in minneapolis, police at the streets to help those in need. they handed out free clubs to kids in low income neighborhoods. >> it is important to come out to the community and make sure people are safe in this weather. >> reporter: officers looking for homeless people to help. >> the reality is that it is too dangerous for people to be out here. >> reporter: eventually allowing officers to call an ambulance for him. >> we got them in the ambulance. >> reporter: we cannot stress it enough, today, it is extremely cold and perhaps the worst of it all, the wind chill, feeling like 50 to 60 degrees below zero so be extremely careful. minneapolis, minnesota. >>> check out this guy trying to make the most out of the freezing temperatures in chicago. he had a little fun making his own snow. he drew boiling water right into the air making it instantly freeze before hitting the ground. >>> here in the bay area, we are lucky to have mild temperatures as we look live from our exclusive salesforce tower camera but we are about to see some ranges in the for

. >> i'm dylan dryer in minneapolis. we are in the middle of an 80-hour stretch of temperatu o minus 50 every inch of your body needs to be covered, including your eyes, which is why i have these goggles. your corneas can actually freeze if they're unprotected in the wind and cold for an extended period of time. >> reporter: i'm vaughn hillyard in des moines where it's going to feel like 45 below. with wind chills that low, frostbite can set in in about five minutes. >> reporter: i'm kevin tibbles in atlanta where the superbowl got off to a soggy start this morning. 1 million people are expected to descend on this big city for the game. forecasters are saying this could be the coldest week of the winter. >> reporter: i'm garrett haake in washington, d.c. with rain and snow hitting the mid-atlantic right now will make for a treacherous rush hour. >> reporter: vulnerable populations are especially at risk. >> we're talking small children, the elderly and those on medications, antidepressant or cardiac medication that could

minneapolis, -7. this arctic air will continue to filter into the u.s. and will continue to move north east. this is far from over. they are going to continue to see the bitter cold as they were just talking about, and perhaps life-threatening weather. here at home, the entire state is covered in clouds with scattered showers this morning. if we move closer to the bay area, we do have a few bits left as we get through the second part of the morning and early afternoon. once the clouds clear out of the way, we will pretty much be in the clear. here is the northbay. a few scattered showers. right along the higher elevations from sonoma valley into napa valley, petaluma, maybe a sprinkle. along the coastline and the peninsula stretching across the central band along 580, it looks like east of livermore between livermore and tracy, shifting into the south bay. perhaps, a sprinkle there. maybe, milpitas, union city area. today, partly cloudy skies expected by the afternoon. this looks to be a morning event. a very weak system, as expected. the next system exp

schools closed from minneapolis to atlanta. flights already being delayed. al and dylan will have everything you nd to know. >>> breaking overnight. horrific attack. four police officers shot during a drug bust in houston. another wounded in the chaos. >> immediately upon reaching the door, the officers came under fire. >> just ahead, the ambush, the investigation, and how the officers are doing this morning. >>> facing the judge. long-time trump adviser roger stone appearing in federal government this morning as the acting attorney general reveals robert mueller's work is coming to an end. >> the investigation is, i think, close to being completed. >>> all that plus trouble brewing? >> don't help elect trump! you egotistical billionaire [ bleep ]! >> hecklers take aim at howard schultz over his potential white house bid. >>> facetime fears. the apple bug that lets people eavesdrop on your phone. >>> and scrambling. the nfl finally responds to that now-infamous blown call against the saints as the controversy casts a shadow over super bowl week in atlanta. "

i want to give you guys a look at downtown minneapolis. it's a bit of a ghost town today and the reason has everything to do with the weather and the wind chill. we actually will see a lot of hustle and bustle here in downtown minneapolis at the mall even in january in the middle of the week because it's 20, 30 degrees, sometimes warmer. that's not the case today and the weather has everything to do with that. schools have closed today through tomorrow. we've had grocery stores close and kind of shut down early, at least this evening shutting down earlier than normal. businesses on the mall are closing early and our ski hills across the twin cities, the recreational side of winter, they aren't open and that's not something i've ever seen during my time as a reporter. think about that. in fact, with that wind chill this evening we will be one of the coldest spots on the planet. in minneapolis for kpix news, i'm john laurentzen. >>> i'm paul deanno reporting live from san francisco where it's 56 degrees outside we can say with a smirk becaus

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this is minnehaha falls in minneapolis. on the left, we took that picture in mid-september. on the right, that is what it looks like right now. that picture was taken yesterday. minnehaha falls is completely frozen over. you can walk right behind the falls. it is really cool walking behind a waterfall. >> if that does not say cold, i don't know what does. >> you are reminiscing hard. >> all kinds of memories are coming back. >> honestly, if you have never been in that kind of weather, it's something you cannot comprehend. >> i can't imagine it, especially from california. >>> today we had mid-to upper 60s. so there is lots of freeze warnings and record temperatures and big flight delays for parts of chicago and minneapolis because of the cold. there is your windchill warning. cool air is filtering down. -13, milwaukee. these are real temperatures and not windchill. it is very cold. we are talking about records in many places and then you talk about the windchill and that is just messed up. it is dangerous to be outside. you really do have to feel for those people out of the

