cold day shepard: they re pretty good, aren t they? that s principal jim kitchen and ben nenka from schwartz creek, outside flint. urging the kids to stay safe and wake up before noon to help out your parents. that s pretty good news for school kids just about anywhere. more ahead on the deep freeze. we head to minneapolis. always cold there. not always. but this time of year probably. forecasters say the windchill could get to minus 50 degrees. minus 50. and then there s the nfl commissioner roger goodell. dana mentioned this. he made a concession after that blown call against the new orleans saints. remember that? why he says he will consider a rule change in the nfl. plus, we re learning about a secret tunnel that leads toward a bank right here in the united
polar vol tex. this is chicago, temperatures plunged into the negative 20s. it s not wind chills. it s actual temperatures. how cold is it? the chicago river is almost completely iced over. it s so cold they re setting train tracks on fire to keep them from freezing. in iowa, it s so cold, workers were keeping warm inside this institutional refrigerator. because it was a balmy 35 degrees above zero. and in minnesota, it s so cold. how cold is it? nbc s dylan dwyer had to take drastic measures to protect her own eyeballs. with wind chills minus 50, every inch of your body needs to be covered, including your eyes. your corneas can freeze if they are unprotected in the wind and cold. i ll admit this, she freaked me out, frozen corneas. it s so cold, the postal service suspended some mail deliveries
last night in critical but stable condition. the two others who were shot are expected to recover. a fifth officer suffered a knee injury. all right. about 10 past the hour. life-threatening hard freeze making parts of the u.s. feel colder than antarctica. windchills a s all over the mi will range from minus to 20 minus 50. illinois governor warning residents to watch out for hypo they were i can hypothermis. schools are closed today. in minnesota twin cities are closed today and tomorrow. and michigan and wisconsin declares states of emergency. even in the deep south, a deep freeze, empty store shelves spotted at this grocery store in alabama because of the cold. the governor there declaring a
don t help elect trump, you egotistical, billionaire. sandra: is this a sign of things to come for the former starbucks ceo if he does indeed make a run for the presidency? and there is also this. hold the rope. hold the rope. hold the rope. bill: this is dramatic body cam ra video. these police officers really got our attention yesterday. falling through the ice trying to rescue a teenager in a pond in northwestern ohio. two of those heroes will join us a bit later this hour coming up. sandra: plus speaking of frigid weather a powerful polar vortex sends temperatures plunging well below zero across the country. minus 25 in chicago we re hearing. when things might start to warm up. we may have some good news. given the fact that it will be minus 50 to 60 degree windchill the best thing is to
county in michigan, which includes grand rapids. the was in warmed people that temperatures will drop and frostbite could set in in minutes. i want to show you the windchills. it s dropped to negative double digits in some areas. it s just going to get worse. look at st. louis in kansas city. again, they re windchill predictions. minus 20, minus 26. minneapolis, minus for 9. fargo, minus 57. green bay, minus for 1. look at chicago. minus 50 degrees, the windchill. you know, people, vodka is in the freeze tore keep it cold but doesn t freeze. some of these temperatures are so cold, it says vodka would freeze. why we re talking about that is beyond me. mike tobin, how cold is it? it s pretty cold. the bitter cold air has entered