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San Francisco City hall lit up in honor of the 49ers. Take on the packers tomorrow in green bay in the wild card playoff round. Bound to be an historic game. One of the coldest in history. So cold, some are already calling it the arctic bowl. Temperatures could drop below zero. It is going to feel more like 15 below. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Extremely cold, dense air, descending upon a wide area of the nation from the midwest to the east coast. Tonight, the mercury is taking a dive into the danger zone with many places, bracing for subzero temperatures. Here is abc news reporter...

After a massive sink hole opened up this afternoon. The sinkhole is 10 feet deep. South of highway 116. Road crews are taking all of the precautions necessary to prevent accidents but they say sinkholes are not uncommon during stormy weather. We are taking safety precautions to make sure that a car does not fall through and fall into the hole. The crews say the road could be closed up to three days while they patch up the hole. Also, in sanoma county, a house on cozy court was hit hard when a fur tree came crashing down of the the tree splintered into pieces and knocked out power in the area. ...

sestanding by live -- reggie is standing by live with details. >> reporter: the president spoke for about 30 minutes to a soldout crowd here at the masonic center. those who attended and decided to eat pays more than $30,000 to hear the president's speech. mr. obama focused mostly on his accomplishments during has time as president. >> we're starting to see what change looks like. [ cheering and applause ] >> change is the first bill i signed into law. that says women deserve to know equal day's pay for an equal day's work. that's what change is. change is the decision we made to res...

just phenomenal. >> reporter: after leaving the freeway the chase continued into the cottage park neighborhood just west of the cal state east bay campus. >> i knew there would be blood. >> because? >> because of the sirens and speed. >> reporter: she ran to her window when she heard the commotion. >> how fast do you think they were going? >> the first time i heard it i thought it was 100 miles an hour. >> did ram the officer's patrol vehicle which caused the officer to collide with the front porch. >> reporter: the man the chp officer was after smashed and then ran away but hayward ...

dwyer. we begin with wind and rain causing problems all across the bay area. thousands of people are without power and people are warned about flooded areas. a six-foot-thick tree landed on a car traveling in the slow lane on 101. this happened at st. john's ramp early this morning. rain brought down trees in the east bay, too. in walnut creek, the rain-soaked ground gave way, toppling an oak onto a home. even more discouraging, the rain is not expected to let up any time soon. meteorologist nick o'kelly is here now with the details. nick? >> it is going to be an interesting week ahe...