there with the temperatures plunging into the single digits. street cart vendors and crews braved those temperatures, stayed on the job. kind of had to. new england, car doors were frozen shut. in northern maine the temperature dipped as low as 36 below zero. and ski resorts in new hampshire feeling like 84 below. 84 below. the deep freeze is expected to last through the weekend. authorities say three people have already died from exposure to the deep cold. let s get right to jennifer delgado. she s got first the forecast for us. we also have susan candiotti who s live at columbus circle. susan, let s start with you. how cold is it? reporter: it is bittery cold, like you said. not too many people out here in columbus circle at this hour, but we can tell you that it is 13 degrees. by this particular gauge, 18 degrees. it degrees what sign your looking at. windchill factor, 5. your best bet always is to dress in layers or, if you can, stay inside. these biting temperatures ha
cnn s medical unit got an early look and one expert says we re at epidemic levels. dr. sanjay gupta is in atlanta. what are you expecting to hear? elizabeth cohen has been working through the night on getting these numbers. one number, which is important and what we expected. widespread outbreak of the flu. 47 states, up from 41 states with an outbreak of the flu. some good news. the number of states with high levels of activity has gone down from 29 now to 24. two additional deaths in young people, from 18 to 20. but there may be some relief as you say in sight. we are at epidemic threshold. that basically means we are seeing more cases than we expected to see at this time year. big question? will those cases stay elevated or will they start to come down across the country? we keep hearing, get a flu shot, get a flu shot. some got our flu shots early. yes, i m gloating. if you haven t gotten your flu shot yet, is there enough vaccine? i think so. i crunched some number