runways over the weekend and a plane crashes as celebrities watch in horror. what went wrong? liz cheney dropping out of a race for the senate. her bid caused a huge rift in her family. >> this is "new day." >> good morning. welcome to "new day." it's monday, january 6th, 6:00 in the east. americans are waking up in the midst of a polar vortexes a deep freeze that is literally deadly. from now till mid week parts of the country will face wind chills as low as 60 below, numbers that haven't been seen in two decades. the wind chill temps right now look like typos.

in nashville, tennessee, it is 2 degrees. that is colder than anchorage, alaska. it's so cold the mayor has made it illegal to drive in indianapolis right now. how are people coping or not right now and where are the next watch areas as the front moves to the deep south and northeast. let's begin in green bay, wisconsin, where they actually played a football game despite the cold. george, what's the situation? >> reporter: yeah, that little football game between the packers and 49ers, the 49ers won. 77,500 fans who were in that stadium watched it. thousands of others came out here to tailgate and it was tailgating unlike anything i've seen, chris. you bring out the frozen burgers, the brats, but what

about frozen bots of beer? it was an unusual problem people had out here. right now it's probably as warm as it will get and it's getting colder. >> brute live cold arctic air is spreading a deep freeze over half the country. the frigid blast forcing schools and government offices to close from the north to deep south. >> the temperatures we're talking about are deadly. this is a combination unlike anything we've seen in a long, long time. >> reporter: nearly 140 million people will experience wind chill temperatures of zero degrees or below by wednesday, temperatures the country hasn't seen in decades. in fact, chicago, st. louis and atlanta are all colder than anchorage, alaska. >> their conditions are very bad. roads are really slippery. >> at sunday's green bay packers game against the 49ers -- >> i don't know if you can be ready for this kind of cold.

>> reporter: -- temperatures felt like a frigid 11 degrees below zero. >> ski goggles, coat, underarmor, i got it all. >> reporter: a storm dumped up to 16 inches of snow? st. louis. >> this is a big storms, driving conditions range from difficult to impassable. >> the entire southern illinois university truck was able to dig them out. but there is relief in sight. this is dangerous weather.

this particular area and many others under a wind chill warning. as the winds pick um here and temperatures continue to drop, the less time you're outside and the less exposure you have of skin to this weather, it's crucial because frostbite is a big concern. officials are getting that word out as the day goes on and the temperatures drop. >> that can come on much sooner than people actually think, george. so the two questions on everyone's mind today, how much colder can it possibly get and how long will the deep freeze last? your flight was cancelled due to the weather so you're caught up in this as well. >> everyone is still caught up. not only the delay but the temperatures that we're experiencing. you may have heard the words "particularly dangerous situation." typically we see this with severe weather rated to tornadoes. today this is for places like minneapolis and sioux falls. the threat is there for

temperatures to be at low as negative 65 degrees today. look at duluth today, negative 56. indianapolis, negative 35. we pointed out you're not supposed to be driving in this area. it's not just the temperatures, but it's also because of snow on the ground, people could get frostbite in at little as 5, 10 minutes out there. it's not this cold typically. temperatures are a good 40 degrees below normal. this cold air has spread all the way down to the middle sections of the country and into the southeast. nashville 40 degrees below normal as their high. their high expected only to be 10 degrees. atlanta starting off the morning with sleet, temperatures there 30 degrees below normal. a lot of you in the northeast saying we're waking up today, it

is warm, it is not going to last. it is going to get colder by the hour. by tomorrow even in the northeast we'll be talking about temperatures low as negative 10 degree, even as low as negative 30 in pittsburgh tomorrow. >> you talk about those highs. high is the wrong word to be using. >> the highs are low for lows. >> the numbers are staggering. they're going to be keeping people at home and they're also going to be keeping planes grounded. just today more than 2,600 flights have been cancelled. that number obviously is going to get higher. the caution, though, is justified. look at this plane that went skidding off the runway at kennedy airport in new york, just one example that we do not want to see repeated. that is where we find alexandra this morning with more on the

travel nightmares out there. >> reporter: good morning, chris. travelers cannot cause a break. heavy fog is contributing to the problems and in chicago a second storm is causing major delays. the ripple effect is being felt across the country and passengers have been stuck at airports since friday. hundreds of stranded passenger camped out over the weekend. >> i've missed a whole week's work. >> i just want to go home. >> reporter: the blizzard conditions and icy temps are keeping airlines from getting back up to speed. >> now we have the storm hitting chicago causing up to 50% of flights to be cancelled to or from chicago o'hare. >> reporter: a scary moment on saturday when a plane slipped after its wheel slid off of the tarmac. none of the 145 passengers were hurt. an icy runway at jfk airport in

new york caused this delta plane to skid into a snow bank. no one was hurt. experts say the storm will continue to affect air travelerss are warning that it could take several days for airlines to get operations back into the full swing of thing. >> not only do they need to get the airplanes in the right place, but almost more importantly, they need to get the crew in the right place. >> reporter: according to jetblue, it has to do with new sleep regulations. once cancel flights return to the sky, airlines will be faced with a lot of displaced passengers and a limited number of seats. >> reporter: understandably a lot of frustrated passengers out

there. 3,800 flights cancelled yesterday, 2,600 cancelled today, more expected to come. no matter where you're headed to, if you don't want to spend hours or days at the airport, you do want to check ahead. >> thank you, alexandra. also new this morning, it is back to business today. more than a million people lost their long-term unemployment benefits over the holidays and president obama is vowing to start a fight to get them back. jim acosta is live with much more on this story. new year, new fight it seems, jim. >> reporter: that's right. the more things change, the more they stay the same. and a rocky 2013 but restful two-week vacation in hawaii, the president has a new fight on his hands over the economy. back from vacation in paradise, president obama found a chill in the washington air and the president will soon learn if he can thaw his frosty relations

with congress as the white house pushes to extend emergency unemployment benefits. >> i am opposed to having it without paying for it. i think it's wrong to borrow money from china or simply print up money for it. >> reporter: same goes for house speaker john boehner, who signalled he would support it as long as it offset with more cuts. >> we have never offset emergency spending. it's foolishness. we have people who are desperate. >> reporter: the obama administration is gearing up to an all-out cam pan as part of the president's pledge to fight income inequality. >> we as have country, never have we cut off emergency unemployment benefits when long-term employment has been this high. >> reporter: this week the president will host unemployed americans at the white house.

democrats already eyeing the upcoming mid-term election and a contrast with republicans. >> they're going to show themselves so far out of the mainstream. >> reporter: but the president and democrats have their own worry, obamacare. >> it's something i think the american people are rejecting in large numbers. i think it's going to hurt the president and hurt the country and a lot of families. >> the senate is scheduled to have a test vote after a key economic vote on the president's pick to lead the federal reserve, janet yellen. chris? >> another troubling head line this morning. the situation in iraq seems to be destabilizing. the big question is what does that mean for us? secretary of state john kerry

says america is ready to help but no boots on the ground. how will we help? and does this return to violence mean that all that u.s. blood and treasure spent in iraq was for not? let's get to barbara star live at the pentagon. this was the fear, barbara, am i right? >> reporter: yes, chris, i think there's no question about it. this is not, iraq, however, of 2003. what kind of help could the u.s. give? well, there is already intelligence sharing and arms sales. look for more of that. why is kerry saying no u.s. troops at all? well, that is off the table, of course, because two years ago the iraqi prime minister said he didn't want u.s. troops there anymore. so the u.s. withdrew. the question is how to deal with what is happening there right now. this is up in far western iraq, near the syria border, sunday

tribes men battling with al qaeda, sunni trying to exert any control. not going well. what you're seeing in western iraq is the reemergence of al qaeda, another seam in the middle east where al qaeda is beginning to operate unchallenged, training camps are there, right next to syria where they are going in. this becomes a key national security concern. a new generation of al qaeda terrorists on the rise, training, financing the ability to carry out attacks and very little the u.s. will able to do about it other than try to support the iraqi government. this may be very tough going. kate, chris? >> barbara star on the story for us. thanks, barbara. good morning. >>. new this morning, afghanistan

set to release 88 prisoners, even though the united states considers them dangerous and wants them held behind bar. the head of an afghan review board says there's no evidence to keep those inmates incarcerated. >> breaking overnight. jahi mcmath, the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after a tonsiliectomy is out of the california hospital. a new york facility has said it has been named as a potential place to provide long-term care for jahi. >> a frantic attempt to escape a violent fire m manhattan ends in tragedy. flames shot out of the 20th floor windows of this high rise on sunday and spread to two higher floors. 27-year-old newlywed and his

husband were found in a stairwell overcome by smoke. the fire is under investigation. >> the senate is set to vote on janet yellen's nomination for chair of the federal reserve. she is required to get the required backing, a majority of 51 votes. she would become the first woman to head the central bank. ben bernanke's term expires at the end of this month. and angela merkel injured while cross country skiing over the weekend. we're told she has a fracture. she will cancel some of her commitments and will need aid walking over the next few weeks. >> pope francis celebrating the epiphany at the vatican. he called on the faithful to be

like the wisemen who followed. this will be the pope's first trip to the holy land. >> for those into pope watch, pope francis is getting a will the of people going. even this, even the way he celebrated the epiphany, not usually an emphasis for the catholic church, comes 12 days after christmas and is about the feast and all this but usually not a point of concentration. he gave it a lot of respect. that means he's reaching out to other christian groups that ordinarily the catholic church separated themselves from. >> can we give a limb -- little round of applause for the return of chris cuomo and kate bolduan. where have you been? >> i was jet skiing. >> it really is great to be here

