gripping the midwest and the northeast. live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. now, new record breaking and freezing temperatures. the polar vortex has even turned deadly. good afternoon. wind chill dropped to -30 degrees. the cold is freezing water in

the west and the east. the temperature are freezing. check out the famous fountain in the extreme cold. >> we have more on the bitter cold and when people will finally get some relief. the upper midwest is dealing with wind chill warnings still in effect and check out how cold it is right now. 2 degrees in detroit. seven below in chicago and nine below in minneapolis. current temperatures at this hour. factoring in the winds, the current wind chill feels like temperatures, it feels more like 16 in detroit, 24 degrees below in chicago and 26 degrees below in minneapolis. so we are dealing with dangerous

conditions. millions of people are just waiting to thaw out. tom hansen looks at how we are dealing with the subzero conditions. >> reporter: millions are braving the chilling cold. from the midwest to the northeast, snow squalls caused white out conditions. >> you can't do anything. it is like giant cotton balls being thrown at your car. >> reporter: hundreds of schools and government offices remain closed today. >> there's a lot of daycare is closed but there is still a lot of pent-up energy. >> it is brutal. the coldest i have ever been. more than 1400 flights have already been canceled at o'hare , alone. here in new york city, the

temperature dropped to 3 degrees setting a new low but the wind chill made it feel like a -13 degrees. a warm up is on the horizon. areas like chicago will thaw out from the -23 degrees and bask in the mid-40s and 50s this weekend. tomorrow in the upper midwest, we will be in the teens and 20s and saturday, finally above freezing for them. what a different story for us in the bay area with temperatures in the 50s and we are looking at dry conditions, as well. i want to show you our 24 hour rainfall totals with that first system rolling through picking up 63 hundredths. about a half of the and inch of rain for san francisco. a quarter of an inch of rain in oakland and as for san jose, we

are tracking our next storm system. it is going to be a stronger storm system and the rain and wind and a lot of snow. i will time it out for you on futurecast taking it hour by hour coming up. today, pg&e is filing preliminary motions for its bankruptcy case. we are live at the courthouse with details. >> reporter: i have nine pages of motions that the judge is trying to go through step-by- step. what became abundantly clear this morning is that this is going to be a whole mess, this bankruptcy process. we have a lot of bloggers and therefore creditors, vendors and fire victims are getting ramped up to argue why they should be paid first. the motions ude pg&e's quest for approval to continue paying its 24,000 employees and to borrow $5.5 billion from banks.

pg&e officially filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection tuesday amid protection liabilities from recent wildfires, up to $50 billion. the bankruptcy filing allows the company to freeze its current debt and continued functioning but it could continue to drive up electricity rates for consumers , jeopardize california's plans for renewable energy and lead to smaller payouts for fire victims. but pg&e's lawyer made it clear he does not want it to look like they are trying to avoid their responsibility for the buyers. he said just the opposite. they are trying to establish a trust that would allow more fair and expeditious payments to fire victims. we will see how it all unfolds. kpix 5 news . new at noon, survivors of the deadly camp fire are

demanding pg&e compensate fire victims. this comes after the state's public utility commission voted monday to allow pg&e to borrow up to $6 billion to continue operations. one protester calls it another bailout for the utility. >> we feel that the decision this week to let pg&e enter chapter 11 bankruptcy is going to lead to them paying big banks like citibank and investors before they pay regular californians. >> reporter: the boat does not encourage the utility to raise rates. a man shot in oakland this morning has died. just after 7:00 in the 900 block of 40th avenue. he was pronounced dead at the scene. no word on any suspects. also, police say that this man, juan antonio rodriguez, is behind bars, accused of breaking into 10 cars between tuesday and wednesday of this week. in the area of build in regional park. rodriguez faces 5 counts of

