southward every since the cold outbreak around thanks giving. the cold air is locked in. it s heading coast to coast. the only people avoiding it are in florida. we have portions of 15 different states under windchill advisories. a couple of windchill warnings for colorado. a few in idaho even a few near the cascades. it is cold. but a shock to the system. tell our friends in amarillo texas where it s negative 11. cold air opened the door from canada and spilled all the way to the south. the thing is it s not going it last that long. actually, it looks like the upcoming weekend a lot will be gone. let s track. the white shows you the arctic air. the pink is the cold. and the blue is a little bit cold. and we go through today, tomorrow, new year s eve. in is new year s day. we warm up a little bit. the really cold stuff is in canada where normally is this time of year. by the time we get to friday saturday sunday into the upcoming weekend.
you might recding about that. and from washington, d.c. dave zerin sports writer for the nation. rick let s start with you. you went through this very public process just a couple of years ago. what is your message to jason collins? ell, you think what happened very courageous thing. there s been a lot of anticipation a lot of buildup to who would be the first active player to taketory today, i was very moved by it obviously, you know touched by how difficult this path h been point in his life where this is important to him, and iook back this as a had historic day in men s team sports. rick when you came out of closet, did you think that would cause any current nba players to follow your lead? well, i don t know that you credit one with the othe i think that the problem for me at the time was there had been nobody in a position like mine who hadd to take real barrier. you know jason face the same thing.layer had gone before him. he didn t have the benefit of seeing how people
corner store that was looted and then burned. it s just one block from where freddie gray was taken into custody on april 12th. today that store was boarded up and we spoke to randy howell who has owned the home next to that store for 50 years. i believe in protesting can make changes but we don t need to burn down this city to make the changes. reporter: your family home here was badly affected? yeah. it s all burned out. so i took the hit. my family took the hit and i hope something is done. reporter: randy says he s hoping for the best but knows the anger is still here shep. the curfew goes into effect at 10:00 p.m. only people with work or medical emergencies are supposed to be out on the streets and the city hopes that curves the violence. rick let s hope so. rick leventhal. i mentioned leland vitter.