graphics on the show. excited for him. so now, thanks for joining us. a good show. let's see what shepard smith is brewing up on his show. i'm dana perino. here he is. shep? >> shepard: right now, it's minus 20 degrees at the north pole. right now in parts of america, it feels so much colder. so cold that forecasters say it can be dangerous to talk or even breathe outside. the killer freeze is deadly serious. but one school district found a clever way to tell kid to stay home. ♪ ♪ it's a snow day, a winter cold day ♪ ♪ stay home and just play >> shepard: to protect and serve the city ahead and more ahead on the dangers of this enormous polar plunge as reporting begins

right now. and a fox news weather alert. as our reporting begins with the killer cold temperatures crippling much of the midwest. at least six people are now confirmed dead. hundreds of schools are closed and the deep freeze is expected to last quite a while. let's take a look at the windchills right now across that upper midwest portion of the nation. would you look at this? indianapolis, minus 16. chicago, minus 40. detroit, minus 32. look at green bay, marquette, international falls to buffalo, detroit, pittsburgh. feels like of minus 23 and it's one degree real temperature in pittsburgh right now. it's all aheaded in that direction. look down south. windchills minus 8 in louisville. minus 7 in st. louis. put the freezing temperatures in perspective.

it's so cold, you can get frostbite in a matter of minutes. the national weather service in iowa is warning people to avoid taking deep breaths and to minimize talking. the post office suspecting mail driverries in parts of ten states. the police service is asking people not to commit crimes until it warms up a bit. chicago seeing its coldest was the recorded in three decades. rail crews are lighting train tracks on fire to prevent the metal from shrinking. look at lake michigan. parts of the big lake are frozen but the water is still warmer than the air. that creates steam. one woman said she saw a 40-foot wall of steam outside her window. our chicago-based correspondent mike tobin is braving the cold. he's there with the emergency weather response.

better cover that face. >> yeah, we came five degrees shy of breaking the all-time record. the all-time record setback in 1985 was negative 27. we got to negative 22 overnight. i want to show you the chicago river. it gets serious when you get ice on the river itself. now it's frozen bank to bank. an icebreaker came through earlier today but froze over again. up above the streets are more bare than when the bears are playing. in weather like this, you often get house fires. people using cheap heaters, using them poorly. a fire on the south side. we can't link it to the cold, but the cold complicated the firefighting efforts. firefighters had to rotate through warming vehicles so they could keep their hands moving and functioning. they saved four people in the lower levels of the house, two people on the top levels perished. here's the battalion chief. >> our companies did the best they could to get to the attic.

a valiant effort by everybody on the scene. these weather conditions make it hard for us to do our job. >> in minnesota, the department of transportation pulled the snowplows off of the icy roads. that is because the snowplows were breaking down in this brutal cold. so if you do decide to venture out on the streets, operate with the idea that everything underneath you will be a sheet of ice. just don't go out. about everything is shut down. so much so the mail stopped service in eight states, shep. >> shepard: tell us about the people you visited in a tent camp. >> yeah, there's a tent city just to the southwest of chicago, a business district of chicago. some people elected to stay out overnight. an anonymous donor came and sprung for rooms. a lot of people took that option. georgia royal that calls himself the mayor of the tent city, he opted to stay in the tent city.

keep an eye on his belongings. here's george. >> please go somewhere if it gets bat. >> no. i have a heater. it's fine. >> he's got a heater in his tent. people donate propane for his heater. people have been very good about donating blankets. food out there, it's all freezing outside. the people in the tent city can't eat it fast enough, shep. >> shepard: mike tobin headed inside along the banks of the chicago river. more on the forecast now. let's go back to the big wall. rick reichmuth is joining us. it's cold. >> it's cold. this was last night's actual air temperature. not the windchill. >> shepard: it was colder than the north pole. >> it was. this is the coldest air on the planet. think about that, the coldest air on the planet is in southern canada, northern part of the plains. that's cold. minus 36 is incredible. go to the south, minus -- further south, minus 6 in st. louis. east, this was the better night. we got two cold nights ahead

across the eastern seaboard. take a look. minus 40, windchill in baker lake. minus 40 in chicago. 34 in atlanta. this cold front doesn't go all the way to the south, which is going -- florida not that bad. current windchills minus 40 in chicago. minus 39 in international falls. we have the actual air temperature, minus 16. so you got to minus 23 overnight in chicago. one more shot tonight where you could get to the all-time record in chicago. that's probably the only city that we could see that all-time colder temperature broken. >> shepard: the real temperature. >> the record is minus 27. probably a degree or two colder than last night. then we start to see things improve. i want to show you what happens here by tonight. there you go. 8:00 p.m., feels like minus 4 in new york. the cold is about to be here in the east. you can see the white. tomorrow morning's cold.

