this morning we take you to the coldest city in world. >> prince harry's journey to the south pole.hetic leg, potent home brew and lots of time spent building toilets. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> back inside a warm studio. it was cold out there, wasn't it? >> we weren't out there that long. >> i was starting to freeze in place. >> you feel bad for the people that work outside for an entire shift. >> no doubt about it. >> we begin with the latest round of wisht winter weather slamming a huge swath of the nation. >> from new york city where areas got a foot of snow making it difficult to get around. to chicago where hearty souls are used to wicked weather and windchills close to minus 25, lake-effect snow creating dangerous conditions there. >> the nation's capital, city nearly shut down. schools are closed down and federal employees are on a two-hour delay. in philadelphia the snow brought the region to a standstill. it is going to be a tough day ahead for travelers. the snowstor

it was the coldest city in the unitedtates today at minus 37 degrees. uding the wind chill. well this winter is shattering records, the weather channel to put together a list of the major cities with the call this average winter temperatures. analyst estimates top five to beat number five, omaha, neb. the suffering too badly. monday. number four, milwaukee, wisconsin. everest temperatures around 25 degrees which is where it was today. tuesday the high was-2. number three, madison wisconsin, on average subzero cold. temperatures right around 22 degrees. ohio monday-6. number two, anchorage, alaska. residents have been seeing record highs. a number one coldest major city in america is minneapolis minnesota. i've been there. the average temperature is around 19 deges, but that is a heat wave compared to the high of-11 other cold cities, chicago and others in upstate new york like rochester and buffalo bill on and on. still to come to my "2 cents more," in our legal panel did set out. stay with us. ♪ gerri: up next, people suing to get there mug shots remove

. >> reporter: in the coldest city in the continental u.s., it's an average day.tle chilly. >> but terry mason is not intimidated. >> here we go. >> reporter: in fact, the young mother of urur is kbeti ingetti to do something most of us wouldn't ever dare, run about six miles in what's called the real winter games. the test of cold weather endurance in brutal conditions. >> i did see frosty eyelashes, but it appears to be a-okay. i've got my gloves, my hat and my double socks. that's what you really, really need. >> reporter: "nightline" travelled to international falls, minnesota, where minnesota is a way of life. the jet to ssecret to surviving temperatures? no cowering indoors. these individuals do the opposite. they embrace it. >> nice and warm. >> right now, it's nine below zero. but it's not just a race. this canadian border town celebrates the cold with this annual event for the young and the young at heart. the bold, and the brave. there's something for everyone in this up to of 6,000. >> keep up the good work, girls. >> reporter: and it's a lifestyle less

that's the coldest weather that city has seen in quite some time. how cold is it? >> reporter: right now it's in the low 20s and it's plunging. you can see the trucks, the sand and snowplows. they were out all night. they've been brought back in to the georgia department of transportation depo because the risk of precipitation is gone but temperatures are dropping. atlanta public schools have been canceled along with many other counties around the atlanta area because you know, you don't want little kids standing out there in temperatures hovering around 1 degree to 0-degrees, and winds at 40 mph gusts making temperatures feel like they're 30. it's down right cold. not as cold as chicago, but people down here are not at all used to this kind of weather. >> robert, thank you very much. and bundle up. >>> german chancellor angela merkel suffering from a fall while skiing. she's recovering from a pelvic injury. all of her meeting have been canceled, including a meeting with the president o prime minif warsaw and president of luxembourg. >>> the dow right now following

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city. the coldest spot in the country, northern wisconsin, is minus 27.one with that snowstorm yesterday in chicago, st. louis, indianapolis and now you have these wind chill values on top of it are incredible. minus 34 in chicago. we're at minus 45 in fargo. the coldest wind chills i've been able to find were up there in northern portions of the state of north dakota. minus 57 in langdon, north dakota. this is what's sweeping east. we'll go from the great lakes into the northeast. the forecast highs. high temperature in chicago today is expected to be minus 11. that's significant, brian, because the coldest day in their recorded history is minus 11. that's the kind of records that were near. >> hope everyone is safe. thank you very much. >>> it warms up quickly this week. >> thank you, bill. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, "morning joe," liz cheney is dropping through the senate race. why she is making the move and what it shows us about politics in the republican party when we come back here. we'll huddle around the cooler. some new video of russi

