News Wrap: 'Dangerously cold' temperatures expected in eastern U.S.
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Today's other headlines, national weather officials are warning of dangerously cold temperatures |
| 0:05.0 | across large parts of the eastern U.S. heading into the weekend. Winter advisories were in effect |
| 0:10.4 | today for areas stretching from Texas to Maine. Some states in the South Atlantic could see more |
| 0:15.8 | heavy snow starting tomorrow. In the meantime, emergency crews have been working to repair |
| 0:20.6 | icy power lines in Mississippi. In one meantime, emergency crews have been working to repair icy power lines |
| 0:21.9 | in Mississippi, in one case even using a helicopter to access those lines. The state also |
| 0:27.3 | dispatched the National Guard to help clear the roads five days after a massive storm. While in |
| 0:33.1 | Nashville, more than a hundred people lined up outside this church to stock up on food items. |
| 0:39.1 | The death toll from the frigid weather has now risen to at least 85 people. |
| 0:44.5 | President Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to strike Ukraine's capital |
| 0:49.3 | for a week due to the frigid weather there. |
| 0:52.4 | Ukraine has been experiencing one of the coldest winters in years, and Russian strikes have |
| 0:56.7 | repeatedly knocked out heating for thousands. |
| 0:59.5 | Speaking during his first cabinet meeting of the new year, President Trump said Putin agreed, |
| 1:04.3 | though the Kremlin has not confirmed that. |
| 1:06.3 | And I have to tell you, it was very nice. |
| 1:08.9 | A lot of people said, don't waste the call. You're not going to get that. |
| 1:11.4 | And he did it. |
| 1:12.5 | And we're very happy that they did it. |
| 1:14.2 | That's correct. |
| 1:14.8 | Because on top of everything else, it's not what they need is missiles coming into their towns and cities. |
| 1:21.0 | The president also said he's ordered Venezuela's airspace to reopen to commercial traffic, |
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