hypothermia and drowning are factors here. e much alcohol in the young man's body. live in bethesda, kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: a dangerous standoff that had dozens of the police officers surrounding an apartment building on 16th street northwest is over. robbery suspect hiding inside. he was eventually captured. >> new developments in the ongoing "7 on your side" i-team investigation. faking the grade. today they spoke to the council defending the high school after we revealed the widespread grade tampering. nathan baca is live outside the d.c. government headquarters. >> they had suggestions and i finished to talking to the public school chancellor who went through questions from the d.c. council and this meeting has been going on for seven >> the students came after the abc7 reported on internal documents revealing over students graduated with 100 unexcused absences. >> the principal believed in us when everybody else didn't. >> students and a teacher called for the return of the former principal, loosening attendance policies. >> the 80/20 states if a stu

. >> this is very crucial for us to ensure that anyone that is out in the get hypothermia. >> reporter: slick conditions in pennsylvania triggering this 15-car accident. and this tractor trailer split in half. the cab flipping off the overpass. the driver, lucky to be alive. the cold will get worse before it gets better. many of us seeing record lows overnight. tom? >> erielle, thank you. >>> we heard it right there, it's going to get worse before it gets better. let's get right to amy friese in times square. it's going to feel like sub-zero temperatures for more than 100 million americans at midnight? >> reporter: yes, and the bitter wind making it blustery and bone-chilling. new york city, 11 degrees expected, with a windchill factor going below zero. this is not only a case of the east coast, but a majority of the u.s., going very low as the ball drops. and another bitter blast coming our way. new york city will not be above freezing for the next week. >> and you are in the heart of times square. is there a danger for the crowds that have been waiting for more than nine hours in som

dangerous conditions such as frostbite and hypothermia, once the conditions drop below single digits, start to set in even as early as 30 minutes. >> what are signs that people should be aware of? >> frostbite is similar inways to burns. you'll have discomfort of the exposed areas, a feeling of burning or stinging. then you'll notice if you go back into the warmth that the areas may start to hurt even more. the beginnings of frostbite is frostnip. but if they progress, it can lead to more permanent damage. for hypothermia, something that occurs when you have more prolonged exposure, you can see patients become confused, may become disoriented, having difficulty walking. those are the ominous signs that would indicate they should be brought to the hospital. >> people use tricks to stay warm, using pocket heaters, drinking a lot of hot chocolate. what's one of the best ways to conserve heat when you are working or having to go out in the elements? >> right. anybody spending any amount of time in the cold, particularly over the holiday, should protect the areas of the body that are most

you want to avoid hypothermia, when the body's temperature drops dangerously low. symptoms are intense shivering, dizziness, trouble speaking. >> hope they bundle up. >> reporter: new york has plenty of company. >> this cold is on a different level. >> reporter: this morning, the northern section of the country is stuck in winter's brutal grip. arctic blast adding insult to erin erie pennsylvania, more snow adding to five feet that already fell. >> i have run out of places to throw the snow. >> reporter: the coast guard coming to the rescue on st. mary's river to free two stuck freighters. roads are no better. more than 1100 spinouts and collisions in minnesota, one driver killed in wisconsin. sioux falls, cedar rapids, iowa, covered by heavy snow. and niagara falls came to a halt in plunging temperatures. tomorrow night, emts will be on patrol looking for anyone with signs of hypothermia. if they see such person, they'll get them warm so everyone starts off 2018 on a healthy note. d dara? >> you look nice and bundled up, stay warm. thank you. >>> new report on pre

