pricetag for making sure that species doesn't spread. just a typical tuesday on "way too early". ♪ good morning, everybody. tuesday, january 7th. the indianapolis colts, they signed an expatriots receiver for some gamesmanship as they head into the nfl playoffs this weekend. to make it more interesting, we'll have that story. here's a trivia question for you. name a real estate market more expensive than new york. we'll have the answer in business in about five minutes. we have to start with this weather. it's unreal. freezing temperatures affecting merely 190 million americans. it is being called a polar vortex and sending temperatures plummeting to the lowest levels in decades all over the country. new york city was 55 degrees yesterday and fell to 9 degrees

overnight. but that pales in comparison to parts of minnesota and north dakota where temperatures are touching 30 and even 50 below. >> firefighters were hampered by a wind chill of 55 degrees below zero. water was turning into ice crystals before it could reach the fire at the top of the structure. >> streets are just simply empty in some parts of the country. here's a shot of ft. wayne, indiana. in chicago, illinois, where temperatures dipped to minus 15, it's colder than siberia or the south pole. it's not a joke. hundreds of planes have been grounded at o'hare where american airlines says it's so cool the fuel lines froze. even north georgia fell to 16 below whether you factor in the wind chill. the weather channel's julie martin joins us from atlanta. julie? >> it is not very often you have to dress like this to step out the door in atlanta, georgia. in fact this morning we did hit

a daily record low of 9 degrees. the wind chill minus 8. if we get to 6 degrees that, will be the coldest we've seen it here in atlanta in about 18 years. so definitely feeling the chill. schools are canceled for a second day. everyone is asked to stay home and keep the heat running. georgia road crews are treating for black ice as well. the temperatures here in the south have plummeted. in fact a good 20 to in some cases 40 degrees overnight reaching all the way down to about tampa, florida. that's where the freezing line is this morning. for t the crops should be protected there. talking about the east as well, temperatures there have dropped even more. in fact in, some cases as much as 50 degrees in just a matter of a day. jetblue cancelling operations in and out of new york and boston as a result, trying to give their workers a break from this relentless deep freeze. and in places like indiana, the

governor there issued states of emergency and asked everyone stay off the roads. this arctic chill going to continue to grip the country for another couple of days. in fact, here in atlanta, it will be thursday before we are above freezing. but still relying in all of this for the southerners here by the weekend we're looking at a balmy 60 degrees. back to you. >> parts of canada are as cold as mars right now. let's go to bill karins. people following you on twitter, in some parts of the country there is a 70-degree drop in wind chill. >> the wind chill is minus 12 in new york city right now, 69 degrees in drop. >> then there is snow. >> the really daefrpg us are stuff is the cold. when you mix the cold over the warm, not ice frozen yet like lake erie and ontario, we have the crazy snow bands. we've had blizzard conditions in

buffalo, new york, for the last 12 to 18 hours. the snow band south of watertown is producing lightning strikes and two inch anz hour. advised to stay off interstate 80 south of watertown and south of buffalo. those are two of most dangerous commutes this morning. as far as the coal goes, it covers the eastern half of the country. it pushed in the east coast. the wind chills the get your attention. the southeast as we saw with julie dune, there minus 8 wind chill in atlanta does not happen that often. the wind chill in orlando is 29. thinking you're on vacation down there, you're not get ago way with it this week. as far as the wind chills in minneapolis, minus 50, today, minus 28. a slow improvement there as we begin to get warmer. as far as when does the big warmup begin, as we go through friday and especially over the weekend, the entire southern half of the country warms up significantly. then we're back to normal conditions for the northern plains and northeast. we're going to get there but

it's going to take a little while. the high temperature in new york, only 10 degrees. not many day that's we barely get into the double digits. >> friend john john sons who runs the watertown daily times in watertown, new york, they are in for -- >> isn't it -- imagine living up there. ft. drum is up there and the military. >> enjoy their summers, i guess. most of the country has cold weather on their minds. we want to make sure everyone is safe but we want to have fun. give us your best or worst cold weather story. tweet your creative answers to #waytocold. the temperature is impacting law makers in d.c. majority leader harry reid delayed yesterday's vote. democrats need 60 votes to advance the bill. a dozen senators were unable to make it back to washington