it does start to retreat by the time we get to friday. still cold. minus 25 international falls. >> shepard: that is a huge swath. state after state after state. >> it is. if there's any bright side, it's not going to the south. it's also not a super long one. this is for everybody, it's about a 36 to 48 hour window of this cold. take a look at chicago. maybe get to minus 14 today. take a look at the weekend. 48 degrees by sunday. we'll have a 70-degree swing across parts of the northern plains. that will feel warm. they'll be in short sleeves. >> shepard: by the lakefront. >> exactly. >> shepard: thanks, rick. hundreds of thousands of students had the day off obviously because the cold is literally so dangerous. school officials in michigan busted out their singing voices to let parents know that school should be closed. ♪ i'm sad and lonely when you're gone ♪ ♪ it's cold and snowing winter morning ♪ ♪ it's a snow day, a winter

cold day ♪ >> shepard: they're pretty good, aren't they? that's principal jim kitchen and ben nenka from schwartz creek, outside flint. urging the kids to stay safe and wake up before noon to help out your parents. that's pretty good news for school kids just about anywhere. more ahead on the deep freeze. we head to minneapolis. always cold there. not always. but this time of year probably. forecasters say the windchill could get to minus 50 degrees. minus 50. and then there's the nfl commissioner roger goodell. dana mentioned this. he made a concession after that blown call against the new orleans saints. remember that? why he says he will consider a rule change in the nfl. plus, we're learning about a secret tunnel that leads toward a bank right here in the united

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guaido there. he is taking on nicholas maduro. under maduro, the ones rich country has sunk into a deep humanitarian crisis that forced million to leave and millions to live in starvation. guaido declared himself interim president last woke and swore himself into office. he says venezuela's constitution does indeed allow that because he claims maduro's recent re-election was nothing short of a sham. thousands of anti-maduro demonstrators supported guaido as did the united states and many of our allies. venezuelans taking to the streets again today. guaido encouraging people to leave their homes and jobs for two hours of demonstrations to demand that maduro resign. the disputed president now says that he's willing to talk with

the opposition, but he's refusing to step down. these are pictures from state tv. maduro visiting a military base today, show of force. so far venezuela's military is still publicly supporting him. meantime, guaido, the opposition guy, gave his first u.s. interview since all of this started on the fox business network. he said he's optimistic about the future of his country. >> we're sure that we are starting to change, this is the last chapter of change, the last chapter of nightmare for many citizens that were forced to migrate, leave their country. now we're waking up to dreams of a prosperous venezuela. >> shepard: guaido with trish regan. now to steve harrigan live in

venezuela, caracas. >> shepard: shepard, it was a well-organized demonstration, two hours, small scale. come out of your office and said you don't want maduro as president anymore and go back to your office or back home. the question is where are the protests going to lead to? guaido, the opposition leader doesn't feel like he can bring the people out on the streets every day. they're planning another major rally for saturday. where is the push going to come from? guaido says he's optimistic he got an important presidential call today from president trump backing democracy here in venezuela. we're seeing nicholas maduro, the man that was re-elected just last year in a disputed election really shoring up his military support. if you watch state television here, all day long, it's maduro with generals, maduro with privates, even maduro who is a very large man running in military drill in green fatigues with the soldiers. where is the push going to come from? he has the loyalty, the publicly proclaimed loyalty of the top

military officials, but are these demonstrators going to get close to the presidential palace and when and if they do, how are the rank and file military soldiers on the ground going to react? that's not clear. we have real competition, too, between the two sides. on the one hand, you have guaido getting a call from president trump. on the other hand, you have maduro getting a call from russia's president putin. so you have about 15 countries right now backing maduro and about 50 backing guaido. but the real question here is on the ground, where is the push going to come from to get rid of a man called by many a dictator that right now has the security forces still under his thumb, shepard. >> shepard: steve harrigan, our eyes and ears in venezuela. coming up, an update on the reported attack against the fox television series "empire" stair jussie smollett. what police are saying now.