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♪ save your coffee from the artificial stuff. ♪ switch to truvia. great tasting, zero-calorie sweetness... ...from the stevia leaf. from nature, for sweetness™ welcome back to "new day." breaking overnight, liz cheney dropping out of the wyoming senate race. the oldest daughter of former

vice president dick cheney was trying to unseat republican senator mike enzi, after a sometimes public debate including enzi's sister over same-sex marriage, we are learning more just this morning. >> reporter: a few minutes ago a statement published by politico from liz cheney explains her departure from the race. "serious health issues have recently arisen in our family and under the circumstances i have decided to discontinue my campaign. my children and their futures were the motivation for the campaign and their health and well being will always be my overriding priority." our thoughts are with her and her family, whatever they are going through. but this is a campaign that had a lot of issues right from the beginning. a lot of people were shocked she got in in the first place. >> and it wasn't just name

recognition, it was -- >> in washington, one of the big issues was her residency. her father was a congressman from wyoming a very long time ago. a lot of people said she was a carpet bagger when she went back to run against the seat. and she was also running against a conservative. a lot of people thought it was strange to begin with. and then there was the family dynamics. >> and the family dynamics were really overshadowed when she was trying to get her voice out there, not just being known as former vice president dick cheney's daughter. >> it was the big issue that she was mary cheney's sister. mary and liz had a very public battle on facebook over the

issue of same-sex marriage. liz came out against same-sex marriage and that upset mary. and it was clear they would not support her candidacy as long as she opposed same-sex marriage. the parents got involved saying they supported their daughter liz in her efforts her campaign. it was a very public battle playing out for the entire world to see. what is clear is the senate campaign is now over. >> we're at cnn working to confirm the same statement politico has that there are serious health issues in her family. >> it is "money time." can the bulls continue to run or is the change of year bringing new challenges for us? let's dump it into the lap of the woman who knows. what do you think? >> yes and yes.

after blowing out 2013, the markets have a lot to live up to. the dow was up 28%, the s&p 500 up 30% you had a great year in your 401(k) but can it last? they expected the dow jones industrial average to raise 6% this year. what will cost you more in 2014? here are five things courtesy of cnnmoney.com that will cost you more this year. nuts. blame bad weather. chocolate, blame growing demand around the world. honey, blame dwindling bee populations, mail will be more expensive and rent, better economy, higher rent. this is not a new video game. it's a new dash cam, pulls together video and driving performance data that can even be shared on social media. this will be in the 2015

corvette stingray, chris. >> no back seat sadly. >> that is some interesting technology. >> i like the speed on that thing. this is like a ticket to get arrested, that's what this is. >> the authorities have access to that dash cam. >> of course they will. i can't wait to do that story. >> i had no idea there was a dash cam tracking my speed at over 100 miles an hour. >> coming up, the flu is spreading, now affecting half of the country affecting young people most at risk. what you need to do to try to stay healthy. >> and did you hear the story about the plane that flipped after landing in aspen, colorado. there's a big question. why did this happen? we'll take you through it.

welcome back to "new day." right now we are tracking this historic deep freeze that is threatening over half the nation. it's a polar vortex, also known as an arctic cyclone sending wind chills in parts of the country plunging to 60 below. look at the map for yourself. 56 below in duluth. this is the kind of cold that can kill people so we have to take it very seriously. indra petersons tracking this for us. >> this is a particularly dangerous situation. one of the things, how can this affect you out there today? look at the temperature that

motor oil freezes. 15 degrees. this could be a problem today if you say, hey, at least i have anti-freeze. not when you have temperatures at about negative 65. tire pressure. you see that warning when it gets cold out? well, also the tire seals are affected. five minutes exposed to this weather is all it takes to get frostbite. minneapolis negative 48, sioux falls, negative 43. in indianapolis, they're not allowed to drive today. they got almost a foot of snow yesterday so if they're trapped out there, they do not want people out there exposed to these condition.

here in the northeast it looks like temperatures are kind of warm. these advisories are out there, spreading all the way to the entiretory kri. we'll all be looking at temperatures as low as negative 30 in pittsburgh, negative 10 tomorrow here in new york city. >> when you're talking negative 10 to negative 30, there isn't really a difference. >> yeah, you're done. >> we'll get back to our top story of the weather in a moment. new this morning, both president obama and congress back from break in washington. issue number one, unemployment insurance. long-term benefits cut out for 1.3 million americans in december. nearly 5 million more could be hit by year end. the white house is challenging congress to restore them right away. the senate is set for a procedural vote on the issue today. >> duelling positions for

punishment on nsa leaker edward snowden. chuck schumer says snowden should return to the u.s. to face trial, no plea bargain, no clemency. >> a fly from san francisco to new york was diverted to kansas city, the plane was evacuated and searched. officials say they found a flash drive taped to the bathroom wall. the fbi is working to determine who that device belongs to. >> new details about new york state's decision to legalize medical marijuana. governor andrew cuomo set to announce the plan this week. the drug will be restricted to patients with serious illnesses. just 20 hospitals across the state will be allowed to prescribe pot to people with cancer, glaucoma or other

serious diseases. >> and today is determined to be the most miserable day of the year, weather, debt, our failed resolutions even six days in and a spike in divorces early in the new year. a writer wrote valentine's day is just days away. that can be another reason to be more depressed. what did christine romans tell us, chocolate is going to be more expensive. >> now we're going to talk about the flu. >> no joke. >> the flu is spreading quickly, as chris is talking about this season. the centers for disease control and prevention are saying there are widespread infections in nearly half of the country. 25 states are reporting heavy flu activity. that's up from ten states last week.

the elderly are at particularly high risk but this year there's reason to also be concerned about people much younger than that. hi, elizabeth. >> reporter: it's that time of year again when the flu season tends to be at its peak. if you think only the elderly need to worry about this, think again. in just one week the number of states reporting widespread flu has more than doubled from ten states to 25. among the victims of the flu so far is season, 25-year-old ann phillips from south bend, indiana who passed away on christmas eve and 5-year-old ronan burgess, who died in portland, oregon. young people die from the flu every year but this year it could be particularly bad

because the main strain out there is h1n1, which used to be called swine flu and it disproportionately affects people under 65. h1n1 is in the flu shot and it's not too late to get one. it does take two weeks for the shot to build up immunity, so in the meantime it's especially important to remember to wash your hands. >> with all of this, elizabeth, we hear some children need two doses of the flu vaccine. how do you know if your child is one of them? >> you need to talk to your doctor. if your child is 8 years old or younger, your child is going to need two doses, if they haven't been vaccinated before. if your child has been

vaccinated before, they might still need that second dose. check with your doctor. >> when the news hits home, my kids haven't had their second dose. they do it up the nose with the kid, which is much nicer. >> i decided to negate michaela pereira and the withhold saddest day of the year thing. news you can use. it is not the most miserable day of the year anymore, at least not for me. when we come back, we'll talk to you about what effect this weather is having. a deadly crash in colorado. the pilot tried to land several times but couldn't and yet made this last fateful attempt. what happened. we'll tell you. >> and a wild scene in the united kingdom. how often does a cliff jump fall

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and welcome back. let's go around the world now. a u.s. ice breaking ship is on its way this morning to antarctica to rescue two ships trapped in the ice. >> reporter: now the u.s. coast guards will try to free the two ships frozen into the ice. "polar star" will head south from sidney. she is the mother of all ice breakers, 399 foot long and she can carve through 21 feet of ice at one time. here's hoping she can do what the others couldn't and that is to set the two ice breakers from the ice. i know we've been saving this

for a while but fingers crossed. >> i guess that's all can you say at this point, right, diana? thanks so much. >> dennis rodman back in north korea. he assembled a team of americans to take on north korea in a basketball game. >> reporter: true to his word, dennis rodman is headed back to north korea in time to celebrate the birthday of the reclusive leader kim jong un. he stopped short of saying he would call for the release of imprisoned korean american kenneth bay. some of -- we have to wait and see whether his main mission is simply to party with the dictator or whether he's hoping to score a diplomatic slam dunk.

