u.s. postal service is canceling mail delivery in parts of the midwest. >>> and a new u.s.forces are shrinking, and gaps in security are intensifying. this comes as negotiations continue between the u.s. and the taliban over a possible cease-fire in the war in afghanistan. a potential peace deal could lead to a full withdrawal of u.s. troops. >>> there's big beatles news. director peter jackson is working on a film using unreleased footage of the "let it be" sessions including a rooftop concert 50 years ago. jim axelrod has details. ♪ >> reporter: it would be the last time the band that changed everything played a concert in public -- if call the 42-minute session a concert, and the roof of their apple records headquarters public. ♪ get back get back ♪ >> reporter: by then it had been more than two years since the beatles' last live show in san francisco where they were escorted out in an armored bus. >> the best way out -- >> reporter: their feelings toward each other had grown as raw as the january weather in london when they hit the roof. >> there was a lot of dissension

u.s. postal service truck had a medical emergency, lost control of the vehicle, slid down the hill hitting several cars including this man's car. >> heard kind of bang, bang, boom! >> reporter: you're okay? >> i was eating ice cream. >> reporter: you were eating ice cream, so you weren't in the vehicle, okay. >> no injuries were reported from the folks in the car. however, the postal worker was taken away in an ambulance. we do not know his condition, but we'll be working to try and get that to you with the very latest. from the live news desk, i'm emily turner. >> thank you. >>> we're getting word now that an elderly woman hit by a car in san francisco died. the collision happened before 6:00 last night on cabrio street and 46th avenue in the richmond district. the driver stopped at the scene and was not arrested. >>> in oakland teachers are inching closer to the picket line. many are at a classroom at fremont high school now in oakland casting a vote to determine whether union leaders can call a strike. kpix5's juliette goodrich live at the east ural >>ep m the way and have my photograph

u.s. postal service deliveries suspended in all or parts of ten states. schools in most of the regions closed today. check before you head out. a live look at lake michigan from chicago. frozen over. it looks pretty. that is life-threatening cold. amtrak cancelling all service to and from chicago today. city officials there adding 500 shelter beds for the homeless. let's bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri live in the weather center. pedram, you look at piers in lake michigan they look like solid ice cubes. >> it looks like a scene out of siberia, right? when we talk about 30 or 40 below zero, we see that from time to time. but when you get to 50, 60 and 70 below zero, of course now it encompasses an area to 40 million people. it's a generational event. and really once you get to 50 or 60 below, the severity of it is quite significant with frostbite setting in. exposed skin, tip of your nose, fingertips, these are the areas that take the brunt of it and permanent damage is done on your skin even exposed 60 seconds or 90 seconds outside at 70 below zero

u.s. postal service whose unofficial motto takes pride in all weather work has halted mail delivery in many places the polar vortex looks to be lingering through the rest of the week only then might it release millions of people from its icy embrace . with. temperatures are described as. she told us how authorities there are. extreme weather. well as we've heard they've been setting up warming centers a lot of the city's major institutions governments have been shut down for the past day through possibly also tomorrow a lot of schools the major universities have also closed down there were some dramatic pictures that came out yesterday of authorities having to light the train tracks of the public transit system on fire because it was so cold that the metal was working and they needed to keep people moving so there's been a variety of response is even just reaching out to clergy in the area trying to coordinate and reach out to the most vulnerable people who might be sleeping on the streets in these extreme weather people who can't get to warm places especially because there's also been abou

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u.s. postal service is suspending mail service. many schools, businesses and government offices are closed. many in the government are focused on protecting the vulnerable like the homeless and senior citizens. >>> the san francisco mayor london breed will give the first state of the city address at 11:30 am today at the national lgbtq center for the arts. one big issue is the thomas crisis and breed wants this part of the $101 million tax windfall on initiatives that help the homeless. one san francisco supervisor once the ban lawn forced from using facial recognition technology in the city and the city supervisor introduced the measure yesterday. that would require public debate and approval of the board of supervisors for the police can acquire new surveillance technology. they say the goal is two prevent the civil rights abuses. >>> another government shutdown dispute getting underway on capitol hill with the bipartisan group of lawmakers charged with passing the security deal two pass congress and win the approval of president