as well as hypothermia, it's a major risk. >> amy, thank you. >>> next tonight, the new year's eve scare unfolding in houston. a hotel guest arrested, an arsenal seized, and authorities revealing new details. here's gloria riviera. >> reporter: tonight, police and s.w.a.t. teams in houston on alert after a scare inside a hotel hosting one of the biggest new years celebrations. >> officer urgent, it's gonna be 1200 louisiana at the hyatt regency number five. >> reporter: early this morning hotel security noticing 49-year-old russell ziemba in the lobby allegedly drunk, acting belligerent. police called for backup discovering several weapons in his hotel room including an ar-15. >> they arrested the suspect and found the suspect to have several guns inside of his room. >> reporter: the incident coming just hours before the hotel welcomes 2,000 guests to a massive new year's eve party. that party taking place in the lobby, where the atrium outside guest rooms provide a clear view of the crowd below. >> after las vegas, anything that has the hint of a potential mass shooting, particularly in

avoid hypothermia when the body's temperature drops dangerously low. the symptoms include shivering, dizziness and. >> new york has plenty of company. >> this is a different level. >> i'm freezing over here. >> reporter: the northern section of the country is stuck in the arctic blast and adding insult to injury in erie, pennsylvania. more snow adding to the five feet that already fell. >> i'm running out of plays to throw the snow. >> reporter: the coast guard coming to the rescue on st. mary's river in michigan to free two stuck freighters. roads are no better. more than 1,00 spinouts. one driver killed in wisconsin. sioux falls and cedar rapids covered by heavy snow. and niagara falls came to a halt in plunging temperatures. back here in times square, along with all the security you will see tomorrow night, there will be emts patrolling the crowd looking for people suffering from signs of hypothermia. they will move them on out of the pens and take them someplace warm so everyone can start 2018 on a healthy note. phillip? >> we all want that. thank

know, hypothermia can set in as soon as your temperature drops to below 95 degrees. we spoke to organizers -- organizers here in times square about whether or not they are concerned if this weather will affect attendance. >> when it is warmer people come out earlier in the day to get their good spots. my guess is this year people will come out later in the day, closer to 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., they will have to wait awhile so they will have to bundle up. of course we will warm your spirits with some great entertainment. >> warm your spirits, yep. no heat lamps. no bathrooms and you are stuck where you are standing for hours on end. but hey, once in a lifetime opportunity for many people out here. molly? >> all right. i know this takes a ton of work to make it all happen. are they ready for tomorrow night? >> yeah, if you take a look behind me, you can already see some of the stages as well as obviously thousands of tourists who are already out here just enjoying it. the ball drop happened. they tested it out today. you remember the last thing they would want is that ball

again, this 17-year-old dying from hypothermia, from drowning and too much alcohol in his body. the cause of death is being ruled accidental. brad bell has search for the robbers and he has more. what do we know? brad: they got away with it so far. this was a bold and an unusual crime. this happened here at the bank of america. that is where the guys are putting the money. as soon as they opened the front of the thing is when the bad guys bounced. the crime scene tells the story. the armored car. a block away the getaway car ditched by the robbers. it happened at 10:30 a.m. the team of three armed couriers was loading the cash machine at the bank of america. two were outside and the third was in the truck when suddenly the maroon van >> reno two gunmen jumped out of the van and demanded money from the around security guard. that i got the money. brad: police never publicly say how much thieves get if cases like this but the sources say it was well more than $200,000. with a well planned heist. armed with rifles. knew what they were after and clearly had a second unseen getaway v

you know hypothermia on the side and pretty quickly the deep freeze continues across much of the country and authorities are urging the public to help those needs. the extreme weather is not only a threat to humans even fish are freezing to death these sharks were found dead on the coast of massachusetts experts say cold shock may have led to their demise. and this place made the news earlier this week with a new record of its own erie pennsylvania had one point five meters of snow in two days some residents are still digging their way out and even more snow is underway . experts say the weather is linked to climate change from his private resort in florida prison trump tweeted that the u.s. could use a little bit of global warming the u.s. leader publicly denies the existence of climate change. those who can are trying to make the best of the unusual weather an illinois family turned their backyard into an ice rink to the delight of their children and forecasts indicate they will lose it any time soon. serino williams returned to the game of tennis just four months after giving birth to