we're at the minneapolis airport right now. they've actually had relatively few cancellations and delays. this city has been lucky in that way. but around the country, there have been thousand as you mentioned. according to flight aware, the worst of those have come from chicago and midway and o'hare airports. here's a funny picture for you of pants standing up frozen in minnesota. there was actually a very serious situation here yesterday when excel energy put out a request to customers in some of the areas they cover to keep their thermostats at 60 degrees or lower because they were having a gas shortage. they were also asks customers to not use any other gas powered appliances. they were trying to avert any kind of major problem and residents in the midwest are just really feeling the pain. >> it's hard to take a breath in. it's affecting my lungs a little bit. >> it's brutal. it's the coldest i've ever been. >> reporter: check out some of these record lows. chicago was at negative 23 degrees yesterday. that's the lowest sin

for the minneapolis airport, where planes have been taking off and landing. however, throughout the midwest that, is not the case. there have been thousands of cases of cancellations and delays. this cold is really having a big impact on everyday life. >> very cold. freezing. >> the polar vortex strained electrical systems, frozen water pipes and turned major bodies of water into sheets of ice. air temperature in chicago and milwaukee dipped to 23 degrees below zero wednesday, with minneapolis a little colder at minus 27. but wind chills around the region made it feel like negative 50 or loor. >> the wind. the wind chills, probably the worst of it. >> with many businesses and schools closed, the streets were largely empty. the weather freezing many forms of transportation wednesday, including more than 3500 flights across the midwest and northeast. at chicago's o'hare airport, it was so cold, fuel lines froze. forcing some flights to land with an overage of fuel in order to make it to their next destination. more than 2,000 flights are already canceled thursd

. >> i'm dylan dryer in minneapolis. we are in the middle of an 80-hour stretch of temperatus below zero with wind chills of minus 50 every inch of your body needs tbe covered, including your eyes, which is why i have these goggles. your corneas canez actually free if they're unprotected in the wind and cold for an extended period of time. >> reporter: i'm vaughn hillyard in des moines where it's going to feel le 45 below. with wind chills that low, frostbite can set in in about five minutes. >> reporter: i'm kevin tibbles in atlanta where the got off to a soggy start this morning. 1 million people ar rescend on this big city for the game. sters are saying this could be the coldest week of the winter. >> reporter: i'm garrett haake in washington, d.c. with rain and snow hitting the mid-atlantic right nowfoill make r a treacherous rush hour. >> reporter: vulnerable populations are especially at risk. >> we're talking small childr, the elderly and those on medications,de antiessant or couldc medication tha possibly cause a

minus 54 in minneapolis. in nashville. d.c., 11. 3 you look at thursday, a windchill of below in chicago. minus 40 in minneapolis. minus 8 in charlesson. an charleston. a winter storm from hattiesburg, mississippi, all the way to holton, maine, marquette. watches and advisories. asheville may see snow, roanoke as well, d.c., possibly 2 inches of snow. into new england, we're talking anywhere from 6 to 12 ihes of snow. the big chill is on. i actually see tears on your face,'sylan. hat cold. you were talking about that eyeballs can freeze. this looks brutal. >> you have to keep blinking. the tears are my -- is my body's way to naturally preventing tham from happening. for folks who have w tok outside, this is dangerous cold, especially once the winds increase. schools are closed. universities are closed in this area because it's really too dangerous to be outside. it is only t going get worse. it is already 10 degrees below zero, but the temperature is t goin drop all day long as tie winds increase all day. that's the combi

ray bogan is reporting live in minneapolis. hey, ray. >> shepard, good afternoon. it's warmer right now. but when the windchills here in minneapolis was negative 55, it was absolutely brutal. and now we're getting a good look at the effects mother nature is having here. this is the frozen mighty mississippi recover. in many areas it's frozen bank to bank. in the few places that water is still available, there's team coming up off of the river. this cold is starting to have a big impact on people's ability to heat their homes. for instance, excel energy has put out a request to customers in some areas to conserve natural gas. they said "until further notice, you urged to turn down your thermostat to 60 degrees or lower and avoid the use of natural gas appliances including hot water. you're co-operation is critical to reduce in outages." excel energy is getting hotel rooms for anyone that needs one. speaking of gas, we tried to fill up this afternoon at a local gas station in minneapolis. the pumps were freezing and they were only working intermittently. a local we s

minus 52 in minneapolis. you get the picture. the coldest air, it's record cold. wind chill advisories for millions of folks, not only for the upper midwest, northeast as well. northeast is getting in on this overnight tonight and into tomorrow. it will last today, tomorrow, into friday and then things will start to get better. there's your forecast wind chill again. we're minus 30s, minus 40s here. by tomorrow morning, minus 10 in new york city. chicago is saying minus 10 compared to we experienced. in the 40s for saturday and sunday for chicago. just got to get through the next couple days. people need to be cautious, very dangerous, life-threatening cold, stay inside. that's why local officials are heeding -- hoping that people heed the warnings. cheryl: you don't want to see any deaths from the storm, certainly. janice, thank you very much for the update. >> you got it. lauren: question, how many times do you think president trump will tweet during super bowl liii? this is something people can actually bet on on sunday. cheryl: this is a great story. jared max