u.s. postal service. we are acceptance agents for passports. so what has happened now is people are still coming to see us, but we have to let them know that it is for the six weeks of the government opens. we have been sending them up there for the next 12 days. all of them will be sitting and piling up. the career services are shut down. emergency passports for this is on fair -- this is unfair, because it is keeping people from traveling country to country and area to area. anybody that has workers compensation or has been injured on the job, i don't know what jeopardy they have a receiving their benefits. steve: i can only imagine their frustration. what do they tell you? >> they say we understand. some of them are surprised passports are not being processed because they are just thinking things are going along perfectly. ,teve: thank you for the call we appreciate it, from virginia. both house and senate gaveling in, our day begins with "washington journal, extended edition tomorrow and then the house noon eastern time. the election of nan

u.s. postal service had to stop mail deliveries today.e'll get a report from the windy city of chicago. that's coming up in just about 15 minutes. >>> and a bipartisan group of lawmakers is expected to strike a deal on border security funding. the top democrat on the appropriations committeee says they willing to spend more, but they stopped short of agreeing to money for a wall. they have until february 15th to come to a compromise before we have another shutdown. >>> a man suspected in a serie of brazen armed robberies at cvs ores in our area appears to have struck again. investigators a starting to notice a trend here. news 4's pat collins has the story now from montgomery county. >> reporter: cops. cops want this guy really bad. you see he's been using cvs htores as his own personal atm. he is the sunday n cvs robber targeting stores in wheaten. he did it on a sunday nht in october. he did it at a cvs in four corners on a sunday night in november.hi december, n in december. but last sunday back in business. last sunday back aga at thi

u.s. postal service is suspending deliveries in 11 states due to safety concerns. that rarely happens. some places in the united states today are colder than siberia. jeff ranieri is with us now. i have cousin in minneapolis, really? >> we're wimps here and so hard for people who have to work outside. miserable. >> pretty much impossible that cold to get outside. got to wear the layers. talking about polar vortex, a cold pool of air 33,000 miles up in the atmosphere that moves closer to north pole at times and then moves away. moving down across north america, that's why they're getting all that subzero temperatures across the northeast and midatlantic. we're tracking more of that at nbcbayarea.com, get more information. eyes at home probably going to the rainfall edge of the screen. looks impressive. red, orange, yellow, heavier pockets. in storm ranger now, we're absolutely dry. storm ranger is active with the red scan. put this in motion. talked about this earlier but make sure you're up to date tonight. two main points. rainfall is moving south to north, will take a while to fill i

u.s. postal service took a rest and suspended mail deliveries. more than 1800 f flights were canceled at chicago's two major airports. officials in dozens of cities have focused on protecting vulnerable people from the cold. including the homeless and the elderly. several people have died from the extreme weather. someme from hypothermia. others from fatal car accidents. the deadly cold snap is expected to ease on thursday. the national weather service says temperatures could fall to record lows in some places before the region begins to thaw out. >> now to sierra leone, which has been host to the final round of the international competition referred to as the congo olympics. france 24 has details. is -- winner denmark beat out sweden and norway. the prestigious culinary award. all day, the stands were packed with fans cheering on their favorite teams as 24 countries competeted to take on the titlef world's best chef. the chefs had five hours and 35 minutes to prepare elaborate fresh dishes. the shellfish -- in homage to a chef who died last year

u.s. postal service is suspending mail service in at least ten states. states like michigan pounded by heavy snow, look at your screen, there is lots of reporting of whiteout conditions there. the snow and ice trigger numerous multicar crashes on highways, as you can imagine. in minnesota, 193 accidents were reported to the state patrol in just one day. cnn's ryan young has pulled the short straw in chicago where the temperature is 22 degrees blow zero. ryan, tell us what that feels like on your skin. >> reporter: unbelievable. you're not even hitting the wind-chill factor that we know has now hit 50 below in this area where record setting temperatures so far. the word has gone out to make sure everyone's safe, especially for those who don't have well insulated homes. there are heating centers open all across this area. look at the iconic river here in chicago, it's frozen over. but i can tell you when this wind hits you, it delivers quite a punch. nearly three quarters of the u.s. bracing for bitter cold.

