Gearing up for another debate tonight. The field getting smaller as the stakes grow larger. Will donald trump follow through on his suit to sue ted cruz . 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 from nbc news, this is today. Ve from studio 1a in 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 now. That is just the temperature. That is not how it feels 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. We got our fire pit here. Ill hunt some rascaly rabbits here in a bit. 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 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 conditions worse in michigan. I94 shutdown all afternoon friday after two crashes involving ten big trucks and 17 cars. Four people were injured. Sub freezing temperatures led to 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 the fire. Valentines day weekend. This cold weather should not last long. Thank you. We will focus on that. Thank you, sheinelle. Dylan, what are we looking at this weekend . Last long. It is the polar vortex. We will see the coldest temperatures we have seen all season. Temperatures today will not warm up in the northeast. In fact, we are most likely hitting our High Temperature right now. You go to the midwest, minneapolis at 6 below. This afternoon, temperatures will sink into the Single Digits and teens. That is running 20 to 25 degrees below average. Tomorrow morning is the coldest well feel. We are looking for boston to start off in the morning at 4 below. The record is 3 below. That was set back in 1954. We are looking at perhaps recordbreaking temperatures sunday morning. As we go into sunday afternoon, temperatures will be in the teens. It is still about 20 to almost 40 degrees below average 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 average. It is just the weekend. It is valentines day. We should snuggle up anyway. Turning to politics where 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 campaign trail, anything can happen. We have coverage for you with nbcs Hallie Jackson covering the republicans. Hallie, good morning. Reporter good morning. This morning, the candidates are getting ready for the debate. The stage is the smallest with six people left in the race. South carolina has a reputation of being a rough and tumble state. Dont expect tonight to be different with republicans already looking ready to rumble. Reporter in front of a rowdy crowd, donald trump taking aim at jeb bush. He has a vicious streak. Reporter online, a different target as trump warns ted cruz on twitter, if he doesnt quote clean up his act, stop cheating will sue him for not being a natural born citizen. There is more than a little irony than donald calling somebody nasty with the insults and vulgarities. Reporter cruz and trump battling for evangelicals in South Carolina. And on the air waves, ad wars intensify. This one from trump on illegal immigration immigration. His killer, an illegal immigrant. Reporter and this from cruz hit not a republican rival, but Hillary Clinton. The ad spoofs the movie office space but a different kind of film that has cruz explaining why he yanked this off the air. Vote for a pretty face next time. It happened with one of the actresses who was there had a more colorful film history than reporter the actress the star of adult movies who says she has no hard feelings. I have no ill will against ted cruz. He has a job to do. Im a middle class working girl. Reporter the job tonight for marco rubio, prove he can bounce back from New Hampshire. Rubio says he is ready. We have to have perspective here. I had one answer i would have done differently. Reporter Rubio Campaign aide tells me he is eager for tonight and ready to take on attacks directly rather than pivot to president obama. Watch for jeb bush to try to land some punches tonight. South carolina 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 to stay positive well see if that works. Hallie jackson, thank you. Elise jordan is a political adviser. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. There are 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 project themselves. People havent done well trying to attack. You look at what Chris Christie did with marco rubio. It was a very effective attack and really harmed rubio, but christie is out. He was a suicide bomber on stage and took rubio out. That is the fine balance these candidates have to navigate between being too nasty and showing a positive vision and keeping in the race. You mentioned marco rubio. There will be an extra focus on him tonight. Yes. He really needs to have a really strong performance. Script and not a robot candidate. There is a focus on that political background. He needs to show he can be more off the cuff and intelligent. Donald trump in South Carolina at last check, he was up around 16 points, i believe. Primary voters in that state are not just evangelical. Nearly 70 of the voters are evangelical. Donald trump did well with evangelical voters in iowa. How is a guy like donald trump doing well with the socalled god voters. It is interesting he is so far. I think part of what cruz knows with the opening there, when he did the new york values attack, wind. He knew that was effective. What im looking for tonight is trumps use of the foul this is the bible belt and polite culture. That language in front of children is not going to go well. A lot to watch. Elise jordan, thank you. Turning to the democrats where president obama is a major talking behind for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders after thursdays debate. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has more on that. Reporter good morning. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will spend part of the day in nevada hoping to get out the vote for the nevada caucuses next weekend. Both spent the night and they were there to help out the state party to raise money for the Humphrey Mondale dinner. It was a record turnout. Bernie sanders 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 obama. We have got to be honest and to acknowledge we still have a very, very long way to go to create the nation that i know all of us believe we can create. Better off because of his presidency. So i, yes, will build on the progress hes made because i am a progressive who actually likes to make progress. Reporter more and more Hillary Clinton trying to wrap herself in the legacy of president obama. And nevada is that next big showdown and clinton has changed her schedule to spend more time there. So on monday, she will be in nevada and former president bill clinton will take over for her at three fundraisers already back to you. Kelly, thank you. Pope francis is spending his first full day in mexico today arriving last evening to fanfare. Today, the pope travels to areas plagued by drug cartel violence. Later, a special mass. Nbcs Anne Thompson is in mexico city. Good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. This city is buzzing from the rousing welcome given to pope francis last night. He arrived in darkness, but greeted with light as thousands held up the portable light sticks and chanted his name. Children rushed the pontiff on the tarmac reaching out to welcome him to mexico. While dancers in traditional dress performed for the pontiff. There was a mariachi band as well. One offered his sombrero and he earlier in the day on the flight from rome, this sombrero was offered to him. On the flight, he said he was excited to come to mexico. I had a chance to ask him about whether he is concerned about the zika virus that is so prevalent here in latin america. The pope told me no. Earlier, he stopped over in havana for what turned out to be an historic meeting with the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church. The first time the two leaders of those churches met. Pope francis described it as a conversation between two brothers. These institutions had been separated for centuries. Today is official business for the pope. He will meet with the president and give a speech to the diplomatic corps. Then we are expecting the holds mass at the patron saint of guadalajara. Craig. Thank you. An announced ceasefire will really take hold in the country torn apart by civil war. Nbcs keir simmons is in today damascus this morning. Reporter good morning, erica. A peace deal is set to come into place. A cessation of hostilities next week. Already it is coming apart. Secretary kerry criticizing the russians for the bombardment around aleppo. President assad of syria saying he intends to keep fighting until he takes back the entire country. This morning, Syrian Forces backed by the russians and iranians are continuing to advance around aleppo taking new the rebels, telling news organizations saying they dont plan to end the bloodshed. Isis and Al Qaeda Al Nusra still trying to hold the country. People in damascus say why should we stop fighting when they dont plan to stop. All of the distrust. The u. N. Trying to get aid into the communities where people are starving to death. Secretary kerry when he announced this deal, he said it was ambitious. He is turning out to be very, very right about that. Erica. Keir, thank you. Authorities still trying to figure out what led a machetewielding man to slash his way through an ohio restaurant on thursday night. The fbi four years ago for his radical islamic views. At this point, it is not clear if those views prompted thursdays attack police say the tragic death of two teens in an Arizona High School were actually a murder suicide. The shooting of two 15yearold girls sparked a School Lockdown after gunfire reported near the cafeteria where the bodies were discovered. Eight shots with one bullet. A suicide note has been found. Detectives say the teens appear to have been in a relationship. Bonechilling cold here. Dylan is back with a check of the forecast. 90 Million People under a windchill advisory or warning this morning. This is the arctic front that is dropping temperatures. It crosses the great lakes and it is triggering the lakeeffect snow. We could see 1 foot of snow off lake erie. And thats your latest forecast. 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 control and plunging into the canal below. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is in london with the video for us. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Such a scary moment. This woman trying to park her car with a toddler strapped in the backseat when the car car car rolls with both trapped inside. With the cell phone camera rolling, witnesses called amsterdams 911. Four brave people did not wait. Jumping in and swimming to the car. Inside, a mother and toddler running out of time. You can see one man struggling with the car door. It opens, but the car shifts. More water floods in. Air pockets disappear. Then the splashes. Another man trying to shatter the window with the stone, but its not working. The car is going under fast. Ruben 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 work, he said. It was very scary. Finally they break through the back window. Pulling the child free and then the mother. Just as the rear bumper sinks below the water line. Water for two minutes, he says. It felt more like ten. In just a matter of minutes, four bystanders becoming local heroes. And those men told local media that they just did what anyone else would 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 craig, incredible what force it took to break those windows. It really is. Scary. Thankfully a good ending. The surf is up on the west coast. The maverick surf competition with waves so big, it is like surfing down a fivestory building. Some are risking their lives for a shot at glory. We spoke with some of the daredevils about why they do it. Offshore, 50foot waves. Mavericks is called the most the world. Anything can happen anytime. Stars. 24 big wave surfers. Year. We are making our voice heard we want an opportunity at mavericks around the world. Reporter and prove they are fearless. Why do you do this . You just risk death. You get as close to it, but escape it. Reporter what makes mavericks different are the rocks and reeves under the water. They cause the waves to pick up massive speed, height and force. So powerful. Reporter made more intense by el nio. These mavericks surfers are still feeling effects of el nio which causes super charged waves in waters that are already deadly. How big are these waves . A fourstory building coming right at you. Reporter the waves are so big, spectators are banned from the shore. He says his job is just like yours. Feeds me and my family. Thats what i do. This is what i do. Theres a lot of risk, but the reward is great and the other thing is, its that or go get a normal job and be a normal person. That . 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. Reporter which is ride the tide. A life long it gives you chicken skin talking about it. Reporter awesome or as they say here, gnarly. You say it is so intense they had to cancel it . At one point the waves were too big. To see what they postponed it for makes you wonder. To get you caught up on the weeks big stories, including the mustsee valentines day treat from fabio. And also if you just arent in the mood for love this weekend, how you can celebrate way. Still to come, president s day weekend are full of sales. And the spethe first case. A Butler County woman. Who travelled to south america. Butler county Health Director is for pregnant women traveling to central and south america. So far the zika virus has been linked to birth defects in newborns. Only one in five people infected will even show signs of symptoms. With so few cases in the us and even ohio Health Experts are in a bit of a Holding Pattern as more people become educated and aware of the virus. Heres what you need to know. You get zika virus from a mosquito. The sickness is mild to moderate and symptoms will include fever, rash, head ache, pink eye and joint pain. Involve returning travelers. No one has contracted the virus. While in the state. Overnight snow showers have cold temperatures linger behind. This morning most locations have with wind chills below zero. The winds will weekend later today, but temperatures will struggle in the upper teens to around 20 for an afternoon high today. Expected. High pressure will allow winds to relax saturday night as lows fall to around 6 above. On valentines day. A storm center will approach from the west increasing clouds during the day. Snow will arrive sunday afternoon and accumulate 12 inches through the night sunday. Temperatures will remain cold. Highs sunday around 25 with temperatures Holding Steady overnight in the low 20s. A more potent storm needs to be watched for monday. The exact track is still questionable, but it could provide a mixture of rain and snow. Temperatures will begin to climb next week with highs returning to the 30s, with low 50s likely by next roses are roses are red, violates are blue, you are the president and i am your boo. As we come back on a saturday morning, february 13th, 2016. A little love from the first lady to her boo. President obama on this valentines day weekend. Coming up, what the president had to say to her and how it involves the situation room. Meanwhile, outside our studios here at 1a, a very small crowd, although before we came on, top now we have a few folks who are undoubtedly layered up. They are layered up out there. Oh, look. Look at that teddy bear. That will keep you warm. Wel