in minneapolis, foxnews. >>> stay warm. >>> the time is 5:35. we will learn more tonight about a plan in san francisco that could make you make a reservation and pay money if you want to drive down san francisco's famous crooked just street. the county transportation authority wants to limit the number of cars in that part of lombard street that is a major tourist attraction. the meeting to explain how the proposed reservation system would work will be held at 6:00 tonight. if they approve the plan, it could be in place and running by the summer of 2020. >>> stud are stunned after finding out from the school. she and her longtime boyfriend had moved from the bay area to salt lake city last summer for her medical residency. salt lake city police report on sunday that she and her boyfriend were home when he shot her and then killed himself. >> i don't know if we will know what happened. being a physician and being educated does not protect you from violence from your partner. that is the problem. everyone can be susceptible to violence. >> reporte

ray bogan has more from minneapolis it is -8 right now. >>> it is below zero in minneapolis and dropping. and around the region folks are breaking for an even deeper breeze. >> while the snow is ending, the kota starting. like the polar plunges expect affecting millions from the dakotas to the northeast and even the deep south. the midwest will be seeing the brunt of the brutal cold with subzero temperatures settling in on tuesday and plummeting thursday further by wednesday bringing pretty frigid temperatures life-threatening wind chills not seen in years. >> the snow and extreme cold or not only inconvenient but also very dangerous. that and we ask everyone to limit your time outdoors and work remotely from home as possible. >> reporter: minnesota temperatures could fall to -30 with the wintel of -60. milwaukee could experience -28 which will feel like -50 in green bay is expected of 83 consecutive hours below zero. ahead of the bone chilling cold people are preparing for the onslaught not only for themselves, but for those without shelter. or make shelters are being set up to keep peo

live in minneapolis, dangerous conditions. >> reporter: good morning. to put it one way, it is colder in minneapolis and other parts of the midwest than it is on mount everest. to put it another way in the short time it takes to take your glove off and adjust the zipper on your jacket or do something as simple as dial your cell phone it becomes literally painful and there is a potential for frostbite. check out this video from the chicago river. it is frozen over. we checked out the mississippi river in minneapolis yesterday afternoon and that was almost completely frozen over. schools and businesses are closed and thousands of flights are canceled or delayed the jazz a precaution the u.s. postal service is suspending delivery today in several states. >> december was really warm but i knew we would pay for it. we are really paying for it now. this is really cold. >> reporter: despite the brutally cold temperatures people are being generous, warming centers are open for anyone who needs shelter, chicago has transformed buses, with nurses on board. this w

i'm ray bogan in minneapolis. coming up, i've got the latest on the polar vortex. >>> from ktvu fox 2 news. this is mornings on 2. >> good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. thursday morning. friday eve. >> yes. >> last day of january. i'm pam cook. >> and good morning. i'm dave clark. did steve tell you to keep your umbrella close? >> i keep the umbrella, the boots, the jacket, for quite a few months in my car. >> i would do that going into february. you know, when i was in michigan, about 30 years ago, we called it "winter." >> you didn't say polar vortex? >> we just say winter. >> it's cold there. >> have to give a name to everything now. there's rain had some of that overnight. we had more on the way. into the weekend. looks pretty good. and some cold "winter" air will be arriving sudden into monday. there's our system. it did exactly what we thought. and that was favored areas from about the coast, the peninsula to the santa cruz mountains. boulder creek, 83/100ths. santa cruz at two-thirds. others okay.

minneapolis minus 39, minus 44 in chicago. but theood news is, we are going to start to see a warmup. by saturday, minneapolis, you're going to be at 39 degrees. jackson, 66. st. louis 16 and on super bowl suay, hallelujah, 51 in a washington 6:00. chicago at 46. kansas city at . 71 in new orleans. dylan, i know you're in st. paul. th sunday rmup can't come soon enough. >> reporter: oh, al, those mbers sound so nice right now. we've got our handy-dandy thermometer. it's below 30 degrees below zero. mostly because we're at the winter carnival and we' surrounded by snow and ice. we did a little eeriment here, obviously water is going the freeze below 32 degrees.ed it's the s at which this froze. in less than ten minutes. it is a solid block of iesz. it's just so, so cold out here this morning and dangerously so. we've been keeping ourselves completely covered up until we talk with you. frostbite can kick in in less than five minutes. hypothermia is a major concern for anyone stuck outdoors as well. schond government agencies are

live from minneapolis, 65 below 0. i don't need to tell you. >> you definitely don't need to tell me that. it was supposed to be warmer today but turns out it is not and doesn't feel any warmer. currently at the minneapolis airport where they had relatively few cancellations and delays for other country travelers experienced thousands and according to flightaware the worst have been at chicago at midway and o'hare airport. years a funny picture, pants standing up frozen in minnesota but there was a serious situation yesterday when excel energy put out a request to customers in some areas asking them to turn their thermostats to 60 ° or lower and not use of the gas powered appliances in an attempt to avert a major gas shortage. residents in the midwest have been feeling the pain. >> hard to take a breath in. it has affected my lungs a little bit. >> coldest i have ever been. >> reporter: check out these record lows. chicago at negative 23, the lowest since 1985. minneapolis, 28 ° below 0, the lowest since 1996, des mo

