" making news in america this morning -- flash freeze. temperatures plummeting overnight. turns sloppy snow to slick ice. roadways nearly impossible to cheer. drivers facing treacherous conditions. thousands of nights already grounded. now, more dangerous cold on the way. trapped on the tarmac. doeses of people stuck on an icy runway for hours. >> somebody dropped the ball. >> the plane diverted. why no one was allow to leave the plane. speaking out. the student at the center of the stunning standoff between a group of high schoolers and native american demonstrators telling his side of the story. new video of what happened

seconds before the viral moment. plus, two for one spectacle. why the lunar eclipse was so special for sky-watchers. what some are calling the biggest blunder of the night. and preteen prodigy. how this 11-year-old is making history as hi starts his freshman year of college. good monday morning, everyone. we begin with a daep freeze that is already gripping much of the nation. >> temperatures across the great lakes, ohio value lirks and mid-atlantic expected to be 10 to 20 degrees below amplg today. the arctic blast comes on the heels of a deadly storm that dumped more than asnow in some areas. this morning, that storm is on the move. the massive storm that slammed much of the midwest and northeast is moving off the east coast, as brutally cold temperatures move in.

>> take a look at the single digits well into philadelphia. some in the new york area, as well. look at the wind chils here. this is dangerously cold. these wind chills,2 below. these wind chills, new york city will stay below zero with their wind chill values for 24 hours at least. >> reporter: as for the roads, drivers urged to make way for the snowplows before the snow turns into dangerous ice. >> they're doing everything they can to clear the roads before a the freezing comes. we don't want that turning into black ice. >> reporter: those lows have been struggling to keep up. parts of new york saw at least a fat of snow. driving treacherous in central pennsylvania snp. >> we almost went off the road a couple of times. >> reporter: parts of vermont hit with two feet of snow. the wind chill is expected to be 40 degrees below zero. at least one man is finding it easier to stick with just one

wheel. >> it's snowing. rough and blow we out here. not too bad. a good little storm. >> reporter: firefighters near cincinnati dove video the frozen water to rescue a golden retriever that fell through dangerous air travel conditions from missouri to maine. more than 3500 flights canceled over themorning, hundreds of flights already canceled. more than 1100 others delayed. the disruptions could stretch into tomorrow. temperatures may stay below zero degrees for the entire day in many knot east communities. now to the government shutdown. stretching into week five. joef night, president trump thanking federal employees for working without pay. the number of tsa screenerers skipping work hit a new high over the weekend. as democrats rejected a proposal billed by the president as a compromise. conservatives are not on board either. >> reporter: good morning,

janai, great to see you, my friend. happy mlk day for you. no holiday events scheduled for president trump. on twitter, he's commenting about the shutdown. continuing to call his plan a compromise. democratic leaders say it's a nonstarter. as they move forward with other bills to try to reopen the government. week five of the partial government shutdown. president trump and congressional democrats will continue the push separate plans to reopen the government. >> this th is a common sense compromise both parties should embrace. >> reporter: over the weekend, the president offered congress three years of protections for dreamers. young people brought to the u.s. illegally as minors. in exchange, trump wants the $5.7 billion for his southern border wall. >> are you confident the gop support is there among trump's base. >> the president has put a reasonable compromise on the table. >> reporter: democrats plan to counter. proposing no money for the wall, but $1 billion for border security.

>> offering some of those protections that he took away back if exchange for the wall is not a compromise but hostage-taking. >> reporter: this week, democrats will introduce a new bill to help provide financial relief to the 850,000 federal workers not getting paid. the number of callouts rose to 8% this weekend. >> it's demoralizing. you expect pay for hard work. you wake up, your bank account is etchty. >> reporter: tsa has implemented contingency plans. hundreds showed up at this tsa job fair in minnesota. and that job fair was planned before the shutdown. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plans to bring up the president's proposal for a vote tomorrow. it lightly won't get the needed 60 votes to pass. victor? janai? >> and a happy mlk day to you. the number of deaths have a

gas pipeline explosion in mexico now stands at 85 with more missing. someone turned a trickle into a geyser. the state firm knew about the leak about four hours before the explosion. this morning, we're hearing from passengers stuck on an icy runway for hours in sub zero temperatures. passengers on board the united flight from new jersey thought they were going the hong kong. instead, they spent 18 hours stuck inside their grounded plane in newfoundland. they were not allowed off the jet because there were no immigration officials on duty. >> when you thought that the airplane is coming to get us. they did come. 12 hours late. and then, we got on a flight. we asked for food, they said, well, there's no food. there's snax. pretzels. >> the conditions pretty good. that was -- that was a lifesaver. >> so sounds awful.

