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Minus 37 in detroit. minus 6 in atlanta. our coverage begins with abc's tahman bradley. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, muhammad and marci. this is record-breaking cold. across the country people are dealing with temperatures, 20, 30, 40, 50 below. it is dangerous and life-threatening. from coast 20 coast, life-threatening subzero temperatures. >> that's incredibly cold air in western iowa. we've got brutal cold everywhere you go. still going to feel like 20, 25 degrees below zero. >> reporter: first, the dense frigid air swept across the midwest. zero visibility in michigan, ...

Skinny" on this tuesday, january 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone. i'm muhammad lila in for john muller, who's away today. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> we begin with the deadly polar vortex plunging much of the nation into a brutal deep freeze. >> there are several weather warnings and states of emergency from north dakota to the gulf coast. >> 187 million americans are in facing windchills below zero degrees. in some areas, the low 50s. this morning schools from the upper midwest to georgia are closed. we begin with abc'...

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone. i'm muhammad lila in for john muller, who's away today. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> we begin with the deadly polar vortex plunging much of the nation into a brutal deep freeze. >> there are several weather warnings and states of emergency from north dakota to the gulf coast. >> 187 million americans are in facing windchills below zero degrees. in some areas as low as the minus 50s. this morning schools from the upper midwest to georgia are closed. we begin with abc's ginger zee. >> reporter: ...

♪ cupid draw back your bow and let your arrow go ♪ ♪ straight to my lover's heart welcome back. this next story is about a website that is kind of like match.com, but for moms. >> it helps mothers connect with one another to share tips on everything from fighting colic to finding play dates. here is abc's claire shipman with more. >> reporter: for moms with young children, life can be stressful to say the least. >> the kids, kindergarten bake sale. birthday parties. >> i don't know how you do it. >> reporter: it can also be lonely, isolating. it's not easy to find other moms you connec...

♪ there's bruce singing about that tenth avenue freeze-out. we're not on tenth avenue. we're close. and we're still cold. >> it is freezing. we are keeping warm the best way we know how here at "world news now." we are staying indoors with our snuggies. i hear we look like scotch tape. >> i think it's a good look for you. >> really? >> yeah, totally. >> right. covering war zones in this, i like it. well abc's dr. richard besser with this next story on what happens to our bodies when it's this cold outside. >> in this temperature, you have to keep completely bundled up. make a sealed envelo...