cities. the coldest air in 20 years. more than a foot of snow fell over the midwest, and as the system pushes east, rain for the east coast. once that clears, places like new york city will go from 52 today to 10 tomorrow. charlie? nora? >> megan, thank you. >>> and we turn to politics and a surprise this morning from the daughter of former vice president dick cheney. liz cheney says she is dropping out of the race for u.s. senate in wyoming. jan crawford is live with the details. jan, good morning. why is she dropping out? >> reporter: she's indicating this morning that it's for personal reasons. this is a sudden end, nora, to what was a rocky campaign, one that only divided her family but taught members of the republican party. now, in the statement, she points to health reasons, she says serious health issues have recently arisen in our family, and and und the circumstances, i've decided to discontinue my campaign. my children and their futures were the reason, their wealth and well-being will be the overriding priorit

. >> the coldest it's been in new york city was minus 19 fahrenheit in the 1930s.gain. in 1934, the mercury dipped to minus 52 degrees in new york state. this winter, the lowest low so far, plus 4. . >> people forget what it was like 30 or 40 years ago. that makes them a little susceptible to people peddling nonsense. >> reporter: so he's saying don't listen to piers corbin. >> big extremes with very, very cold air at times. and this type of thing is going to continue for some decades. >> toughen up. this is no big deal. and that's easy for me to say from sunny, california. i'm nick watt for "nightline" in los angeles. >> thank you, nick watt, for rubbing it in. and coming up next here on "nightline," vin diesel doing his best version of katy perry's dark horse. wait until you see his beyonce. ♪ [ female announcer ] if you're struggling with bipolar depression, there are treatment options. ask your doctor if once a day latuda, lurasidone hcl, may help you. in clinical studies, latuda has been shown to be effective for many people struggling with bipolar depression.

city's histories before. maybe like chicago, detroit, toledo, areas that are typically cold, maybe one of the coldest recordedties. the these are the wind chills, sunday morning, the arctic blast through fargo and worse from here. sunday afternoon, even during the day, the temperature the continue to drop, minus 37 wind chills. that's heading for chicago, detroit, and that football game in green bay, dealing with temperatures well below zero too. so we're not done. winter, looks like it's here to stay for a while. >> i think santa might want to relocate. >> i think he did relocate. rudolph's nose went out. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. meteorologist bill. and coming up, new reports suggest speaker john boehner is embracing immigration reform. he hired an adviser and we'll talk to someone who employed that adviser next. at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. and unlike warfa

the coldest spot on the map, negative 55 windchill in langdon, north dakota. in kansas city, minus 30 in indianapolis. i feel for people in the ohio valley because they had that big snowstorm yesterday. and now they have the life-threatening windchills on top of it, and there's a lot of people without power still. >> that windchill makes a difference. >>> new overnight, the 13-year-old girl declared brain-dead after a tonsillectomy is out of the hospital and back in the custody of her mother. >> jahi mcmath has been taken from children's hospital, and brought to a place where they will use her name, instead of calling her a body. and where she can get to the starting line, instead of where children's has left her for the past power weeks almost at the finish line. >> and while the family's attorney would not reveal where jahi is headed, he said the place will allow her to have procedures done as soon as possible. one of those procedures would be to fit her with a feeding tube something that oakland's children's hospital refused to do because it ruled jahi brain-dead. her fam

chicago hand minneapolis could see some of the coldest temperatures in a decade. those cities are dealing with subzero windchills. boston and new york are also among some of the hardest hit areas. schools are closed. people are being advised to stay indoors. >> in you do not need to travel today, please stay home. if you do have to travel take mass transit. >> now, the storm has also forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights. some of those flights are affecting passengers in the bay area. we did check with all three major bay area airports. sfo had the most canceled flights, about 38 departures ndz and ariferg -- and arrival as. they are reporting two, three- hour delays for arrivals from the east coast. >>> well, the obama administration says a supreme court justice should stop blocking the new healthcare laws requirement that some religious organizations provide insurance that includes birth control. our reporter tells us what comes next. >> reporter: the government submitted its response to the supreme court friday morning asking the court not to allow two roman cathol

it is so harsh, the city issued a quote, particularly dangerous situation warning for historic, and life-threatening cold. it's one of the coldest days in decades, as temperatures are well below zero in many major cities. >> minot, north dakota is colder today than antarctica. temperatures dipped to 20 below zero early this morning. the same bone numbing temperatures are freezing the midwest. forecasters blame it on a weather pattern, called the polar vortex, that's pushing weather from the north pole all the way to the deep south. parts of the midwest will see the lowest temperatures in 20 years. in chicago, steam is rising from lake michigan, because the air is colder than the water. windchills are close to 40 below. >> this must be brutally cold. no problems staying in two days if we have to. >> reporter: people in minneapolis are used to cold weather, but this is different, and dangerous, with the high temperature expected to be 15 degrees below zero, all schools have been closed and utility companies are working overtime to make sure they're ready if anyone loses power or heat. >> it is now illegal to drive in minneapolis e

