Cold system is gripping much of the country. Dangerously cold temperatures, snow, and ice have prompted windchill warnings from montana all the way to blame. An emergency order has been issued for indiana making it illegal to drive except for emergencies. The temperature there today could reach 39 below zero. More than 1,000 flights were canceled in the midwest yesterday. Today more than 2,000 flights have been canceled nationwide. On sunday a plane that landed at new yorks Kennedy Airport slid into snow as it was taxiing. No one was injured but the airport was temporarily closed because of icy runways. And last night the temperature in minot, north dakota, was minus 20 degrees. This morning its expected to be even colder with the windchill reaching minus 60. Jamie you kiss of our minneapolis station wcco has more. Good morning. Good morning, annemarie. The temperature is cold out here. Its 23 below zero. The windchill is 43 below zero. As a matter of fact, there are dangerous temperatures as youve been talking about across the country where frostbite can set in in less than five minutes nchl chicago officials warn residents to prepare for heavy snow and brutal temperatures that are expected to last through tuesday. This doctor is chicagos doctor of the department of public health. The cold temperatures this coming week are more than an in convenience. Theyre serious, theyre dangerous, and they can pose a Serious Health risk. Reporter by wednesday citizens had closed out nearby grocery stores. We did double than expected. It was kind of unexpected. We hung in there. We had all hands on deck and everyone worked hard. There was a crash of seven trucks shutting down a major highway in missouri. They jackknifed on indiana highways. The cause for the cold air, the polar vortex, counter clockwise dense arctic air that has piled up in the north pole. Its pushed south traveling as far as the gulf coast. So far the cold temperatures have been blamed for 16 deaths. Frigid temperatures and deaths are possible. If you can hold off getting groceries or if you can hold off without the necessities, dont go on the road because theres no need to leave the house if youre you know, if it doesnt warrant an emergency. That really is the warns here today. Stay inside. If you absolutely must go outside, youre asked to bundle up even more so than im doing right now. Eliminate as much exposed skin as possible. Trash pickup has been canceled and parks and ice rinks have closed. Annemarie, we could see cold temperature this bad again tomorrow. I cant believe it, and jamie, i cant believe how youre keeping your cool in such cold temperatures. Thank you so much, jamie yuccas of wcco in minneapolis. And Chris Schaefer of wcco has more on the weather sm. This dangerously cold outbreak is going to hit us the next couple of days. Only making it 15 below, the high, in the minneapolis st. Paul area. As if the cold air isnt bad enough, theres also cold winds coming from the north northwest that will make it feel wark. A windchill stretch from alabama to georgia. You can see the advisories making it all the way to the golf. Anyone at disney tomorrow morning it will feel like 20 to start. Again, this will last a few days before the cold air shifts off to the east. In minneapolis, im Chris Schaefer. Jahi mcmath declared brain dead after tonsillectomy was moved from the hospital. She was moved last night with a ventilator but not a feeding tube. She was released to her family. They obtained a court order preventing the hospital from removing her from the vent late cher is keeping her heart pumping. This family knows that the likelihood of a recovery short of almost a miracle or just the spirit of this family in this girl is improbable. But what this family wanted was a chance. The family did not say where she was take june and in Washington Congress returns to work today. Electionyear politics will undoubtedly shape legislation as law firms tackle a number of contentious issues. President obama returned to washington from his hawaiian vacation yesterday. During his weekly radio address, he urged lawmakers to reestablish benefits. Susan mcginnis has more. Good morning, susan. Good morning, annemarie. The 113th session of congress was one of the most unproductive in history. Theres a spending bill in raising the nations Borrowing Limit, but in the short term Democratic Leaders are pushing for an extension of jobless benefits. Its the right thing to do. We have longterm unemployment and thats why the American People support this. Democrats, independents and republicans. Senate majority harry reid has extended the vote for tonight. Nearly 1. 5 million americans saw their payments end on december 28th. Republicans want the cost of extending the benefits offset with spending cuts elsewhere. If the senator comes up with any kind of a reasonable idea to offset the 26 billion, thing he might find some people that are willing to talk to him. Congress must also agree to a short term spending bill to keep the government running. The current bill ends january 15th. And raising the nations Borrowing Limit must be resolvedly late february, early march according to the treasury department. Today the senate is scheduled to vote on Janet Yellens nomination for head of the federal reserve. Theres also the 500 billion farm bill and cutting the food stamps. Theres more on immigration reform. As you mentioned, this is an election year. All 435 house seats and 35 senate seats are going to be on the ballot, elections that could preclude much progress being made. Annemarie . Like we need something else. Well, coming up on the mornin news. Towering inferno. Here in new york city, a victims fatal mistake as he tried to escape the flames. This is the cbs morning news. 