a 6-year-old girl was found dead at the northern minnesota apartment complex. clear how the girl got outside. temperatures dropped to nearly 30 below zero. >>> blowing snow and slick roads being blamed for a slick set of pileups. a chain reaction crash injured three people. cars, semis, and a tour bus ran off the road in the white out conditions. traffic backed up for hours. >>> in canada a blinding snow squall causing this massive pileup. nearly 100 cars and trucks slamming into each other. terrified drivers said they couldn't see more than three feet in front of them as they were slid off the highway. there were so many cars there damaged police had to tow them all to a racetrack to sort it all out. >>> this wave of blustery weather is blowing from coast to coast. >> record-breaking cold. accuweather's jim dickey brings us the latest on all of it. >> good morning, john and marci. challenging records as arctic air remains in place. the graphic on the left is the predicted low for the early morning hours. the right is the record. pittsburgh, detroit, cleveland,

average winter temperatures in northern minnesota have increased more than 4 degrees over the past 40 longer summers may be weakened the heat-sensitive moose and giving wolves more time to hunt them. parasites also have more time to infect them. >> so we're kind of in a race against time to try to understand what might be driving this, and even if we can figure this out, having the tools on hand to do anything about it is the next challenge. >> reporter: the researchers admit they may not come up with answers before all the moose are gone from minnesota, but what they ultimately learn may save the moose populations in the rest of north america. don dahler, cbs news, superior national forrest. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the white house responds to the deadly clashes between police and anti-government protesters in ukraine. >>> plus, where's the beef. why the price of meat is soaring. >>> and director david o. russell will be in studio 57 to talk about his movie, "american hustle." that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watchin

. >> reporter: average winter temperatures in northern minnesota have increased more than four degrees over the past 40 years. scientists think warmer winters and longer summers may be weakening the heat-sensitive moose and giving wolves more time to hunt them. parasites also have more time to infect them. >> so we kind of race against time to understand what might be driving this and even if we can figure that out, having tools on hand to do anything about it is the next challenge. >> reporter: the researchers admit they may not come up with answers before all the moose are gone from minnesota. but what they ultimately learn may save the moose populations in the rest of north america. don dahler, cbs news, superior national forest. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org of living. good evening, i'm ken >>> now at 6:00, firefighters and families facing a growing danger tied to our skyrocketed cost living. i am ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth cook. that threat

we're at minus 30 in northern minnesota. 0 in st. louis. even chicago has a windchill of minus 13.t, this is the only good i have in the forecast. you get the rain. the only problem is eventually that rain has to go across the country and where it's very cold it will snow. so it's just cold, and then it's going to snow this upcoming weekend in many areas of the nation. >> southern california, that's good for them. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," the president's latest message to hamid karzai. >>> when we come back here, we huddle around the water cooler. the report er who taught viewer how to survive a bear encounter is back with another very creative report. but this one did not go over as well with her bosses. but she does definitely engage her core. that's your deep tease. [ female announcer ] for a brilliant smile there's a breakthrough in whitening. from crest 3d white, new brilliance toothpaste and boost. after brushing, our exclusive boost polishes your smile and whitens with 3x the stain lifting ingredient for a smile that dazzles. new crest 3d white

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. >> it's a race against time to save the noth in northern minnesota. the population moving from endangered to near extinction in this part of the country. >> if we continue on this trajectory we'll be out of moose in 2025. >> biologists michelle carstensen and her team are scrambling to find out why the mammoth mammals are dying at an alarming rate. this one, travelling with her calve is being coraled into a state research project led by michelle carstensen, the study the largest of its kind in the world. >> first, the moose is darted with a tranquilliser from the air. then a team of researchers get up close to take medical samples. >> behind me right now what the research team is doing is taking blood sample from the cow. they have tape hair samples and are measuring the animal for the research. >> the moose is then outfitted with a gps collar that tracks her movements. if the animal stops moving the research team gets an alert. >> this is set up to have a motion-sensitive trigger for mortality. as long as it moves, it's in live mode. if it's motionle

. >> it's a race against time to save the moose in northern minnesota. the population rapidly moving from endangered to near country. >> if we continue at this trajectory we'll be out of moose in 2025. biologist michelle carstensen and her team are scrambling to find out why the ma'am oath rate. >> this one travelling with her calf is being corralled into a state research project led by michelle carstensen. the study the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. >> first they are tranquilized from the air, and then a team of samples. >> the research team is taking blood samples from the cow. they have taken hair samples and research. >> the moose is then outfitted with a gps collar that tracks her movements. if the animal stops moving the research team gets an alert. >> this has a motion sensitive trigger formatality. as long as it's moving it's in live mode. if it's motion less it goes into mortality mode, and it's able to transmit the message to our smartphones. >> then what do you do? >> then we are ready to respond. >> the aim is to get to the moose

