Got a little dippy going through
the fast setting here.
Just a classic. Let's start off with
a little fun about the weather.
Isn't it cold, dumb and Dumber?
Obviously. There.
It's 6:00 o'clock on this Monday morning.
I'm gonna start Annapolis.
Alicia Lewis here.
It's fun and games, right?
If that's you're actually stuck outside.
Favorite line in that movie really is.
You had two gloves the whole.
You had a second pair of the whole time.
I don't don't ask me to
remember things from you have
to watch it again, Rena.
I have to watch it.
At least you knew that was
dumb and Dumber. I'm proud of
you for that.
OK, well, I will say this.
Our producer did come over and
tell me today that they were gonna.
I would have known it anyway,
but I wanna be full.
Disclosure. Ohh,
it's good to start with humor guy
on a day like today when it is
so cold and we just have to deal,
we have to deal with it.
Ohh yeah, you have to.
I mean, I'm over here you know,
bringing you your forecast outside.
I mean we're one of few stations
that do that in the country and
you just gotta laugh it off,
you know, at least you can prepare
for the frigid temps with layers.
You know, it's a whole different case
scenario when dealing with extreme heat.
You only could take off but so much clothes.
So you know, at least you
could lay her up and be ready.
I feel fine.
Coming out, you know,
bringing your forecast in these
temperatures all morning and I feel OK.
I got my layers on.
So Winchell advisories coating Wisconsin,
Minnesota wind chill warnings north and West,
it could feel as low as
45 below north and West,
you see that wind chill warning.
And we are finding wind chills already
falling in that range right now.
And we could even see some wind
chills fall as low as 40 below and
wind chill advisory spots now.
Right now it feels like 19 below.
Dress for that.
Your current temperature at minus five.
Here's a look at your temps and wind
chills throughout the day today.
So again.
Address for the chill,
and I'll let you know when temperatures
warm up in the seven day coming up.
Thank you, guys.
602 as you're getting ready to head out,
we've been tracking this one crash.
You can see the icon there.
35 W southbound as you were coming into
Minneapolis at Broadway and Stinson.
In between those roads there.
Just a heads up,
it's still blocking the right shoulder,
causing a minor disturbance
for folks traveling around
that bend well this morning.
If you do have to head out,
there's no doubt that you're putting
on a lot of layers this morning.
Yeah. And, you know, it's hard for us to
cover these sorts of stories and not tell
you everything that you already know.
I mean, you live here.
You know how to dress for this, right?
But our Jennifer Austin
is a lifelong Minnesotan,
and she set out to find out some
weather tidbits that she's never heard of.
So maybe, hopefully, you've never heard of,
and she can teach you something right now.
Hi, Jen. Yeah, hey,
I'm learning this morning.
So at least that makes one of us, right?
Hey, first thing you probably heard,
you lose the most heat from your head.
Guess what? It's actually not true.
It's important to wear a hat,
of course, but your head doesn't
lose substantially more heat than any
other uncovered part of your body.
It's according to this study we found
saying that you lose about 10% of
your body heat through your head,
which makes sense if you think about it,
your head's about 10% of the
surface area of your body.
So bottom line,
any area of your body that is not covered up
in the cold is going to lose the most heat.
All right,
so let's talk layering.
I found this super interesting
article from the website Vox about
how to layer properly in the winter.
They actually interviewed an Arctic
researcher about the best way to do that.
So she said make sure the
layer closest to your skin.
Was made of synthetic fabrics or merino wool.
Moisture wicking because any sort of sweat.
Bad news when it's this cold.
Also you want to make sure
your layers are loose.
I'm going to show you mine here this morning.
Why do you want to make sure they're loose?
Because it's actually not the
fabric that's keeping you warm,
it is the insulated air in between.
So super important.
Make sure those layers are loose.
And another thing,
you don't want to put so many layers on
that you're walking around like this
because if you cut off circulation to
any area of your area of your body.