>> and in the u.k., a cliff partially collapses into rough seas. >> reporter: days of high winds and rough seas have battered the coast line. take a look at this video posted on youtube. cup see the cliff just collapses because huge waves have battered its base and that's what caused it to fall. people have been warned to say to away from the coastline. the environment agency has said there could be more flooding and more rain is expected over the next 48 hours. >> thanks so much. >> the warning to stay away from the coast because this happens, you know it's going to attract more people to the coast just for that reason. >> a little bit more of that sick interest. >> also, a story that is new this morning, investigators are combing through the charred wreckage of a small plane that crashed in aspen on sunday. the twin engine jet reportedly

flipped over when it landed, causing a catastrophe. investigators are scrambling now to find out why. anna cabrera is in denver with more. >> reporter: we do know the pilot had missed a previous approach because of a very strong tail wind. minutes later the witnesses say the plane came in for landing and burst into flames. a horrific scene. photos show the fuselage of the crashed jet. >> three people were on board, all three were pilots heading to aspen from mexico after making a stop in tucson, arizona. the plane circled three times

before trying to land. >> these pilots were attempting to land at a high altitude airport with a tail wind, which is very, very challenging. >> reporter: radio communication references difficult conditions. the pilot aborted one approach because of the wind. >> missed approach. >> minutes later the plane crashes flipping upside down on impact. country singer lee ann rhymes witnessed the crash. and kevin nealon tweeted "horrible plane crash here at aspen airplane, exploded into flames as it was landing". >> a 54-year-old passenger died.

the two survivors will likely be key to the investigation as the ntsb tries to determine what went wrong. the ntsb is going to be looking at the decision-making process of those pilots as well as the weather conditions, the mechanical conditions, the runway conditions as they investigate. and because this is a fatal crash, we're told it could take several months, up to a year to complete the investigation. chris, kate? >> obviously this weather is creating these kinds of concerns. that's why there's so many cancellations. hopefully situations like this are avoided by all the situations. >> coming up, team destiny versus team domination. can the turn around tigers pull off one more miracle. >> and then we got a good one you don't want to miss. the new old spice campaign. it's buzzing on social media. it's funny. some say a little creepy. but i got to tell you, it got me, it hooked me.

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all right, everybody. it is a big, big night for college football fans. this is it, the title game in the bowl championship series, the bcs. takes place tonight. the final matchup pits the powerhouse florida state seminoles against the turn around tigers of auburn, a team some say that has destiny on its side. cnn's joe carter reports. >> without that catch, we probably wouldn't be here today. >> it is tipped off!

lewis is going to score! touchdown auburn! touchdown auburn! a miracle! >> every time i think about that play, that's what i think about, how i affected everybody else's lives with that play. >> reporter: two weeks later, another spectacular play, another miracle win. >> chris carter takes it the end zone. there goes davis! davis going to run it all the way back! auburn is going to win the football game! holy cow! auburn wins! >> it will be a play remembered for a long time and it will go done in auburn history and college football history. >> reporter: if auburn is at that team of destiny, florida state is a team of dominance. >> we dominate our opponent physically and mentally. that's just us. that's florida state football. >> reporter: a perfect 13-0 season on the field for fsu

hasn't been without controversy off. star quarterback jameis winston was the center of an investigation accused of sexual assault. >> we've carefully examined all the evidence in this case and have concluded that no charges will be filed against anyone in this case. >> reporter: after being cleared of charges, winston, at 19 years old, became the youngest heisman trophy winner and has his team one win away from a national title. >> that adversity we've been through has been our close game. we had to get over that, i had to get over that. >> i think it brought us closer together. they rallied and supported and showed how jameis was mature and didn't let his individual situation override his team goal. i think it made us grow as a team. >> reporter: joe carter, cnn, pasadena. >> you know, sometimes they say the bcs system doesn't get it right but these are the right

two teams. >> isn't this the last one in this system? >> yes. speaking of playoffs, the nfl playoffs started, four games this weekend, capped off with the 49ers playing in redonkulously cold conditions. >> all of the games were must-see tv. i like to call it the frostbite bowl between the packs are and the niners. the temperature was 5 degrees at kickoff with a wind chill of 10 below zero. aaron rodgers was so cold in this game, he couldn't feel the 49 defensive linemen all over here in the fourth quarter. somehow he escaped, led to a go-ahead touchdown. niners driving with the game tie. a huge first down. that set up the game-winning field goal.

the niners survive the cold and win 23-20. turning to the bleacher report, phillip rivers showing the fade. check out the amazing catch by ladainius green, both feet going in. >> in case you missed it, the indianapolis colts made an incredible comeback to beat the chiefs on saturday. donald brown fumbled at the goal line. andrew luck picks it up and dives in for the score. definitely a lucky play for the colts. they made a 28 -point comeback in the second half, second largest comeback in nfl history. i'm sure you were happy about that, kate. >> i take exception to only one thing your pretty face said, you have luck, you have talent, the

colts have both and they're heating up at just the right time. >> and when you sing it, it's even better. >> let's take a look at the old spice ad showing moms lamenting their sons being turned into men by old spice body spray. ♪ i didn't see it coming, but it came in a can ♪ >> mom essentially just pops up out of the creepiest locations. the ad aired sunday and is getting a whole lot of buzzline from brilliant to bizarre. we'll leave it to you to decide. look at that. oh, creepy. >> do we have the last one where she's on the floor? >> that's pretty good, too. >> use of bizarre and brilliant. creepy yet cool. >> but the last -- the one with the couch. do we get all the way to that? the last one, she's like

slinking. >> there it is. >> what is she riding on a roomba? >> it's just so good. >> poor mom. >> every social media will have a lot of snark and nastiness because that's what you guys do there. i love this. but when the old days when i guy said -- >> what was that? >> it's smell-a-vision. >> i started wearing it. >> he wears old spice. >> they are hilarious. and i'm an old man now so i like it. >> advertising works. >> i think they have really creative commercials. they're some of the most creative things on tv now. thanks for bringing that. >> you're welcome. >> coming up next, the return of

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hard hit. >> tiger mom strikes back saying some cultures are more successful than others. is this racism or new science? >> your "new day" starts right now. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> welcome back. 7:00 in the east. new this morning, the deep freeze across a big chunk of the country, so brutal it is history making and dangerous. it will feel like minus 56 in duluth, minnesota, 38 below in chicago. conditions so bad in the coldest areas it will take just five minutes for exposed skin to develop frost bitebite. >> the conditions are forcing

severe steps, st. louis, chicago, detroit, indianapolis, schools all closed. indra petersons is going to show us where it is and where it's headed. but let's start on the ground with george howell, who is braving the cold. george? >> reporter: just the other day they played a football game there against the packers and the 49ers. the 49ers won. 77,500 people were in the stadium dealing with wind chills down to negative 11. you bring the frozen burgers and brats but what about frozen bottles of beer and water? these are frozen solid. different tailgating for me, unlike anything i've ever seen coming from texas. i tell you, the temperature continues to drop.

brutally cold arctic air is spreading a dangerous deep freeze over half the country. the frigid blast forcing schools and government offices to close from the deep south to the northeast. >> the temperatures that we're talking about are deadly. this is a combination that is unlike anything we've seen in a long, long time. >> nearly 140 million people will experience wind chill temperatures of zero degrees or below by wednesday, temperatures the country hasn't seen in decades. in fact, chicago, st. louis and atlanta are all colder than anchorage, alaska. >> the conditions are very bad, roads are really slippery. >> at sunday's green bay packers game against the 49ers -- >> i don't know if you can be ready for this kind of cold. >> reporter: temperatures felt like a frigid 11 degrees below zero.

underarmor, ski goggles, a coat, i have it all. >> reporter: a massive snowstorm battling the midwest dumped up to 16 inches of snow in st. louis. the iconic st. louis arch barely visible under the onslaught of snow. >> this is a dangerous storm. driving conditions range from difficult to impassable. >> reporter: in illinois the entire basketball team from southern illinois university got stranded in the snow. returning home from a game, the bus caught in a powerful winter storm. the team was stuck on the interstate for six hours before a tow truck was able to dig them out. but there's relief in site. the subzero temperatures and snow will virtually be gone by wednesday. >> i just want to make sure you see this up close and personal. this is a solid block of ice and that gives you some indication of the temperature out here. so that's the temperature. but now we're talking about the wind chill. the wind chill is a big concern

because it makes it feel a lot colder than it is. and as the winds pick up, it will get worse. right now this area is under a wind chill warning, at least until noon today. we know it could get down into the negative 30s, negative 40s, negative 50s. we'll have to wait and see. but it is cold out there. >> it is cold just looking at you out there, george. go get warm. we'll check back in with you. how long will this brutal cold stick around and when will it end? indra petersons is tracking who will get the worst of it and where is it headed next? >> this is a rare event that's normally issued when you talk about tornadic activity with severe weather. this time the particularly dangerous situation is being put out there thanks to cold temperatures, very rare thing you'll see today. minneapolis and sioux falls looking at potentially as high as negative 65 degrees. look how close we are to those

temperatures even at this hour. sleuth negative 54 grefs, indianapolis down to negative 46, with a foot on the snow, that's what is bringing deadly arctic temperatures along with the wind chills. it's one reason they don't want you on the roads. think about visibility issues when you have that snow blowing around. you do not want to get caught out on the roads today. even for minnesota, this arctic air is spreading all the way down to the south. nashville, negative 37, 30 degrees gbelow normal. atlanta, you are feeling this km chill today. you may have woken up in the northeast and said this is warm but that is going to be leaving.