u.s. postal service which almost never stops service has suspended mail deliveries in eleven midwestern states as you also mentioned thousands of flights have been cancelled not because of the planes but because it's simply dangerous too dangerous for crews to work on the aircraft or load and unload luggage perspective here felicity we are colder here in some parts of the united states colder than antarctica siberia and even the base camp at mount everest we are set to challenge here in chicago of the record temperature set back in nineteen eighty five negative twenty seven unfortunately the forecast is going to get worse before it gets better we are set to have accumulating snow tomorrow the warmer temperatures though are set warmer i mean thirty's and forty's are set thankfully for this weekend you know i mean when. i would have to for now back to you in london. what i was going to say you guys are used to dealing with such really really cold weather. but you know what about people who might be actually cause all for you know you literally can't get out of the houses because of the snow. you

u.s. postal service bumped the price of forever stamps from 50 to 55 cents yesterday. old forever stamps are still valid. priority mail prices also jumped nearly 6%. postcard rates remain the same. the postal service suffered a loss of nearly $4 billion in 2018 even though package deliveries increased. >>> and "glass" dominated the box office in the u.s. for the second straight weekend. >> all of us together for the world to see what we are capable of. >> the three of you -- >> the movie brings together characters from a superhero universe established in previous films by director m. night shyamalan. it took in $19 million in ticket sales while "the upside" remained in second, "aquaman" rounded out the top three again with $7.3 million. anne-marie? >> wendy gillette in new york. thank you very much. >>> still to come, super bowl sendoff. fans hold parties to say good-bye to the rams and patriots as they head to atlanta. patriots as they head to atlanta. edward jones came to manage a trillion dollars in assets under care by focusing our mind on whatever's on yours. oats

u.s. postal service, whose unofficial motto takes pride in all weather were, has halted mail delivery. polar vortex looks to be lingering to the rest of the week. only then might it release millions of people from its icy embrace. brent: our correspondent is in chicago where the verjus i described as life threatening -- where temperatutures are descscd as l life-threatening. reporter: they have been setting up warmer centers. a lot of goverernments have been shut down for the past day thro ugh possibly, also,o, tomorrow.. aa l lot of schools, the major university have also close down. there were some dramaticc pictures t that came out yestery of aututhorities h having to l t the etrainn -- train tracks of the public transit on fire because the metetal was warpipi. ththey needed to k keep p pple moving.. there has been a variety of responses, even reaching out to clergy, trying to courtney and reach out to the most vulnerable people who might be sleeping on the streets or people who cannot get to w warm places because the has also been about 2 25,000 reported people affected by power ou

u.s. postal service has suspended mail delivery in 11 midwestern states. thousands of flights have also been canceled. not because of the planes, but because it is so dangerous for crews to be outside servicing the aircraft and loading luggage. colder here in chicago and acro across the midwest than it is in antarctica, siberia and mt. everest. the forecast unfortunately going to get worse before it gets better here. where he expecting accumulating snow for tomorrow. and it will warm up, warming meaning 30 to 40 degrees here in weekend, it will be absolutely balmy here in chicago. that is the latest here. back to you. >> yeah, 30 as a warm-up, wow. as we're sitting at 56 degree weather. >> don't tell her that. >> thank, wendy. >>> and you know, right now is a great time although we don't have cold temperatures like that, we are having weather in the bay area. get our weather app, it is a great way to keep track of what is going on inr area >>> six months london brooeed w sworn in, she is expected to give her state of the state address. that will be happeni

u.s. postal service is planning to suspend services, delivery services tomorrow in minnesota, iowa, and parts of wisconsin and illinois. simply too dangerous for those carriers. lester? >> all right. ron mott in chicago's lakefront tonight, thanks. let's turn to al roker out in the elements. al, where are we going to see the worst of this? >> lester, from montana down to north carolina and into the northeast, 59 million people at risk for dangerous windchills. we are talking about windchills that for tomorrow morning will range from anywhere from 54 below in minneapolis to 17 in washington, d.c., and it's even worse as we get into thursday as that cold air and windy conditions makes their way to the east, minus 12 in new york. minus 15 in burlingame. minus 32 in d.c. and minus 35 in flint, michigan. finally we'll start to see a break as we get into the weekend. lester? >> al roker, thanks. >>> now to that attack of the star of the tv show "empire." jussie smollett is also a prominent advocate for civil rights and gay rights was beaten, he says, by men hurling homophobic and racial slurs while

