activating a hypothermia alert. call 311 if somebody needs shelters and check on your neighborhoods. leaders are activating their emergency plans and warn everybody to be careful out there. for more on the cold including wind chills in your ho neighb, open the nbc washington app. >> our weather alert continues tomorrow. the windll advice ri will still be in effect. chuck bell is going to get you ready for the holiday chill. news 4 todaytarts at 4:00 a.m. all right. we switch gears now.io desper for some of you that are federal workers. unless president trump and mocrats compromise, you'll miss another paycheck this week. we enlterred day 3 of the shutdown. >> the president's latest offer is going nowhere. >> today vice president mike pence on a televised sales mission for the president's new shutdown offe for reluctant democrats he tried to make the border wall seem less ominous, it'sot sea t sea. it's 234 miles of baier. >> for critics, pence drew a line. >> this is not amnesty. there's n pathway to citizenship. >>

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has activated a hypothermia alert because of the temperatures. homeless shelters are teaming up. staying out for several hours in weather like this, it causes hypothermia. >> we try to help each other in our predicament. >> if you see someone who needs shelter, call 311 or 911 if there's s an emergency. >>> furloughed federal workers are days away from missing a second paycheck. in a deal to end the gridlock, a deal doesn't seem to be in the future. while senate republicans support it, they would still need the support of seven senateat democr to pass it. president trump wants a deal on the border wall before the government reopens. >>> later today d. mayor muriel bowser is expected to call on congress and president trump to end theshutdown. she plans to speak at a food bank on theocal chairs that have helping workers. >> it's not only mayor bowser but virginia wmakers. there's been an offer to put a 30-day stay ononviction for homeowners. if passed, an emergency clause that was written into the bill would allow it to take effect immediately. >>> and for those struggling to make

has activated a hypothermia alert.ming up in a few minutes, molette green wile an update on the conditions there and how the city is helping those in need stay warm. >>> if you do have to head out, be sure to have thebc shington app downloaded to your phone. that is where you can find our full forecast and a the delays and closings you need to know about no matter where ye. >>> 5:36 now. look at other top stories.n breaking news prince georges county, police are investigating a homicide in hyattsville. home on hamilton street near 37th avenue. police tell us man was found dead there. no word yet on a suspect. >>> today maryland governor larr hogan wil deliver his annual state of the state address. this will be his first address during his second term as governor. news 4 chris gordon will be at the speech ler today. it starts at noon in>> annapoli. empire star jussie smoelette is recovering after a brutal attack in chicago. smollett was walking along a street early tuesday morning whenttwo menked and beat him. they repo

youants everyone to know can help if you see someone in distrisz by calling the hypothermia hot line. >> they're 24 hours and'r th always willing to go out and do a welfare check. >> reporter: for many of the women in thiser shet was either sleeping on a cot the street. >> we try to help thch other in predictment and hoping god hear our prayers. >> reporter: the number for the hypothermia van is 311. the van will do a check on someone and try g to them inside to a shelter. we can tell you last night a woman did pass away at one of our homeless shelters, we're not sure if the cause of the death was related to the weather or not. >> mark segraves, thank you, mark. >> to stay ahead of this weather with ourng nbc wasn app set your home page to weather to get youry hour hour forecast. >>> for many today was a federal holiday, for others it was day 31 without a paycheck. and after a weekend of dueling proposals from the president and democrats, we don't seem much closer to solving this government shutdown. this week the senate is expected to vote on the proposal that includes tempotery proi

he city activated its hypothermia alert.te green has details o the city is trying to help people stay warm. molette, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning to you. the district is bracing for this arctic plunge, even cder air coming as the morning hours draw on. we've teen talki federal government workers who are three days into being back to work, happy to be back to work and one of them told me she isaking it all in stride this cold air. >> it's fine. it's not cold. it's not cold to me. so i just get on thebus, come to work. >> reporter: that's what she and so man others are happy about, even on a day like this when it is bitterly cold outside. now, as for our homeless on popula that's what the district is most concerned about getting those folks to warming centers throughout the day. who needs someone transportation to one of those spots, you can dial 311. if you seeomeone in distress and needing immediate help, dial 911. that's the very lest live here from the metro center subway stop where folks are not wasting

