Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headarters here in new york. Good to beith you. Im annemarie green. If you are waking up in the northeast, brace yourself. Its going to feel a lot more like the north pole this morning. That bitterly cold air mass that has targeted the upper midwest arrived overnight and it reaches from the dakotas to new england. At least one death is blamed on the extreme cold. A woman died of hypothermia in st. Paul, minnesota. Lakeeffect snow made for treacherous travel in michigan and more snow is on the way. Near buffalo, new york, folks had to deal with whiteout conditions along the snowcovered roads. Chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says this arctic blast is only the be the story. So a lot of cold air to go around as we have windchill values 15 to 35 degrees below zero. Down to the spine of the appalachians into north carolina. A lot of cold air to go around. This is what we are looking at this morning. The harshest a
Right now Area School Systems have workers up to make sure school buses are on time. Seen problems with buses running and staying on time. But they spent wedensday afternoon checking batteries, and making sure buses are using winterized diesel. Officials wil be up early this morning to keep things running smoothly. Right now millions across the country are feeling the brute force of this exteme cold spell. Weather alerts are in place from north dakota all the way to main. Wind chills in some areasexpected to dip below zero lana zak has more on the dangerous artic air blanketing the northern half of the country. And stay connected with the stormwatch 7 team when youre not in front of a tv for with the stormwatch 7 team when youre not in front of a tv for all the latest updates on the weather in our area. You can follow us on facebook, twitter and wjla. Com. And download the stormwatch app for updates at your fingertips. Breaking news out of montgomery county. Police are investigating a
Night and were concerned about whats going to happen next and thats the possibility of a period of freezing rain late friday night, Early Saturday Morning well to the north and west of the metro area. Winter storm watch posted there. The metro area, we could see at times freezing rain early on saturday morning. We any it will be minimal with minimal impacts but something well keep a close eye on the entire storm watch 7 team son storm watch for you. John. John all right, doug, thanks very much. The warmest temperatures we experienced, that came before the sun even showed up this morning. So if you ventured outside, the wind was absolutely vicious when this cold weather blew in. Jeff with a look at how people are dealing with the cold. Just watching people cross that bridge today, jeff, they looked freezing. Jeff yeah. Not easy, jonathan. The windiest day weve seen in a long time and we started the story today with lets find some really windy spots. For this live broadcast lets lean int
Hi, tracee. Reporter im definitely starting to think about it, myself, thinking about the gloves and probably a warmer scarf and definitely a hat for tomorrow. The folks who are coming into lowes are thinking about making sure theyre going to be warm in their homes. An arctic blast is headed our way. Folks are preparing and buying those space heaters. I have a guest coming and theyre going to be in a room and i guess because of the cold, i do i wanted to make sure that theyll be warm. Theyre coming up to florida. Reporter definitely going it be cold to them tomorrow. Exactly, theyre not going to be able to really tolerate it. Reporter storm team 4 is predicting temperatures to take a major dive with a windchill that may feel as cold as 15 or in some cases 5 degrees. Thats why im staying in. Reporter its got ernest already thinking about snow and ice melt and snow blowers. Im always a step ahead of the time, you know, this Mother Nature uf Mother Nature come, you better be ready. Report
Early today begins right now. Good morning, im frances rivera. Russian president Vladimir Putin is headed to japan, where he will hold a press conference with the prime minister. We have a reporting that putin was personally involved in its countrys alleged Covert Campaign to interfere in the u. S. President ial election. We have learned new details of what officials believe motivated the plot. Cynthia mcfadden has the report. Reporter nbc news can report Vladimir Putin was personally involved in the russian attempt to disrupt the u. S. Election. Two Senior Intelligence officials with direct access to all the information tell nbc news, the new intelligence is dereserved from diplomatic sources and others, including spice working for americas allies. Specifically arc high level intelligence offic news, putins role was hacking the material. His objectives were multifacetted. What began as a vendetta against Hillary Clinton was to split off key American Allies by creating the image that o