combined with windchill, may very well fall to extraordinarily dangerous level levels. possibly as low as 20 to 40 degrees below zero. even 10 minutes of exposure may very well be harmful. harris: chief meteorologist rick rice news has the latest from the fox very extreme rather center today. rick? it doesn t take long at all to get to a very to your situation pretty fantasy inside britt i will start off with the positive news, harris. this is saturday. back up toward 30 in fargo, same with marquette. there is warmer air moving in saturday and sunday, and longer-term next week. the cold air is going to move back toward the west coast and the east is going to be well above average. we just got a couple of days we ve got to get through. this morning, the actual air temperature got to minus 33 in fargo and minus 23 in chicago. none of these areas broken the
the minnesota group. there you go, harris. today s high, minus 14 in minneapolis. for the weekend, look at that it ll be about a 70-degree swing. that 70 degrees only gets you into the lower 40s. it ll certainly be a lot better. melissa: it s minnesota and it s january. i remember how that is. but there have been deaths associated with this cold snap, so we wish everybody the best. cover up. rick, thank you. you re welcome. melissa: fox news alert, and the next hour a by partisan conference committee is set to open talks on funding the government and border security under the looming threat of another possible partial government shutdown. the big question can they reach a deal? the president will sign ahead of the 15th deadline. g.o.p. senator lindsey graham has reported they floated the idea, including the debt ceiling in discussions but wall funding. they are pushing the idea of a car brands of immigration reform deal. but there are no formal proposals at this time. this mo