it's only about 15 minutes away from downtown minneapolis. it's probably about 50 feet high, and it is totally frozen over. first came the snow, and now the cold. the polar vortex, settling over the midwest, bringing subzero temperatures to a region that was just hit hard by a major snowstorm. police, now out in force trying to keep trouble from becoming a nightmare on the roads. >> the snow and cold is definitely not enjoyable. it is part of the job. >> reporter: a bigger concern, the health effects of these bitter cold temperatures. hundreds of schools throughout the midwest have canceled classes, including here in minneapolis, and officials are reporting a huge uptick in hypothermia and frostbite, especially among the homeless. >> you will see people walking up and down with no gloves on, wearing tennis shoes. they don't have adequate socks on. >> reporter: there's been an increase in donations of hats, scarves, and sweaters, with communities digging deep. >> i have the warmth of my home and people outside need it way more than i do. >> re

minneapolis, 22. chicago made it to 21 below. that was a record low, shattering the old one of 12 below in 1985. records go back to the 1870s for chicago. pittsburgh, buffalo, boston, new york, philadelphia, cold enough. made it all the way down into the florida panhandle, with 27 in jacksonville this morning. our low gave way to the areas that favored the west or the coast, from marin county down to the santa cruz mountains. but now blown out of the picture. we had pretty good rain. not too bad. past 24 hours. the most was at boulder creek in the santa cruz mountains with almost an inch of rain. san francisco, 59/100ths. ocala. mill valley. redwood city. pretty good rain on the peninsula, finally for once. redwood city, foster city, sfo, all around a half inch of rain. oakland, a third of an inch. san jose now. that's officially a quarter. santa clara had 44/100ths. our system is now into central and southern california. it will give them pretty good thunderstorm activity. 40s and 50s. we're getting clearing to the north. but al

this morning it will feel like 52 below zero in minneapolis. almost as cold in chicago. kansas city and st. louis will have windchills in the minus 20s. >> even atlanta will have a windchill of 16. we begin with abc's alex perez. >> reporter: whiteout conditions from lake-effect snow sending drivers sliding all over a michigan highway. >> westbound at kalamazoo. reported multiple semis. at least ten vehicles involved. >> reporter: this multi-car wreck pinning some inside their vehicles. at least seven taken to the hospital. the blinding snow charged by super arctic air that's pouring into the lower 48 like it hasn't in decades. chicago forecasting a windchill of 50 below zero, frostbite can begin in five minutes. >> your extremities, fingers, toes, and those are the areas most affected in a short amount of time, we are talking in minutes. >> reporter: anybody that has to work outside like these minneapolis firefighters, at risk. >> to give you an idea of how cold it is, they take off their helmets and the steam just pours off of them. >> reporter: our eva pilgrim is also

the high temperature in minneapolis coming in at minus 14. we're expecting the same in chicago, and if that happens we will hit a brand-new record cold high temperature, and that's not just for the day, that's for all time in chicagoland since records got started. that was back in the 1800s. we are looking potentially in outlying areas like this one for wind chills to drop as low as minus 50 to minus 60 tomorrow morning. >>> in other news this morning, the leaders of america's intelligence agencies delivered their worldwide threat assessment to congress and it runs directly counter to president trump's foreign policy agenda. they maintain the islamic state is not defeated in syria, north korea will never give up its nuclear weapons and iran remains in full compliance with the nuclear treaty that president trump tried to cancel. nancy cordes reports. >> we have won against isis. we've beaten them. >> reporter: that was president trump just last month. >> i call this hearing to order. >> reporter: but today his handpicked intelligence team said

to minneapolis to bismarck. hours, minneapolis, 2.5 minneapolis to bismarck is about one hour. than an hour and 20 minute drive home. >> democrat maximums, an afghanistan -- max rose, an afghanistan war veteran was elected to serve new york's 11th district. why did you decide to run? max: i decided to run because you hear a ton of frustration everywhere you go, democrats and republicans are not working together, there is this great our, our -- gridlock, problems are staring us in the face, people feel like they are being lied to. i spoke to soldiers, folks with multiple deployments. they did not do anything but think about the country. the only reason why my life was saved in afghanistan was because of the armor under my vehicle which pushed the explosion away. the only reason we had that armor is because congress got it there in a bipartisan manner. they did not care about fox or c-span -- no sense to c-span -- offense to c-span. i think it is possible in this country. >> why did you serve in the military and how long were you in? >> i am still in. captain of the national guar

life-threatening conditions, minus 50 in minneapolis. 24 below zero in chicago. very cold conditions there. and as you take a look at the windchills going into tomorrow morning, it's not going to get that much better. still minus 42 minneapolis, a widespread record likely, minus 40 in fargo. it is frigid here. while we are in enjoying sunshine and you almost feel guilty basking in the sun, seeing a little bit of fog. it is just so perfectly framed from this camera. 54 in san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose in the upper 50s, morgan hill, 52. this really looks more like summer than winter. we are seeing that fog rolling in and it will be a part of your forecast. upper 50s from santa rosa to petaluma. livermore, 60 degrees. here's what you need to watch out for if you're stepping out tonight or going out tomorrow morning. foggy areas during the overnight hours, rain returns tomorrow evening and a stronger storm on friday. hour by hour we go, 7:00 p.m. tonight, the fog around the coast, the bay. the morning commute, even out toward the central valleys. be