That's going to be bad for hypothermia.
You want to keep that circulation going.
One other thing,
OK,
you probably grab your hot cup
of something when you're heading
outdoors when it's cold.
You think that keeps you warm,
and it does a little bit,
but there's actually a better option for
beverages that keep your body temperature up.
We're going to talk about it coming
up in 30 minutes.
Good stuff.
I think you've.
She also needs a full face mask.
What is it called?
Balaklava. Baklava.
No, that's the dessert.
That's great. That's great dessert.
Delicious and can be used to keep you warm
by adding extra layers of fat balaclava.
Alright, yeah, we'll get you one of those.
Alright 604. Well, we're joking about it,
but the cold can actually be
life threatening for people who
don't have a place to stay warm.
That's why places like Avivo village
are doing what they can to help.
The indoor tiny home shelter in
Minneapolis has space for 100 people.
It is at full capacity.
Saint Paul Opportunity Center also
helping a high number of people
and are reminding others of this.
If you see someone outside,
call 911 because everyone else
might be assuming somebody else
is going to do something about
it and the individual may free.
If you or someone you know needs
housing called the adult Shelter,
Connect in Hennepin County.
The numbers on your screen
612-248-2350. Also,
you can call 211 and connect to
people who have immediate resources
for housing and other services.
Again, that number is 211 for 24/7 help.
Today is another day.
You're going to need the care 11 weather app.
You can use it to get personalized
forecasts for wherever you're going.
It is free wherever you get your apps.
This morning we're learning when the
five former Memphis police officers.
Involved in the beating of Tyree
Nichols will be arraigned.
Court documents say it's
scheduled for February 17th.
They're all facing several charges,
including second degree murder.
The officers are currently out on
bond right now here in Minnesota.
Dozens of people rallied outside of the
governor's mansion over the weekend.
The rally was in solidarity with the family
of Tyree Nichols and the people of Memphis.
On Friday, Memphis police shared
body camera and surveillance video
showing the beating that killed him.
Organizers that marched tell
us that they're hoping for.
Range.
Bring a where, where iness to how
deadly it is when black people
have encounters with police in the
United States and to man not just
reform but transformational changes.
They told us they're holding a rally
later this week for a mere Locke.
He was killed last February while
while Minneapolis police served a
no knock warrant during a homicide
investigation this morning.
A bill that would protect abortion
rights in Minnesota's law is now
headed to Governor Walz's desk,
and he said he's ready to sign it.
It's called
the protect Reproductive
Options Act, or Pro act.
C Gaines is in The Newsroom
breaking down the impact it could
have on people across the state.
Good morning, CC.
Good morning. Well, over the weekend,
it narrowly passed the Senate.
Now, this bill would establish that
every individual has a fundamental
right to make decisions about
their own reproductive health,
including abortion and contraception.
This comes in response to the Supreme
Court overturning Roe V Wade last year.
Abortion is already legal here
in Minnesota because of a 1995
state Supreme Court decision,
but supporters of the bill wanted to make
sure that those protections wouldn't be
able to be overturned by any future court.
Experts say, though,
that Republicans could make.
This is a major issue during the
2024 state legislative elections.
Legally, there's not a lot they can
do at this point because the act.
Again, assuming it's signed into law
basically protects abortion rights.
It also prevents local governments
from being able to enact any
laws to be able to do anything.
So it's it's really the the,
the, the legal options are
foreclosed at the state level.
Of course, future lawmakers could
always pass bills to make some changes.
Coming up in 30 minutes.
We're going to hear how both sides of
the aisle feel about this bill, guys.
Alright C, we'll check back soon. Thanks.
Well, today healthcare workers at U of
M medical students are voicing their
concerns about the proposed merger between
Fairview Health Services in Sanford Health.
If the merger goes through, the two
companies would combine on March 31st.
They agreed to merge 2 months ago,
something they also tried to do 10 years ago.
