but the snowman, not so much. scaring people has become a profession for jason lichtenberger.t would change his life. >> i've been scaring people since i've been a little kid hiding behind doors or under the bed and just popping out on people. it's just fun to scare people. so i wanted to go out and actually have my buddy jump out of a pile of snow and scare someone on the sidewalk. my uncle, who creates costumes, he said, you're crazy, you're going to get hypothermia doing something like that. i'll just make you a costume. i just blew it off. but a couple of days later, he said, i've got this costume ready. >> creating the snowman was an easy job for lichtenberger's uncle. as owner of extreme costumes, he's used to creating complex costumes. >> i found some chicken wire. i then supported those with aluminum skeleton, and i then coated that with expanding insulation foam. i said if you're going to try to scare people, let's try to make him an evil guy. i took down parts of sunglasses and created interesting shapes and embedded them. your menacing look comes from the slanted ey

we asked people to send in pictures of their best snowman and then the best snowman was awarded a snow stick, official pat collins snow stick. it has all the record snows listed on the other side. this time, we're not going to do that, are we? we're not going to do that. we have a new snow challenge for you. the best snow hat. take a picture of your best snow hat. tweet that picture to pat's snow stick. send in that picture. the best snow hat gets the official pat collins snow stick. we'll be sticking around here all day long. now back to you, barbara. >> i think we've already declared you the winner of the best snow hat out there. >> i have another one in my back pocket. >> oh, yeah? can't wait to see it. >> oh, yeah. >> gordon's fisherman hat somewhere. >> we have the man who can tell us just how high it's going to climb on pat's snow stick as this day goes on. what do you say? >> yardstick or not, we're not even going to get a third of the way up the yardstick. >> oh, okay. >> that would be a foot. >> that would be a foot. we'll probably be well short of a foot. nonetheless, it stil

then this, when you don't have enough snow to make a snowman, just use your finger. of ourou so much to all viewers who sent in these pictures. if you like to see your snow photos or videos, send them to .yewitness news at wjla.com >> very nice. >> i like the snowman one. you have to get creative. noon hour, a day at the beach with snow is still a day at the beach. you can see the boardwalk covered in snow in delaware. it is not that often that you get snow at the beach. they got the brunt of the storm across our region. here's a shot from ocean city, maryland. the sunshine came on out. a lot of the structures -- snowfall totals across the region. 6.5 inches, that was the highest i could find. richard expert, virginia, 3.5" is. -- dulles had .3 inches. we can see that the cloud cover has pushed on. we are a few hours past the snow. -- sixbout travel today our arrival delays. thousandsat at least across the country will be challenged over the next few days. prettyperatures here, much the same. not above freezing until mara. 16 right now at dulles. annapolis at 18. lex

and i made the network's dot org panasonic steamy could vacuum insulation panels for forty overs a snowman covered eight thousand km from japan to train to visit a boy who'd never seen snow without using any compression refrigeration the project the ride from the sparks a program from panasonic local community website. eco ideas that it focuses on starting find innovative experiments within hours daily. by using panasonic eco friendly technology. the sparks team received a message from a younger baby girl named on understand the snow never falls in the day so i would like to show my little brother his very first snow the sparks team fulfilled her wish and delivered the snowman about it. i like it. get your act. for mr shifts for religious traditions same as the four quarters of jerusalem's old city. together they are t stiff peaks started in two thousand and nine. co founder circuit sheep who he describes their launch of coexistence cooking competition. this is from the sky and connections from the outside seems to know which wasn't few verses that it was one of each here charlie why do yo