>> the biggest risk is hypothermia.re falls below 35 degrees celsius, you are at risk. we have a set temperature about 37 degrees celsius. it's really a balance between our heat production through metabolism and what we're losing heatwise from our skin and from our breathing. so we try to mheat. so we shiver to generate heat. our blood vessels will constrict to keep the blood closer to our core, heart, lungs, kidney, vital organs. our adrenal glands will push out hormones. when this system fails, then you're at risk for hypothermia. >> does it take a long time for hypothermia to set in? >> depends how cold it is, what your underlying health conditions are. and you have to be aware of the. it can affect your ment aal thinking, make you sluggish and affect your mental thinking. >> we reported about a gentleman who had a heart attack out shoveling the snow. it happens every year. >> every year we talk about the increase in heart attacks and heart-related deaths in the winter. a lot of factors play into this. the blood pres

hypothermia is a major concern for anyone stuck outdoors as well.red across 11 states because of the danger of the cold. flights have been canceled, and it really is a ghost town at this point because people are heeding the warnings and staying inside. but that warmup arrives here by saturday, like you said, al. >> yeah. we can hear the wind blowing on your microphone. get inside and warm up, dylan. thanks so much. let's head back over to craig. >>> for the second time this week, there's a nationwide chicken nuggets recall to tell you about this morning. tyson now recalling white meat panko chicken nuggets. they could be contaminated with bits of rubber. the nuggets were sold in five-pound packages. they have a use-by date of november 26th. on monday, perdue recalled its fun shape chicken breast nuggets because milk was not listed on the label, and that could cause a serious reaction in people with milk allergies. >>> gwyneth paltrow is being sued by a man who claims the actress injured him in a hit-and-run crash on the ski scloeps. nbc's joe fryer

has activated its hypothermia alert. emergency shelters are set up around the city to keep our homeless neighbors out of the cold. staying outside for several hours leakhi ts can cut off or hypothermia frostbite. >> it's terrible. it was so cold last night where we were. >> we're trying to help each other during this predicament and hoping god hears our prayers. >> call 311 or 911 if there's an immediate safety risk. families seeking shelter can also call 311. >> furloughed employees are minutes away from missingse nd paycheck. it's now entered its second month and a deal to end the gridlock doesn't seem to be in the immediate future. wle senate republicans support it, they would still need the support of seven senate democrats to pass it. democras want to reopen the government and then debate immigration. the president wants a deal on the border wall before the governme reopens. >>> later today, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is expected to call on congress to end the shutdowec she's eed to meet this a afternoon in an effort

story that's going across the rest of syria you have to fifteen children this must have died of hypothermia across refugee camps in and in syria and the conditions are getting worse and these images tell you what these camps should look like people are drinking waste water in these camps so they're soaked in waste water they're sleeping in wastewater. we're seeing the pictures now and just really that it's difficult to imagine in the descriptions that you're giving us a hard to hear but important which is why i want to read very little. i just want to read and i want to read this one from has it here who's a former gas and also a syrian refugee himself because he talks about what we should do when we hear stories like that so has and says six point two million displaced within syria by point six million outside lebanon seventy thousand at risk of the extreme weather the media this is old news now people people have empathy but they don't act so we need to change that international law has failed us and just before i go to you with this d.m. or someone else is picking up on that angle of peo

the baby was treated for hypothermia and released from the hospital into the custody of child protectivees ) new this morning ...one person is dead after a crash involving a pedestrian in mill valley. it happened at around 8:30 last night ... at the corner of laverne and north ferndale avenues. c-h-p also say a fire was reported at the scene. ( james ) taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar... we can expect a lot of rain today. it's time for the january savings event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it's our weekend special. save up to $500 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. plus, free premium delivery. ends monday. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) a few showers linger through the morning with a line of brief rainfall pushing into the bay around noon. after 4 pm rain chances diminish setting us up for a a dry rest of the day with daytime highs in the upper 50's under partly to mostly cloudy skies. (robin) major hot spots. ( james ) taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar... we can expect a lot of rain

has activated its hypothermia alert.see someone who needs shelter, call 311 or 911th if e's immediate risk. families can also call 311. there are several shelters open around the district for people who just need to get inside and warm up. meanwhile, monte fwgomery counte turned s aquatic centers into warming centers. pets areelcome as well. >>> and the nbc washington app, we have the loeks of warming centers and shelters all over the area. corey. >> cold weather last night did not prevent a community from remembering one oferwo people mu more than a week ago. one was shot and killed as he sat in a car with another worm on forester street. last night, people huddled together to keep warm for a vigil. they used their flashlight hs instead of candles. they prayed together, read scripture together and let go o of balloons to remember him. >> we've all planned to this shooting. people pretend like we don't hear it. a simple phone call could be the difference between life and death for somebody.al >> the woman iis washington.

