later for "the morning news" and, of course, "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, january 31st, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." chilled to the bone. the coldest week of the year for millions of americans is almost over, but we're still in the thick of it. how people are surviving. talks with the taliban. a look at the details of a possible peace deal, and a warning against it. and super bowl fever is spreading. the excitement and fun in atlanta before the big game. ♪

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a deep freeze that's turned the midwest into an icebox remains locked in place for another day. near chicago, temperatures could plunge to as low as minus 40 degrees today. and at least nine deaths are blamed on the cold weather system. now the northeast is feeling the chill. marc liverman is in new york's times square, and it looks pretty cold out there, marc. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, yeah, pretty cold is a good way to describe it. frigid is probably even better. even at this hour, normally there's a lot of people out in times square. almost no one out here right now. and everybody who is, they are bundled up. hard to imagine it is 15 degrees colder than right here in parts of the midwest. it may look pretty, but the polar vortex is no picnic. >> made it about two blocks and huddled up in a gas station and ubered home.

>> reporter: the ucla men's volleyball team in chicago for a roadtrip couldn't handle the sub-zero temperatures. >> we actually had to search the athletic department, actually borrowed what we had from the football team. we're usually not prepared for this in california. >> reporter: northern some -- >> reporter: more northerners enjoyed the cold, turning boiling water into snow, and freezing wet t-shirts. >> we don't care. we're minnesotan. we're going to do what we've got to do to have some fun. >> reporter: the polar vortex is expected to last at least another day. and the deep cold is causing some serious problems for a lot of people in the midwest and here in the northeast. in new jersey, a massive blaze at a paper company was only made worse by the whipping winds. >> firefighters are dealing with water on their hands, on their face. i was out there. it's spraying all over you, and regardless if you have equipment on or not, it's impacting you. and the cold slows you down. >> reporter: firefighters in indiana battled a house fire as windchills reached negative 50

while blinding snow squalls caused pileups in pennsylvania, new york, and massachusetts. >> you can't see anything. it's like giant cotton balls falling at your car. >> reporter: for a second day, the u.s. postal service is canceling mail delivery in parts of the midwest. and i know we have been talking about this for a couple of days, but the national weather service says skin can freeze in just a matter of minutes in temperatures below 40 or 45 degrees. so it's very important that you bundle up. anne-marie? >> good advice. thank you very much. the polar vortex gripping the upper midwest and northeast is the coldest arctic air felt in a generation. chief meteorologist drew burgoyne of our milwaukee affiliate, wdjt, has a look at the lowest temperatures. that arctic air is just not giving up across the central plains and the midwest. these are the coldest windchills on wednesday. you thought your day was cold. flag island, minnesota, 65 below. grand forks, north dakota, the

windchill, 64 below. minneapolis, chicago, between 50 and 55 below. just nasty. milwaukee, 47 below. des moines, a windchill at 46 below. high temperatures on wednesday, this bowl of cold air just not giving up at all. milwaukee, chicago, ten below. minneapolis at 13 below. that cold air extending all the way south to memphis at 34. oklahoma city at 41 with some 60s on wednesday throughout the west coast. looking pretty nice if you're watching the west coast on thursday with temperatures close to 60. the real cold air remains in place, a high near zero in milwaukee, chicago, and minneapolis. duluth at eight below. looks like the teens right along the east coast. the problem is those winds are going to start to increase, and that means you have to now start to deal with more of these windchills. 19 below the windchill in buffalo for your thursday. one below in boston. it's going to feel like two in new york. philadelphia at five.

with washington, d.c., at 14. if you're wondering about the super bowl in atlanta, temperatures this weekend should be warming into the 50s. a chance for a few scattered showers, but nothing extreme with any arctic air. for cbs news, i'm meteorologist drew burgoyne. a new u.s. watchdog report says afghan security forces are shrinking, and gaps in security are intensifying. this comes amid growing concerns over u.s. negotiations with the taliban in afghanistan. on monday a top u.s. envoy said a potential peace deal with the tribal militan group could lead to a full withdrawal of u.s. troops. in return, the taliban would prevent captured territory from being used by terrorists. the possible deal would also include a cease-fire. however, former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker, is warning against trusting an agreement with the taliban. in a "washington post" column yesterday, crocker said withdrawing troops could jeopardize safeguards for women's rights and warned it