. >> and pat in the hat, and in the place of the snowman, he has issued a challenge to everyone watchingjoins us with more on that today. pat? >> well, we want to find people the best snow hat and so we set up a challenge and i will get to that, but start with the measurement. if you were with us at 1:00, you recall that i measured an inch here at connecticut and pheasanton, and now we have a little bit over 4 inches of snow here at connecticut and fezenton, and you can see that it is slushy and not bad, but look at this 36th northwest, a side street in northwest and look down this street, you will see the snow, and see the ice, and not so good. so how bad is it out here? well, it depends which street you are standing on. and now, as i mentioned before, we wanted to see your best snow hat, and so we set up this "snow stick challenge." we asked you to send in the pictures of your favorite snow hats, and boy, did you come through. hats, hats and more hats. all sorts of hats. big and small. here is just a sampling of some of the entries. kids and caps, and there is nothing cuter than a kid

hey, welcome to frozen the disney see feature starring the snowman. not a good time in new york city right now. but first a propos the sochi winter olympics has opened its arms to the world, 90% of world. >> in rush hat is host of 2014 winter olympics the targeting of abuse against homosexuals is among the worst in the world. >> >> jon: there's a 2014 olympic tourism motto russia where the police don't always help the people beating you. [laughter] clearly russia isn't just getting up for the games but making a strong bid to win gold at a concurrent global competition! ♪ >> i knew there was something suspicious. the great thing about the homophobic olympics just like the olympics every nation can take part. like jamaica with a bobshred team or saudi arabia competed in women's beach volleyball. very warm. [laughter] let's go around the globe and meet this year's homophobic hopefuls ins a yanch india has criminalized homosexuality. offenders can be sent to jail for ten years. >> jon: yes because traditional indian culture has always held that sex is mea

kringle krunch that one is self-explanatory, frosty frost, where a snowman steals your identity, the next thing you know he's sleeping with your wife and your kids are calling him daddie and it's your own fault for bringing him to life with that magic hat, don't do it. and finally, santa claus, huge scam. never once did he bring gifts to my children. and they're really good gifts. i mean they give me presents every year and yet they get nothing. i don't get it i don't get it. he brought me presents when i was a kid. why did he stop? santa claus, listen up old man, i am giving you one more chance, do not disappoint my children this christmas. because i've got 18 years 6 milk and cookies on my . >> welcome back, everybody. nation, this is my final show before the 2013 celebration of christmas. which of course i love. i also love that i will be leaving 2013 on a serious note. because the pc police have pulled over yet another patriot. >> duck dynasty is making headlines for off camera drama. phil robertson, the star of the a & e hit show has been suspended indefinitely from filming the

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just like frosty the snowman, it's not around numb.lted. >>> packers fans are used to it, but 49ers fans will have to remember the heavy coats for sunday's game at lambeau field. they are expecting sub zero temperatures that day. tarps and portable heaters are keeping the turf from freezing solid. fans are being told to dress in layers, cover their faces as much as possible, and know when to get out of the cold and get a warm drink. >> dennis, did you get that? conference play opened up for pack 12 mens hoops locally at maple pavilion. and the association, what kind of a chance will the red hot warriors have on the road at miami with lebron waiting? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, league's elite... we run itn like >>> all right, after six straight wince, wins, it was time to see how the warriors matched up against the league elite. we run it down like this. rarely lose at home. 14 of 17 games. tonight, it was warriors attack. david lee, a wrecking crew. they shot lights out. complete control. david lee over lebron. he had 30, warriors won it 123- 114

. >> no. 4, i didn't think i was a snowman, but you just melted my heart. i like that one. >> really? no. 3, baby, you're so hot i don't need four layers on. >> no. 2, can i hibermate with you. that's corny even for me. >> the no. 1 cold weather pickup line, do i have a fever because you are giving me the chills? >> that's not too bad, not too good. >> i don't know that any of those lines would work. >> when it gets cold, depends on how desperate you are. >>> still to come the pandemonium begins. we take you inside the national zoo as little bao bao gets ready for her big debut. >> don't need a ♪ for ages three and up. the everyday collection. by target. prepare yourself. for a toddler... moment. the everyday collection. by target. >>> finally tonight getting an independent lady ready for her big debut. >> today our cameras were on hand for bao bao's big media preview and she didn't seem to mind a bit. check her out. it's all part of the national zoo's efforts to make sure the baby panda cub is ready to meet her adoring fans when she makes that public debut

