hip-hop and arts and like chicago is hot right now, why is chicago hot right now. there is always an understanding that like you know, you could be -- people could be talking about you today and not talking about you tomorrow and also, when they are talking about you they're not really talking about you anyway. they are talking about something else through you. so because of that, i think many chicagoans understand that and become less concerned with the optics of things publicly and more concerned with actually doing the work that needs to happen. so i'm pretty much summarily disinterested in what the president has to say or not say in any given moment or the 12 raccoons in an overcoat that put on a wig every day and pretend to be the president. whatever it is. who knows. we should have known what he was like digging through the trash with his tiny hands. anyway. so that's part of it. another thing is so earlier, you asked me about this kind of long tradition of resistance. chicago is like the city of the haymarket uprising. i don't think riot is a bad word. the h

we now have 150 chicago kids on the chicago star scholarship. 81% of these kids are the first ones to ever go to college. [applause] he just mentioned, when i became mayor we did not have full day kindergarten for every child. we made kindergarten full for every child. we did not have full day universal pre-k, we're now embarked on pre-k for every child regardless of zip code or background. we added one hour and 15 minutes to every day. when you add it up a child today in the city of chicago gets four more years of classroom time than a child born 10 years ago. if 83% of your kids are poverry ty or below they need more classroom time than anything else you can do. some of the biggest things i've tone in my life is what aye talked about this echicago stars scholarship. we have a big debate in america, it's described as a division between red and blue but it comes down to a fault line on education. in chicago we have a different bargain. rather than education being what divides us, it is what brings us together as the city of chicago. first, we're on track in high school, 50% of our kid

some of the biggest things i've done is that chicago star fall -- chicago star scholarship. we have a division between red and blue, but there's a fault line on education. rather than education being what divides us, it brings us together as the city of chicago. first, we're on track in high school, 50% of our kids will graduate this year with college credit under their belts earned in high school. high school is no longer about graduation. it's about preparing for college. [no audio] second, starting next year, toch we're also on track, get your walking papers for your high school diploma, you have to produce -- and we are going to support you -- a letter of acceptance from either college [no audio] child, not just the emmanuel children, will have a post high school education plan. [applause] mr. emanuel: in a. of time where you earn what you learn, you cannot afford to have only certain children planning for that post high school. high school is not just about regulation. it's about preparing you for what comes next. all the data shows, through enrollment, the kids are 90%

negative 44 in chicago, negative 39 in minneapolis. we start to see the northeast thursday morning will be the worst of it for you. new york city negative 13, vermont negative 18. the other thing we have to watch closely, that temperature in chicago. the all-time coldest temperature is negative 27. doesn't look like we're going to get there this morning but we have another shot tomorrow morning. a >> oh, man, tough go. thank you, bill. >>> chicago police are investigating a reported attack that left empire store jussie smollett hospitalized. smollett told police he was out getting a bite to eat when he was beaten by two men who hurle. police are investigating this as a possible hate crime. miguel a.m. gear has more. juss star on the hit television show empire is recovering from multiple injuries after police say he was brutally at 2:00 a.m., investigators say two men approached smollett who may have recognized the actor yelling racial and homophobic slurs. after the assault police say the attackers threw an unknown chemical on his face

in chicago. she was really started and ran a program that was all about mentoring and introducing young people to public service. >> it was during this time that barack won a seat in the illinois state senate. but it didn't feel like a win for michelle. the couple had a new baby girl. malia. and his job had his commuting three hours from chicago to springfield. >> my thoughts were are you nuts? just get a job. make some money. this politics stuff is crazy. >> she's looking at the bank account and saying is this going to be our future? >> the money was tight and the couple welcomed their second child. sasha. he pondered a new idea. a long shot for senate. >> it was a big gamble. >> running against a democratic candidate who spends $29 million. and his friend including michelle were skeptical this was a good idea. >> in time, michelle came around. >> i took my wife hat off and put on the citizen hat and thought i would want to see what politics could be like with somebody like him in it. he would b

