Canceled here at sfo today, that includes 23 departing flights and 43 arriving flights. A plane actually slid off the runway at jfk in new york this morning and went into a snow bank after landing. No one was hurt on board, but the incident prompted authorities to shut down jfk for about two hours. Affected cities throughout the day include chicago, new york, boston, newark, washington, d. C. And philadelphia. And we found several passengers here at sfo who are being told they wont be able to get to their destination for at least another day. Were used to traveling with a military, but this is just flat out ridiculous. It took us yesterday just to get you know, any form of a ticket to get back to anchorage, so my feet are sore, everybody else is upset and i feel bad for these guys. I got an email saying my flight would be canceled for tomorrow morning, but i tried to call. I guess there was like high call volume. I couldnt get through. In addition to the problems with the weather, an American Airlines flight was diverted to kansas city today for security reasons. Our nbc affiliate is reporting that American Airlines flight 24 made an Emergency Landing there af somebody found an unattended flash drive. In addition to those 66 canceled flights here13zy today, there h been more than 100 delayed flights and there are no problems to report in san jose or Oakland International airport. Live at sfo, nbc bay area news. Can be frustrating, but the storm isnt letting up yet. Theyre calling it a polar vortex. Sounds like a terrible gatorade flavor. The source of that, the reason why its got this name, is is its an area of low pressure that usually sits north of hudson bay, north of canada, but in this scenario, that arctic air has spilled south. This is the typical view on the radar. Snow flying and rain heading up in the northeast, rain on the opposite side, but heres what you dont see, in the last 20 years or so. Mondays high, mondays 20 in minneapolis, minus 12 in chicago and look how far south that air is plunging down towards new orleans. Look at atlanta. 33. And this cold air will continue to head to new york. 45 tomorrow, but new york city looking at highs in and around new york in the teens on tuesday. So this cold air mass will take at least 48 to 72 hours to push off to the eastern sea board, this means all these cities with the wind and icy conditions lasting throughout the day, many more flight delays likely. A completely different scenario, perhaps now youll better appreciate your temperatures. 50s and 60s outside. Well talk more about our warm temperatures here and a chance of showers coming up in a few minutes. I appreciate them. Thanks, rob. One forecaster is quoted as saying if youre younger than 40, youve never seen a storm like this. As the midwest may get the coldest air since the 1980s. And lower michigan, eastern missouri, could get between 8 to 10 inches of snow. Until the warmth has past, officials in several cities are urging people to stay indoors and off the roads. A dangerous storms. Driving conditions range from difficult to impassable. Temperatures that will be out there welcome lower than in your freezer. Before hunkering down, people in indiana rushed to the store to stock up on essentials. Investigators will determine whether weather caused the crash of a small plane at the Aspen Airport in colorado. At least one person was killed and two more were injured in that fiery plane crash. The challenger 600 went down as the pilot was attempting to land around noon local time. The Sheriffs Office reports that one of the two people who were injuredc÷zw suffered sever injuries. That flikt originated in mexico and made a stop this tucson, arizo arizona. An east bay mother has a lot of questions for a rec center after her 5yearold son went missing for several hour last night ft he was found after he disappear disappeared around 3 00 yesterday arndt. His mother says she was told he was waiting for her in the computer room, but when she went to pick him up, he was gone. Says no matter what the answers are, there is no excuse for losing track of a child. For me to see my child somewhere thinking hes going to be safe, its not safe because he wasnt watched. He wasnt supersized because if you know where a 5yearold boy, you should know where ever he goes. You say he put him in a room, he should be in that room. He was found just before 7 00 nearby at the home of a relative. We did contact the rec center, however, staff has not offered up comment nor an explanation. And now, to our continuing coverage of jahia and her struggle. The 13yearolds family is is determined to move her out of the hospital that declared her brain dead an to anothering is scheduled for tuesday. She was declared brain dead by hospital physicians and doctors after complications following tonsil surgery in mid december. The hospitals Spokesman Says they are working with the family on their transfer effort, but questions how the familys lawyer characterizes the situation. Keeps talking about feeding the body. For anyone paying attention to this very sad and tragic case, they know you cant feed a body and have it get better. Absolutely, that was treat her like the human being she is and not a deceased body like Childrens Hospital has been calling her. A judge ruleded friday that she can be removed from Childrens Hospital in her current condition, so long as her mother is willing to approve full responsibility. The judge did not approve of the request to force the hospital to insert breathing and feeding tubes and no facility has agreed to talk her without them in place. Police are looking for a man who was stabbed in a car. He said he was dropped off around 5 00 this morning. He says he was waiting for his windows to defrost when the suspect began where she wiyelli. Police say the victim was able to drive himself away and is expected to survive. The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s, about six feet tall, thin build and