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Reporter this is all thats left of the wreckage. It hit the runway, bust into flames and skidded a certain business. Reporter the business jet was on its way from aspen to tucson, arizona, when something went terribly wrong and crashed onto the runway. The plane had caught fire and flipped over on its top. Reporter a flight tracker shows the pilot may have made a few passes around the airport before trying to land. The National Transportation safety board is investigating the accident, but reports are that the wind may have played a factor. Well, it was cold and breezy today, but we cant speculate as to whether or not that had anything to do with the cause. It was a very breezy cold kind of a powder day. Snowing off and on. Reporter all three on board the plane were pilots. The one who died was from mexico. Until the wreckage is cleared, the airport will remain closed. For cbs news, karen morfit in aspen. An Emergency Landing is being called a miracle. The three experienced engine trouble on the way back to connecticut after touring the statue of liberty saturday, so the pilot put the plane down on a busy bronx interstate. There were no serious injuries. On the cbs moneywatch yahoo is targeted in an attack and the hot tech toys youll be wanting this year. Wendy gillette is here with that and more at the new york stock exchange. Good morning, annemarie. Tokyos nikkei lost more than 2 . Hong kongs hang seng dropped half a percent. Here on wall Street Investors will be focused the december unemployment report due out at the end of the week. The Dow Jones Industrial gained 28 points. The nasdaq lost 11 points. Thousands may have been spread by a viewer russ spread by advertisements. Yahoo said the ads were served on january 3rd and spread malware. Thats software that disrupts the Computers Operations or gather sensitive information. It says apps and mobile devices were not affected. Wearable devices are the hottest items. Smart watch sales are expected to reach 1ment 5 million this year and ultra hd televisions that offer the quadruple number of pixels are also expected to be popular. Annemarie . I want one of those smart watches. They look pretty cool. Ill take one of those ultra big tvs. Better to see yourself. Indeed. Wendy gillette at the new york stock change. Thanks a lot, wendy. Coming up in sports, the frozen tundra. Sub freezing temperatures as the packers and 49ers meet in the playoffs on sunday. Ithiss the cbs morning news. Before copd. I took my son fishing every year. We had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. But with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. And that means. 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And feel better about doing it. Better it with benefiber. Heres a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country. New york, expect showers this morni morning. Showers in miami as well. Much warmer. 82 degrees there. Chicago will be windy, minus 10. Dallas and los angeles, sunny. In sports the nfl two wild card games were played in frigid temperatures and both home teams were left out in the cold. It was 5 degrees in green bayh when the packers and the 49ers kicked off. Vernon davis catches a 28yard touchdown in the Fourth Quarter to give them the lead. Green bay would tie them up but San Francisco sets them up for a lastminute field goal by phil dawson. They win 2320. Dawson said it was so cold it felt like he was kicking a brick. Leather gets hard in cold weather, but thats just the challenge that was there for us today, and you have to approach it a little bit differently, but at the end of the day, you either make the kick or you dont. And just take a look at how close dawsons kick gets close to being blocked. And the weather conditions were warmer but much wetter in cincinnati. The bengals hosting the charg chargers. Cincinnati has not won a playoff game since 1990. So here is how the playoff matchup shapes up for next week. In seattle they hold the new orleans. In the afc, indianapolis goes to new england on saturday and on sunday Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos host san diego. Those games can be seen right here on cs. Today marks the 20th anniversary of one of the biggest scandals in sports history. You remember that on january 6 in 1994 olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg followed a warmup for the u. S. Championships. The attack happened just week before the olympics in norway. Four men including the exhusband of kerrigans rival Tonya Harding went to prison for their role in the attack. They competed in the gaming. Kerrigan meddled in sell very while harding didnt at all. 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Reporter ben roman is closing in on his fourth mile on his treadmill but hes ready for a drink but not the kind he used to crave. Do you find you drink less soda now than you used to . Oh, yeah. I dont drink soda now. All watewater. Reporter not even diet. No. Do you think theyre healthier . Its our jolt. I like drinking water. Reporter more than ever before plain h 2 o is monusclin in. Sales have declined 2. 2 while diet sodas have declined 6. 