and gwyneth paltrow accused of a hit-and-run on the ski slopes. now somebody is suing the actress for millions of dollars. details on the lawsuit and her response. and then the nfl commissioner weighing in on the blown call. the saints fans that say that cost them a trip to the super bowl. a rule change, mr. goodell? a rule change? we'll hear from him coming up. honorably. ry one of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. if you need cash for your family, call newday usa. with automatic authority from the va, we can say yes when banks say no. give us a call. call now: 1-855-376-1361.

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a pass interference in the championship game against the rams. gee, you think? here's the play which you have seen. you can see the d-back make contact with the receiver before the ball aarrived. there it is. no, that's not pass interference. what are you playing alabama? i digress. and i kid in this case. goodell says he will consider a rule change to address missed calls like that one. david lee miller reporting from new york. david lee? >> the commissioner says it was not a consideration and he didn't have the authorities to change the controversial ruling or lack thereof that some fans believe cost the saints the nfc championship and a trip to is super bowl. goodell has not spoken out till today. he ruled out another ref on the field. he said the nfl is going to examine what happened, but he

underscored refs are people and people make mistakes. >> the other complication is that it was a no call. our coaches and clubs have been resistant and there's not been support to date about having a replay official or somebody in new york throw a flag when there's no flag. >> the commissioner says the competitions committee will be tasked with reviewing the play and providing possible solutions. he says he will be satisfied the next season begins without any rule changes. shepard? >> shepard: so on the half time show, the commissioner took questions on that, too, huh? >> that's right. he addressed this decision by the band maroon 5, which will perform at half time, not to take part in the customary pregame news conference. there has been speculation that the group didn't want to address questions dealing with player protests. >> we're extremely pleased with

the diversity, the quality and the excitement surrounding our entertainers, this is the biggest stage in the world. i know people want to be part of that. >> in an earlier statement, the nfl said in part, as it is about the music, the artists will let their show do the talking as they prepare to take the stage sunday. more than 100 million people are expected to watch the game but perhaps under the closest scrutiny will be the refs. >> shepard: no dealing with the kneeling. not today. police in chicago say they reviewed hundreds of hours of surveillance video, but have not found anything showing evidence of an attack against jussie smollett. he's black and his openly gay. he claims two men approached him around 2:00 a.m. yesterday, early yesterday and shouted racist and homophobic comments. jussie smollett said his

attackers hit him in the face, poured a chemical on him and wrapped a rope around his neck. so far no witnesses have come from a heavily populated area of chicago. cops say smollett first went to his manager's hotel room and then a hospital where we're told he's now in good condition. matt finn reporting live from chicago. >> shep, this afternoon chicago police tell fox news that they have searched more than 12 surveillance cameras where this alleged attack happened. they've not spotted the attack or assailant on tape so now they're expanding their search to along the chicago river, which they is a is loaded with surveillance cameras and might have captured the attackers on video. this afternoon, police tell fox news they don't have documentation of smollett suffering a broken rib. a broken rib was not documented in their interview with smollett and it's not listed in the

medical records. police say the injury could have happened. they don't have it documented. police say when investigators interviewed smollett, he did have a small white rope around his neck. he said his digital fool print indicates he went to a subway around 4:00 a.m. he's an actor on "empire." the show's creator lee daniels posted a video to instagram saying america is better than that. >> jussie, you're my son. you didn't deserve nor does anybody deserve to have a noose around your neck and bleach thrown on you. >> what lee daniels said about the news and the bleach has not been confirmed by police. police say they take this case seriously and that the fbi is assisting them. shep? >> shepard: this didn't just begin yesterday. there's reports that the actor received a threatening letter, a cut-out magazine sort of letter, with threats in it earlier this

month. >> yeah, there are many reports out there that show a picture of this letter that contains a death threat and a racial and homophobic slur. this letter did not have a proper return address. it's not been linked to the sault. >> and i understand he was offered around-the-clock security and he declined it? >> yes. and fox shut down production of the show "empire" because of the city's frigid weather, not this incident. shep? >> shepard: thanks, matt. a man says he is suing the actress gwyneth paltrow for breaking his ribs and giving him a concussion. gwyneth paltrow. it happened, he says, when she slammed into him on a ski slope in utah. that's his story. he says it happened almost three years ago now at a resort in