chicago there? yet here we are. extremetemperatures, they've become a major story all around the globe right now. of course here in the millions are feeling that bitter cold. but around the world, people are feeling tat extreme nbc's tom costello has more on this and what it means for the change. clima >> reporter: across the globe, the weather picture is one of re and ice. bone-numbing record cold in the midwest. fire and record heat in austli 120 degrees and hotter this month. >> what that really means is that fires will be they'll be fast-moving. >> reporter: and yo-yo weather cycles in ththe deep freeze u.s., a 50 degree rebound in some cities within days. hard to believe when you're frozen like an icicle but experts say that arctic blast is further evidence of climate change. in response to president trump's skepticism, the weather experts at noaa tweeting, winter storms don't prove that global warming isn't happening. here why. the north pole, scientists say the melting sea ice and ocean temperatures have caus

in chicago it was the trial of the half century it has been more than fifty years since a chicago policeofficer was convicted of murder no one really knew what the sentence would be but the range was broad all the way from probation to ninety six years in prison in the end the final sentence levied by the judge was six years and nine months far more than defended a dope for but far less than the family of the victim had asked for and now authorities hope that that will be enough to keep peace in the streets of chicago the defendant jason van dyke stood up said it was hard to take a life and that he would have to live with that for the rest of his life and there was testimony from many members of his family but this was a case that it galvanized the black lives matter movement and a lot of community activists in the city of chicago where they complained far too many young black men or killed by police officers but it was so a complicated case in which to look on macdonald was shown in police dash cam video holding a knife walking away from police is jason van dyke shot him sixteen times a

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, a business district of chicago.ople elected to stay out overnight. an anonymous donor came and sprung for rooms. a lot of people took that option. georgia royal that calls himself the mayor of the tent city, he opted to stay in the tent city. keep an eye on his belongings. here's george. >> please go somewhere if it gets bat. >> no. i have a heater. it's fine. >> he's got a heater in his tent. people donate propane for his heater. people have been very good about donating blankets. food out there, it's all freezing outside. the people in the tent city can't eat it fast enough, shep. >> shepard: mike tobin headed inside along the banks of the chicago river. more on the forecast now. let's go back to the big wall. rick reichmuth is joining us. it's cold. >> it's cold. this was last night's actual air temperature. not the windchill. >> shepard: it was colder than the north pole. >> it was. this is the coldest air on the planet. think about that, the coldest air on the planet is in southern canada, northern part of the

it's true this was the trial of the half century in chicago it's been more than fifty years since chicago police officer was convicted for murder while wearing a uniform on the job and this case was very much galvanizing for the black lives matter movement across the nation not just here in chicago every network here in the local area was broadcasting it live as it happened in the community was really in up for many people here especially among african-americans in chicago who were just tired of hearing so many stories of young black men being fatally shot by police officers but this was a complicated case it was one in which the koran mcdonald was shown walking away and police dash cam video with a knife in his hand apparently ignoring the commands of police officers who were telling him to drop it but his back was toward those police officers when jason vandyke the police officer who was sentenced today shot him sixteen times and in that video many of those shots seemed to happen while he's lying on the ground and that is one of the things that prosecutors seized on today they said wild

tonight, chicago chillinois. plus, stephen welcomes john heilemann mark mckinnon and alex wagner and max greenfield featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! hello! >> stephen: welcome. please, have a seat everybody. thank you very much. well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the late show"." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( applause ) and i just want to start off tonight, i want to say hello to middle america. i hope you're keeping warm, because the heartland is in the grip of the polar vortex, which is a punishing weather phenomenon and, i believe, the new flavor of powerade. ( laughter ) just look at the temperature map of the united states. look at that. the super-cold purple there in the middle, that's 50-below wind chill. stops in duluth and then goes, "you know what? let's just jam our frost tongue down on chicago. you know, just get it all up in that lake michigan crevice." ch

