In buffalo right now. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Much of the country today entered a second week of bitter cold. Tonight, freeze and wind chill warnings are up as far south as florida. The weather is blamed for at least 11 deaths. The highway outside buffalo, new york, as the snow fell, dozens of vehicles crashed one into the other today. Americans coast to coast woke up to subfreezing temperatures. The average temperature in the continental u. S. Early this morning was just 9. 1 degrees. And now the east coast is bracing for a major winter storm. We will have the forecast and reports tonight from Demarco Morgan and Omar Villafranca. First, demarco upon. Reporter the arctic blast that has been sweeping the country has been downing power lines, icing over roads, and causing dozens of water main breaks, turning neighborhoods, like this one, into an ice rink overnight. The cold snap has made it especially hard for Emergency Responders used to braving the elements. In new york city, firefighters fought flames as residents huddled on their fire escapes in 13degree weather. Firefighters in massachusetts were caked in ice after fighting a house fire. The water freezes on our equipment, on our air paction, on our masks. Reporter and in indianapolis, where temperatures dip tied record minus 12, first set in 1887, there was a mad dash to get the homeless off the street. This weather is not just, you know, cold. Its deadly. Reporter at least 11 deaths have been linked to the cold spell, including this family of four in kansas, who died when their car careened off a slick road. Chunks of ice could be seen floating in bodes of water from Lake Michigan to the mississippi river, to niagra falls. Were already two weeks into winter, and already, parts of niagra falls are frozen as a result of this frigid cold spell. Last time these falls completely froze . 80 years ago, back in 1938. But there were tourists who braved the cold. Mark thomas is the niagra falls parks director. You come here, you get that frozen effect of the ice, and the mist coats the trees so they sparkle in the sunlight. You get rainbows, even, this time of year. Its special. Reporter im Omar Villafranca in north texas. Temperatures dropped into the teens in parts of the state. The cold snap turned water fountains into Ice Sculptures and wreaked havoc across the south. Light snow and icy roads made travel dangerous across parts of the lone star state. In hurst, texas, this officer, responding to a highway accident, narrowly avoided being hit by a car after the driver lost control on the ice. Highway crews in dallas deiced the roads for traction, but down in houston, the slick morning commute caused dozens of fender benders. On the alabama gulf coast, there were icicles on the beach. With the temperatures in the teens in atlanta overnight, local Emergency Rooms saw an uptick in patients suffering from hypothermia. The big chill transformed this car wash outside of boston into an impressive icicle display. Snow could be on the way to florida, georgia, and both north and south carolina. Thats prompted dealt amen, and Southwest Airlines to issue travel alerts to people flying into those areas. Jeff. Glor omar, thank you very much. Eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. Eric, tell us whats happening now and whats to come. Jeff, it has been an exceptional run of cold, ever since christmas day, and today, we set a number of record lows in the morning. The afternoon wasnt much better. Look at these high temperatures 30s all the way down to the gulf coast and cold enough, were going to see a wintry mix develop late tonight and tomorrow morning in north florida for the secretary time this season. So likely well see snow on the ground inita tallahassee. A wintery mix moves up across south and North Carolina and a beast an ocean sterm. This is going to become extremely powerful as it tracks just off to the east of nantucket, bringest the strongest impacts across new england. Well see snow down through new york city into the midatlantic as well. The ba boston area likely goingo see a foot of snow out of this one and we will likely see winds. The cold that this storm draws down friday into saturday is some of the coldest of this entire outbreak for the northeast. We could be looking at close to alltime record cold temperatures in parts of new england. And thru see the wind chill values friday into saturday. Pushing 20 to 40 below. Jeff, there is a little bit of good news once we get this one out of the way, it might be the end of the extreme harsh colds and reverting back to, well, typical winter. Jeff. Glor after a week of this. Eric fisher, thank you very much. In afghanistan, the First American casualties of the new year. An american soldier was killed and four others wounded during a combat operation yesterday near the pakistan border. Senator corey booker identified the dead soldier as 34yearold sergeant mihail golin of fort lee, new jersey. North koreas leader appears to be trying out a new strategy in the nuclear standoff. He is reaching out to the south, while threatening the u. S. David martin at the pentagon has more on this. Reporter at first, President Trump wasnt sure what to think of kim jonguns new years offer of talks with south korea. Rocket man now wants to talk to south korea for first time, he tweeted. Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not. We will see. But no sooner had south koreas president moon taken kim up on the offer than u. N. Ambassador nikki haley dismissed it as meaningless, so long as the north continues to build Nuclear Weapons. We wont take any of the talks seriously if they dont do something to ban all Nuclear Weapons in north korea. We consider to be a very reckless regime. We dont think we need a bandaid aide and we dont knowledge we need to smile and take a picture. Reporter kim boasted the Nuclear Button is on his desk, and vowed to begin mass production of Nuclear War Heads and ballistic missiles. Those were just words, but u. S. Has seen what appear to be another test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. I tone that does not happen, but if it, does we need to bring more measures to bear on the north korean regime. Reporter the North Koreans are preparing to test their longest range missile, which they celebrated in the form of a gigantic Ice Sculpture over new years. When it was first tested last november, the missile launched long enough to reach exwrm exwrp in the u. S. Had it been aimed in the right direction. If preparations continue, it could be ready for launch by the end of this week. By talking peace with south korea while threatening war with the u. S. , kim jongun is playing Good Cop Bad Cop in what the state Department Says is an attempt to drive a wedge between the two allies. Jeff. Glor david, thank you. Mr. Trump has also been tweeting about iran, rooting froaforters who have taken to the streets there. He said its time for a change. Least 21 people have been killed since the demonstrations turned violent, more than 450 arrested. Heres elizabeth palmer. Reporter in some of the worst violence so far, protesters attacked the Police Station last night about 200 miles south of tehran. Theres no way to know who was shooting, but state media say six people died. Activist videos from last six days show wounded demonstrators. Protesters in the capital chanting, death to the dictator. And jeering crowds vandalizes pictures of irans supreme religious leader ali khameinei. He broke his silence today to put the blame on, as he put it, enemies of the Islamic Republic who have used money, weapons and Intelligence Services to create problems. That hints at foreign interference. But irans moderate president Hassan Rouhani said today the protesters are fed up with poverty and lack of freedom. Thats exactly what you hear on the street. My three kids are doctors and engineers, says this father, and not one of them has a job. Even though my husband and i both work, says this woman, were under constant pressure from high prices. Life is tough. This is the most serious uprising in iran since the massive election protest protesn 2009 that were so brutally put down. Back then, the discontent was focused in tehran. This time, its countrywide. And the protesters whose demands range from food subsidies to the end of clerical rule know that the hardliners are now calling for another ruthless crackdown to restore order. Jeff. Glor liz, thank you. All right, joining us now to discuss and more is ian bremmer, president of the eurasia group, and a cbs news Senior Global Affairs contributor. Always good to see you. First of all, lets talk about iran and what you make of this. Well, look, demonstrations in an authoritarian regime doesnt always allow them. But the reason it really matters is because this gives the hardliners in iran an opportunity to make the president and the more reformist elements much more vulnerable. It also gives President Trump an opportunity to beat up on the treatment of the iranian citizens. Hes been hardliner, antiiran since day one in the presidency, makes u. S. Iranian cob 41itation more likely. Glor hardliner antinorth korea as well. What do you make of the latest in the north korea . On the one hand, the fact that the North Koreans and south koreans say theyd like to talk, theyre talking about sending athletes to the olympics, thats clearly a positive thing. But it is happening in the context of kim jongun saying i keep a Nuclear Button right here on my desk they wont hesitate to use if i need to, if i am threatened by the United States, and donald trump saying i am not prepared to negotiate with this guy. Either trump is going to have to flip and do a 180 or were entering the most dangerous environment you and i have ever seen between these two countries. Glor staying in asia now, your group, eurasia group, is out with the top risks of 2018. China remains number one. Everything comes back to, including the north korean situation. Talk about china. So for the last several years weve had a United States that has seen as having less influence