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The arctic blast is threatening closures, even here in the deep south. several schools in georgia closed for tomorrow. same thing for tennessee. city and county government offices are closed as are detroit public schools. no school anywhere in minnesota tomorrow. school is out in chicago, milwaukee and in green bay, wisconsin. yes, green bay. the city where, believe it or not, they are playing football out of doors right now. that's where we find bundled up, our george howell. george, we've had you out there hostage almost all day long. how are you doing with the temperature dropping? >> repor...

>> it's very hard to stop, even with anti-lock brakes. >> reporter: to snow piles blocking traffic. >> by looking it looked fine. after i got up here and stopped i wasn't able to continue. >> reporter: you are stuck? >> so i'm stuck. >> reporter: just the reason government offices in washington, d.c., were closed and so many schools in northeast canceled classes. >> the number one is student safety and staff safety. >> reporter: in chicago, the safety concern was about the extreme cold. the temperature dropping to one below. the coldest it's been this early in the season there in 18 years. >> ...

Sliding. >> it's very hard to stop, even with anti-lock brakes. >> reporter: to snow piles blocking traffic. >> by looking it looked fine. after i got up here and stopped i wasn't able to continue. >> reporter: you are stuck? >> so i'm stuck. >> reporter: just the reason government offices in washington, d.c., were closed and so many schools in northeast canceled classes. >> the number one is student safety and staff safety. >> reporter: in chicago, the safety concern was about the extreme cold. the temperature dropping to one below. the coldest it's been this early in the season there in 18 y...

Degrees above average recently. it will feel like a good chill. we drop down to below average. 62 on thursday. same thing philly, 64 with your average about 69. that will be the big difference there in the southeast. we're looking at the same system just off the shoreline, that low will develop. each day kind of gradually creep up the coast. what does that mean, carolinas we'll be pulling in the moisture from that low. look for 2 to 4 inches of rain over the next several days. as that low continues to make its way up the coastline, a lot of people asking what are your plans here? into the mid-...

They described a suspect who looked like christopher dorner. some sort of gunfight ensued there. it went on for about a half hour, and we understand from our sources that hundreds of rounds were exchanged there. they said the suspect fitting christopher dorner's description then took off on foot, took off into the woods and barricaded himself inside a cabin here. >> and we had several reporters listening to that scanner traffic. jacob rascon was there. he is stopped at one of the barricades, said that there were screams. you could hear the gunfire. they were saying that the suspect is has barr...