the state of michigan, with its 3,300 miles of great lakes coastline, has long pressured illinois to do more to stop the carp. in 2009, michigan and four other states sued illinois in a bid to shut down the chicago canals to keep carp t of lake michigan. the lawsuit went nowhere and other talk of taking the drastic step of closing the canals has met stiff opposition ine illinois, becallions of dollars of freight travel through the area's wateays every year. >> and in this region, you know we ship probably 25 to 35 million tons annually in the region. direct and indirect, tens of thousands of jobs are directly involvedith this industry. >> reporter: del wilkins is the president of illinois marine towing, a major shipping company. he agrees asian carp must be stopped, but not at the expense e massive barges carryin everything from grain to fuel to cement up and down the rivers. >> and we look at the asian carp as a threat, as well, to the lake michigan region but let's understand how we move to be able to mitigate that risk and find a way to have a win, win solution, versus a win, lose

that is a cold and out ahead of that in to the east, that is a lake effect snow going into michigan. r the relatively warmer lake to produce heavy snow on the grand rapids and kalamazoo side of michigan. 62 degrees down in miami. that sounds good. tallahassee is 35. 28 in atlanta. we have 56 in la. also phoenix. some of the snowbirds said that we are getting out of here. they do that. there is a lot of cloud cover for us. partly to mostly cloudy. the system is swinging in. we will have a few breaks, but the timing on this is much later than sooner. there could be some light rain out ahead of that. but likely after 6:00, 10:00, or maybe even overnight into tomorrow morning. this is a really tough track. some areas in lincoln only get about 0.1 inches. closer to the coast, we will get 1.5 inches. the 40s and 50s for the temperatures. lots of cloud cover and fog. once it starts to mid 50s. the system is tapping into moisture, so for goes over us, there will be some decent totals. there of san francisco south as opposed to north. the system will give everyone widespread rain. that looks l

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you get the precipitation off of lake michigan. that makes it bad in the city, near the lake and indiana. michigan, the shores of lake michigan, the western shores of lake michigan as well. what can i tell you? looks like 300 plows the city tells us are out. will be out. we'll leave you with a picture of them. the lights are flashing there. some of them dump trucks with plows attached. those are salt trucks though that you see there which will soon be filled and out on the street. not a disaster, neil. but a mess. that's for sure. back to you. >> neil: to put it mildly. thank you. be safe yourself. jeff flock. flight delays are piling up as we speak. alicia acuna in denver with the latest. alicia? >> neil, yes, the tsa says this will be their busiest day of the holiday weekend between today and monday. more than eight million passengers will pass through security checkpoints. you add the partial government shut down and all that stuff that rick reichmuth was talking about and here we go. denver international airport spokesperson say

this is the very very bitterly cold air which is going over lake michigan. on the western side of that, you get lake effect snow. kalamazoo has heavy snow. grand rapids is reporting snow. kalamazoo is -11. the windchill is -36. so it will stack up big time there on the western side of that. if you are to the east inside, it is really cold. for us, we have a lot of cloud cover. some rain on the way later. not sooner. is still has a ways to go. it is still tapping confined to by this evening, we might see this pick up a little bit as we head into tonight or even overnight into tomorrow morning. 40s and 50s in the temperatures. have a lot of cloud cover on advance of that. there are many reports. you can see the moisture moving into the low. if it can go over us or close enough, then some 0.25 inches totals are possible for those on the coast. i will tell you the peninsula and far further to the north. everyone will get in on two or three inch amouweek. 60s for the temperatures today. there could be some stuck in the fog. a break on thursday night and early frid

and lake michigan. big ice chunks. look at that. it's all been frozen over or just about, at least the surface. tomorrow the expected high is 13 degrees below zero. >> whoa. >> windchills will make it feel as low as 50 below zero. >> a rescue from lake michigan became a group effort. chicago police formed a human chain to reach a man who went into the water after his dog. the man rescued the dog, then he got trapped in 34-degree water surrounded by ice walls. >> officers tried to use the dog's leash to pull him out but he couldn't hold onto it. six officers formed that human chain to place the leash around the man. >>> tonight, the states of emergency. authorities issue warnings about the life-threatening cold. 28 states. the chain reaction crash, passengers pinned in their cars. whiteout conditions, wind chills of 52 below zero expected in minneapolis. 50 below in chicago. that system now moving east. >>> the well-known tv star brutally attacked. tonight, police are calling it a possible hate crime. the "empire" actor telling polic

