Can marco rubio comeback . Can john kasich keep the New Hampshire momentum going . Jumping into action. Incredible rescue caught on camera. A car with a woman and her baby inside plunges in the water. And more bad blood . Another kanye west taylor swift feud this morning over racy music. She says she gave her blessing. Her team says not true. It doesnt look like she is ready to shake it off. Today, saturday, february 13th, 2016. Because we got bad blood we used to be mad love from nbc news, this is today. Rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. And im craig melvin. This is a record. Not a person on the plaza. We have a bunch of hand warmers ready to hand out. And a bunch of airplanes. He needs to get somewhere quickly. We do have folks over here. We will see them in a bit. Look at the temperatures around the country. Minneapolis, 6 below zero right that is just the temperature. Outside. It is understandably chilly here. Dylan checked the temperature in new york. Its what . Its 21 with the windchill of 11. That is it. It will not warm up. It will get colder. We got our fire pit here. Ill hunt some rascaly rabbits this bitter air affecting 65 Million People. Sheinelle has more on that. It is the middle of winter and it is supposed to be cold, these temperatures are out of the ordinary. They are not just inconvenience, they are dangerous. Officials are warning people to take every precaution to stay safe. Reporter its a dangerous freezing, wind driven, record mashing, sub zero cold. Tens of millions of americans shivering from icy wind blowing from the plains to new england and down to the southeast today. You should take this weather very, very seriously. Reporter the National WeatherService Calls it life threatening. Dangerous driving in tennessee and North Carolina on friday. Conditions worse in michigan. I94 shutdown all afternoon friday after two crashes involving ten big trucks and 17 cars. Four people were injured. A pair of water main breaks in pennsylvania as the water shot up, it turned to ice. The windchill in upstate new york may fall to a mind numbing 50 below zero this weekend. I have half my wardrobe on right now. Reporter the thermometer is expected to dip below zero. And on a window in maine, a frosty heart just in time for valentines weekend. Snuggle up by valentines day weekend. This cold weather should not last long. Thank you. We will focus on that. Thank you, sheinelle. Dylan, what are we lookingthis weekend . Sheinelle said it will not last long. R vortex. We will see the coldest temperatures we have seen all season. Temperatures today will not warm up in the northeast. Right now. You go to the midwest, minneapolis at 6 below. This afternoon, temperatures will sink into theand teens. That is running 20 to 25 degrees below average. Tomorrow morning is the coldest well feel. Below. The record is 3 below. That was set back in 1954. We are looking at perhaps peratures sunday morning. As we go into sunday afternoon, teens. It is still about 20 to almost 40 for this time of year. We will see temperatures warming up on monday. We have to get through the weekend. As we go into tuesday, we will see temperatures above just the weekend. It is valentines day. We should snuggle up anyway. Good reason to stay inside. Dylan, thank you. Turning to fireworks are expected on the South Carolina stage. That is the site of the next republican debate. With the attacks getting more heated on the we have coverage for you with nbcs Hallie Jackson covering the republicans. Hallie, good morninood morning. This morning, the candidates are getting ready for the debate. The stage is the smallest with six people left in the rolina has a reputation of being a rough and tumble state. Dont expect tonight to be cans already looking ready to rumble. Reporter in front of a rowdy crowd,g aim at jeb bush. He has a vicious streak. Reporter online, a different target as trump warns ted cruz on twitter, if he clean up his act, stop cheating and doing negative ads, trump will sue him for not being an citizen. There is more than a little somebody nasty with the and vulgarities. Reporter cruz and trump battling for evangelicals in South Carolina. And on the air waves, ad warsify. This one from trump on illegal immigration immigration. His killer, an illegal immigrant. Nd this from cruz hit not a republican rival, but Hillary Clinton. The ad spoofs space but a different kind of film that has cruz explaining why he yanked this off the ote for a pretty face next time. It happened with one of the actresses who was there had a more colorful film history thane aware. Reporter the actress the star of adult movies who says she has no hard feelings. I have no ted cruz. Im a middle class working girl. Reporter the job tonight marco rubio, prove he can bounce back from New Hampshire. Rubio says he is ready. We have to have perspective d one answer i would have done differently. Reporter Rubio Campaign aide tells me he is eager for tonight and ready to take on directly rather than pivot to president obama. Watch for jeb bush to try to land some punches tonight. Hoping its the comeback state for bush. Look for john kasich keeping up momentum after the second place finish in New Hampshire. His tactic is different, guys. He is looking and stay above the fray. Well see if that works. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having re six candidates left. What advice would you give the candidates . Given this is the ninth debate, we know the patterns with each and how they projectlves. People havent done well trying to attack. You look at what Chris Christie did with marco rubio. It was a very effective really harmed rubio, but christie is out. He was a suicide bomber on stage and took rubio out. That is the fine balance thesees have to navigate between being too nasty and showing a positive vision and keeping in the race. You mentioned marco rubio. An extra focus on him tonight. Yes. He really needs to have a really strong performance. He needs to show he can go off script and not a robot there is a focus on that emphasizing that part of his political background. Donald trump in South Carolina at last check, he was up around 16 points, i y voters in that state are not just evangelical. Nearly 70 of the voters are evangelical. Id well with evangelical voters in iowa. How is a guy like donald trump doing well with thed voters. It is interesting he is navigating that balance so well so far. I think part of what cruz knows with the opening did the new york values attack, that was not sailing in the wind. He knew that was im looking for tonight is trumps use of the foul language. This is the bible belt and polite that language in front of children is not going to go well. Elise turning to the democrats where president obama is a major talking behind for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders after thursdays debate. Cs Kelly Odonnell has more on that. Reporter good morning. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will spend part of the day in the vote for the nevada caucuses next weekend. And they were there to help out the state party to raise money for the Humphrey Mondale dinner. It was a record turnout. Anders spoke first. His Campaign Sees minnesota with a history of electing more liberal candidates as a place where he could challenge but both spoke differently when we have got to be honest andnowledge we still have a very, very long way to go to create the nation that i knowf us believe we can create. Better presidency. So i, yes, will build on the progress hes made because i am a progressive who actually likes to make progress. Ter more and more Hillary Clinton trying to wrap herself in the legacy of president obama. And nevada is that next big showdown and clinton haschedule to spend more time there. So on monday, she will be in nevada and formerclinton will take over for her at three fundraisers already scheduled for florida. Back to you. Kelly, thank you. Pope francis isfirst full day in mexico today arriving last evening to today, the pope travels to areasrug cartel violence. Later, a special mass. Nbcs Anne Thompson is in mexico city. Reporter good morning, craig. This city is buzzing from the rousing welcome given to pope francis last night. He arrived in darkness, butd with light as thousands held up the portable light sticks and chanted his name. Children rushed thethe tarmac reaching out to welcome him to mexico. While dancers in traditional dress performed for the was a mariachi band as well. One offered his sombrero andit on for a moment. Earlier in the day on the flight from rome, this sombrero was him. On the flight, he said he was excited to come to mexico. Whether he is concerned about the zika virus that is soere in latin america. The pope told me no. Earlier, he stopped over in havana for what turned out to beric meeting with the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church. The first time the two leaders of those churches is described it as a conversation between two brothers. These institutions had been separated for centuries. Today is official business forpope. He will meet with the president diplomatic corps. Then we are expecting the highlight of the visit when he holds mass at the patron saint of guadalajara. Thank you. An announced ceasefire will really take hold in the country nbcs keir simmons is today damascus this morning. Reporter good morning, erica. A peace deal is set to come into place. A cessation of week. Already it is coming apart. Secretary kerry criticizing the the bombardment around aleppo. President assad of syria saying he intends to keeptil he takes back the entire country. This morning, Syrian Forces backed by the russians and iranians are continuing tound aleppo taking new villages. The rebels, telling newszations saying they dont isis and al qaeda al nusrang to hold the country. People in damascus say why should we stop fighting when they dont plan to the distrust. The u. N. Trying to get aid into the communities where people are starving to death. Secretary kerry when hehis deal, he said it was ambitious. He is turning out to be very, t. Erica. Keir, thank you. Authorities still trying to figure out what led a elding man to slash his way through an ohio restaurant on thursday night. Berry became known to the fbi four years ago for his radical islamic views. It is not clear if those views prompted thursdays attack. Police say the tragic death murder suicide. The shooting of two 15yearold girls sparked a school lockdowne reported near the cafeteria where the bodies were discovered. Eight shots with one bullet. A suicide note has been found. The teens appear to have been in a relationship. Bonechilling cold here. Dylan is back withe forecast. 90 Million People under a windchill advisory or warning this morning. This is the arctic front that ises. It crosses the great lakes and it is triggering the lakeeffect snow. We could see 1 foot ofke erie. Temperatures dropping today. And thats your latest dylan, thank you. We have more on the rescue we showed you at the top of the show. A woman and her baby in the car when the car is out of plunging into the canal below. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is in london with the video for us. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, such a scary moment. This woman trying to park her car with a toddler strapped in car car rolls over the edge into the water with both trapped inside. With the cell phone camera rolling, witnesses called sterdams 911. Jumping in and swimming to the car. Inside, a mother and toddler of time. You can see one man struggling with the car door. It opens, but the car shifts. More water floods in. Air pockets then the splashes. Another man trying to shatter the window with the stone, but its not working. The car is going under fast. N abraham saw it from his office. He says he ran to his tool box and grabbed a hammer. Then jumped in to the river. At first, even that didnt said. It was very scary. Finally they break through the back window. Pulling the child free and then the mother. Just as the rear bumperbelow the water line. Police told us we were in the water for two minutes, he says. It felt more like ten. In just a matter of bystanders becoming local heroes. That they just did what any have done in that situation. Really instinct kicked in. Mother and child were taken to the hospital and said to be in good condition. Gosh, erica and incredible what force it took to break those windows. It really is. Scary. Thankfully a good the surf is up on the west coast. The maverick surf competitionaves so big, it is like surfing down a fivestory building. A shot at glory. We spoke with some of the daredevils about why they do it. Reporter half a mile 50foot waves. Mavericks is called the most treacherous surf competition in the world. Happen anytime. Stars. 