park city about 20 miles east of salt lake city. somebody he knew says he saw it happen as well. he described paltrow coming down the mountain, pillowing into the man's back and leaving him there without any help. sort of a ski slopes hit-and-run. a ski instructor that was with paltrow said she did not cause the crash. trace gallagher is sorting it out live from the west coast news hub. trace? >> shep, this is the deer valley ski resort in park city, which does not allow snowboarders, only skiers. terry sanderson said in 2016, he was on a beginner run when he heard a scream and was struck between his shoulder blades and thrown forward. he says he lost control, then lost consciousness and he does not remember who hit him which is why the eye witness accounts are so important. again, gwyneth paltrow's ski instructor says she did not cause the crash but mr. sanderson's friend says paltrow was out of control and it was clearly her fault.

but ramon acknowledges that there was a third witness. watch. >> he said, you know, your buddy just took out gwyneth paltrow. you know, the way he was yelling at him, i was thinking, man, he must have saw something i didn't. >> terry sanderson's people claim that in one from paltrow's group or the deer valley employees bothered to call the ski patrol in this matter, shep. >> shepard: has he indicated why the delay in reporting? >> well, terry sanderson denies he's suing paltrow because she's famous and rich. he dragged his feet and ran into problems with his previous attorneys. he's seeking $3.1 million from paltrow and has been in contact with an attorney from her but has not been offered any company

situation or an apology and says he's been threatened with a counter suit. gwyneth paltrow's attorney don't deny she was in the crash but they say she was not at fault and she will be vindicated. the deer valley resort will not comment because this is pending litigation. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher live in los angeles. more to come on the deadly cold moving across the united states headed to the northeast. we'll have a live report from frigid minneapolis where a power company is asking people not to turn the heat up too high. plus a look at the front lines in syria. our benjamin hall talked to isis fighters behind bars. he's been on the front lines of the war against isis. we have that interview as reporting continues. hey, who are you? oh, hey jeff, i'm a car thief... what?! i'm here to steal your car because, well, that's my job.

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the front edge of the cold just reached the big apple. take it full, if you would, so we can see up sixth avenue. that's straight up. radio city music hall is on the right and dead ahead is central park. temperatures in new york city expected to go down to 4 or 5 degrees real temperature tonight with a feels like of minus 20 or so. they'd love to have that in the mid west. a deadly blast of arctic air has hit minneapolis. forecasters say it feels like minus 50. this is a live picture in milwaukee. that is the real-time temperature at the moment. not feels like. that's minus 9 in milwaukee according to that sign. officials at the national weather service say it's so cold in the midwest that they're running out of colors to to show the windchill. ray bogan is reporting live in

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

hot water. you're co-operation is critical to reduce in outages." excel energy is getting hotel rooms for anyone that needs one. speaking of gas, we tried to fill up this afternoon at a local gas station in minneapolis. the pumps were freezing and they were only working intermittently. a local we spoke to said this cold is clearly having a big impacted on the city. >> seems like a ghost town. not a lot of people out. a lot of businesses are shutting down today. people are working from home when they have the option. >> the national weather service last night launched a balloon. they said it was the coldest balloon launch in 23 years. the balloon readings were off the charts. take a look at this graph.

you can see the red and green lines literally growing off of the chart. shepard, it's dangerously cold here. >> shepard: certainly appears to be. thanks. ray, thanks. president trump has tweeted that the islamic state militants will soon be destroyed in syria. this a day after u.s. intelligence officials testified in front of congress that isis still a threat and likely to attack the united states. last month, president trump said the u.s. defeated isis in syria. benjamin hall is live from a town in syria right near the border with turkey. ben? >> yeah, hi, shepard. today we interviewed an isis prisoner. one of the isis fighters that has been with them for five years. he told us the things he saw in isis, the stoning of women, the