u.s. postal service suspending deliveries in 11 states, too dangerous for mail carriers. you definitely don't want to be out here too long. my ears are frozen right now. >> reporter: at this minneapolis hospital, they've seen more frostbite patients this month than they do in a typical year. >> the first signs of frostbite are pain, numbness, tingling. those types of things are warning signs that you should get inside. >> reporter: a killer cold, not ready to thaw out yet. with cities like chicago coated in thick chunks of ice, it is colder here than on mt. everest, in parts of antarctica, and siberia. to give you more perspective, lester, we were in l.a. yesterday. it feels 123 degrees colder here than there. lester? >> two words, good grief. miguel, thank you. >>> let's turn to al roker. al, how much worse does it get and when does it finally warm up? >> a snow squall line has opened the backdoor to brutally cold temperatures in the northeast, heavy snow moving through lake-effect snow could drop up to 4 feet in upstate new york. meantime, tomorrow morning brutally cold

u.s. postal service is making the rare decision to suspend mail delivery in parts of the untry. regions within ten states are affected because of the extreme cold that's bringing record low temperatures to the midwest. the postal service says the decision was made for the safety of its employees.> nd that winter chill may be settling over the housing amarket. afte very slow fall, most analysts were expected to see a lile bump in december sales. but as diana olick reports, that's not what happened. >> there was good news for home buyers out shopping in december, a big drop i mortgage rates. but that did not help sales at all. signed contracts to buy existing homes dropped nearly 10% comped with a year ago, marking 12 straight months of annual declineso accordinge national association of realtors. it was also the lowest december sales reading since 2013. this, even as the average rate on t30-year fixed, fell from just over 5% in tmid-novemb 4.61% by the end of december. >> i think consumers were impacted by all the discussion of utdowns, of theolatility in markets, whether it was

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u.s. postal service has suspended deliveries in 11 itses for the safety of mail carriers. >> cities like chicago are virtually the windy city a frozen tundra feeling like negative 52 degree that's colder than the peak of mount everest, parts of antarctica andsiberia. >> hard to wrap your arms around. here in ourt area, alm all the school districts you should know are impacted. a handf after cancelled tomorrow. the rest on a two-hour delay. >> you can findhose closures and delays scrolling on the bottom of your screen and in our nbc washington app. we have team coverage beginning with doug kammerer in the storm center. >> doug, these temperatures are tough to see but easy to feel. >> yeah, i mean, youust have to take a step outside. here's the thing about it, you know, you'r walking around, you've got enough clothes on, everything fine, you've got your face covered, you've got your hat. t feelse wind blows and like you're not wearing any of those things. it really is amazing, that wind chill. in d.c., thechowest winl we've seen in d.c. all day here. 4 below zero. 23 below in cleveland. look at, i

u.s. postal service whose unofficial motto takes pride in their work has halted mail delivery in many places the polar vortex looks to be lingering through the rest of the week only then might it release millions of people from its icy embrace. has been suspended but. the chilly streets of chicago and sent us this up. this is one of the most populous cities in the country and there's barely a soul on the street the ones that we have run into have been warmly advising us to seek shelter as soon as possible it's so cold that exposed skin could frostbite immediately and your hair and even your eyeballs could freeze the chicago river which is a massive body of water right next to me is completely frozen over the coal has also worked at the city's train tracks forcing officials to light the tracks on fire in order to keep public transit running polevoy to see it happen every year but even for the windy city this is extreme. weather in chicago there well you are watching news still to come we take you inside an israeli program that pairs holocaust survivors with young germans it's hoped the conver

