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Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The thaw is over and the deep freeze is back. This morning, another ground of potentially dangerous arctic air is sweeping across the border from canada, hitting the upper midwest with temperatures well below normal and the possibility of more snow. The coldest temperatures will be in the northern great plains and great lakes. In some areas, 10 to 30 degrees below normal. And windchill advisories are posted in minnesota and the dakotas. In western indiana a tributary of the wabash river was blocked by an ice jam and flooded. Large chunks of ice were pushed on to the shore, damaging trucks, cars and homes. Jamie ucheis of our minneapolis station has more on the frigid weather. Reporter this cold snap did stop flooding along rivers in pennsylvania, and ohio. Ice blocks that tore up the shoreline on the river in illinois, still threatened the bridge. The spinning circulation of wednesdays known as the polar vortex has dug deeper into canada. That d
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The thaw is over and the deep freeze is back. This morning, another ground of potentially dangerous arctic air is sweeping across the border from canada, hitting the upper midwest with temperatures well below normal and the possibility of more snow. The coldest temperatures will be in the northern great plains and great lakes. In some areas, 10 to 30 degrees below normal. And windchill advisories are posted in minnesota and the dakotas. In western indiana a tributary of the wabash river was blocked by an ice jam and flooded. Large chunks of ice were pushed on to the shore, damaging trucks, cars and homes. Jamie ucheis of our minneapolis station has more on the frigid weather. Reporter this cold snap did stop flooding along rivers in pennsylvania, and ohio. Ice blocks that tore up the shoreline on the river in illinois, still threatened the bridge. The spinning circulation of wednesdays known as the polar vortex has dug deeper into
Cutting cholesterol, a new and promising weapon against the fight of cardiovascular disease and the makers we bind it. The devastating problems General Motors has gotten worse. Gm expects to take a massive 750 Million Dollars charge this quarter for the cost of recalling and repairing 1. 5 million cars with faulty ignition switches. Thats on top of a new recall for 1. 3 million recalls that may see a sudden loss of power steering and another late recall friday of trucks and suvs for potential problems with transmission coolant lines. The cheer checktive mary barra will testify on capitol hill. Late todays her repaired remarks were released and says the auto maker holds itself fully accountable but cant say why it took so long to identify them. With families of the victims expected at tuesdays hearing, look for tense and emotional testimony in the house. Meanwhile, on wall street, gm stock fell nearly 1 . Its down almost 16 this year. Here is eamon javers with a timeline of the troubles
Triple digit gain on the dow. Cutting cholesterol, a new and promising weapon against the fight of cardiovascular disease and the makers we bind it. The devastating problems General Motors has gotten worse. Gm expects to take a massive 750 Million Dollars charge this quarter for the cost of recalling and repairing 1. 5 million cars with faulty ignition switches. Thats on top of a new recall for 1. 3 million recalls that may see a sudden loss of power steering and another late recall friday of trucks and suvs for potential problems with transmission coolant lines. The cheer checktive mary barra will testify on capitol hill. Late todays her repaired remarks were released and says the auto maker holds itself fully accountable but cant say why it took so long to identify them. With families of the victims expected at tuesdays hearing, look for tense and emotional testimony in the house. Meanwhile, on wall street, gm stock fell nearly 1 . Its down almost 16 this year. Here is eamon javers w