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Just one day. cnn's ryan young has pulled the short straw in chicago where the temperature is 22 degrees blow zero. ryan, tell us what that feels like on your skin. >> reporter: unbelievable. you're not even hitting the wind-chill factor that we know has now hit 50 below in this area where record setting temperatures so far. the word has gone out to make sure everyone's safe, especially for those who don't have well insulated homes. there are heating centers open all across this area. look at the iconic river here in chicago, it's frozen over. but i can tell you when this wind hits you, it del...

Places with a windchill factor is 50, 70, 70 below. what do you advise then? >> if you have to go outside, keep it short and minimal. dress in layers and loose clothing, hats, scarves. cover your noses and mouths. i'm seeing a lot of lounge injuries, pneumonias. >> neil: it's hard to breathe. >> yes. can it be inflammatory and cause inflammation and swelling in your lungs and cause wheezing and coughing in your lungs where you end up in respiratory distre distress. it's important to stay indoors, take your medication and use your inhaler. >> neil: we go to minus 45 and then by this weekend, it...

Recording busting heat in australia. temperatures today climbed to almost 116 degrees in adelaide, northwest of melbourne. that broke the record set 80 years ago. in melbourne, it was 105. made things tricky at the australian open. the refs had to stop play to close the roof because the heat was unbearable. making life work where the sun don't shine or hadn't shown for 66 days until now. the place is barrow, alaska. the locals called it utiavic. we'll stick to barrow. population 4,000. location 320 miles above the arctic circle. it's near the top of the world. and it's always cold. in fact, ri...

Struggling out here. parishioners frankly. so i think if they're going back to work, it's easier, much easier to sit down and make a deal. at least i think the deal with the democratic leadership could be done. >> neil: it's closer than it would appear to your point. congressman, thanks very much. >> good talking with you. >> neil: forget the political cold. how about the real cold? minus 35 degrees. the coldest in minnesota. that doesn't include the windchill factor. the bitter cold has folks bundling up and turning up the head. throughout the west, the east coast, paul williams has more. pau...

When the ball drops. chad myers has the forecast. very different new year's eve this year than last year, right, chad? >> 50 degrees warmer this year than last year with the windchill factor last year being 5 degrees below zero. this year it will feel like 45 above. it will be raining, no question about it, raining in ohio, nashville, atlanta, georgia, even potential for afternoon tornadoes with the storm system. it is a big storm. but it is not a white storm unless you're in michigan, wisconsin or back into iowa. that's where the cold air is. the rest of the u.s. is well above normal for this...