by tonight we'll be looking at temperatures at negative 10. so quick change, even in new york city. >> indra, thanks. >> sure. >> we're trying to figure out how the numbers are going to affect our lifestyles. another impact of buiitter colds that grounding of travelers nationwide will happen. some 2,700 flights cancelled right now and that number is only going to go up. at jfk airport, conditions were so icy that a plane that landed safely then skidded off the runway while taxiing. that's where we find alexandra field this morning with more on the nightmares there and abroad. >> reporter: there is no shortage of frustrated passengers today, already 400 flights have been cancelled in just the new york city area. that's just the start of the problem. a lot of air travelers have already been stuck at airports

since friday and a -- airlines suspect they won't be back to normal for days. >> i missed a whole week's work. >> i just want to go home. >> reporter: but the blizzard conditions and icy temps slamming the midwest and northeast are keeping airlines from getting back up to speed. >> now we have this storm hitting chicago that is causing up over 50% of flights to be cancelled to or from chicago o'hare. so travelers all across the country are being impacted by this. >> reporter: a scary moment at o'hare on saturday when a plane slipped after its wheel slid off the tarmac. none of the passengers were hurt. and at jfk, this delta plane skid into a snow bank. crews had to tow the plane with passengers on board back to the gate. no one was hurt. it could take several days for

airlines to get operations back into the full swing of things. >> not only do they need to get the airplanes in the right place, but almost more importantly, they need to get the crew in the right place. >> reporter: according to jetblue, it's not just weather. the blog points to new pilot rest rules designed to avoid pilot fatigue resulting in they say fewer jetblue flights. >> we're going to miss two days of a cruise and i've been standing there for four hours. >> reporter: airlines will be faced with a lot of displaced passengers and a limited number of seats. >> if i were you, i'd stay there. >> reporter: already 2,700 flight cancellations this morning. yesterday that number got up to 3,800. so even if you have already checked your flight data and it looks like you're on schedule or that your flight is a go, you want to keep checking because these cancellations are happening all day long.

>> and that ripple effect all across the country continues. alexandra, thank you so much. >> new this morning, president obama is challenging lawmakers to act fast on unemployment insurance. 1.3 million americans saw those benefits expire in december and the president calls that just quite cruel. how is this fight shaping up, jim? >> reporter: the white house is putting its weight to extend long-term unemployment benefits. at there point republicans are say they go could go along with this plan as long as the cost is offset by other cuts. but senate majority leader harry reed a saying no deal, calling that foolishness the white house is gearing up for an all-out campaign.

meanwhile, there is a test vote to pass these unemployment benefits later on this afternoon. it comes after another key economic vote after the president's pick to lead the federal reserve. as for that vote that is scheduled for later on this afternoon, it is not clear whether or not democrats have the 60 votes that they need to clear that hurdle. they do need additional republican votes and that's what they'll be doing for the remainder of this day, trying to find the republicans votes to get the unemployment benefits passed. chris? >> it's a big issue. there are going to be politics on it but that's a policy that will have to be paid attention to and we will. also new, stunning images of the deadly fired that ripped through a new york city high rise, killing one person, injuring several others. it took more than 100 firefighters to contain the inferno. john berman back with us following this one. >> reporter: it was such a terrifying scene, not just for the people in the building but for so many others who were

watching the flames engulf the high rise just before lunch yesterday. this morning there are questions about whether those inside knew enough about what was going on to make the right decisions. flames poured out of the windows of this new york city high rise sunday as a deadly three-alarm fire tore through the 42 story apartment building, leaving residents scrambling through hallways to safety. >> i saw the firefighters coming up the stairs and wondered what the hell is going on now. >> they were banging on my door to tell me you got to get out, it's a fire. i had to run down 18 flights of stairs barefoot. >> these two newlyweds were found unconscious in the building's stairwell and rushed to the hospital. 27-year-old daniel succumb to his injuries sunday night. his husband, michael todd cohen remains in stable condition after being treated for smoke inhalation. >> unfortunately, it appeared

that the victims may have originally been in their apartments safe and exited the apartment and became a victim in the stairwells themselves. >> reporter: officials say the fire started on the 20th floor and then spread with smoke blackening several floors above the flames. pictures of the terrifying scene soon appeared on social media from both building residents and neighbors watching the fire. resident mickey atwell tweeted this photo from where he was stuck on his balcony with his wife and 2-year-old son tweeting "building on fire, too much smoke on hallways, elevators not working." >> he had to wait until the smoke was out, then he walked you us down to the 18th floor and took the elevator and now we're here thank good. >> it is not yet clear what

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a number of those states have double ld just since last week, upping the number with widespread flu cases to 25. another number, a so bering one six children have died from the flu. good morning, happy new year. what a way to start the new year with these numbers. we know that little ones die from the flu, it's a terrible fact. >> right. >> is it that it's so widespread? >> yeah. i think we should put it in perspective. it is not yet worse than other seasons but what we're seeing a very rapid uptake in the cases. so it started a little bit later than usual. i think we were lulled into a false sense of security. we weren't seeing a lot of the flu. in the last two weeks it's changed dramatically. what's unique about this season, we're talking about the h1n1

virus which particularly affects young adults. everyone needs the flu shot. pregnant women as well have to be very careful. >> usually we're talking about the elderly who have to take particular care. now you're saying everyone else as well. >> right. >> washing your hands, but what's your advice for this flu season in particular? it's from coast to coast. >> the biggest thing can you do is get the flu shot. it not too late. >> so why don't people get it? >> the barriers. >> i think there's a barrier can you help us with. part of it is hype. here's the media again hyping the flu, i'm not going to even

listen. how about of a difference does it make if i don't get the vaccine? >> it makes a very dig difference. this year's vaccine contains the h1n1 virus, which is circulating now. >> which is not always the case. >> which is not always the case. and many people don't realize many people do die from the flu, thousands die, and that's not a small number. >> and just because you may feel i can handle the flu and i'll bounce back, you may carry it and pass it on to somebody who cannot handle it. >> that's why i work in the hospital and i have to get it. if you're caring for a child or an elderly person or even if you're riding the bus. >> when you say young people, you mean anyone under 65. >> so even i'm young. >> even though we might be

heading into what is traditionally the peak of the season, it's still not too late to get the vaccine? >> definitely not. we can see the flu up until may in some years. some people think i get the flu from the flu shot. that simply has not been proven to be the case. there have been studies where they give people the real vaccine, the fake vaccine -- >> i was just given the sign by my producer, miguel. >> it's not that it's been proven that it can give you the flu, there's no proof that it can give you the flu. >> it's a dead virus you're getting. there's no way it can give you the flu. >> thank you for breaking this down for us. i think we're staring down the barrel of this thing. >> doctor, thank you. >> thank you.

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. welcome back to "new day." we want to bring you up to date on breaking news this morning. cold does not begin to describe what's happening in some parts

of the country right now. air temperatures in much of the midwest are around zero. that's bad. but wind chills are bringing that sharply lower. double digits below zero in many places, and this ain't just about the numbers, it's about their impact on you, your car, your home, all types of travel. let's bring in meteorologist indra petersons tracking everything. >> i keep talking to you about particularly dangerous situations. this is rare for a tornado outbreak, we rarely see this issued. but to see this for an event for cold weather, it's so rare, most meteorologists have never seen this. a huge chunk of the country talking about this very cold arctic air spreading even parter to the east. you're talking from negative 40 to negative 55 degrees with wind chill today. five minutes outside is all it

takes of exposure today to get frostbite. a lot of people are waking up in the northeast and going it's warm today, it feels great, what are you talking about, it's like 50 degrees, right? that cold front is going to be making its way across. these are the temperatures we're expecting by 5:00. it's going to get colder as the day goes on. these are the temperatures -- it's not up there, but these are the temperatures we're looking at tomorrow, a negative 30 in pittsburgh tomorrow, negative 10 tomorrow in new york city. >> that's going to be a completely different temperature when you go to work and when you leave work. >> you're going from nice to dangerous. >> happening today secretary of state john kerry is in tell vich. he has set a deadline for a mideast peace framework. he may meet again with israeli

prime benjamin netanyahu. happening now, a u.s. kocoast guard cutter is on its way to help rescue two boats, an icebreaker and a chinese ship sent to rescue that vessel. they are not in immediate danger. >> a 28-year-old man killed in a violent road rage incident in pennsylvania. he was traveling when he called police to report another driver shooting at him. that driver then rammed his car,

forced him on to the median, got out of his car and shot him several times while he shot in his vehicle. >> do you know if your water is safe to drink? a newly released review shows fracking contamination has been found in well water in four states. pennsylvania, ohio, west virginia and texas. the review also found major differences in how the states report problems. texas provided the most detail while the other states provided general outlines. >> that deep freeze is spreading to the box office. "frozen" taking the top spot this weekend. frozen has now grossed more than $600 million over the last seven weeks making it the second hypest grossing disney animated

movies ever. if can you make it out and get to a movie theater, some good ones in there right now. those are your headlines, guys. >> thank you, michaela. >> liz cheney is officially dropping her bid for the wyoming senate seat. what is behind her decisions? we have cnn national digital political reporter. peter, you broke this story. it was a really big surprise hearing liz cheney was dropping out. what are you hearing about why? >> it's a surprise because it's kind of a surprise that she got in the race in the first place. this is a big deal, high-profile race. she was never really able to answer the question why she got in. there were a lot of questions about can she win, can she unseat an incumbent senator. this is the reason, the statement she just released as to why she's dropping out.