has activated its hypothermia alert. if you see somebody that needs shelter, call 311r 1 if there's an immediate safety risk. families can also call 311. remember, there are several shelters open around the district who people w need to go inside and warm up. we have all of the locations listed in our nbc washington onapp. >>> inomery county, officials are turning indoor aquatic centers into warming centers. the four locations are up on your screen right now. will be open from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., pets are welcome. >>> coming up, chuck bell will have the latest forecast for and all of rhood theedthe ed advisories and warnings in effect. we have the locations ofhe warming shelters and centers in our area. >>> asay we enter 31 of the government shutdown, theeality of missing another paycheck is setting in for thousands of federal employees. ndless president trump democrats reach a compromise, they won't be getting paid this week. weekend offer from the president appeared to be dead on arrival. in his latest deal, presi

if you see someone in distress that may need he, that hypothermia van, the number to call, 311. they'll send someone to the welfare of people you see on the street. we have to report that last anght a w did die inside one of those shelters. it's unknown whether h death could be atributed to the weather or not. 31 of theday government shutdown. it is bitter cold, as you know we have higher heating bil now, possibly frozen pipes as yet another hardship for the federal workers who are about to miss a second paycheck. president trump's plan to reopen the government got a chilly reception from the democrats and both sides are on thin ice with frustrwoed ers. susan mcginnis u joi >> reporter: the latest plan will be put to the test later this week. but from the reaction we're getting now it could run into a wall. today president trump and vice president pence made an unexpected visit to lay a wreath at the martin luther king jr. memorial. >> it's a great day. >> but i may not be for 800,000 federal workers still unpa as the government shutdown pushes into a fifth week. protestersallie

that's 311 for the hypothermia van. we can tell you last night at one of the homeless shelters in the wdistrict, aan did die. it is unclear whether her death wasol related to the weather or not. back to you guys. >> sad to hear. >> thanks, mark. >>> a reminder to be extra caful if youse a space heater to keep warm. a space heater caused this fire at home in southeast d.c. this morning. three people were inside andke to the hospital. they're all expected to be okay. officials say you should always plug a space heater into the wall and keep it at least 3 feet fronying that can catch fire. >>> get updates on the weather using our nbc washington app. free. and there you'll have forecast for your neighborhood in the palm of your hand. >>> and good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger at theive desk th breaking news. aan who was stabbed this afternoon in prince george's county, he has now died. police tell news4 this was a domestic incident. the suspect is related somehow to the victim. the victim was taken to the hospital from cedar

has activated its hypothermia alert.one that needs shelter, call 311 or 911 if there's an immediate safety risk. families can call 311, as well. there are several sheltersndpen arhe district for people who need to get inside and warm up. we have all those locations sted for you inside our nbc washington app. >>> it's not just the cold.ha look strong winds did in sign a street and hollandane that was toppled over. there were 35-mile-per-hour gusts. and at o pointind gusts were at 50 miles per hour this weekend. d one was hurt. >>> as wel with the frigid temperatures, other parts of the east coast are buried under snow. >> yeah. ekend winter snowstorm dumped snow from t midwest to the northeast. this is burlington, vermont. now is falling 1 to 2 inches per hour on saturday. people ditching the car and going with the skis. >> windchills were well below zero. the entire state is under a winter storm warning. >>> chuck bell, it's nasty outside. >> it sure is. windsontinuing to blow. northwest wind averaging 17 miles per hour.

. >> hypothermia, could have fell into the water. we don't rule out foul play. >> reporter: downtown has a homeless population. services are here and there are areas to take cover. a shelter is also open for the cold months. >> not very many places for homeless to go. they are kicked out everywhere. >> reporter: this resident sympathizes with those living outside. a man watched the victim's body being removed. lost in thought. maybe grief. >> when it is this close, it is all of our problems. it is something that we all need to take steps to remedy. >> reporter: until next of kin are notified we won't have a name or age on the victim. a few years ago two homeless people were swept away by run off. they were rescued but sadly no opportunity to save a life today. >> debora villalon in santa rosa, thank you. f0 >>> the weekend storm is blamed for a death at uc berkeley. the victim was a man. his car was crushed by a huge tree that fell over near memorial stadium. cell phone video shows the tree after it toppled over yesterday afternoon.

someme from hypothermia. others from fatal car accidents. the deadly cold snap is expected to ease on thursday. the national weather service says temperatures could fall to record lows in some places before the region begins to thaw out. >> now to sierra leone, which has been host to the final round of the international competition referred to as the congo olympics. france 24 has details. is -- winner denmark beat out sweden and norway. the prestigious culinary award. all day, the stands were packed with fans cheering on their favorite teams as 24 countries competeted to take on the titlef world's best chef. the chefs had five hours and 35 minutes to prepare elaborate fresh dishes. the shellfish -- in homage to a chef who died last year. >> the biggest is this archers -- >> the dish, cooked in a dome shape, left plenty of room for creativity. >> it seems exceptional work. it is beautiful. it is unbelievable. >> the winning chef was modest in his victory. went.denmark's second a scandinavian country has made the podium in every competition go