, the native people in minneapolis. we should not underestimate the urban indian community and a lot of western locales. enver urband indian community is made up with members many nations, and it gets more complicated for reasons that i think are incredibly complex and historically contingent, the african-american community in the south understands they have a shared experience of oppression in the form of slavery, particularly, and they tend to at least, recently have been working hard and together. i share your optimism, i think it could happen in the west as well, but i think the demographics are different and the politics around it are going to be more complicated. mind, when i was doing the research on the ute campus, it was a white community that seems to be the driving force, because the black population is just too small on that campus. this group that i found in the orange jackets, that is a white student organization. their point was not to honor or man, they did not honor the persons or person butnamed arbor

ainsley: it's so cold in minneapolis, especially. ray bogan is there live where wind chills could drop as low as negative 65. ray. we can just see your eyes. it's so cold outside. >> yeah. good morning. the reason i'm so covered up is because at temperatures like, this it's current buy about negative 28 with a wind chill of negative 51. you can get frost bite within about five minutes. you can see it's very quiet outside right now in downtown minneapolis, the temperatures are absolutely brutal. it cuts right through your gloves. it cuts right through your boots. and it gets real cold real quick. now you may wonder how does a city like minneapolis, go ahead, brian, my man. how does a city like minneapolis keep itself up and running when it's so cold out? well, this is how. it's called the minneapolis sky way system. it goes for about 9.5 miles and covers 83 city blocks. so, think about this for a moment. you could get in your car in an attached garage at your house, get in the car and drive to underground parking garage and then walk

this is part of minneapolis. we're looking at this clipper across the country causing problems from minneapolis, great britain, chicago. now detroit is getting involve down to indianapolis. we have 52 million under winter es, winter storm watches including atlanta and winter storm warnings as well as this system makes its way to the east. we've got snow from great britain -- green bay, chicago, minneapolis. as the cold air comes in that's going to change to snow. ok at this, early tuesday morning around 9:00 a.m. we have snow and freezinrep around atlanta. that's going to cause problems for air travel on the roads. tuesday evening into wednesday frning, that system moves out. heavy snow parts of new england. we're loot anywher from 1 t-- l at anywhere from 1 to 3" of snow. detroit you're not involved. we look at 9o 12" tughill plateau to interior sections of ne wengland. thatt going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bel

minneapolis, chicago, between 50 and 55 below. just nasty. milwaukee, 47 below. des moines, a windchill at 46 below. high temperatures on wednesday, this bowl of cold air just not giving up at all. milwaukee, chicago, ten below. minneapolis at 13 below. that cold air extending all the way south to memphis at 34. oklahoma city at 41 with some 60s on wednesday throughout the west coast. looking pretty nice if you're watching the west coast on thursday with temperatures close to 60. the real cold air remains in place, a high near zero in milwaukee, chicago, and minneapolis. duluth at eight below. looks like the teens right along the east coast. the problem is those winds are going to start to increase, and that means you have to now start to deal with more of these windchills. 19 below the windchill in buffalo for your thursday. one below in boston. it's going to feel like two in new york. philadelphia at five. with washington, d.c., at 14. if you're wondering about the super bowl in atlanta, temperatures this weekend should be warming into the 50s. a chance for a f

a jaw-dropping minus 27 in minneapolis. states of emergency declared, school canceled for millions of students. the deadly arctic blast slowly moving east. just ahead, we've live from the coldest u.s. cities colder than antarctica. >>> stunning divide, the nation's top intrelth chiefs before congress publicly contradicting president trump. >> the group has returned to its guerilla warfare roots while continue to go plot attacks. >>> and claims that north korea gave up its nukes. >> committed to developing a long range nuclear missile. >> what happens when america's top spies and the president disagree? >> this morning, the new twists in the investigation and what miss are now saying. those stories, plus gaming the system. meet the teenager who discovered that alarming bug with apple devices while he was playing fortenite. >>> honoring kate spade's. her niece and her best friend reveal a collection in her memory. >>> and one for the ages. >> people think, you're 41, what are you doing? >> what the age defying tom brady is sa

for the midwest today, we're expecting temperatures into the teens. 18 degrees from minneapolis to 13 in chicago, 16 for new york, 11 for boston. we're also dealing with much colder conditions than what the thermometer's reading because of the windchill. that means we could see temperatures get down to about 13 below for boston because of the gusty winds and the cold temperatures. 3 below for new york, into single-digit territory for chicago and minneapolis. here's a look at why -- those winds are going to be gusting up to double digits for areas like minneapolis and chicago. same with new york at 23 mile-per-hour gusts, and 29 expected for boston. as we head into tuesday, more snow expected for the midwest. but we're drying up and slowly warming up for the new england area. the same system bringing snow to the midwest could bring more rain also to new york and also to the new england area by midweek.t g he east coast. and then we're expecting high temperatures to get into the above average territory by the end of the week as high pressure builds in. that means the santa ana winds wil