. >> the coldest weather in nearly 20 years for some cities. forecasters expected to be warmer in anchorage, alaska, then in nashville and atlanta. >> whether is to blame for a plane that skidded off the runway at jfk airport in new york. we will have the details after the break. >> california lawmakers are returning to the capitol this week for a pivotal election-year session. expect fights over billions of dollars in new tax revenue and leadership changes in both parties. democrats will work to protect the supermajorities that give them command of state politics, as a federal corruption investigation hangs over one of their own in the senate. >> meanwhile, freshmen lawmakers elected under california's newly extended term limits will come of age, a class that could dominate the lawmaking process for more than a decade. >> president obama is back in washington d.c. after a two weeklong holiday trip to hawaii. he returned home sunday with his daughter's. first lady michelle obama is staying at a few more days to spend time with her friends and f

kansas city had the third coldest, negative 6 with the chiefs, hotelling the af all right divisionalan. all the fans attending the came in green bay will receive free hand warmers, hot coffee and chocolate. >> it wasn't a heatwave for the being else. philip rivers made good use of gloves connecting 12 of 15 passes. the defence took advantage of cincinnati's four turnovers. san diego win it extending the wind streak to five games. the win sends them to denver. denver broncos 13-3. the other game features the new england patriots hosting the colts at 8 o'clock. >> the university of texas hired a new head coach, charlie strong, former coach of a university team. he made is to fall ball games. >> a new head coach in texas. today marks the beginning of a car rally, a well-known off-road race. it's been met with controversy as environmentalists and others say it causes too much pollution. it hits more than 400 cars, motorcycles and trucks. it ran from paris and now it runs from argentina to chile. >> another quick look at the weather because as we mentioned it's very, very cold out there.

coldest in years. the blast will hit some southern cities with bitter cold, no doubt, 2014 is roaring in line a lion. >> this is a live look at sfo, nationwide a total of 5,000 flights were cancellinged this weekend, another 1500 tomorrow. san francisco international reports 66 flight kansas calculations and some delays because of the extreme weather weather. oakland, reports seven delays. >>> the war of words in the battle of the fate of 13-year-old jahi mcmarket is turning nasty. the family's attorney says everything is in place to move her to a new facility and the family wants to give jahi nutrientses so her brain can be at optimum efficiency. a hospital spokesman says it's a lie. >> this is a deceased young woman. no amount of food, medicine, medical machinery, time or hope is going to bring her back. it's wrong and unethical for mr. dolan to mislead the family and public there's any amount of hope for any food that could possibly bring back this deceased young woman. >> she was declared braindead last month following complications from snows throat surgery. >>> a plane crashes in an area known as

(laughs) >> reporter: we're expecting the coldest new year's eve in the twin cities in six years, and as cold as it is here, in northern minnesota, they could break records. international falls could reach minus 39 by midnight, and chicago could ring in the new year with a half a foot of snow. >> dubois: jamie, thank you. it's not just chicago. a snow storm is expected from the central plains to upstate new york and northern pennsylvania. the snow is expected to move into new england tomorrow night. heavier snow is predicted in the northeast thursday night into friday, and boston could get as much as a foot. federal investigators flew to north dakota today to figure out what caused a freight train derailment and crash that led to several massive explosions. an evacuation order was lifted this afternoon. this latest accident is raising questions about the safety of transporting crude oil by rail. here's transportation correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: the thick fire continued to burn just outside of castleton, north dakota, a full day after two trains collided. while no one was i