you can get hypothermia. thursday is 40. blustery.ching the evening snowshowers wednesday to thursday. it's not a big deal. we watch it again on friday. notice we are warming back up by the weekend. tomorrow morning for sure. it's going to be dangerously cold out there. alison? alison: much. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the data is in on i-66 for week one. they promise a faster commute and plan to deliver. michelle: rocket that launched in june supposed to be relaunched today but space-x pulled the plug on the mission for now. we will explain the de alison: so i-66 toll lane began a week ago yesterday. the early numbers are in. according to vdot, your commute is better than before. what do you think? used to take 15 to 30 minutes and slinks from 10 to 12. average round trip price during rush hour was $14.28. average peak prices in the morning top $10. we saw highs reach $40 last week. michelle: space-x delays the latest delivery to the international space station because it needs more time for safety checks. the company no

. >> cold weather like we have this week, hypothermia and frostbite can set in in the matter of minutes. he reminds everyone to dress in layers and -- >> have appropriate coverage of your hands and feet and scarf or something to cover your face especially when it's windy. and the win can speed up frostbite. most at risk is your fingers, toes and ears and nose. so make sure they are covered. >> 5-year-old assad is bundled up to go skating and parents should keep a close eye on kids, they may not tell you when they are cold. so breaks are essential. >> you getting hot chocolate? >> we are in app out of macy's a lot. because it's really cold. >> now, if you start to feel pain, numbness or tingling or if your skin is red and starts to turn pale those are early signs of frostbite, get inside and warm up and hypothermia is a life-threatening condition and could start with intense shivering and slurred speech and feeling drowsy, if those symptoms are severe that say medical emergency, overall you want to listen to your body. and take breaks to go inside. that is exactly what i'm going to do no

officials say hypothermia can happen even when the temperatures are in the 40s and 50s outside. this hypothermia death was in garrett county. the victim was a woman who was about 65 years old. chuck and sheena have been telling us about the cold weather moving in right now. we'll have more on the local forecast and the impact in just a few minutes. >> right now a frederick county bridge is could shea that way for days. a garbage truck hit the bridge causing some damages. crews are wornging on it, there's no timetable kwh the work date of birth complete. in the meantime, troosk affic i being rerouted in both directions. >>> the clock ticks closer to a potential government shutdown. 41 hours left for congress to reach a deal to prevent it. the government runs out of money friday at midnight. president trump has suggested that democrats could force a federal closure over the issue of immigration. the plan, however, is to pass a continuing resolution to extend the deadline to december 222. >>> the holidays are almost here and that means the kids will be out of school soon. >> volunt

the signs that you need to look for hypothermia, whether new york city or anywhere else these frigid temperatures are occurring. memory loss, slurred speech and all that happens when the body temperature goes below 96. back to security. n.y.p.d. officers helping people look out for people who experience that cold and hypothermia possibly keeping an eye on every inch of times square from the ground, from the air with aviation unit added into the mix. again, n.y.p.d. and possessing no credible threats, but they are here to keep us all safe. back to you. leland: thank you. this protest in iran turned deadly. citizens continue to take to the streets of the city's capital. more after this. vo: gopi's found a way to keep her receipts tidy, even when nothing else is. brand vo: snap and sort your expenses with quickbooks and find, on average, $4,340 in tax savings. quickbooks. backing you. leland: no border wall, no daca deal. powers looked ahead to 2018. childhood arrived this program. michael graham columnist for the "boston herald." the morning podcast with us now. the trade funding for t

health officials say hypothermia can happen quicker than you think. the signs to watch out for, shivering, exhaustion, confusion, memory loss, slurred speech, drowsiness. the best advice, layer up in the cold temperatures. if you start to experience any of the symptoms, get to a warm spot and call for medical attention. head to our nbc washington app. >>> new details this morning about the hours leading up to the death of a teenager in bethesda. sources say the teen was at a party in bethesda saturday night. there is footage of police talking to him hours before he went missing. montgomery county police didn't take the missing person's report until 9 hours later. our news reporters from wtop say once they started searching, social media took they don't suspect foul play. they don't know how he died. >>> deep red alabama went blue for the first time in 25 years, voters in alabama elected a democrat to the u.s. senate. last night doug jones appeared speechless at the magnitude of what his campaign and supporters pulled off. >>> president trump aggressiv

