she's been doing research in the arctic for 20 years and also teaches at the university of stockholm today she's working with a colleague from canada. and the arctic is a hole in the global warming the icing framework of climate today industry not just petroleum but other economic resources fishing shipping transportation mining oil and gas are all interested in accessing what they perceive to be a new. reservoir a new region right and i would say that the industry side of things are very interested in the arctic what's going on here and how they may be able to capitalize on ice free condition. in the arctic. some experts speculate that the melting of the arctic open up to shipping routes between asia and europe. could have substantial strategic and economic benefits for several countries including china. believe that china do have a role to play in seeking peace. in that region and in promoting susceptibility sustainable development in the area china's government issued a white paper on the arctic policy in which the pole the silk road has been off fish will be announced as a policy of the chinese government and you can see the no

at the same time, that strong jet stream is lassoing in or bottling up the arctic air in canada so mostthe united states is actually on the mild side, the one problem we have this week once again is stalled front across the southeast, a lot of ongoing river flooding and we'll see another two to four inches of rain across mississippi and alabama as we head through thursday. >> quijano: all right, jeff, thank you. to washington state now, where a mother and her teenage daughter are under arrest tonight. they are charged with drugging a woman in an attempt to kidnap her infant daughter. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: authorities say 38 year old juliette parker baked up an elaborate plot to steal a baby. parker is accused of using facebook to target unsuspecting new moms, offering free photography sessions so she could "build her portfolio." >> she wanted a girl. and she wanted it five weeks and younger so she could raise it herself, take it out of state and pretend this was a newborn of her own. >> reporter: the baby she found was a perfect match, on the third photo session at the

at the same time, that strong jet stream is lassoing in or bottling up the arctic air in canada. of the united states is actually on the mild side. the one problem we have this week once again, stalled front across the southeast. a lot of ongoing river flood, and we're going see another 2 to 4 inches of rain across mississippi and alabama as we head through thursday. >> all right, jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> to washington state now, where a mother and her teenaged daughter are under arrest tonight. they're charged with drugging a woman in an attempt to kidnap her infant daughter. here is jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: authorities say 38-year-old juliette parker baked up an elaborate plot to steal a baby. parker is accused of using facebook to target unsuspecting new moms, offering free photography sessions so she could build her portfolio. >> she wanted a girl and she wanted them five weeks and younger so she could raise it herself, take it out of state and pretend it was a newborn of her own. >> reporter: the babe she found was a perfect match on the third photo se

america this winter so i've colored it's these the temps on thursday morning arctic air fell down across the prairie is of canada and into the plains states so minus 28 bismarck minus 26 in minneapolis people live here and that's just for you out the wind chill what it took it down but i'm honest thankfully this did not last is not a long lost the last thing hard winter it all moves eastward and hit eastern canada so toronto had a bit of a shock is down about minus 21 to minus 24 but when you put this sort of really cold air over even need the frozen water that's what it is that you get this evaporation it's like steve it's cold arctic sea smoke now that cold air has moved all my but you see this both winter is occasionally with it when jane when change the southwest we've chased all the way through eastern canada temperatures are now rising in fact temperatures are no longer a problem are the counter or the us we're back to the familiar which this winter has been flooding and i want the true trees the mississippi the poor and the jackson people having to be evacuated not because it's raining but because it has

canada. globally it marks the 421st consecutive month of above average temperatures. 11 million people under wind chill advisories in the upper midwest, this morning. and that surge of arcticve into the northeast for the weekend. meteorologist derek van dam is in the weather center. good morning. >> great friday morning, alison and laura. one word to describe this morning's cold weather across the midwest, brutal. check this out, these are temperatures what it would feel like on your skin as you step out in minneapolis it feels like negative 22 degrees fahrenheit. this is incredible. we're talking about negative 10 degrees in chicago right now. that's what it feels like on your exposed skin. that's why the national weather service has issued wind chill d advisories and just outside the st. louis region. this is some of the coldest air of the season we're experiencing across the plains and into the great lakes. it's all thanks to this cold front moving eastward. by the way, that's helped spark off a few lake enhanced snow flurries. and this is the cold front that will provide a few showers across the florida panhandle today and that system moves on and that clipper system b