fort matt welch and emily kennedy, kennedy, and i'm wishing you of very good night. ♪ lou: and the polarortex, a deadly and costly weather system that has left much of the country and a deep freeze. nearly 90 percent of the continental united states below freezing at this hour. some regio of the midwest, incredibly colder than the south pole. i'm lou dobbs. ♪ lou: screening. that snowstorms and frigid air known now as the polar vertex has turned deadly and expensive. a series of traffic accidents and help the premiere criminalize of at least 20 people across the northeast and midwest. power outages across five states . in some cases people are without heat and power. stretching as far south as louisiana and georgia. dropping temperaturein southern cities into the single digits. the deep freeze arriving just as winter heating costs are respected to rise, and rise dramatically. the national energy assistance directors association project the cost of heating an avege housold to just over 1percent this winter. tens of thousands of travelers also feeling the consequences. more than 22,000 fli

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