temperatures 3 in the coldest areas to about 11 in the city. winds out of the west at 5 to 10 miles per hour. and as we move through the next couple of days, a progressive trend here. you can see those numbers going up. 38 on thursday. 40 on friday with that early mix. 54 on saturday. right now we're calling for rain almost all day saturday. it may leak into sunday. right now i'm trying to keep sunday dry with a high of 52. and then early next week, temperatures above average. so, yes, we have been in the freezer for sure. but it looks like we are going to get out of it fairly quickly. and there is some nice weather to come before the cold air moves back in. that's not going to happen for a while, though. so enjoy it while you. my chair is a little too high. >> just glad to see we're headed in the right direction. >> exactly. >> thank you, doug. >>> coming up in sports, more on >>> coming up in sports, more on the redskinsoh!earch for a new progress-oh! -oh! -oh! oh! oh! ♪ what do you know? oh! ♪ bacon? -oh! -oh! oh! [ female announcer ] with 4

cities tied 69 degrees. the wind chill map shows coldest air over minneapolis, great lake, northeast. we're mild everywhere pretty much rockies westwards. temperatures continue to be warm with pacific air. a lot of quick moving fronts moving through the west. brief periods of rain and windy conditions. thisle afternoon is one of those as a weak system comes through. that's the cold front off the coast. doesn't look like this will make it southward. there will be snow in the cascades, maybe as much as a foot over the next 24 hours. it will be spread out. winter weather advisories are issued. that know is mostly over 3,000. forecasted city, on and have the umbrella handy in seattle through the weekend. >>> so the historic arctic outbreak leaves some arguing the drought situation in california is by far the bigger story. it doesn't get as much attention. >> when we warm up, we'll be dealing with drought. >> we're going to be. >> thank you bill. >>> it's so cold out there an escaped prisoner surrenders to police to get warm again. >>> plus solar flares directed at earth. >>> and a shortag

coldest spots. the rest of us, hayward 44. 42 redwood city. a repeat of last night and the night before that. tomorrow afternoon a repeat of last couple days. summer pattern, jet stream is going over -- into the gulf of alaska. not supposed to happen this time of year. next couple days we stay dry. end of the month, continued dry. that is what the models say. things can change. highs tomorrow 69 fairfield. going out tomorrow, wake up in the morning, it is chilly. you have a jacket. coming home it is 74 degrees. very warm afternoon in the north bay. air quality is good. surf is coming up. down now but starting on saturday and sunday, really going to jack up a lot. that is dangerous because when the weather is nice everybody goes to the beach. be prepared for that. f you are going to the coast. -- if you are going to the coast. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, a big game on channel 2 on sunday. you know what i am talking about. outstanding weather for the game. mark e, julie haener, joe -- mark ibanez, julie haener, mark f -- joe fonzi will be there. >> i can't get over tho

that this is the coldest weather that city has seen in a long time, so how cold is it there?, del, it is a beautiful, chilly morning who are in the deep south in atlanta. here's a fact that should get your attention pretty quickly. it's warmer in anchorage, alaska today than it is in atlanta, georgia. last night at about midnight, it was near 50 degrees, believe it or not, with rain coming down. overnight, the temperatures have plunged. we are at the 20's and expected to go down to the single digits, but with the wind chill, we are looking at perhaps negative 30 degrees by later this evening. you can see behind me the salt and sand trucks that the city of atlanta has deployed. they are looking although for black ice around this town. north of here in the georgia mountains, we are seeing a couple of inches of snow right now. this is not an area of the part of the world that i also used to this kind of weather, so people are taking it very clowe this morning. let me brick in someone from the georgia department of transportation. you guys are not quite used to this. in 2011, you

new york city, coldest january 7th since 1896. just amazing. what you see is a coldary going over the warmer atlantic. it creates a sea spritz or sea smoke. not the pino. appreciates the tweets. you don't see this often. i think 32 states have windchill advisories or warnings. the lake-effect snow. buffalo 1 to 3 feet. it's 30 below with a temperature of minus 4 and grand ra pidz picking up a lot of that lake-effect. that will be -- that can stack up and stack up and then you go a mile away and there's hardly anything. 29 in utah. 30 in sacramento. a lot high and mid-level clouds. a few breaks. maybe a sminkgle or two -- sprinkle or two. a little cooler. temperatures will be in the upper 50s and low 60s. i mean, we've been so far pov on the temperatures -- above on the temperatures, it makes sense we keep it here. there will be a stronger system coming in on thursday. do give us rain to the north and then -- could give us rain to the north and then after that we get a slow warm july -- warmup and sunshine. >>> a taiwanese man washes to shore af

