unexpectedly. authorities say they were involved in a vehicle accident when the fire overtook them. tell us it s the first time firefighters have been killed in washington state battling fires since 2001. barack obama had been notified of the deaths. he directed state and local officials to stay in touch. it comes as 100 wildfires have blazed out west. how are fierve firefighters go deal with weather conditions in the next 48 hours? it s scarier. winds will flair up in the region. these are warnings we have. areas of red are red flag warnings. that lets officials on the ground know conditions are ripe for fast moving blazes to get out of control in a hurry. here s why. area of low pressure move as cross southern canada dragging a cold front through. winds could gust up to 40 miles per hour. big fires, temperatures cooler, but with the 40 miles per hour winds, that could spread the ambers. new fires could start. low relative humidity and new fires could get sparked. temperat
if you went to bed early you missed a great bcs national championship game at the rose bowl in pasadena. undefeated number one florida state against the s.e.c. champ number two auburn. all auburn early and took 18-point lead in the second quarter on this four-yard run from nick marshall, the quarterback there. 21-3 at that point. florida state would not go away quietly. skip ahead to the fourth quarter. florida state down four points. fastest freshman here by time in college football runs a 4.3. florida state with its first lead since 3-0 and up 27-20 but back comes auburn. holy cow. what a run by trey mason. 37 yards. he had a huge game. under 200 yards rushing and up four with over a minute to play. boy. jameis winston with a long way to go and a huge completion to rashad green and he takes it to the 23 of auburn. a couple of plays later, winston find the big fellow, calvin
0 pole. firefighters were hampered by a windchill of 55 degrees below zero. water was turning into ice psychiatri crystals before it reached the top of the fr. how many of these do you get? fewer. and a definition of the vortex. that is pretty good. colder than a well digger s bottom outside. streets are empty in some parts of the country like in ft. wayne, indiana. look at this. in chicago, hundreds of planes have been grounded at o hare where american airlines says it is so cold. how cold is it? their fuel lines have frozen. i can t say anything bad about you because of what you did so you may for tour me this morning. your sweater says may. no, it s fantastic. a gene rayburn imitation. do you know what you just did? not now. jetblue cancelled every flight yesterday out of boston. a guy kicked off more jetblue flights. creating new ways every day. bill, try in some way to bring dignity to this story. have you guys heard it s going to be cold? it s as
0 listen, it s cold out there, you need layers. i m thinking long underwear, then the pajama jeans or swants and you ll be good to go on the ridiculist. hey, that s it for now. early start begins now. have a good day. an historic deep freeze gripping the country. this morning, more than a dozen people killed, thousands of flights canceled, roads and schools shut down, government leaders warning residents to stay inside. but our indra petersons is outside live in the cold to explain what s coming next and why this is happening in the first place. look at her. she s smiling because she has to. good morning. welcome to early start, everyone. i m john berman. and i m christine romans. she s frozen solid. that smile frozen solid on her face. it s tuesday, january 7th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. welcome to early start, by the way. thank you! thank you. christine romans, the official new co-anchor of the early start broadcast. i know. it s my first day, so please be gentle