one passenger says a door was stuck over open for a time. and it was negative 20 degrees outside. in a statement, united explained the problems at the remote canadian airfield and said, we apologize to our customers. >> sounds terrible. time now for a look at your weather this monday morning. good morning. big-time snow for the west. with slick roads a concern. gusty winds, travel delays. though it will be a past for skiers. aside there that, heavy snow hitting billings, casper, salt lake city, denver, rapid city. for the northeast, cold grips the northeast and won't get us go. we're looking at snow storms lingering throughout portions of maine. the accuweather real feel calculations, 30 below in some cases. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, the big event in the sky overnight that you might have missed.

zblchlgt also ahead, prince philip behind the wheel just days after a serious crash. why police talked to the7-year-old prince. a toddl

she has her hands up? oh, my xwod, look at that. >> florida police officers are defending this video of a 2-year-old girl holding her hands up in the air. people were outraged when it first appeared on social media. the officers were trying to comfort the little girl. she was mimicking her parents who were suspected. two men were later charge with theft. local police say they he spoken to prince philip about not wearing his seat belt.

just two days after he was involved in a photographed not wearing a seat belt while driving. >> he could have shown a little bit more wisdom. realized there will be photographers around. he's not wearing a seat belt. he's going to get criticized big-time for that. especially after such a horrific zept. >> sources tell abc news the duke passed an eye exam after the accident. in that crash, a passenger in the other vehicle broke her wrist. she says the prips has not apologized. nevada police say a 19-year-old who may be in the u.s. illegally is a suspected serial killer. he is accused of killing four people in a week. the victims range in age from 56 to 81. less than a year after gaining the title the world's

oldest man has died. 113-year-old masazo nonaka passed away in japan. he was born in july of 1905, a year before the wright brothers' first flight. last year, he attributed his long life the soeging in sot prings and eating sweets. the message of dr. martin luther king jr. is being celebrated around the country. this is the 34th year. the national day of service is called a day on, ericans are work toward solving social problems as a way of moving closer to dr. king's goal of an engaged community. see the dramatic endings and the controversial call. and the viral video showing a group of high school students that seemed to be taunting a native american. why new video is raising questions about what really

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emerge and see. overnight, a stunning view for sky-watchers. a total lunar eclipse. and a special one at that. the moon, earth, and sun line up to create this super blood wolf moon. bigger and brighter because the moon is closer to earth than normal. it was visible from north and south america and parts of europe and africa. this won't happen again until 2021. impressive. a kentucky student at the center of a controversial encounter with an elderly native american man is now speaking out. nick sandman says a video clip of him appearing to stare down nathan phillips is incomplete. >> they were trying to diffuse tensions. he says he and his family are now receiving death threats. erielle reshef has more. >> reporter: new questions and

confusion amid the fallout and fury over this now viral encounter. a group of students, some from a catholic school in kentucky, appearing to face off with 65-year-old native american veteran nathan phillips at the foot of the lincoln memorial on friday. one of the boys seen staring at phillips while he beats his drum. phillips, part of an indigenous people's marm. the students in d.c. to attend the march for life. the student sustaining swift backlash. longer videos posted online show much more of what happened before the exchange. both groups apparently rild up by a few self-described isra israelites hurling slurs at the teens and the native americans. a crowd approaching the group of boys. phillips saying he was trying to

diffuse the tepgs by intervening. and this clip purported to show a member of the indimg use group con fopting them. that teen, nick sandman, releasing a statement. saying he and his family are now receiving death threats. claiming during the incident, he was trying to remain calm and that everyone had cameras and that a group of adults was trying to provoke a group of teens into a larger conflict. the school said they were investigating the situation. since the new video emerged, the school has not issued a new statement. we reached out to students and mr. phillips stop far, we have not heard back. erielle reshef, abc news, new york. a figure skating champion has committed suicide just a day after he was suspended. john coughlin won the pairs title in 2011 and 2012. until his us is pension, he was

