Good morning and welcome to early start oig 37. Minus 10 without the windchill. The you will twultra cold weatht postal deliveries and close schools for a second day. In milwaukee, Public Schools also stay closed to avoid roads that look like that. Yeah, that is a road in there. In michigan where it felt like minus 35, the governor is pleading for people to turn thermostats down to 65 degrees until midday friday. A friday at a pressure sdastati limiting gas delivery. And in hammond, indiana at 22 below zero, the water immediately turning into hazardous ice. The fire chief telling us im currently thawing on out and so is my cry. There are at least nine related deaths across the country. Nationwide about 6200 flights have been canceled since tuesday. Hazardous Road Conditions causing at least seven injuries with this multicar pileup in pennsylvania. A lot of people doing am r amateur science experiments. Very cool. And one group the weather could in the deter, runners in the arrowhead 135 ultra marathon. The windchill at the finish line, a staggering 52 degrees below zero. Look at that visual. Some of the runners finished with their faces completely encased in ice. More than 80 Million People face temps below zero in the coming day, dozens of record lows expected to be set overnight. Ped trram javaheri is joining u from the warm Weather Center in atlanta. Good morning. You know, we often complain here in the studio that the 63, 64 degree temperatures in the studio are chilly. But youre right, not today. When you take a look outside, conditions still at 35 to almost 40 degrees below zero. And mind you this is a little warmer than this time yesterday and that is because the winds have died down a little bit. But the ambient air temperature without the windchill is colder than yesterday, but the winds again slightly quieter. But it hasnt changed much when it comes to the advisories, watches, warnings. Over 120 million here feeling the windchills that at times are still as cold as 35 to 45 below zero. And really odd events taking place. There is a frost quake, probably never heard of it because it needs to be very cold, 40 below or lower in spots where you have the soil moisture beneath your feet several feet down that actually freezes fast enough, expands fast enough to where you have rumbles, little mini quakes. Very localized, but folks reporting feeling the ground shaking and it has everything to do with this across the midwest. Search beginning to move in for the northeast. Look at this, new york city, boston, minus 14 at this hour, right around 5 degrees without the wind. And of course disruptions have been wide spread. And you take a look, chicago airports still taking the brunt of this associated with the extreme cold. But all of the energy goes toward the northeast and just like that, saturday into sunday, a dramatic warming trend. Really one of the most impressive forecasts ive seen in quite some time. Chicago thursdays high 0, friday 3 2 2, saturday 41, wait until you see their 7 day forecast and notice the windchill forecast over the next 24 or so hours from 40 below eventually almost to the freezing mark and eventually climbs up above the 0 degree range. And chicagos minus 23, a quick glass at this, look what happens into early next week, a 76 degree climb takes us into the 50s from the minus 20s. Incredible turnaround. If we can just hold on for a couple days, well get through the frost quake. Thanks so much. There is a deep concern among National Security officials this morning. The Justice Department alleging a prorussian twitter account targeted the special counsels russia investigation. Doj says the account spread confidential information from a case Robert Muellers team filed against a russian company. The special counsel says the Company Funded an Internet Troll farm that interfered in the 2016 elections. The Justice Department has been turning evidence to the russian companys u. S. Legal team and muellers office claims that some of that evidence showed up on a twitter account with a russian ip address. The twinklinged to thousands of documents to make the Mueller Investigation look like a nothing burger. Here is more from washington. Reporter dave and laura, good morning. A prorussia twitter account to use information from a criminal case Robert Muellers team has brought against a russian social Media Company as part of a disInformation Campaign. This time amted at discrediting muellers investigation. Now, federal prosecutors wrote in the filing that certain nonsense difference discovery materials in the defenses possession appears to have been altered and disseminated as part of an Information Campaign aimed at discrediting ongoing investigations into russian interference and now the documents that were released, that were put out by these russians, were not Sensitive Information that could harm american National Security. The concern here from the mueller team and from the fbi is that if the russians did have access to some of the Sensitive Information, that could certainly