Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Amna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, a monster winter storm is expected to bring frigid temperatures, heavy snow, and dangerous ice to more than 200 million people across the country.

Images of a five-year-old boy being detained by ICE in Minnesota trigger outrage.

We speak to his school superintendent.

There are very many ICE agents right now in our community.

They are driving around our schools, circling our schools.

They are at our bus stops, following our buses.

And TikTok's parent company finalizes a deal to avoid a bank We're circling our schools. They are at our bus stops, following our buses.

And TikTok's parent company finalizes a deal to avoid a ban that would affect millions of users

in the News Hour. More than half of the nation is bracing for what's expected to be an historic weekend winter storm. One posing dangerous travel conditions, thousands of canceled flights, likely power outages and serious risks of hypothermia.

Between now and Monday, the storm will span more than 2,000 miles from Texas to New England,

pummeling more than two dozen states along the way with a combination of freezing rain, ice, and snow.

Across much of the country, salt trucks are stocking up and snow plows stand at the

ready. Many states are pre-treating roads ahead of what's expected to be a massive and menacing

winter storm. At least a dozen states have already declared weather emergencies.

No state will be immune from feeling the effect of Mother Nature's wrath on this

weekend. What is being predicted right now, whether it's a foot of snow or even a little bit more,

would be one of the biggest snowfalls that our city has seen in years. Forming today across the

central plains, the storm will trudge thousands of miles across the country

before arriving in Maine by Sunday. More than a foot of snow could fall in places in the north.

The south will see freezing rain and sleet. Almost 180 million Americans are under winter watches

and warnings. The chief meteorologist for ACUE weather.

There are many communities that are not typically used to dealing with this magnitude of snow

...