globally, part because we dont want to do it and part because others are doing more in their own backyards. This year we see china is not only lorgeer. Not only do they haveave leader that is much stronger and consolidated more power, anyone since mao, and is now prepared to stand up publicly and say, u. S. Doesnt want to do it on free trade, ill lead trade. U. S. Doesnt want to write checks for infrastructure, ill do it. And that makes other countries around the world, even american allies, start hedging away from washington and towards beijing. Glor 2017 felt like such an extraordinary year in the news and yet you point out there was no geopolitical crisis in 2017. You, were due for one. Yeah, because were not fixing anything. You know, i mean, i remember back the last time we had a big global crise was a decade ago, it was 2008, it was the economic crise. Were now facing that kind of instability geopolitically. The United States is the one country in the world that could do something about it and our response s, america first, baby. Were not going to take that choice. So, clearly, you either fix it or the wheels start falling off. And in 2018, there are an awful lot of potholes on this road, and its hard to imagine were going to get through much longer, thats much more istanbulable without us experiencing a crisis or two. Glor ian bremmer, thank you. Republican senator orrin hatch of utah said today every great fighter knows had when to hang up the gloves and will not run for an eighth term. He is president pro tem of the senate, putting him third in line of president ial succession. His retirement could open the door for a senate run by mitt romney. Now to some other stories were following in the evening newsfeed, in peru, a bus collided with a truck along a dangerous curve and tumbled down a cliff on to a roak beach. At least 36 people were killed. Many americans returned to work today after the holidays, and at least 4. 5 million got a pay raise. 18 states from california to new york, washington to florida, raised their minimum wage january 1. 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They want to see armed officers. They want to see bomb dogs, helicopters. Thats all part of the fun they see in this, and that can be very very devastating. Reporter the swatting targets are sometimes celebrities, like rihanna and justin bieber, but are often online gamers, people making a false 911 call and then watch live online what happens next. That victim doesnt even realize that this is being done to them, and they want to record this live stream as swat is coming in to the house. Reporter detective richard wistoski, say they can can make calls appear local. The guy who swatted my house lived in finland. Reporter local Police Forces are not required to report swatting incidents to the f. B. I. , so there are no national figures. But calling for a swat team unnecessarily can be expensive, dangerous, and as weve sue nou seen in wichita, deadly. Jeff. Glor john, thanks. And the question remains why anyone would ever make a phone call like this. John blackstone in san francisco. 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Dalton throws, its complete glor this winning touchdown pass by andy dalton of the Cincinnati Bengals turned him into a hometown hero, in buffalo. As a thank you for helping snap their 17year playoff drought, bills fans flooded the andy and Jordan Dalton Foundation with donations, many of them for 17. I spoke with the daltons just a short time ago. How surprised are you by all thats happened . Well, its just its a crazy story to think that, obviously, for me, playing for the bengals, winning a game that helped them get to the playoffs, and theres a whole different fan base that is donating to our foundation. And so to have the support from a completely different city and fan base thats not Even Associated with us and, also, a team that we did beat this year, too. So i think its pretty crazy the support that weve gotten from it. Glor well, you didnt have to mention that part as a bills fan. J. J. , what do you make of all this . It became pretty emotional, just thinking about what wed be able to do with that money that was coming in. And its pretty humbling. Its hard to put into words how grateful we are. Its pretty awesome. Glor andy, what is the latest update . Its just over 170,000. We have over 7,000 donors. Its unbelievable, and its going to be a long way, and we cant say thank you enough. Glor andy, j. J. , thank you both so much for your time and good luck with everything. And if youd like to help, the website is andydalton. Org. Lets go, buffalo. That is the cbs evening news tonight. Im jeff glor. Good night. Im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . How can i share new plans virtually . How can i download an efile . Virtual tours . Zipfile . Really big files . In seconds, not minutes. Just like that. Like everything. The answer is simple. Ill do what ive always done. Dream more, dream faster, and above all. 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