>> it takes 5 to 10 minutes to develop frostbite, hypothermia. when the tissue becomes almost frozen cold, sometimes it's reversible, sometimes it's not. hypothermia can set in. if you get to 95 degrees, you can have symptoms. you can have heart arrythmias, go into cardiac arrest. muscle breakdown, tissue breakdown. it's very important to stay indoors when the temperatures are so extremely low. but if you have -- >> neil: it's hard to do in places with a windchill factor is 50, 70, 70 below. what do you advise then? >> if you have to go outside, keep it short and minimal. dress in layers and loose clothing, hats, scarves. cover your noses and mouths. i'm seeing a lot of lounge injuries, pneumonias. >> neil: it's hard to breathe. >> yes. can it be inflammatory and cause inflammation and swelling in your lungs and cause wheezing and coughing in your lungs where you end up in respiratory distre distress. it's important to stay indoors, take your medication and use your inhaler. >> neil: we go to minus 45 and then by this weekend, it will be 40 above

it will cause bone chilling temperatures to plummet even lower ringing threats of hypothermia and frostbite into next weekend. >> i have on three sweatshirts and i'm wearing three pairs of thermals. they have to be prepared. in we is an increase of about 15 to 20 calls per day. >> has all ready wreak havoc on those. they have those multiple accident in pennsylvania. the interstate was closed so emergency officials can clear that teen. and the day that this was canceled because of the extreme weather. >> and tremendous cold temperatures and snow and ice they didn't see where they were going. >> as it plunges into the unite chicago and minneapolis. >> we are experiencing a seven day period of time with snow and freezing weather. >> with the windchill parts of illinois and iowa could hit -35. these parts could dip as much as 45 below. mark letterman. >>> the polar vortex continues to plunge myself. the last was in january 2014 where they had temperatures reaching -16. >> almost feel guilty in california. >> it is hottest in the bay area. >> it was beautiful. and with temperatures in the 60s so

they were worried it might be at risk for hypothermia, so they got a harness and a winch. >> how did the horse end up there? >> they think the horse walked on to the cover and fell in, but they think the horse may have been a stray. they say there's been a lot of overbreeding. people can't take care of them due to economic woes so the horses are let go and let starve to death. the rspca says last year they took in a record number of horses like this one. this one has a chip but it wasn't registered so they don't know who the horse belongs to but they have nearly a thousand horses that they're taking care of that were abandoned and need someplace to go. after all was said and done they were able to successfully remove her from water. these two were stolen from their mothers by breeders. they don't know if they were trafficked from laos, but the good news is they were rescued. they have two minders who have to feed them every three hours. they're getting puppy replacement milk because that's the closest to bear milk they can get. >> no one else is going to go out and milk a bear. they

has that, activated its hypothermia alt. if youee someone that needs shelter, call 311 or 911 if there's an immediate risk. there's several shelters open around the district for people who need to get inside and warm up. we have the locations for you in the nbc washington app. >>> look at what happened in alexandria. that's a street sign that just toppled over. 35-mile-per-hour gusts at the time. at one point, winusts were at 50 miles per hour in our area. >> when i heard the wind whipping overnight, i knew the trees in the bac gard wereng to fall in the house. >> a lot of noise. >>> as we deal with the frigid temperatures, other parts ofst e oast are buried under the snow. >> a weekend winter snowsto dumped several inches of snow from the midwest to the northeast. look at burlgton, vermont. snow has been falling at 1 to 2 inches per hour, since sunday. some peoplearitched the c and used the skis to get around downtown there. >> not a bad way to get around. temperatures in the areama didn it out of the single digits and the

europe's winter weather has claimed its first victims that eighty people have died of hypothermia and hungary have died in brugman one and then emergency accommodation is supposed to protect homeless people from the cold but many make use of the shelters as we see in this report. mike has been living on the streets of berlin for about six months now a days he sleeps under this bridge his bed consists of blankets and three sleeping bags. as well. many people in berlin are in a similar situation it's estimated there are four thousand to ten thousand homeless people in the city but even at minus seven degrees celsius mike and other homeless people don't want to stay in the shelters but. if it gets called or i'll go to the railway mission and get two or three blankets or camping that will go away otherwise i'll stay here it's much better than in an emergency shelter. there are around twelve hundred beds in berlin's emergency shelters on average two hundred twenty of them remain empty each night mike says there's a reason for it. yeah i know you're i have my piece here i also have my peopl

. >> hypothermia. could have fell into the water. obviously, we don't rule out foul play, but there's nothing to indicate so far. >> reporter: downtown has a sizable homeless population. services are here. and there are areas to take cover. a shelter is also open for the cold months. >> there's not very many places for homeless to go nowadays. >> this resident near the creek sympathizes wothose living outside. an unidentified man watched the victim's body being removed, lost in thought, maybe grief. >> when it's this close and in your front yard or backyard, it's all of our problems. it's something that we all need to take steps to try to remedy. >> reporter: until next of kin are notified, we don't have a name or age on the victim. just a few years ago, two homeless men who were sleeping in a culvert were swept away by a runoff. they were rescued safely. but sadly, no opportunity to save a life this time. in santa rosa, debora villalon. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> terror related charges. we first told you last month about amir alhagagi