burglary. we are getting hour first look this afternoon of the last time a bay area woman was spotted before she suddenly vanished. 38-year-old crystal mahoney went missing over the weekend. friends say she suffers from a life-threatening chronic illness and fear she is in great danger. mahoney was on saturday afternoon with her dog buddy. police say her wallet and phone were found on a muni bus later that day and buddy was found wandering on grant and geary that night. her family is offering a 5 reward for anyone. now on administrative leave. and is raiders saying president trump... now says he's not waiting on congress anymore... move forwar for now, the priest is not allowed to work as a priest. president trump now says he is waiting on congress anymore

to move forward with his border wall. this after house speaker nancy pelosi said whatever deal is reached on border security won't include money for the wall. >> if there is no wall, it doesn't work. and we are building a wall right now. a lot of people don't know that but we are under construction. and by the way, if you go to tijuana and you take down that wall, you will have so many people coming into our country that nancy pelosi will be begging for a wall. she will be begging for a wall. she will say, mr. president, please, please give us a wall. >> in the meantime, president trump is accusing paul ryan of failing to uphold a deal to get funding for the border wall after ryan announced he would not seek reelection in 2018 but the senior gop member says the house did approve the money mr. trump wanted during ryan's tenure. let's take a live look at mercedes-benz stadium in atlanta georce off in theth more than 1 million

visitors heading to atlanta this weekend, the clock is ticking to keep precautions in place and to be sure everyone is safe. this afternoon, bomb sniffing dogs are circling the stadium and every arriving truck is getting expert inspection. security even working from the skies. blackhawk security. >> for the outer perimeter to prevent an attack by vehicle, you will see sanitation trucks as barriers, water-filled barricades, anything that will stop a vehicle from crashing into the crowd. >> this afternoon, we have learned that more than 40 government agencies are taking part in security operations. in the meantime, the rams quarterback is getting a lot of love from his alma mater. they spelled out their support. >> reporter: how do you wish a hometown hero good luck in the super bowl? easy.

first get more than 700 high school students to show up to school early. a little coordination. a little motivation. [ laughter ] and, boom! is that in order for you to be there? >> of course. of course. >> reporter: what do you will be get out of it? >> a win. >> reporter: he got a text message saying to watch out for a greeting this week and he responded, "awesome! thank you! " >> i think all of those little things matter. i think you will be pretty excited. >> reporter: commodity is the head football coach and worked with him all throughout his high school career. marriott is going to the super bowl as his gu

>> this is his pride, this is his home. and this is going to be as well month with pride. >> reporter: kpix 5 . >> kpix 5 is your home for super bowl liii. our coverage starts at 3:30 this sunday . still ahead, it is prime tv time. new

jose state got to watch one of their own satellites being deployed into space. through a live video feed-- they watched it take off from the international space station. new at noon, engineering students from san jose state got to watch one of their own satellites being deployed into space through a live video feed. they watched it take off from the international space station. the cooperation was a collaboration. a massive rummage sale in oakland opened its doors in march. organizers are saying it is off to a good start after a few presales last weekend. it is 96,000 ft.2 of everything from household goods to art. the sales 60th year.

>> we have pens and bling and things like that to celebrate our diamond jubilee and we are hoping that everybody comes to our march sale to help a student. spat you can still donate during drop off days. let's take a look at the big board. the dow jones is down about 87 points. >> industry data shows cbs is charging a record 5 1/4 million dollars on average. for a 32nd spot. the prices have doubled in the last decade. a new report reveals nearly half of you as adults have some sort of cardiovascular disease.

that includes high blood pressure, stroke and heart failure. the report from the american heart association notes new guidelines say people with a blood pressure reading of 130/80 can be considered hypertensive and deaths blamed on cardiovascular disease are on the rise again after a decade of decline. let's look at our forecast and it looks a bit cloudy out there. also, a little bit of sunshine. let's show you our temperatures. we are looking at 50s and low 60s right now. 87 in oakland. the nine in livermore. 62 in san jose and santa rosa coming in at 52. we are on the rise and just a few light showers and sprinkles over the peninsula and across the south bay.about it.