. >> reporter: it's a grace against time to time the moose in northern minnesota . moving from engaging erred too near extension in this part of the country. >> if we continuity trajectory we'll be out of moose in 2025. >> reporter: biologist michelle and her team are scrambling to find out why the mammoth mammals are dieing at such an alarming right. this one traveling with her calf is being corralled in to a state research project led by my sell, the study, the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. >> yeah, if you can get her it's get her in the same spot . >> reporter: first, the moose is darted with a tranquilizer from the air. then a team of researchers get up close to take medical samples samples. behind me right now what the research team is doing is actually taking blood samples from the cow and measuring the entire animal for their research research. the moose is then outfited with a gps collar that tracks her movements. if the animal stops moving the research team gets an alert. >> this is set up to have a motion sensitive trigg fore mortality. as lon

. >> reporter: it's a race again time to save the moose in northern minnesota, the population rapidlyfrom endangers to near extinction in this part of the country. >> if we continuity trajectory, we'll be out of moose in 2025. >> reporter: biologist michelle and her team are scramble to go find out why the mammoth mammals are dieing at such an alarming rate. this one traveling with her calf, is being collared in to a state research project led by her. the study, the large efforts of its kind anywhere in the world. >> reporter: first the moose is darted with a tranquilizer from the air. then a team of researchers get up close to take medical samples. so behind me right now what the research team is doing is taking blood samples from the cow, they have also taken harry samples and measuring the entire animal for the research. the moose is then outfited with a gps collar that tracks her movements. if the animal stops moving the research team gets an alert. >> this is set up to have an emotional censor trigg fore mortality. so as long as it's moving on an xyz plane it's in live mode but i

the 6-year-old was found dead at her northern minnesota apartment building after her mother called 911o the frigid weather. still not clear how the girl got outside. temperatures at the time dipped to about minus 30. >>> people in chicago are struggling to cope with polar conditions as well. after one of its coldest winters ever. the windy city could hit minus 4 this morning, breaking a record. brutal temperatures are expected to stick around for at least another week. and today they are bracing for more snow. >> the second of two rainstorms beginning right now to pound california, there's a mandatory evacuation order from more than a thousand homes in the foot hills of southern california. police went door to door in that area where the colby wildfire happened last month. it is incinerated so much ground cover that residents are building barriers to keep mudslides out of their homes. >>> hundreds of miles to the north in the sierra range a mess of snow. the first storm lulled by a lack of snow so far this winter, police ordered the use of chains on larger vehicles. >> the northeast wi

. >>> we begin in northern minnesota. dozens of ice fishermen have been stranded for three days on a lake after a massive snow drift there trapped them in their ice houses. the snow piled up to seven feet high in some places, buried as many as 100 people in their shelters until the weather finally cleared the way for rescuers to reach them thankfully everyone involved is now home safe. >>> a medical mystery in california. doctors there are reporting more than a dozen cases of a polio- like sickness that can paralyze a child's arms or legs. one mother said her 4-year-old daughter went to reach for a toy and suddenly couldn't move her arm. doctors have ruled out polio since the affected children have been vaccinated. they say the illness may be linked to a virus there. >>> and crews working now around the clock to clean up an oil spill that's closed a 65-mile stretch of the mississippi river near new orleans. a barge sprang a leak after striking a tug boat. officials are not sure how much oil has spilled. >>> and you might

a difference of 120 degrees from the temperature in northern minnesota to south florida. actually, down to 72. sorry. down to 72 in south beach. again, the temperatures are cold. as we go throughout the day today, even with the sun, it remains very cold. that storm -- i'm choking after eating doritos -- that storm will move across the country. we will see rain and snow eventually from this storm and looks to be a significant storm and impact the midwest on sunday. if you are traveling indianapolis and east coast and philadelphia and boston on monday, that looks like a difficult travel day with winter weather. yet to be determined, though, whether it's snow or ice or mix of rain. no snow in d.c. for you this morning. you're watching "morning joe." [ male announcer ] hey, look at you! you're an emailing, texting, master of the digital universe. but do you protect yourself? ♪ apparently not. when you access everything, you give everyone access to everything about you. but that's ok. while you do your thing... [ alert rings ] we'll be here at lifelock, doing our thing. watchi