>> so there's going to be hypothermia. i know they have opened a lot os shel around the d.c.a, and it -- it's really going to be an extreme situation that we haven't dealtom with quite time and that's something that we have to keep an eye on. make sure you have the pets inde because it's chilly for them as well and just cold for everybody. i haven'teen the temperatures drop like this, the windchill like this in gate some time. let's go to the map and we also have the super blood wolf moon to talk about and still talk about today it's going to be blustery this afternoon. we're starting to the winds picking up and dangerously cold. by wednesday temperatures a wund 50 a do have some rain, so what to expect in the next 48 hours as windsng are pic up now, and they will have the potential to gust up to 50 miles an hour over. next 48 hours. windchills drop a little overnight and i d believe there will be power outages and icy spots for the winds that don't dry out those roads and, again, we'll secure any loose items out there as wel we've got an area of low pressure that brought us

they were treated for hypothermia. >>> trains headed to the high sierra this morning. some people are heading up there for snow and to see better conditions. but the drive to tahoe is treacherous. >> reporter: this is why there's a blizzard warning in the high sierra. heavy snowfall, conspiring with gusty winds, creating dangerous conditions. >> it was really snowing really hard. >> the king kingvale shell station. >> what's it been like? >> it takes forever to get here. >> they knew there was a storm coming in. >> we were hoping to get away from it. it didn't work. >> it caught up to you. >> it did. now we're freezing. >> reporter: travelers here pay about $100 for chains and insulation for the opportunity to sleep in their own beds. a jackknifed summit. travelers were stan hour. >> we entertained ourselves with some cards and jokes and hanging out. >> and here's something we've never seen up from sacramento, drove into the storm to volunteer, coming to the rescue of other drivers. >> to just pull out, help people. whoever is stuck. >> it's fun. >> there was a semi tr

. >> we're trying to also, every half hour or so, just cycle crews out so hypothermia doesn't set in. >> reporter: the deep freeze bringing down power lines and slick conditions causing hurejet jolted off the runway at chicago's o'hare international. the winter weather being blamed for at least five deaths already. the frigid forecast piling onto a of the weekend in the midwest and northeast. how does it feel to be out here for ten rightenow. it's really, really cold. >> reporter: the fstg in stron. >> i'm calling it a day. i'm done. >> reporter: leaving behind an icy and frigid mess. and the high today in albany, new york, just 4 degrees. at times it dipped to minus 30 when you back for in windchill. behind me is the hudson river, frozen over with a sheet of ice. >> kathy park, we'll let you warm up and ask how long will this brutal cold last? meteorologist dylan dreyer. >> good evening. the cold air has certainly settled in. temperatures were the coldest we've seen so far this season. and this is going to remain in place witcold temperatures, down in the single digits, but windchill

so what we can expect from that is the chance for a hypothermia and frostbite.t's a major possibility for exposed skin. so you definitely want to layer up if y're headed outside, and don't forget to bring the pets in tonight. now, let's talk wind gusts. like i said, we saw 50-plus miles per hou t we're on tl end of that bell curve there. ht33-mile-an-hour winds r now. so it's improving a bit, but this is still gusty enough to bring those feel-like temperatur into the teensnd single digits. 15 degrees iwhat it feels like right now in washington, d.c. feeling like the single digits up in montgomery county. at dulles airport there, 11 degrees is what it feels like and in manassas. here's what it feels like in the overnight hours. we're just going to continue this descent, and as you can ee, by midnight, in the single digits and this is just inside the beltway. outside, much colder. as we head towar 4:00 a.m., looking at minus 1 degrees. by just before day break, be minus 4 degrees is what it's going to feel like. like i said, inside the beltway. so for those of you

extreme winds can speed up t onset of hypothermia.ook for the stages o shivering, weak pulse, confusion, even in extreme cases a loss of consciousnes what youdo, most the victim out of the cold, cover that person with warm blankets and provide warm, non-alcoholic beverages so you avoid those problems. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the >>> well, we've got a few icy spots out there early this mo ing. becareful, especially the driveways, bridges, overpasses and parking lots. the main story today, not the ice. or snow. it's going to be the nds. weould have a few light snowshowers flying across the area. the winds wl be theain story picking up after about 8:00, 00, gusting to 40 to 50 miles per hour. i do believe there will be p outages later today. 50s and low 60s by tuesday. >>> just ahead a "today" exclusive, a personal tribute to kate spade from her best friend and h niece, award winning actress rachel brosnahan. >>> the husband of famed model b. smith is facing criticism for dating

a north dakota teen is being treat for hypothermia and frost bite. >>> health officials are notice a trend in portland with measles cases on the rise. and people maybe exposed to measles as 3 dozen locations. 27 of those people haven't been vaccinated and many of them were children. portland is being called a hot spot because it's so contagious. the department of justice has changed the mean of domestic violence. terrifying moments after a car drives through a home pinning a young boy. how he's recovering tonight. >>> in brazil 34 bodies have been recovered from a massive dam break and several has been hospitalized. the time is rung out to find survivors. the own of the mine said there were 300 workers at the time of the disaster. families living in low lying areas have been ordered to evacuate. >>> at least 19 family have died in the philippines and nearly 50 people were hurt. the first went off during sunday mass followed a second mass. officials are responding to attack. militantatize are active in the area but no one has claimed responsibility. >>> today the secretary of state mi

