>> megan glaros thanks. >>> success for a dangerous rescue mission.research trip got out by helicopter. elizabeth palmer is in london. >> the 74 people aboard have been trapped in the ice since christmas eve. this morning the weather cleared enough for a chinese chopper to land on a home-made helipad that the passengers and crew had stamped out in the snow on the ship. they have air lifted a dozen at a time to a nearby australian icebreaker. with plenty of food and water nobody aboard was in any real danger, but the passengers will surely be glad to be on the way home this morning leaving 22 russian sailors and crew on board the vessel waiting for the winds and the currents to shift the ice enough so they can sail free. anthony, gayle norah? >>s will l thank you. >>> the new mayor of the nation's largest city new york city, is promising a new era of hope this morning. bill de blasio was sworn in yesterday by former president bill clinton. he's new york city's 109th mayor. he vows to end socioeconomic inequalities that he says led to a tale of two citi

better to take leave them in school then to take them home. >> meteorologist megan glaros of our chicagod is that temperatures will be so low there that ice is not likely to melt. especially in the city of atlanta which we'll see a high temperature of 33 degrees. 35 in charlotte. 41 nor little rock. it will be 20 degrees warmer in denver than atlanta today. chicago and minneapolis, temperatures moderating there but still bitter cold on tap. the good news there's not much left in the way of freezing rain or snow for the remainder of the day today. but there will be heavy rain from jacksonville down into south florida today. and what we've seen is something that happens a couple times a year if you head 4500 miles west. there's a possibility of 6 inches of snow on the summit of the big island of hawaii today. >>> and president obama delivered a vow in his state of the union address, if congress doesn't act, he will. this morning, v.p. joe biden told us the administration has no plans to cut out congress entirely. >> most of it goes through congress and the president said i want congress to

megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm, is tracking the cold. this is not good. bout number two of the polar vortex. windchill advisories and warnings all the way to massachusetts. temperatures will generally be 10 to 30 degrees below normal today. windchills could be as cold as 50 below in parts of the northern states this morning. and into tomorrow morning. futurecast, here is the problem. when the gulf coast moisture hits that cold air, we have the potential for snow and ice as far south as florida. that happens tomorrow, going into your wednesday. and then going into super bowl, it looks like the temperature around the 6:30 kickoff should be 34 degrees. 30% chance of snow. minimal wind, which i'm told might be good for the game. charlie, norah, gayle? >> megan, thank you. >>> senator rand paul says any gop -- should think about bill clinton. paul said sunday if hillary clinton runs for president, bill clinton's affair with monica lewinsky is a legitimate campaign issue. >> he took advantage of a girl that was 20 years old and an intern in his

megan glaros is watching it all. megan, good morning to you. >> i am.grees, and 2 below for minneapolis and as that cold spreads to the south and east it interacts with a very moist air mass coming from the gulf of mexico. that brings snow to anywhere from houston to atlanta, to raleigh, durham on off to many portions of the gulf coast, states that don't usually see this type of weather. with this southern snow we've got winter storm warnings plastered from eastern texas all of the way on/off to the eastern portion of north carolina and even a winter storm warning in effect for many of those areas. ice possible from savannah to charleston and 3 to 6 inches of snow. by the way we could see one inch of snow in new orleans today. new orleans, charlie, norah and gayle have only seen 17 days of measurable snow since 1852. >> wow! that's incredible. >> snow in new orleans. >> megan, thank you. >>> president obama speaks to congress and the country tonight. his state of the union address will focus on working americans and the minimum wage. bill plante is at t

