Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South.

An Arctic blast can plummet temperatures by 30 to 40 degrees this coming week, and the Florida Department of Transportation is preparing.

An Arctic blast is plunging south and could bring snow to areas of north Florida next week. "Women LOVE when you pay attention to this." Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said statements in President Biden’s farewell speech came much too late in a Thursday statement,