: he says when his dad got tired, the two decided to separate and meet up at a picnic area,y of hypothermiawhich could have easily been the case, had powelson not come across a vita crummy, really awful sleeping bag, but it was dry and compared to what i had on, it was a huge boone. >> reporter: powelson hunkered down for the night and in the morning he managed to hike out and flag down a driver. back in berkeley -- >> oh, my god. you know, a lot of things came to my mind, you know. >> reporter: martino orozco says powelson is like a brother to him and can't wait for his return. >> i'm going to hug him and tell him thankli tan, "nbc bay area news." >> 4:49 for you right now. >>> how about a lift? this is our first look at the two hikers rescued out of yosemite last wednesday. the chp helicopter came to the rescue, the two men from england were stranded in the north dome area. the winter storm was on its way. luckily we can report neither of those men were hurt. >>> this morning, things back online after a break-in and emergency communications in oakland. police say both their emergency and

hypothermia sets in so fast, paul. that was amazing. >> you see the shore of the lake freezing. that's because the air temperature around it is about 10 degrees below 0. this is serious stuff. it's crazy to see these numbers 40 below 0, 50 below 0. you're outside two or three minutes, you're dealing with frostbite. i'll show you a graphic showing you the air temperature lows tonight. >>> us here about 10 degrees warmer than average, fremont, concord, napa 66, san jose 64, redwood city and san francisco 60 degrees or warmer today. overnight tonight some cloud cover. we'll be mild, fairfield 45 degrees, oakland 50, pacifica 51, san jose tonight 47 degrees. these are your overnight lows. forget about the wind, which is howling at 44 miles per hour in minneapolis right now. the overnight low tonight could be the coldest since 1996, 31 degrees below 0 tonight in minneapolis, 25 below 0 in chicago, would be the second or third coldest night in the city's history. it will drop to 1 degree in cincinnati. it will drop to 5 degrees in new york city, 11 in our nation's capital, 49 in sacra

if you start feeling symptoms of confusionr memory ss, you're either suffering from hypotherm hypothermiayou're rudy tuliani. so je careful. >> brain freeze will get you. >> it sure will, more ways than seems. >>> in the movie industry, we don't just celebrate the best in .h well, the worst films also get what's called a razzie. this years nominees got a little political. for worst actor, president donald j. trump in death of a nation.in and also height 11-9. some of the other nominees include johnny depp, will ferrell, johnravolta and bruce willis. in the worth supporting actress category, kellyanne conway and melania trp, joined by marcia day harden, kellyn, pres and also jaz sinclair. the worst picture nominees were gotti, the happytimerd s, holmes and watson, robin hood, and winchester. >> i havli a f the president would be upset if he doesn't win. >> even this. >> i'm still surprised to see a watson movie on there because john c.eilly and will ferrell, stepbrothers was so good. >> can't beat tal adegas nights. >>> the name of pepsi's line of sparkling waters is getting a makeover dur

outside, people who don't have a place to live, that plonged exposure outside obviously can lead to hypothermia, the d.c. government is doing aood job of trying to prevent that and it is certainly a very cold blistery night. on a dangerously cold night in d.c., a charity van drops off homeless people at one of the district's cold weather shelters. tonight's wind chill is bel zero. >> this is what i do for a living. >> repter: richard gathers shopping carts at home depot in bethesda. >> i bundle myself up and i'm ready to go every night. >> reporter: inside, melissa green buys ice melt for her parents, fearing they could slip and fall. >> it's a scary thoughtwi kno that they're walking around and their brick pathway that is icy and cold. >> reporter: the store received a new supply of ice melt moments ago. >> we got emergency shipment with, you know, 1,600 bags. we're down to what you see here, aed couple hun left. >> reporter: that's pretty good. they're completely sold out of space heaters. >> it is freezing today. you can't even go out there without the appropriate gear on. >> it is so cold i