chicago forecasting a wind chill of 50 below zero tomorrow. frostbite can begin in five minutes. >> your extremities, your fingers, your toes, your ears,u. te anye who has to work outside, like these minneapolis firefighters, is at risk. >> just to give you an idea of how cold it is, look at this. they take off their helmets and the steam just pours off of >> right now, the feels like temperature is minus 38 degrees. it's so cold that it's hard to even talk, if you've been out here for any amount of time. dangerously cold. you can see on our thermal camera, even with four layers of clothes on, the heat is still escaping out of my coat, anywhere it can. >> reporter: authorities warning homeowners to check their co >> get a blanket, an extra set of clothing. maybe an alternative battery source for your phone. >> reporter: they also warn that cell phones can stop working in extreme cold and medications like ints lynn can lose effectiveness if they freeze. >> really important advice. let's get to alex. he's with us from chicago tonight. we see tha

about everything in chicago? snow does not hold us in chicago. but extreme cold does.ctric lights, was not running. public transit in the city was. over 1600 flights across the chicago airports was cancelled today. typically there are 2700 per day. what is the forecast, kevin, and looking ahead how long will it last for? the coldest period, today at night and early tomorrow morning, we are looking at, again, record or near—record cold temperatures. we could break the all—time cold record attempt a recorded in chicago tonight. the good news for those in chicago and the mid west is the temperatures could reach 0df today and we are looking at temperatures back above freezing as the weekend. good luck. stay warm. maybe we will speak again. thank you for being on the briefing. thank you for your time. more than 2000 dehydrated flamingo chicks have been rescued from a drought—stricken dam in south africa and moved to rehabilitation centres after being abandoned by their parents. kamfers dam, in the country's northern cape, is one of the only flamingo breeding grounds in sout

the temperature in chicago this morning is expected to plue to minus 50 degrees.he blast of arctic air is being blamed for at least five deaths across five states, and even the u.s. postal service has suspended delivery in the region. charlie de mar of our chicago station wbbm has more on the frigid weather. >> reporter: the dangerous freeze is slamming the midwest with weather cold enough to kill. >> it is treacherous. >> reporter: from chicago to sioux falls and so many points in between, windchill temperatures are forecast to plunge to 30, 40, 50, and even 60 below zero. >> it's not something you absolutely need, we would advise to stay home for your safety and those that are out and about having to be out in the weather. >> reporter: in downtown duluth, minnesota, where windchills hit elowtues cit wogaut haners. >> this is just really cold. >> reporter: duluth mail carrier dave mayhew says in weather like this he wears several pairs of gloves, pants, and hats. the postal service has suspended wednesday mail delivery in several states including minnesota becaus

when we're talking about 50 below zero for chicago. that's really amazing. we get this once every couple of years. our wind chills tonight will be about 10 to 15 degrees below zero in some locations. that's something we saw last in 20 although last year our coldest day in d.c., 8 degrees. i think we're going to get there again tonight. look at the numbers outside right now. current temperature, very cold. again, continuing to be on the cold side. that current number sitting at 13. only got to drop a few more to get down to as cold as we wer last year. winds out of the northwest at 17 miles an hour. that's been the billing factor, the wind. gusting upwards offer 40 to 50 miles an hourda 4 below in hagerstown. look at this, i7 below garrett county. yeah, if you're thinking about going skiing, not the best time to be doing that. as we look towards what's happening, c rar skiesht now for the most part. that's going to help t temperaturcool. look what's happening. the jet stream coming way down from canada. this air mass act lly came across the arctic, down throu

from chicago, here's don dahler of cbs news. the people in the midwest are a hardy bunch. they are used to cold weather — but nothing like this. —45 celsius windchills here in chicago. the city is taking precautions. they have been trying to prepare people for this weather. they have opened up some city buses to be homeless shelters for those who have no place to go. they are using, in effect, flame—throwers to melt the ice on tracks and they are using chemicals to melt the ice on aeroplanes. homeowners are desperate to keep their pipes from bursting in the cold, so they are putting up space heaters. but the officials say their best piece of advice is, if folks don't have to go out, stay home, stay warm. don daler, cbs news, for the bbc news, chicago. very dramatic weather. carol has

