kevin, good evening. >> reporter: here in minneapolis/st. paul and across much of the heartland the national weather service is calling it a particularly dangerous situation. as the temperatures plummet they're urging people to stay indoors and take precautions. it hasn't been this cold in decades. >> we've never experienced weather this cold. ever. >> reporter: an arctic front sent temperatures plunging 30 to 50 degrees below average across the midwest leaving 25 states in temperatures zero or lower. unrelenting snow battered parts of the plains and great lakes. in indiana, up to two inches of snow every hour throughout the day. chicago saw seven inches overnight while michigan got up to ten. the mayor of indianapolis warning residents to stay indoors. >> temperatures that are potentially deadly or certainly life-altering. >> reporter: the st. louis fire chief asking residents to watch out for one another. >> pay attention to your neighbors. see what they need and take care of them. >> reporter: states are taking unprecedented measures to k

minneapolis-st. paul, minimum, came in number one.bc's craig melvin shows us why. >> reporter: in the twin cities sub-zero does not slow them down. do you know how cold it is? >> negative 14 windchill. >> reporter: bundled up. these runners get in at least four miles every day. >> can't let the weather stop you. you have to continue doing it. otherwise it is going to be a real long winter. >> reporter: this is part of the way -- >> survival. >> reporter: another hot winter activity here. >> last year the coldest day of the year was negative 30. actually i was working at the courier that day. and ran about 45 miles that way. >> reporter: minneapolis-st. paul is the second only to portland, oregon to the number of bicyclists per capita. will is a winding dip of a trail to ride, walk or run. the jewel in the city's crown, strolling parks and recreation systems. >> we have 182 parks in in the city. will is a park within six blocks of every person in minneapolis. >> reporter: that's more public parks per square mile than any major city in

seeing temperatures now that are 27 degrees warmer in omaha vin last night, 31 degrees warmer in minneapolis-st. paul. remind me not to stay there. let's just to be real. we are going to take this a couple days at a time to forget above average. it moves offshore, picking him more of a southwestern when dan day by day, getting warmer and warmer. is average height tomorrow still 44. we went from single-digit overnight into the 20's. topping out around 34 combining with the sun should do a bit of the melting of the snow fall. 34, 40 six, near 50 over the weekend and look at sunday late in the day. kind of an unsettled stretch been no major storms in the next seven days. i'm happy with that. more to talkhad about sunday. that is just silly. [laughter] you looked great. >> not going there. and >> we are going to college park though. istell dog as cold as it outside, it was heating up at the comcast center at the campus of the university of maryland. the terrapins came out of their >> and now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> welcome back to the comcast center wh

any more -- >> minneapolis st. paul minus 20 degrees. >> i've never felt like like this. >> you could be inside the freezer and you would be warmer. >> some crew members had tears inside the eyes. >> things are freezing on my body that i didn't know were possible to freeze. [ laughter ] >> jon: are you breaking up with me? [laughter] because that is not the first time i've heard that line. it's not you, it's me it's just that since i've been with you things are freezing on my body i didn't know were possible to freeze. [ laughter ] i have an ice penis. that's why. [ laughter ] this is nice. no name calling. no left versus right ideological (bleep). it's just the pleasure of watching news anchors slowly perish from hypertherm yanch all this snow and still cries over global warming. >> warner: wait, wait, hold on -- >> jon: wait, wait. the weather where you are on a particular day doesn't -- don't do this. >> we're having a hard time understanding how global warming allambists are still trying to push that radical po

jamie judge kas is with our cbs station wcco in minneapolis/st. paul. >> reporter: they're calling this latest arctic blast the son of polar vortex. it was 13 below overnight here and never made it above zero today. the mercury has gone below zero 12 of the last 21 days in minneapolis. the bitter cold has forced propane prices to a 20-year high in minnesota and created spot shortages around the country. some seven million american households-- mostly in rural areas-- depend on propane for heat. three waves of freezing air are forecast to wash across the central united states in the coming days. the forecast high here for thursday's opening of st. paul's famous winter carnival? billed as the coolest celebration on earth, it's minus one. scott, the windchill in minneapolis this morning was near 30 degrees below zero. that means exposed skin like your face feels like is getting a really bad sun burn in less than ten minute's time. it's not over yet. next week we can test our toughness again when we actually get the coldest air of the season so far. >