coldest temperatures in almost 20 years. as much as 50 degrees below average in some cities.an a new record low in minnesota, the current record set in 1996 issue 64 degrees below zero. >> goes to a hundred below. and if it gets that cold, i don't want to be here. >> reporter: i'm andrew spencer reporting. >> feel guilty about our nice weather here. >> we've had record-breaking warm temperatures, and they are going to see unbelievable dangerous cold. >> might want to wear short pants. >> yes. >> short pants? i would think not. >> we're dreaming about that. what are short pants? . >> around the bay area today, we are going see unusually warm weather again. might want to break out those short pants. otherwise temperatures going to be moving up to the mid-60s inside the bay, also in the valley. low 60s toward the coastline. a few passing clouds overhead. out the door we go. maybe patchy frost showing up in some of the valleys, 3 santa rosa, 48 degrees in san francisco. this afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds, 56 in san jose, 6 also in oakland. should be about 63 degrees in san f

meanwhile, new york city prepares for its coldest weather of the year by the end of the week, with theture expected to drop below five degrees. let's hope it warms up below super bowl sunday. >>> but up in plymouth, massachusetts, boy, the snow continued this morning. the weather channel's mike seidel was there in plymouth with more for us. >> reporter: hi, richard. it is still snowing and blowing out here in plymouth. out here on the south shore, the snow continues to add up. meanwhile, you get back towards boston and it's ended. logan airport had a little over four inches, but you get down away from logan down here into plymouth, parts of plymouth county, as much as 18 inches of snow. we've had wind gusts here across the cape and on the island, over 40 miles an hour. behind me, we can now see the buildings. a couple of hours ago, it was snowing so hard we couldn't even see those. visibility was down to about 250 yards. but as the snowfall rate has backed off, what we noticed a lot of right now, which isn't surprising, is the plowing and digging out of this area from all this snowfall

the nfl playoff showdown between the packers an 49ers could be the coldest game in nfl history. in new york cityre are lucky to be alive after their small plane made a crash landing on the new york throughway. no ground vehicles were involved. fire officials say one person on the plane was treated for a minor head injury. msnbc host melissa harris perry teared up on national television during an apology to mitt romney's family on their new le adopted african-american grandson. outrange erupted after she and the panel joked about this photo of romney holding his grandson. and andrew cuomo is announcing executive order next week, allowing limited use of medical marijuana. recreational use became legal in colorado this week. >>> a knife found in a lake, an alleged murder weapon, rumors of satanic rituals and the words of a convicted killer. all of it adding up to an apparent slam dunk in the case against jason baldwin and damien echols. >> any time we would go to court, they were always standing along the walkway when they would lead us into the building, you know, screaming, holding signs. wishing

chicago will experience one of the coldest stretches in recorded weather history. right outside here in new york city, temperature are expected to hit zero degrees for the first time in 20 years. the coldest sure to make the snow clean-up pretty difficult. especially in the hardest hit areas including parts of massachusetts, which saw nearly two feet of snow. and for some coastal communities including neighborhoods in new jersey and massachusetts, flooding is just adding to the pain. the storm also caused a whole lot of problems for a whole lot of travelers. more than 2,400 flights were canceled today on top of more than 2,600 flights canceled yesterday. frederick in boston braving the cold for us. how are people there dealing with the cold and snow? >> well, it is the cold that is making it more difficult to deal with. i can tell you over the last couple hours, what's happening is that the sky has pretty much totally cleared up. with that the temperature have started plummeting. i would say about four or five degrees above zero but we're expecting it to go down to minus 7 below. and many people were

freeze zone, all-time records fell with the plunging mercury, five cities along the upper ohio valley re-wrote history with the coldest january 22 on the books, several hitting double digits below zero. while it is plenty cold, there is plenty of snow. as much as 15-plus inches in places, a record 13 inches in philadelphia, creating a dangerous mix with ice on new york city streets. apple's flagship store in manhattan sports a bruise. in a 32-foot high panel, the result of a snow blowing incident. at metlife stadium hosting the super bowl in 11 days workers were digging out. >> are you going to need help getting out of that? >> reporter: even the veteran weather channel operator mike seidel were involved. some took to social media. to air frustrations from tuesday's slushy evening commute where some the trip home took nearly six hours. in new york city what is normally a half hour trip turned into nearly a five hour bus ride for one unlucky child. now trains around new york city were on weekend schedules this week, and as you can see, one is now past due. >>> more on this big area cold east of the mississippi. al roke