hurt National Security and the mueller team is fighting in court to try to prevent russians who are fighting these charges against them from having access to these documents. Dave and laura. Thank you for that report. Well, President Trump claims that he will leave all decisions involving the Mueller Report to the Justice Department. Ler he has been bashing prothe probe as a hoax. He says i could have ended everything he, but ive chosen to stay out of it. But i had the right if i wanted to to end everything. I could have said that is nothing. Many people thought that is what i should do. The president insists he has not spoken to Matt Whitaker about a time table for wrapping up the Mueller Probe. Monday whitaker announced the investigation was close to being completed. When President Trump receives his intelligence briefing today, it will be interesting to see whether the director, dan coat, delivers it. Cnn learned that the president was seething yesterday as he watched his intel chief testify on capitol hill and repeatedly contradicts him. Two sources confirming mr. Trump singled out dni coats by name. Here is why. We have won against isis. Weve beaten them and weve beaten them badly. Isis is intent on resurging and still coming on thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. Chairman kim, were well on our way. We signed a agreement that said we will begin the immediate denuclearization. North korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its Nuclear Weapons and production capabilities. The president taking to twitter to rip his intel chiefs as passive and naive concluding they should perhaps go back to school. Democratic senator Chuck Schumer firing of a letter to coats calling the president s criticism extraordinarily inappropriate. Schumer writes trumps attack will undermine Public Confidence and efforts to protect National Security. More security talks getting under way in washington. A Bipartisan Group of 17 lawmakers expressing optimism about avoiding another government shutdown. No clear progress was made though. Democrats offering money for person them and technology, but not a border wall. Government funding expires on february 15th. Most of the negotiator are considered deal makers rather than hard liners, but each partyparty partys leadership will ultimately shape the debate. Trump blaming paul ryan for not getting border wall funding. He says that ryan assured him Congressional Republicans would get him the money once he agreed not to veto the omnibus spending bill last year. Howard schultz down playing democrats opinions that he could help President Trumps reelection. His posted a message and then deleted a message pointing to an article that said he could win the white house in 2020. The article described Kamala Harris as shrill. Here is how he addressed the concerns during a town hall. What youre going to do is youre going to have us have another four years of President Trump. Please explain to me why you feel you cant run as a democrat. The Democratic Party today has moved so far to the left. 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Foxconn had originally planned for invest 10 billion in the plant and very controversial were the tax benefits given to the state of wisconsin, some estimate around 34 billi3 4 bh a lot of people thought war outrageous. So much for the eighth wonder of the world that President Trump said at the time. Far cry. Well, Roger Goodell finally after the blown call. A Business Owner always goes beyond what people expect. Thats why we built the nations largest gigspeed network along with complete reliability. Then went beyond. Beyond clumsy dialsins and pins. To onetouch conference calls. Beyond traditional tv. To tv on any device. Beyond lowres surveillance video. To Crystal Clear hd video monitoring from anywhere. Gigfueled apps that exceed expectations. Comcast business. Beyond fast. 34 22. Ralph northam is facing criticism for comments he made on a late term abortion big. The measure would loosen restrictions on abortions during the third trimester of pregna y pregnancy. The governor suggested how such a late term procedure could happen. If a mother is in labor, i can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would be delivered, the infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if thats what the mother and the family desired. And then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother. The intent of the governor eve comments was not clear, but some conservatives thought that he was discussing the possibility of letting a newborn die. A spokeswoman for the governor says his comments were taken out of context by republicans. A california woman is demanding answer after her elderly mother, a dementia patient, was dumped outside a Health Care Facility in the middle of the night. She says her mother was put in the cab by College Medical center and dropped off at the facility at 2 00 a. M. Video shows the elderly woman banging on a door and windows and later walking through a dark alley in a bath robe and sandals. She was finally let in by a Security Guard about 25 minutes later. The California Department of Public Health and the hospital that released her say cannot comment on the complaint. This could be a movie, but it is real life. A florida sinkhole that turned out to be an underground tunnel to a bank. It is 50 yards long, a power cord and generator were discovered inside. The tunnel did not reach the bank, but the fbi says that it was heading dwrektsirectly towa atm. The case will be investigated. Authorities believe more than one person likely dug the tunnel using hick pick axes. They didnt know when it was abandoned. Rain over the past few days may have caused to collapse. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell finally breaking his silence on the controversial nocall that may have sent the wrong team to the super bowl. The commissioner admitting officials blew the call but says there was no consideration given to overturning the result. The play in question came late in the Fourth Quarter of the rams saints game, clearly should have been flagged for pass interference or helmet to helmet contact. Calls like that cannot be reviewed. Whenever officiating is part of any kind of discussion postgame, it is never a good outcome for us. We know that, our clubs know that, our officials know that. But we also know that our officials are human, we also know that they are owe fish crating a game in a movthat mov quickly and has to make snap decisions. And they wont get it right every time. As i say, they are human. As for sean payton, he says he handled it like most people would. After the game for two to three days, much like normal people, i sat, probably didnt come out of my room. I ate jennys ice cream and watched netflix for three straight days. Amen. On sunday the patriots and rams will faceoff in the super bowl liii. Ill be covering the game in atlanta, ill coanchor early s. T. A. R. T. From atlanta and well also have a super bowl special. Tough duty. It is hard work. You see sean payton there, internet sleuths looked at the shirt that he was wearing underneath and they determined that it was a Roger Goodell is a clown shirt that has been popularized by many of gogoodel critics. It does appear that they are correct. Record cold overnight, expect more of the same today. Over 200 million americans in freezing temperatures. For some, frostbite sets in after just a few minutes. And the Mueller Investigation targeted again, not by conservative, but a prorussian twitter account spreading confidential information. Is your bathroom ready . Stock up on febreze now,. Before its too late. Breathe happy since youre heading off to dad. I just got a zerowater. But weve always used brita. Its two stagefilter. Doesnt compare to zerowaters 5stage. This meter shows how much stuff, or dissolved solids, gets left behind. Our tap water is 220. Brita . 110. Seriously . But zerowater let me guess. Zero . Yup, thats how i know it is the puresttasting water. I need to find the receipt for that. Oh yeah, you do. Record cold has the u. S. Hunkered down. Record low temps overnight, life threatening i go on conditi ini. And huh a prorussian twitter account spread confidential information. Go back to school. The president seething at his intelligence chiefs who publicly contradicted him on security threats. And a california woman wide left to wander alone outside a Mental Health facility in the middle of the night. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. And im laura jarrett. The recordbreaking deep freeze is moving east. But the midwest is by no means out of the cold, cold woods. Chicago set a record cold high temperature, minus 10, without the windchill. The ultra cold weather will halt postal deliveries and close schools for a second day today. In milwaukee and minneapolis st. Paul, Public Schools also stayed closed toroads that look like this. In michigan, the governor is pleading for people to turn their thermostats down to 65 degrees until midday friday. A fire at a compressor station is limiting gas delivery. A fire also causing big problems for firefighters in hammond, indiana. At 22 degrees below zero, the water immediately turning into hazardous ice. The fire chief telling us, quote, im currently thawing out and so is my crew. There have been at least nine weather related deaths across the country, four of them in iowa. Nationwide, about 6200 flights have been canceled since tuesday. Hazardous Road Conditions causing at least seven injuries with this multicar pileup in pennsylvania. A lot of people doing amateur science experiments, including kids and parents stuck at home in wisconsin. Take a look at that. Hot water instantly turning to ice. There is one group the weather could not deter, runners in the arrowhead 135 ultra marathon, they kept on going, windchill at the finish line a staggering 52 degrees below zero. Some of the runners finished with their faces completely encased in ice. More than 80 Million People face temperatures below zero in the coming day, dozen