.>>> dangers of hypothermia and frostbite. a look at the record-breaking winter weather across the northeast and midwest.>>> it is cold across the country. we had temperatures in the 60s. we have some rain down the road. we will see you back here. >>> four days the sale of recreational marijuana will be legal to adults over the age of 21 in california. as each city works to finalize regulations there is confusion in the rules across the pay -- bay area. the cannabis editor for the chronicle joins us on the phone. thank you for being here. for most bay area cities it will be a gradual start to all of this.>> the best analogy -- wet and dry counties at the end of alcohol prohibition. we will have wet and dry counties for cannabis.>> it might get complicated. each city has the right to ban it or late restrictions on it. what you might be able to do in berkeley you might not be able to do in walnut creek.>> there is more than 400 cities and counties in california. we started tracking their lulls on our website.>> let's talk about

." >> a teenage girl is being treated for hypothermia after ending up in the schuylkill river. this first, chopper 6 over kelly drive as rescue crews rescued her from the river. the 18-year-old fell off the foals bridge. >> two cousins are pleading not guilty in the multiple counts of murder and abuse of a corpse in sul bury. dinardo may faith the death penalty. family members of the four victims were divided over whether they wanted the alleged killers executed. >> racist flyers were posted around campus. they have uploaded social media posts ripping down the flyers in disgust. the flyers are addressed to people and identified by the "n" word suggesting that bernie sanders would have won had it not been for the votes cashed that sanders would have beaten trump. >> temple police are investigating surveillance video saying if the culprit was a student, the person could be reprimanded or excelled. >> the star of bethlehem must have been behind a cloud last night because stormy the cow had little motivation to stay part of a nativity scene in philadelphia. stormy escaped twice, th

it could speed up the onset of hypothermia. enforcement is creating a bigger perimeter around manhattan. >> if you gave or received a gift card, there is a chance you have been ripped off. here is abc adrian bank art. if you purchased gift carts this year, there could be a grinch gaining them. >> the gift card had been used three times. >> he checked the balance that shows the charges. what's left? forty-seven-cents. >> it never left my wallet. >> crooks lift the info out of unused cards in the open. then wait until someone buys them. if the bad guy knows the card numbers, they keep checking them to see if someone purchased them and then loot them. >> wal-mart has protocols in place to protect our customers from criminal behavior. they suggest you try to buy cards behind the counter and register them as soon as you get them. >> someone could start the new year really, really, really rich. the jackpot $391.1 million. numbers are 28, 26, 41, 51, 58, and the multipliers, 24. >> if you didn't catch that, we'll have them later in th

. >> sometimes we see people who lose fingers and toes from hypothetic hypothermia. >> reporter: these falls in minnesota frozen over in the subzero temperatures. on the border of michigan, the u.s. coast guard had to cut through the ice to free stranded ships. >> it's coming faster than we can keep up with it. >> reporter: winter weather alerts in several states, show and ice creating dangerous driving conditions. in iowa, 20 cars ended up on the side of the road. in michigan, 40 vehicles involved in this pileup. one person killed in a head-on collision in indiana. and on the idaho/wyoming border, a community came together to rescue a dozen elk from the freezing water. >> good work! >> reporter: erie, pennsylvania crushed with snow this week. volunteer emergency response teams having to dig some residents out of the historic snow. >> the neighbor called in and asked us please, please come help me, nobody will help me. we went over and took care of her. >> reporter: rob marciano, abc news, new york. >>> been there and done that. good morning, everyone. here we are with a little bit of

