Michigan bringing the highway to a standstill for hours. slow down and leave space between you and the vehicle in front of you and be prepared for whiteout conditions. reporter: in illinois giant patches of ice blanketing the chicago river, residents insisting they re ready for the deep freeze. i m dressed in layers, have d two pairs of pants on. reporter: dangerously cold air predicted to make temperatures here feel like 50 below. these conditions are and can be life threatening. even short periods of exposure to this type of weather can be dangerous. reporter: winds also whipping in north dakota where it s expected to be negative 20 degrees. across the nation airlines cancelling thousands of flights because of the deep freeze. they re putting the deiecer n and the deicer froze on the pla plane. the weather so cold the
Be life-threatening. even short periods of exposure to this type of weather can be dangerous. reporter: winds also whipping in north dakota where it s expected to be nebraska 20 degrees. across the nation, airlines canceling thousands of flights because of the deep freeze. they re putting the de-icer or and the de-icer froze on the plane. reporter: and for amtrak cuffs merz, all chicago trains suspended. the flames on these tracks intentional, crews setting them on fire to keep commuter trains b going. the united postal service suspending service in multiple states across the country. john and alisyn, we were using the building to kind of shield us. we wanted to come out here on the bridge to show you the power of the windy city. you can see the flags blowing there. that wind rips through you. i have four or five layers on at this point so i don t feel it on the middle part of my body. but on the exposed part, especially my face, this feels like needles hitting your face
Airport, a construction workers discovering that the bomb, discovered it in nearby river, police and royal navy are still working at this hour to remove explosive, no one is allowed in, about 16,000 travelers are impacted by that so we will keep an eye on that for you as well. you can t make this stuff up, southwest forced to cancel hundreds of flights in chicago because they ran out of deicing fluid, frustrating stranded passengers. this is chicago, hello, it snows here all of the time. it s icy here all of the time, how can you run out of the de-icer, that s absurd. heather: multiple deliveries of de-icer are scheduled. chicago is digging out from the biggest snowstorm of the year. hopefully they will get that resolved.
Vigil overnight. officer morelli s cruiser turned into a memorial sitting outside city hall. extreme weather forcing southwest airlines to cancel hundreds of flights in chicago. they ran out of desizing fluid. leaving passengers furious. this is chicago. hello. it snows here all the time. it s icy here all the time. hohow could you run out of de-icer in chicago? that s absurd. jillian: steve had the same reaction. hoping to resume operations today at midway international airport. chicago is digging out from the biggest snow storm of the year. that s a look at your headlines. i heard you say steve, how is this possible? steve: they could always get out a scraper. ainsley: it s not just people going on vacations. some people are trying to get home for funerals and get home for weddings that changes lives. that is ridiculous. who did not order the desizing stuff? steve: oopsy daisy. ainsley: someone is in
Thanks, tamara. good to see you. shepard: mike pence says u.s. officials are willing to have talks with the north koreans, willing to have talks but the united states will continue to apply maximum pressure on the country to end its nuclear program. really what they re saying, we ll talk to you, but you have to end your nuclear program. first, fox weather alert. midway airport in chicago getting back to normal after a shortage of de-icing fluid. in chicago they re out of the de-icer. that s according to none other than the chicago tribute. the national weather service reports that the city had nine straight days of snow. it s february in chicago. adam klotz mass more. that s what is supposed to happen in february in chicago. that system given a break. rain stretching up and down the