u.s. postal service is hiking the cost of forever first-class stamps from 50 to 55 cents starting januaryority mail prices will jump by about 5.9%. postcard rates, however, will stay the same. the postal service suffered a loss of $3.9 billion in 2018 even though package prices increased. >>> and the iconic chrysler building is up for sale. the art deco 77-story skyscraper is currently owned by the abu dhabi investment council and a new york developer. they hired a real estate firm to market the 90-year-old office tower. it's unclear what the asking price is for the building that once served as the headquarters of the chrysler corporation. anne-marie? >> i was reading about the building and how when it was first built, a lot of people didn't like it. they thought it was boring. >> eyesore -- i didn't know that historic history. >> now we love it. it's iconic. >> i know. >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thanks. >>> still to come, bright ideas, a man who proves you're never too old to save the world. packs more omega-3 power into just one small softgel. it supports four vi

u.s. postal service whose unofficial motto takes pride in all weather work has halted. mail delivery in many places the polar vortex looks to be lingering through the rest of the week only then might it release millions of people from its icy embrace . and you to be a correspondent joins us now from chicago in the u.s. state of illinois where temperatures are being described as life threatening you know my you're outside right now what are things like and is it safe to be outside . yet forgive me for sort of bouncing up and down in front of the camera but they've told us that in order to stay outside for any sort of extended period we sort of need to keep moving this is one of the most populous cities in america and it's the beginning of the workday and i will say we're standing next to a big thoroughfare right now and it's practically empty it's almost a ghost town around here they're very much advising people to stay out of the cold as much as possible a lot of people who we talked to on the street yesterday said that they're just planning on not going to work working

u.s. postal service whose unofficial motto takes pride in all weather work has halted mail delivery in many places the polar vortex looks to be lingering through the rest of the week only then might it release millions of people from its icy embrace . this show ended up in correspondent life in the in chicago in the u.s. state of illinois where temperatures have been described as a life threatening situation nama. hi there well it's you know it's a bit iffy outside and there's a waiver a little while for give me if i look like i'm sort of dancing in front of the camera but they've actually advised people who have to be outside for any period of time to keep moving you know to keep generating your body heat because it's really dangerous if you're standing still for too long this is temperature which even your your eyeballs can freeze over if it's too cold if you're outside for too long i can feel my tears sort of freezing in my eyes right now the situation is it's sort of a ghost town this is one of the most populous cities in the us it's the beginning of the workday here and this we're next

u.s. postal service is suspending mail delivery today in minnesota, western wisconsina io western illinois. for more on this, we're joined now by nbc's ron mott in oochicago. ron,morning. >> reporter: hey, phillip, good morning to you. folks here in chicago are waking up to some histori low col temperatures here. depending on where you live in this metro area, anywhere from 20 to 25 below, with wd chills anywhere from 50 to 55 below d there is a chance this could be the coldest day ever in recorded history in chicago. >>> hundreds of car accidents across several states where millions are bundled up, faced with life-threatening cold. frigid air blowing into chicago, temperatures plummeting to 25 below in spots, wind chills will make it feel like 55 below. >> if you don't needo be outside at this time, don't go outside. >> reporter: rail switches u er fire to keep trains moving. just about all of us are feeling the sting. >> i think you just grin and bear it. >> just trying to stay warm. >> reporter: 85% of will be at or below freezing and it's not just cold. there is snownd ice, too. we've

u.s. postal service has canceled services from north dakota to nebraska to pennsylvania now the epicenter of the winter attack is expected to be in chicago where meteorologists are forecasting a record low on thursday morning of twenty seven degrees minus zero fahrenheit that's thirty two degrees below zero celsius you see right there now it's hard to imagine temperatures this low but to give you an idea take a look at this chicago will be colder today and tomorrow then the south pole the high temperature today. at precisely glacier antarctica is seven below in celsius that's warmer than in chicago well what is happening across north america can be blamed on what's known as the winter vortex there are two rivers of air circulating above us one is known as the jet stream and its movements are what allow warming cold fronts to migrate across the planet if you go higher up about forty eight kilometers you find what's known as the stratospheric polar vortex it's that circle you see right there now that's a river of wind around the north pole and it only forms during the winter sometimes the j