8 . Harry ball zer reports on it. Its not all of a sudden. Reporter to stop the sliding sales the Beverage Industry is looking at replacing artificial sweet ens such as aspartame and saccharin with the stevia plant. This generation looks at health as to what can you add to my diet. Wheres the whole grains, antioxidants and fiber . Reporter ten years ago diet and nondiet soft drinks were the second most popular food item. Today they fall into fourth place behind sandwiches, fruit, and vegetables. Back at the gym Andre Juliano drinks a toast to that trend every day. His company is about to launch a new bottle design for water. Don dahler, cbs news, new york. A new york state man is reunited with his family this morning thanks to a lucky picture. Nick lal simmons disappeared from his parents house near rochester on knewiers day but the family saw a pier of him on the usa cover and were able to bring him home. [ ding ] losing your chex mix too easily . Time to deploy the boringpopcorn decoy bucket. Then no one will want to steal the deliciousness. With a variety of tastes and textures only chex mix is a bag of interesting. Good morning. Welcome to wusa9. Today is monday, january 6, 2014. I hauled out the really big coat this morning. I didnt need it but i will later on. Im andrea roane. But wait. Theres more. Im mike hydeck. Thanks for joining us. Beverly is going to have traffic momentarily. Balmy today but wow. Balmy this morning. Some areas are 60plus already. Southern maryland, tappahannock, northern neck, the Eastern Shore. 60 plus. North and west we have 30s as well. Were all going to go into the deep freeze this afternoon. Bitterly dangerous cold coming toward the region. Heres a look at the forecast on this slightly foggy morning in areas. Colder waters of the potomac are at Reagan National with the warm air coming in creating fog at the airport. Temperatures this morning in the low 40s. I want you to notice how we get colder throughout the day. 35 by 5 00. Its even possible these numbers are a little warm for the afternoon and the winds are going to be howling out of the northwest and west, north west sustained at 20 plus gusting 30 to 35. So that means wind chills will fall big time. Teens and 20s later on. 62 in richmond at this hour. Its 34 in oakland. 20s in ohio and teens in kentucky. When you look at wind chills, i want to show you this. This is whats headed our way. The teens and 20s for the afternoon and bitterly cold tonight. Wind chills well below zero. Rain is also approaching this hour. Well have showers around for the next few hours so a yellow alert monday across the region. Youll notice the showers, some of them when you see the yellows and oranges, pretty good downpours from Montgomery County and fairfax. This will be coming toward Prince Georges County in just a few minutes as well. We turn it over to beverly farmer with the first look at timesaver traffic. Right now incident free around the area which is the good news despite the fact that in many cases as you mentioned visibility is a big issue this morning. Wet pavement, that sort of thing. This is randolph road and New Hampshire avenue, just an idea of some of the visibility issues were having. Over on the Eastern Shore in Southern Maryland even more so the issue. So far so good around the interstates. The capitol beltway in maryland. I270 an earlier accident after falls road has been cleared. That was in the local lanes. The 95 corridors, maryland, virginia, 66 looking good, no troubles to report downtown so far. Were off to a good start but allow the extra time you need given the visibility and in some cases the wet pavement were looking at this morning. Back to you. Thanks, bev. 4 28. It looked like something out of a movie. Some people were jumping out of a burning building. Others were driving were climbing down ladders to avoid flames. Flames tore through harvey hall apartments. Fire crews believe a home oxygen system helped the fire spread so quickly. The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation. A water main break in southeast washington late yesterday affected ten homes near southern avenue and benning road. The 12inch main ruptured early sunday morning. D. C. Water crews remained on the scene overnight making repairs. Officials believe the roads will be back to normal for the commute this morning. 13yearold jahi mcmath is out of a california hospital but the family is not saying where she is going. Mcmath is the girl that family members were fighting to keep on life support after she was declared brain dead after a botched operation. Hospital spokesperson says the girl was released to the coroner. The coroner then released mcmath to her mother. The judge said on friday the mother may remove the girl from the hospital if she assumes full responsibility for the consequences. The wicked winter storm barreling through the midwest and northeast brought with it bitter cold temperatures and dangerous driving conditions leading to accidents and leaving some drivers stranded. In indiana with not enough help to go around, state officials called in the National Guard not only to be a second set of eyes but an extra set of helping hands. Dustin grove has more. Oh, manual, that was scary. Reporter for drivers i65 north of indianapolis sunday was in a word. Scary. White knuckle driving. We were doing 20 Miles Per Hour since franklin, indiana. Reporter don and his family were trying to make it home to chicago. What are you thinking as youre driving down the road . Im just nervous and i want to get home. I hope i can get home safely. Reporter heavy snow and strong winds were making that increasingly difficult. In boone county conditions got so bad, some roads were closed. These semis that had stopped for gas couldnt even make it back to the interstate. Folks need to stay home. Reporter its why officials declared a travel warning telling people to stay off the roads to give plows room to work along with Emergency Responders and the indiana National Guard, too. Were getting our team ready. Reporter Sergeant Paul sharp is among 200 soldiers who make up highway assistance teams to help rescue stranded drivers and take them to shelters. 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