectful of the headlines about alleged sexual misconduct. myers wants to remind people that 2017 was still a great year for tv and movies. >>> fire and fury. a new book hits the trump administration where it hurts. a look at what had local bookstores busy overnight. >>> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. some of the coldest weather we've had in a long time. i'm forecasting 19 forev a high today. that would be the coldest high temperature since january of 2014. five years since it's been this cold, melissa. >> breaking news in first 4 traffic. that cold causing a big problem near the kennedy center. we have major slowdowns there because of ice on the roadway. we'll take a look at that and another big delay "what if" more of the came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid

. >>> and "jeopardy" host alex trebek is giving fans an update on his health. he posted a video online, revealing that he had had surgery three weeks ago to remove blood clots from his brain. he says it was a complication from hitting his ned a fall last october. he says his prognosis is excellent and expects to resume taping "jeopardy" episodes by the middle of the month. >>> and when we come back, the big news and new look from justin timberlake. >>> and paying tribute to "in living color." "the skinny" is next. ews and new look from justin timberlake. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck.., that's when you know, it's half-washed, add downy to keep your collars from stretching, unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. so next time don't half-wash it. downy and it's done. proud partner of the olympic winter games. ♪ put your hands all over me ♪ what you gonna do >>> so "the skinny's" starting with the breaking news. justin timberlake moments ago releasing his new single at midnight. >> yeah, and on j.t.'s new video, th

. >> alex trebek is taking a break from "jeopardy" as he recovers from brain surgery. >> i expect to be back very, very soon. >> all that -- >> a couple of girls got stuck on a ski lift. >> -- and all that matters -- >> it was a white out for the new england patriots. bill belichick told them no excuses. >> how about one day off? come on. they're not even playing on sunday. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> bombogenesis. what was it? bomb cyclone? that's not a weather term, by the way. >> boo. it's a bomb cyclone. ow! . >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm norah o'donnell with jeff glor and alex wagner. gayle king is off. happy friday, ebb. >> happy friday. >> happy friday. >>> millions of people on the east are waking up to massively low temperatures. it dropped 18 inches of snow on new york's long island and more than a foot in boston. >> surging tides and hurricane-force winds blasted new england. at least 19 deaths are blamed on the weather. >> windchill advisories talk about the cold from virginia

. >> jeopardy host alex trebek undergoes emergency brain surgery. >> heading to break right now, let's take a live look. this is -- are you looking into maryland, national harbor. everything just looks frozen out there. i don't even know how to describe it. the lights are pretty. silver lining. we'll try to find it today as we continue. 5:08 is your time right now. it is 14 degrees. back with more fox5 news morning after the break. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> all right, we're keeping you updated on this major water main break that's going to be causing some problems no doubt this morning with the commute. this is 27th street northwest near rock creek parkway. major water main break. in fact, everything is shut down there. they've turned the water off and they are waiting repairs. so, if this is your route in the morning, you need to stay posted with us because we'll give you the details as soon as we but this is going to be a problem and probably won't be the only water main break that we'll be talking about this morning. >> unfortunately, yes. >> ♪ >> welcome back to fox5 news mornin

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alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- update on "jeopardy"'s alex trebek. his injury and his return. nancy: the trump tell-all. the book the president doesn't want you to read and it's shelfed today. the early reviews as the bookstores here struggle to keep up with demand. >> i'm not going to comment on the special counsel or anything going on with respect to that. >> but they are opening up about the firing of james comey. another bombshell next. >> also ahead at coverage of the winter blast. we will take you inside the main water supply command center. they monitor our resources literally alison: alex trebek and the "jeopardy" team says you don't need to worry. he is having surgery blood clots from his brain after a fall. the tapings will continue this month. don't forget to watch at 7:30 on abc7. nancy: we learned president trump spoke with mitt romney who has been critical of romney in the past. he is expressing interest in running for senate in utah after orrin hatch announced he is retiring. trump urged hatch to run again. michelle: a tell-all book is

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. >>> we're learning about a recent health scare for alex trebek, the 77-year-old had a a procedure last month during the holiday break. in an online video he said he hopes to return to jeopardy very soon. showro which takes place shows well in advance, the only p to april.be to move the annual >> welcome back mobile 16 out and about to show you what the roads are like, rht now it is in germantown on sydney street i cruised to live in that neighborhood up in mount ay. tit people who park on the streets, getting out is rough and icy. that's what you see from mobile 6. >> reporter: the mountains of temperures, wear battery packs, mine is nice and toasty. >> get her another one. >> it's like a personal heater, a camera shaking in the wind. over 30 miles per hour so you know you've got blowing snow in places, too. people moving okay here, you see the snow and the ice on woodhaven road coming in from bensalem feasterville and somerton. we have an accident in camden county, route 130 just cleared. 13 in philadelphia. ten in allentown, 13 in millville. it's the windchills that are the story. fe

. >> alex trebek is taking a break from "jeopardy" as he recovers from brain surgery. >> i expect to be back very, very soon. >> all that -- >> a couple of girls got stuck on a ski lift. >> -- and all that matters -- >> it was a white out for the new england patriots. bill belichick told them no excuses. >> how about one day off? come on. they're not even playing on sunday. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> bombogenesis. what was it? bomb cyclone? that's not a weather term, by the way. >> boo. it's a bomb ow! . >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm norah o'donnell with jeff glor and alex wagner. gayle king is off. happy friday, ebb. >> happy friday. >> happy friday. >>> millions of people on the east are waking up to massively low temperatures. it dropped 18 inches of snow on new york's long island and more than a foot in boston. >> surging tides and hurricane-force winds blasted new england. at least 19 deaths are blamed on the weather. >> windchill advisories talk about the cold from virginia to maine

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and alex trebek taking a break from "jeopardy" after he had brain surgery. blood clots were removed after a bad fall. trebek says he expecting to be back soon. the news continues with shepard smith after this. >> hopeful developments from the korean peninsula. north korea has accepted south cry's offer to meet for talks next week, this comes after president trump and the south korean president agreed to delay military exercises in seoul next month during the olympics. the white house said to do it for the security of the games and maximum pressure will continue. greg palkot with more. what do we know about the talks, greg? >> shep, we might be looking at a possible warming of a cool relation on that korean peninsula. officials will be meeting at the dmz in the peace house. the last face to face was in december of 2015. the word came via a fax today from the north using a north-south communications hotline that hasn't been used in years as another positive sign. the talks are supposed to be dealing with north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olymp

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