weather for the northeast in the big cities on new york and boston will be 9:00, 10:00 tonight until about 10:00 tomorrow morning. and then after that, the coldestabout 3 or 4 degrees in central park on saturday morning. back to you. >> hey, we had a good summer. at some point, mike, you have to just let it happen. mike seidel there watching a very cold weather front headed our way. straight ahead on the program, following months of rumors, kara swisher and walt mossberg have found a home and have effectively become part of the cnbc news family. we'll talk to them about what lies ahead live after this break. so i c an reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7. i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that in your muscles? i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches let's us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. a new way to bank. a better way to save. bank. your money needs an ally. >>> first trading day of 2014 and we are 60 minutes into trade. here are the stories we're squawking about at 7:3

in january of 2004, al gore held a global warming rally in new york city that turned out to be what would go down as the coldest day in history in new york city. three years later october of 2007 al gore gave a big global warming speech at harvard university and it coincided with the temperatures that broke boston's 125-year-old temperature record. in march of 2009, the speaker of the house nancy pelosi was snowed out of a global warming rally in washington, d.c. because of all the snow her plane wasn't able to land and they had to cancel her appearance in the event. a year later march of 2010, the senate environment and public works fee committee had to cancel a hearing entitled global warming impacts in the united states due to a major snowstorm. at that time i was the ranking member of the -- of that committee and they were all geared up ready to have this big hearing and couldn't do it because of the major snowstorm. that was 2010. this has been going on now for every year going back to 2007. just last year, july of 2013, a cruise liner that was chartered to discuss the impact of global warming planned to s

city. cool in the northeast. the coldest air holds off before that moves in. alex? >> thank you for that. other headlines, police say a driver struck a pedestrian in a parking lot as she tried to flee after a hit and run accident. it was caught on tape in a parking lot there in a walmart in arizona. the car being chased spins out of control, hits a shopper returning to a parked car. it was take ton the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries. >>> there is word this morning the security breach that compromised credit cards for target customers is part of a larger scam. a cyber security firm that works with the secret service said other retailers were probably hacked as well. the malware was at six other addresses. we don't know which ones. neiman marcus said their customers rr compromised s. ax chemical spill that left hundreds of thousands of people without water is filing bankruptcy. many lawsuits by businesses forced to shut down for days. it was tainted after a chemical leaked and wound up in the river contaminating the state's largest water system. >>> a new jaw dropp

the nfc, negative 9 mark and the kansas city, this is the site of the third coldest game ever, the 4tholts. there is no temperature rule that states in the united states, any temperature is deemed too cold to play. but they have been changing something. >> this is almost like a dress rehearsal for the, team, right? >>> jessica. thank you very much. bisi onile-ere takes a look at why it is there are no more lines underground. >> wreaks havoc on power lines and patience. matt who lives in a suburb outside of detroit has dealt with his fair share of power outages. >> i did have a couple maybe two years ago, maybe a day or two. every year hundreds of thousands are affected by power out's. 69% of the be power line are above ground and 31 wers are low, which best the question, why aren't all-k has herd that one more than onceness. >> you have to weigh the costs and the benefit, as a reeg intnt, the agency felts it would costs 1 million, the average homeowner would have to pay thousands of dollars more per year. >> occasionally we hear from a city regarding this issue. but when they realize t

to normal across much of the us in the coming days after fifty u s cities set new record low temperatures on tuesday making it the coldest day of this entry in the us . i am the rich and aunt j and more. though. it is. guy. the there's a lot of good talk about the target deletion chips between the jewish settlers and the palestinians in the west bank. however we found out that there are many exceptions to the rules of collaborations and understanding between the two people who occupied the same land. he's one of the largest producers of plastics and teary and plumbing products in the bark on industrial area. it is moved to cincinnati area after the factory relocated from the israeli city lot the seal you wouldn't cohen is extremely proud to help further the understanding between israeli and the palestinians by hiring goes to work side by side up winning the a a nice seasonal sales of posting and disease ridden it. and it's really good walk in a very good because when you give it a condition and has been the respect due to a wonderful relationship between the palestinian call captains isn't a walk at their best to embark

