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We're surrounded by snow and ice. so i'm basically standing in an ice box. it's no-joke kind of cold. >> no joke indeed. dylan dreyer. a once in a generation polar vortex sweeping across the midwest, claiming the lives of five people including a 9-year-old in nebraska. chicago is set to have its coldest day in 34 years. the chicago river is frozen, flights canceled, schools closed. amtrak suspending service in chicago. look at this frozen shut door aboard one train. it's so cold, commuter rails had to literally be set on fire to keep the trains running. let's bring in the one and only al roker...

You know it's extreme weather. more than 100 million americans wilt be in the path of the next storm system that is carving a trail east after drenching california and dumping snow on other parts of the west. thousands of flights are already canceled or delayed and parts of the midwest and south already in the grip of a huge ice storm. there's still more to tell. that's why we'll talk to janice dean, as if all of that wasn't enough, janice, really, more? >> yeah, a look at the temperature change from this time last night, jamie. a 51-degree difference, that was into the 70s, and now we're into...