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phillip mena. 150 million americans are in the path of another coast-to-coast winter storm the deep south is getting a rare blast of extreme cold. this video was taken in san antonio, texas where these kids had never experienced snow like this before. but the harsh conditions are also causing chaos on the roads. nbc's kathy park is following the storm for us good morning, kathy. >> reporter: hey, phillip, good morning to you here we go again winter weather is back and it's packing a powerful punch all across the country, shattering records for snowfall totals and brutal cold temperatures punishing winter weather stretching across the country from oregon to mississippi this fiery scene in jackson being blamed on freezing rain on an icy interstate. in oklahoma, dangerous roads cause a chain reaction crash widespread snow and ice making a mess in texas as the state braces for an historic blow. >> all of texas is facing an extremely dangerous winter storm in the coming days >> slow down, slow down. >> reporter: bleak conditions sent 18-wheelers off the freeway, and wrecks began piling up the

i think it's safe to say that temperatures have well and truly recovered now across the deep south of the us stu's day last week the 6 think the fabric temperatures were struggling to get to where they fell as low as minus 19 celsius in dallas couple days back we got up to plus $27.00 so massive swing in temperatures still a little bit of cooler air coming down towards the southeast as it bumps into our warmer air we will see some lively showers on a cold fronts here where we can you can see how the the warm has made its way back in and as we go on through the next couple of days temperatures will generally continue to recover should about 18 celsius in dallas 21 here by saturday not looking too bad but we have got wetter weather across the deep south parts of texas arkansas so just pushing up towards the tennessee valley we're going to see some weather weather just easing over towards that eastern seaboard meanwhile still some wintry weather across the rockies around the cost cascades we're going to see wet and windy weather and when few weather piling in here avalanche risk has been

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i think it's safe to say that temperatures have well and truly recovered now across the deep south of the u.s. tuesday last week the 6 think the fabric temperatures were struggling to get to where they fell as low as minus 19 celsius in dallas of the days that we got up to plus $27.00 say massive swing in temperatures still a little bit of cooler air coming down towards the southeast as it bumps into our warmer air we will see some light showers on a cold fronts here that we can you can see how the the warmth has made its way back in this we go on through the next couple of days temperatures will generally continue to recover ship about 18 celsius in dallas 21 here by saturday not looking too bad but we have got a lot wetter weather across the deep south will cost of texas arkansas so just pushing up towards the tennessee valley we're going to see some weather weather just easing over towards that eastern seaboard meanwhile still some wintry weather across the rockies around the cost cascades we're going to see wet and windy weather and when few weather piling in here avalanche risk h

i think as we get toward tomorrow afternoon we're going get out of the 30's in the deep south you're going to be up in the 40's and even better than that how about near 60 degrees by sunday after that we really see a big change in the weather pattern in the deep south. those temperatures under high pressure likely to soar by tuesday probably the mid 60's, so that you get a chance to thaw but now here comes all the cleanup and all the things they have to take care of. it is just going to be a mess there much of texas not prepared for a cold snap like that guys. >>all right lawrence coming up president biden's strong message to us allies that the virtual munich security conference today. also capitol rioters are making their case for why they should not be punished for participating in the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol. so drive gone wrong we're going to tell you a couple the flan on spending their weekend in paradise may be facing federal charges. >>get louisiana couple has turned a trip to paradise into now felony charges said the pair is accused of trying to bribe a tsa ag

begin with over 150 million americans beginning this week facing wicked winter weather much of the deep south has been hit with a deep freeze semitrucks sliding out of control in texas and oklahoma. police confirming overnight at least one truck driver was killed in a series of crashes along interstate 20 on sunday. over 160,000 power outages have been reported across the lone star state, and just before midnight, police said they were responding to 134 crashes in houston alone. nbc's dan schenamen kicks off our coverage of this massive storm. >> reporter: bone-chilling temperatures gripping the nation, from the east coast to the west coast in the southwest, a state of emergency has been declared in oklahoma icy road conditions blamed for mavis crash. the deep freeze also felt in texas. >> who would think it would be in texas where you wake up in the morning and see nothing but snow and it's so cold. >> reporter: heavy snow fell in lubbock and in midland in the northeast, the shore of lake erie under a thick layer of ice. and ice covered the streets and schwaubs of philadelphia to the west, u