coldest weather in nearly 20 years. an air mass -- is moving across the midwest, south, northeast. andrew spencer tells us, in many citiescolder than in alaska. >> i got regular -- this jacket right here. hat, glove. i'm still cold. >> reporter: the cold weather goes well beyond the 3 degrees in mick. an arctic blast will drop temperatures to zoe row below. as many as 140 million americans will feel the effect. colder weather in nashville. the ice has already stranded travelers in nashville where bus rides have been canceled or delayed. >> i don't know when i'll be able to get home. >> reporter: flightaware.com reported another 3,000 airline flights canceled on sunday. the national weather service says much of the united states will see the coldest temperatures in almost 20 years. as much as 50 degrees below average in some cities. that could mean a new record low in minnesota. the current record set in 1996, 64 degrees below zero if it's that cold, i don't want to be here. >> reporter: i'm andrew spencer. >> just sounds cold. >> i know. dangerous. >> you walk out. your skin freezes in a matter of minutes. folks have to

cities in anbar province. >> millions of americans are in the midst of the coldest weather in temperatures. half the nation will see zero degrees or west. a snow storm blanketed much of the country. >> in aspen colorado a business jet crashed. one killed, another seriously hurt. the jet was arriving from tuscon when it crashed and burst into flames. >> south sudan peace talks have been pushed back to monday, the hold up to do with releasing prisoners from the government and opposition. the meetings will be healed in ethiopia. >> voting polls closed in violence-torn elections in bangladesh. 19 have been killed. 300 precincts were damaged, burnt or closed early. >> those are the headlines. "talk to al jazeera" is next. for news updates from around the world go to aljazeera.com. have a good night. >> everything that we thought about the messiah was wrong. >> america attacked canada and canada chose to fight a guerilla war in response, you should put your money on canada. >> on "talk to al jazeera" you have heard riveting stories. >> i had many talks with nelson mandela. i never heard him say h

james kim cctv north america is experiencing some of the coldest temperatures of that scene in twenty years the average temperature in many cities across the united states on monday was a polka minus six degrees celsius since the fourth of the year they have been at least three hundred sixty low temperature record set up cost twenty seven states in the us and believe it or not to z is shaping up to be even colder for millions across the us i am pro life threatening record breaking cold affecting as many as one hundred and forty million americans. it's called disdain for taking twenty meters in many parts of the united states slapped by a forum for tanks temperatures have dropped below zero fahrenheit. in its least twenty six eight minus eighteen degrees celsius it's dated. as for why it is unbelievably cold. i have like no other use it. this is just ridiculous. it is the only hurdle here in central us. i mean eric is needed when temperatures reached thirty to fifty degrees below normal and officials across the region can't stress enough how dangerous it is and how temperature. the potentially deadly or so why call him tommy to a

coldest of this air pass. windchill readings, 50 below zero or colder, where you see purple on the map. the extreme cold extends all the way down to kansas city, st. louis and indianapolis. windchill warnings and advisories cover a huge part of the country. tonight, tomorrow and into tuesday. that cold air reaches all the way down to the northern gulf coast. and windchill temperatures by tuesday morning, 12 below in atlanta, 26 degrees is cold for florida in orlando. and that cold air continues to push towards the east. so, it will feel like 40 below in pittsburgh, 20 below in philadelphia and in new york city, it feels like 16 below tuesday morning. >> tomorrow morning when you wake up, parts of this country, you said 57 below, we can't underscore the danger of frostbite. >> very dangerous. >> all right, brad, our thanks to you and wsb tonight. we will have much more on this frozen nation, those early morning windchills, first thing in the morning, robin and george are back this week, for "good morning america." >>> in the meantime, we move on here tonight to a fire in this new york city skyscraper behind me, and from the 26th floor, a frant

city and throughout the midwest. snow and ice can wreak havoc on the roads. it is some of the coldest weather in decades. wind chill is plunging far below zero. there is nothing people can do except bundle up and ride it out. abc news, new york. >> tomorrow congress returns to work. there will be plenty on the agenda. i spoke with a politico reporter. >> when they get back to session, the order of business will definitely be to work on the package of unemployment benefits. there is a three-month month deal on the table of the senate. the three-month package will extend the unemployment benefits that expired back in december as a temporary fix that will allow them to work on them or long- term solution. there's also a push for other items that the upper relations committee will have to deal with in terms of where the dollars will go. bill thatlso the farm will need to be dealt with and transportation bills that will have to be dealt with that are left on the table from last time. >> that sound like quite a bit on their plate. what many of them get approved? >> good question. it looks like appropriations p