ryan young is live in chicago off lake michigan. that's amazing, ryan. we see the steam rising off the water. it's beautiful, especially when we are not in it. >> it is beautiful. absolutely. we wanted to bring you this shot. we are not protected by the buildings. today feels colder than yesterday. but to step out to show you something. this is unbelievable. just to see this. the water temperatures are warmer than the air creating this steam coming off here. you think about this. lake michigan is one of the fifth biggest lakes in the area. this is brutally cold. the midwest is dealing with winter's punch. a brutal arctic freeze sweeping over nearly a quarter of the country bringing the coldest air in a generation to the midwest. >> it's freezing cold. my face, toes, everything. >> reporter: with a low temperature of negative 23 and a wind chill of negative 52, the windy city's temperatures lower than parts of antarctica and alaska causing ice breaks to blanket the river and a wall of ice steam to form along lake michigan and across the skyline. the dange

a live look here at lake michigan from chicago, frozen over.service to and from chicago today. city officials there adding 500 shelter beds for the homeless. meteorologist pedram javaheri in the cnn weather center. >> good morning, dave and christine. an incredible pattern when it comes to the expansive nature of all of this. when you take a look, we're not just talking 30, 40, 50 below, maybe some people felt the lower end of that threshold at 50 below, but we're pushing up to 60 to 70 below in parts of minnesota. a pretty expansive area with 140 million people it will feel windchills of 30 below or colder. includes major metro cities of the northeast as we get into thursday and friday as well. in fact, this pattern continues into the weekend through parts of the northeast before a dramatic warming trend comes in towards sunday and monday as well. how about this, 61 possible record-low maximums. essentially what that's telling you the coldest afternoon temperatures for the record in parts of the midwest and great lakes as well over the next 24

but if you look out over lake michigan right now, look at the steam that is coming out over the relativelyarm water. some canadian geese in the foreground, some ducks are playing in the areas of the lake that have melted. as we look back in the north no now, there's a skyline, the city of big shoulders. we normally don't get sun this time of year. it's always cloudy in the midwest. we have this beautiful view of the skyline. speaking of beautiful, take a look at this. this is caused by the mist coming in off of lake michigan, he got of the street. it looks like the heat miser lives here. it's created like a fortress in the middle of the shorelines of lake michigan, complete with a cave. the bad news -- [laughs] that if god truly come it's going to get worse before it gets better. that means it's supposed to snow this afternoon or this evening. we won't what dom asked her to see the tippers get above 0 degrees until about 8:00 p.m. this evening. so we still have hazardous conditions. the roads are treacherous, the trains are still shut down. thousands of flight delays and cancellations. if

police rescued a man from the icy waters of lake michigan.( james ) the entire rescue was caught on aera. take a look:(á2 sec nat popá)<ánats of police radioá> the man fell into the 34 degree waters while trying to rescue his dog from lake michigan in chicago. the man was able rescue his dog, but he couldn't get out. he managed to call 9-1-1 as did a passerby. police arrived and had to act quickly --- using a dog leash to rescue the man. ( james ) police said the man was treated at the hospital and has since been released. as for the dog -- police said it is also in good condition. ( darya ) the warriors' steph curry made a young girl's night monday. he saw the fan, signed the shoes while he was wearing them, and just gave them to her. this happened in indiana after the team played

in chicago, temperatures registered at minus 23 degrees causing sea fog to rise from lake michigan.try was in minnesota, which hit minus 66 degrees. the governor is asking residents to turn down their thermostats to avoid overstraining the system. yikes. it's unimaginable. it's hard to tell people to turn the heat down at a time like that. >> we're grateful to be here and not there. >> absolutely. we're dealing with wet weather this morning. mild temperatures, most of us in the low to mid-50s. the exception los gatos at 48. santa rosa at 49. clear lake 47. ukiah at 45. let's look at what's going on in san jose. here's a look at 101 and 880. we have steadier rain falling right now. as we head throu