scheduled to participate as a coach and tv commentator in next week's championships. he was facing three reports of sexual misconduct. two involving minors. he had denid the allegations. and it looks like skiing champion lipd zi von may be forced to retire after failing to finish a competition in italy. she's trying to come back from multiple knee surgeries and was planning to retire at tepid of the year. but she acknowledged it may be time to listen to her body and call it quits now. she says she'll take a couple of days to think about it. super bowl liii with, of course, the new england patriots. >> they beat kansas city 37-31 in overtime. rex burkehead's two-yard run finished off a back and forth battle. all brady could do afterwards is think of his family. >> i want to say hi to my wife.

i love you so much. i'm coming home. mom, dad, at home, my sisters. all my family, thanks for all your love and support. what year. what was the question? >> this is the ninth super bowl for new england in the brady-bill belichick era. my goodness. meanwhile, the patriots' opponent in the super bowl this year, the los angeles rams. l.a. also won in overtime to beat new orleans, 26-23. you see, as far as saints fans are concerned, it never would have reached o.t. if not for this play. this was late in the fourth quarter. this should have been ruled pass interference. in a report this morning, it says the nfl is expected to admit that the no call was, in fact, unfair. >> what? the loss prompted highway officials near new orleans to put up this sign. it says, we were robbed. >> and they werebe w

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good morning. it is january 21st. a lot of you have off today. if you're up and at 'em. welcome. so are we. >> mostly here. martin luther king, jr. holiday, of course. we've got a lot to talk about regarding that and we have rain overnight too. looks like that's getting out of here, though. >> tapering off right now. in fact, i want to take you to live doppler 7. we're getting some sprinkles just off the coastal mountains. we expect a slight chance of sprinkles mainly along the coast. you can see it here over the last few hours what has happened. this system will be left with clear conditions. check out this pretty shot. if you need a break from the rain, it's starting today. it's looking good in san francisco. current temperatures in the 40s and 50s. at 43 degrees.0 degrees.

this time from the east bay towards san francisco, we have chilly temperatures in the north bay, santa rosa dropping to 38 degrees and some more 40s right now through napa, petaluma and fairfield. we have plenty of sunshine headed our way and warmer temperatures. i'll tell you about that in a few minutes. good morning, sue. >> good morning, frances. pretty warm as you might imagine. b.a.r.t. running on a reduced saturday service and free parking. other maps are on modified scheduled as well. we'll look at the san mateo bridge moving nicely across the span for a 14-minute drive towards 101. golden gate bridge is clear. the waldo gradei it's wet out there. standing water overnight. use extra caution. we'll take a look at the south bay commute in a few minutes. >> thank you, sue. developing news in san francisco, the man police say brutally beat an 88-year-old

grandmother is off the streets this morning. >> officers arrested 18-year-old them saturday after he committed another robbery. details of that crime are unclear. police believe they beat her in a park before breaking into her nearby home. police haven't revealed how they linked him to the attack. wong's family is slowly improving. >> the san francisco police officers association offered a $10,000 reward leading to an arrest in the case. it's unclear if it will be given out because police released few details about the arrest. a go fund me page for wong and her family raised just over $10,000 of the $25,000 goal. we have a link to on our website. abc7news.com. a one-day walkout on friday, the union set a date for teachers to take a strike

authorization vote. the vote will be taken over four days beginning january 29th. the teachers are locked in negotiations with the district over pay and class sizes. they are seeking a 12% pay raise over three years. the district is offering 5% over three years.ars. teachers can legally strike after a state appointed mediator releases a fact finding report on january 31st. it is 4:30. let's see what your holiday is going to look like. hello frances. >> good morning. hi alexis. hi ie. mike is off today, many of you as well. it's a nice day to head outdoors. getting a break from the rain. there's still a chance of coastal sprinkles in the next few hours. temperatures on the cool side in the 40s for the most part and dropping to the upper 30s in some locations. a little bit breezy out there.