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in the headlines tonight, pessimistic comments from a member of the super committee working toward a debt reduction deal. senator john kyl of arizona says it s pretty doubtful the bipartisan group can reach some compromise. the 12-member group has until wednesday to reach a deal. there was a terrible accident today near the yale university stadium. one woman was killed and a second seriously hurt when a u-haul truck smashed into a group of tailgaters. the accident is still under investigation. the football game with harvard went on as scheduled. and reno, nevada, residents are returning to their homes to night after fleeing a wildfire on friday. at least 15 homes were destroyed. firefighters are credited with saving at least 4,000 others. the blaze should be completely contained by tonight. it is believed to have been sparked by electricity arking from power lines. president obama is on his way back to washington tonight. he s been traveling through asia and the pacific region for the past nine days. the president said boeing and general electric will be the immediate beneficiaries of the trip because of new trade deals worth up to $39 billion. mr. obama is expected to be back at the white house tomorrow. and we have the weather report with a wintry blast for parts of the u.s. i can see you re dressed for it. you re all warm in your boots and sweater. i have my turtleneck out. it was chilly today. it was. it was chilly for most of the u.s. it s going to get colder because the cold front has real arctic air behind it. we have cold air bottled up torts alaska and arctic circle for the last week. and thankfully we haven t seen too much of that make its way down towards the u.s. all right. here s what we got going on at this hour. snow which has been heavy at times. it went through the dakotas and minnesota and now through northern wisconsin and into the u.p. of michigan. it s been coming in extremely heavy at times. for the most part, the twin cities, you re only getting about one to three inches overall. we re getting lots of reports of spinouts. a lot of people trying to do the holiday travel already. we have delays at the airports as well. take a look at the snowfall totals we ve seen so far. a foot in hinckley, minnesota. new castle, wyoming, and also a foot. take a look at that, mt. rush more. 9 1/2 inches of snowfall there. kind of a quick moving system. so that s the good news. our low is going to pull to the great lakes by tomorrow morning. and just pull that cool air in then behind it. just rain for new chicago, milwaukee and it s going to be really light for the most part for tonight. it s going to head into michigan tomorrow. it will be a little bit heavier. there it is also bringing if a strong southerly wind ahead of that front. and so it s bringing this warmth. it s bringing in moisture. we could see severe thunderstorms across parts of texas and louisiana as we head into tomorrow afternoon. and temperaturewise, look at the difference here. only 30 in minneapolis tomorrow. check out dallas. 81 degrees. so still pretty warm across the south. let s see where i would like to be. i was just in tampa. it s 85. let s jump on a plane and go. it s not ugly. thank you, jackie. appreciate it. coming up at 7:00 p.m. tonight on cnn, undercover video of animal cruelty at some chicken plants.