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america's midwest is in the grip of a life threatening deep freeze known as the polar vortex that's lake michigan there in chicago weather colder than a arctic a has grounded flights disrupted travel and brought wife to a standstill for tens of millions of people the polar vortex is a mass of freezing year that normally spins around the north pole in winter but it has slipped south words into the united states. it's one of the coldest blasts of arctic air in recent memory. tens of millions of people across the midwest and eastern states are shivering through freezing winds and record low temperatures. some parts of the states are thought to be colder than the arctic circle right now it's definitely not the best time to be outside. wind chills in the negative double digits are dangerous. in the extreme cold can cost frostbite in a matter of minutes and slippery roads continue to cause accidents. hundreds of flights have been canceled schools are closed and workers have been told to stay home. americans will have to endure similar temperatures over the next few days because the cold air mass shows

jumping into lake michigan. some have swim suits on. others in full outfits. it benefits local families in lead. >> the audio. >> the foiss and seven we sigh it in france, people flun there. >> it's a real -- get worse s, compare for places like chicago. and 10 degrees tomorrow, and we will begin to see changes. check out first where we are here in the west coast, and a chance of showers and the temperatures around the great lakes, vie news 15 for high temperatures. it's hard to kind of grasp your head around. that is a high temperature at 15 degrees around chicago by ens. big chances happens there, should make you appreciate 57 degrees. and we will show you walnut creek now down to 49 degrees, and killy. you can see 53 right now in san hoe day, and a high of 65 degrees and upper 30s to mid valley, not much. the air is notice, probably more high clouds at times heading to form, and lunchtime, probably a break and unlick today, and the cut the temperature temperature down a bit and you see a few more high clouds on approach. we will be looking at highs mostly i

balls of icear covering of lake michigan. a photographer capture these floating near the shore o st. joseph michigan. the wind howling and kicking up waves up there. >> if you'd rather think warmer thoughts. >> we would. >> how aamut no sign of the polar vortex,at temperures in the 70s in south florida. i'll take any one of those boats right now. >> it is the kind of cold you do need to cover up your face -- >> yeah. >> -- even your eyeballs if you can. >> incredible up there. the coldest i saw was 66 below zero. >> where is that? fallnational >> that was minnesota. just incredible. >> i'm not going there. >> i'm sure the falls are great this time of year. i couldn't find any falls when i looked. so if there are falls iend to me. it's a cold night, not as cold as last night. temperatures at 23, winth out of south at 3 miles per hour. we're not seeing much in the way of wind but notice the wind direction out of the south. that's a warming wind but it's not going to seem like much but keeps us warmer. last night t in the city, 1

when you get that cold air going over the 340 water temperature lake michigan, another the michigan sidee effect snow. kalamazoo, grand rapids, even though our 411 below, they are getting snow and it stacks up. we have a lot of cloud cover over us. not much. this is one of those systems were some people get a little rain and some of get a lot. those getting a lot will probably favor those along the peninsula, the coast santa cruz and santa cruz mountains down to monterey. it is coming in later. not sooner, but later. by this evening and into tonight, and maybe overnight into tomorrow morning for some. the system of slowing down tapping into my she. attentive in his 20s and have this widespread but there will be areas to the north and east that will be on the lighter side. some of the on the heavy side. tonight 6 p.m. until 6 and looks to be the window. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. they won't change much. a few breaks in the but it is creating moisture. that is below as it takes in the moisture. attractive as it goes off shore it will be the coastal areas. it was close enough to go ov

lake michigan and the chicago river frozen.om the air it looks likeg somethrom another planet. people who had to venture outside, covered every inch of skin or paid the price. >> it feels like your face is about to peel off. >> reporter: hospitals are seeing a rise in frostbite. at least nine deaths blamed on the weather. wednesday polic found an iowa university student dead behind a building. eople in michigan are asked to turn down theirmo thats after a fire at the natural gas plant threatened the supply. >> we'r tough, i know that weather hardly phases us, but this is an unusual time. >> reporter: the good news ismp atures will be on the rise over the weekend. but that could bring n problems. ng dramatic war would potentially causeg flood as all that ice melts. >> reporter: while there's always that one guy, public officials say this cold i no joke. chris bcpalone news new york. >>> just talking about what it feels like, 50 deees below zero. >> yeah. the coldest i've ever been in with wind chills is about 30 below. you walk