quote, serious health issues have recently arisen in our family and under the circumstances, i have decide to discontinue my campaign." we don't know the detail of that. she she does have five children. >> what does it mean for the seat now? it was a very rocky campaign for her to begin with. what does it mean for the seat? is enzi a shoe-in now? >> yeah, he's safe. he was kind of safe before that. a lot of enzi's colleagues in washington rallied to his side. public polling was very spotty in this place. some polls showed him up 20, 30 points. gop insiders generally agreed liz cheney wasn't really going anywhere. she didn't articulate a

particular reason as to why she was running. >> she had to get out. godle her family is okay and whatever health situation they're having they can manage. but she had to get out, right? >> if you talk about the tea party establishment, this didn't fit the bill. you could make that argument about mike enzi. liz cheney didn't fit that typical tea party mold. she came from washington, d.c., moved to wyoming in 2012 and had to answer tho carpet bagger charges. she's also an unapologetic neoconservative. she supports surveillance apparatus in this country, a lot of grass roots and libertarians don't like that. >> i want to also get your take as congress is heading back to

work today on the big -- we're entering a political year, right, or a campaign year. this is one of the big political stories. right out of the gate we're talking about long-term unemployment benefits. both sides think there's political advantage in taking on this fight right now. what are you hearing? >> i talked to a house senior leadership aid yesterday who admitted it is beneficial to the white house and democrats. i talked to a former obama white house person just before christmas when obama was sort of adrift figuring out what to do and he said, looking the president needs to find an issue on campaigning. so this is an issue they think they can talk about and win in this most that we're in. this is an issue that isn't

about obamacare -- >> they're not going to win on we extend unemployment issues, this is about job. the real fight is how do they create jobs. this is somewhat of a safe harbor, right? >> absolutely. talk to both sides and -- the white house seems to think they're going to get all this momentum, hopes they're going to pass immigration reform. when you talk to both sides, you hear the same old rhetoric that's plagued congress or the house and the white house and the senate for the last five or six years. >> and another example is the house -- their messaging is they're going to be focusing on obama care as we head back into, too. >> and while the white house is talking about jobs and unemployment benefits, the house republicans, betting that, hey, we want to find a way to pay for these unplamt benefit.

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♪ it's the eye of the tiger tiger mom amy chua made the headlines for pushing no play dates, just getting down to homework. now she says certain groups are superior to others. i have often said both of you are completely worthless and now i have proof for it in this book because none of us are in one of these groups. she identifies with her husband, by the way, they pick out eight groups of different ethnicities, jewish, indian, clhinese,

iranians, cuban exiles and mormons, she said these groups have three qualities in them that motivate in them that the rest of you don't get motivated and therefore wind of draining the success of society while these groups become successful. do you believe, having reviewed the materials, do you believe the science is suggestive of something that is provable or demonstrable? >> that i don't know yet because we don't know the evidence behind the assertion she's made. when she lists these groups, she's identifying them as cultural groups, not racial groups. she's not saying the jews or iranians are predisposed, she's saying there's something in their culture that makes them perform at a higher level. she's saying this group correlates to success.

that seems to me obvious and uncontroversial. tall people are better at basketball than short people. but she's moved on to this certain type of group, cultural groups. we have throughout history said certain cultures are better at certa certain things. in the 90s we said why do the japanese businesses do so well? >> she's saying certain groups are better at life, which is a whole different kind of argument. >> and some are worse. >> they have to be if some are better. she's not just establishing correlation. she almost establishing a kind of causality to it. it would be like saying people who ride horses go to harvard. of course they do but it's not that they go to harvard because

that he-the-ride hor they ride horses, it's because they have money and have horses. >> she lays out these three steps that have to go with your cultural influence and the follow-through of the family mechanism that helps you achieve your potential. then, talking about blacks, for instance, she says the first component that you believe you can be successful has been beaten out of blacks in america and that is why blacks will struggle as a result. is that fair, though? >> i think it's a problematic argument. racism becomes a red herring. >> it cab bad argument and not racist. >> yeah. i think she's missing the context. if there as a level of underachievement this happens, i would talking about systemic issues, housing, food.

it's not because i don't think we awesome. >> i think that's the crux of this verse at this. what amy chew is doing in this book, they're indicting american culture and that the united states has adopted this self-esteem parenting and she's saying many immigrant class cultures have come in and brought successful cultural attitudes with them. >> it's not true, though. >> that's a different argument. i feel like the controversy has nothing to do with her evidence or science, it has to do with other observation. >> why do you say that it's not true? it seems to me as somebody who is forced and also willing to be self-selecting with social data that comes through as we review who we are as a people, it seems our families are breaking down. that as an american we have less and less as a cult. we're not raising our kids

right. they're not about faith or ethics anymore, they're not focused in school, parents aren't pushing them, they're to the supported when they get in trouble. it seems there is an argument to be made that there is a breakdown in american values. >> there's always a breakdown in american values. in the 1920s, they were talking about martin luther king and rosa parks. many of the groups she talks about come here through self-selection. if i were to go to nigeria and pull out 50 people and drop them in the middle of america, i would suspect they'd have the same outcome. there's a difference between that when people are taken in the lottery system. >> you're rebutting -- >> first of all, you're right. it's the birth right to say it's

taking us to hell in a hand basket. would you reject there's a connection between culture and success. it's so neat and discrete it can be broken up into eight groups. are we saying that mormons are a cultural group? >> there as a deference between the -- >> five super bowls? >> people living in the past. >> you can find cultures of pathology, cultures of success. it's not broken down ethnicity to ethnicity and race to race. >> i don't think she's making a racial argument. >> i don't think she did either. i even did it in the introduction. i think, though, that -- >> that's the history of it, though, chris. >> we're going to have to see the proof in her book.

we're probably giving her too much credit for unearthing something here that doesn't exist. i do think it is time to take a hard look at what we do because you will find groups that do it better among us, who take family more seriously, who take faith, meaning proper behavior, i don't care what you believe but you believe something. and it helps you raise your kids and it helps do you better and you will achieve more as a result. and we avoid that argument, perhaps at our own risk. >> racial arguments suggest you have innate limitations or superi superiority. if she's identified ways that others live that are better or worse, we should listen to that. >> my point is it's councillor factual. if we can go and find these cultures of pathology that just need to be corrected by her and who husband, who happen to make

the cut -- >> he's jewish, she's chinese. >> in every culture you see the same pathologist and you also z the same strong pounds. >> here's the good news. congratulations to you, congratulations to you but somehow we're doing okay. >> we're doing okay. >> take that, amy! >> black people never make the list. i like being a victim. welcome! >> i like being a victim. i'm a victim. thank you. what do you think? tweet us with a hashtag, new day. is it time that we look at ourselves with a little bit more scrutiny about are we doing the right kinds of this evenings that breed success or not? all right? kate. >> i love you guys. thanks, chris. coming up next on "new day," an amazing story of a man who went missing and was found in the most bizarre of ways. never underestimate the power of photography. and sbaeking of photography,

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welcome back to "new day". want to share an extraordinary picture. this man has been found alive, his mom is calling it a miracle. an associated press photographer snapped this photo of this man trying to stay warm on a heating grate in washington, d.c. his family recognized him that was shown in "usa today". found where the photo was snapped and staked out the

location for hours on sunday. simon showed up and was reunited with his dad. an experience like that, the photographer said, reminds you that every person has a story. >> every person has a story. there's a lot of people in that image. you could almost barely make out his face. talk about another photo, very different type of photo. new controversy this morning, madonna is under fire of an instagram photo of her 13-year-old son. why is this such a big deal? probably because it involves madonna. >> a controversy or a noncontroversy? i'm thinking it's a little bit of a controversy because it involves minors and alcohol. on new year's eve a lot of people have good time. madonna is in switzerland, celebrating the holidays. this is a picture of her son holding a bottle of gin, his

friend with another bottle of alcohol. madonna's son 13 years old. people are asking why is she promoting alcohol in kids. madonna never to back away from a controversy she posted a message and said simmer down everybody. she said no one was drinking, we were just having fun. calm down and get a sense of humor. don't start the year off with judgment. people on instagram were still giving her flack. one said it's poor judgment to glorify substances to children. growing up i knew some parents allowed children to drink in their presence. that brings up the question, is she glorifying knoll in minors or having fun on new year's eve? >> i think the noncontroversy. >> i feel everybody will be freaking out when they see the

picture. >> it just doesn't look good. you got a 13-year-old hanging out on new year's eve with alcohol and even though she said you're not drinking you just never know. madonna is a lot of thing but i don't think people ever said she's a bad mother. >> madonna is provocative. she has been from the beginning. it is a bit par for the course for her. people say it's bad messaging for kids. if you're messaging to children what madonna's doing you might want to have a talk. >> it's 2014, simmer down. >> pictures of kids with booze, make sure your kids don't have pictures with booze. >> i like this 2014 attitude. >> madonna's kids are just fine. >> that's the problem with social media, everybody wants to criticize everybody else's kids and don't want to look at their own. coming up on "new day," this is a situation that the weather caused that's what investigators