the centers for disease control enyrs are the highest percentage of people who die from hypothermia. >> jkie, thank you. >>> a new plea tonight from five form homeland security secretaries to fund the department of homeland security. >> most of them are republicans and one of them includes a top trump official who just left the white house.>> leon harris standing by at our live desk with what it could mean f some furloughed federal workers. leon? >> well, doreen, jim, if president trump and congress approve funding for the department of homeland security, it would mean some of the 800,000 furloughed workers would get paid, including 42,000 who are in the u.s. coast guard. they, by the way, are the onlch brf the military not getting paid right now. those who signed that letter that was sent to the president include formerrump white house chief of staff john kelly, tom ridge, michael chertoff, janet napolitano and jeh johnson. the letter says, quote, the department riskspl talented p leaving their posts to pursue employment. this letter was releasedefore tomorrow's two big votes in the

children and babies have died in a refugee camp in northeastern syria over the past two months hypothermia is being blamed for most of the deaths of twenty three thousand people mostly women and children scaping the fighting in neighboring areas have arrived at whole camp since the end of november the world health organization says many families made the journey on foot in freezing conditions. immigration courts in the u.s. are struggling to catch up after the longest government shutdown in history a backlog of more than eight hundred thousand cases means some asylum seekers fay won't be known for years rob ronald's has more from los angeles. early morning downtown l.a. the u.s. immigration court building a long line of people waiting to attend a hearing on their cases victor per as was one of them his hearing was canceled because of the government shutdown his case was scaled for generally twenty four hours because of the chant down the court didn't happen so now we have to wait that a new day would be scare you know right now we don't know if that would be within the next year two years

hypothermia is thought to be responsible for the deaths of at least twenty nine children and babies ina refugee camp in northeastern syria around twenty three thousand people mostly women and children have arrived at the al whole camp in the past eight weeks of the fleeing fighting the world health organization says many families traveled there on foot in freezing weather children and babies are reported to have died either a lot of away or soon after they arrived or can speak now to the world health organizations representative in damascus that is that is a whole thanks for being with us on the program give us some idea what the conditions are like in the camp how bad all the way and why are things so bad. this is actually saying if you got that our bags place the first in the caravan house and people decide to have to deeply thousand people so we have had a substantial increase and the situation is overwhelming unfortunately we have lost the night base and in fact over the last. couple of months this is mainly because i could have any ah and there are so high when we see how so it is

. >> reporter: the extreme cold could also create a danger of hypothermia or frostbite. if you don't dress appropriately wearing layers. that's the latest from fairfax. back to you. >> chrisordon reporting. thank you. today's winter weather is already responsible for a deadly crash in fauquier county. a 22-year-old man from woodbridge died when he lost control on sowego road right near the prince william william stafford county line. some crashes in the first 90 minutes of the snowstorm in fauquier county. >>> new tonight, the office of personnel managemen says that most federal workers furloughed during the shutdown will receive paychecks byhursday. now, some of you began gmuting those -needed checks today. the national zoo re-opened day, as did smithsonian museums, including the national museum of african-american history and culture. director lonnie bunch personally welcomed back visitors as they arrived today. >> people love what they do here and they almost feel like, yes, not getting paid was horrible, but being taken away from being toe to engage the public, share

doctors say his injuries are serious, including a head injury, fractures, hypothermia, frostbite. ivan spent nearly 36 hours buried under rubble in subfreezing atures. he was found alive on tuesday. his father called it a new year's miracle. nine people died when leak caused that building to collapse. >>> in news for your health now, we have a w fning as season kicks into gear. maryland is among several states with hh flu activity. the cdc says it is one of nine states that is seeing increasing flu numbeia. health off are warning people to take precautionsin heinto the new year. >> i know a lot of people are not believers, but the data rely shows that getting the flu vaccine is probably the most important thing you can do to help reduce the accidence of flu. >>fficials say pregnant women and young children are at high risk for flu complications. coming up on the "today" show, whatxtra precautions you can take this flu season. >>> and w we'king for your hef health with new information about price hikes mak g your medication more expensive. >> 60 companies raised the prices on nearl

the story that's going across the rest of syria you have fifteen children this must have died of hypothermia across refugee camps in syria and the conditions are getting worse and these images tell you what these camps should look like people are drinking waste water in these camps so they're soaked in waste water they're sleeping in wastewater. we're seeing the pictures now and just really that it's difficult to imagine and that the descriptions that you're giving us are hard to hear but important which is why i want to read they're really. i just want to read and i want to read this one from has it here who's a former gas and also a syrian refugee himself because he talks about what we should do when we hear stories like that are six point two million displaced within syria five point six million outside in lebanon seventy thousand at risk of the extreme weather the media this is old news now people people have empathy but they don't act so we need to change that international law has failed us and just before i go to you with this d.m. or someone else is picking up on that angle of people