chicago mayor rahm emanuel. under the mayor's leadership, chicago has contributed greatly to the challenges, to the administration's public charge proposal, and the citizenship question, on the census and has been a leader in successful legal challenges to the immigration-related requirements the administration has tried to impose on public safety grant programs. chicago was one of the first cities to sue the justice department to enjoin those provisions. it was one of the first cities also to have a decision in its favor. at mayor emanuel's request, the council of mayors joined that process and as a result of that litigation, as of now, the u.s. conference of mayors members do not have to adhere to the immigration related requirements to receive public safety grants in 2017, and also working to see that the 2018 requirements are enjoined. so we want to thank the mayor for his leadership there. he has also been a leader in our efforts to develop a realistic federal infrastructure investment program. he's added f

ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >>> another deepening mystery in st. louis where a young officer was laid to rest today after a deadly alleged game of russian roulette with a fellow officer. now prosecutors suggest police have obstructed the investigation. here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: today in st. louis, a funeral for 24-year-old police officer katlyn alix. >> katie was the best child. >> reporter: now her family desperate for answers. >> we need to sort through the fact and the fiction. and what's rumor and what's real. >> reporter: but there are only more questions. after this sharply worded letter from the city prosecutor blasting police for immediately calling alix's death an accident. >> there was an accidental discharge of a weapon. >> reporter: what the prosecutor says was a predisposed conclusion about the outcome of a case. officer nate hendren has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after shooting alix in his apartment. a late-night game of russian roulette turned deadly, according to both hendren and his partner, who was

of chicago.dealing with some of the coldest temperatures in the country.ng winds pus the wind chill ow 0.to 45 degrees b we're going to get a taste of this polar plunger ourselves over the next 36 hours. doug and amelia will be back soon to explain all that to us. >>> apple is pulling an a from its opera ing systemt says facebook was using to collect data on unsuspecting users. the tech log tech crunch says facebook claims peoplead to give permission for the app to be installed but apple says users didn't realize how much data the app w collecting. it's just the latest blemish on faceok's bad record with user security. >> speak of tech things at this point, the robot revolution coming to your backyard. f theks who run the roomba robot, they're now rolling out tara that features state-of-the-art macking and straight line navigation. >>>en ssts found a protein in femaleit mos critical to the process of producing vital eggs. wh they manipulated that protein the mosquito's embryos did not survive. >>

chicago experienced its second-coldest day in history. and the frigid temperatures will continue today. if you're watcatching a flight the midwest, check with your airline thismorning. this polar vortex is causing a lot of flight delays and cancellations across the u.s. there's more than 1,400 flight cancellations at chicago o'hare's airpo outside of the airport, residents there, are having to deal with unbelievably col. temperatures i have on leggings, pants, two jackets. >> it feels rrible. my face is burning. >> and just to put this even more in perspective for you, crews tried to u fire to keep sock of the train t from clogging. on train track s yesterday, it was quite the sight. these are the four things among the list of t complete shutdown today in chicago. allm track midwest corridor services to and from chicago. all united states postal service deliveries. chicago public schools and even disney on ice is closed. it's just too cold for families to try to make it to those indoor performances. back to you. >> that says a lot about h

and so that's historic and it's only because people stood up and fought chicago's. powerful machinery denial that we're in this very moment in which real change is possible so while today is it is a important reminder of how far we have to go we know the path to get there and it begins with ordinary people standing up and speaking out for equal justice craig let me ask you about that path do you think that it's likely we could see a broad a groundswell of protests and reaction to the sentencing. i i think that i expect people and it's and not just with respect to the sentencing but i expect people as here in chicago as they have been as we have to continue to stand up and to speak out against injustice and to ensure that voices are heard i think back to when this video was first released and it was a really historic moment and i and i remember a couple days afterwards it was in the u.s. the biggest shopping day of the year this is black friday after thanksgiving a couple days after his release and young folks took to the streets but took two magnificent mile and we'