. >> minneapolis, st. paul will get 15 below for the high. >> reporter: they warn that people could get frostbite or hypothermia from just a few minutes in this kind of brutal weather. >> the cold temperatures, we are expecting this coming week. they are more than an inconvenience. they are serious, they are dangerous, and they can cause a serious health risk. >> reporter: road conditions were treacherous when this tractor trailer crashed near springfield, missouri. at the airport, delays and cancellations stretched across the nation. gordon o'neil is stranded in boston. >> we are suppose to leave on friday morning around 5:40 in the morning. well flights were canceled and we've been here since. >> reporter: more than 4,000 flights were canceled or delayed on sunday. and more are expected as the deep freeze will return to the northeast over the next few days. >>> well, it was 66 degrees at sfo this afternoon, but they are stiff weather to the east. still had a big impact. dozens of flights are in and out a

only making it 15 below, the high, in the minneapolis/st. paul area. as if the cold air isn't bad enough, there's also cold winds coming from the north/northwest that will make it feel wark. a windchill stretch from alabama to georgia. you can see the advisories making it all the way to the golf. anyone at disney tomorrow morning it will feel like 20 to start. again, this will last a few days before the cold air shifts off to the east. in minneapolis, i'm chris schaefer. >>> jahi mcmath declared brain dead after tonsillectomy was moved from the hospital. she was moved last night with a ventilator but not a feeding tube. she was released to her family. they obtained a court order preventing the hospital from removing her from the vent late cher is keeping her heart pumping. >> this family knows that the likelihood of a recovery short of almost a miracle or just the spirit of this family in this girl is improbable. but what this family wanted was a chance. >> the family did not say where she was take june and in washington congress returns to work today.

. >> minneapolis, st. paul will be lucky to get to 15 below for a high. chicago, lucky to get to 9 below. >> reporter: emergency management officials say people can get hypothermia or frostbite in minutes. >> the cold temperatures we are exabout pecting this week are more than an inconvenience. they are serious, they are dangerous, they can cause serious health risk. >> reporter: road conditions were treacherous when the tractor trailer crashed near springfield, missouri. at the airport, delays and cancellations stretched across the nation. gordon o'neil is stranded in boston. >> we are supposed to heave friday morning at 5:40 in the morning. well, nights were canceled and -- flights were canceled and we have been here since. >> reporter: 4,000 flights were canceled or delayed. more expected as the deep freeze expects over the northeast over the next few days. cbs news. >> even though it was a balmy 66 degrees earlier today at sfo, which we are looking at now. the arctic weather, back to the east, had a big impact. dozens of nights in and out were cancele

. >> minneapolis/st.aul will be lucky to get to 15 below for a high, chicago lucky to get to 9 below. >> reporter: emergency management officials warn people can get frostbite or hypothermia in just a few minutes of this brutal weather. >> the cold temperatures we are expecting this coming week are more than an inconvenience. they are serious, dangerous and can pose a serious health risk. >> reporter: road conditions were treacherous when this tractor trailer crashed near springfield, missouri, but the bitter cold did not stop nfl fans in green bay, wisconsin. thousands braved single digit temperatures to watch the packers and 49ers in one of the coldest game in league history. at the airport cancellations stretched across the nation. gordon o'neil is stranded in boston. >> we were supposed to leave around 5:40 in the morning. flights were canceled and we've been here since. >> reporter: more than 4,000 flights were canceled or delayed sunday and more expected as the deep freeze returns to the northeast t

