cindy fitzgibbon is filling in.inst. >> i understand rob is a little taller than i am. >> yes. >> a little. >> i bring this up because 5'5" is how much snow they have had in the past week in erie, pennsylvania. >> whoa, you're >> unbelievable. think about that. it is insane. and you can see the video now. we look at the concerns all that snow is causing. it's piling up on roofs. flat roofs can't hold that weight. they've been clearing off the snow there. concerned for damage that could occur. if you're wondering about additional snow. not a lot out there now. take a look. we have had a little bit coming through indianapolis. a couple of inches. the lake-effect machine, winding down. to the north, additional snowfall. the bigger concern is the potential for a storm on the east coast toward the thursday of next week and behind that, just more cold air is coming on in. we'll have to see how close to the coast this comes. >> and all that weather brought to you by nicoderm cq. fun fact. hasn't been 32 degrees in new york

let's go to cindy fitzgibbon. she's from our boston affiliate wcvb. she's in for rob this morning. orning, cindy. >> good morning to you, dan. paula, as well. look at the map behind me. we see wind chill warnings and advisories in every state east of the rockies, except for florida. from the canadian border to the gull of coast this cold is gripping a huge part of the country. wind chills, all the minus signs. got down to as cold as 56 degrees below zero in north dakota overnight. as we head towards midnight, many parts of the country dealing with sub zero wind chills. in new york city, the temperature expected to be 11. that would make it the coldest new year's eve in about 55 years. the wind chill, of course, even colder. dan and paula? >> cindy, thank you very much. now to politics. a new report about what might have sparked the fbi's investigation into russia. >> "the new york times" is reporting what a former trump campaign adviser is alleged to have told an australian diplomat during a night of heavy drinking. abc's david wright is in west palm beach for us. significant report

let's bring in our meteorologist cindy fitzgibbon of our boston station. she is in times square tonight with the new year's forecast. cindy? >> reporter: hi, dan. it snowed here in times square earlier today, and as quickly as that moved out, yet another blast of arctic air is invading much of the country as we wrap up 2017. take a look at how it's going to feel tor below zero all day long, and in new york city, it will never feel higher than the single digits, and as the clock dips down toward midnight, the temperatures downright dangerous in the midwest. minneapolis, feeling 26 degrees below zero. the dangerous cold dipping into the deep south. just 11 in dallas. that's what it's going to feel like to ring in the new year. as we head into the first week of the new year, it looks like this dangerous cold is sticking around for millions. >> just what everybody wants to here i'm sure. thank you. >>> that cold adding another degree of difficulty to an already daunting security challenge here in new york city tomorrow night. the new york city firefighter will