brian: look at this rolling cold fog rolling across lake michigan. consin with parts of lake geneva completely frozen. steve: this polar vortex closing businesses, schools and thousands of flights. in chicago 2600 flights cancelled. ainsley: we have live team coverage. janice dean is tracking the storm in new york. we begin with ray bogan where it's minus 24 degrees. brian: we think it's ray. >> yes. it's me. good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. it was supposed to be about 20 degrees warmer today but it's not and it definitely doesn't feel any warmer. that's for sure. we are at the minneapolis airport this morning where they have been lucky enough to have relatively few cancellations and delays but around the midwest that has not been the case. travelers have experienced thousands of cancellations and delays. according to flight aware, the worst of those are at chicago's midway and o'hare airports. now, here's a funny picture for you, a frozen pants standing up here in minnesota. yesterday, there was actually a very serious situation when excel ene

>> i'm out on a pier on lake michigan.ur eyelashes freeze together. i might have one eye shut before the end of this live shot. we warmed up to negative 17 and the wind is not that bad. it feels like negative 25. not to undermine the seriousness of it but i want to point out breathtaking scenery when you get the mist coming off lake michigan it forms formations. we look off in the distance you can see with the warm water all the mist coming off it. you look down at the city skyline there and see mccormack place in the foreground and skyline with the john hancock, sears tower. now in a serious point in this kind of weather a lot of people do things to heat their homes. a case one person who put a charcoal grill in their garage and it caused a house fire. a lot of people do things with space heaters. that causes fires and in these conditions the cold compounds things exponentially for the crews fighting the fires. here is what some of the fire chiefs have to say. >> one of the worst fires we could have had in the village and

here's the pier in lake michigan. whatever that structure is, just coated with all of the mist that comes off of the lake because the water on the lake is a little warmer than the atmosphere. here's the city of big shoulders. the sky line looks so dramatic in light of this. you can see the trees on shore that have also been turned into these ice castles with all of what is going on out here. you can see the people have come out of hibernation as the conditions have eased a little bit. authorities don't want them to do that. a number of people like firefighters, power crews that have to be out in this. they say that in addition to dealing with people, the weather complicates things enough for them. here's the power crews. >> being out in this weather stresses the crews. it's dangerous for them. so do a piece of the work, go warm up. while they're warming up, the other crew takes over and does that work until it all gets taken care of. >> and we're anticipating to finally make it up to zero degrees about 8:00 p.m. today

ryan young is live in chicago on lake michigan. you can see the steam, ryan, rising off the water. >> reporter: yeah, it's unbelievable the water temperature is warmer than the air above so it creates this effect. i'm sure we're going to have a beautiful sunrise today. sometimes there's pain and beauty. i think this probably illustrates it to a certain extent. when you look at the city it just looks awe breathtaking. but in the same time the wind chill here is just unbearable. a brutal arctic freeze sweeping on a quart of the country bringing the coldest air in a generation to parts of the u.s. >> it's freezing cold. my face, my toes, everything. >> reporter: with a low temperature of negative 23 and a wind chill of negative 52, the windy city's temperatures lower than parts of antarctica and alaska causing giant ice breaks to blanket the river and a wall of ice steam to form along lake michigan across the skyline. the dangerously cold weather even showing its strength inside. >> the steam froze around where the leaks are in my fro

the dramatic rescue from lake michigan.me places. >>> the horrific video tonight. the deadly police shootout. officers responding to a call of shots fired. the gunman opening fire on them. >>> plus trump threatening another government shutdown is possible if no wall. and tonight, the cost to american economy already. $11 billion. >>> the case of road rage on an american highway. a man on the hood, a driver speeding up to 70 miles an hour. >>> the police officer charged tonight. a woman officer shot in the chest and killed in his home. investigators say they were

steam rising off the water of lake michigan in chicago. amtrak setting fire along the train tracks just to keep the trains moving. whiteout conditions from lake effect snow near buffalo. several major pileups being reported tonight. thousands of flights canceled nationwide. they can't keep up with the de-icing below in minneapolis. 43 below in chicago, and look, all the way east there. it will feel like 16 below here in new york city, 18 below in boston. tonight, right here, you'll see theless kuehls and the firefighters forced to battle the flames in this very dangerous cold. abc's alex perez leading us off from chicago. >> reporter: tonight, that arctic air firing up the lake effect snow machine, bringing several feet of snow to western new york. vehicles crashing in whiteout conditions in the buffalo area. snow squalls in pennsylvania causing multiple pileups on highways, including this one outside reading. >> motor vehicle accident. injuries reported. anywhere between 20 and 40 vehicles involved. >> reporter: this, as the midwest is gri

