We start the day's other headlines with the growing pressure on New York City's Mayor Eric Adams.

New York Governor Kathy Hochel met with political leaders in Manhattan today as she weighs whether to remove him from office.

Four of Mayor Adams' top deputies resigned last night amid growing questions over his ability to govern the city.

It followed a decision by the Justice Department

to drop its corruption case against Adams

on the grounds that it would allow him to focus

on President Trump's immigration crackdown.

Federal Judge Dale Ho ordered a hearing tomorrow

that will look into that Justice Department decision.

Weather officials are warning a record cold across the central U.S.

as the season's 10th and most severe polar vortex

the region. States in the Rockies and Northern Plains

are experiencing temperatures as low as minus 60 degrees in some areas

when factoring in wind chill.

Further south, a band of states from Kansas to Virginia are facing snowstorms.

That comes as Kentucky and other parts of Appalachia are still cleaning up from recent flooding.

Governor Andy Bashir told reporters today that the death toll there has risen to 14 as officials pivot to what comes next.

The Kentucky National Guard is transitioning from life-saving missions to recovery efforts focused on debris removal,

restoring access and transporting supplies to affected communities, and we're going to be pre-positioning guard assets for the coming snowstorm.

At last check, more than 50 million people were under winter weather alerts

from the central plains to the coast of the Carolinas,

as heavy snow and wind are set to sweep through the region.

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