a beautiful day here in breckenridge colorado. how about there. this will do a little cutting for you, don't you think. >> all done by hand, i'm impressed. it will all melt away as soon as it gets above freezing. where do the artists go from here? >> they have kind of a world-wide trip, a trek that they are on right now. some of the people came from - they were in italy for a competition, they have come to breckenridge and some are heading to lake tahoe. there's a competition. this is it, the international snow sculpture competition, the championships in breckenridge. we like to think this is the best of the best. >> thank you live from breckenridge, jim huli. we appreciate it. >> a beautiful day out there in colorado. not so much in philadelphia, pennsylvania, where flight from delayed two hours and 30 minutes. this is the scene on the roadways, looking at the ice. temperatures dropping below the freezing mark. we have an alberta clipper passing through, bringing the snow along the i-95 corridor. the snow coming down a little bit. it will be over

team breckenridge walking away with the top honors here in breckenridge today. >> great to hear. impressive. they all do it by hand. thanks, jim. that's probably the one place they don't mind this bitterly cold weather? >> that's the one place that's not get can hammered with it over and over. minnesota, over towards michigan, you are getting some seriously cold weather. wind chills that are difficult to take. technically, we get these once in a while in our wintertime but we keep getting them hit after hit. another one on the way. we look at temperatures now, it's only five for minneapolis and a baumy 51 billings, 53 for denver but look at new york sitting at 25 and only 13 for chicago. now, as we go into the temperatures that we are going to start experiencing overnight tonight, one of the coldest areas will be in the northern plain states, especially in the canadian border, fargon around 1, minneapolis zero, home had a 28, the coldest season from december 1st to january 21st, both international falls and duluth, right now, you have the third-coldest on your record t that could

. >> first they have to make the team and the olympics go through breckenridge.where we find janelle wang bun led up. >> reporter: i am. it's about 17 degrees right now jessica and raj. this is the third of kwal qualifying events. i was supposed to take place at lake tahoe but was cancelled at the last minute. blizzard conditions and the competition was cancelled. when it start s up again, we'll see the tight boards the guy with the red curly hair that's won two back to back gold medals and three new olympic sporting events. the half pike on skis. we couldn't get video today because of the whiteout conditio conditions, more than seven inches of snow and zero visibility if this weather does calm down, we'll see the event called slope style. it takes place on a terrain park which is seen where athletes will do tricks and slips. they have been around for a decade. super popular in the x games and being recognized as an olympic sport and lake tahoe athletes are stoked. >> when i first got into free skiing, i was giving up the olympic dream. i always wanted to compete

the town of breckenridge colorado has no problem finding a fun sight. hofing the 24th annual snow sculpture ammunition. >> jim high schoolie shows us the icy sculptures. >> they spent the last five days scraping and sanding. cutting and carving their creations into the snow. team lithuania is designing an environmental message. because of human intervention, it disappears. >> finland's heart is inspired by the homeland. >> it's called the northern star and represents the different phases. >> the russians have an olympic theme. team wisconsin will have a butterfly. >> the butterfly travels the furthest of any insect or animal. the master piece begins like this. a 12 foot high block of snow weighing 20 tonnes. a standout among the international creditors is tom day. a snow-sculpting veteran. >> 19 years worth of them. it's been great. >> tom's team breckenridge call this winter fun. >> what i have is a dog running down the hill with his father and so on the inner tube. >> what i have done is taking out little by little. >> here is the challenge. rules dic

breckenridge colorado, and this is great on a lot of levels. brought the cold with me. if you want show, cold -- snow, cold and wind, we have it starting later this afternoon into the afternoon. i want to show you the snow itself which is coming out of the midwest, just toward kentucky and ohio and west virginia. now, seeing a little snow in western maryland. this is the first little finger of snow we're going to be seeing today. and those areas north and west are going to be seeing earlier, and what i'm forecasting, 6 to 9. i have the plus sign. have the 10 and 11 inches up here. not out of the question. a general 4 to 7 from dc south, and still a pretty decent snow at 2 to 4 for this part of the world. we have to watch out. one thing i learned about winter weather storms, and you know it already, they are chaotic. and you know, we just don't have a good ability, yet, to forecast when those bands are going to develop. temperature wise, 1:00, 29, light snow early. the heavier snow this afternoon. and the winds will be out of the north and northeast about 20 miles per ho