when hypothermia sets in, you may notice shivering and drowsiness. that is live threatening, so get medical attention immediately. it may be too cold to take a dip. vetner events are canceled. no yo >> you want to check in for the current temperature and forecast to plan your day. as the snow arrives this weekend, follow live radar from storm tracker 6 double scan. >> 12 people including a baby are dead in an apartment fire in the bronx. it started on the third floor of a five story building. there was no elevator. a man says he heard a woman saying she was trapped. >> 170 firefighters battled the flames, and 15-degree temperatures. >> back in our area a home built in the 1920s caught fire in the overbrook section of philadelphia. firefighters got it under control about 45 minutes later, just before 7:30. fortunately, no one was hurt. >> deadly gunfire erupted in the spring garden section of philadelphia around 11:30 tonight. police have not yet identified him or a suspect. >> new tonight, philadelphia mayor jim kenney released a statement over the d

are urging celebrators to dress for the weather and lay off the booze because that could cause hypothermia. >>> we want you to get home safety tomorrow night. all you need to do is download the lyft app. it is going to pay for free rides for you. there is going to be a special code it will give you a trip up to $15 once you enter the promo code in the lyft app. >> do it. >> very important information. >>> we saw before the sun came up. flurries were starting to fallout there. >> the union station is looking nice with some of that white coating. to save at havertyst chancfurniture. ar now through new year's day. plus, you can finance with no interest for 36 months. ring in the new year with stylish upgrades. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. hurry, this sale ends new year's day at havertys. life looks good. >>> we got snow on the ground now tch now. half an inch is enough to cause the slick. the snow is moving out and the cold air is moving in. we got a talk abo

hypothermia already claiming lives in illinois and kentucky. >> sometimes we see a lot of people whoose fingers and toes from hypothermia. >> the minnehaha falls frozen over in minnesota in the subzero temperatures. the st. mary's river along the border of michigan also frozen. the u.s. coast guard having to cut through the ice to free the stranded ships. >> it's coming at times faster than we can keep up with it. >> winter weather alerts, snow and ice creating dangerous driving conditions in iowa as many as 20 cars ending up on the side of the road. in michigan 40 vehicles in this pileup. one person killed in collision in indiana and on the idaho/wyoming border a community came together to rescue a dozen elk from the freezing water. >> good work. >> reporter: erie, pennsylvania, crushed with snow. volunteer emergency response teams having to dig some residents out of the historic snow. >> the neighbor called in and she told us over there and asked us, please, please, come help me. nobody will help me and we come over and took care of her. >> mind boggling when you think someone has

windchill and that they are dehydrated it can take as little as 10 minutes to get frostbite or hypothermiaecause of the cold temperatures. blood flow is shunted from the peripheries of our fingers and her nose and toes from from the interior our heart and lungs. so important people recognize and understand that numbness or tingling painful red swollen fingers or you can't feel your toes to get indoors right away. it's really important. adam: you bring up the issue and i ask this out of my own ignorance people are saying is one of the justifications that will be okay to go that there'll be so many people there that they will be packed together in their world be the collective heat of 1 million people in that one area. it doesn't sound like that's going to protect you from frostbite. >> you have to have close skin to skin contact for body heat to help button in these frigid temperatures is definitely not enough. dress in layers and wear hats, wear mittens, wear waterproof footwear those sorts of things. it's so important to stay hydrated and as you said tried to a avoid unnecessary prolonged