an icy lake michigan where the polar vortex is taking over. that's the chicago skyline. t looks like hell has frozen over it's because hell has frozen over. the town of hell, michigan, bone chilling negative 15 degrees. we'd love to hear your thoughts on facebook, twitter, snapchat and insta, i'll be here at the top of the hour filling in for craig melvin here on msnbc, don't go away. msnbc, don't go away. ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once daily pill for psoriatic arthritis. taken with methotrexate or similar medicines, it can reduce joint pain... ...swelling and significantly improve physical function. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened. as have tears in the stomach or intestines, serious allergic reactions, low blood cell counts, higher liver tests and cholesterol levels. don't start xeljanz xr if you have an infection. your doctor should perform blood tests before and while taking xeljanz xr, and monitor certain liver tes

police in chicago sunday rescuing a man who jumped into an icy lake michigan to save his dog and became. at chicago's airports, more than 1,100 flights already cancelled. many school districts across the mid-west will be closed until at least thursday. and authorities are warning people to stay inside, if possible, with the temperatures this cold, it takes as little as five minutes for frostbite to begin on exposed skin. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> unbelievable shock there with alex in the snow just coming down. you know, it's freezing. >> i was going to say, you remember a week ago, i was in chicago for news coverage. it was cold. it was only about 25 degrees i think. >> right. >> especially compared to this. that was nothing. >> right. >> but i was cold, and i was complaining. . >> it was awful. >> and the crew, i'm sure, it's the same crew that alex had for that shot right there. they even said to me, this is nothing. >> nothing. >> and now they're in it right now with that cold. it's brutal. >> i'm an hour outside of chicago the buses wouldn't start. >> oh my gosh. >> miserabl

so cold sea fog was rising off lake michigan.ty has been set up for the homeless and warm city buses are being used to help people get out of the cold. teams of social workers handing out blankets, gloves and socks. >> i think regardless of all of our efforts we are going to see a lot of people that are not going to make it. >> reporter: in new jersey, strong winds and frigid temperatures making firefighting efforts more difficult. hours earlier this snow squall moved through the region, and the quick hit of snow blinding drivers and hiding cars on the city's west side highway. some taking it all in stride like this university of minnesota student that braved the frigid elements in his, well, shorts. he would not give his name because he said his mom would be upset. >> a caramel sundae. >> reporter: some people in milwaukee, just had to go for a frozen custard treat. >> doesn't matter how cold it is and you can never get enough custard, especially in wisconsin. >> my fiance is pregnant and wants a half pint of strawberry custard.

in fact, check out the fierce winds at lake michigan, near chicago, blowing strong waves over the seall. you can see a great deal of snow already on the ground. the storm has also led to hundreds of cancellations at chicago's two major airports. snow was also piling up today in the detroit and cleveland areas. >>> king tides may cause flooding in low-lying areas during the next couple of days. the national weather service says the extreme high tides will peak at around 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, and monday, and some roads, sidewalks, and parking lot could be merged. king tides happen when there is an alignment of the gravitational pull between the sun and the moon. did you know that? >> i never heard that. that's an interesting theory. >>> we've got some rain up there in the north coast around cape mendocino. but it will be heading south by this time tomorrow. a huge rainmaker, no, but enough to get things wet. so beneficial rain as opposed to really one that is going to cause a lot of problems. although, of course, with traffic, things could be a little bit of a mess. that's tomorrow for t

steamed fog settles over lake michigan as the polarhi vortex grippedgo in the most extreme cold in ation. conditions fell to minus 22 degrees fahrenheit, and with the wind chill, it felt like -50 degrees, making it colder than parts of antarctica. the iclar vortex has sent arct air across the midwest, affecting 50 million people. a state of emergency is in place in illinois, wisconsin, and michig. authorities warn that the extreme temperatures are telife-threatening, and miof -- minutes outside can lead to significant frostbite. >> we want to makeure people understand the severity of the weather out there. it is not just the person who is risking it by getting outside. it is other people that are first responders who may have to show up on the scene.na : at least six deaths have been connected to the extreme cold. in several states, warmingd centers an shelters are open for the homeless and otherid vulnerable rests. in minneapolis, police handed out gloves to residents. businesses, schools, and government offices have been shut. flights have been grounded and travel disrupted. at chi