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and the new year twenty fourteen were totally devastated to inter community here in africa made a snowman for shock after realizing this morning the deaths of two sisters and tried to take office the fire here to attend. and don't get the two women have been named oak lake that indeed in a bid to name just the sisters jealousy and i'm getting broken a strand th and twenty four. they come from a well known sunny and the area after twenty ten had been described as a ladder lights and present popular carols. again the forensic investigation has been training has competed for the evening have the highest us remains sealed off. i haven't commented on the possible cause for the fire yet since it's currently under investigation but it's believed the funeral arrangements for four sisters a lesbian and nature tomorrow. thank you for that. homeowners and businesses are counting the cost after extensive flooding in parts of the west today. expose coastal regions were worst affected. flood warnings remain in place in many areas this evening. my choice. storm force winds combining with devastating eff

unfortunately, just like frosty the snowman, it slowly melted away. but cool, right? >> it is pretty cool. wow. >> that's neat. >> still starts. >>> 4:56. wild winter weather packing heavy snow and high winds. it's slamming the northeast. we have team coverage on the monster storm that's affecting millions and already closed a major airport. >> and an overnight fire in the north bay presented several problems for firefighters. we'll tell you about the challenges up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we strongly condemn this despicable act. >> federal investigators are looking for the arsonist who set fire to the chinese consulate in san francisco. surveillance video shows the suspect and the fire set on wednesday night. the fbi is not considering this an act of terror. >> it does appear to be significant blunt-force trauma. >> we are learning more about the man accused of killing father eric reed found death in a eureka church. a man was arrested, had been in jail just hours before freed was killed for public intoxication. >> it's a serious hazard. >> a monster winter storm has

after 25 years of special creations, a plain snowman with a carrot nose, that's not going to cut it.me freddie built two smurfs on a sofa, waving to the people driving by. people make it a point to drive by his house every time there is a snowstorm. over the years he has built barney the dinosaur, the entire peanuts gang, and a life-sized motorcycle too. >> that looks like smurf and smurfette. >> it's so cold their skin turned blue. >> are we going to be building those friday? >> you know, we need snow to get that. and we're not going to get it any time soon. still cold, calm wins winds tomorrow. starting off between 3:00 and 11:00. the kids tomorrow, make sure you bundle them up. the next couple of days, i did mention a slight chance of snow on friday, but it will not be measurable. 40 in the afternoon. 54 on saturday. say goodbye to the cold and so >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- from the new movie "lone survivor," mark wahlberg. from "the secret life of walter mitty," actress kathryn

the sonics unique vacuum insulation panels for forty helps a snowman covered eight thousand km from japan to train to visit a boy who'd never seen snow without using any compression refrigeration the project the ride from the sparks a program from panasonic local community website. eco idea is that it focuses on starting find innovative experiments within hours daily. by using panasonic eco friendly technology. the sparks team received a message from a younger baby girl named on the understanding that snow never falls in the day so i would like to show my little brother his very first snow the sparks team fulfilled her wish and delivered the snow meant about it. i like it or not. for mr shifts for religious traditions same as the four quarters of jerusalem's old city. to get there they are t stiff peaks started in two thousand and nine. co founder circuit sheep who he describes the launch of coexistence cooking competition. this is from the sky and connections from the outside seems to know which wasn't few verses that it was one of each here charlie why do you do this evening together. f

