0 could it mean higher pay for them or higher prices for you. your new day starts right now. announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. good morning. welcome to new day, thursday, december 5th, 6:00 in the east. winter s grip getting tighter. the next phase of extreme weather expected to be a major ice storm across the southern plains into the ohio valley. texas, oklahoma, arkansas, under the gun. more snow will fall in already hard-hit spots like denver. that s where ana cabrera is. good morning. reporter: it is incredibly cold here this morning. denver hit a record yesterday of negative 13 degrees below 0. and the temperatures are still falling, negative 14 degrees in denver right now. so dangerously cold. in colorado, of course, is not alone as this arctic air mass continues to spread. a dangerous and drastic temperature plunge has millions shivering this morning across the country. well, the thermometer in my truck said 7 degrees