>>and dual threat in the deep south first it was electricity now concerns about clean water. it's impacting more than 10 million americans much of the country still feeling the impact of the deadly winter storm and brought freezing temperatures and overwhelmed power grades, texas governor greg abbott says all the state's power plants are back online. but hundreds of thousands of people are still in the dark because of downed power lines. now texas, public water systems are also experiencing disruptions forcing more than 13 million to boil their water that problem is leading to lines and empty shelves at grocery stores. now the storm is also affecting us here in the bay area. but in a different way the bad weather is slowing shipment of covid vaccines to california kron four's dan kerman reports. well the bay area basks in beautiful february whether much of the rest of the country is getting pummeled. >>and now those winter storms are hampering the bay area's effort to vaccinate people for covid-19 former in county approximately 3500 moderna doses that were planned to arrive t

taking a plunge all the way to the deep south i think as we head throughout the week. so certainly going to be major weather story across the country this the forecast is a current temperatures now across the u.s. you look at a -10 there in mind i -6 in minneapolis watch what happens as we head toward the highs in the afternoon tomorrow. we're still talking only 5 degrees in minneapolis that. it's quite warmer than they had yesterday a high of -3 if you can believe that -5 the mine up a look at the temperatures all the way down the south. you see about 18 degrees for a high in wichita, 14 in kansas city 31 in norman, this is going to continue to plunge further and further south as we head throughout the week outside tonight we are going to see plenty of clouds across our skies not much in the way of rain but that may change though as we head toward the latter part of weak system kind of sliding on through bringing a lot of clouds but not much in the way of moisture we see those clouds on and off again for the day tomorrow then i think we clear things out for a good par

he is the cold across much of north america we have seen the icy conditions of course into the deep south we've got this town a bit silly cold weather continuing here really has dug in spilling out of canada that out to blast all the way down across the deep south but as we go on through the next couple of days the freezing rain the course they harang this accident in texas that's moving further a switch some wetter whether they're pumping into that very cold air for ling the rain falling on the hence the freezing rain a quality day as we go on through saturday but notice we do have more snow just spilling off the rockies and that's going to make its way further east which is we go on through sunday temperatures in dallas will struggle to reach minus 3 degrees as a high by sunday some wet weather there just around the eastern seaboard the mid atlantic states in some clouds and rain little bit of snow then to eastern parts of kind of kind of the actually drive it bitterly cold what is $25.00 the top temperatures there in a with a pack we'll see some wet weather some wintry weather pushing

this has been historic for the entire region, the midwest and deep south texas has never experienced a week of winter like this in our reporting history of the region. i mean, the late 1800s had a big cold spell like this, but it didn't last for five to six days it's still frigid. we'll have one more dangerous night, pipes bursting, more record lows. it's still frigid. 34 degrees in houston. temperatures still 30 degrees colder than they should be as we continue to move and go through the forecast tomorrow morning, we're going see record lows we'll shatter our records in many spots clear night, cold, almost expect it that's where we're going to have additional problems. it's not until this weekend that we see the big huge warmup, houston into the 60s dallas by sunday into the 50s. that will quickly melt all of the snow hopefully start repairing everything still not done with all of the snow out there still have 74 million people under winter weather advisories. another snowstorm. dell rio, texas, on the border of mexico, 10 inches of snow today. the snowiest day in the city's history

i think it's safe to say that temperatures have well and truly recovered now across the deep south of the us stu's day last week the 6 think the february temperatures were struggling to get to where they fell as low as minus 19 celsius in dallas a couple days back we got up to plus $27.00 so a massive swing in temperatures still a little bit of cooler air coming down towards the southeast as it bumps into our warmer air we will see some lively showers on a cold fronts here where we go you can see how the the warm has made its way back in this we go on through the next couple of days temperatures will generally continue to recover should about 18 celsius in dallas or 21 here by saturday not looking too bad but we have got that wetter weather across the deep south will parts of texas arkansas just pushing up towards the tennessee valley we're going to see some weather weather just easing over towards that eastern seaboard meanwhile still some wintry weather across the rockies around the course cascades we're going to see wet and windy weather and wintry weather piling in here avalanche