It faced. Curb criticism, then,
because mega mergers could potentially lead
to worse patient care and higher costs.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith
Ellison is asking to delay the merger,
calling the current timeline a quote
concern as he waits for a formal
response from Fairview and Sanford.
He's holding another listening
session tomorrow in Grand Rapids.
Members of the East Phillips
community in Minneapolis are still
fighting the demolition.
At the Roof Depot site,
they're voicing their concerns about
the demolition of the warehouse at
the intersection of Longfellow.
The 28th St.
East Minneapolis City Council
approved the demolition last week.
Part of the vote was a compromise
3 acres to the community who
originally wanted to transform that
building into an indoor urban farm.
It's gonna be community owned,
meaning 1/3 owned by community members,
1/3 owned by the tenants,
and 1/3 owned by private investors.
So the idea is that this community
has a chance to own real estate and
start creating generational wealth.
Some people are worried demolishing it
will stir up any potential pollutants
that are still on the ground.
The EPA reported finding high levels
of arsenic in the soil from a
pesticide company in the 90s. Well,
gas prices are going up.
Once again, take a look at this AAA
just releasing brand new number.
So right now, today,
if you're going to fill up,
if you left it on E,
you're going to be hitting the
341 a gallon for a regular gallon
of gas here in the Twin Cities,
which is less than the
national average of 350.
It's up $0.10 from a few weeks ago
and $0.40 from about a month ago.
So hopefully you have your little rewards,
your cub savers that you get at,
you know, grocery stores.
Hyvee has
a Costco has upside app
that you did your upside
app. If you have that, yeah, try to
Safeway and you can because. Going up,
it sure is all right.
Turning now to weather,
it's going to be very,
very cold outside.
We're talking about bitter temperatures.
We've been talking about
it all morning long, guys.
Going to tell us just how long
it's going to stick around.
Hey, good morning. You know,
the cold will be sticking around all week,
but once we get the weekend
noticeably warmer, I mean,
temperatures will be a whole lot warmer.
It will feel more like a heat wave with
temps in the upper 20s this weekend.
But that's not the case today.
And then again tomorrow,
we're going to rinse and repeat
with some frigid air. And then.
Temperatures slightly go up from there,
where we'll be, you know,
a a nice little bit of ways above
that zero degree and sub-zero mark.
Right now it is minus five.
It feels like 19 below winds W at 7 mph.
Wind chill advisories all across the
state and into western Wisconsin.
Wind chill warnings north and West.
This will expire at lunchtime.
We could see wind chills fall as
low as 40 below in spots, so.
Layers will be your friend.
I've been out bringing your
forecast all morning.
I have my layers on doing pretty good too.
So temps and wind chills.
This morning you'll see the wind
chill values in light blue.
That's going to be key today.
Air temperatures here,
right behind it,
have a forecast high of only
one degree for us here in the
Twin Cities area and some areas,
outlying areas don't make it out of
sub-zero high temperatures for the day.
So at least we'll bring some sunshine.
That's a plus.
We'll have that vitamin D going
around nice and sunny and bright.
Crystal blue skies today.
Winds W 5 to around 10 mph
throughout the course of the day.
Now tonight, another cold one,
another frigid one.
We're going to see lows fall well below zero.
Wind chills right back down there 15 below,
25 below.
It's going to be another one of
those mornings tomorrow morning.
So we'll be getting you ready
out of the door.
Come tomorrow morning,
I'll have those wind chills, of course.
So come back and join us in sunrise.
Here's your three day forecast.
11 below tomorrow for the low and 11.
For the forecast high and warmer Wednesday,
Zero awaken up temps and 18
for Wednesday afternoon.
Guy
thank you will. Change is
coming to the golden arches.
Yeah, the new product McDonald's
is testing out to try and be more
environmentally friendly then
a Twin Cities Elementary school
making better lunch decisions.
And it's the kids that are
making the choices.
The push at the school at 6:15.