short, buzzed hair. Pleasanton police busted a ring of suspected mail thieves thanks to a neighbor. That neighbor saw them taking mail from another mailbox. The suspect has some of that stolen mail on him when he was arrested. The four men were booked into the santa rita jail friday night for forgery, conspiracy and other drug related charges. The stolen mail is from several different addresses as well as 13 other bay area cities. The officers were able to find two different locations of the vehicle. Bags of mail from various neighborhoods, concord, alamo, danville and various other locations throughout the bay area. The capture of the suspects is immediate reporting of suspicious activity by the neighbor. The 49ers are celebrating a big win tonight and it doesnt matter if the playoff game was thousands of miles away. Fans gathered in restaurants and bars to cheer on the team. Kimberly is live in san jose with more on fans support here at home and it sounds much quieter now than about an hour ago. The crowd has really cleared out, but they were superhyped, superexcited about the win. It was a very close game, though fans did not give up hope that the niners would walk away with the win and that is what they did. It was decided by a single 33yard kick, 2320. Fans had very high hopes for the niners in the postseason. Theyre already predicting the team will go all the way. This is the second Consecutive Year the packers and niners faced off in the postseason and the second year in a row the niners took the win. So excited. Go niners, taking it to the super bowl. Lets go. Really think defense is the key. Defense wins championships and the niners got the d, so i think thats going to bring them all the way. I think were just showing what were made of. Theyre doing excellent. Green bay, so hot in their own weather, arent they . We can play in the cold. Those fans who made the trek to green bay had to brave the bitter cold, but at least they have the joy of the victory to keep them company on the way home. This game ranked among the coldest in nfl history. With the windchill, theres about an 80degree difference in temperatures today between the south bay and green bay, which was at 10 below at kickoff. Fans we talked to at Rookies Sports Lodge say while they would have loved to see the game in green bay, they are happy to have the game inside and are looking forward toth next season. Freezing just talking about [ it. Thank you very much. It will be nice to go to carolina. Much warmer. Next at 6 00,o rescuers rac to the, race the tide to save a woman. Well show you how she ended up more than 30 feet down a cliff. And the numbers are in. Christmas in the park is declared a holiday success. The number of people that visited the south bay event. And free rides for commuters in one bay area city. Well show you when the shuttles will hit the roads. Mom. Yes honey . Dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true . Says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and thats heart healthy. [ dad ] jan . A woman is recovering tonight after falling from a cliff in santa cruz. We just got these pictures from the rescue crew of the fire department. On friday evening, firefighters responded to Natural Bridges state park. There they found a woman who had fallen about 30 feet on to the rocks below. The tide was coming in and threatening to cover her. Rescue swimmers were able to stabilize the woman and put her in a basket. She was flown to a Trauma Center with multiple injuries. We finally know what was behind the crop circles that popped up in a salinas form. The company plowed through the farm to get publicity for their new chip. Some people say they spotted the numbers, 1, 9 and 2 in the design and that represents the companys new mobile chip which is going to be introduced in las vegas. Sorry, alien lovers. A new Free Shuttle Service is set to launch tomorrow. It will connect the islip bay shore neighborhood with bart, local shopping centers, as well as the seton medical center. The program is funded by the San Mateo Transportation Authority and dealy city. Next, the holidays not over yet in san francisco. Were going to show you who checked in tons of snow. Dry conditions, but during the day tomorrow, increasing clouds hinting at changes, which may bring us a chance of bringing showers. Well talk about that when we come back. The 49ers played in the yy snow. Check out the fresh snowfall outside today just before kickoff. In green bay. The goal was to copy the chilly conditions at Lambeau Field and bar patrons posed for pictures and played around in the snowfall. So people feel like theyre cold. Turn up the heat. Thats so mean. Fans still inside the bar, they opened up the freezer doors and added extra ice to the cocktails. Thats one way to make you feel like youre at the game. I was very happy to be watching at home. You can see the temperature difference what we had at green bay during the game. Temperatures in the single digits. Windchills down into the teens, below zero. Fast forward to sunday. Show you a comparison, what we expect will be the forecast in charlotte, north carolina. The game time locally around 1 00. The earlier of the two playoff games next sunday. 50. Thats nice and comfort b. Big change from what the 49ers say today. No sub zero temperatures to worry about for next weekend. Around the bay area, 50s and 60s. San francisco, still 60 degrees. San rafael, a new record. The airport location for oakland today, breaking a record of a high close to 70 degrees. Offshore winds ensuring not only a dry day, but a real warm one on the coast. Santa cruz, close to 70s. Salinas, close to 70 degrees. The wind managed to mix some of that smoke pollution. No spare the air day tomorrow, but sill looking dry. Even though theres a hopeful sign of a bit of a pattern change. So, High Pressure here, its going to weaken slightly, just enough to allow a weather system here, which is in the pacific, to begin to approach us from the west and as the highs start to trop to the south, that is going to open the door for seeing a chance of showers up towards the north bay, so wednesday and thursday, increasing clouds and just for areas around sonoma county, those will be the best locations for showers. Temperatures will be cooling down, but not so much in the way of rain. Mid60s in san jose. San francisco still pretty mild, but not as warm as we had today. North bayig5c begins to cool do. Mostly cloudy by the afternoon. 