we are looking dry and we are tracking our next storm system arriving for tomorrow and we do have a flash flood watch that is going to be in effect friday evening through late friday night for the entire bay area. every rainfall over a short period of time and that means the possibility of a rapid water rise and of course, turn around and don't drown. and a high wind watch that can set friday at 3 p.m. until saturday at 6:00 p.m. for the entire bay area. the winds get going first and we will see that brain, wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. the satellite and radar view, that brought the rain last night into early morning hours and there is that second storm that we are watching very closely that will bring the wind and rain and the snow up into the sierra. as we go into the afternoon today, looking at partly sunny

skies and dry conditions. tomorrow morning, we could see a few showers in the north bay but here we go with that rain in the afternoon. writing in the afternoon and that continues for friday night and then into saturday morning as we are watching the rain, the wind and we will see showers for super bowl sunday as well. of course, with that rain, we will have that snow up in the sierra and i will winter storm watch over the passes, up to 48 inches of snow possible. your daytime highs today, looking at the low to mid 60s for many locations. 63 for oakland. 65% josi as well as santa rosa. there is your forecast as we are looking at the rain and wind. friday afternoon and evening. we will have that sunshine by the middle part of next week. in livermore firefighter is among the 18 castaways who will compete on the next season of the cbs hit show, survivor.

>> i think the survivor challenges will without a doubt be less challenging than my firefighter training for several reasons. #1, i think they just seem a lot more fun, in general. >> reporter: the 34-year-old is one of the new castaways. the twist this time, after being voted out, players can either go home or face a challenge to get back into the game. the 38th season of survivor premieres right here on kpix 5 on february 20 at 8:00 p.m.. how this week's jefferson award winner has been empowering them for more than a decade.

in fact, this week's jefferson award winner is a former mayor. she's also a tireless advocate for girls and women. sharon chin has her story. she is no stranger in east palo alto. in fact, jefferson's former winter is a former mayor. >> she is also a tireless advocate for women. >> reporter: esmeralda perez used to worry a lot about her self-image. >> i did not really want to go outside because i didn't care about how i looked. i turned out to love myself more. >> reporter: esmeralda is one

of several students who describe their journey of acceptance for a supportive audience. >> the arts program, part of girls to women. >> reporter: girls to women hired professionals to teach a photography class at oxford's academy in palo alto. for the cities low income girls and women. >> i want them to be strong and courageous. i want them to find their way. >> reporter: over the years, patricia has partner with other groups with things like free afterschool tutoring, gardening and a summer program at the beech street headquarters. this year, she is introducing arts and nutrition workshops off-site. patricia's dedication inspires visual and media arts program director. >> it is always about, how can we support our young women to

be confident, strong, to empower our young girls to speak up. >> reporter: patricia says she is the one who is inspired. for empowering thousands of girls and women, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to patricia foster. you can nominate your own local hero for a jefferson award online at kpnx.com/0.

figure skating champion in u-s history.

we talk to the bay area's new rising star on the ice.. who has her sights set on the olympics. that story and more at five. 's it for k coming up at 5:00, she is only 13 and the youngest figure skating champion in u.s. history. we talked to the bay area's new rising star on the ice that has her sights set on the olympics. >> i checked out some of the highlights from last week. she is the new star on the i ellen goes triple axles like nothing else! >> that is going to do it for kpix 5 news at noon . >> we hope to see you back here this morning.

>> brooke: what a strange coincidence, running into dr. buckingham at your appointment. >> liam: yeah. [ sighs ] >> hope: but neither could answer the questions we had. i mean, dr. lin and dr. buckingham, they could explain what happened to beth, but neither could explain why. [ knock on door ] >> ridge: hey. i heard you were back. >> brooke: is everything all right? >> ridge: [ clears throat ] yeah. i, um... i have some news about steffy and the adoption. >> steffy: we're gonna go home soon, phoebe. [ exclaims ] you just keep getting cuter and cuter, don't you? >> flo: she looks so natural in your arms already.