because of flight delays due to the polar vortex. senator john corn inbelieves the real reason for the desleigh because democrats are still searching for the votes, calling the delay a transparent political exercise. republicans say they're not against the bill but are looking to offset the benefits with spending cuts. but the director of the white house economic council says the president wants the bill passed with no strings attached. president obama has reportedly hit the phones on this one to reach out to republicans and will speak about the bill after the senate vote later this morning. the supreme court has ordered that same-sex marriages be put on hold in the state of utah. the state is appealing a federal judge's ruling that it's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. the ruling means marriage licenses will no longer be issued to same-sex couples right now, at least until the appeal is completed. more than 900 same sex couples said i do in the last two weeks in utah. they're now left wondering what the ruling means for them.

>> there's no precedence, i believe, for this. and this is precise lit uncertainty we were hoping to avoid by requesting a stay immediately upon the decision of the district court. it's unfortunate that many utah citizens have been put into this legal limbo. but we're evaluating their legal status currently. >> same sex marriage is legal in 17 states and washington, d.c. it's wait and see whether rahm emanuel will appeal a federal judge's ruling that overturned the city's ban on gun sales. the judge outlawed licensed gun stores from operating within city limit. the city has seen the laws the toughest in the country stripped away. back in 2010 the u.s. supreme court struck down chicago's gun ban yet crime stats are falling. ? 2012 they had more homicides than any city in the nation but

saw a 16% drop last year. let's go to business now. all three major indices down yesterday. the s & p posting a loss for the third consecutive session. not a great start to the year tore stocks. but in washington, the senate made janet yellen one of the most powerful women in the world confirming her as the next head of the federal reserve. she got a lot to handle. she has to unwind all this stimulus and still dealing with 7% unemployment. >> yeah, absolutely. but there are plenty of people in the market who think she is a safe pair of hands, brian. as you know, she is seen as quite dubbish on the interest rate story. she was a supporter of ben bernanke's decision to go with this $75 billion worth of bond buying every month. so very much many the same vain as ben bernanke. so no change really as far as the markets are concerned. but it is interesting when it came to the votes, 56 in favor,

26 against. and she wasn't the first choice, it seems but she has been confirmed. so that's the important bit of news. let's move you on. fascinating to look at the trends in the economy and microsoft putting out a $3 million sale number for the x box 1 here. we know this was an important device for the company. it's interesting that they appear to be running ahead of sales for the ps 4 at this stage. of course the big inner is amd with sales chips for both of these boxes. i guess they're ultimately the big winner. >> it's funny, when microsoft first got into the hardware business people criticized them now it's the best product that they have. obviously we have a little bit of a competition in a lot of areas between new york and london. right now london is kind of winning when it comes to real estate. >> yeah, i think we have the

bragging rights on this one, brian. we got this association of foreign real estate investors who effectively said that london knocks new york from the top spot for the year here. new york comes in second. we have a couple of u.s. cities that come in three and four. i think houston was on the list here. as i look down my list, san francisco took the third spot. and no great surprise, i guess, because according to some surveys, we saw nearly 15% upside in the final quarter of 2013 in london property and obviously this agency feels that we're going to get strong gains again in 2014. so money to be made it would seem in london. >> you should sell and come over here. come hang out with us. all right, appreciate it. some other news to get to, jihad jane is sentenced to ten years behind bars. a federal judge sentenced her yesterday in pennsylvania. she was part of a failed plot to kill a swedish art whoiist who

the prophet mohammed's head on a dog. she could have received life in prison but a judge reduced her sentence after she helped authorities on other terror investigations. the army corps of engineers proposing an $18 billion project to stem the spread of asian carp. it's an ambitious undertaking. it would try to keep the species from i will filtrating lake michigan from a web of the water ways and a project that could take 25 years. it's all because of these fish. look what they do when they're scared. they're asian or silver headed carp. they're causing serious problems that the congress ordered the study that resulted in this when startled this invasive species known for jumping feet out of the water, there are even stories and we heard one on the floor here, they can knock

boaters out as they're doing what they do. but the senator dick durbin said this project may languish without congressional approval. i guess in terms of the species, they agree. still ahead, the moment that may have turned the bcs title game around. how florida state mounted an 18-point come back to back national champs. and alex trebec like you never heard him before. "way too early" will be right back. >> i want to thank the president-elect for joining the ex-presidents for lunch. i am one message that i have and i think we all share is that we want you to succeed. [ male announcer ] staples has everything you need to launch your big idea.