meantime year old taurus mountains of teheran has dozens of grieving families have gathered for a snowman festival. some three thousand six hundred meters being one of the four d i s tv scripts and while it does seem to be family friendly between the haves to the different scenery in the capital located some sixty kilometers away. haha actually i'm not going to relax and keep it up the atmosphere is really setting. the research was established in the nineteen sixties hit iran sending it to the winter olympics almost every year. a new law was passed in two thousand twelve when the female dentist wasn't easy out. there was no more to come and get a husband or father or brother several months later form the new president. the hinged on the call log the menu which is great. i found that their designs has a number of snow when the knicks don't try and steal mom's which the obedience of characters and center. zai. do. you make is bald sled team preparing to resort to tricks in wyoming looking for to being in the spotlight again when it becomes a character in countries such hopes the team to com

now i'm going to send and understands it and sanded down and enrichment on to make a snowman hopefully aware work isn't so cool. now my next big band when he set about finding this now. most everyone said the same enthusiasm that it would snow causing a string of accidents and traffic result new man builds a lousy a face criticism for the way his administration handled the storm. parts of the hudson river for is a vet the ferry services continued to operate as normal meanwhile around three thousand five hundred flights were canceled on wednesday in new york's to god the apples the word skates. it's what you think an antique onto a pass. the euro is now welcome to read but still it left me at all the jr east coast is baltic republic of sydney in the face an angel with the eurozone. while local businesses strong to support the new wrote the majority of latvian spiritual cause prices to rise. he also wonder whether the timing is right. what would you change for the pianist. we find out. you did not. here now. i kept up on sleep to go home. welcome to interject france twenty four might jus

>> traumatized by shooting the snowman in the face. frosty never hurt anybody.eah, this is such hypocrisy. you pocket millions and millions of dollars off of action movies, violent films. you line your coffers with it and you make more films that have violence in it and then you have the audacity to go against an organization that is saying i want to protect our constitutional right to bear arms in a legal and thoughtful way with background checks that also don't want people to get shot and murdered, but it doesn't mean that you can't own a gun. i mean, this makes no sense to me, and now look what he's doing. he's luring meryl streep into it. >> bobby? >> i think harvey probably overstated the case a little bit, but i will say this. first of all, the nra has stopped background checks at gun shows and done everything they possibly can to make it impossible to have reasonable gun control. >> bob, where do you get this? >> wait a sec. >> bob, bob, bob. >> gun shows were exempted from background checks. that's fine if that's what they want to do. there's 5 million l

call him the snowman.here is the guy behind the flurries and blizzards in your favorite flicks. ♪ a >> this is "lunch money," live on bbg television and streaming on your phone, tablet, and at bloomberg.com. i am adam johnson. today's moving pictures now where the video is the story. activists have taken over a third ministry in the ukraine. a pipeline explosion in manitoba over 10sters have taken municipal buildings in the city. a pipeline explosion in manitoba has left thousands of people in the canadian robbins without heat. the pipeline exploded was one of two applying natural gas to the area, and the other one had to be shut down to allow the damaged pipeline to be repaired. no word on what caused the explosion. a longshot wins the 61 -- the australian open. the 66-1 shot to win the tournament came out on top. rafael nadal was hampered by back pain to receive treatment during the match. tough match. he is forecast to shoot up the world rankings. all eyes are on washington ahead of the president's stat

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. ♪ frosty the snowman >> the little drummer boy. ♪ shall i play for you ♪ blah blah blah >> do you hear blah blah blah ♪ blah blah blah >> do you hear what i hear? ♪ do you hear what i hear ♪ do you hear what i hear >> and many, many more. >> hi. wi ear megadeth. these are the carols we grew up loving. >> and you'll love them, too. >> or santa will kick you. >> in the throat. >> this unique collection also features a unique duty. ♪ i really can't stay ♪ baby it's cold outside ♪ i've got to go away ♪ baby it's cold outside >> no seriously, i have to go. i'm scared. >> thrashing through the snow. a very megadeth christmas. >> available at walgreens. tonight on the show, from >> "criminal minds" jeanne tripplehorn. we have music from megadeth and we'll be right back with colin farrell. so come back. the #1 selling pain reliever, in one cold medicine. advil congestion relief. it delivers a one-two punch at pain and sinus pressure with the power of advil and a nasal decongestant in a single pill. advil congestion relief. safeway presents real big or how to find big savings on the things you

