The higher notes. Also tonight, going home. Good news for a former first lady, and look whos waiting in the window for barbara bush. And the mega surprise, the mystery winner coming forward. How he suddenly remembered he might have purchased that Winning Ticket. Good evening. And its great to have you with us on a saturday night watching indoors on a very cold evening and just look behind me here at this map. By early next week, every state covered in purple will see temperatures at or well below freezing. Tonight this winter storm has become deadly from the midwest all the way to the east coast and nebraska, look at this. You can see the light there streaming through the burned out windows of a building that caught fire. Firefighters battling the blaze and the frigid temperatures. All the way to the east. Into vernon, connecticut, a man nearly hidden by the snow hes trying to clear away there. And for as cold as it is its about to get worse. An arctic blast moving in and covering it all from the midwest to the east. Our extreme team covering it all. And we begin with gio benitez in chicago where theyre getting more snow tonight on top of the foot they already have. Gio, good evening. Reporter good evening, david. Yeah, the snow just started falling moments ago. In fact, you can hardly see this beautiful chicago skyline already, and that Chicago River completely frozen. This is our icy nation. Tonight millions are bracing for more than just a snowstorm, but also a paralyzing deep freeze, a bonechilling blast of bitter cold temperatures now threatening much of the nation. Forecasters predicting subzero wind chills beginning tomorrow, the most frigid cold snap in years. Winter is brutal. Reporter how cold . This water freezing in just seconds. Now its ice. Reporter temperatures expected to plummet in green bay, making tomorrows ice bowl one of the coldest nfl games in history. The packers and the 49ers will play in temperatures near zero degrees. It will feel like 15 below zero. Wbays matt smith is there. That allimportant tailgating forecast here in green bay calls for a wind chill of negative 15. So for the roughly 80,000 fans brave enough to embrace the bitter cold, theyll receive free hand warmers, free coffee and hot chocolate. Reporter while they prep for a day of fun theres real danger here in the midwest. Watch just how quickly heat escapes the body. This thermal camera showing the heat pulling away within minutes. 16 people have died from weatherrelated injuries. Doctors stressing, be careful. Doctor, what are some of the injuries youre seeing today . Well, folks are getting injured just being out in the cold and not preventing injuries that they would encounter with strenuous exercise. Reporter now major cities are trying to get the homeless off the streets and into shelters. And back here in chicago, were going to be seeing really heavy snow overnight. In fact, david, listen to this, come monday morning, were talking about a daily temperature, a temperature in the daytime of 11 degrees or 11 below zero, david. It is going to be frigid here. All right. Bundled up again tonight. Gio benitez leading us off. And now to a frightening scene in the middle of the snow and cold right here in new york city. A small plane making an Emergency Landing on a major interstate lined with snow. The three people on board were taken to the hospital. But not badly hurt. No one driving on the highway hurt either. No word yet on what forced the Emergency Landing today. And tonight in boston, where theyre digging out, another emergency. A building collapsing under ice. Abcs Ron Claiborne is there tonight. Ron. Reporter david, boston got well over a foot of snow and now were getting hit with that arctic air that gio was just talking about. Earlier this morning, the temperature was around zero and struggled throughout the day just to get into the 20s. The new challenge here and throughout the region, dealing with all of the snow that we got. The light and fluffy snow that fell has now hardened into an icy, solid mass lining streets and growing into miniature mountain ranges. Major streets are wellplowed, but secondary roads are hardpacked like this one. And from maine to maryland, theres still plenty of shoveling to do. Here in boston, more than 17 inches of snow. In boston we say its a wicked lot of snow. Reporter and all of that snow has to go somewhere. Where does all this snow go . Well haul it way. We actually have reporter to where . What we call snow farms. A snow farm doesnt mean we grow snow. It means we dump snow. Reporter in north attleborough, massachusetts, an Historic Building that caught fire during the storm collapsed under the weight of ice formed by all the water used by firefighters to douse the blaze. And in many cities there is now