. >> the winterworthy that froze much of the deep south is causing dangerous conditions across the mid-atlantic appear northeast. another powerful storm expected to bring more snow, more sleet, more freezing rain, well into tomorrow nbc news reports at least 37 people have died in storm-related incidents over the past week. the majority of them in texas. right now more than 350,000 homes and businesses there are still without power. but for many getting safe drinking water is the major problem. millions of people in texas have been told they have to boil their water, after the storm knocked out power to treatment plants across the state. look at this apartment in katie texas, water pouring from the ceiling. listen to it the floor covered. the owner says they haven't had power more than 78 hours about two 1/2 hours west in austin a woman and her daughter haven't had any running water for three days they started boiling the snow. and in jefferson texas a young boy fell through the ice on a bond look here, a quick thinking teenager, spotted him, called 911 and her grandfather nearby and stranled t

and some of the coldest air of the polar vortex, making incredibly dangerous ice in the deep south. >porter: a potentially messy mash up on a day usually reserved for perfect pairings. up to 400 record temperatures could come through with the storm throughout the country through the middle of the week. the storm is expected to hit louisiana and mississippi next and it combines with wet weather, we could see dangerous conditions. >> thank you so much. a day after the senate acquitted former president donald trump, a historic second impeachment trial, leaders on both sides are speaking out, so is mr. trump's son, eric, posting this on twitter, 2-0, skyler henry is at the white house for us. and skyler, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, there's a new fissure in the representublican party, he s a potent force now and in to the next political cycle. >> he is here by acquitted of the charge. >> reporter: house impeachment managers are standing by their strategy after the senate voted to acquit former president donald trump. >> i thought that i successfully demolished them at t

good-bye and good riddance to that extremely, extr extremely difficult week we've had across the deep south. we're going to stay above freezing through the course of the day, so this is going to allow the pipes to thaw out. we're going to allow for the roadways to completely clear out especially some of the untreated roadways in rural parts of texas. you can see the temperatures here stay above freezing for austin and dallas city, and evening hours looking very pleasant. maybe we'll reach the 70 degree mark for houston this week. >> that's a good thing. folks need as much good news as they can get. lovely to see you. thanks for that update. >>> so the weather disaster in texas brought hardship of course to this lone star state but also revealed the kindness of strangers. take for instance, a grocery delivery driver. her truck slid on ice in texas and got stuck. so two home owners offered her shelter while she waited for a tow truck. that turned into a five day wait. chelsea baked the couple a cake when they insisted she stay at their home. chelsea said that's not how i expected to spend val

. >> yes, especially in the deep south. this is the last major winter storm they will have to contend with. let's assume in for a closer look at where the snow continues to fly. all tham issippi. this will contadsnow before the system finally moves off the coast. but it will bring an ice storm to parts of the carolinas, flash flood watches are in effect for some of those parts of the region. just a mess over the past week or so. around here, it is nice outside, temperatures are in the 40s farther inland and still in the 50s around the water. otherwise between 45 and 49, and temperatures will drop a little more as we head into the rest of the night. any clouds floating through, they are not very substantial. they will not be very effective at holding any warmth at ground level. but it will still arm up nicely for tomorrow. you may want to get out for a dog walk before that shower chances arrived. temperatures in san francisco reaching the upper 50s, close to de wiemperatures r d mid to upper 50s g the coast. not a bad lookin

go we've got another night of very cold temperatures dangerous cold settling in now across the deep south where the usually don't have to worry about that that polar vortex the gold, a polar express all the way down into the south. >>how about that for a low tonight in texas dallas 19 degrees and that is warmer than they had they actually a record of -2 degrees there. a couple of nights ago by tomorrow afternoon that's not going to prove that much we're still talking below freezing temperatures 29 degrees in dallas 19 wichita 14 in lincoln 20 norman, 16 in kansas city and the throw on top of that now we've got a lot more snow coming in winter storm warnings have been issued you've got advisories up for not only snow but also some freezing rain that is going to be some things all along this line you see all the way from houston on through of the texas all the way up across the northeast that storm system is going to track in that direction going to see a mixture of maybe 2 maybe 5 inches of snow maybe some places getting as much as 8 inches. but it's that ice that ice that freezes on top o

place to say that we have got size of moderate now pushing back into the deep south of the u.s. to still struggling to get to 3 celsius there through friday those temperatures will gradually pick up as we go on through the next couple of days dallas at around 8 degrees celsius by the time we come to sun they could be getting up to around 40 degrees celsius is something of a rapid thought coming through but at least the temperature is going in the right direction off of what was what 10 days of temperatures falling below freezing across northern parts of texas the west the weather the more active weather that's going to be have it's was east disable clearing out of the way as we go one through saturday still a few wintry flowers over towards lake area that eastern side off the lights but much of the u.s. will be dry and fine as is the case too into canada some wintry flowers around b.c. coming in across the pacific northwest through the mountain states across the rockies sliding a little further east was into the plains as we go on through sunday but not too much weather action g