doctors treated him for hypothermia. he then went to jail.. >>> holy guacamole look at that mess in texas 40,000 pounds of avocados spilled on to highway near dallas. after the big rig hauling them cauht fire. several lanes shut down as crews cleaned up the mess. no word on what went wrong there but we do know that no one is hurt. >>> apple is saying sorry tonight for slowing down older i phones. a few days ago you may remember apple admitted to slowing down older phones in order to compensate for degrading batteries the company said phones get slower to prevent random shut offs. not to force people to buy new phones. apple says anyone with an iphone six or newer can get a 30-dollar battery replacement beginning late january through december. you're not convinced, are you? >> well, i -- hmm. not so much. d not disturb signs are becoming a thing of the past in some disney resorts it turns out they say it's for your safety. those signs are now gone from four disney hotels along the monorail line. the signs now say room occupied. other they will

the suspect now being treated for hypothermia, and faces original charges plus treckless driving analside. >> with the cherry on top. >> not for the faint hea. this s those getting historic views of a landmark. there is a up on the roof. >> as we head to break there is reminder now, join us holay fest wraps up at went nerve delaware. holidays. point home all see their deck races and more after the game on "eyewitness news" at 7:00 p.m. tonight. they're doing the kwanzaa colors, christmas lights for aal side. >> i like t cold out there, lcom back, ifn the river. you're scared every heights, you might want to turn away interest this store. sse of adventure, might want to book a flight to paris. oneolines on the highest skyscraper, atoff the, r thession to the tower, about place in february, i was just in paris couple every month rainy and cloudy and so i decide sided not to pay, would have been under a cloud of >> specially for the kids, great experience. >> coming up in the next hour here on we will return to the scene after fire in south jersey. and learn how firefereveryone o. >> and

medical examiner said he died from acute alcohol intoxication further complicated by drowning and hypothermia. police say the death was probably an accident but they are continuing the investigation. michelle: a d.c. doctor faces charged he slipped an abortion pill in his girlfriend's drink causing her to lose her baby. she says she dated the d when she discovered she was pregnant, she says he urged her to get an abortion and she refused. instead she says he slipped abortion pill in her tea and hours later she went into labor and lost her baby. >> he immediately started crying and said he was a horrible person and that he had done what i thought he did. michelle: he is charged with cause of abortion and premeditated killing of a fetus of another and scheduled to stand trial in march. jonathan: well, a shoplifting turns into more and it's all caught on camera. see what happened when they tried getting away. >> my zorch ordered a pizza online -- my son ordered a pizza online and under special instructions he requested a joke. michelle: the joke that appeared on this pizza box got the person who

montgomery county issuing a hypothermia alert, insisting residents limit their time outdoors. meteorologist steve rudin has the forecast. it is really cold. getting colder the next double days. alexandria, below freezing, right at freezing at reagan national. the stormwatch 7 satellite and radar, mostly cloudy skies right now. we will stay dry, even though we have cloud cover across the mid-atlantic. tomorrow morning, maybe the day off or walking to the metro, grabbing coffee, upper 20's at 6:00 a.m., 8 a.m. lower 30's. 10:00, another shot of cold air on its way. more that coming up. nancy: on top of the cold temperatures, most of the day was very windy. treeis in bethesda were a fell on to way house, breaking the gas line. nobody was hurt and there was no fire, think fully. at one point, they were 11,000 people without power. at this hour, that has all been restored. close, we hope that you spent time with families this weekend. us inside thekes national shrine of the immaculate conception. ♪ about 3,600 people packed the national shrine of the immaculate conception for noon

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forecasters are warning of hypothermia and frostbite from the arctic air. that is just what we need. record cold comes as people in erie, pennsylvania, dig out from a storm that dumped five feet of snow since saturday. it is cold out there. >> no one republican congressman, says it is time for robert mueller to excuse himself from the russia investigation saying this is nothing but a witch-hunt. the congressman is warning there is no way these folks can conduct a fair investigation. is he right? we'll ask congresswoman marcia blackburn next. >> these are overwhelming biases and conflicts. they're unusual, and to get that staff of people in there, that have such deep-seeded bias, then it taints the whole investigation. i don't think they can get to a fair outcome. infrastructure ? think again. it's time to shake up your lineup. the alerian mlp etf can diversify your equity portfolio and add potential income. bring amlp into the game. before investing, consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. read the prospectus carefully at al

