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I did. i tried it. i have five shirts on, two wind breakers on and with this wind at 15 below zero, wind chill factor, im still cold. i can only be out here 10 or 15 minutes minutes before everything starts to shut down. my fingers cold, nose cold, my mouth starts to not work. and obviously toes cold too. if youre outside or seeing someone outside, try to at least understand that they dont want to be outside for long, like dock workers or your flight attendants outside or the guys trying to load...

Globe is increasing temperatures if it is ever so slightly. there are so many questions. the hopes is that if a meteorologist were to say or weather scientist were to say that, yeah, this is normal. its weather, its cold, its hot, its normal, they wouldnt get funded. >> aaron, i want to say to the audience because im sure theyre worried about you. well get you back on his meds and back to the hospital. hes fine. hell be okay. >> this whole thing about being cold, its overrated. >> you know what,...

Now because of this windchill factor. now, when we landed here in minneapolis last night, it was 17 below. and what i can tell you about that, getting off the plane and walking up the jetway, the walls of the jetway were kind of icy. you could still see your breath when you walked out of the jetway and on to the airport. very cold. i havent been outside for more than ten minutes at any stretch of time. that is bearable. but thats about as long as you want to be outside, because once you go back ...

Degrees below zero trying to change a flat tire on a super beetle with lug studs. i was out there for maybe six minutes trying to get it changed. my fingers were frozen solid and they would not move and bend. its too cold to do anything. i warm it up and i got the tire back on. 43 degrees below zero. 39 degrees is what it feels like in minneapolis. take a look at this. it feels like 54. there is not even a wind chill factor in boston. its 40 in new york city. its going to be cold tonight. you go...

Originally gotten caught in the ice. now a u.s. coast guard ice breaker is on the move from australia to help out. its expected to arrive this weekend. latest word is it looks like those ice floes are starting to melt, but, wow, its really caused quite a situation. jon: a lot of rescues, yes, indeed. a dangerous deep freeze is gripping much of the u.s. right now in the midwest, temperatures dipping way below zero. add in the wind chill factor, and were talking about 70 below in some spots becaus...

Cultural groups in the united states are more successful than others. among those eight include jewish, indian, chinese and iranian. they point to three factors, superiority, insecurity and impulse control. what do you think of that? that is your headlines at this hour. brian, over to you. >> how deep do we go with irish and italian? 23 ph-pbs before the top of the hour. wild card weekend very wild. watch this. this is interception, i believe, number three returned all the way back to chargers. ...

The temperature that is were talking about are deadly. its unlike anything weve seen in a long, long time. jchlt f.k. airport in new york closed. more than 3,000 flights have been cancelled today. lake michigan frozen over. by natiwednesday, nearly half o nation will shudder in temperatures as low as zero.

Are wondering what they did to tick off mother nature. around 9:00 this morning, the problem has been the temperature. as the temperature drops, the demand for electricity goes through the roof. overnight, the temp which you shallings have been minus 40. the province has set up warming committees grabbing a shovel and warming up the old fashioned way. >> people are taking this arctic storm very seriously. even here in atlanta, heaters,

Turn to and say, what do you do? how do you prepare? >> first of all, the weather drama that was supposed to be in green bay didnt happen. it was a balmy 5 degrees. fancy that. theres nothing can you do. >> wimps up there. >> thats exactly right. but i tell you, two games come to mind. i was there in 1980 when the oakland raiders played the cleveland browns in cleveland for a playoff game. you probably remember the game. 0 degrees during kick off it was so. we talked a little bit about this, fre...

>> theyre doing several things. again, these strategies seemed to work. the hope is people can get through it together. youre always con sirned about frost biet in a situation like this. g . in missouri, windchill, 40 below. >> it is ugly, if thats a word i can use. this would be a good view for any other day but today.