brutality, the murder was all allowed by the koran and he wish he could have died for allah. take a listen. >> you aligned yourself, you joined a group, that murdered, brutalized, tortured people and you knew that. so you have to take some responsibility for that. >> i take my responsibility. if i didn't go to court, i would have been there dying right now. i would have been taking the bombs. if you wish to die, stay and die with me. i'm not apologetic to something i believe in. if i believe in it, why should i leave? i didn't die. >> trinidad has the highest number of isis fighters of any country in the world. he said he came to live under the islamic state with his whiff and children and their punishments were just. >> to my the enemy is enemy. the ones that fight the muslims

is the same. try to fight america, these people are enemies to the world. >> other fighters are still trying to flee. we saw it our serves in the dessert outside the last isis held village. countless fighters hoping to fight another day pulled aside. thousands of men, women and children have just come out of the desert fleeing the fighting nearby. they have been split to men, women and children. now the hunt is on to find which ones are isis. among them also, isis brides. most came here, forced to join the group by their husbands. that is doubtful. their children will have attended isis schools, indoctrinated from a young age known as cubs from the caliphate. a worrying sign. the big question here is what to do with them. of the thousands of foreign fighters that have been captured, the great worry is their own country won't take them back. what do they do next here? many concerns, many of the arab villages are no-go zones.

that's because isis supporters are all over the region and the u.s. estimate, may be as many as 20,000 of them here. there's great concern now although the territorial battle is over, they're still lying here waiting to the right opportunity to emerge. shep? >> shepard: benjamin hall, fantastic reporting on the front lines. thank you. breaking news now. the dow is way up after the fed decision to hold off on increasing interest rates. it was up more than 500 points just a few minutes ago. you can see where that spoke happened just after 2:00 p.m. where we got the fed decision and i bet you they're celebrating at the new york stock exchange. the fox business network's gerri willis is there. how is it? >> look, you know, a surprising hero for stocks. jerome powell, the federal reserve chairman saying that the central bank is going to be super patient in applying new -- raising interest rates on this

economy. that was music to the ears of traders, music to the ears of cfos, companies everywhere. as a result, the dow soared up 500 points at its highest, up 401 points or 1.6%. we're a shade under 25,000, 24,982. we were last through 25,000 two months ago. so that's a very big deal. so have to tell you, there were some great earnings report. boeing beating the bottom line. they say they will deliver 900 commercial airplanes this year compared to 806 last year. investors are deciding that they like that apple's earning report from the night before. why? because services, not iphones, not hand sets, but services grew 19%. back to you, shep. >> shepard: we'll watch it for the last 17 minutes of the trading die ahead. still to come, the tunnel that

leads straight toward a chase bank. what the cops say they found and what or who they're still trying to find. we're live in south florida. sadly, we're not living there. these are pictures live in new york city where the snow has just begun to fall. we're not expecting a lot. a little bit of snow this afternoon. right now it's in the 20s. in a few hours, it's supposed to be in the teens. then it's supposed to be in the single digits and then the wind is supposed to start gusting around 40 miles an hour. when we'll feel temperatures, feels like around minus 23, minus 24. that's right outside the big building here, my understanding, in new york city where there's lots of construction on 48th street around times square. it will all shut down tonight. the deep freeze across 23 states. our coverage continues from new york and across the midwest

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>> shepard: a fox urgent. fbi agents in south florida say they're investigating a mysterious tunnel that leads towards a chase bank. the location is pembrook pines,

20 miles south and west of ft. lauderdale. the feds say somebody called the police about a possible sinkhole yesterday. officers found the sinkhole. it sank into a 50-foot tunnel. phil keating is in the south florida newsroom. what's up here? >> a would-be bank heist gone bust discovered before completion and any cash had been stolen. whomever or whoever has been digging this tunnel had yet to make it all the way underneath the street into the bank. this is very much an active scene. the fbi is on the scene and local thursday with a back hole and bulldozer digging the tunnel up. the entrance is hidden in a cluster of trees in the grass which goes under the rod. on the other side of which is a chase bank. place found a generator, stool, digging tools and a homemade

ladder. the digs has been going on for a while. this was discovered after a driver hit this pothole or a sinkhole. turns out, the road just collapsed in that spot due to the tunnel underneath the road making that piece of asphalt fragile. the would-be bank robber or robbers have not been caught. no one was there when police arrived and no one has been arrested. police say they were using pick axes. this is something that has been done before. there was the famous 2011 bank robbery in buenos aires. they got away with $7 million, shep. >> shepard: phil keating in south florida. updates from there if warranted. police many massachusetts say they're looking for a woman that apparently had plans to rob a bank there but got cold feet. cops say she went up to the teller at a bank in fall river about 40 miles south of boston. then said give me a minute, wrote on a piece of paper, ripped it up, dropped it in the