. >> the victim suffered hypothermia. it was 19 degrees that day and police confirmed no shots were fired. still the boy and his mom didn't rush to speak to us about the incident due to ongoing initiation and retaliation gang. issues here in the city. ingram's response when asked about saving the young man's life u. >> i take it as being a parent. >> he wants youth to put down their phones and social media and put up some integrity and courage. >> this kid could have died. >> reporter: cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> all new at 6:00, a man held up at gunpoint early this morning says all he can think about now is he could be dead. instead he was able to run away, hide behind a car and shoot the man who had been holding a gun to his head. this is video of him talking to police after his near-death experience. kelly carries a gun because he's a security guard. >> he could have killed me if he wanted to. a split second decision he made that could have saved his life. >>> right now at 6:00, the holiday travel rush starting tonig

he describes symptoms of hypothermia >> some of the symptoms of hypothermia, shivering, your heart ratehave a decrease in coordination. if you start to feel drowsy and have difficulty walking, you got problems. >> reporter: spectators at tomorrow's parade are encouraged to take breaks from the cold by stepping inside several warming sights open to the public like the kimmel center, philadelphia high school for creative and performing arts and various underground septa stations. hang out in the concourse area and drink hot chocolate. bill? >> sound like a plan. thank you so much. you try to stay warm out there as well. we appreciate you braving the cold to get everybody the information. >>> security in and around time square, this new year's will be the tightest. new york city police are promming this year will include more officers, explosive sniffing dogs and snipers on rooftop, authorities will have detectives stationed inside every hotel along 7th avenue >> there will be much the public will see and much they will not see. people will be wearing heavy clothing. at hygienist checkpoin

i think there would be cases of hypothermia of frostbite. it's not just kind of a laughing matter to be real honest with you. here is where the cold is here across parts of canada and north america we're really kind of the only super abnormally cold spot on the globe right now but over the next few days we'll continue to watch this cold air kind of stay in place and with these little bouts of it moving down and across the lower 48 and it doesn't look like this pattern is going to break any time soon. in fact this just goes out until tuesday but past that we see another intrusion of it so we're probably talking about this air mass thing here until about the second week of january, so about 12 days or so more of temperatures well below zero in most cases. this is your wind chill right now. you get the idea it's cold all the way down across parts of the south abnormally cold and your actual air temperature 41 enodal also a little better than you were yesterday not going to last that long though up towards the north very cold, minus four in m in

and authorities plucked him out of that river and made a stop at the hospital to get treated for hypothermia wanted for a parole violation and now faces charges of reckless driving. >>> there is a desperate search underway for the smash and grab burglars that stole 30 guns from a shop in washington, d.c. the video shows them putting them in a backpack on christmas day. they hope tips from the public will help them find the suspects. >>> and a family filed a lawsuit against alaska airlines after their wheelchair bound mother fell down an escalator and died a month later. >> she was flying with a connection in portland and was suppose to have an escort but her family says that alaska airline as ban donned her and she became confused and thought she was getting on the elevator and ended up tumbling down the escalator where her wheelchair fell on top of her. >> it could be someone else's mom or sister that this happened to, it was neglect. >> she was in bedridden and constant pain for three months before she died. alaska airlines says she declined assistance and her family did not let them know