midwest, igut in chicago where theh was in the teens today, it doesn't sto the annual plunge into lake michigan by the chicago polarear club. more on what's ahead, let's bring inillon drier. >> the first bout of cold air is already we're g, b waiting for the next round of exceptionally cold air to start northern plains. that will be even colder than the first. so we are going to see brutally cold temperatures as we go into tomorrow morning. lo at our windchills. ten below in chicago, 19 below in minneapolis. suay high temperatures barely make it up to the single digits. then as we go into monday morning and oieyond, that's where we're to see some of our coldest temperatures yet. these are actual air temperatures. minneapolis on wednesday morning yar making up to 25 degrees below zero. this iro dan cold, and it is going to stick around through the majority of the midweek. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead tonight, a star is born. an american skating sensation makes history on the ice. > also, was she also his partner in crime. the allegations of the wife of a with my friends to our annual

. >> reporter: check out this arctic air lingering over lake michigan. drone video capturing a man in that red coat needing to be rescued after venturing out on the lake's break wall. state police in cadillac, michigan, tweeting out this video with the caption, it is so cold, even the light posts are cold, even the light posts are shivering. from the midwest to the east coast, businesses, schools, government offices all of it closed today. it's simply too dangerous to be out and moving around. and it's not just all this snow piling up but the windchill. the temperature felt like negative 38 degrees and as a witness, i can tell you that number feels pretty accurate. michael. >> all right, we'll make sure you get inside and warm up. thank you so much for that. >>> chicago, it is still suffering from those -- through some of the coldest temperatures it has ever experienced bringing the city to a virtual standstill as they enter day four of the deep freeze. alex perez is there in the frozen windy city. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, micha

if you take a look at lake michigan, the water already freezing along the shoreline here, all of thatthe coldest air we have seen here in decades. sam. >> all right, just looking at that shot, guys, i just want to tell you to go in. i know everybody is being safe but take care because this is the kind of cold that everyone points out can do real damage. let's talk about the snow that's well into the deep south because we've shown you what's going on into the north. mississippi has its own kiss of snow through mississippi, alabama into georgia as well. a lot of that last night through the day today. there will be a changeover in places that have seen some wet, then as the front comes through, you get that icy kick and that's going to glaze the roads. we're concerned about that for the drive time from washington it starts in d.c. around 1:00 in the afternoon. by the time we get to 9:00 it's in new york, you may miss that changeover for the drive but it's really important to hear all that. >> it really is, sam, thank you. thank you for being here. >>> coming up, we have that abc and "gma

midwest, but in chicago where the high was in the teens today it didn't stop the annual plunge into lake michigan by the chicago polar bear club. let's bring in our meteorologist. >> the first bout of cold air is already exiting, but we're waiting for the next round of exceptionally cold air to start working into the upper midwest and the northern plains. that will be colder than the first. so we are going to see brutally cold temperatures. 10 below in chicago. 19 below in minneapolis. sunday high temperatures barely make it up into the single digits. chicago hits 13 degrees, des moines 23. then as we go into monday morning and beyond, that's where we're going to see some our coldest temperatures yet. these are actual air ter temperatures. minneapolis 25 degrees below zero. windchill 40 to 50 below. this is dangerous cold and it is going to stick around through the majority of the mid-week. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead tonight, a star is born. an american skating sensation makes history on the ice. also, was she also his partner in crime? the allegations about the wife of a notorious d

in chicago, temperatures registered at minus 23 degrees causing sea fog to rise from lake michigan. the coldest windchill in the country was in minnesota, which hit minus 66 degrees. the governor is asking residents to turn down their thermostats to avoid overstraining the system. yikes. it's unimaginable. it's hard to tell people to turn the heat down at a time like that. >> we're grateful to be here and not there. >> absolutely. we're dealing with wet weather this morning. mild temperatures, most of us in the low to mid-50s. the exception los gatos at 48. santa rosa at 49. clear lake 47. ukiah at 45. let's look at what's going on in san jose. here's a look at 101 and 880. we have steadier rain falling right now. as we head through 7:00, we'll have a diet of rain mainly in the south bay and fog developing up in the north bay and also the east bay. now cloudy around noon. we'll jump from the low to mid-50s to 60 at noon. another mild afternoon. we'll go from wet this morning to sunny and 59 to 62. by 7:00, we're clearing out and cooling down around 55 to 58 degrees. let see what oth