much of the northern midwest, while we saw tornadoes in illinois, they were seeing blizzard conditions yesterday. they're expected to continue to get up to a foot of snow in parts of minnesotand northern michigan as well today. now the last few weeks we have had the subzero temperatures across all of the midwest essentially but now, the last few days we have been seeing those rise in temperatures. that quickly led to all of the snow we've gotten this year flooding. that has caused major flooding problems across chicago and many other cities. you can take a look in some of these neighborhoods, completely flooded with water covering the yards, the roads. people had to be evacuated in some neighborhoods. police going door-to-door on those rafts. in the next few days forecasters say temperatures will drop again far below freezing. when that happens, that will lead to some very slippery and dangerous driving conditions. julie? julie: more of the same stuff. a big mess we've been dealing with. garrett, thank you so much. ed: thanks, julie, the president meeting with the dalai lama today. the china is not too happy about it. the two leaders meeting in the past hour. tibet's leader

propane is in critically short supply all across the northern border. in minnesotaith excess propane to sell it back to distributors. farmers use propane to dry corn during the rainy season. >>> there will be no let-up of frigid conditions today. a lot of shivering across the entire midsection from the rockies eastward. the good news, the only significant snowfall will actually be in the sierra nevada and the rocky mountains. and that's much of the drought-stricken west coast that will get some rain. >> temperatures still bitterly cold, mostly single digits along the northern border. mostly 40s. few 30s across the south. mid-60s in the southwest. >>> a florida judge is expected to decide tomorrow whether to grant bail to a retired police officer who shot a fellow movie-goer. it was an emotional day in court s a friends and family on both sides made their cases. >> reporter: the 71-year-old retired police captain accused of shooting a man for texting in a movie theater wept in court. >> he has arthritis in his hands. >> reporter: at a bond hearing, he cried when his

northern united states. the mercury hit 27 beploa zero in longville, minnesota. adding to the weather problems-- ice cams. dean reynolds has more about them. >> reporter: considerable damage has already been done in tippecanoe county, indiana, where buckling ice ran wild, literally plowing trees and wrecking property. these pictures from ohio last week captured the speed and strength of an ice jam on the move. and many in the region are now fearing a similar fate. i'm standing on the shoreline of the river, and all of this ice in front of me has come up over the bank and threatens to keep on coming. >> this is probably 12 feet from the river's edge, and look at it. it's like just mass destruction. you can't stop the ice. >> reporter: steve highbaugh has lived along the river? illinois for a quarter century. you have a danger from pulverizing but also then follow-on flooding? >> correct. >> reporter: how does that make you feel? >> well, not as good as i feel in july, that's for sure. >> reporter: the combination of the thaw and rain late last week got the ice going. but even when appearing motionless, car

and it will also be a wet day in part of the northern california, nevada and oregon area >> most frigid temperatures are from montana to minnesotaound billings. mid 60s in the south west. mostly 40s and 50s across the south. breaking news from here in new york, four people arrested in a possible connection with the death of philip seymour hoffman. the bust took place not far from where hoffman was found from an apparent overdose. an unknown quantity of heroin was found at the scene. a private funeral

northern great plains and great lakes. in some areas, 10 to 30 degrees below normal. and windchill advisories are posted in minnesota and the dakotas. in western indiana a tributary of the wabash river was blocked by an ice jam and flooded. large chunks of ice were pushed on to the shore, damaging trucks, cars and homes. jamie ucheis of our minneapolis station has more on the frigid weather. >> reporter: this cold snap did stop flooding along rivers in pennsylvania, and ohio. ice blocks that tore up the shoreline on the river in illinois, still threatened the bridge. the spinning circulation of wednesdays known as the polar vortex has dug deeper into canada. that directed a burst of brutally cold air south. by the end of the week, it will get below freezing as far south as the gulf coast. here in minneapolis, the average low this winter has been 1.3 degrees. the city has restricted parking until april, because of emergency vehicles cannot get through snow-clogged streets. the edinboro golf course in brooklyn park, minnesota, does not expect to open for at least two months. the general manager. >> it definitely is go

northern plains and great lakes. we have warnings and watches out, blizzard warnings from minnesota and north dakota as well as iowa, a lot of wind chill, extreme in that area. people are going to be waking up to these temperatures tomorrow. minneapolis minus 11, bismarck pine us 15°. temperatures barely go belove the zero mark in those -- above the disclosure mark in those areas. minus 30 in fargo and that is not including what the wind chill is going to be doing across that area. here across the southeast it has been a very rainy day, houston to jacksonville, florida, you can see on highway 10 it has been a major problem. atlanta, this is what you're going to be seeing for temperatures over the next five days, temperatures are very nice but the overnight lows are quite low thursday morning at 22°, getting a little bit warmer as you go towards saturday. that's a look at your weather, news is coming up right after this. >> on display earlier this month, a sinkhole swallowed up eight cars from the corvette museum. >> we got a call in the early morning hours on wednesday, february 12th, that our security alarm system