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u.s. postal service unofficial motto takes pride in their work has halted mail delivery in many places the polar vortex looks to be lingering through the rest of the week only then might it release millions of people from its icy embrace. well now a member states want to ease u.s. sanctions against iran so germany france and britain created instax a pavan channel that will allow european companies to make legitimate transactions with iran the instrument will facilitate trade between the e.u. and iran as ordinary banks would be at risk penalties do just sanctions and if they are treated like a rock no other member states will be able to join this alliance. that's going to. be a business so how exactly is this game supposed to function aaron well basically the insect system will allow european companies to do trade with iran by said it kind of a triangular trade system basically iran will be able to sell oil in other products to european companies and they are the money that they would actually be earning from there will be transferred directly to iran instead will be held in escrow by the.

u.s. postal service i suspending service today in michigan, indiana, illinois, ohio, and pennsylvania. to s if your zip code is affected by the service and the disruption there, you cane view alerts on usps.com. >>> let's turn now to nbc meteorologist bill karins to see when this is going to come to an riend. >> his doesn't even begin to tell the story of this. negative 70 windchill yesterday in eli, minnesota. chicago had its second coldest day ever recorded in their city's history, which goes back to late 1870s. very historic stuff.s todayhe third day of it. yesterday was the peak. today is still bitterly cold. 're going to slowly come out of this. friday and saturday a lot of relvery. windcharnings continue still from the dakotas all the way through the northeast. windchill advis for all the big cities and i-95 as the cold pushed in with those snow squalls yesterday. avght now the coldest windchill temperatures we is still located in areas near fargo and also northern portions of minnesota. green bay at negative 40. chicago, negative 39. you probably won't even notice the differencf

u.s. postal service has suspended delivery in the region.harlie de mar of our chicago station wbbm has more on the frigid weather. >> reporter: the dangerous freeze is slamming the midwest with weather cold enough to kill. >> it is treacherous. >> reporter: from chicago to sioux falls and so many points in between, windchill temperatures are forecast to plunge to 30, 40, 50, and even 60 below zero. >> it's not something you absolutely need, we would advise to stay home for your safety and those that are out and about having to be out in the weather. >> reporter: in downtown duluth, minnesota, where windchills hit elowtues cit wogaut haners. >> this is just really cold. >> reporter: duluth mail carrier dave mayhew says in weather like this he wears several pairs of gloves, pants, and hats. the postal service has suspended wednesday mail delivery in several states including minnesota because of the cold. here in chicago, residents are bracing for more windchill and record-breaking lows where it will feel colder than parts of antarctica. across

u.s. postal service which almost never stops service has suspended mail deliveries in 11 midwestern states because of safety concerns. n chicago, we are set to hallenge the all-time coldest temperature on record, negative 27 set back in 1985. so the city is added beds to the 270 warming centers open across the . ar >> no one in need of a safe or warm pla to stay will be turned away. no one. >> reporter:housands of flights have also been canceled while it's possible for those planes to y, it's very dangerous for crews to service aircraft and load luggage. the actual temperatures today are colder than siberia, antarctica and mt. aueverest. snow accumulating snow is predicted for tomorrow. thankfullythough, warmer temperatures, those in the 30s and 40 f forecast this weekend. >> it looks like it hurts just to stand out ther >> i can't imagine what minus begin tot does that feel like? ndar here we're dealing with our own dose of cold. >> you're still talking a sut snowall warnings, is that right? >> and they just started these warnings out for snow squalls recently. >> what does that look 'lke

u.s. postal service which almost never stops delivering suspending service in 11 mid western states, becausefety concerns. >> we can't say it enough, before it's all said and done the windchill here will feel like it's 50 to 60 degrees below, so if you-- can stay inside please do so t is important. >> trevor: yeah, we're all inside because we're not idiots. why are you outside, newsman. you know seriously i never get why reporters have to go into the bad weather to warn us about it. like just tell us from the studio. we believe you. like if you are sitting at the desk and you tell nea is cold, i'm not sitting at home s it though, let me see your nipples. (laughter) they don't do this for any other type of story, they are never like earlier today a man was shot in the leg and it looked like this. ba, ahhh. but the point is, it is incredibly cold in america right now. like supercold it is so cold that i looked in the mirror this morning and told myself to go back to africa. we're talking mine us 70. any time are you in negative numbers you know that things are out of hand. you realize when the