A lifethreatening arctic air mass called the polar vortex stretches from the dakotas to the atlantic, to florida to maine. Chicago set a record yesterday at minus 60 degrees. The Historic School has caused schools to close. Some 30,000 homes and business are without power in indiana. And there are sub freezing windchills from coast to coast, amtrak is working to clear three of et cetera passenger trains, they got stopped by blowing and drifting snow in northcentral illinois. More than 500 passengers are on board. The passengers have heat and they have food. Melting snow and rock salt caused a transformer to short out here in new york. Yesterdays high in the city was 54 degrees. Todays high just 10 degrees. Marlie hall is here in new york with that. And good morning, marley. Reporter good morning, annemarie. We havent seen temperatures like this in 20 years, and this morning, millions of americans are coping with the brutal cold. Its so cold it embarrassed minnesota. Frost is forming on
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