through the midwest. folks are cleaning up from last week s storm and now more than 1 of new snow. and now our chief meteorologist. where have you been in the. i was in come and it was minus 23, the coldest i have experienced. do you remember growing up in mississippi ever seeing snow like this? shepard: no, we would get 2 or 3 and they would close the schools. reporter: so far, 20 in oklahoma, and 19 in kansas and arkansas, 14 , and around a 35 mile area across northeast oklahoma and arkansas that has around 18 to 26 of snow and drifts up to 4 . horrible problems across the roads. snow is done in oklahoma and now it is moving east. north of jackson, mississippi,
i d embrace it. this says something very bad about what they think of their own bill. when we come back, eugene robinson joins us and james bennett. plus, this morning s business headlines from the new york stock exchange. but first, bill karins with the check on the forecast. i m positive about this forecast. yes, it s freezing cold this morning. we have a major winter storm hitting the middle of the country, but after this towards the weekend, the weather looks great. temperatures are very cold this morning. the windchill s biting in the great lakes. not much of a warm-up and no snow melt today in new england with highs in the 20s. d.c., 34 for you. the windchill, denver is at minus 23 and now, dallas is down to minus 2. so cold air dominates the map and the snow, it s now spreading and ending from oklahoma city to
parents have formed a petition asking the policy require that the students attend the school if they are to be chosen as the valedictorian. does that mean that person is home schooled. maybe she is that smart. and now over to rick, back from my subarctic home state of colorado. the coldest temperature i have been in was minus 23 this week! it was really amazing. and there is more cold air for a lot of people this week including texas and tomorrow, super bowl, only into the 30 s and maybe 40 and game time, and freezing rain mixed with snow at times. so a rough day tomorrow across parts of texas and these are the temperatures this morning, all the cold air, the central part of the country and it will continue the reinforcing batch of cold air will move in and further to the north this time, around parts of the great lakes
conditions, but he has been charged with careless driving. seven minutes past the hour. rob marciano keeping an eye on the issues happening south of the northeast once again being targeted. cold air in place. the northeast really in it, especially upstate new york and northern parts of new england. some of the windchills are frightening. six degrees is what it currently is. temperature measured in the shade, without windchill included, in new york city. you go to syracuse and new york, minus 12. minus 11 inial b albany. minus 12 in portland. the winds, it feels like minus four in new york city. feels like minus 23 in boston. i have found some windchills, minus 31 in portland, by the way. minus 49 in parts of central maine. this is dangerous stuff. certainly you want to keep your skin covered up as you head out the door. here s the national map. storm is developing across parts of the south that will bring heavy rains through parts of texas and louisiana and through georgia and alab
thank you for panning over to us, for us there in downtown atlanta. looking at the skyline. sun starting to come up. it is going to be a beautiful 53 degrees there today. right now it s about 34. more rough weather could be on the way for the south. well, meantime, rob marciano is letting us know where this storm is tracking. we re a little bit worried about this cold system coming up hitting the northeast and whether or not it s going to be a ton of snow or rain. in the south, it s rain. what s going on? at this point, guys. you re kind of used to it. this winter we need a break. you know, you get another six inches of snow, it s no big deal. that may happen. the more immediate concern is the bitterly cold temperatures that are in place right now across the northeastern quarter of the cornry. six degrees in new york. nine degrees in philadelphia. minus two in boston. minus 11 in albany. you factor in the wind and it gets more dangerous. feels like minus 23, feels like 31 deg