reporter: scott, by this weekend, we are expecting temperatures here to be in the mid-30s in the minneapolis/st. paul area and that is actually above average for january. >> pelley: liz colin of wcco. liz, thanks very much. well, wherever you are, have a look at buffalo, new york, and feel better. more than 17 inches of snow piled up there in part because of the effect of lake erie. we called around buffalo today and talked to deborah nasca. she confessed to us she found herself driving on the sidewalk and didn't know it. "every time i park" she said "my tires freeze to the ground." dean reynolds is on another great lake tonight with a look at the cost of this cold weather from chicago. >> reporter: bursting pipes drenched the columbia sportswear store in chicago this morning. >> we just had water coming down through this whole front area. >> reporter: alison anderson is the store manager. >> they were at the front of the building by the door here so the cold weather was definitely the reason. >> reporter: it happened at the worst possible time for a store full of warm jackets for sale. >> sorr

snap and you can tell by the forecasted highs, these are not overnight lows here in the midwest, minneapolis, st. paul lucky to get to 15 below for a high, chicago to nine below. you can see that bitter cold air, that subzero air stretches as far south as st. louis where folks might be lucky to get to 2 below for a high tomorrow. >> jeff: even farther south below that, what does that mean. >> jeff, it's bad enough that the air is cold, the other factor we have to deal with, strong winds. we have a windchill warning if play for pretty of all of the upper midwest but watch how far south this stretches, warnings all the way down to alabama and georgia and the windchill advisories push all the way to the coast. if you want to put salt in the wound too it looks like folks in alabama could be dealing with rain changing over to snow and perhaps a light accumulation in parts of northern georgia. >> jeff: chris shaffer, thank you very much. weather does appear to have played a role in the fatal crash today of a private jet in aspen, colorado. our transportation correspondent jeff pegues has details. >> r

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outpost and his father was a military man raised primarily at fort snelling in what is downtown minneapolis st. paul and he became quite an outdoorsman and was also very fond of defending his personal honor and i will come back to that in just a moment. but he had a pension for violence from a very early age and that is what got him into hot water at the academy when he enrolled in the fall of 1834. the father moved heaven and earth to get malcolm and it was all done then as is now if we buy a certain number of slots for each individual state as i understand the emissions system at west point and certainly then there were only a few for the young men for each of the states of the union sunni tim clark worked hard to get him to west point and menachem manages to enroll in the class of 1838 but in his very first year, the end of his first year he had expelled and felt that his honor had been in salted so malcolm is called up as a court-martial and it is expelled and however shortly thereafter he is reinstated by none other than andrew jackson who is a personal family friend because najaf and cla

proper, in northern virginia, cities like minneapolis, st. paul or even seattle. their recruiting areas have not been diminished anywhere in the world. >> we asked this reporter what he thought of al shabaab, and here is what they said: >> they told me they appreciate bringing law and order. i asked local, what life is like now under the self appointed al shabaab rule? >> so he said, it's very good day and night it's a safe place we're e-not afraid, we don't hear gun shots. but does that appeal to somalis, they govern by fear but at least they bring some sort of order no matter how brutal it is? >> it is important to remember the context here. somalia for close to 20 years has not had a functioning government, and it only has a semi-functioning government in a small slice of the country. there may be order that al shabaab brings, is appreciated, but i don't think they're popular at all with the somali people and many somali people, if given the alternatives, would 23 want a al shabaab government. >> it's a group of suicide bombers is oversubscribed, and only the b