northern california, nevada and oregon areas. >>> most frigid temperatures will be from montana to minnesota, dipping to blow 9. 50s and 60s across here in new york. four people have been arrested in possible connection with the death of philip seymour hoffman. the bust took place not far from the apartment where hoffman was found dead of an apparent overdose. an unknown amount of heroin was found at the scene. public memorial expected in the future. >>> a top target executive returns to capitol hill today for more hearings on the company's extensive security breach. some lawmakers say target and other retailers will remain vulnerable until they start using more advanced technology. abc's kristin fisher is covering the investigation. >> reporter: target's chief financial officer in the hot seat. starting with an apology for the massive data breach. >> we know this breach has shaken their confidence in target and we are determined to work very hard to earn it back. >> reporter: sitting next to him was chief financial officer for neiman marcus. more than a million customer accounts have been breached. >> if we don't have faith in b

minnesota alone. we have more from minneapolis. >> reporter: bitter cold temperatures are punishing residents again from montana to new england. parts of the northern plains and upper midwest are experiencing windchills 35 below. 88% of the great lakes are frozen solid, the largest cover in 20 years. >> it's cold right now. hits you in every direction. >> reporter: friday morning the temperature reached 5 degrees below zero in minneapolis. across the midwest temps have ranged 20 to 30 degrees below normal. the arctic blast is proving deadly. in minnesota alone, at least 21 people have frozen to death this winter. in fort wayne, indiana, whiteout conditions caused a massive 15-car pileup on the highway. and more misery is on the way. forecasters are predicting snow, freezing rain, and ice from the midwest to the east coast this weekend. >> we're talking about anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow in a swath essentially from the plains all the way on off to the east coast. >> reporter: chicago, philadelphia, new york city could all be in for a significant snowfall. jamie yukus for cbs news, minneapolis. >> temperatures in chicago have dipped below zer

to get that wind flow pulling down from the north and west on the backside across minnesota down into iowa, even northern areas of missouri. not only are temperatures going to drop, we're going to be dealing with snow showers or rain changing to show. some of that will be upwards to a foot or more. you factor in the heavy snow or wind and that will equal blizzard conditions across areas just to the south of minneapolis. we're talking about the rainy side of the system where we're going to be dealing with rain on top of snow melt and that will really add to the flooding woes across parts of illinois, including chicago. our winds not too bad, but we could see widespread wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. conditions will deteriorate as we go through the day. >> talk about your rag to say riches story, the founder was on food stamps, life for the employees of the social networking company what's app is about to change. >> and change in a big way, facebook paying $19 billion for the company. we explain what's driving the acquisition. >> the planet is increasingly connected on facebook, more than 1.2 billion p

snow and crashes closed a minnesota interstate heading to iowa this morning and it's also snowing heavily in wisconsin and northernichigan. and a line of thunderstorms is raising fears of flooding. meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm is watching the storm. >> good morning, charlie and norah. good morning to our viewers in the west this morning. storm system continues to plow through the midwest, heading now for the east coast today. a possibility of severe weather from the carolinas up to new jersey and down to northern florida. a little bit of snow will continue for parts of new england. but otherwise, looking at a very windy feed setting up around the midwest and pushing for the east coast after the cold front pushes on through. let's highlight that severe weather zone that really does extend anywhere from south of new york city all the way down into northern florida. damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes a possibility there. in advance of the front, mild temperatures today. 52 in new york. but look at los angeles. 80 degrees for l.a. today. 50 degrees in portland, oregon. we'll see mild

northern europe population from sweden and norway. and the traditional african-american community which has grown but has always been there as part of the great migration north. greg wilkins is from minnesota for example. it is as a place where people start businesses every day. you can get any kind of food you want. and we have a strong tradition of tolerance. there has been intolerance, too. that goes without saying. but this is where humphrey was the mayor and mccarthy who was a congressman who stood against the war did his thing. and senator paul wilson whose basic sport came. and walter love -- mondale is from there as well. it is a remarkable place. >> host: on capital hill, you are a co-leader of the progressive caucus? >> host: yes, and i am one of the five reps that hoyer relies on to count the vote. i am on the financial service and a proud member of the democratic caucus. >> host: you are a relatively new congressman. why write this book now? >> guest: you know, after my colleague from new york decide he was going to use his focus to focus on muslim agenda. i went to king and i said i don't mind you talking about violent, radical muslims. we have to stand against radicals of any