the storm is also sending freezing rain into new england and the deep south so far, the worst of theomes and businesses ar long lines at fast food drive thru because

agriculture, certainly taking places like piedmont virginia, it was not really the boom year in the deep southand in cotton, we cannot avoid the real fact that this was a terrible time of threat for enslaved people on these plantations in the upper south because the domestic slave trade for labor in the deep south was the biggest looming threat to their existence at that time, i think it's really important to remember that was a critical piece. >> let's do one more question and wrap this up and put a nice bow on it and see our final audience members mind. >> have a question? >> when you spoke with monroe or was one event that you said all ha like you knew this man better, was there a moment of enlightenment and i'll start with you and will bring it home for your own moment with monroe. >> that's a hard one there is so many that filed one on top of the other, i will take one and it's not a letter that monroe wrote but a letter to monroe in the late 1785, monroe is not backing congress and king writes to him that basically they said they regard and is the younger man's talk to a younger man if y

the national weather service warns it will bring heavy snow and treacherous ice from the deep south to the mid atlantic the brutal weather ripping through communities, many of which are still dealing with power outages and freezing temperatures snow blanketing cities and towns from texas to kentucky right now, more than 100 million americans are under some type of winter weather advisory. sheriffs in arkansas pleading for people to stay off the roads. so far little rock has nine inches of snow officially, and forecasters say another half a foot could be on the way today a power company warned people in the carolinas about potential outages that could last for several days and affect as many as a million customers there. this morning temperatures plummeted below freezing in parts of every single state. and the extreme cold shows no sign of letting up tomorrow morning temperatures are expected to be in the teens in denver, st. louis and detroit. to the south, well below freezing in houston and shreveport winds could make it feel like one below in tulsa and abilene in omaha, minus eight w

they're below freezing again at 30 it's going to be a long cold night again across much of the deep south temperatures just plunge again, 22 degrees in dallas for low 17 enormous 16 we've been watching this play out for quite some time so we're going to see a change though in the weather pattern now as we're going to see begin to shift a little bit warmer weather as high pressure begins to build in. the call that warm that's warm compared to what they've had up some record cold but then as we get into sunday, temperatures heating up near 60 degrees in the afternoon. this even better news i think is by the time we hit next tuesday, we're talking about some mid 60's across parts of the deep south that's going to give them a good chance to thaw out and hopefully start to work on some of those repairs that are much needed across the area, we're looking storm system rolling in kind of a compact little low that is beginning to roll in the northern california and it's packing a little bit of a punch there, some cold unstable air on the backside of this lose numerous lightning strikes showing alo

just unbelievably cold usually do not expect to see that cold air filter all the way down to the deep south. but that's exactly what we're dealing with now and it does not want to move out any time too soon what you get that cold air in place. it just sinks in that cold sinking air just hard to move out right now we're looking at 22 degrees in dallas. they have not been above freezing for days now that setting another record 16 degrees in oklahoma city 13 in kansas city looks like we're finally going to catch a little bit of a break in parts of texas tomorrow, but still below freezing at 30 that as we get in toward the weekend hoping things will begin to 41 degrees expected on saturday and then as we get into sunday 58 degrees but simply an amazing cold system settling in now looks like the models hold true, we may see some temperatures up in the 70's by next week, but this storm system has been so amazing mostly us 73% that's the most record has an average of 6 inches of snow while which is incredible keeping records since 2003. 6 inches of on average yeah, well, yeah, grace, something tha

a changing climate but we could also see some more extreme cold weather, where we could see the deep south returning every winter into a deep freeze, because of the warming poles. we have a bunch of climate stories on our website, if you want to check out more about our climate in crisis, go to nbcbayarea.com/climateincrisis to rea me on this and also what else is happening. marcus and5:11 right now. praying for fake reviews. next on "today in the bay," what you need to watch out for and amazon's own response to the fake review a celebration unlik any other. this fat tuesday, the steps taken in new orleans to prevent any super spreading mardi gras event. 5:11. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> right now at 5:14, as we take a live look outside in dublin, we are starting out with dry weather conditions this morning, nice cool temperatures but we are going to have a fairly mild day and a lot more sunshine, compared to yesterday. at 8:00, we're feeling temperatures at about 41 degrees. we'll talk more about this and what's ahead in the forecast, that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> and