63 in santa rosa. Down from the record high we had at the airport in the tri valley. Mid to upper 60s. Tomorrow, partly cloudy skies. Coming up, thousands of people enjoy the holidays at christmas in the park. Its a tradition for lots of families and organizers say it was more of a tradition for more families this year. Worst morning ever. [ angelic music plays ] toaster strudel best morning ever [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. Toaster strudel [ female announcer ] try new pillsbury heatngo mini pancakes. [ male announcer ] dont wait for awesome. Totinos pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. Christmas in the park was on its last leg, but this year, it is celebrating a big success. The head organizer estimates this crowd was 10 to 20 larger than last year. Although they dont officially track attendance at this free event, they did base their estimate on paid numbers from the ice rink and the carnival. Even more impressive that the shopping season was shorter than usual. Organizers say though they may have benefitted from the lack of rain. Harry joins us from Comcast Sports net. You could have called this big win, maybe a late Christmas Present for colin kaepernick. Absolutely, but i think the fans are looking for more Christmas Presents. Extremely big ones from their favorite teams. This sunday has been a fun day for local sports fans. Warriors in washington, a shot at their longest winning streak in over 38 years in the nfl playoffs, which chris just touched on, yes, that 49ers showdown against the Green Bay Packers lived up to the hype with no problem at all. It was freezing cold, but the niners found a way to stay hot. Highlights are next. Stayed relatively calm and now [ laughter ] he loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me thats right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands [ girl ] make dinner pop so i should probably get the last roll. Yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Make the weekend pop. Welcome back. The 49ers and packers closed out the first round of the playoffs today. The goal was to ta hot while playing in cold weather. Todays wild card matchup was won by a kicker with ice in his veins. The starting quarterbacks, they were playing against their favorite childhood team. Colin kaepernick on the right, he was a packers fan. Aaron rodgers, he was a niners fan. Up 60. Aaron rod gjegers to jordy nels. Nelson in the crowd with the fans. Next 49ers possession. Kaepernick, let your feet do the talking, young man. Going, going, and their not going get him until he runs to the packers 13 yard line. Next play, frank the tank, 49ers back on top, 137. To the fourth quarter, 49ers up three. Packers going for it on fourth and two. Rodgers, theres no way hes going to get away. Right . Wrong. This is the way randall cobb for the first down. Packers would score two plays later to take the lead. 28yard touchdown pass to vernon davis. 49ers back on top, 2017. We were tied at 20 with a minute left. Third and eight. Kaepernick running for that first town and he gets it. Three seconds left on the clock. Came down to the kicker. Phil dobson, from 33 yards, it is good. 49 win 2320. They advance to play the panthe panthers. A lot of tough guys and generated a lot of toughness and clutch. Clutch performances, crabtree. Kaepernick. Brock. A lot of guys. Bowman. Willis. Frank gore. Offensive line. Great protection all day. Thought the guys kept the poise extremely well. Fought and played tough. To basketball with where the warriors were taking on the wizar wizards. Longest win streak in 38 year yes. Lee to curry. Two points for curry, but check out how he rewards logan. Nice alleyoop off the big board. Go get it, big fella, as he throws it down. Warriors would go on to win big. No problem at all. 11296 was your final. Womens hoops. Oregon state taking on stanford. First half, shanay misses the layup. She doesnt need any help, gets it all by herself, but puts it wak in. Later in the half, stanford up 25. Knocked down the long jumper. She would finish with 31 points. 13 rebounds, stanford wins 8967. Shes an unbelievable player. Number 23 cal hosted oregon under 30 seconds to go in the game. Role with the layup. She had 24 points, ten rebounds. Game was tied. Overtime. Brittney boyd. Tough jumper. Game in o. T. And the cal bears win 10198 is your final. I promised you an exciting sports cast. Theres a lot going on and dont forget later tonight, well have sharks highlights for all of our viewers. You know we love those two. Thank you very much, henry. Thanks for choosing us at 6 00. We will be back here with you at 11 00. Until then, have a great night. [upbeat music] hey, guys four days till vacation week. Where are we all going . Nowhere. We dont get next week off. We gotta load out the sets, take em to storage. Then at night, i gotta drive around newark lookin for my runaway daughter. Ah. Oh, what happened to your hand . Oh, i was trying out my spray tan for my trip to st. Bartlebys next week. Oh, miss lemon, how could you do that to your beautiful hands . With your flat, manly milking thumbs and your long, graceful knuckle hair thank you, kenneth. Ahchoo are you sick . cause i am not getting sick before my trip. The place i go to has private beaches, soft serve ice cream machines, and, after the french custom, people wear dark socks to the beach. Its the one thing i do for myself every year, and i am going. Look, i even bought a new swimsuit. What is that