martha: you look other people's snowman, you say that's impressive, nice job. out for competition. three minnesota brothers built a massive 1-foot high snow shark. it's not the first time they have teamed up on elaborate snow designs. pleads to be joined by these brothers who are snow artists. trevor, how cold was tonight minneapolis when you were building this thing? >> it depends. some days it was pretty chilly, other days it was quite warm for minnesota. a couple days it was 40 degrees which is pretty warm. martha: it's been 23 below in the with. >> it's been really cold recently. martha: the first time you got together and built one of theengs these things what was it? >> it was a copper fish. martha: how big was that one? sight wasn't that big, it was 6 feet tall. martha: and there was a walrus, too. look at that. the tupper fish is really good. tell me what your craft is. how do you do this? >> you pile up all the snow into the biggest pile we can. then we start forming the features like the tail, the fins, the teeth. martha: who is in charge of the three

i would rather focus on the threat posed by snowman. >> that was america's dog, jasper.ot to put that up since greg is not here. andy, do you have your running shoes? i want you to take your victory lap all-around central park on the nsa program. >> let's start here. the report de bunks the idea if we had the program we could have stopped 9/11. the example they usually use is a failure to detect the terrorist in the u.s. prior to 9/11. the report says as many people have said including me that the failure came from a lack of federal sharing not a lack of surveillance. can we roll that clip? >> there is another terror attack and people say why don't we make these changes? it could have prevented 9/11. >> it is bull [bleep]. >> how do you know? >> that has been shot down and de bunked so many times. >> now i submit to you, dana this is why greg gutfeld, if that's even his real name, took tonight off. he read this report or more likely somebody read it to him. he knew it shot down his world view and he was afraid to show his face. she a yellow bellied coward, nothing more,

we need an adorable singing snowman to help us break the curse. guillermo, you could be our olaf. >> yeah, sure. >> jimmy: your singing is terrible. dennis rodman took six former nba players and four other player on a trip to north korea to play an exhibition game against a local team in celebration of kim jong-un's 31st birthday tomorrow. i guess after years of playing alongside michael jordan, rod plan is very comfortable with totalitarian dictators. somehow they've become close friends. dennis rodman is like the uncle that kim jong-un had never had killed. but rodman is getting a lot of criticism for palling around with the enemy of the united states. he says it's a great idea for the world. and this is a guy who started the movie "double-team" with jean claude van damme so he knows when there's a great idea for the world. this morning, dennis and the players he brought sat down were a satellite interview. they're in north korea. it did not go smoothly. >> you've got ten guys here, ten guys here that left their families, left their families to

was excited about the snow to get home with my children, with the potential of trying to build a snowman. i thought if i left at 1:00 i will beat the crowd. >> that obviously didn't happen. take me through the trip. >> i left at 1:00, it took me an hour to get five blocks to the freeway. it took me ten hours to get to the next destination. the freeways were shut down. it was gridlock. accidents everywhere. and at some points, it was just a parking lot. and we didn't know what was happening. there was no communication. i didn't see anyone coming to help us. i just felt like i was on my own. >> i'm going to be honest. were there moments when you felt like crying? >> let me tell you richelle, i tried to be optimistic up until the 24th hour and i almost lost it. i had friends on facebook trying to encourage me, offering me scriptures or anything. i felt like i was going to lose it. i felt there was no escape. >> at least one time your car spun out or was it twice? >> it away was twice and i felt like i was going to die. i felt like it was the end because the cars were so close. i just didn't

these three brothers, instead of doing a snowman, the typical thing you do after a storm like th thismething better. ten feet tall. a snow shark. can you imagine? this is in minnesota where it's absolutely freezing out. they spent hours upon hours making this. this is kind of a theme. they've been doing it for a few years. one year they did a giant puffer fish. another year they did a walrus. sticking with the aquatic theme, doing things that live in the ocean. pretty cool. >> that is really cool. that is really cool. speaking of something that's really cool, i'm trying to get through this without laughing. some people would call this getting a little more bang for your buck. >> oh, boy. >> here's why. there's a company called naughty america. you can see where this is going. they will take your unused gift cards you got for the holidays and turn them into -- they will turn them into access to their online porn site. >> oh, boy. >> and the list of gift cards is interesting. best buy, adidas, walmart, you name it, they'll take the stuff you don't want and they'll give you access to the