>> there are more than 110 people under winter weather alerts from the deep south all the way to the northeast we will see more icing in areas that have already been hit hard, but tomorrow, we're especially looking for north carolina and virginia to see most of that ice. you go north of that, we will see some snow, but it's really the ice that's going to be a big issue because we could see as much as a quarter of an inch to half an inch of ice accumulation that would down trees and power lines and also make road conditions treacherous north of that though, we will see most likely snow, but only about 4 to 6 inches out of this storm. lester >> i think we've all seen this movie before thank you. >>> the brutal weather is slowing down the vaccination effort in all of this. just over 40 million americans have now received at least one dose about 64,500 are hospitalized. that's down slightly our miguel almaguer has more on the vaccine delays >> reporter: as one crisis triggers another, tonight, frigid weather in some 30 states have frozen many vaccine distribution centers to a standstill

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much of the deep south is still dealing with the deep freeze. subfreezing temperatures again for wake-up on friday from new orleans all the way down to brownsville, texas. that citrus crop still taking a hit. now, we've got a big i can't rememberup planned for the entire center of the nation from omaha to chicago all the way to dallas. early next week you'll be 30 to 50 degrees warmer than you were this week. that's just what we need. now, this isn't just what we need, another three to six inches from boston to scranton of snow on friday. back to you, mona and kenneth. >>> coming up, what's next after the successful landing on mars. >>> but first it's happened again. a wild crash as another driver goes plunging off a highway overpass in wisconsin. >>> and a story of heroism as a gas explosion rips apart a family's home. the front door ending up in the power lines. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for type 2

outbreaks we've seen since about the 1890's as far as that cold air plunging all the way into the deep south get this they of brownsville they have snow on the ground in brownsville that only a couple times i've seen that since the 1890's as well and certainly very cold out there right now 3 degrees in omaha oklahoma city only 23 right now in dallas, millions of people without power this cold and it's going to be a dangerous night again another storm now just forming watch this you'll see it developing right here, it's going to come right through texas winter storm warnings in effect there this is going to slowly make its way across the east and there you go what a mess it's going to be another 48 inches of snow on top of that we're talking about some freezing rain. so certainly a long way to go before the storm system winds down the cold air finally moves on out. >>outside right now in the bay area we've got some high clouds up above otherwise we get ready for a cold night here temperatures today running below the average 54 degrees in san francisco oakland 60 degrees 57 in san jose 58. in

the deep south, you don't see that much snow in mississippi and alabama very often. texas and oklahoma still dealing with this but they are going to finally see things improve gradually over the next several days and by the middle of next week. those above average amateurs east of the rocky mountains. closer to home, the next chance of showers, still farther up the coast at the moment but it will be dropping steadily southward as we head into the rest of this evening and overnight. we will show you how the radar is going to look as we go into the rest of the night and it shows the showers trying to make a run into the north bay already within a couple of hours after the sun goes down but a better chance of showers making their way farther into sonoma and marin county, napa county as well as we head towards about midnight. after that, the showers steadily dropped even farther to the south. toward the golden gate by about 2:00 in the morning, it looks like rain chances in the city and east are going to peak right around four, five, 6:00 in the morning. i would anticipa

from the i-80 corridor, that's where you'll have problems especially in pennsylvania how about the deep south50 to 60 degrees warmer than last week this is how it should be in texas this time of year. we're going to melt that snow i. philadelphia, 36 interior areas cooler than that. areas like little rock, they have about a foot of the snow on the ground melting it today. let's take a look at that week ahead forecast we'll let you know if any new storms are on the horizon coming up >> oh, boy >> right now, we'll enjoy the weather as is, bill, thanks. >> the nhl is enjoying a scenic weekend of games played on the shore of lake tahoe. the bruins took the ice. dozens of fans watching the game from the boats and kayaks. david pastrnak brought the heat. he had a hat trick and the bruins beat the flyers 7-3 >>> why the puppet show is coming with an offensive disclaimer >> and on the hunt after 139 years. how can that be? low sugar. mmm, birthday cake. pure protein bars and shakes. for every fitness routine. to be honest...a little dust? it never bothered me. pure protein bars and shakes. until i fo