. >>> millions of mairps are experiencing the coldest weather in decades with temperatures at or below zero cities classes and even banning nonemergency vehicles from roads. deep freeze is forecasts to last for days. >>> president obama is back in washington after two weeks in sunny hawaii. he's got a lot on his agenda. at the top lobbying lawmakers to exte

the nfl showdown could be the coldest game in nfl history, might be. in new york cityucky to be alive after their small plane made a crash landing on the new york freeway. no ground vehicles were involved. one person on the plane was treated for a minor head injury. msnbc host melissa harris-perry teared up during an apology after their adopted african-american grandson. outrage erupted after they joked about this photo featuring romney holding his grandson. the new york times reports governor andrew is having limbed use of medical marijuana. stay with cnn for the latest news updates. >> reporter: on falcon lake there has been no sign of david hartley's body, his jet ski, anything that could prove his wife's story, that her husband was shot to death by mexican drug smugglers. the beheading of the one mexican detective trying to solve the crime has dealt the hartleys another blow. you feel right now there's people in mexico maybe even police in mexico who won't say what happened to david. >> uh-huh, i do. >> reporter: because they're afraid. >> yes. if you have threats

the coldest high they ever seen in the city is minus 14. that dates back to the early 1900s. cincinnati and detroit do in this department when it comes to highs with historic high temperatures. wind chills in minneapolis, down to 60 below. we know across cincinnati and detroit, only five times in history have they seen temperatures drop below zero. it is expected to happen as we head toward tuesday morning across some of the areas. of course, before all that, the second storm system of the season of the year begins to push in. significant snow will be expected across much of the upper midwest with this. we're talking about 12 or 14 inches in isolated spots. indianapolis, st. louis and chicago get in on it, guys. we talk about snow being highly reflective. the temperatures not going to be warmed up across the region and arctic air comes in behind it. >> i don't know if people have sweaters and hats and gloves warm up. pedram, thank you. >>> today might not be, you know, the best day at the airport. nearly 800 flights have already been canceled. >> and it's only 9:00. >> that is

city. certainly the coldest air of the season so far. and we've got even more to talk about.w, let's go up to massachusetts and ron claiborne. >> reporter: hey, ginger. i'm about 20, 30 miles south of boston. it is still snowing and blowing. we're getting pretty good gusts here. i would guess maybe 20 miles per hour or so. and the snow's still coming out. it's hard to gauge how much snow we have had because it's drifting around. i'm going to stick my foot in here. looks like a good ten inches or so. there's much higher piles a few feet away. this area has seen gusts up to 55 miles per hour overnight. pretty powerful gusts. a little bit of flooding. some homes affected. but nothing too serious yet. there will be another high tide in a few more hours. and the temperatures expected to go way down later today. we're looking at minus 5, minus 8 degrees below zero. going back to you, ginger, now. and it's a bad situation out here. ginger, back to you. >> and it's only getting worse, ron. thank you for that report. we have to check in with gio benitez. he's been in chicago, first wi

city. this may be the coldest day across the united states in a must 20 years. more than 4000 flights were canceled on monday, several thousand more have already been scrubbed. jetblue canceled all of their flight yesterday. >> international falls as a kid was the place to look to. .6 below zero >> they're all of these videos out on youtube of people who have taken boiling water and the minute they put it outside, it turns to snow. it is incredible. >> they are used to it. if you grow up in a cold place. >> but this is a serious situation. >> that is an exclusive. tom calling the weather. >> seriously, pay attention to the pros. what else do we have? >> the senate has confirmed janet yellen to be the first female chairman and a history of the federal reserve. she will take over when ben bernanke's term expires at the end of the month. she has been the fed vice chairman since 20 10. her confirmation at a record low number of votes versus what ben bernanke got. >> still, a big deal. >> shows the political divide among congress. will not at jpmorgan be penalized as

city. it was one of the coldest days in new york city in its history. in march of 2007 a capitol hill media briefing on the senate climate bill was canceled due to a snowstorm. in april of 2007 a global warming rally was greeted by unseasonable snow. several of them were canceled. in october of 2007, gore's global warming speech at harvard university coincided with temperatures that nearly broke a 125-year temperature record. october of -- it wasn't just here. the -- in october of 2007, the british house of commons held a marathon debate on global warming during london's first october snowfall since 1922. december of 2008 al gore spoke to an audience in milan -- by the way, i was there during this thing -- in milan italy about gloamplet outside it is snowing -- global warming outside it is snowing a rare event in that area. snow and freezing rain also strike rome, polermo naples and sicily. it's kind of interesting, a lot of people are not aware that the ones that were responsible for the whole global warming movement was the united nations and it was a