jason allen from our cbs station ktvt in fort worth has latest. >> reporter: the massive winter storm continues to cripple the south, covering dallas in dangerous sheets of ice. some stuck drivers had to use muscle power to get their cars back on the move. >> i need formula for my newborn. so i have a little bit left, but just in case the roads are bad tomorrow i wanted to get some more. >> reporter: ice weighing down trees and branches leaving yards and streets littered with broken limbs and downed lines. widespread power outages leaving more than 300,000 people in the dark. at dallas-fort worth international airport 75% of flights are canceled. despite the headaches -- >> oh, my god. >> reporter: some are having fun, turning roads into rinks. skating down streets and playing with pucks. jason allen, cbs news, fort worth, texas. >>> the family of tyre nichols called on congress to enact police reform as they celebrated his life during funeral services. nichols was remembered with songs and heartfelt tributes yesterday. the pastor said he was a good person and a beautiful soul. nichol

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>> james: jason allen, thank you so much.e on where the storms and bitter cold are headed next, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, j.b. more dangerous and damaging ice on the way for millions of people. already, with all the damage and treacherous conditions we've seen, this is the amount of ice that it took to create those scenes, and about this amount of ice is on the way through tomorrow morning. and finally, new york city getting its first measurable snowfall of the season. it's the latest first measurable snowfall on record, dating back to the 1800s. and get ready to stay in or bundle up, j.b. temperatures this weekend in the northeast and some places going to feel like they are 20 to even 50 degrees below zero. >> james: wow. chris, thanks for the weather heads-up. now to a frightening incident during the morning commute here in washington. authorities say a gunman opened fire at a d.c. metro station, killing one employee and leaving

. >> i'm jason allen in fort worth, texas, where slightly warmer temperatures are starting to turn allnto slush. that slow thaw is helping to improve conditions on the highways around the region as well, making travel easier. >> reporter: schools will reopen tomorrow, and at dallas-fort worth international airport, only 28% of flights were canceled today compared to 75% the day before. as the south melts, the north braces for a blast. >> today it is going to be just brutally cold. >> reporter: temperatures are windchills could be minus 50 in new hampshire and maine by saturday, the coldest in decades. the city of boston has already declared a cold emergency for the weekend, and warming centers will be open in at least five states. the extreme temperatures could cause frost quakes, harmless mini earthquakes that can trigger loud booms when underground ice expands, adding pressure to soil and bedrock. the national weather service warns frostbite could take under ten minutes to set in, and the cdc recommends using the avoid, spot, treat method. make sure body parts are covered with dry, w

. >> i'm jason allen in fort worth, texas, where slightly warmer temperatures are starting to turn allnto slush. that slow thaw is helping to improve conditions on the highways around the region as well, making travel easier. >> reporter: schools will reopen tomorrow, and at dallas-fort worth international airport, only 28% of flights were canceled today compared to 75% the day before. as the south melts, the north braces for a blast. >> it is going to be just brutally cold. >> reporter: temperatures are expected to plunge below zero in new england. windchills could be minus 50 in new hampshire and maine by saturday. the coldest in decades. the city of boston has already declared a cold emergency for the weekend, and warming centers will be open in at least five states. the extreme temperatures could cause frostquakes, harmless mini earthquakes that can trigger loud booms when underground ice expands, adding pressure to soil and bedrock. the national weather service warns frostbite could take under 10 minutes to set in, and the cdc recommends using the avoid-spot-treat method, make sur

allen isn't east palestine. ron, what does it look like on the ground? >> well, jasonust open today, and it's one of the steps that the officials here have taken to try and reassure the public. or feel persistent reports that people experiencing health problems like coughing and irritated eyes and so forth. they're not just worried about health problems now, but in the future. what could happen here once everyone leaves? a lot of concerns about that. that's where that clinic is. their other than that, the epa chief here today was here to basically try to turn up the pressure on norfolk southern, the train operators, who ordered them, using the powers of the epa, the legal authority of the epa to tell this company that they have to clean up this site, to run a detailed plan of how they are going to do it and to pay for it. the epa has the authority to step evading the process is not going well, do it themselves, or with contractors, or whoever, and then build norfolk southern as much as three times the cost of this cleanup. so it's unclear how this process is going to p