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they've seen maybe since the 1800's of that cold outbreak that arctic air plunging all the way to the deep southhat usually don't get. >>that cold certainly some record breaking cold. i was talking to a friend of mine in colorado springs last night. and he was looking at -15 degrees at the time i was talking to him so certainly that causes some problems dangerous cold all the way the south this with the wind chill -30 with the wind chill in lincoln nebraska -15 in oklahoma city but even into dallas -6 with the winds kicking around the temperatures for overnight lows tonight, this is what we're expecting across the country look 14 in denver so their heating up from where they were yesterday but boy again the country's midsection right through the plains -11 in kansas city -21 in omaha, 5 degrees in dallas. they've got rolling blackouts all the wind turbines and actually frozen there and so they can't on so they've got not enough power to even heat things up so dangerous cold across the country as we head toward tomorrow all that cold air is going to slide just a little further to the east we're s

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and before we go a quick look at a surreal winter wonderland from the deep south of the u.s. soccer's trees growing in the louisiana swamplands are always a feast for the eyes and now there's a canopy of ice because of the deep freeze. that's all for now i'll have more headlines for you at the top of the next out. young german and jewish just on jewish does so what. does that mean in daily life and at school 11 teenagers 11 stories. i'm jewish and so. charming and jewish starts feb 22nd on d w. it's china's make a project the new silk road a trade network between china and the rest of the world which could turn the old world order on its head. with j.c. . hugo goes our cave on the. south oceans it seems a good job you have a single. bite of a god to fight it. wasn't. china is investing in bridges poor. it's railway tracks and roads around the globe. over 70 nations are already part of the new silk road. europe sees the chinese as welcome investors the boards of paris has been under chinese ownership for several years and the chinese are now also showing interest interest in it

>>deadly cold that has now made its way all the way into the deep south here your current temperatures right now it is 7 degrees in my not 6 degrees in kansas city 23 degrees in dallas 19 in nashville and 12 degrees in columbus oh a very cold airmass a settled in now and by tomorrow doesn't want to move too much very cold temperatures even by tomorrow afternoon the high expected high temperatures maybe 28 degrees in never getting above freezing 20 as you make your way little further north in oklahoma. yeah, wichita chicken it's 17 degrees. so extremely cold air and now we're going to throw in a storm system on top of that the storm is going to make its way across parts of texas and slide across parts of the east as well so yeah we're going to see some very cold air and stormy conditions all along that the storm just putting itself together you've got the cold air that is dropping down to the plains that's going to combine with some moisture coming up on the gulf and then watch happens here. they both get together and there you go start to make their way toward the northeast for they're

the northeast will see som windchills near zero 62 for houston a little bit of rain across the deep south into the southeast. we'll take a look at that weekend forecast coming up. >> all right excited to hear it thank you, janessa. >>> the most active volcano in europe erupted for the third time this year large streams of red-hot lava shot into the skies last night they saw their last major eruption in 2002, but it can burst into action several times a year it's located off the east coast of sicily. >>> up next, eddie murphy and seo ll aarnihare coming back to america. >>> and a look at frontliners. b. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream... ...it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable... ...with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, ...otezla is proven.... to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. ot

hideously cold across much of north america we have seen the icy conditions of course into the deep south we've got this town a bit silly cold weather continuing here really has dug in spilling out of canada that out to blast all the way down across the deep south but as we go on through the next couple of days the freezing rain the cause they harang this accidents in texas that's moving further a switch some wetter whether they're bumping into that very cold air forming the rain falling on the frozen services hence the freezing rain a quality day as we go on through saturday but notice we do have more snow just spilling off the rockies and that's going to make its way further east which is to go on through sunday temperatures in dallas will struggle to reach minus 3 degrees as a high by sunday some wet weather there just around the eastern seaboard the mid atlantic states things and clouds and rain little bit of snow then to eastern parts of kind of kind of the actually last you drive it bitterly cold what is 25 the top temperatures there in a winning pack will see some wet weather some

i mentioned warm in the deep south, how's 70 degrees and sunny sounh highs in the mid-30's how abouthis for reward and recovery forecast. sunny and nice they deserve it in the south, guys, the warmth and sunshine and it will last much of this week. >> they need all of the breaks they can get. >> it's like weather whiplash. all right. bill, thanks. >>> nearly a thousand girls and woman reached a major milestone becoming the first group of female eagle scouts. they were honored by the boy scouts in a virtual celebration. the rank requires at least 21 merit badges and only about 6% of scouts reach that rank. >>> president biden cabinet picks prepare for senate showdown. >> remembering those lost as we pass an incomprehensivible milestone. low sugar. mmm, birthday cake. pure protein bars and shakes. for every fitness routine. to be honest...a little dust? it never bothered me. pure protein bars and shakes. until i found out what it actually was. dust mite droppings? ewww. dead skin cells? gross! so now, i grab my swiffer heavy duty sweeper and dusters. dusters extends to 6 feet to reach