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you can prepare for it but can't really prepare for it. arctic nation. 140 million americans frozen out this morning. coldest temperatures in 20 years. too cold and icy for thousands of planes to fly. too cool for school. literally. and the dangerous freeze is headed east. we're tracking it all. danger on the runway. two planes skid off airport

runways over the weekend and then in aspen a tragic accident as a private plane crashes. one person is killed. two survive as passengers including celebrities watch in horror. horror on the 20th floor, a fire breaks out in a high rise killing one. dozens of other residents scramble to safety. one family joins us live with their harrowing ordeal. your "new day" continues right now. . good morning and welcome back to "new day". it's monday, january 6, 2014. 8:00 in the east. the big story unfolding at this hour the kind of cold weather that can be deadly. a polar vortex packing a record shattering temperatures with wind chills as low as 60 below, targeting 140 million americans right now. parts of the country experiencing conditions that haven't been seen in more than

two decades. just look at this map. negative 54 in duluth. negative 34 in madison. so cold and snowy in indianapolis it's illegal to drive today. cnn has a team including our meteorologist covering this dangerous storm system. up first for us, george howell live from frigid green bay, wisconsin. good morning, george. >> reporter: good morning. so, kate, it is colder here in green bay than it is in siberia. that's how cold it is this morning. for fans here who were at lambeau field for that game and tailgaters, we see those bottles of water and beer, they had to deal with frozen water and beer. the other thing to illustrate how cold it is, you pour water out there and it nearly freezes on contact and temperature continues to drop. brutally cold arctic air is spreading a dangerous deep freeze over half the country.

the frigid blast forcing schools and government offices to close from the deep south to the northeast. >> temperatures that we're talking about are deadly. this is a combination that's unlike anything we've seen in a long, long time. >> reporter: nearly 140 million people will experience wind chill temperatures of zero degrees or below by wednesday. temperatures the country hasn't seen in decades. in fact, chicago, st. louis and atlanta are all colder than anchorage, alaska. >> the conditions are very bad. the roads are slippery. >> reporter: at sunday's green bay packers game against the 49ers -- >> i don't know if you can be ready for this kind of game. >> reporter: temperatures felt like a frigid 11 degrees below zero. >> i got it all. >> reporter: it's not just the plummeting temperatures. a massive snowstorm battering

the midwest dumped up to 16 inches of snow in st. louis. the iconic st. louis arch barely visible under the onslaught of storm. >> this is a dangerous storm. driving conditions range from difficult to impassable. >> reporter: in illinois the entire basketball from southern illinois university got stranded in the snow. returning home from a game their bus caught in the powerful winter storm. the team was stuck on the interstate for six hours before a tow truck was able to dig them out. but there's relief in sight. subzero temperatures and snow will be gone by wednesday. there's a reason we did that experiment. good sheet of ice here. it's so cold in the air and on the ground that this stuff freezes quickly. the temperature is low, obviously. but it's about the wind chill as well. as the wind chill drops it feels colder than it actually is. there's a wind chill warning in

this area already. and officials are warning people to stay indoors, to limit your exposure. in fact when we do these live reports i come right out and then i go right back in because you don't want to be out here too long. the concern, guys is frostbite and the best you can do is wear layers and try to limit your time outside. >> george, amazing how fast that water froze just during your time of your package there and i saw you switched to the cnn jacket because cnn is the warmest name in news so you had to upgrade. >> reporter: it is the warmest news. >> stay warm. obviously the questions for all of us is how cold will it get, how long can we expect to stay in this deep freeze? we're lucky to have somebody tracking the answers, meteorologist ingrid peterson. >> looking at the worst time period this morning. we're at the dangerous zone of negative 40 to negligence 65

degrees. again, look at these temperatures. imagine kids going back to school in madison, wisconsin this morning and they are talking about those temperatures that are negative 40 below, going back to class. minneapolis negative 44. duluth negative 55 degrees. you can see the dang there are. keep in mind visibility for many of these areas with recent snowfall winds picking up that snow blowing i want around. a lot of places seeing visibility less than a quarter of a mile. the temperatures. this is abnormal even for minnesota. this is 40 degrees below normal for them. even st. louis. 37 degrees below normal. their high today only into the single digits at 3 degrees going to the southeast started out the morning with some sleet. think about that. that's atlanta. their high only 26 degrees. if you're in the northeast you're going it felt good today. 54 trees. that's the temperature right now. thanks to the warm front. look at the cold air. this cold arctic air is moving in.

so by tomorrow morning we're talking about the rain moving out. anything else less on the ground. keep in mind temperatures 60 degrees cooler. tomorrow morning negative wind chill in new york city area. down to negative 27 degrees tomorrow morning. if you have any shoveling, goes, i don't have to do that, i live in an apartment, do it tonight. >> you don't want to be out shoveling in those temperatures. >> we're talking about shoveling when you're trying to shovel out. but a lot of travel problems. even more flights cancelled because of the harsh weather. this morning about 2900 flights now called off because of the ice and snow creating dangerous conditions for the planes and runways at airports around the u.s.. and even when flights get moving once again airlines will have to play catch up for several days to make up for thousands of cancelled flights from this past weekend. we go to jfk airport this morning where we've been

talking. a plane went skidding off a runway after it landed safely at jfk. >> reporter: one thing after another for air travellers, kate. you can see it's windy and rainy and foggy here in new york city. that's compounding problems. the real issue is the storm in chicago causing major delays. a ripple effect is being found across the country and some passengers have been stranded at airports since friday. hundreds of stranded passengers camped out in airports over the weekend hoping to get moving again by this morning. >> i miss ad whole week's worth. i need to adjust to the time in melbourne. >> reporter: blizzard conditions and icy temps slamming the midwest and northeast is keeping airlines from getting back up to speed. >> now we have this storm hitting chicago that's causing over 50% of flights to be cancelled. to and from chicago o'hare. travellers from all across the country are being impacted. >> reporter: a scary moment on

saturday after a plane slipped off the tarmac. none of the 145 passengers were hurt. in icy runway at jfk airport in new york caused this delta plane to skid into a snow bank. crews had to tow the plane with passengers on board back to the gate. no one was hurt. experts say the storm will continue to affect air travellers, warning that it could take several days for airlines to get operations back into the full swing of things. >> not only do they need to get the airplanes in the right place but they need to get the crew in the right place. >> reporter: according to jetblue it's not just weather. it points to pilot rest rules designed to avoid pilot fatigue resulting they say in fewer jetblue flights. the airline advises it will take days. once cancelled flights return to the skies airlines will be faced with a lot of displaced passengers and a limited number

of seats. and a quick reminder these cancellation numbers are quickly rising. at about 5:00 this morning 2300 flights have been cancelled, three hours later that number is up to 2900. so if you still have travel plans today be certain to keep checking your flights. they are adding cancelations all day long, chris. >> to be expected. a troubling question for you, but we got to ask it. is iraq sliding back into instability and what will the u.s. do about it? secretary of state john kerry says the united states will support iraq in its renewed fight with al qaeda but that does not include sending troops back in. this declaration comes as clashes with militants threatens iraq's control over the anbar province. that's where the bloodiest battles of the iraq war happened. joining us now is christiane amanpour. happy new year to you. great to have you on the show.

let's start with the dangerous suggestion. to american ears when they hear what's going on they say oh, no all this blood, all this treasure and now the situation has feared is going right back where it was. legitimate concern? >> it is actually a legitimate concern, of course, precisely because of that reason that america did spend so much blood and treasure in iraq. obviously an incredibly unpopular war that the obama administration is trying to dig out of and did by pulling all its troops out. however that has been a cause of the inability to stabilize iraq and we've seen a massive rise in sectarian violence. also in the sort of car bombings we used to see, ieds, lots of people have been killed. the highest number of deaths last year than at the height of the civil war in the mid-2000s. this is a very, very traumatic situation. the u.s. as you mentioned secretary kerry has been in the

middle east. he has promised to help but not to send any more soldiers or boots on the ground. what does that mean? they hope to get iraq helicopters and other weaponry to push back this fight. if you remember, fallujah and other were the bad areas of the war. the surge with sunni tribes people that pushed that back and stabilized it and now you have a very bad political situation in iraq where the sunnis feel isolated and alienated by the u.s. supported shi'ite government. >> i remember early coverage of the war talking with you and how, what the strategy was at the time and you saying temporary things are not sustainable in this type of environment here, that control will be fleeting and sure enough that's what we're seeing right now. when you mention the politic, senator john mccain, senator lindsey graham say to the

administration this is what you get for pulling out. is that fair? maliki said we don't want you any more. this was a war that wasn't started by this administration. is that the right place to place blame? >> yes and no. you're right it was president bush's war and one that was eventually stabilized to an extent by this idea of a surge back in 2007 along with general petraeus. that calmed things down for a period of time. of course president obama came into office pledging to end this very unpopular war. he opposed it during the presidential campaign. you remember that very well. iraq has had a terrible bitter after taste and has been the result and the consequence of not wanting to do other things around the world. so with the u.s. sort of turning inward and being more insular under this administration, you do have consequences out in the rest of the world. and iraq is one of those consequences, also the negative

effect of the maliki government, the inability to bring the sunnis into a power sharing and to feel part of the situation that's also a real problem. without one of the major problems and this is a consensus view is that by letting syria fester and allowing the resurgence of al qaeda and jihadis and militants not just in syria but to affect what's happening in iraq and elsewhere in the region that's another major problem and going to be a problem throughout 2013. >> quick last point. unfortunately the same thing in '13 is going on in '14. interesting to conflate the two. do you believe, can you point to an example where going in the way u.s. did in iraq, the way people suggest they should go into syria that wound up being effective in creating permanent calm in the situation? >> the two different. nobody suggested boots on the ground in syria.