hes of record lows are expected to be set. Pedram javaheri is joining us live from the cnn Weather Center with the latest, where it is warm. Relatively speaking, yes, absolutely. And were talking about still 40 below, 50 below windchills in a few spots in the upper midwest an now as you said the Energy Shifting toward the northeast. Folks reporting that once they step outside, at least those initial breaths at 40 to 50 below, they hear a hissing sound. And of course frost quakes. Reporter ed where you have moisture in the soil beneath your feet that is freezing very quickly, the water expands, and you get little rattles beneath your feet. But notice this, windchills at this hour in minneapolis, minus 37. Same score out of chicago, 19 below in nips. That is a bit warmer than this time yesterday, so the wind is dying down a hair, but the temps without the wind just as cold. In the northeast, in new york there at around 5 degrees, windchills 14 to 15 below zero at this hour. And of course airlines still severely disrupted by this. Yesterday we had reports of deicing material that was being put on top of aircrafts that was freezing on contact. This led to 6500 flights being canceled or delayed. The vast majority of those across parts of the midwest and of course chicago, ohare and midway really taking the brunt of that as well. As we go towards saturday, sunday, monday, a dramatic warming trend in store and in places like chicago, you go from zero to 22 into the 40s eventually, new york 18 up to 37. But it gets better still. So hang in there new york, you go from 20 for a high expected today up to almost 60 degrees come tuesday afternoon. At this hour, in central park, it is 3. So that is about a 55 degree variance from right now to what it will feel like come tuesday afternoon. And it is with all due respect very cold if atlanta, in the 20s. But warm compared to most of the country. Thank you. National security concerns after the Mueller Probe was targeted again, but this time not by Congressional Republicans, the Justice Department says a prorussian twitter account targeted the investigation spreading confidential information. The information is from a case muellers team filed against a russian company. The company is accused of funding an Internet Troll farm. The Justice Department has been turning over evidence to the companys u. S. Legal team. And muellers office now claims that some of that evidence showed up on a twitter account posted from a russian ip address. The tweets link to thousands of documents altered to make the Mueller Investigation look like a big nothing burger. The documents did not have Sensitive Information, but the concern for the fbi is whether the people behind the account did have access to more sensitive material. Lindsey graham wants a briefing from the fbi on the tactics agents used to arrest roger stone. Cnn caught the tactics on video. You can see the fbi knocked on his front door. Senator graham claims the American People are tired of what he calls the mueller media circus. This seems to me over the top, and i dont know what the message was being sent, but i personally didnt like it. Now, ive been a prosecutor, defense attorney, it seems to be sending the wrong message that if you cross mueller, look what is going to happen to you. Mueller, to yodo your job, but tactics are unacceptable given the level of threat here. President trump telling the daily caller he is very disappointed with the way the raid went down. He says that he will think about asking the fbi to review how it conducts its raids. When President Trump receives his intelligence briefing today, it will be interesting to see whether the director of National Intelligence dan coats is the one to deliver it. Cnn has learned the president was seething yesterday as he watched coverage of his intel chief testifying on capitol hill tuesday and repeatedly contradict him. Two sources confirming mr. Trump singled out dni coats by name. Here is why. We have won against isis. Weve beaten them and weve beaten them badly. Isis is intent on resurging and still having thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. Chairman kim, we are well on our way. We signed an agreement that said we will begin immediate denuclearization. North korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its Nuclear Weapons and production capabilities. The president taking to twitter to rip his intel chiefs as passive and naive, concluding they should perhaps go back to school. Democratic senator Chuck Schumer firing off a letter to coat calling the criticism inappropriate and that trumps attack will undermine Public Confidence and efforts to protect National Security. Howard schultz down playing concerns that he could help Donald Trumps reelection if he enters the race as an independent. Wednesday morning his twitter account posted and then deleted a message pointing to an article that said that he could twin the white house in 2020 and described Kamala Harris as shrill. Here is how schultz addressed concerns during a town