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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140128:19:20:00

of emergency today, and is urging people to stay off the roads over the next few days. this storm is bringing, as you've probably heard by now, snow, freezing rain and certainly dangerous ice to parts of the country not used to severe winter weather. meanwhile, the midwest and northeast continue to feel the grip of subzero temperatures as the national propane shortage reaches critical levels. in minneapolis today, wind chills are expected to reach 50 degrees below zero. wind chill warnings and advisories are in place all the way from montana to maine. and more than 3,000 flights have been cancelled today, a majority of the cancellations from atlanta's hartsfield-jackson and houston's george bush intercontinental airport, and gabe gutierrez is in columbia, south carolina. it looks a little better, the rides behind you, than what we're seeing right now in parts of louisiana. but this is another bad few days here, gabe. >> reporter: that's right, tamron. the roads are doing fine so far,

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140127:20:21:00

as propane shortages spread. and look at the temperatures. memphis, feels like ten degrees colder than new york. look at chicago. minus 24 is the feels-like temperature, at 2:30 in the afternoon. minneapolis, minus 28. think about overnight. officials in dozens of states have already declared a state of emergency over the propane shortage, and temperatures are dangerously low and the cost of keeping warm is climbing higher. garrett is positioned in a place where his mother would say no open fires. outside of chicago. what are people doing to stay warm with the propane problem? >> reporter: a lot of people are throwing on a few extra layers of clothes, but for the most part they're paying a whole lot more to do it. with the shortage, the price of propane has reached the highest level it's been in more than 20 years, one guy says his heating bill just this last month is

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140127:16:32:00

homeowners faster so everyone can stay warm. garrett tenney live in a very frigid illinois just outside of chicago right now. hi, garrett. >> reporter: hey, patti ann, it is negative 21 degrees with the windchill. frigid temperatures across all the entire country have come at a horrible time with the pope train shortage. -- propane shortage. more than a million businesses do as well. this propane shortage is causing all the people to cut down on their propane usage. you mentioned 31 states that declared a state of emergency trying to get more of that propane into those states with the people can fuel their homes. now this low supply and high demand come from the really frigid winter we've had so far this year, that has combined for some of the highest prices they have seen in propane in more than 20 years. we talked to one homeowner who

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140127:20:22:00

more than three times as expensive as just back in october and november even. take a listen. >> hopefully mother nature will let up on us a little bit and give us a break here. obviously this cold weather is not helping at all. so, right now we're just hoping we're going to have enough propane to get through this. >> reporter: he is just hoping they can get through this, but the shortage is not expected to let up. expected to carry through the spring and to make matters that much more difficult, state officials are asking people to try to conserve the propane they too have, but with these type of temperatures, that's pretty hard to too. >> why there is a propane shortage? >> reporter: you know, that's a great question. i learned that propane is used to help try out corn. in this last fall they had a huge corn crop that came through and it was very wet so they used huge chunk of the propane to dry

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140127:16:31:00

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140127:21:27:00

just breaking records left and right, neil. we'll continue to monitor it. back to you. >> yikes. that arctic blast not just driving up home heating bills. it's driving up costs for super bowl parties. what's going on? >> reporter: this nationwide propane shortage is not good news for anybody. 14 million households use propane to heat their homes. so, is propane shortage is going on, the prices have gone up as well. prices at the highest point they have been in more than 20 years so home owners' bills are more than three times what they were three months ago. so those propane bills, 14 million households, that's how many people use it to heat their homes. we know a lot more people than that will be tuning in for the super bowl and a lot of them will be grilling so propane prices will affect them as well.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140127:14:09:00

we'll give you update. meantime, is it getting ridiculous yet? more arctic air blasting the country bringing dangerous windchills to the midwest and northeast. in the dakotas it could be minus 60. mercury dropping like a rock for so many millions of others. some states are struggling to get above zero. it is like minus 10 in places like indiana, ohio. real temperature, minus 10. ongoing cold leading to shortage of propane gas in 30 states. that's what you do not want. state of emergency declared for many. garrett tenney is live in sheridan, illinois, outside minus 21 with the windchill. garrett, how is it going? >> reporter: you feel every bit of that negative 21 degrees. we have a couple inches still on the ground. this propane shortage, bill, as you mentioned, more than 30 states are affected by this so far. more than 14 million people across the country use propane to heat their homes.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140127:10:03:00

modified because it's just too dangerous to stay outside for long periods of time in these conditions. there is also a propane shortage across the midwest so many people are looking for heating alternatives. this relentless weather pattern is really starting to wear on people in this part of the country and it's only january. the temperatures are falling here in chicago and the temperatures are supposed to remain below zero for the next two and a half days. meantime, the wintery mix is supposed to reach the deep south part of this country by tomorrow. brutal even for winter's standards. live in chicago, i'm wendy woolfolk, back to you. nbc's bill karins on this deep freeze? >> wendy looks way too good and way too comfortable. >> she looks good. >> must have jumped out of a warm truck or something. >> i was going to say that. >> they are canceling school in the midwest because the winds are nasty. all of that is headed to the deep south. that's the big story.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140125:23:13:00

where we need it. >> reporter: part of what they're doing is under department of transportation emergency order, truck drivers are driving extra hours to speed up propane deliveries to those states that need it. gregg? >> thanks very much. we are still seeing dangerously cold temperatures in parts of our country. it's making that propane shortage that bryan was talking about a lot worse. snow storms hitting some areas in the midwest and northeast. take a look at cleveland, ohio. snow combining with the strong winds there are creating treacherous driving conditions. meteorologist janis dean has the entire country covered from our fox extreme weather center. it's still pretty awful out there. >> you know, i'm like a broken record these days. storm after storm. then of course, we've got the warm temperatures across the southwest. because we've got this blocking pattern, we have a dip in the jet stream here across the great lakes, midwest and northeast, and over to the southwest, we've

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140125:23:11:00

the first step to authorizing birth control coverage. gregg? >> millions of people are feeling the pinch of a propane shortage right now as record breaking cold weather is keeping much of the nation in a deep freeze. the gas often used outside metropolitan areas to heat homes and schools and poultry farms. brian yennis is live with the latest. hi. >> reporter: hi. it's pretty simple. a shortage of propane gas, plus a huge demand thanks to the january weather equals high prices. that's bad news for the homes who rely on propane for heating. the retail price for propane gas in the midwest hit around 4.30 a gallon on friday. that is more than double the price of gas just five days ago. for some perspective, the average price last winter was 1.74. the gas is especially important in rural areas, the midwest and the south where propane is also

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