the midwest, and officials are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to stopro thementering lake michigan. one strategy: pay fisherman and get people to eat the carp. it's not normally a fish dish iu america, but tversity of illinois at urbana-champaign is serving up thousands of pounds of asian carp a year, fillingie oudents' bewith a cheap and local sourcef protein while helping solve a major invasive species pro >> we got some bigheads, grass carp and silver carp. i'm clint carter, and i'm aci commer fisherman. we caught fish today in peoria, illinois. we caught about 4,000 pounds. we went out about 7:00 in the morning, and there were seven fi brought here today. these fish were alive about ur hours ago, so they're fresh. i've been working with of u. of i. for probably around three years now. >> in my career, i never met the fisherman that actually caughte sh, and it's great to know who the fisherman is. i'm soohwa yu. my title is production chef at the pennsylvania avenue dining hall. in the midwest, it's hard to get fresh fish. fortunate to have clint bringing the fresh fish as we ne

. >> reporter: tonight, whiteout conditions from lake effect snow sending drivers sliding all over a michigan highway. >> m-6 westbound at kalamazoo reported multiple semis. at least ten vehicles involved. >> reporter: this multicar wreck pinning some inside their vehicles. at least seven taken to the hospital. that blinding lake effect snow is supercharged by arctic air that's pouring into the lower 48 like it hasn't in decades. chicago forecasting a wind chill of 50 below zero tomorrow. frostbite can begin in five minutes. >> your extremities, your fingers, your toes, your ears,u. te anye who has to work outside, like these minneapolis firefighters, is at risk. >> just to give you an idea of how cold it is, look at this. they take off their helmets and the steam just pours off of >> right now, the feels like temperature is minus 38 degrees. it's so cold that it's hard to even talk, if you've been out here for any amount of time. dangerously cold. you can see on our thermal camera, even with four layers of clothes on, the heat is still escaping out of my coat, anywhere it can. >> reporter: a

swimmers in all sorts of gear plunged into freezing lake michigan to help raise money for those in needby people who do that. >> i'm glad it's for a god cause. i was in chicago this weekend too. i had to uber two blocks because i couldn't handle it. and there they are jumping right. >> in i don't blame you. >>> celebrate some birthdays today. "lord of the rings" i like gentleman woods turns 38. nick carter 39. n'sync singer joey frat to fato. alda received a lifetime achievement award at last >>> welcome to monday morning. hope you're coming off a great weekend. let's start our morning with a peek outside from walnut creek. good morning, east bay. good morning, actually, entire bay area. it was gorgeous around here. good morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. right now, let's get a check of what it's like when you walk outside this morning. >> the good news is that our nice weather continues for the next couple of days at least. a live look in san jose as we start out with a milder morning, right now at about 51. we're going to be in the upper 40s. there will be more c

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the chicago river and lake michigan are starting to trees. tomorrow the windshield is expected to make it feel like 30 below and the extreme cold is expected to last until thursday. >>> you'll hear wind chill a lot in the couple of days. what i'm going to show you leer is this glob of cool air. this polar vortex if you will. these are current temperatures. not what it feels like but the actual temperature. minus 11 in chicago. how about international falls minus 27. these cold or low temperatures go all the way south where they've seen a little bit of snow. this has an impacts on us because if you're niling you're moving through the nation on the major hubs. and certainly chicago is going to have claims and you know that's going to mess with dallas, new york and san francisco. and for us, we're looking at cloud cover. now it looks like it's going to wait until 10 or 11:00 in the evening. so the afternoon commute maybe damp but not as welt as they thought. the real rain is going to come later. current temperatures is in the 50s. you've got, we