. >> not really enough to make a snowman. something you'll notice throughout the day today. a dusting at the most. it's not going to impact you at all. it's breezy outside today but not as cold as it has been these last few days. still, though, high temperature of only about 33 degrees. if you're wondering our high this time of year is 44. so we're continuing to run below average. and here's what you can expect today again. temperatures in the 30s, scattered snow, but little or no accumulation. on storm team 4 radar, i am tracking this activity. you can see there's a line from baltimore down through washington on into fredericksburg continuing down into virginia. and then more activity back to the west. you can download our storm team 4 weather app where you can get the radar right on your smartphone, really convenient, especially on a day like today or if you want to see there's going to be any flurries in your area. so as we take you down closer, you can see some light snow falling over pretty much all of prince george's county, making its way into charles county right now

. >> just when we were hoping to stop bundling up like a snowman. still winter time, guys. this cold air diving down. today not so bad every where. we'll be talking about a lot of this cold arctic air diving down the south. notice this cold air. not justin south but in the northeast. today not as bad. notice on the east coast temperatures still a good 10 to 11 degrees above above normalal. below normal in the upper midwest. early hours tomorrow morning look at this difference. minneapolis you'll feel with wind chill 30 below. no. not the 65 below you saw at the beginning of the month. either way it doesn't matter. that's very cold air. single digits will be out towards pittsburgh, new york city looking for 16 degrees with that wind chill. put up a perspective last time new york was 14 below with wind chill. 30 degrees warmer than last time but either way tuesday this cold air is here to stay even through the afternoon look at the highs. expected to be below normal. good 20 degrees in many places below normal even down south they will be feeling this chill with temperatures

it's not so great for building the snowman and that sort of thing we've seen people around here trying to do all day. that may be why some students were making a snow jabba the hut. but this really is about dangerous temperatures and conditions outside. the national weather service has put out a windchill advisory. right now, it's about 21 degrees. but 6 degrees with the windchill factored in. and the national weather service says it could get down to 5 to 15 below zero tonight. so they're warning everyone, wear hat and gloves and several layers. but if you don't have to be outside, stay in. anderson? >> we've seen washington freak out even with a little bit, but this is the most they've had since like 2011? >> reporter: right. there was a big storm in late january of 2011. so this is looking like with an accumulation expected between 4 and 8 inches. the larger accumulation also be outside of the downtown part of d.c. to the north and west outside the capital beltway. but it's been very, very helpful having the government closed, having the schools closed. we haven't seen a lot of traf

you can't really build a snowman in that sense. people are shoveling out. now forecasters are warning people that starting saturday night into tuesday, life-threatening windchill and just dangerous, dangerous temperatures, like you had said. we're talking negative 50 degrees in some parts of minnesota. in fact, on monday, officials in minnesota have literally just canceled school for monday, for all of the students in that state. for the first time in 17 years, because of the cold weather. >> this is the kind of weather where in five minutes, ten minutes, kids can get significant frostbite and the governor wanted to make sure kids are safe. >> the deep freeze is really -- this weekend's storm is going to bring cold all the way through central indiana where there's been lines at grocery stores. people stocking up for this, yet another storm where they're expecting snow there in the next few hours, or by the end of tonight and into tomorrow. they're stocking up on all the supplies, milk. all the shelves are being completely wiped away clean. this is the dange