i mean, notice the arrow head around minnesota could see over a foot of snow today, even northern portions of wisconsin. so snow is still out there, eep though temperatures are warmer to the south. look, right around chicago, tough day for you. look at all the activity, even the lightning already firing up right now. this is all a sign of what is to come. winds alone could be ramping up to 50 miles per hour. it's all about this temperature contrast. look at these warmer temperatures into the southeast, then the blizzard companies into the north. what does that bring you? that brings you the threat for severe weather. we're talking about 38 million of you today. looking for the threat for straight-line winds, severe thunderstorms, and even tornados. deathly be aware today. that will be the story. once again that threat goes to about 28 million of you tomorrow stretching from d.c. all the way down through jacksonville, florida. a lot to be concerned with today. >> i feel like chicago and the great lakes have had enough of it this winter. >> chicago is not going to be pretty today. >> what ab

across the northern approximates planes as well as the great lakes talking about the very, very cold arctic air in place right now. the warnings out. some blizzard warnings in parts of minnesotae winds as well as potential of snow drifts in the area up to three feet. because snow is already on the ground. but it is the wind chill advisories in 10 states, we are looking at temperatures already in to the minus area, like minus nine degrees in margo and mine n it feels more than liar minus 35 to 38. very dangerous situation and, this is not going to end any time soon. look at wednesday for minneapolis, 16 degrees, all the way going down in temperature actually over the next couple of days, not coming back up until 12 until we get towards sunday. so that is going to be a very dangerous situation. also some cold air coming in for parts of chicago. not as cold as what we are seeing in indianapolis but colder than average for this time of the year. here in new york we'll see some slight snow showers moving through, no accumulation there, things are getting better later in the week, that's look at the national weather, your news is up next. >>> now to another controversy over gold an

as we head off across parts of nowhere minnesota, and wisconsin we are dealing with blowing snow. that will be an issue. snow coming down across northern areas of michigan. something to watch out for. in addition to the snow and wind. winds gusted in the order of 35 minneapolis. that is why we have a few winter or at least windchill advisories in place. that is here across northern arse of north dakota. bundle up across the midwest. watch for the roads, they'll be slick in spots. >> more bad news for california's farmers, were not only have they been deal with drought. officials say the water reserve to running dry. the system that sends water to inland farms and is called the central valley project. it's the largest water delivery system. federal authorities say it won't send irrigation water to farms, and a drought emergencies was declared last month. after a january 9th chemical spill that left 300,000 residents without access to clean drinking water. there's no detectible toxins now, and it's safe to drink, bathe and cook with the water. the company behind the spill is selling the rest of its chemicals and shutting their doors. >>

. >>> we begin in northern minnesota. dozens of ice fishermen have been stranded for three days on a lake, after a massive snow drift there trapped them in their ice houses. the snow piled up to seven feet high in some places buried as many as 10 people in their shelters until the weather cleared the way for rescuers to reach them. everyone involve sd now hope safe. >>> a medical mystery in california. more than a dozen cases of a polio-like sickness that can paralyze a child's arms or legs. one mother said her 4-year-old daughter went to reach for a toy and suddenly coulden move her arm. doctors have ruled out polio since the affected children have been vaccinated. >>> and crews working now around the clock to clean up an oil spill that's closed a 65-mile stretch of the mississippi river near new orleans. a barge sprang a leak after striking a tug boat. officials are not sure how much oil has spilled. >>> and you might want to get readto pay more to fill up the car. gas prices have increased some 12 cents a gallon. >>> a

northern district. andrew mark luger of minnesota to be united states attorney. robert l.hobbs of texas to be united states marshal for the eastern district. gary blankinship of texas for united states marshal for the southern district. amos rojas jr. of florida to be united states marshal for the southern district. peter c.tobin of ohio to be united states marshal for the southern district. anthony gardner of new york to be representative of the united states of america to the european union. robert a. sherman of massachusetts to be ambassador. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: at the conclusion of the vote, may i ask unanimous consent that the senator from minnesota be recognized for up to a minute, senator from georgia for up to seven minutes, the senior senator from rhode island for up to two minutes, and that i be recognized thereafter, subject to the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i yield back all the time on these nominations. the presiding officer: without objecti