. >> he did find the boy, rushed he was treated for hypothermia. >>> and it was a different kind of rescuen el paso. workers had to pull a man out of a trash truck. for some reason, he was standing over a residential trash truck that was picked up with an automated arm and dumped. the man is expected to recover. >>> some fishing expeditions were more exciting than anybody expected. the great white shark was circling. a woman said her kids loved. they asked to be brought to dry land. and offer the coast of the south carolina a great white shark kept circling a charter boat. the captain thinks the shark was looking for dead whales and may have mistaken his boat. and his passengerses were thrilled. >> time for sports. college football bowl games, easy for you to say, on the >> let's get some nba action before that from espn. >> good morning. good morning, people. i'm neal, we're doing highlights. this is the suns and grizzlies. so the suns are going to lose the game -- they're going to go to overtime, excuse me. what was the point? how many seconds left? hardly any time, jay triano charged it

tonight they're at serious risk for hypothermia. with nothing but their bags and the clothes on their back, a line of homeless people waited for shelter at joseph's house in camden. how many layers do you have on? >> well, i got three pairs of w abraham ramos, a homeless man tryin temperatur. >> any colder and the layers probably won't do it. >> reporter: at the time ramos didn't know if camden county opened its winter shelters. he said it was too cold for his old stand-by. >> i found a porch of an abandoned house and i stay there, but i got blankets. >> reporter: after we spoke to ramos, we introduced him to corman rodriguez, who told him where he could spend the night. >> it's critical that we don't put these individuals at risk. >> reporter: county shelters are the only places for relief. the shelters on manhattan avenue opened their doors to 25 people and 10 families. >> people tell me they feel safe. some people tell me they didn't get a good night's rest until they came here. >> reporter: the church at camden county shelter wi

folks are being warned to watch out for hypothermia and frostbite. it's so cold over in new jersey that officials actually canceled a new year's day polar bear plunge where swimmers normally dash into the ocean. not this year. chelsea ingram of our philadelphia station kyw has more. >> reporter: the bitter cold continuing to dip into the region. sending in pulse after pulse of the arctic air all the way through 2017 and into the start of 2018. high temperatures today for many locations only in the 20s. for instance, st. louis, 28. philadelphia, a high of 23 degrees nchl places like boston, not even making it out of the teens as we head into the afternoon. it's not going to feel much better as we head into new year's eve when you factor in the windchill. in new york, 5 below is what it will feel like. 11 below in chicago, and feeling like 24 degrees below zero in places like minneapolis. i'm chelsea ingram for cbs news. >>> they'll see heightened security here in new york city. the extra measures are already being put in place. tony dokoupil has our r

doctors urge anyone going outside to be mindful of hypothermia and frost bite.e pain goes away and they don't feel anything. that's why frost bite is so bad. the sensation goes away and at that point in time you really don't know that you're being frost bitten until it's too late. >> reporter:. >> and a large swath of snow is possible friday from the plains to the midwest to northeast up next again could potentially see a significant new year's eve snowstorm and northeast -- no, not accurate? who wrote that. >> no, i don't think so. >> that is not accurate. >> this is where you get the information from, her. >> yeah, no, there will not be a new year's eve snowstorm here or really anywhere in the northeast. it's so -- >> probably should have ran that by caitlin first. it is so cold you could imagine. >> how cold is it. enough for a big snowstorm but it's not going to happen. it's so cold we can't get any moisture around here. we can't produce any snowfall, so. >> okay. >> most we'll see is a few snow showers saturday morning but no big snowstorm new year's weeken

forecasters are warning people to protect themselves against hypothermia and frostbite. >>> flu seasonarly start. the centers for disease control says so far there have been 13,000 confirmed cases of the influence. they say peak flu season is between now and the end of january. >>> apple apologized after it admitted to slowing down iphones as batteries age and it's offering to replace batteries for $29 throughout 2018. the company says that once the batteries are replaced, all models down to the iphone 6 will immediately return to their original performance. >>> and in san jose, there is a police presence this morning in the eastern side of the city. this is the intersection of san antonio and sunset. the intersection is shut down we're told that police are investigating a deadly stabbing. avoid the area. >>> jumping over to the freeway right now bay bridge "holiday light" no delays, "friday light" in fact. looking good from oakland to san francisco. northbound 238 to the maze, an easy 16-minute drive time. no delays on the southbound side. you're clear as you head into hayward. and ta