you never know when you're connecting in chicago. >> that's true. >> a lot of issues with chicago. >> such a big hub. >> hub for united and southwest. who else? minneapolis, who goes through there? >> continental. are they around? >> used to be necessary nest. >> pan am. exactly. hard to remember. >> delta. >> that's atlanta, right? >> atlanta, salt lake, minneapolis. it's hard to describe. i lived in minnesota for three years. the worst it got for me was 40 bel below. when they say the cold takes your breath away, you cannot talk. you can barely breathe. when you breathe that air in, it really shocks your entire system to your core. it's just undescribable. it's an awful feeling. >> when we showedthatlive picture, someone was walking. there was at least one person walking. i can't believe it. >> i assume it's a television news reporter because they send us out there. >> literally, your nose will freeze if you don't cover it and breathe through something. it freezes inside your nose. winds chills and frostbite. it will be in many areas this t morning for frostbite. that's why you don

more than 50 below in chicago and minneapolis. schools closed. firefighters battling flames and ice. hundreds of flights canceled tonight. de-icing equipment overwhelmed. amtrak setting tracks on fire to keep trains moving. from chicago, down to atlanta, from new york city, up to boston. frostbite in some places setting in in just five minutes. >>> we do have breaking news as we come on tonight in the case of the well-known tv actor who told police he was brutally attacked. the "empire" actor telling police the suspects, their faces covered, put a rope around his neck, shouting racial and homophobic slurs. tonight, what chicago police have just revealed about possible surveillance in the case. >>> president trump tonight slamming his own intelligence chiefs, telling them to go back to school, calling them naive, after what they said about iran, north korea, russia and isis. >>> the woman officer shot in the chest and killed. the officer charged. police say it happened during a game of russian roulette. but tonight, new questions. prosecutors aski

minus 45 chicago. minus 25 buffalo. the good news is we've got warming temperatures c in fact, believe it or not, by sunday, some places could feel like an 80-degree warmer swing in just 48 hours. that's the news we like tohear. lester? >> indeed we do, al, thanks very much. >>> meantime, with much y the coun the grip of this freeze, president trump tweeted, quote, windchill reaching minus 60 degrees what the hell is ing on with global warming? please come back fast, we need you, end quote.ie ntists say the invasion of record cold is in fact likely the result of climate change. and there's more evidence. in the form of scorching heat rand fires around the worht now. here's tom costello. >> reporter: across the globe, the weather picture is one of fire a ice. bone-numbing record cold in the midwest, fire and record heat in australia. s 120 degrees and hotter t month. >> what that really means is that fires will be uncontroable. they'll be fast moving. >> reporter: and yo-yo weather cycles. after the deep freeze in the u.

we are left in chicago, a lot of response nationally to this, matt. >> harris, chicago police so theynce cameras in the area where dr. jussie smollett says he was attacked. so far, they have not spotted this alleged assault or any of the assailants on camera. to chicago police they are now expanding their investigation into the area along the chicago river, which is loaded with surveillance cameras. police tell fox news that jussie smollett could not pinpoint the exact location where the alleged attack happened. but it's on a street that has an upper and lower level. the neighborhood is just a few blocks north of the river in downtown chicago, and is filled with hotels, restaurants, and bars. police tell fox news that smollett is seen on surveillance in the area around 2:00 a.m. on tuesday. the actor told police he went to a subway, and police tell fox that the actor's digital footprint confirms he went to the sandwich shop. investigators are not trying to locate other people seen on video in the area at that time. he told police he was brutally beaten and had a rope tied around his n

temps dropping to negative 25 in chicago.wind chill is minus 54. 54 below it's actually 54 below now, that cold blast is really starting to impact business, as i said according to flight aware, more than 2,000 flights have been canceled ationwide today that includes more than 850 flights in and out of chicago's o'hare international many airp airlines are waiting day changing fes for travellers. amtrak also shutting down service in and out of chicago due to these cold temps. checking on the reaction, take a look right here. we're going to show it to you. natural gas, it's down slightly. home heating oil, it's up slightly we were talking about that earlier. a lot of supply out there. the perception may be it's going to be an increasing demand, and cold temperatures continue in the midwest, and, of course, they're moving to the northeast in the next few days, brian. >> at least it appears that's the supplies of nat gas and heating oil. frank holland, thank you very much >>> three more big stocks to watch on this very busy day. l

