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>> it's pretty freezing. nothing that i haven't been through before but, you know, it's all good. it's part of living in minnesota. we like it cold up here. >> julie: ray live from minneapolis. you are taking the advice with plenty of layers. it's supposed to warm up today. i don't know what that means. have conditions gotten any better? >> you know, it was supposed to warm up today and go to about 0° but it did not. it stayed in the negative 20s. at one point it was negative 30 degrees. i saw a picture of the thermometer of the national weather service in minneapolis. it's about the same tem...

Polar vol tex. this is chicago, temperatures plunged into the negative 20s. it's not wind chills. it's actual temperatures. how cold is it? the chicago river is almost completely iced over. it's so cold they're setting train tracks on fire to keep them from freezing. in iowa, it's so cold, workers were keeping warm inside this institutional refrigerator. because it was a balmy 35 degrees above zero. and in minnesota, it's so cold. how cold is it? nbc's dylan dwyer had to take drastic measures to protect her own eyeballs. >> with wind chills minus 50, every inch of your body needs to be covered...

>> wins that hold pockets of arctic air have destabilized, allowing the super cool air to slip south d united states. the result? temperatures are predicted to drop into the negative 20s, wind accompanying the weather has the potential to create windshields of negative 50, negative 60 degrees. enough to allow frostbite to said and in a matter of minutes. >> it puts citizens at risk from the cold, their hearts stopping because their body gets so cold, that kind of a problem. >> nationwide, more than 1700 flights were canceled, 8,000 delay due to the weather. when temperatures drop below 0, salt...

The way to pittsburgh. here in chicago as well. temperatures, they will be down into the negative 20s, 30s, 40s in the windchill, single digits in the negatives all across the region today. travel is being affected all across iowa. snow with snowdrift and wind covering complete whiteouts much of yesterday. across indiana as well, they're seeing a lot of same type of conditions. the mayor of indianapolis shut down city offices today. airports in chicago, more than 600 flights canceled so far today. the number is expected to continue to go out throughout the rest of the day as numbers continue. ...

The midwest. this is pretty cool sight when you get some temperatures. this is the chicago river. this is the steam coming off the water and the air is so cold and water is so much warmer it causes steam to kick up along the river out to lake michigan as well. out here on the streets we have a lot more foot traffic than we saw yesterday as temperatures come up into the negative 20s, negative 30s, this is what people in chicago are more used to this time of year. schools across chicago are still closed as well as throughout much of the region. some schools will head back tomorrow. amtrak, the t...