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Claims for jobs, thats unemployment insurance, rose by 36,000 last week, up to about 482,000. wall street economists did not expect that. it was higher than expected. after all that stimulus spending and reports that things are getting better, economists thought the total number of claims would actually go down this week. want to check the markets right now, see how investors are reacting. the dow, barely budging, its only # minutes into trading on the day so far, and wall street, well watch it ...

Strawberries, which were close to their peak. >> theres been very little harvesting because nothing can ripen in this type of weather. >> reporter: like the citrus crop, its still too soon to tell. and the cost of the cold adds up in other ways, like this fire that swept through 20 units of an apartment building in jacksonville. blamed on a fireplace being used for heat. floridians will also pay for the cold in their next electric bill. saturday night florida power and light set an all-time reco...

Florida is also the nations second largest producer of strawberries, which were close to their peak. >> theres been very little harvesting because nothing can ripen in this type of weather. >> reporter: like the citrus crop, its still too soon to tell. and the cost of the cold adds up in other ways, like this fire that swept through 20 units of an apartment building in jacksonville. blamed on a fireplace being used for heat. floridians will also pay for the cold in their next electric bill. satu...

One week is not a season, but many tourists will go home with less than warm memories. >> palm trees is the only reason i know i am here, and the ocean. >> this could be a game changer. for years, he battled the python which is upsetting the balance of nature the everglades. it could set the set back quite a bit. >> what nature could call the slither lining to an otherwise bitter cold. curious, marty, anybody out on the beach this morning. you have palm trees swaying, and

For consumption shattering the previous one set in the summer of 2005. and then theres the impact on tourism, one week is not a season but many tourists will go home with less than warm memories like lisa and brian greg from wisconsin. >> palm trees is the only reason i know im actually here and the ocean. >> not everyones unhappy with the cold. scientist frank mazzott sy down right excited by it. for years he has battled the non-native python upsetting the balance of nature in the everglades. t...

Will mean for consumers. florida is also the nations second-largest producer of strawberries which were close to their peak. >> theres been very little harvesting because nothing can ripen in this type of weather. >> reporter: like the citrus crop, its still too soon to tell. and the cost of the cold adds up in other ways like this fire that swept through 20 units of an apartment building in jacksonville, blamed on a fireplace being used for heat. floridians will also pay for the cold in the nex...

Obama kool-aid and theyre committing political suicide. >> some perspective here. four democratic senators are retiring but so are six republicans. on the weather front, an arctic blast cased havoc across the country. 2/3 of the nation experiencing record low temperatures. >> snow has been piling up from kansas city to the carolinas and here in memphis at least three fatalities have been attributed to the bitter cold. kamikaze iguanas, plummeting from tree topper chs. these seemingly suicidal li...

Iguanas all over me and i have seen them swim, dance, stair re you and they are cool animals around nonthreatening, but these igua iguanas, and say hello to our affiliate down there, but these iguanas started to fall out of trees because they were so frozen last night. true or not true? >> not frozen, but they are cold blooded, but they did not freeze. >> darn it. it was a better story. >> no, no, no they did not freeze. they are still alive and good. >> oh, so they were partly freezing and when...

Exactly what they said. >> reporter: they told you youll have to deal with it? >> they didnt say congratulations? >> they said this is what happened. >> an american intelligence official vows the u.s. will avenge the attack. here at home an arctic blast continues to wreak havoc across the country. 400 planes grounded just at chicagos ohare airport today. that was causing bottlenecks around the world. 2/3 of the country experiencing record low temperatures. our affiliates have it covered from c...

>> it is kind of sad. i mean, the poor guys, theyre just dropping out of the trees because theyre so dang cold. they are cold-blooded animals. >> they are not dying, though. they are not dying. >> thats right. thats why we can kind of have some fun and laugh, but they cant hold on any longer, so they just drop to the ground. theyre okay, as you said, just in a zombie state until the weather warms up. come on. its kind of creepy if you think about it. >> its a little bit creepy. okay. lets move...