To train tracks to keep the trains moving. Its so cold there that even hot water is literally freezing over as our mike tobin discovered. Aside from the seriousness, lets do that trick where the reporter throw as cup of water in the air and see how this works out. There you go. Neil because we thought you should see that. In one south Dakota School district, theyre using a hot dog to show how cold it is. Its way too cold. Im a hot dog. I need some heat. Im not a cold dog. Im not a cold dog. Im a hot dog. You cant have school. Its too cold outside. Neil were all over that cold. We have sally here from chicago where delays are piling up. Wu have laura ingle in new york city. And Rick Reichmuth will have more on how long it will take to warm up and phil flynn in a bonechilling chicago on how much its costing just to heat up. Sally at ohare. Hi, sally. Hello there. Our normal words like brutal and bitter dont do justice to the level of cold were talking about today. Its dangerously cold. O
optimism and hope. i left the meeting with the same sense of optimism. they were sincere. it was candid. our friends in the senate and on both sides were very cordial. i think we are going to make some progress. metaphorically, as you say, perhaps it s warming up in washington. neil: do you think that a deal could be struck that would be so comprehensive that it would include coverage for daca kids here as well as the presidents funding for a wall, whatever that is? i think ultimately were going to have to have funding for the president s wall, marek oswald. the american people wanted. neil: the president wants 5.7 billion. i don t want to say for sure what we re going to get. i have voted for 5.7 but we are reasonable people and we have to have a deal that the senate, the white house can agree on. i m going to keep an open