angry because i attended my grandson's elementary school show and the kids sang about frosty the snowmananukkah and peace but nowhere was christmas mentioned. there is a war on christmas. do you believe there sa war on christmas? >> i believe that some people are not comfortable with embracing god or religion or faith. >> you believe there's a war on christmas, but "the san francisco chronicle" does not, so we have to surrender. "san francisco chronicle" says no war on christmas. tony, i used to like jesse waters until he called pigeons rats. pigeons have been man's friend and ally longer than dogs have. i can't go into all the ways pigeons have benefitted man. >> two ways. >> fascinating, world war ii, normandy, delivering messages from france to the uk. >> all right. >> they were concerned that the nazis would intercept. >> pigeons knew where the address was better than ups. they came and they delivered. >> that's what ups needs. the second one is search and water rescue. >> yes. >> basically taught by the u.s. coast guard to go out and spot people in boats in the middle of the water.

james spader is the voice of the snowman in "frozen."is this? where am i? >> you're going to do something for me. account numbers, routing information. you're going to steal $5 million from that account and place it into one of mine. i expect the transaction to be untraceable. >> i can't. >> aram. this is a colt .45 1911. i can strip and reassemble this weapon in well under two minutes. >> mr. reddington -- >> once i have it reassembled, i'm going to reload the mag and if at that time your task remains incomplete, i'm going to empty that mag in your head. >> jimmy: james spader right here on "the blacklist." it's back monday at 10:00 p.m. on nbc. my man andrew rannells joins us next. come on back, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] january is now januany, at subway. it's my favorite time of year! [ male announcer ] and any regular footlong is now a $5 footlong. even our super-stacked subs like the italian b.m.t.! ♪ $5 footlong ♪ januany, any subway. eat fresh. ♪ januany, any so you can see like right here i can just.

luckily, for much of the country that light, powdery snow, which isn't good enough for really building snowman in central park. you've got people walking around sort of enjoying as much as they can central park. these are the warmest temperatures people have seen in 36 hours after the snowstorm really dumped up to a foot of snow throughout the midwest, up to two feet of snow in massachusetts, boston seeing about a foot and a half of snow. the snowstorm caused about 16 deaths around the country, mostly due to traffic accidents. now, according to flight aware.com, 8,315 cancellations this week, about 792 flight cancellations today, which is less than what it has been for the last couple of days. the point is, people are now shoveling out of the snow. luckily, like i said, it's the light stuff, not too heavy. now, ten inches of snow did fall in philadelphia where crews were working all day yesterday to clean up lincoln financial field. that's a big deal for tonight's big nfl playoff game between the eagles and the saints. the temperature there tonight is supposed to be around 20 degrees, and they

it's not so great for building the snowman and that sort of thing we've seen people around here trying to do all day. that may be why some students were making a snow jabba the hut. but this really is about dangerous temperatures and conditions outside. the national weather service has put out a windchill advisory. right now, it's about 21 degrees. but 6 degrees with the windchill factored in. and the national weather service says it could get down to 5 to 15 below zero tonight. so they're warning everyone, wear hat and gloves and several layers. but if you don't have to be outside, stay in. anderson? >> we've seen washington freak out even with a little bit, but this is the most they've had since like 2011? >> reporter: right. there was a big storm in late january of 2011. so this is looking like with an accumulation expected between 4 and 8 inches. the larger accumulation also be outside of the downtown part of d.c. to the north and west outside the capital beltway. but it's been very, very helpful having the government closed, having the schools closed. we haven't seen a lot of traf

you will be a snowman soon. >> i now. the wind are expected to pick up a lot today. blizzard conditions are possible. means 35 mile-an-hour winds. this is the evening commute here. folks trying to get out of boston. first day back to work after the holiday. a lot of people braved the early morning snow. now they're being hit with the evening commute. it is rough out there. the governor saying today, that temperatures are expected to drop, plummeting very severely into the teens and single digits. when you talk about windchill it, could get down to negative 25. over at logan airport 8:30 this evening the majority of airlines will shut down all of their flights. picking things up tomorrow to get people back up in the air and off to their destinations to get home by noon. there are coastal flooding situations across massachusetts. coastal flooding is one of the major concerns in sit you it. some water coming up on coastal highways. some roads were shut down during ohio tide. reopened. and high tides hit at midnight and noon tomorrow. authorities keeping close eye on fol