a new danger from above, icicles. The next two or three days are going to be especially tricky as temperatures seesaw. Cold today, much warmer in the next couple of days. Rising well above freezing and then rain and then temperatures plunging again back into the single digits. That, david, is a recipe for a lot of ice. That is for sure. Ron claiborne with the boston skyline and the snow behind him tonight. Now to the stagger number of delays and cancellations in airports across the country in the midst of the storm. Linzie janis is at Laguardia Airport tonight. Reporter passengers still stranded from this weeks snowstorm frustrated by long delays and cancellations at airports across the country. The roca family returned to chicago from a vacation in cancun friday to find their connecting flight to omaha canceled. We didnt know any of this was going on. So we should have stayed. Reporter the numbers are staggering. Today more than 4,000 delays. But since the snow first started falling, more than 35,000. And tonight, jetblue customers at jfk firing off pictures of long lines. At laguardia, College Student lisa cho spoke to us after spending thursday night on a cot. I was so tired. I just knocked out. It wasnt so bad. Reporter so you just heard from lisa cho. I caught up with her today. She is about to spend her third night at Laguardia Airport. This disruption far from over. David, theres already hundreds of cancerlations on the books for tomorrow. Thanks. I want to bring in meteorologist brad nitz from ourtation in atlanta, wsb, tonight. It reaches further south than atlanta. In the florida panhandle, we have already had cold weather watches and warnings and in metro atlanta, a winter storm watch has been issued. You are watching the snow accumulating in places with snow already. Thats right. A developing snom will produce heavy snow in spots. Half a foot in st. Louis. Chicago, already a foot to a foot and a half on the ground and an additional 8 inches there and 10 inches around grand rapids. This is a leading edge of a very cold air mass that is settling in so behind the snowstorm, some of the coldest air we have seen in decades. These are High Temperatures. In fargo, 17. And 19 below. Minneapolis, 11 and 15 below. In chicago, 12 below for a High Temperature monday afternoon. But when you see 15 below in minneapolis on monday you got to wonder is that a record . Its very close to an alltime record low High Temperature in minneapolis. Cold that hasnt been seen in decades. All right, brad nitz, see you first thing on gma. One novel solution to the backbreaking work of shoveling snow and its made in america. Its a Remote Control snow blower from aaron from ft. Wayne, indiana. It started out as a Remote Control lawn mower, but with new chains on the tires and a game style controller, it can plow snow without breaking a sweat. I see a story here in the making. In the meantime tonight, one place colder, antarctica, the u. S. Coast guard sending a cutter, the polar star to help two ships there stuck in the ice pack. One of them is that Russian Research ship from which 52 passengers were rescued this week. The other is a chinese ship that provided the helicopter to rescue passengers from the russian ship. The coast guard cutter is at least two days away. We turn to other news tonight. A developing story, u. S. Intelligence officials are watching closely. In iraq, al qaeda forces making their move, taking control of fallujah with sounds reminiscent of the iraq war. Just listen tonight. [ gunfire ] you can hear the gunfire there. It has been deadly. Of course, fallujah is the site of two of the bloodiest battles during the iraq war. The state department tonight saying, we are concerned by efforts of the al qaeda terrorist state of iraq. Their barbarism against civilians and against the Iraqi Security forces is on display for all to see. I want to bring in Martha Raddatz with us here on a saturday night. Martha, youve reported from fallujah many times. The Obama Administration has got to be concerned with what theyre seeing. Reporter theyre very concerned, david. I remember talking to you just over two years ago when i was coming out with the last convoy of u. S. Troops. I had visited fallujah the day before that happened. It was rather unstable then, rather frightening then but tonight youve got al qaeda flags flying in this very key area right next to syria. You were telling me we have a Diplomatic Team there, about 100 marines, but theyre in baghdad. What can they do . Most are not going anywhere. Theyre there to protect the embassy and the classified material. So the u. S. Watching closely, sending drones, but not doing anything else at this point. Well be watching first thing in the morning with george. Martha, thank you. Next to the vatican, pope francis is making headlines with the warning about future priests. Heres abcs Alex Marquardt now. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter in the ten months since he was elected, pope francis has made a name for himself by saying exactly what he thinks. We now learn that the pope reportedly warned that young priests must be trained properly, otherwise we are creating little monsters, and then these little monsters mold the people of god. The popes frankness has driven his favorability rating to a sky high 92 among american catholics. He has blasted the gap between rich and poor, and said, you cannot serve the idol of money and the living god at the same time. He recently called unfettered capitalism, a new tyranny riling many. This week, Cardinal Tim Dolan of new york had to defend the pope. The billionaire cofounder of home depot, ken langone, told cnbc that the popes comments were unsettling. You want to be careful about generalities, he said to dolan. Rich people in one country dont act the same as rich people in another country. The pope loves poor people, he also loves rich people. He loves people. Reporter Cardinal Dolan also said the churchs economic view is somewhere between socialism and what he called cutthroat capitalism but its clear that pope francis efforts to create a church for the poor is leaving some feeling left out in the cold. David . All right, alex. Thank you. And one more surprise from the pope tonight, whos been known to make an unexpected phone calls from time to time. This time he called the nuns at a spanish convent, and when he got no answer, left a message in spanish. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] heres what hes saying in that voice mail, he asks, what are the nuns doing that they cant answer the phone . Then simply saying, this is pope francis. I wanted to offer greetings for the end of the year. Maybe ill try to call again later. May god bless you by the way, he did call back, and they picked up. And answering a call for help tonight, we learned that on new years day, one of the richest men in the world needed help. Amazon. Com founder jeff bezos was rescued from a cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean after a kidney stone attack. The equadorians shuttling him to his private jet rushing him to the u. S. For emergency treatment and tonight were told hes recovering. And good news for former First Lady Barbara Bush out of the hospital. Mrs. Bush spent nearly a week there treating a bout of pneumonia. The family sharing a photo of their dogs waiting at the window for her return. She celebrates her 69th wedding anniversary in the coming week. Tonight here we look back at the life of a music legend, phil everly, onehalf of the Everly Brothers. I need you so that i could die i love you so phil everly on the left, onehalf of that legendary duo. Whenever i want you all i have to do is dream dream, dream, dream he was the younger brother hitting the higher notes. A career spanning five decades. Ed sullivan introducing the brothers in 1957. Heres the story of a little boy and girl who went to the movies and fell asleep. The Everly Brothers and their newest recording. At the peak of their stardom, they averaged a top ten hit every four months. Wake up little susie wake up wake up little susie was actually banned from many radio stations because of its story line. Two teens out together at a movie well past midnight. Too suggestive for the times. Wake up little susie and me and here being introduced by a young dick clark on american bandstand. This ones called cathys clown. Again, the Everly Brothers. [ cheers and applause ] dont want your love anymore dont want your kiss thats for sure i die each time i hear this sound here he comes that fancy clown its believed that song might have sold more than any of the singles. The beatles early in their career calling themselves the english Everly Brothers. Tonight so many legendary singers reacting to the loss. Nancy sinatra tweeting, phils gone. Touring with phil and don was one of the thrills of my life. Paul simon saying, phil and don were the most beautifulsounding duo i ever heard. Both voices pristine and soulful, part of the birth of rock n roll. Bye bye my love goodbye bye bye my love goodbye [ cheers and applause ] their music gets better with time, doesnt it . His wife patti saying, he fought long and hard against a lengthy illness, but we are absolutely heartbroken. There is still much more ahead on world news this saturday night. The stunning story behind the megamillions winner, the epiphany. How he remembered he bought the ticket. And later tonight, the famous singer stunning her assistant. Jennifer hudsons shocker. Were back in two minutes. 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