if you're familiar with chicago, it is the center of chicago's business area and there are much fewer people out here right now than normal if you take a look, but the few people who are out here braving the cold having to go to work, barely any skin is showing and that is for good reason given the temperatures that we are experiencing. the arctic front is crossing our area right now and we could see wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour along with blowing snow. that's already started through this evening and nearzero visibility at times. the wind chill warning goes into effect around dinner and will last until thursday. get this. with the wind chill it could get down anywhere between negative 30 and 50 degrees. our meteorologists are expecting a high of negative 14 degrees tomorrow. so with that said, it is just too cold to be outside. in chicago, i'm charlie demar. >>> no place knows bitter cold better than the twin cities. it never got above 0 today. reporter john laurentzen checked in. >> reporter: here it's negative 12 in minneapolis and tonight it will drop down to negative 28 degr

minus thirty degrees celsius to maine in the east and as far south as alabama to prevent freezing chicago sets the train tracks on fire schools post offices and businesses are closed even a few minutes exposure to temperatures this low can cause frostbite one local forecaster is warning if you shut your eyes for too long they can freeze closed it's that kind of cold. the frigid air that forms the polar vortex once spun around the stratosphere over the north pole but it's current now disrupted is pushing down into the u.s. the arctic blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan for a time for a short break here and i'll just say about when we come back we know that the investigation that accuses the united arab emirates of using spyware to hotly i phones and its rival foreign leaders. and we'll tell you why thousands of pitot indian soldiers accuse the pot minister of not keeping his promises on the stay with us. how i want to not just of america failing some rather wintry weather we've also got a fair

we now have 150 chicago kids on the chicago star scholarship. 81% of these kids are the first ones to ever go to college. [applause] he just mentioned, when i became mayor we did not have full day kindergarten for every child. we made kindergarten full for every child. college. about four years ago, we've launched it and out kids in chicago have embarked on the scholarship. 81% of the children that used the scholarship, free tuition, free books, free transportation, 81% are the first ones to ever go to college. [applause]

good one gabriel's andro al-jazeera washington in and out as their ally from london still ahead a chicago court for past a sentence a white police officer who shot a black teenager sixteen times and the democratic republic of congo steps down a request from the african union to delay the announcement of the election results . hello again it's good to have you back well the tempers here in new south wales australia have been creeping into the mid forty's over the last several days and unfortunately here across the interior we're expecting to see more of that as a heat wave continues we're seeing a break is down here across the south east into the south we do have a form of brandy that is bringing some clouds across the region so for melbourne really not looking too bad for you with a temperature there of twenty two degrees over here towards adelaide it's going to be a little bit warmer at thirty here on saturday and then as we go towards sunday finally a little bit more of a break here for sydney as that front starts to push up towards the north you will see more clouds but there will be a

almost as cold in chicago. kansas city and st.ill have windchills in the minus 20s. >> even atlanta will have a windchill of 16. we begin with abc's alex perez. >> reporter: whiteout conditions from lake-effect snow sending drivers sliding all over a michigan highway. >> westbound at kalamazoo. reported multiple semis. at least ten vehicles involved. >> reporter: this multi-car wreck pinning some inside their vehicles. at least seven taken to the hospital. the blinding snow charged by super arctic air that's pouring into the lower 48 like it hasn't in decades. chicago forecasting a windchill of 50 below zero, frostbite can begin in five minutes. >> your extremities, fingers, toes, and those are the areas most affected in a short amount of time, we are talking in minutes. >> reporter: anybody that has to work outside like these minneapolis firefighters, at risk. >> to give you an idea of how cold it is, they take off their helmets and the steam just pours off of them. >> reporter: our eva pilgrim is also in minneapolis. >> reporter