and thursday 45 below in minneapolis. as cold as 10 below in new york city. it is dangerously and could be deadly cold.? lest >> all right, al roker, thanks. >>> now to the breaking news in the mueller vestigation. late today acting attorney general matt whitaker said the probe isearly complete after nbc news first reported last month it may finish as early as mid-february. this as roger stone, the latest trump ally charged by mueller, prepares to appear in court. with more here's nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time publicly, the acting attorney general revealing the highly anticipated mueller probe into russian election interference is almost finished. >> i've been fully briefed on e investigation. the investigation is i think close to being completed. and i hope that we can get the report from director mueller as soon as possible. >> reporter: the development comes hours after roger stone arrived in washington on the eve of his arraignment, charged by mueller for lying to congress. he says he'll plead not guilty, praising presiden

below 27 in minneapolis. over here below 7 in cleveland st. louis below 5. it's really freezing out there it's about to get colder as the day goes on. temps dropping to negative 25 in chicago. we just mentioned the wind chill is minus 54. 54 below it's actually 54 below now, that cold blast is really starting to impact business, as i said according to flight aware, more than 2,000 flights have been canceled ationwide today that includes more than 850 flights in and out of chicago's o'hare international many airp airlines are waiting day changing fes for travellers. amtrak also shutting down service in and out of chicago due to these cold temps. checking on the reaction, take a look right here. we're going to show it to you. natural gas, it's down slightly. home heating oil, it's up slightly we were talking about that earlier. a lot of supply out there. the perception may be it's going to be an increasing demand, and cold temperatures continue in the midwest, and, of course, they're moving to the northeast in the next few days, brian. >> at least it appears t

to minneapolis to bismarck. minneapolis, 2.5 hours. minneapolis to bismarck, one hour. then it's one hour and 20 minutes to drive home. , and afghanistan war veterans, was elected to serve new york's 11th district. >> why did you decide to run? because ied to run had a ton of frustration everywhere you go. democrats and republicans are not working together. there's this gridlock. our problems are staring us in the face. we feel like we are being lied to. i thought back to the soldiers why served with. congress didn't care about c-span or msnbc or fox. we need more of that around here. big, bold, dynamic solutions. i want to be a part of that story. i think it's possible. >> when did you serve? why did you join the military? >> i'm still in. i've been in under nine years. i'm a captain in the national guard. served in afghanistan over five years ago. enlisted for the same reason why i decided to do this. public service is in my blood. i can't fully explain it. this is how i want to spend the rest of my life. serving others. trying to build an even better country. i can't

negative4 in minneapolis. by thursday, we push that cold air into areas of thenortheast, especially northern new england. notice we're not quite as bad on the i-95 corridor.ag ch and minneapolis, three mornings in a row with these dangerous windchills. as far as the recor lows go, the number to watch is going to be negativech 27 in ago. we just updated it. now expecting negative 23. it's going to be close. we're going to give a go possible lip ty the coldest eve >> you can lose a fingeti w for an uber. >> bill, thank you. >>> now to breaking news out of hoton where five police officers were wounded. police there were trying to serve a search warrant during a drug investigation when they were met with gunfire. the two suspects were killed during the fire fight. the police department said late last night two of the officers were in critical but stable condition. for more, let's go to kprc reporter sally ma'am a deux in houston. >> reporter: it was supposed to be another day for hpd's narcotics unit. officers wer

and minus 1 for minneapolis. those are your high temperatures tomorrow. but this doesn't last forever, thankfully. we'll have to deal with it again tomorrow, but by the weekend, things begin to change. oomorrow, we'll still be in some areas, 50 degrees below the norm, warming into march-like temps by sunday, jeff. >> glor: so, megan there has been a lot of discussion about why we seem to be seeing more of these extreme weather events, whether it's fires, hurricanes, a cold snap like this. can you talk about that? >> right, well the polar vortex- - we'll talk about that because we're in the midst of it right now-- it essentially sits up auer the poles. it's a large-scale circulation that, when strong, stays in place. when that circulation weakens, it sends a lobe of colder air wrther south. that's what we have in place right now. there is some speculation from scientists that as arctic temperatures warm, we will see more of a disruption of that circulation. now, in the future, could that mean more frequent occurrences of the polar vortex? it is a possibili

milwaukee this morning including chicago, minneapolis feeling close to 50 below. extremely cold. and we're not going to see a whole lot of improvement throughout the course of the afternoon. what you'll notice, that cold air is set to slide across the northeast so it does look like on thursday high temperatures throughout the northeast will be in the teens with lows in the single digits. that cold will be moving in that direction. the lake-effect snow machine will be going on and off throughout the great lakes today. and then additional snow showers moving throughout boston and new york, maybe a quick inch there. some higher totals throughout maine, throughout new england, with burlington over two inches of snow. if you're wondering about atlanta, people getting ready for the super bowl, next couple of days in the 40s. at least you don't have to deal with any winter weather. i'm meteorologist drew burgoyne for cbs news. >>> negotiations to avoid another government shutdown. kickoff today on capitol hill. house and senate lawmakers are hoping to reach an agreement on a homeland se