the fact of the matter is it's one thing to win the war as the u.s. did in 2003 and iraq. another thing to win the peace. that takes a lot longer and it's vital once you committed yourself, it's vital to do that in a proper way. on the other hand you have public opinion in the u.s., they did not want to stay in iraq and we're seeing the results of that right now. >> thank you very much for the perspective. this is a conversation we'll have many times and if things keep going the way we may have it standing next to each other in one of these two countries. thank you for joining us this morning. taking a look at your other headlines at this hour. it's back to work for the senate and on the to-do list a three month extension of unemployment benefits a procedural vote is skaeded for this afternoon on a bill to revive the benefits for the long term unemployed. estimated 1.3 million americans lost those just before new year's when that program expired. break being overnight, liz

cheney dropping out of the wyoming senate primary. you saw it first on cnn. oldest daughter of former vice president dick cheney ending her bid to beat enzi. cheney released this statement serious health issues have arisen in our family and under the circumstance i've decided to discontinue my campaign. more speculation about a possible hillary clinton run for president in 2016. a super p.a.c. said to be helping lay the ground work has now rented the e-mail list compiled by clinton's 20808 campaign and it sent out an e-mail on sunday offering free "i'm ready for hilary" bumper stickers. hilary said she will make a decision about running sometime this year. a team of volunteers have set around the clock effort in

the disappearance of heather elvis. her father and sister are making personal appeals for help sunday saying no tip is too small to help find heather. i want to show you some dramatic enjoyed from the uk as a -- you hear people screaming as parts of the cliff fell away. no one was injured. but the public has been urged to stay away from that area. that's a huge cliff. >> right. >> thanks. >> coming up next on "new day" a deadly plane crash in aspen, colorado. the pilot circled three times before trying to make a landing and crashing. now we have new details about what i have gone tragically wrong. the flu is spreading and proving deadly. you heard this before. but the groups at risk have

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welcome back to "new day". new this morning, federal investigators are on the scene of a fiery plane crash that killed one person and injured two others in aspen, colorado yesterday. officials say the co-pilot lost his life as the plane flipped over upon landing. we have new details about what could have caused it all. we go live to denver with more on this story. what more are we learning? >> reporter: good morning. we don't know the exact cause of the crash.

witnesses say the plane came into land and burst into flames. a horrific scene on the runway in aspen, colorado. still photographs show the charred fuselage of a private jet that crashed sunday afternoon near aspen ski area. >> i'm driving down the road and see the big plume of black smoke and come around the bend and the plane is flipped over. >> reporter: three people were on board. all three pilots heading to aspen from mexico after making a stop in tucson, arizona. according to the plane tracking website the plane circled three times before trying to land. >> these pilots were attempting to land at a high altitude mountainous terrain airport with a tail wind which is very challenging. >> reporter: radio communications from air traffic control references difficult conditions. pilot aborts one landing because of the wind. >> missed approach. n 11 a wf. >> reporter: minutes later plane

crash, flipping upside down on impact. country singer leann rimes witnessed the crash and tweeted so sad, horrible plane crash we just saw at the aspen airport. another witness tweeted horrible plane crash here at aspen airport. exploded into flames as it was landing. fire truck and ambulances were on the scene within minutes. but it was too late to save everyone. 54-year-old pilot died at the scene from blunt force trauma. the other pilot and co-pilot were rushed to the hospital with moderate to severe injuries. those two survivors will be key to the investigation as the ntsb tries to determine what went wrong. now the ntsb will be looking specifically at the decision-making process of those pilots. they will look at weather conditions, mechanical conditions, runway conditions as they investigate and because this is a deadly crash we're told it could take several months up to a year before this

investigation is complete. chris? >> thank you very much. new developments this morning, nearly half the country is seeing widespread flu infections and the spread this year is especially quick in just one week it jumped from 10 states to 25 of heavy flu activity. this year there's growing concern for people under 65 and that's why we want to talk to you about it this morning. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is telling us why this is happening. thanks for being with us. what's new? >> reporter: chris, what we know is that flu season usually tends to peak around this time of year and if you think i don't need to worry that's something that affects the elderly, think again. in just one week the number of states reporting widespread flu has more than doubled from ten states to 25. among the victims of the flu so

far this season, 25-year-old ann phillips swan from southwest indiana who passed away on christmas eve and 5-year-old ryan burgess who died in portland. >> we're seeing illness in young adults. >> reporter: this year it could turn out to be particularly bad because the main flu strain out there is h1n1 that used to be called swine flu and disproportionately affects people under 65. there's good news. >> so far the main strain we're seeing is h1n1. fortunately that strain is well covered by every one of the flu vaccines out there. >> reporter: h1n1 is in the flu shot and it's not too late to get one. the centers for disease control and prevention recommends the flu vaccine for everyone. it takes two weeks for the shot to build up immunity. in the meantime it's especially important to remember to wash your hands. >> hand washing always elizabeth, always whether you have the flu or not. help me out as a parent with

young kids. we took them. they got their flu vaccine. up the nose. they may need a second. tell me about this. >> reporter: if your child is 8 years old or younger and your child has never had a flu vaccine before, this is the first one then they need a second dose. if your child is 8 years old or younger and this is not their first they might still need a second dose. it depends how many times they have been vaccy natd. >> everybody is running around, getting ready for your day. if you're an adult get your one shot and you're done. if you have kids and haven't gotten a vaccine before they need a double dose. if they have and got one talk to your doctor. >> reporter: if they already had one before you may still need a second dose. you may have to figure that out. >> i got a vaccination against dumbness today. we'll take a break here on "new day" but coming next a high

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welcome back to "new day". breaking news to begin the half hour, that dangerous deep freeze threatening more than half the flights now. called a polar vortex and sending wind chills in parts of the country plunging to 60 below. the coldest literally deadly in history making. let's bring in indra petersons.

>> bringing up the words particularly dangerous situation. even in the "weather world" you hear these words you go what is going on. typically it's for severe weather with tornadic outbreaks. today it's for cold temperatures something we haven't seen before. wind chills going negative 40 to negative 65 degrees. they have never issued these warnings before. that's what they are doing now for temperatures that look like these. five minutes outside is all it takes right now to get frostbite in these regions. that's the big concern. lot of people in the northeast say it's warm it feels good what your talking about? enjoy it. look at the map. you can see the warm front and see the cold front making its way in. so today we'll have a little bit of a different weather pattern instead of warming up as we go throughout the day the temperatures will start to go backwards. they will go down so much so that the rain will clear out, anything already on the ground that's still here from the nor'easter will freeze up.

temperatures will go down to the freezing point. we have cold air and wind chill tomorrow. pittsburgh 27. new york negative 7 degrees below. no thank you. >> not at all. >> very dangerous. >> thanks. you normally give you the five ways to stay warm. five things to know. at number one, back from the holiday break, the senate will take a procedural vote on restoring long term unemployment benefits. the senate is scheduled to vote on janet yellen's nomination to lead the federal reserve. she is expected to succeed ben bernanke as chief of the central bank. jaki mcmath who was declared brain dead is out of a california hospital and still on a ventilator. her family said it will try to bring her to a place for rehabilitation. it is sentencing day for

jihad jane, colleen rose of pennsylvania facing a possible life sentence for her role in a global terror plot to murder a swedish artist whose drawings outraged muslims. pope francis celebrating epiphany. he announced he'll travel to the holy land in may. kate, over to you. also new this morning, investigators are looking into that deadly fire in a manhattan high rise that happened sunday. one person was killed as more than a 100 firefighters worked to try to extinguish the flames. the video is terrifying. we're also hearing remarkable tales of survival. one family walked down more like ran down 40 flights of stairs through smoke filled air to reach the ground and safety. john, maria are here with me as well as their sons. we say it always we're so great

to see you and we're thankful you could be with us today to talk about this. so walk me through what happened and how did you get out? >> we just finished our breakfast and then i was talking on the phone and then suddenly i smelled something burning. i check my stove because i thought i was cooking i forgot -- everything is off. then when i got up i saw some smoke inside the house and john, i think something is wrong, so iing checked the door and then i opened it and then there was like smoke from our left side which is our neighbor, so i thought there was a fire from that side so i said we have to get out right away. just grab our shoes, our coats and ran to the exit door and then after a few minutes the smoke came so thick and black and we couldn't see anything. >> john, this plays to the

universal fear that we all have of being caught in a situation like this. you always wonder what your going to do, how are you going react. what's going through your mind? >> when maria made the decision to flee we didn't have time to think which might have been fortunate although we could have made a different decision potentially. because as we descended it got worse and worse to the point that we couldn't see our feet. it was dense black smoke and gagging, coughing, tearing, holding the boys. they were great. we were kind of calm but at that point you had no choice but to get through and get down. and once we got to 18, which was below the fire level -- >> it happened on 20. >> unbelievable. like wow. so in a way leaving quickly might have prevented it from being worse because it took until about five or seven floors. okay there's smoke. we'll just go down.

then it became -- okay i'm going to die now. it was an incredible minute of contrast. then another three minutes whatever, who knows what time passed until we were going live, we're out, we made it. it was obviously harrowing and scary. >> you're not even talking about running down one, two, three even ten flights of stairs which is enough -- which would be scary enough but you're running down 40 flights of stairs following mom and dad and your brother. what your seeing, what your thinking? >> at first i had no idea what was going on because i thought oh, there's smoke but i had no idea where it was coming from or how it started. we started running down the stairs. it was scary. after like 15 flights of stairs the smoke was getting worse and worse. i thought it was near the bottom and we wouldn't have made it. >> you finally made it out. was it so scary drexel?

