a ya story airstrike against the houthi e rebels in yemen. the military action as defense secretary lloyd austin remains in the hospital. rachel: plus, just two days before the first in the nation caucuses, a blizzard is forcing 2024 candidates to scale back their events in iowa. that s not stopping them from urging their supporters to turn out the vote. one way or the other, i m getting there. you have the worst weather with, i guess, in recorded history, but maybe that s good because our people are more committed than anybody else. will: and alabama s new coach is already creating waves for the crimson tide. the final hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. i love my country, i love my country. six strings and fiddles and skeet from kentucky rachel: good morning, everybody. it s the 9:00 hour. [laughter] florida georgia line? pete: is a.j. brown playing? i was just thinking of the philadelphia eagles. will: i was thinking about something else. sorry, w
rick: fox & friends. it is a nice day here in new york city. come over here, valdosta. welcome from valdosta, georgia. thank you. welcome from valdosta, georgia. rick: what ooh beautiful place. and it s colder there than it is in new york city. i heard. rick: it is really cold pretty much everywhere except right along the immediate seaboard where we ve got this warm air mass. it not be as cold as it is across parts of the plains. this is all behind this snow that you see that brought blizzard conditions across areas of iowa yesterday. that snow is not going to go anywhere, nothing is going to melt, and it is going to be windy, so things are going to continue, the snow is going to continue to blow. take a look at these wind shills across north dakota and and montana, the who wouldest spots in the country the coldest spots in the country, -68 crees in dicken southern dickenson, north dakota. watch what happens in des moines
freezing up pipes and knocking out power. many businesses and schools are shuttered as a recaution. precaution. we have of this situation of many schools being closed. i think today most of the schools in michigan are closed. this isn t the day to have the kids go out and build a snowman or an igloo. the conditions are such where it s not safe to be out in this cold for very long, so please be careful. jenna: a different world when snowmen are dangerous, right, jon? [laughter] then you re really in the cold. this picture coming out of downtown chicago where wind shills are -30, a man walking past a bicycle encrusted this snow, and washington, d.c. metro riders trying to stay warm, and it hay be hard to tell in this next picture, but it s a sewer drain in kentucky. you can see frost patterns formed all around it. fox team coverage of the polar vortex, meteorologist maria molina, but we begin with rick leventhal in new jersey. rick? reporter: yeah, jenna. it s -14 with the wind chill