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Shorts. >> i know we need water and snow. >> tha tonight, millions across the country are bracing for a dangerous arctic blast just as holiday travel ramps up. a massive system of brutal bitter cold air is threatening to plunge much of the country into a deep freeze. huge drops in temperatures up to 60 below predicted for the northwest. new orleans and texas face zero windchills. major cities from chicago to new york to boston in the bulls eye of a storm threat later this week. rob marciano is...

Expect all winter long. but we havent been this cold in awhile. negative 21 in montana. there is some true arctic cold air blowing in minneapolis. zero windchills. chicago at zero. then areas to the south. the cold air is toward the south, little rock with 29. you get the picture. everyone east of the rockies, it feels like winter with the exception of florida. as we go throughout the day today, again, the temperatures are going to recover a little bit. there is some sunshine out there. so were ...

Northern plains, way up in northern main, you can pretty much forget about it. like the warm-up weve had here, 8 yesterday morning, 36 nou. its going to warm up. the eastern part of the country will see a big recovery back to those temperatures weve seen so often in december. were talking about record or near record warmth heading toward christmas eve and christmas day. its all relative, you know. they could be out here in sub zero windchills, but not today. >> not today. >> look at this guy. do...

And stay safe during this massive winter storm stretching from the nations heartland to the east coast. right now, 2100 mile stretch of land across the region is being smothered by as much as a foot of snow. oklahoma new york different, with up to ten inches across some parts of the state, biting zero windchills. nbcs ron blum joins me live from oklahoma. some of most incredible, i think, coming out of oklahoma city all morning long. >> reporter: it is. well, let me tell you now, it is 7 degrees...