the baby was treated for hypothermia and released from the hospital into the custody of child protectiveetting frustrated about not getting paid. kron 4's ashley zavala followed t-s-a workers in sacramento ... who are demanding an end to the shutdown. dozens of distressed federal workers rallied at the sacramento airport wednesday, demanding an end to the government shut down. ((fabrizio sasso- sacramento central labor council)) "one month without pay?! that's slavery! that's indentured servitude."t-s-a employees, like susan braverman, say they're feeling and seeing the effects of not getting paid.. ((susan braverman- tsa employee)) "i'm very lucky i come from a two-income household, we can make it. but a lot of my officers are not so lucky. they're going to be food insecure, a lot of them have trouble getting here. it has to stop. we need to be paid."while lawmakers in congress have yet to come to an agreement over funding for a wall at the mexico border, san diego assemblywoman lorena gonzalez says the people protecting the border must get paid.((assm. lorena gonzalez (d) san diego)) "

several people have died from the extreme weather some from hypothermia freezing others from fatal car accidents. the deadly cold snap is expected to ease on thursday for the national weather service says temperatures could still full to record lows in some places before the region begins to four out. well to tell more a about tt i'm joined by richard alley he's a professor and associate of the us and to environmental systems institute at pennsylvania state universrsity. thanks for being with us on front twenty four tonight at the first lady and and he got a bit of gooood news for the e midwestt it is all thy over the worst of this teterrible weathther. yeah itt looooks like t thee open the worst of them sinc- where we're looking at actualally well above a avee temperatures by the end of the weweekend? because this things coming out of chicago in other places have been pretty horrific and can you tell us a bit more about the science behind this potable tex. sure so first of all please remember the wororld is stil warming the world today is a baba off natural levels the antarcrcc is a a

roads in many areas are covered in snow and ice, and windchills could cause hypothermia. for more let's go to nbc's kathy park. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marlie. the arctic blast has officially arrived. anything that melted overnight has officially frozen over. temperatures are taking a deep dive. so if you're outdoors for an extended period of time, it could be extremely dangerous. a blast of winter weather buried parts of the midwest and northeast, dumping nearly a foot of snow in albany, new york. even plow drivers bowled over. how does this storm compare? >> biggest one for me. >> reporter: nearby, a stunning sight, the hudson river frozen. where there wasn't snow, water was a problem. heavy rains flooded areas of new york city. strong waves slamming the eastern seaboard. and parts of coastal massachusetts are under water. overnight, a major drop in temperatures in some cities will mean an icy mess on the roads and possible power outages as trees and power lines freeze. the windchills life threatening. international falls, minnesota, will feel li

has activad a hypothermia alert. >> molette green has details on how the city isrying to help peopletay warm. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know the district only got a little teeny bit of snow,no so -- no ice issue here. it is the cold that is really the problem for those folks who have to go out ear this morning. and of course the weather, the temperatures are going to drop. that wind chill level that lauryn ricketts has been talking about going to sink deeper. the cold emergency activated in the city, of co the schools are open on time. d.c. is a walking city. people walk to the busstop. they walk to take the train. and theig concern , of course, for our homeless neighbors in the city. andf so,course, these shelters will be opening up this morning at 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.re at some of th centers used as warming centers. if you need someone inbl tr call 311. immediate need f emergency help, of course, dial 911. of course, there conditions brutal out here this morning. and they're only going to get worse throughout the day as we talk about that cold

they are also telling people to stay inside because of warnings of the threat of hypothermia settingundreds of car accidents across the midwest with spin outs, car crashes, you name it. at least six deaths have now been blamed on the polar vortex and airports have had a number of cancellations, schools have now been closed as a precaution to make sure the kids are also safe. when you talk about the people who are on the streets, those who are most vulnerable, we saw young man last night who police officersjust basically had to force him to get into an ambulance because he did not want to leave the streets. he is harmless, but frostbite was starting to setting. was starting to set in. so it is dangerous out here. here — travellers are facing delays and hundreds of schools have closed, as snow and icy conditions hit much of the uk. liverpool and manchester airports were closed this morning to allow snowy runways to be cleared. in wales, a mountain rescue team airlifted a climber with a broken leg off snowdon, after he was hit by an avalanche. in devon and cornwall, police said they dea

in that weather you can get frostbite in seconds and hypothermia just trying to shovel snow. and if government as are closed and travel is treacherous. there is black ice on the highways and thousands of flights have either been cancelled or delayed. don dahler begins our coverage. >> reporter: from above, the polar vortex looks peaceful and pretty. on the ground, not so much. people in the dakotas and northern minnesota saw wind chills plummet to minus 50. that's colder than the top of mount everest. and the life-threatening system is just getting started. over the next few days, the vortex will expand over the united states, as areas of low pressure and cold air near the north pole move south into the northern hemisphere, bringing some of the coldest weather in a generation. >> hey, you need gloves. >> reporter: in minneapolis, police spent the day handing out gloves in subzero temperatures. in chicago, which could see record-breaking lows, city busses are being called into service as homeless shelters. and emergency officials are urging people to stay indoors to protect th