would enable the violent al qaeda network to rise again to a global threat. foxconn is reconsidering plans for a wisconsin plant. the electronics giant was lured with billions in tax incentives. president trump attended the groundbreaking last year. foxconn says the facility will now be a research hub staffed by scientists and engineers. the $10 billion facility was originally supposed to produce flat-screen tvs and create 13,000 jobs. some critics say the move was a case of bait and switch by the taiwan-based company. even the president of the wisconsin technology council who supports foxconn says the deal is unclear. >> will they hit the announced goal of 13,000 jobs and $10 billion in capital investment? i have no way of knowing. >> foxconn, the largest contract maker of electronics, says it remains committed to the creation of the jobs it promised. the trump administration

continues to challenge nicolas maduro's claim to the presidency in venezuela. vice president mike pence will travel to miami tomorrow to meet with members of the venezuelan exile community. yesterday thousands of people hit the streets in venezuela in new protests against maduro. and president trump called juan guaido, head of the opposition congress, to congratulate and recognize him as venezuela's president. chicago police say they are looking for persons of interest in a possible hate crime attack against actor jussie smollett. yesterday police released images showing two people wanted for questioning in the alleged attack of the "empire" actor. smollett said two white men shouting racial and homophobic slurs beat him up tuesday morning and doused him with an unknown chemical and tied a rope around his neck. while the patriots and rams prepare for super bowl liii, their fans are also getting ready for the big game at the

interactive nfl experience and on the streets of atlanta. mola lenghi is in atlanta. mola, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. you know, as we get closer to super bowl sunday, the crowds, the excitement, the hype here in atlanta only gets bigger. as super bowl sunday inches closer, football fans are flocking to atlanta. [ cheers ] >> come on down. >> reporter: with plenty of spirit. >> go, patriots! >> reporter: you'll hear a lot of that and see a lot of this. >> i made these. >> reporter: you made those? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: lynn ann archambeau is a patriots fan, head to toe, inside and out. >> i grew up with the patriots, the bruins, the red sox, the celtics. i love them all. >> reporter: caitlyn brandon grew up in charlotte playing softball, but she can fling a pigskin as well as anyone here. for caitlyn, visiting the interactive nfl experience is mostly about staying active. >> i have adhd. so like when i like -- i can't stay still. >> reporter: it seems super bowl

week will keep her busy. >> we're going to ride the ferris wheel, do this all today. and maybe friday see what we didn't get to. >> reporter: there's a lot to get to -- from meeting nfl hall of famers to the live music to the game. you both won? >> yeah. >> reporter: super bowl sunday might be about the teams on the field, but this week is all about the fans. of course, not all of these fans will get a chance to actually get into the game. if nothing else, ticket prices can present a challenge for a lot of fans. right now ticket prices range from around $2,300 to $23,000. and according to stubhub, the state of massachusetts leads all states in ticket purchases. so, anne-marie, expect to see a lot of patriots fans out there. >> i think so. that's pretty steep. mola lenghi in atlanta, thank you. you know what's a lot cheaper -- just watching on tv. you can watch super bowl liii and the pregame festivities here on cbs.

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on the "morning newsstand." "pro publica" reports un-redacted sections of a lawsuit allegedly show the maker of oxycontin explored expanding into anti-addiction markets while trying to boost sales of the addictive drug. massachusetts is suing purdue pharma company executives and members of the family which owns the drugmaker. they're accused of creating the opioid epidemic through illegal deceit. "pro publica" says internal correspondence shows company executives discussed how the sale of opioids and treatment of opioid addiction are linked. purdue pharma acknowledged it was considering trying to sell drugs combating addiction, but it says the lawsuit is filled with inaccurate allegations. "the louisville courier journal" says senator rand paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses after a neighbor attacked him at his kentucky home during an argument over lawn care.

rand sued his neighbor after he slammed him to the ground while he was doing yard work in 2017. paul suffered six broken ribs. boucher earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting paul and served 30 days in prison. "the san francisco chronicle" reports a federal judge ruled the nation's largest utility, pacific gas and electric, violated the terms of probation it is serving for its criminal conviction in a deadly 2010 gas line explosion. the judge said pg&e failed to properly report its role in a 2017 california wildfire that burned 76 acres. the utility was convicted of federal crimes stemming from the san bruno gas line explosion that killed eight people. earlier this week, pg&e filed for bankruptcy, citing numerous lawsuits stemming from its role in deadly wildfires in 2017 and 2018. "the new orleans times picayune" reports nfl commissioner roger goodell broke his silence about a controversial non-call by officials in the nfc championship game.