24 big wave surfers. More women are expected next we are making our voice heard we want an opportunity at mavericks around the world. Fearless. Why do you do this . You just risk death. You get as close to it, but escape it. Mavericks different are the water. They cause the waves to pick up massive speed, height and force. Reporter made more intense by el nio. These mavericks surfers are still feeling effects of el nio super charged waves in waters that are already deadly. How big are these waves . A fourstory building coming right at you. Massive wave. Ter the waves are so big, spectators are banned from the shore. He says his job is just like feeds me and my family. Thats what i do. Theres a lot of risk, but the the other thing is, its that or go get a normal job and be a normal person. Reporter you dont want i just dont know how to do that. Ive never done it. The deal is i do what i was put on this earth to do. S ride the tide. A life long it gives you talking about it. Reporter awesome or as they say here, gnarly. Ay it is so intense they had to cancel it . At one point the waves were too big. To see what they postpes you wonder. Still to come, were going to get you caught up on the weeks big stories, including the treat from fabio. And also if you just arent in the mood for love this the holiday in a veryy. Still to come, president s day weekend are full of sales. But should you wait and buy roses are red, violets are blue, you are the president and i am your boo. As we come back on a morning, february 13th, 2016. A little love from the first lady to her boo. This valentines day weekend. Coming up, what the president had to say to her and how it on room. Outside our studios here at 1a, a very small crowd, although, before we came on at the topur, no one was there. Now we have a few folks who are layered up. Layered up out there. We will head out. A big teddy bear. We will get out in a bit. This bonechilling cold is making headlines e coldest air we have seen. In the northeast, we have actually hit our highs today. It is only expected to getghout the day. For the First Time Since that deadly shooting in ol 17 years ago, Dylan Klebolds mom is speaking out. Sue says she thinks of thery day. You will hear from her in our next half hour. And it is a lifetime ban for mets reliever jenry the third time he failed the drug substantial rules. And we hav the recap of the weeks biggest from the war of words in the zika virus. Here are the stories that caught our attention. Frontrunner donald trump won bighampshire. The republican race heating up ahead of the debate tonight in South Carolina. We dont need a president that thinks its a victory to go i dont need to start the fight. If someone starts one in the future, we have to bring out the differences. The cruz damage control yanking the attack ad against marco rubio. Maybe you should vote for more than a pretty face. Woman appeared in adult films. And Bernie Sanders trounced Hillary Clinton in the granite state. The people want real former secretary of state facing a big challenge embracing president obama and turningers at their thursday night debate. The criticism we heard from senator sanders about our republicans, i do not expect from someone running for theatic nomination. Madame secretary, that is a low blow. My price tag is about 100 billion a year and again, paid secretary clinton, youre not in the white house yet. Come out with your hands up. After negotiations, a peaceful surrender after a 41day standoff on the wildlife armed occupation of the federal property of the crime is not a peaceful protest. Zika virus concerns are growing with the summer months away. If i had to decide today, i would not go. Its a race against time. Wiping out zika carrying pose a threat to pregnant women. Researchers believe they can use knowledge of a similar virus to begin a Zika Vaccine Trial as passengers called it a cruise from hell after the Royal Caribbean ship sailed right into a powerful atlantic storm. Seas and winds of 150 miles an hour. They were right in the middle of it. The scariest day of my life. Royal caribbean is full refunds and credits to a future cruise. 50 off is not enough to get me back on snoop is now featuring burger kings latest item. One dogg to another. J. , grill that. And could this be the perfect valentines day date . So, tell me about your day. Straight offthe romance novel, fabio listens and photos. I really like your photos. It is awesome. He has not aged. When i was a little girl, my grandma had romance novels. Grandma . He looks exactly the same. Somebody else who is aging well. Snoop i dont think there is not a product out there that he wont pitch at this point. Its true. You know mercial is hilarious. It is so good. All fluffy and whatnot. The guy who gets vaped so promoting something grilled. No, no. This is probably a good time to check the weather. Okay. N. Lets talk about california. That is where the hot temperatures are. Springlike warmth. Rainy and below average out west san francisco, 65. Los angeles should get into the 80s today. Normal high is about 13 degrees below will stay above that. San francisco will stay in the mid70s. San diego stays in low 80s. Likely get close to 90 degrees on tuesday. If the