hall at iowa state university. What youre going to do is youre going to have us have another four years of President Trump. Please explain to me why you feel you cant run as a democrat. The Democratic Party today has moved so far to the left, what better expression of democracy would there be to provide a better choice and not the binary choice of just a republican and democrat. Two words which a lot of people here probably werent even born when this happened, ralph nader. Nader picked up about 97,000 votes in florida in 2000 and al gore lost by 500 votes. Sherrod brown also testing the waters for a white house bid kicking off a dignity of work tour in his home state of ohio. Donald trump has used his phony populism to divide americans and to deemen onnize immigrants, he uses phony populism to distract from the fact that he hats used the white house to enrich billionaires like himself. Real populism is not racist. Real bomb uhe hpopulism is not antisemitic and dont rip babies from families at the border. His listening tour will take him to iowa, nevada, New Hampshire and south carolina. A day after blistering attacks from conservative commentators, the left leaning ninth circuit covers seven western states and is a frequent target of President Trump. 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His new representative tells guaido will work to set up a transitional government. Cnns Nick Paton Walsh has more from neighboring combi local bc. Reporter the protests wednesday knots a big as weve seen, but they had a lot of enter nainternational backing. Donald trump expressed his support before people came out on the streets as i say in not as big of numbers. But there is a lot of International Support for the Opposition Movement saying they dont recognize madunicolas mad anymore as president , but that recognition and potentially the money that the u. S. Says it has enabled the opposition leaders to get their hands on, a lot of that frozen sanctioned Bank Accounts in the u. S. , how do they get that into the country, translate the lofty promises of help to the venezuelan people into actual aid. Nicolas maduro is still running the country. He was pictured Walking Around with the military elite, the very people keeping him in power because many believe he has the money to continue to buy their love. He warned the u. S. Not to get militarily involved because it would be another vietnam for them. But we have another protest scheduled by the opposition saturday, it is a weekend, are more people could be on the streets. Weve avoided blood shed until this point, but i think that the fears are really the rhetoric is heightening, the money perhaps running out inside venezuela, people are closer to starvation, and nobody seems to have an obvious solution. They say they want to talk on both sides, but it hasnt brought anything to the fore yet. So many concerns about the weekend ahead. Nick paton walsh there for us. Thanks. And dominos rewarding customers for buying pizza even if the pizza is from its competitors. Cnn business has the details next. From tmobile. 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Good stuff. Roger goodell finally breaking his silence on the controversial nocall in the nfc championship that may have sent the wrong team to the super bowl. The commissioner admitting officials blew the call but says there was no consideration given to overturning the result. The play in question again came late in the Fourth Quarter, the ram saints game. Clearly should have been flagged for pass interference or helmet to helmet contact. Judgment calls like that cannot be reviewed. Whenever officiating is part of any kind of discussion postgame, it is never a good outcome for us. We know that, our clubs know that, our officials know that. But we also know that our officials are human. We also know that they are officiating a game that moves very quickly and have to make snap decisions under difficult circumstances. And they wont get it right every time. As i say, they are human. As for saints coach sean payton, he says he handled it like most people would. After the game for two to three days, much like normal people, i sat, probably didnt come out of my room, i ate jennys ice cream and watched netflix for three straight days. How we all handle disappointment. Well said. On sunday the patriots and the rams face off in super bowl liii. Ill be there covering the game for cnn. Ill anchor early start from atlanta tomorrow and monday and a super bowl special saturday at 2 30. Global markets are higher after the Federal Reserves decision to be patient with future rate hikes. Asian markets all closed higher. European markets opened higher there. U. S. Futures higher as well. The dow closed up 435 points wednesday, boosting the fed decision. The average finished above 25,000 for the First Time Since december 7th. The s p 500 finished close to 2 and the nasdaq closed up just over 2 . Apple closed up 3 despite reporting a drop in iphone sales. 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