out of him. you know, he quit on his stool, eric, with a torn shoulder, and x-rays revealed he had a torn muscle. anyone who thinks professional boxing isn t fixed or wasn t fixed, maybe not now but then, is foolish. yes, ali was the greatest fightser of his time. then came along mike tyson. clearly, in my opinion, the best fighter to step in a ring. you want to talk about fixes. find tyson losing to leon spings and buster douglass. when that happened, i was shocked. you were shocked? andrea, do you want to weigh in? i remember that day well. it was riveting. you were minus 9 at the time. more than that. amazing if you think about that fight at that time and boxing be the number one sport in the world at that time. you have listen who is unbe unbeatable against ali who comes out and talks like only jack johnson did prior. there s been 60 years since an african-american said i m the greatest, the best. you run around the building
massachusetts, the hardest-hit area. and take a look where i m standing right now. we are seeing some 12 inches of snow, but this is where the most snow fell, more than 18 inches. gio benitez, abc news, massachusetts. at least air travel is back to normal. far fewer flights canceled yesterday, but it will still take a few days to work through the backlog. the latest storm caused 5,000 flights to be delayed or canceled. and of course this is having a ripple effect across the nation. and some states are on track for the coldest winter in decades. with more on extreme temperatures, accuweather s jim dickey is joining us now. jim? good morning, john and marci. keeping it brutally cold here once again today. in fact, a fresh-up of arctic air has moved into the northern plains and the upper midwest. these are expected early morning low temperatures. minus 29 in bismarck. minus 9 this pierre. minus 14 in minneapolis. we won t get above zero throughout the day in the twin
other. 80 in burbank and california for like eight days in a row. it s so warm and dry out there and so cold and snowy in the east. we need a plane ticket out west. i know. let show you how cold it is, stay in your toasty house as long as you possibly can. this, mo, wind chill values once again negative 4 in new york city, minus 9 in boston. burlington is minus 13, believe it or not, it is colder in the central plains. we are a minus 46 in international falls, minus 34 in indianapolis. that negative numbers go all the way down to kansas city and st. louis. so all that cold air is headed south. later tonight, winter weather in texas. san antonio to houston, winter storm watch right now, tonight into tomorrow morning, freezing rain and sleet up to about a tenth of an inch of ice. the timing on that during the day you are okay. it s about 10:00 p.m. this evening we will start to see that ice coming. it will be tomorrow morning, it will be a slippery commute.
she couldn t reach the car, so her husband put her on the sled. a neighbor heard the commotion and offered a hand. i was on the phone with 911 talking him through it. and he certainly delivered his own baby right there on the side of the road. reporter: little bella sofia bonnani just couldn t wait. next week it will be colder. then next week another blast of winter. marci and john? thank you. even in minnesota which knows a thing or two about cold weather, schools are closed. our coverage continues now with accuweather jim dickey. good morning, jim. a brutal cold day across the eastern half of the country. early morning low temperatures. minus 29 in bismarck. minus 9 in pierre. zero in chicago. temperatures won t climb above zero throughout the day. in the northeast, not much better. minus 3 in syracuse. cool minus 16 in burlington and vermont.
you see the classic comma shaped. the comma stretching from virginia beach down to the south. that s an indication on the radar and satellite of a maturing storm system with that low taking over we ve improved new york city down i-95, baltimore and d.c. the heaviest of the snow, that s along the coast. that s where we ll keep that heavy snow in place through the next six or so hours. cape cod, heavy accumulations on the way, perhaps 6 additional inches on top of what s already on the ground. watching the back edge move into new york city. no snow at all right now. northern jersey, we watch that snow come to an end, not before many spots picked up close to a foot. many spots picked up over a foot in philadelphia. behind us, the cold surging below zero. these are your current temperatures across the northeast. minus 10 in burlington. minus 9 into syracuse. accuweather meteorologist jim dickey, thanks so much. new jersey getting especially hard hit by this