>> yes. so scary. also like once i was tearing. i also couldn't see. i had to feel my way down. >> the scariest thing, we didn't know where we are. what do you do? you go back? you can't see. you know you're going down sort of although very disorienting. >> scary enough just to live through it but when you know another person succumbed to smoke inhalation trying to make it down those same stairs, even starting at a lower floor that really forces one to probably re-evaluate. >> we re-evaluate what we did. on the other hand if we didn't go quickly we might have hit even worse smoke and collapsed because that could happen easily. then, again, we thought if we stayed it would have been safer. >> where are you guys now?

are your back in the significant >> it should be able to be re-occupied today. the fire wasn't in our apartment. it's just soot and ash. so they are cleaning that out, the building when we left last night from the lobby had numerous air machines to start that process. hopefully we can move back in today. >> so much to be thankful for in this new year. what a harrowing experience. we talked about it in the commercial break. who has the two best parents in the entire world today? >> us two. >> thank you so much for coming. thank you for coming here. >> thank you. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> chris? >> great family there. great story to come out of that. we'll take a break on "new day". when we come back speaking of great moms don't mess with this one. why did she wildly dive into the stands at the sugar bowl. she said she would do it again opinion

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welcome back to "new day". just take a moment to check out some of this viral video that showed up of an alabama football fan giving new meaning to roll tide. a photographer and mom says oklahoma fans crossed the line when they cursed at her and tried to pick a fight with her son during thursday night's sugar bowl. she swan dives. there you go. about to happen again. she goes over two rows to launch herself over sooner fans. got a couple of punches. later she was asked and told reporters she would do it again if she had to. that's called a super fan. didn't get to see the end of the game. >> really inappropriate behavior that didn't create a spark. those boys whatever they were

mouthing off at least they had good sense to shut it down. >> not to take it any further. >> speaking of things that we don't want to see in the big championship game, we got the big game going on, bcs championship team of destiny versus team of dominance happening tonight. number two auburn take on undefeated florida state at the rose bowl. florida state favored in the line by the odds makers let's take a look at the match-up. let's take a look what could happen. we have the host, miss rachel nichols. >> i promise not to swan dive over to you. it's going to be an exciting game tonight. everybody is wanting to see these two forces colliding and this is what happens when you have teams that come out of different conferences. we're getting testy. we don't know who is the stronger team. you have florida state that's been criticized for their level of competition.

they have been racking up these huge scores and huge numbers but how good teams have they been playing. then you have the auburn kids that got out of scrape after scrape and so much fun to watch. you really have to say all right who is going to come out on top and both sides both fan bases thinking they are number one and that's part of the 30 day playoff. >> we need to wait, watch and see how this turns out because nobody knows who are more dominant. >> auburn has had all of these last minute wins. everybody thinks like oh, my gosh if there's a scrape they can get out of it. if there's something that comes down to it in the last moment those kids will have the experience, the presence of the moment to not wonder what the stakes are to just forge ahead and have the confidence to know they've done that. the florida state team they have won by almost 30 points in every game that they have played. they had one game where they won only about 13.

other than the average is 27, 28, 29, 30 points. this is a team that goes into any of those situations feeling confident. i got to tell you, chris, you'll remember this, in the world series years ago when curt schilling for the arizona diamond backs say i keep hear about aura, to me it's a stripper i know. we hear auburn is a team of destiny but we don't buy it. >> they are favored in the line of those who are supposed to know. i will tell you this we learn between and again no matter what the sport is you don't know how you'll respond until you get punched in the face and we don't know what florida state will do, if they go down early, big play early. their 19-year-old quarterback is a heisman winner. we don't know. great to watch. >> it's interesting.

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welcome back to "new day". for nearly 20 years ky dickens was riddled with death. at 16 years old she gave her seat to a friend who died minutes later in a car crash. now she asks why is she spared. now dickens takes a gripping look at four different people living with survivor's guilt. she joins us live from chicago this morning. she's the director of sole survivor. what a delight to have you here. speaking about something so few of us know about. >> thanks for having me. >> that's the first thing i wonder, i think many of us there by the grace of god go i. if i survive something like this i would have a new found purpose. but your film looks at many struggle with this survivor's guilt. >> absolutely. it's something that's very misunderstood and people don't understand it survivors are victims too. just because they didn't die doesn't mean they didn't lose

their life as they know it. they lose a good friend or loved one in a plane crash or natural disaster, you lose your ability to see or walk, you might lose your home in the case of a hurricane or that type of thing. everything that you loved is gone. what your life revolved around is no longer there. so, you know, they feel awful. they need to grieve. they have their own pain yet because people respond to them as though they should be fortunate and feel lucky they don't feel they have the permission to feel, you know, to feel sad. >> the shoulds and realities are two different things. we know you follow in this documentary you follow various survivors, sole survivors but did you this for very personal reasons. tell us more about what happened when you were 16. >> yeah, sure. when i was 16 a good friend of mine died in a car crash and moments before the crash we decided to switch places. he ended up riding shotgun in the car that spun out of control and i rode behind him actually in a car and more or less

watched what happened. and at the time, you know, i didn't want any of my friends to know we switched places. i with drew from my friends in high school. i felt like a fraud. being that i survived would they think i was some sort of murderer, it should have been me. so i just kind of dug that deep down like a secret for many years. in my 20s i realized i had survivor's guilt because i had this constant need to be doing something super important to heal, to change lives, i felt like i had to live up to my being spared. >> wow. that's an incredible revelation. you specifically, we talk about the fact that tragedies are a tragedies no matter what. you look at survivors of airplane crashes. >> yeah. >> talk about this experience because that's a very public experience. they are often splashed across headlines on news programs. their experiences are more traumatic. >> absolutely. i mean i think, you know, being

a survivor of a plane crash is so public, so widespread and disastrous and acute that it's almost the nth degree of survivorship. for survivors in this film, how do you live your life for the 79 or 156 or all the other people that perished let alone the dreams of those people's families and friends. and so i think the immense pressure to feel, you know, to ask those why questions and not know how to live up to all the hope and promise that sometimes people assign to a survivor, especially of a plane crash, these people want to be anonymous. most survivors in the film really want to live kind of a sheltered life, very much out of the public eye because they don't want to disappoint people for what they have or have not done with their life. >> i can tell this has been a very personal voyage for you. what your hoping others people that watch this documentary take away from viewing it. >> i hope people understand that

survivors are victims too like i said earlier and need time to grieve. they need therapy. they need resources. they need tenderness after a tragedy. i think responding to survivors as though they are lucky and fortunate and should be thrilled that they lived is not beneficial to the grieving process and to their ability to reconcile the tragedy with what their life will look like going forward. >> thank you so much for sharing this with us. if you want to see this film you'll have a great opportunity to watch it here on cnn. sole fire airs this thursdaying night. it's director joins us from chicago. thank you so much. chris? >> coming up on "new day" the need is great. we know this. too many are living too close to the margin. we need to do better. one hotel is doing something remarkable. so much so it's worthy of the good stuff. farmer: hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer.

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u.s. time for the good stuff. most hotels sell their furniture when they renovate but not the doubletree in wichita. they decided to give their stuff to charity. >> they don't have anything but what clothes on their backs so they don't have furniture and now they will have some. >> unusual. so much so that when doubletree did this and came to the charities they were surprised by it. take a listen again. >> they asked if we had a need for some of these items.

when i heard there were beds and other type of furniture that were available, you know, of course, i said that's the stuff we need all the time. >> of course do you. that puts us under the category of simple genius and here's why. the company will make less money because they are not selling their furniture as part of their renovation process. they are putting that second to the priority of reaching out and helping their community because the need is so great. this is what corporate responsibility is about. you may reduce your margin a little bit but you are helping those in need. >> in the long run you can argue it's not reducing your margin at all. we talk about this sometimes in the aspect of why restaurants can't give food because there's health laws. this is perfect and so simple. >> this is genius. great idea. >> come on other hotel chains, motel chains. >> gives people a sense of feeling like home. >> 300 lives changed. >> or more even when you look at a family.

>> the doubletree we salute you out there in wichita. thank you forring the good stuff. >> we not only like your cookies we like what you're doing. a lot of weather a lot of news. let's get to you the "newsroom" with miss carol costello. >> happy new year. happening now, polar vortex a life threatening surge of subzero air blasting america this morning. temperatures plummet in some spots 50 degrees below where they should be. this is the coldest weather in decades. plus liz cheney out. breaking overnight and first on cnn the oldest daughter of the former vice president to abandon her senate bid. this morning she's telling use. and the push for benefits, president obama gearing up, an all out campaign for america's unemployed. "newsroom" starts now.