Daniel Mcclung News Today

Good morning, im Muhammad Lila in for john muller. And im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. We begin with the brutal cold. That is sweeping across much of the continent. The latest weather map shows the polar vortex pushing superfrigid air from the north pole as far south as louisiana. Highs today across a wide swath of the midwest will be well below zero. In chicago, where the schools today will be closed, overnight temperatures at minus 20 degrees. St. Louis, heavy snow is falling with foreca...

La in for john muller. And im Marcy Gonzales in for diana perez. We begin with the brutal cold. The polar vortex pushing superfrigid air from the north pole as far south as louisiana. Highs today across a wide swath of the midwest will be well below zero. In chicago, overnight temperatures at minus 20 degrees. St. Louis, heavy snow is falling with forecasters calling for up to a foot of snow. Some people ditching shoes for crosscountry skis. Like this man in university city. We have more from ma...

Work will continue through Oct. 13.

You would think that the driver would be responsible for the cost of cleaning up the mailbox mess...Seems reasonable, right? The answer might surprise you.

You would think that the driver would be responsible for the cost of cleaning up the mailbox mess...Seems reasonable, right? The answer might surprise you.

Martha: one person is dead and seven others injured after a massive fire in a high-rise building in new york city. firefighters say 27-year-old daniel mcclung was trapped in a stairwell yet trying to escape the flames. the fire started on the 20th floor. no word on the cause. one other person was hospitalized with smoke inhalation. bill: democrats looking to change the conversation in the new year. lawmakers renewing their push to extend unemployment benefits and raise the minimum wage. you will...

Floor of this 42-story tower. residents forced on to the streets as they tried to escape the flames. 27-year-old daniel mcclung -- thats him on the right -- died apparently from smoke inhalation in a stairwell. his 32-year-old husband, michael todd cohen, is in the hospital. they were only married last july. residents describe a chaotic scene and say management didnt do enough to tell them what to do. >> theyre banging on my door, telling me hey, youve got to get out, its a fire. i had to run do...

0 smarter about that now than when i first came to k-town in the middle of the night to discover a strange and fabulous and delicious slice of america i had never known was there, but im trying to figure it out. a dangerous deep freeze across the country. this morning people waking up to record-breaking temperatures. right now cities taking historic actions to stay safe. this bitter cold shutting down schools, roads, creating chaos at airports. were live with just how long these arctic tempera...

country. that is about to change. that is a polar vortex. sometimes with the weather phenomenons we get a new name for them. you will explain it for a moment. it is to be blamed for these numbers. negative 46 in minneapolis. negative 41 in chicago? bill: that is the dreaded pv. martha. martha: pv. bill: polar vortex. garrett tenney is outside. what does negative 40 degrees feel like? >> reporter: a guy walked past me this, is brutal, brutal. over the weekend much of the midwest got at ...