this is chicago's oak street beach.his is where people to come to work out and lay in the sun during the summertime. all of that on lake michigan is iced over right now. the windchill advisory goes in effect in two hours. the overnight low is predicted to be around negative 20. the windchills as you mentioned a short time ago compound all of that. the homeless population is at risk here in chicago. we found one of the tent cities to the south and west of chicago's loop. found that the people there despite the city leaders out here opening warming shelters, homeless shelters, moving buses to the areas where the homeless people are. a lot of these people live in the tent cities have decided that they'll tough out the bad weather. >> it don't bother me. the weather doesn't bother me. i've been in the streets 11 years. doesn't bother me at all. >> governors in illinois, wisconsin and michigan have declared states of emergency so they can activate the national guard. the worst of it, if chicago will set a cold weather record

he was brutally attacked in chicago. >> police say they may have a key break in the case.detectives say they found surveillance video showing two potential persons of interest. this morning, chicago police are focusing in on these grainy images showing potential persons of interest in the alleged attack on actor jussie smollett. the 36-year-old told police he was walking down a street early tuesday when someone yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him. he says two men attacked pouring a chemical substance on him, possibly bleach, and wrapped a rope around his neck. smollett says they yelled maga country before running off. police have tracked the actor's movements confirming that video shows smollett walking across the street from those figures. investigators say he walks out of frame for a minute then reappears on another camera wearing a, quote, rope like a necktie. police say the video does not show the alleged assault. this morning an outpouring of support from smollett's co-stars on the hit show "empire." >> he's angry, but i know jussie. jussie's anger will dissipat

in the city of chicago where people around every corner and i think we're so decent that ties to the fact that we sort of just hop on over them and go on to our jobs. they're just like us and the reality is that a majority of americans can't afford a five hundred dollar emergency so we're all close to the homelessness and for me personally having worked in shelters and car parks my whole life. it's truly when you're going to go and it's you know it's scary. and sometimes you just have to do things to survive and you have to keep going you have to keep getting that degree because you know it's your only way out. and not everyone has the opportunity to go to school so we need to make education a right for all regardless of income station how you juggling get a new education and then also just making sure that you know you'll surviving because if you don't have a regular place to stay or so there's food issues as well just getting the next meal but when i come back home on the washington d.c. have a job waiting is that was that since high school basically when i come home from school an

in and out of chicago we understand that been canceled and even the u.s. postal service has canceled services from north dakota to nebraska to pennsylvania now the epicenter of the winter attack is expected to be in chicago where meteorologists are forecasting a record low on thursday morning of twenty seven degrees minus zero fahrenheit that's thirty two degrees below zero celsius you see right there now it's hard to imagine temperatures this low but to give you an idea take a look at this chicago will be colder today and tomorrow then the south pole the high temperature today. at precisely glacier antarctica is seven below in celsius that's warmer than in chicago well what is happening across north america can be blamed on what's known as the winter vortex there are two rivers of air circulating above us one is known as the jet stream and its movements are what allow warming cold fronts to migrate across the planet if you go higher up about forty eight kilometers you find what's known as the stratospheric polar vortex it's that circle you see right there

for chicago, 15 below for the high.s climb up to 46 degrees come sunday afternoon across the windy city. guys. >> unbelievable. thanks for that, pedram. >>> all right. that chat between president trump and vladimir putin in argentina was more than just a chat. a new report says talks between presidents trump and putin at the g20 last november more substantive than trump acknowledged. according to the "the new york times" trump sat down with no translator for 15 minutes. trump was accompanied byania melania, putin was flanked by his translator. >> according to an account, the two leaders discussed a number of foreign policy issues including the conflict in syria and russia's november attack on three ukrainian naval ships. "the washington post" reported that president trump tried to hide details of previous conversations with putin, including the one he had at the g20 in hamburg in 2017. >> the president and top intelligence officials clearly do not agree about the greatest global threats facing the u.s. in testimony with