. >> reporter: on lake michigan, this steam devil was spotted. and in wisconsin, they're still digging out from last week's storm, with even more snow in store. >> i tried to shovel out myself, and there was no way i could. >> reporter: to the east, icebreakers patrolling niagara falls. nearly 228 million americans bracing for below freezing and potentially record-breaking temperatures this week. >> dangerous temperatures for so many across the country. rob marciano joins us now on the set. walk us through the next few days. >> it will come in stages. in the end, it will affect the entire eastern half of the country. a huge arctic air mass. you see snow reaching across the upper midwest. winter storm warnings, and now blizzard warnings for the leading edge. and chicago, a mess in the morning. tuesday evening rush across the northeast. might see a little bit of snow. here comes the cold. could see a foot just north of chicago. and minus-23, could be minus-50 factoring in the winds in chicago. minus-60 in des moines. take care of pets, keep your ki

the dramatic rescue from lake michigan. wind chills expected to hit more than 50 below zero in some places. >>> the horrific video tonight. the deadly police shootout. officers responding to a call of shots fired. the gunman opening fire on them. >>> president trump threatening another government shutdown is possible if no wall. and tonight, the cost to the american economy already -- $11 billion. >>> the case of road rage on an american highway.

a steam fog settles over lake michigan, as the polar vortex grips chicago with the most extreme coldgeneration. temperatures fell to —30 degrees celsius and, with the windchill, it felt like —46 degrees, making it colder than parts of antarctica. you see this on my glasses? this is notjust fog, this is frost. it's ridiculous out here, and it's going to get worse. it's really freezing. it's really bad. yeah, it's dangerous. put layers on, make sure you're covered, and don't stay out too long. the polar vortex has sent arctic air across the midwest, affecting 50 million people. a state of emergency is in place in illinois, wisconsin and michigan. authorities warn that the exteme temperatures are life—threatening, and thatjust minutes outside can lead to significant frostbite. we just want to make sure that people understand the severity of the weather out there, and that they are prepared. it's notjust the person who is risking it by getting outside. it is other people, that are first responders, who may have to show up on the scene. at least six deaths have been connected to the extre

a steam fog settles over lake michigan, as the polar vortex grips chicago with the most extreme coldration. temperatures fell to —30 degrees celsius and, with the windchill, it felt like —46 degrees, making it colder than parts of antarctica. you see this on my glasses? this is notjust fog, this is frost. it's ridiculous out here, and it's going to get worse. it's really freezing. it's really bad. yeah, it's dangerous. put layers on, make sure you're covered, and don't stay out too long. the polar vortex has sent arctic air across the midwest, affecting 50 million people. a state of emergency is in place in illinois, wisconsin and michigan. authorities warn that the exteme temperatures are life—threatening, and thatjust minutes outside can lead to significant frostbite. we just want to make sure that people understand the severity of the weather out there, and that they are prepared. it's notjust the person who is risking it by getting outside. it is other people, that are first responders, who may have to show up on the scene. at least six deaths have been connected to the extreme c

a steamed fog settles over lake michigan as macro one rips chicago with the most extreme cold in a generation —30 celsius and with the wind it felt like “4 celsius and with the wind it felt like —1i to six degrees, making it colder than parts of antarctica. this is not just colder than parts of antarctica. this is notjust fog, this is frost. it is ridiculous out here and it is going to get worse. it is really freezing. it is really bad. it is dangerous. put layers on, make sure you are covered and do not stay up too long. the macro one has sent arctic air out with effect in millions of people. a state of emergency saying that the situation is life—threatening. emergency saying that the situation is life-threatening. we want to make sure people understand the severity out there and that they are prepared. just the person who is risking by going outside, there are other people, first responders who may have two show up on the scene. at least six deaths have been connected to the extreme cold. in several states, shelters open for the homeless. in minneapolis, police handed out gloves to resident

here in chicago, this was the scene for much of the morning, pounds and high waves on lake michigan. visibility, poor. winds gusting at more than 30 miles per hour. the severe weather compounding the strain at the airports caused by the partial government shutdown. air traffic controllers and the tsa officers are working for free. kicking off the holiday weekend, 7% of the tsa workforce calling out. how you dealing with all this severe weather and travel? >> depressed. extremely depressed. i want to go home. >> reporter: tom, the storm has already caused 1,000 flight cancellations tomorrow. at airports, operations and the tsa are working to keep up. tom? >> kenneth moton tracking those flights tonight. let's go right to sam champion, standing by in central park. sam, take us through what is expected for the rest of the weekend. >> reporter: all right, will do, tom. and if there's ever a reason to keep your eye on this storm, because it's now covering the eastern third of the country. we just started getting the first flakes here in new york. let's get right to the maps. you'll see th