. >> number two minneapolis-st. paul. >> and the number one city for. >> oh, for brunch is -- >> chicago. >> chicago! >> they were based on the number of restaurants in that city that have a four star or higher rating. >> i bet you're going to enjoy it anywhere, wherever you're going. do you know what we happen to find, hod? >> what? >> sound on tape is everywhere. you can never get away from something. you made a new year's resolution a year ago. >> right. everyone did. what happened? did i do mine? >> let's take a look at what you swore you were going to do this past year. >> oh, what is it? >> did you make your -- we talk about the new year's -- >> resolutions? i make the same one so it's easy to remember, every year. mine is to get organized. >> i know. >> always. >> hasn't worked yet. >> not going to work. the other one is -- i'm not going to say no sweets because that's stupid but i have such a terrible sweet tooth that i would love to have less sweets. >> how did you do with that? >> i'm wearing the same dres

many schools in minnesota, including minneapolis/st. paul closed today. >> that is a ridiculous picture. >> north dakota, meanwhile, that isn't a beach with an ocean shot. no, that's north dakota, folks. the snow is blowing across the road there in grand forks. winds gusting to nearly 50 miles per hour. it was all but impossible for drivers to see where they were trying to go. you can't see anything in this. some major highways had to be closed. >> when the wind whips across the plains like that, it's amazing. in milwaukee today, no school in milwaukee, the city grappling with temperatures expected to stay very, very low. snow is falling again this weekend, residents doing their best to stay warm and stay safe. >> yeah, it's ugly. so, what's going to happen next? indra petersons is tracking all this for us and where it's going. indra? >> we really have to deal with the next 48 hours. at least it's not going to be long-lived. i've got to start you with some kind of insight here, because we know it's going to be rough. especially when you

see -- i've covered storms like this when you have this powdery snow in fargo and bismarck and minneapolis/stever been in a storm this cold in the northeast in the 16 years i've been doing live coverage for the weather channel. so that's the unique thing about this storm. the totals up on the north shore are pretty impressive. just under 2 feet. here in boston we've had just over a foot. not as big as last year's storm, but certainly a big one. and what follows the storm, the temperatures tomorrow morning going down probably to 4 to 5 below zero. 4 below zero is the record and highs today will struggle to get to 10. the average in boston is in the mid-30s, so we're running a solid 25 to 30 degrees below average. these windchills are just dangerous. luckily we have our back to the wind. >> i know when it gets cold because he puts on the hood. >> seven layers upstairs today, richard. >> it was six yesterday. all right, thank you. >>> the storm has forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights across the region. that's something that we're watching very acutely because it affects folks all acro

another reason minneapolis-st.ex three years in a row. >> there are twice as many farmers markets in that area than in the top 10% of our cities. >> reporter: and people can find ways to stay healthy almost anywhere, even at the largest mall in america. these mall stars circle five days a week. >> 95 3/4. how much do you think the mall walking has helped you? >> i would hate to be without it. >> from the young at heart to young of body. proving they don't need the weather to be the fittest city in america. >> and you were there a few weeks ago. >> i was. and, you know, it was 50 below at the windchill. >> did you walk in the mall like everybody else? >> i thought about it. because it's this huge enclosed space. >> good mileage there. >> a lot of mall walkers. tomorrow, we'll visit the wealthiest city in america. >> can you give us a hint? >> not beverly hills. >> not los angeles. >> interesting. >> east coast? >> no. but not west coast either. >> come on. >>> all right. coming up next, the best anti-aging treatment

." ♪ ♪ you're as cold as ice >> minneapolis/st.l minus 20 degrees. >> never felt anything like this. >> you could be inside your freezer and be warmer. >> some of our crew members had tears coming out of their eyes and instantly it was freezing. >> some things on my body are freezing and i didn't know possible could freeze! ♪ digging for gold >> are you breaking up with me? >> good morning! it's tuesday. a frigid tuesday. january 7th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on the set msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halpern. i still can't get over what he did. i can't believe it. >> what do you do? >> it's unspeakable. >> it's like unspeakable. where is it? are they bringing it? i'm just saying. i'm never going to get over it. msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. >> we all feel less after hearing what he accomplished. >> you all are. we are good. >> here comes -- hi there. that's nice. >> hi. >> good. you just got caught in the shot. jeremy peters is

