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ISU, Drake cancel classes due to extreme cold Share Updated: 7:05 AM CST Feb 15, 2021 ISU, Drake cancel classes due to extreme cold Share Updated: 7:05 AM CST Feb 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript EVENTUALLY. NEW THIS MORNING, BOTH IOWA STATE AND DRAKE UNIVERSITY HAVE CANCELED IN PERSON CLASSES BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME COLD. THE UNIVERSITIES SAY ALL ONLINE CLASS ALSO CONTINUE AS PLANNED. STUDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THEIR UNIVERSITY EMAIL FOR UPDATES ON THIS ANTI-SPECIFICS. IOWA STATE SAYS MOST BUILDINGS ON THEIR CAMPUS IN AMES WILL BE CLOSED AND DIN TRACKING THE ...

God. so help me god. >> and president nixon taking the oath of office for his second term. well, it's turned out to be a rather cold, blustery day here in washington. the windchill factor is pretty -- pretty low. coming in from the north as that wind is. >> here comes the president's car. the president being preceded by a fife and drum corps. >> all the bandsmen in their colonial uniforms. if weather were a bit warmer, i suppose this would be a somewhat more festive occasion. perhaps it's been the weather, but the crowds have been very, very light. somewhat sparse. not the kind of crowd that o...

So help me god. >> and president nixon taking the oath of office for his second term. well, it's turned out to be a rather cold, blustery day here in washington. the windchill factor is pretty -- pretty low. coming in from the north as that wind is. >> here comes the president's car. the president being preceded by a drum corps. all the bandsmen in their colonial uniforms. if the weather were just a bit warmer, i suppose this would be a somewhat more festive occasion. perhaps it's been the weather, but the crowds have been very, very light. somewhat sparse. not the kind of crowd that one would...

At least 11 people have died as the bitter cold temperatures sweep across the midwest. more than 200 million people are on the path of this brutal arctic freeze. >> nearly ten percent of the country dipping 20 degree business low zero. chicago colder than parts of antarctica and alaska. chad myers is tracking the extreme cold. we are talking about temperatures at the top of everest or at the north pole. what is going to happen next? >> the polar jet stream will break off and we will warm up by the weekend. this is just one little piece of a jet stream that is coming down from the north pole an...

We are not. >> taking things out of context. >> martha: presenting that story quite clearly here for the record. >> understood but it adds to the problem. >> martha: i think, you know, really the question here is whether or not we have become a country and i think, i will say, i think at times we have. we close schools too easily. we shut down businesses too easily. everybody gets the day off at the drop of a hat. do you disagree with that? >> i don't disagree. and this is the point that i was making is that, in general, we are getting soft. it's interesting. my children's schools were cancell...