the chicago police department announcing they've now expanded the search area along t the chicago river front. in the hope of finding surveillance footage that would enable them to publicly release a description of the offender. as police tried to catch the perpetrator is support for small it continues to pour in on social media. presidential hopeful kamala harris decried what she called a modern day lynching while house speaker nancy pelosi said that no one should be attacked for who they all full who they love. musician john legend echoing many in praying that justice is eventually served. let's get in positions right okay media is with us in the studio how to kate color and that there is a causal about seventy surrounding venezuela at the moment out one of the consequences of that. at is an intentional prices yeah we see oil prices rising fairly steadily since the us imposed sanctions on cracks the state run oil giant. us wti closed up one point 7% on wednesday that's the fifty four dollars and twenty three cents per barrel its best closing price since late november. the sanctions me

chicago negative 27. notice we get rid of those negative 45s and 50s.orrow morning, negative 18 is better. it will be cold in the northeast. nothing compared to what we are dealing with now. here's the best news of all. i mean, i think in chicago come super bowl sunday, you will see more than one person wearing shorts. that's how quickly we will have a huge warm-up. >> wow. >> there is chicago right now. chicago will warm up by about 70 degrees between now and sunday. >> wow. >> so our winter whiplash continues. >> how long -- zblo. >> global whaming. that's exactly what that is. >> in those types of temperatures, how long you can actually be outside? >> i mean, if you are protected, longer, obviously, any expoemsed skin, negative 50, five, ten minutes and are you in trouble. >> so basically stay inside. >> all of those areas have no school today. most of them. >> all right. thanks, guys. >>> still ahead, james harden continues his hot streak and anthony davis' trade demand is costing him millions of dollars, we'll talk about that next in sport sports.

don dahler, cbs news, chicago. >> wow. nine months from now, you watch what happens, baby boom in chicago. >>> 37 degrees below 0 outside. i'll tackle the outside stuff, ken. 37 below 0 in chicago, 50 below 0 right now in minneapolis, 1 a.m. it's cold. look at st. louis, same latitude as san francisco, 10 degrees below 0, the wind chill. it's not chilly around here. san francisco 53, san jose 53, oakland 54 tonight. our lows will not be 50 below 0. they will be 50 above 0. let us be thankful we live in the bay area. oakland 50, concord 48, mountain view 47. we have rain coming tomorrow. by tomorrow evening it will be raining. here's the storm. we have a satellite picture over the past 12 hours showing you that counterclockwise swirl heading in our direction. it will skirt the coastline meaning coastal locations, santa cruz mountains, san mateo county, marin county, you'll get the highest rainfall totals. you wake up tomorrow and say it's not going to rain. it's sunny. i know. by the afternoon it will be cloudy. by evening

are facing right now i wanted to show this headline from the chicago tribune dangerous deep freeze a weather alert a running list of everything that's closed in the city of chicago which is facing record breaking low temperatures. and talk to us about what it's like to be a student without a dedicated place to go in a place like that yeah it is. in a place that is so cold place that when i say cool but don't just mean temperature i live in the city of chicago where there are always people around every corner and i think we're so desensitized to that fact that we sort of just how bond over them and you know go on to our jobs but they're just like us and the reality is that a majority of americans can't afford a five hundred dollar emergency so we're all close to two to homelessness and for me personally having slept in shelters and colors and parks my whole life. it's chilly there pun intended but it's. you know it's. sometimes you just have to do things to survive and you have to keep going you have to keep getting that degree because you know it's your only way out. and not everyone

are facing right now i wanted to show this headline from the chicago tribune dangerous deep freeze a weather alert running lists of everything that's closed in the city of chicago which is facing record breaking low temperatures. talk to us about what it's like to be a student without a dedicated place to go in a place like that. in a place that is so cold and a place that and when i say cool they don't just mean temperature i live in the city of chicago where they're holding people around every corner and i think we're so desensitized to that fact that we sort of just hop on over them and you know go on to our jobs but they're just like us and the reality is that that a majority of americans can't afford a five hundred dollar emergency so we're all close to two to homelessness and for me personally having slept in shelters and cars and parks my whole life. it's. it's too chilly over there pun intended but it's it's you know it's scary and it's sad and sometimes you just have to do things to survive and you have to keep going you have to keep getting that degree because you know it's