trash can and took off. well, employees got the paper out of the trash can, put it back together and they read it. it said, give me your money. so if you recognize this woman, police say give us a call. howard schultz, the billionaire former ceo of starbucks has called himself a life-long democrat. so news that he's thinking for running for president as an independent is not going over well with, well, everybody. >> i wanted to clarify the world "independent" which i view merely as a designation on the ballot. >> don't help trump. you egotistical billionaire. >> shepard: and there was more, a heckler went after schultz in an event in new york city. some big name democrats and clearly some individual voters are insisting that schultz will split the democratic vote and help re-elect president trump. schultz talked about that with fox news channel's dana perino

in the last hour. >> i think the whole thing is just an overreaction in 24 hours. let it play out. let people get to know me and let the story get out. >> shepard: not a good look to start. schultz is confident that he will get on the ballot as an independent in all 50 states if, if he decides to run. jacqui heinrich reporting live from the new york city newsroom where it's still snowing. hi, jacqui. >> yeah, shep. it's not just hecklers voicing concern about splitting the anti-trump vote. an independent on the ticket is a win for president trump. schultz says he thinks the country's deep division will help him win. saying the two-party system is so polarized that some americans want somebody in the middle. he pointed to a gallup poll that shows 39% of americans already identified as independent. here's what he said on "the daily briefing" with dana perino. >> it's a very strong possibility that more life-long republicans who will have no

place to go if there is a left-leaning liberal progressive democrat, they will vote for donald trump. the real question is, what kind of country do we want to live? do we want to list in a country that is so far to the left and that is moving towards socialism? >> there's plenty of backlash from democrats including michael bloomberg. >> you can't win as an independent. number 2, it would re-elect donald trump. >> schultz made clear that he won't run unless he can win and he said he wouldn't do anything to help trump get re-elected. he is set to make a decision in a few weeks. >> shepard: the jury in the trial for the most notorious drug lord could get the case as soon as tomorrow. a prosecutor across the river in brooklyn giving her closing arguments there today. we'll tell you why she says the evidence against the man known

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>> shepard: the trial of a notorious drug lord, el chapo, is winding down in brooklyn. during closing arguments, prosecutors said there's an avalanche of evidence against him. she argued that el chapo funneled tons and tons of cocaine in the united states over two decades as the very head of that cartel. el chapo guzman facing multiple drug and murder conspiracy charges. defense lawyers set to give their closing arguments tomorrow. bryan llenas is covering it for us. he's live outside the courthouse in brooklyn. bryan? >> shep, standing next to a pile of evidence, prosecutor andrew goldberg urged the jury to rely on their common sense.

considering there's so much evidence against joaquin guzman el chapo proves that he is in fact the leader of the cartel. now, he faces ten counts with the most serious, count one, leading a criminal enterprise. if he's found guilty of that, he will face life in prison, mandatory. today the prosecution laid out why they think this man is a cartel boss. they replayed phone conversations where el chapo is speaking to his men, talking about bribes and drug trafficking and showed many text messages in which el chapo spoke to his henchmen. in one conversation, he told some of his money to lay off beating up cops. >> he said listen, you beat them up once. they should listen now. >> 14 witnesses testified against el chapo and the defense goes tomorrow.

shep? >> shepard: we'll have reporting here. final bell is ringing on wall street. hey, hey, what a day! the dow is up above 25,000 and maybe it will stay there. the great news is coming up on the best in business. "your world" with neil cavuto starts now. >> neil: it's colder in parts of the united states than it is on mars. mars! the polar vortex bringing windchills of minus 60 degrees to illinois. some areas of minnesota could come close to minus 70 degrees. all of this, so out of this world, but it's your world and a frigid world at that. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. man, is it cold outside. across the midwest, the northern plains, even here along the east coast, americans are bracing for the bitter cold from this deepest of deep freezes. it is so cold, states of emergency have been declared in illinois, wisconsin, and michigan. the postal service is holding mail in parts of 11 states. in