minneapolis' air temperature minus 27 with a wind chill of 51. chicago air temperature of minus 23, minus 48 is the wind chill. we could see some records possible in chicago wednesday morning. ft. wayne, detroit, peoria, des moines. we have this clipper coming across that will cause problems from the south all the way into the northeast. 52 million people under winter weather advisories as far south as louisiana and here's what we're looking at. anywhere one to two inches of snow. atlanta may see snow. as you move into the northeast and new england anywhere from six to 12 inches of snow from pennsylvania all the way to new england. >>> all right, al, thank you very much. the long and costly government shutdown is over, but the truce is only temporary. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker joins us with a look at what happens next. >> reporter: good morning to you. this morning the government is open for business for now. but the clock is already ticking. a bipartisan group of lawmakers only has three weeks to come up with another deal or t

check it outright now in minneapolis. negative0 degrees. the u.s. postal service took the drastic step today of canceling deliveries in cities all over the midwest. >> here in d.c. it was the wind hat made it feel so cold this afternoon. and already schools are announcing late starts for tomorrow. includin fairfax a montgomery counties. our team coverage starts nownd with doug amelia in our storm center. how low will it go? >> it's going way low. we're talking about something we haven't really seen in about five years here. and that's wind chil below 10, below 0. >> and when you have wind chills anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees below 0, you can get frost fte in minutes. >> take a look at these wind chills right now. 2 degrees. it feels like 2 now in d.c. puff low just went down to 24 plow with an ongoing i blizzar buffalo. 35 in chicago. you talk about winte weather and boy do we have it across the nation right now. look at these winds gusting to 33 miles an hour at the airport. over 40 miles an hour in annapolis. you add the wind withhe temperature a

negative 54 in minneapolis. by thursday, we push that cold air into areas of the northeast, especially northern new england. notice we're not quite as bad on the i-95 corridor. chicago and minneapolis, three mornings in a row with these dangerous windchills. as far as the record lows go, the number to watch is goinginc. we just updated it. now expecting negative 23. it's going to be close. we're going to give a go for it, possible lip the coldest ever. >> you can lose a finger waiting for anll thank you. >>> now to breaking news out of houston where five police officers were wounded. police there were trying to serve a search warrant during a drug investigation when they were met with gunfire. the two suspects were killed during the fire fight. the police department said late last night two of the officers were in critical but stable condition. for more, let's go to kprc reporter sally ma'am a deux in houston. >> reporter: it was supposed to be another day for hpd's narcotics unit. officers were in the process o

in places like minneapolis -- not entirely, but in a place like minneapolis where there is a large dakota community, you see dakota's coming out and saying this is totally acceptable. but in colorado, it takes the national park service beginning the process of memorializing sand creek for northern cheyennes to come back from northern cheyenne country and say, we would like to be involved in this process of re-memorializing or reinterpreting the memorial on the state capital steps. the indian community is significant and there's no -- there areason the native people in minneapolis and i think that underestimates the urban indian community in many western locales. >> yes, but they are made up of many different nations. reasons that are contingent, the african-american community in the south that -- they have recently been working hard on that together. i share your optimism, and i think it could happen in the west as well. i just think the demographics are different and the politics are going to be wonky. >> what came to mind, there is research on me you'd see campus -- on the ut campus. st

minneapolis. 48 below zero. in bay area, east bay hills, looked like summer this afternoon and evening. watched fog rolling in. really has been spreading through this evening. we're seeing views like this from san jose 87 camera looking towards the shark tank. overcast skies you have to deal with. visibility is running low in petaluma. five miles in napa and livermore, allow extra time for the morning commute. temperatures 40s, 50s. live look from exploratorium, overcast over the bay. dense in patches. rain tomorrow evening and stronger storm friday. first thing in morning, blanket of fog overhead, 40s and 50s. afternoon, still milder than average this time of year, mainly low to mid-60s for wednesday. level one system tomorrow night, light. rain briefly heavy, tenth to inch of rain. slight possibility of thunder, 6:00 p.m., rain onshore. 8:30, moderate to briefly heavy rain, 12:30, possibility of thunder until thursday. thursday morning, spotty light showers 5:00 to 8:00 a.m., isolated to noontime. rainfa rainf

minneapolis is -31. bismarck is -25. international falls is -39. here is the forecast for later on today. this is it for the afternoon high. chicago is minus -29. it is another extremely cold night into thursday morning and then into the afternoon hours. chicago might reach all the way up to 0 degrees as we head into tomorrow afternoon. another bitterly cold night in the portion of the country. we will track this as we go through a series of storms heading to the bay area. >>> let's continue the coverage of the life-threatening temperatures in windchill heading the midwest today. we are live in minneapolis. let's talk temperatures. how cold is it? >> reporter: gasia, believe it or not, it has gotten warmer and it is around -15 right now. that is warmer than the cold this morning of -30 if you can believe it. there was a windchill of -55. it was absolutely brutal. take a look at one of the extraordinary effects that mother nature is having here. that is the mississippi river. can you believe it? in some sections, does frozen from bank to bank. in th