. >> team breckenridge calls the creation winter fun. >> i have a dog running down the hill with his father and so on the inner tube. what i'm doing here is taking out little by little. >> here is the challenge. >> the rules dictate that all of this will be done by hand. everything has to be handled. >> to stay within the guidelines, they have come up with an arsenal of actions. >> this is a trowel this we put a nailer trait tore a truss on it. we use it as a snow scraper. it will sand snow like you wouldn't believe. >> the teams worked through the night under the clair of spotlight, racing the clock. >> it's a blast. >> it's a matter of patience, pacing yourself physically and not get exhausted. >> i was supposed to be snow boarding. i'm going look at this stuff. this is more increasing than snow boarding. look at it. >> it's like an improvisation. >> this art will not last forever. the sculptures will remain in place for a week. it's an improvised tool. the handle has been cut off and the blade put on the end of it. we hear the winters. team wisconsin here, and team germany with a

keystone, breckenridge, the tunnel. all the ski resorts will see accumulation. day when there's new snow there. yesterday it was 60 degrees here in denver. so it's quite a shock. a january blast. >> i'm looking at you, and you are bundled up. you don't have a lot of exposed skin. we were talking to richard lui from massachusetts. serious concerns about frostbite. are there warnings out there by those in the medical community like cover up? >> that is exactly what's happening. within a couple of minutes, exposed skin could be stricken with frostbite. it's very much of a concern. and the emergencies across the metro area are bracing. they're ready. they have beds available. and they're warning people to bundle up. stay inside if you possibly can. if you have to go out, just cover up. >> leanne gregg, thank you so much from denver. >>> a new turn in the battle over what happens to a 13-year-old california girl. jahi mcmath was declared brain dead after having her tonsils removed. >> reporter: her family is claiming victory after a day of emotional court hearings fr

they had 2 feet of snow in beaver creek and 3 feet in breckenridge. this will slide off to the north and east. chicago is headed for snow, detroit snow. good news, it stays north and west of us and it misses us and also will bring up milder airful we've got to have double advantage here -- air. we've got to have double advantage. we have some clouds from the system, nothing organized, dry tonight and most of tomorrow. temps in the 40s, 45 chevy chase, 47 rockville, 41 reston, 43 fairfax, 42 waldorf, 38 in bowie, colder to the east today. some clouds tonight, not as cold, mild start to february both saturday and sunday and the best chances of showers will be sunday, sunday afternoon. want to do a bike ride or something tomorrow, do not plan around our slight chance of a sprinkle. the jet stream will move back north. as it does, it's going to get warmer here. remember, if you're north of the jet, it's cold. south of the jet it's nice. by sunday it's going to be well north of us kind of up the appalachians. the cold air dies down into the central and sou

. >> tom's team breckenridge call their creation winter fun. >> i have a dog running down the hill with his father and son on the intertube. what i have here is taking out little by little. here is the challenge, the rules dictate this has to be done by hand. >> to stay within the guidelines, they have come up with ans arsenal of contraptions. this is a trowel that we put a nailer plate for a truss on it, using it as a snow scraper. >> the teams work through the night under the glare of spotlight, racing the clock. >> it's a blast, a matter of pacing yourself physically and not getting too exhausted. >> i'm supposed to be snow boarding. i'm going to look at this stuff. this is more impressive. look at it. it's an improvisation. >> this art will not last forever. the sculptures remain this place for a week. >> it's free to visit. it will stay in place until february the 2nd. >> the super bowl is a week away. the fans get ready to watch the seahawks and broncos, there's confusion over where they'll play. >> the official logo says mymj, new york, new jersey. >> ask people across the countr