. >> there are so many people in one area in minneapolis-st.ight. >> i'm pretty sure it was here. i've been a little fearful of meeting relatives of this -- of this tragedy, because i was afraid that they would judge me, you know? being that i was the only one to walk away from this accident without loss of my life. i mean, there would be some high expectations of me to be somebody i may not be. i love you. meeting up with other people that have lost people and are in our accident helped me out quite a bit. >> to say it was a difficult day is an understatement. we expected to hear that there was a certain amount of responsibility with the pilots. that's the way that it is. that's the way it goes. what we did not expect is for there to be nothing else. >> the national transportation safety board determines the probable cause of this accident was the flight crew member's failure to use available cues and aids to identify the airplane's location. and their failure to crosscheck and verify that the airplane was on the correct runway before takeoff.

single digits back in minneapolis. st. louis at 28 degrees. cleveland with 5 degrees.is point, snow is not really the issue, it's going to be just this brutal cold. i got to tell you, joe, you have roughly 80 million americans right now under some kind of a winter weather advisory or warning at this point. and we're going to see this cold air stay locked in place for at least the next 72 hours. now, will travel be affected? we are going to see backups in new york and washington, d.c., but it's not going to have anything to do with the cold, just the rain drops. and in chicago and atlanta, colder times, but just moderate delays here and there. but it will be the brutal cold air mass to keep millions of americans shivering for days to come. back to you, joe. >> we didn't set a record in green bay, did we, reynolds? it was about zero, felt like minus 15 or so, but did it set records from the previous time? >> did not set records, did not set records, but it was crazy yesterday seeing the quarterback for san francisco without sleeves. go figure. >> yeah, i know. >> my daug

. >>> just had to show you minneapolis, st. paul.this polar vortex makes its way south. weather affecting 20 million people. it's going to be the coldest weather we've seen in this country in about two decades. >> you were telling me during the break, it's colder than on mars. >> as of yesterday during the break, it is colder than on the surface of mars, which has a little more distance between the s sun and it. >> between target, snap chat and snowden and as more and more information is being moved to the cloud, it's fuelling new fears about data security. so what can customers do ab it? we're delighted to welcome to the program, matthew prince. the cofounder and ceo of cloudfare. a web security and performance company. it says your company basically sitti ins in front of one in ev0 sites when people visit the web today. are you paid to be there by the user or by the site? >> the websites are our cu customers and so, if you think about it, companies like google have whole operations teams with security and performance and availabili

winter storm warnings in effect for minneapolis-st. paul. fact, you can see there and winter weather advisories all the way into michigan as well. in fact, we're looking for another three to six inches of snow from the dakotas all the way into the u.p. of michigan. let's head south and you can see we've got right now some rain falling in pensacola. in fact, the ramp there to i-10 closed. 110 miles of that highway because of freezing rain right now. it will eventually clear this morning. but look at this. we're looking at a lot of rain down south. up to two inches from captiva all the way to the east coast of florida in west palm beach. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. al forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] build anything with the new toyota tundra. toyota. let's go places. >> good morning to you. so happy to show you this radar. look at this. we're actually getting pretty steady rainfall, mostly in the south bay at this point. i want to show you the peninsula where we

minneapolis-st. paul, minus 20 degrees. there's about a 35-mile-per-hour wind blowing.s are closed all over the place here in minneapolis. they're closed in indianapolis, they're closed in chicago, and all this cold air, of course, is headed your way. you should not be outside for any great length of time without any protection, which is why your correspondent here today is going to wear this and i just suggest that you don't go into a bank looking like this. >> i would give the same advice, kevin. >> good idea. by the way, thanks to our correspondents and our crews out there shooting those shots, as well. let's go inside right now. natalie's got the top stories of the morning. good morning again. >> good morning, again. >>> well, the family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead removed her from a oakland, california, hospital overnight. jahi mcmath declared brain dead after she went into cardiac arrest following a complex tonsillectomy last month. her mother believes jahi is still alive. the court order gave the family until tomorrow to move jahi to a long-term car