New England Bracing for Nor'easter
ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: The deep freeze in the eastern U.S. is about to get even worse. Hard to believe, especially for New England. People there are bracing for now a powerful nor'easter. CNN meteorologist Jennifer Gray is at the CNN Center with more. What does it look like, Jennifer?</s>JENNIFER GRAY, AMS METEOROLOGIST: And, Alisyn, this comes on the heels of record-breaking temperatures as winter has a firm grip across the country.</s>GRAY (voice over): One-third of the United States gripped by dangerous subzero temperatures. More than 100 million Americans under wind chill advisories. The deep freeze killing at least 11 people, including a 27-year-old woman in Wisconsin who wandered from a New Year's Eve celebration with her friends.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It looks to just be a very tragic accident.</s>GRAY: In Texas, where four people have died of exposure, the Red Cross setting up additional warming centers across Houston.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're offering a place for people that need it to get out of the weather.</s>GRAY: In the Midwest, the wind chill colder than on the surface of Mars. Waterways across the country, from rivers, to lakes, to waterfalls, frozen solid. Even Niagara Falls surrounded by sheets of ice. The wintery mix wreaking havoc on roadways, including a massive 75-car pileup on Interstate 90 near Buffalo, New York. In Massachusetts, firefighters struggle to go work in the bitter cold.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The water freezes on our equipment, on our air packs, on our masks.</s>GRAY: The punishing chill even hitting as far south as Alabama and Florida.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Extra blankets, heaters, whatever it takes.</s>GRAY: Officials preparing shelters and warning residents to stay indoors as they brace for ice and snow.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you don't have a reason to be out, don't be out.</s>GRAY: And that's good advice because we're already seeing icing conditions across portions of north Florida and Georgia. And it's going to turn into snow by the time it gets to the Carolinas and then possibly blizzard conditions for portions of New England. So as this develops, it is going to get stronger with time. We're going to see snowfall all along the coast. New York, Boston, Portland. Hurricane force winds possible. And the snow fall accumulation in Philly, one to two inches. New York City expected 3-6 inches. Boston could see up to a foot of snow. And the big problem with this system, Chris, is that if we see power outages, like we many times do with nor'easters, temperatures are going to be in the teens and single digits by Friday and Saturday. So you're going to have to find a way to keep warm.</s>CUOMO: It's getting colder. J. Gray, already fighting the cold. Newborn baby at home.</s>GRAY: Yes.</s>CUOMO: Welcome to our life as parents. It will end in about five years.</s>GRAY: I'm here.</s>CUOMO: Thank you for the information.</s>GRAY: I believe it.</s>CUOMO: We'll check back with you later. All right, so the firm behind the infamous Donald Trump dossier is defending its research and accusing Republicans of conducting fake Russia investigations. What do they mean? What do they want? Next.