and then on the southernnd, we'r e to the deep south you're really going to notice it in the south today oklahoma city, 41. the question on everybody's mind, how long does the cold last we'll talk about that coming up. >> that's what we want to know janessa, thanks. >> "early today" is back in two. the race to ramp up vaccinations as new covid cases. >> and the oldest nun yet to fend off the virus ldest nun yeto fend off the virus got that right. let's rethink this. so your doctor tells you about trintellix, a prescription medicine for adults with depression. feeling this overall relief. plus, get this: trintellix had no significant impact on weight in clinical trials. tell your doctor right away if you have worsening depression, unusual changes in mood, behavior, or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. do not take with maois. tell your doctor about your medications, including migraine, psychiatric, and depression medications, to avoid a potentially life-threatening condition. increased risk of bleeding and bruising may occur, espe

. >> reporter: the winter storm that froze the deep south and left millions without power and water led to another setback. delaying the distribution of millions of covid-19 vaccines. >> we have been able to get about 2 million of those 6 million doses out. we expect to rapidly catch up this week. >> reporter: this as congress returns to washington to try and pass president biden's $1.9 trillion covid-19 rescue package. republicans are still fighting the price tag. >> there's over a trillion dollars of money from previous relief bills that were bipartisan. the money is still sitting in a bank account. >> reporter: the u.s. is facing a grim milestone, 500,000 americans killed by the virus. one dose may be enough to fight covid-19. >> if you get a single dose, the boost that you get with the single dose is really enormous. >> reporter: as federal officials get back dad track with vaccine distribution, millions in texas are facing critical shortages of drinking water and food and power bills for residents who opted nor variable rate utility plans. archie you don't take the steps to provide

pleased to say the weather is warming up nicely now across much of north america down across the deep south dallas at around 17 souses on sunday take a little of little further north or south is that the denver and also for kansas city those temperatures will pick up nicely over the next couple of days we're getting up into double figures by monday and getting up into the low teens by cheese day and by cheesed we could touch 21 in data so expect a rapid thaw here certainly things improving in terms of those temperatures well so weather to making its way across the appalachians to will cease to see both through monday notice some snow on the northern flank of that quote the weather comes in behind for a time then another little covering a snow sweeping across the lakes as we go on through choose day that eastern side of kind of also seeing something of a wintry mix we'll see some snow too just around the mountain states i'm a little further south is fine and dry across the western side of the u.s. 21 celsius f. san francisco says pleasant sunshine coming through here lots of pleasant sunshin

bitter cold hits 80% of the country, as the polar vortex hits the deep south.rifying avalanche caught on camera. how the snowmobilers got out. from the oldest quarterback to an historic night for women, the sights and sounds from super bowl lv. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with stunning news about just how quickly one of those highly contagious variants of the coronavirus is now spreading across the country. scientists say cases of the u.k. variant now appear to be doubling here in the u.s. about every ten days. tonight the president's chief medical advisor, dr. anthony fauci, calls that sobering news, saying that the new variant will become dominant across the country as soon as next month, and it could lead to a wave of new infections and ultimately more deaths. that's one reason experts are worried about the super bowl celebrations after thousands of fans without masks partied in tampa

hello once again we've got some very heavy rain pushing into the deep south of the us over the next couple of days that could cause some localized flooding all associated with this weather system here just moving through just teasing out of louisiana rolling up towards tennessee towards the middle and 6 days virginia seeing some heavy rain northern flank of that into new england eastern parts of canada we're looking at snow but to the south of that some rain and it will be heavy at times particular as we go on through sunday see how that wetter weather runs right across tennessee kentucky pushing all the way up towards new york and into d.c. projects guys behind some snow just around the lakes we got some snow over towards . right state the snow once again spilling into what western parts of canada into the pacific northwest just around washington state so we have got a lot of dry weather across the western side of the u.s. and last a dry weather typical secured part of the caribbean some lovely tropical sunshine for the most part a lead some showers just gathering around the east and isla