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bcs title game, instant classic florida and auburn, all auburn early. they took an 18 point lead in the second quarter on this four yard run from qb nick marshal. fsu would not go quietly. seminoles down four. whitfield, 100 -- he doesn't look like he's going that fast, yet, no one is catching that guy. tigers not done. straight down the field, capped by this run by trey mason, 37 yards. auburn back on top with just over a minute to play. that's what jamies winston would not be denied. this catch, 49 yards. that is green. a few plays later, winston finds

kelvin benjamin for the jump ball and game win we are 13 seconds left on the clock. florida state, you're bcs champion. after the game, i guess they call him famous jamies but he spoke about what turned the game around. >> i took the initiative. i said guys, i mean we're here for a reason. i was like i'm going to give them my a game, start doing what i need to do. we're not going to have any more turnovers, if we don't turn the ball over, we can win the game. >> curve up that hat a little bit, break it in. this may have been the best of all 16. next year, don't forget, it will be a four team play-off. fsu snaps that seven-year championship winning streak and they were voted after the game unanimous national champs. i want to thank auburn, they had an incredible season and gave us a couple of incredible wins. the numbers from last night's game are not in just yet in terms of tv rating but everyone

everywhere watched the nfl wild card weekend. 31 million viewers tuned into the saturday doubleheader, that is the most since the nfl switched to this play-off format in 1990. the big numbers though, on sunday. the early game also had about 31 million viewers. more than 47 million people watched the late game between the niners and packers. that's a 20% jump from last year. this is the nfl which is watched more than any other sport in this country. it's the single highest rated wild card game since 1988. not to tell you that 90 was my freshman year in college. i love this story, more nfl news in a move most are calling bill belichick ian. they signed deian brant before they meet in the play-off game. he last played in 2012. he spent seven seasons with the

pats and was mvp of the super bowl xxxix for the pats and is expected to hept injured receiver corps and going to give them inside information and i think he lost a few friends in new england by signing but it's his choice. i still think the pats are going to win. coming up tat the top of the hour, the polar vortex is creating a mess in most of the country. we'll tell you how it impacted the unemployment debate in washington, d.c. when we come back here, we'll huddle around the cooler. this guy vuning for goveis runnr and we'll tell what you his top priority will be. ♪ ♪ ♪

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regular road salt. lewis, don't tell me you knew that. >> there is a new addition to the cast of saturday night live. she will take her debut on the show on january 18th. the actress hosts a weekly variety show for the upright citizens brigade comedy group. they came under criticism in the fall for lack of diversity on the show. she will become the fifth black female cast member and the first since maya rudolph in 2007. switching to the favorite game show jeopardy where alex trebec discovered a new talent while reading the answers. >> don't push me because i'm close to the edge, i'm trying not to lose my head rapped this master. i made the change from a common thief to up close and personal with robin leach rapped this notorious guy. another plane, another train, another bottle in the brain. in nuthin but a g thang, this

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that began much the same way ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ sonchts we're dealing with this brutal weather and so we asked for your best and worst stories. >> this sounds like a nightmare, when a snowstorm made a 20 minute cab ride take seven hours for me and my ceo. here is another bad one. in indiana, out of the three cars with 15 doors, only one was not frozen shut. >> you only need one to get in.

>> it happens. then suzy said what i loved in honolulu, i went to the pro bowl, the wind chill was 78 degrees. feel so bad. >> i want to give a shoutout to heidi and her family, they're a in boston and she and her husband tom had a baby girl, their fourth child. awesome. congratulations. put every tv on msnbc right now to watch "morning joe." ♪ ♪ you're as cold as ice >> minneapolis/st. paul minus 20 degrees. >> never felt anything like this. >> you could be inside your freezer and be warmer. >> some of our crew members had tears coming out of their eyes and instantly it was freezing. >> some things on my body are freezing and i didn't know possible could freeze!