. >> this isn't the day to have the kids go out and build a snowman or an igloo. conditions are such that it's not safe to be out in the cold for long. >> black ice and slick patches on the road were another danger with the number of spinouts and rollovers growing by the hour. and more than 500 amtrack passengers got off trains they had spent the night on and climbed into into busses do their destination, chicago, blowing drifting snow had been stuck on the tracks since central illinois since yesterday afternoon. >> we did have power, we did have blankets and we're happy about that. >> but one part of the country escaped the deep freeze, sunny southern california with temperatures in the 70s. >> the fact that it is the beginning of january and i'm eating a cup of ice cream is awesome. >> starting tomorrow, those still suffering through the cold can expect somewhat warmer weather, at least near or above freezing. >> we have heard the term >> woodruff: we've heard the term "polar vortex" quite a bit during this deep freeze. here to help us understand the science beh

through the streets for about a mile or so so it could appear in a commercial but just like frosty the snowmanoming up, heavy snow continuing to fall in the northeast. how high will it pile up and why it's impacting people here in the bay area. >> the size estimate of a fire in the north bay overnight has doubled. coming up, we'll speak with the fire chief about the significant challenges they have trying to knock it down. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we strongly condemn this despicable act. >> federal investigators are looking for the arsonist who set fire to the chinese consulate in san francisco. surveillance video shows the suspect with the fire set on wednesday night. the fbi doesn't consider it terrorism. >> this does appear to be significant blunt-force trauma. >> we are learning more about the man accused of killing eric freed a priest found death at his eureka church. gary bullock is charged with the murder. police say bullock was in jail for public intoxication just hours before freed was killed. >> temperatures will be extreme and they are -- that's a serious hazard not just for ice cond

no. 5, you really can't make a snow angel or snowman without being judged. >> no. 4 the other driverson the road. >> no. 3, what about your kid out of school, you have to work? >> no. 2, you have to clear off your car, shovel the driveway and the sidewalk. no. 1 reason snow is no good, you don't actually get snow days. darn, if you're like us, where are we? >> we're at work. i like to add honorable mention is landmines when the snow melts when your pets -- >> oh. why did you bring that up? >> i have a dog. i have a reason. i'm just warning people to watch where they step after the snow is melted. >>> coming up private messages intercepted on facebook with marketing messages. >> russ ptacek found some la [ male announcer ] this holiday season, you're getting all the best devices, which means you need the best network to support them. and once you've got 100% fiber optic verizon fios, you get it -- america's fastest, most reliable internet. i was streaming videos, movies, music. once i realized how fast it was, that's when i got it. [ male announcer ] this holiday season, get the most f

just like frosty the snowman, it melted.n the license plate was made out of ice. >> wow. >>> let's go out live. this fatal accident, we have been having some major problems through daly city this morning. we just got off the phone with chp. they are telling us this is going to be a long-term closure. all lanes are blocked southbound 280 approaching john daly boulevard. two lanes are blocked northbound because of this pedestrian that was hit and killed in the roadway. a lot of confusion out there, as well. they are allowing some drivers to turn around on southbound 280 get off at mission exit. so drivers are going the wrong way on the freeway. avoid 280 right now. use 101. bart is also on time. bay bridge looks good though, still no metering lights. they remain off and traffic is moving fine all across the span ought off the east bay into san francisco. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence. >> elizabeth, we had a few clouds overnight but looking fairly clear there out over the bay bridge. and it looks like we're

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