to minneapolis to bismarck. the d.c. flight to minneapolis, two, 2 1/2 hours. minneapolis to bismarck, right at an hour. it's about an hour and 25 minute drive home. >> democrat maxx rose, an afghanistan war veteran, who earned the bronze star, purple heart and combat infantry man badge was elected to serve new york's 11th district. >> why did you decide to run? mr. rose: i decided to run because i -- you hear a ton of frustration everywhere you go. democrats and republicans now working together. there's this gridlock. our problems are staring us in the face. we feel like we're being lied to. people getting bought off. i thought back to the soldiers who i served with, folks who had multiple deployments. they didn't think about anything but the country. i thought back when i got first in afghanistan. the only reason my life was saved was because of the armor underneath my vehicle which pulled the explosion away from the core. congress got the job done in a bipartisan way in a quiet manner. they didn't care about c-span or msnbc or fox. no disrespect to c-span. w

minneapolis is negative 52. it's not like you watch outside in minneapolis, negative 22. either. this is the peak of it. i don't think it will get any colder. this is at 8:00 a.m. left fast forward to when people will be coming home. at 5:00 p.m., temperatures are falling throughout the day. chicago negative 27. notice we get rid of those negative 45s and 50s. tomorrow morning, negative 18 is better. it will be cold in the northeast. nothing compared to what we are dealing with now. here's the best news of all. i mean, i think in chicago come super bowl sunday, you will see more than one person wearing shorts. that's how quickly we will have a huge warm-up. >> wow. >> there is chicago right now. chicago will warm up by about 70 degrees between now and sunday. >> wow. >> so our winter whiplash continues. >> how long -- zblo. >> global whaming. that's exactly what that is. >> in those types of temperatures, how long you can actually be outside? >> i mean, if you are protected, longer, obviously, any expoemsed skin, negative 50, five, ten minutes and are you in trouble. >> so basica

the wind chills there in minneapolis, 52 below zero. and in chicago, it will feel like 50 degrees below zero. tonight here, the warnings, and the tips. what you should not leave in your car. abc's alex perez leads us off from chicago. >> reporter: tonight, whiteout conditions from lake effect snow sending drivers sliding all over a michigan highway. >> m-6 westbound at kalamazoo reported multiple semis. at least ten vehicles involved. >> reporter: this multicar wreck pinning some inside their vehicles. at least seven taken to the hospital. that blinding lake effect snow is supercharged by arctic air that's pouring into the lower 48 like it hasn't in decades. chicago forecasting a wind chill of 50 below zero tomorrow. frostbite can begin in five minutes. >> your extremities, your fingers, your toes, your ears,u. te anye who has to work outside, like these minneapolis firefighters, is at risk. >> just to give you an idea of how cold it is, look at this. they take off their helmets and the steam just pours off of >> right now, the feels li

thank you, ray, in minneapolis. men highly the cold will cancel a lot of flights across the midwest. these with the early morning windchill numbers from o'hare. minus 49. midway minus 47. minus 46 lansing, michigan. if you are going to travel by train or by air or even by car, check out the schedule before you go. it is cold outside. some fatalities already blamed on the cold weather. it is serious. >> sandra: don't take chances. we have families in the midwest and my family in chicago, everything is shut down. no work, no school, no post office delivery. just stay home. watch a movie. >> bill: good idea to hibernate. >> sandra: news breaking on the crisis in venezuela. disputed president nicolas maduro says he is ready to hold talks with the opposition amid growing unrest and turmoil according to an interview with russian state media, opposition leader juan guaido suggesting it could pave the way to freedom in the socialist country. >> there will be elections in the short term. our constitution, article 133 of our

seven below in chicago and nine below in minneapolis. current temperatures at this hour. factoring in the winds, the current wind chill feels like temperatures, it feels more like 16 in detroit, 24 degrees below in chicago and 26 degrees below in minneapolis. so we are dealing with dangerous conditions. millions of people are just waiting to thaw out. tom hansen looks at how we are dealing with the subzero conditions. >> reporter: millions are braving the chilling cold. from the midwest to the northeast, snow squalls caused white out conditions. >> you can't do anything. it is like giant cotton balls being thrown at your car. >> reporter: hundreds of schools and government offices remain closed today. >> there's a lot of daycare is closed but there is still a lot of pent-up energy. >> it is brutal. the coldest i have ever been. more than 1400 flights have already been canceled at o'hare , alone. here in new york city, the temperature dropped to 3 degrees setting a new low but the wind chill made it feel like a -13 degrees. a warm up is on the horizon. areas like chicago w

midwest region is particularly hard hit chicago and michigan are blanketed in heavy snow while minneapolis recorded its coldest temperature minus twenty nine degrees celsius thousands of flights have been canceled and schools are closed in the calendar a storm dumped more than twenty five centimeters of snow in toronto the heaviest snow fall in a decade well have all the weather with kevin to tell us about the big freeze but still ahead an al-jazeera. struggle in venezuela examined why china is standing by nicolas maduro. south korea's former olympic speed skating coach gets more jail time after allegations he beat and raped female athletes. was. well as semi said we have seen some of the coldest air that we have seen in decades coming down across parts of canada as well as into the northern part of united states let's take a look what's happening right now with the with the system that's coming in we have a lot of storm snow pushing out here towards the east what you see here in the white that area of white right there is not snow that is actually the cold air being picked up by the satel