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before a u.s. deadline to increase tariffs on chinese goods. on wall street, the dow climbed 434 points yesterday, closing above 25,000 once again. the s&p 500 rose 41, and the nasdaq rallied 154. fed chair jerome powell says the case for raising rates has weakened. the fed's benchmark short-term rate will remain in a range of 2.25 to 2.5%. rates were raised four times last year. some investors are worried about slowing global growth, but the fed says the u.s. economy remains solid. meanwhile, facebook is increasing its user base in the u.s. and europe and logged record earnings. revenue jumped 30% to $16.9 billion, beating expectations. the social media giant posted a record profit of $6.9 billion. an increase of 61% from the year before. and from october to december, facebook added some four million daily users in europe and one

million in the u.s. and canada. and american chocolate company ghiradelli and russell stover are being fined over packaging concerns. the candy makers have agreed to pay $750,000 in fines after lawyers say they offered a little chocolate and a lot of wrapping. prosecutors also allege ghiradelli offered one product containing less cocoa than advertised. the companies didn't acknowledge any wrongdoing, but agreed to change their packaging. anne-marie? >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange, thanks, diane. >> thank you. still ahead, a discovery that was on the money. a secret underground tunnel is found leading to a florida bank. . edward jones came to manage a trillion dollars in assets under care by focusing our mind on whatever's on yours. new aveeno® cracked skintell you cica ointment. what to wear. with shea butter and triple oat complex.

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after serving more than four decades in prison, charles manson follower leslie van houten could be soon released. a california parole board yesterday recommended for the third time that the 69-year-old van houten is fit for release. she was in manson's murderous cult and stabbed to death a wealthy grocer and his wife in 1969. van houten was 19 at the time. after a 150-day review process, the decision to release van houten is up to the new governor, gavin newsom. former governor jerry brown blocked her release twice. and the fbi and police in florida are trying to unravel an underground mystery. a driver discovered what looked like a sinkhole in the street near a chase bank in pembroke pines. yesterday, investigators found a narrow tunnel that buried underneath the road leading to the suburban bank. they also found an entrance hole in a nearby wooded area that contained a small generator and electrical cords. the bank hadn't been robbed, and

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working on a film using unreleased footage of the "let it be" sessions including a rooftop concert 50 years ago. jim axelrod has details. ♪ >> reporter: it would be the last time the band that changed everything played a concert in public -- if call the 42-minute session a concert, and the roof of their apple records headquarters public. ♪ get back get back ♪ >> reporter: by then it had been more than two years since the beatles' last live show in san francisco where they were escorted out in an armored bus. >> the best way out -- >> reporter: their feelings toward each other had grown as raw as the january weather in london when they hit the roof. >> there was a lot of dissension going up there. i was told they almost didn't go through the door on the roof. >> reporter: ken mansfield oversaw the u.s. for apple records. that's him in the white coat. >> when they started playing, it

was the old beatles. paul looked at john and john looked at paul. these were people that were bonded together by that moment. ♪ >> reporter: ringo and john wore their wives' jackets to stay warm. the crew pulled stockings over the mics as wind buffers. ♪ five stories down, people on the street couldn't see who was playing, but they could hear a group that sounded as tight as ever as they created a traffic nightmare tha sent the london police to the roof to pull the plug. ♪ nobody ever loved me like she did ♪ >> reporter: 15 months later, mccartney would quit the band. no longer the lads from liverpool. the beatles were grown-up men with grown-up issues. funny how much had changed in seven years and how quickly the next 50 have passed. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york.

so coming up on "cbs this morning," sperm donor banks are warning recipients not to reach out to donors citing privacy concerns. anna werner has details on this story. plus, the changes that you'll see when you do your tax returns this year. we'll talk with cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. in a super bowl tradition, mo rocca and michelle miller have a friendly cometition to see which team's city is best -- los angeles or newengland. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪ have a great day. ♪

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . good morning, everyone. here is a live look out at sfo and you can see we have with runways. we are experiencing showers in the bay area but it is winding

down on this thursday, january 31. i am michelle griego . >> good morning. thank you for waking up with us. i am kenny choi. it is almost 4:30 am. we have some mild rain and things are winding down for a nice afternoon. it was great they have the rain that rolled in last night overnight into the early morning hours. we have with whether and moderate heavy rainfall from sunnyvale, saratoga, you can see the yellow and orange indicating moderate heavy rainfall over you. we have light rain over san jose this morning. here is a live look at the san mateo bridge, raindrops are on the like camera this morning. we have scattered showers this morning. things are