. >>> the jacksonville jaguars mascot talk a dive. that was scary. whoa. you know what? they're not just cheering him on. the cheerleaders got in on the action. those are some brave ladies. >>> just ahead, late night superstar jimmy fallon credits this one person with having more influence over his biggest decision than just about anyone else. so who is it? >>> welcome back. with the tail end of our arctic outbreak, we'll see a nice warm-up this afternoon after a very cold start. areas like new york and d.c. getting up in the 20s and 30s considering how cold it was yesterday, 42 in atlanta. the southeast will be much better this afternoon. still very cold, though, minneapolis. a chunk of cold air came down over you last night. as we go through tomorrow, you even warm up to 17 which is considerably warmer than you've been. chicago 25. we will see some rain heading in the general direction of arkansas, oklahoma, and texas as we go into our thursday. by the time we get to the weekend, all of that heads to the east coast. a warmer weekend on the eastern seaboard but rainy. >

you can still celebrate with this video, the jacksonville jaguars mascot, jackson deville on the light tower at the field. watch what he's about to do. show off. that is a rope swing zip line. this is the latest from our friend. the cheerleaders too. >> the cheerleaders do it too. you can see how high up this thing is. they're doing double back flips, all kinds of things. >> this is awesome. >> it is a swing and a zip line altogether? >> yep. >> has to be tons of fun. most everybody has a camera on the stick, capturing the moment where they're flying down to the seat. it looks like you're about to crash into section 247. it is cool to see the mascot flying through the air too. i got to say. >> daredevil that one. that looks like fun. >> there is a behind the scenes where you can see how they rigged this thing up. he talks to some of the cheerleaders about their experiences. he said we have the best mascot in the nfl and this is why. always a cool video from devon. we'll put this in the behind the scenes video on our website, click on today's show and check it out. >> anybody who lives

we see the jacksonville jaguars mascot jump off a light tower above the stadium's upper deck. ne. cheerleaders are also getting into the act. >> that is awesome. given the jaguars lost 7 of 8 games at this stadium this season, we will call this the most action it has season in a while. sorry, jaguar fans, but this is pretty cool. >> i would love to try that. listen to the music, too. the music is one of the reasons the video is quite addictive. if you want to see the whole video, youtube search rope swing zip line nfl stadium. words you never thought would you youtube. but if you youtube those, this will pull up that video. that was amazing. >> yes. >>> coming up -- all of the spine-tingling developments on last night's debut of "the bash love." our senior "bachelor" analyst is here coming up in "the skinny." >> mothers not taking love but companionship in other moms. >> we will tell you about the website that is bringing them together. you're watching "world news now." ♪ my lover's heart ♪ nobody but me >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by limeaway turbo po

>>> and the jacksonville jaguars team mascot took a dive on a zip line from high, way, way above! that is frightening. cheerleaders there to encourage him, but hey, they even got in on the action. those are some brave women. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with more on this brutal cold snap. i know, bill, people have been asking you all week long, when is it going to be over. do you have good news for us? >>> soon enough! >> all smug over there. >> from here to summer it warms up considerably. yeah, the cold is on its way out, but not fast enough for many of you out there. and one of the spots that's just really struggled over the last two days has been the greater buffalo area. about 12 to 24 inches of snow, still under blizzard warning. it's still just windy enough for blizzard conditions. we have an incredible snow band also in northern new york, near watertown. that's just a hose of moisture, about 2 inches an hour now in watertown southwards, and those are the areas that are going to end up with feet of snow. so, this is the map you want to see, the 24-hour temperature