megan glaros of wbbm is there. megan, good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah.ally, it is a cyclone in the arctic, a very strong one. when it weakens, it shoots energy down to the south, allowing bitterly cold temperatures to move much farther south than they typically do, bringing us the conditions like these. 68% of the nation under some sort of windchill warning, advisory or watch today. and into tomorrow. this is bitterly, bitterly cold air for much of the nation. we're looking at record lows potentially in as many as two dozen cities. this is the coldest air in 20 years. we've picked up over a foot of snow in chicago yesterday. there's blowing and drifting snow here. we see the system pushing eastward. rain along the east coast. new york city will drop from 52 today to 11 degrees tomorrow. it is actually colder in chicago than in si bechlt ria this morning. norah, charlie? >> that's an interesting fact. colder than siberia. megan, thank you. >>> the sus getting involved in the ice emergency off antarct antarctica. coast guard polar star left to help rescue

and megan glaros is with us. >> good morning, charlie and norah.g for a significant warming trend to push in to much of the eastern half of the country, and chicago will go above average by friday. that will take us to nearly 40 degrees there. today, just 13 for the high in chicago. 2 in minneapolis, and 68 degrees for orlando. there are still windchill warnings and advisories across a good part of the northern parts of the u.s., from new york all the way up to the dakotas, and minneapolis could still find windchills anywhere to 20 below, and chicago to 15 below, but charlie and norah, we take you to one special spot where hell literally froze over hell michigan 12 below. >>> in england, crews are preparing to recover the pwaud kwaez of four american service members. the air force crew died in a helicopter crash last night and it happened along a row motor beach area on the eastern coast. mark is in london. >> the crash happened in an area near the biggest air force base in the uk that is used for flight exercises, and the investigation has begun i

meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm says the bitter cold will end. >> good morning, norah and charlie. yet another day of the polar plunge as the vortex continues to shift down to the south and east today. now invading the east coast and all the way down into florida. places like minneapolis and chicago, while technically a few degrees warmer today, windchillwise we'll still be in the dangerous range. windchill warnings and advisories go from minnesota all the way down to florida this morning and all the way off to the east coast. by the way for the south and east records set in the 1800s for record lows could be broken today. the freeze will go all the way down to central florida. the high in orlando today, just 50 degrees. atlanta only 28. new york went from the 50s and 60s yesterday to the teens today. chicago will settle for about 7 degrees. good news is the polar vortex lifts up to the north over the next few days in chicago and minneapolis. you may see the 30s by friday. charlie, norah? >> megan, thank you. >>> from the cold we turn to college's football hotte

. >> meteorologist megan glaros is watching the storm threat in the west. s of about a quarter of inch of rain around san francisco. to give you an idea of what they need to zero out the drought, over one four-week period 15 inches of rain. that is an entire year's worth for los angeles. and that is not likely to happen. but as the jet stream took a dive, it did allow the storm system to come in. the first major storm system since early december and it will mean heavy snows for parts of the sierras and rockies. ski resorts excited to see potentially two feet of snow in some instances. here's a problem from the storm system. while it's a good thing for the west and at least will help them, as it moves into the midwest friday night into saturday we're looking at the potential for significant snows in chicago. we have snowed in chicago essentially every other day since december 8th. little snow weary over here charlie, nora and gayle. >> megan, thank you. >>> president obama goes to milwaukee and nashville today to promote his economic goals. it is part of his

meteorologist megan glaros of wbbm is tracking its progress., we are concerned about moderate to even potential major coastal flooding along the coastline of massachusetts, as the winds continue to stay up. we could see damage to shore roads and structures. the system moves pretty quickly on off to the north and east eventually allowing folks to start to dig out from all the very, very heavy snows, but blizzard warnings will remain in effect for the red shaded areas, that's long island, along the coastline in massachusetts. pink color shows winter storm warnings, but we're more concerned about the blizzard areas. low visibility, high winds creating possible whiteout conditions there. and total? so far we've picked up 15 inches in boston itself but 18 to 24 inches before all is said and done and as much as ten inches in new york city. that's very, very heavy snow. then the arctic air begins to settle in. wind chills sub zero throughout the day today. then the midwest's turn. monday to tuesday we could have the all-time low high temperature in ch