. >> reporter: the snowstorm also hit parts of idaho, and in spokane, washington, this is the first time they've recorded on this date since they started keeping records back in 1881. forecasters expect the winter weather to continue through the night. >> hunker down. stay warm. and try to avoid traveling. >> reporter: the storm is expected to move out of the area by tomorrow morning though some schools will remain closed on monday. but all of this snow is expected to melt by the end of the week, so everyone here can get back to fall. elaine? >> carter evans, thank you. >>> we're seeing wild weather tonight from snow in the pacific northwest to record heat in the eastern u.s. to a major hurricane in the atlantic ocean. meteorologist jeff bur deli is tracking it all. jeff? >> and even for meteorologists, this is an extreme weather pattern, and we have a lot to talk about. that's for sure. so this epic snowfall in the pacific northwest, the highest mountain so far, some places over 40 inches. we're going to see over four feet before it's all said and done. as you're going to see, we're goi

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. >> the snow storm also hit parts of idaho and in spokane, washington, this is the first time they recorded snow on this date since they started keeping records back in 1881. forecasters expect the winter weather to continue through the night. >> hunker down, stay warm, and try to avoid traveling. >> the storm is expected to move out of the area by tomorrow morning. though some schools will remain closed on monday. but all of this snow is expected to melt by the end of the week so everyone here can get back to fall. elaine? >> carter evans, thank you. we're seeing wild weather tonight from snow in the pacific northwest to record heat in the eastern u.s. to a major hurricane in the atlantic ocean. meteorologist jeff berardelli is tracking it all. >> an even for a meteorologist this is an extreme weather pattern. we have a lot to talk about for sure. this epic snow fall in the pacific northwest, the highest mown taint, some places over 40 inches, we will see over four feet before it is said and done. as you see we will probably see snow not tapering down for another 24 hours in spots. that me

six states have seen record-breaking september snowfall from north to montana spokane, washington, faced p freeze montana's governor knodeclared emergency. in terms of how widespread and pourf fu powerful the storm has been, the national weather service says it could be the strongest on record for early onl one saying we have to pump theug over 40 inches for northern montana this morning the whole storm system will continue to travel north that system will let up this morning, but this is the problem. look at our temperatures right now. great falls, 26 degrees. the feels like temperature in the teens. with all that snow, also a little bit of rain that's mixing in, your dealing with some black ice this morning, and travel is a major concern fic at a the sunshine for southern california you're still in the 70s. following rain for nevada this alaska.n. going to bring another round of snow for seattle then we have record highs on tht we'll talk about that coming up. >> it is unbelievable, what we're feeling over here with this weather janessa, thank you. >>> when you see oprah, you know it i

this car slipped and flipped further west, storms in spokane, washington not as much snow, but a dangerous deep freeze warning is in effect. 6 the dangerous weather system rattled the great plains of this weekend too. in eastern kansas, powerful rain, wind and hail pounded this region and in california -- >> that's bad news. >> a tornado touch down their sacramento saturday. the twisters spinning up debris as it crossed over a dead field. summer's heat held on another week in some places, especially in the south breaking records in north carolina raleigh, 93 degrees. wilmington 94 and charlotte 95. >> scorching that was nbc's kendis gibson reporting. >>> firefighters in surf city are on the scene of an enormous blaze that officials say has spread to at least seven buildings. three houses were on fire when crews arrived. multiple agencies were called in to control the blaze a huge plume of black smoke was visible for miles. no word on what caused the fire. >>> nbc meteorologist. freezing cold on one side. >> you industrial that package from kendis. just a ton going on. and the winter weathe

it will cause the first frost of the season in spokane, washington. it will snow in sunriver oregon, even north of lake tahoe it may snow because of the low. first thing he will do is shove the ridge on the way and the offshore flow will come back tomorrow and push away inland on friday. friday afternoon even cloudy, were not clearing the clouds all day long as we head towards next tati freefo lire pshlyowers weci though, that white and purple you see? snow in the mountains. perhaps as low as 5000 feet last night going from 100 degrees to a snow level keeping us busy. >>> clear night, mild temperatures not as hot tomorrow, more significant cooling is on the way. san jose still above average but nothing like today 86 degrees. palo alto 84, fremont 84, pacifico down to 86. danville 85, still warm, just not hot. therefore 85, brentwood hit 90. san francisco down to 73, mill valley sandy 74. 88 degrees for your thursday. not done yet, calling more on friday, saturday, sunday and this is new even more on monday we bought them at the beginning of next week

further west, storms in spokane washington, deep freeze warning is in effect overnight. dangerous weather system rattled the great plains this weekend too. in eastern kansas, powerful rain, wind, and hail pounded this region. and in california. >> that's bad news. >> reporter: a tornado touched down near sacramento sacramento. the twister spinning up debris as it passed over this field. but summer heat held on especially in the south, breaking records in south carolina. rally 93 and wilmington wilmington 94 and charlotte 95. >> reporter: and it isn't over. it continues especially on the east coast. kate. >>> thank you. rather have the heat than the snow. >>> finally tonight when oprah winfrey comes to town you know you could be in for a surprise. that was the reaction after oprah told a room full of people she is giving their organization over $1 million. she was speaking at a fundraiser in north carolina for the united negro college fund of the her gift will help area students attend historically black colleg.es finally, some math you're really going to like. xfinity in

the september storm reached as far as idaho and spokane, washington, nearly two inches of snow fell there saturday. that is the first measurable snowfall on that day since they started keeping records back in 1981. now temperatures are expected to drop into the teens and 20s, so all of this is going to freeze pretty hard. school is closed in browning where they got 40 inches of snow. gayle? >> all right. i'm not ready. but thank you. thank you so much. >>> we have breaking news out of north carolina overnight where lawmakers captured three out of four escaped inmates from ohio. the men were taken into custody in the raleigh area. they escaped from the galia county jail in the southern part of ohio early yesterday morning. one inmate is at large this hour. tom hanson is in galipolis where they were held. how did they get away? >> reporter: the inmates escaped behind me here in ohio around 12:00 a.m. sunday using a shank to overpower two female corrections officers. according to authorities, the men took down a secured door to the outside and stole a corrections vehicle to make the getaway.

further west, storms in spokane, washington, not as much snow, but a dangerous deep freeze warning is in effect overnight. the dangerous weather system rattled the great plains this weekend, too. in eastern kansas, powerful rain, wind, and hail pounded the this region, and in california. >> that's bad news. >> reporter: a tornado touched down near sacramento saturday. summer's heat held on another week in some places, especially in the south. breaking records in north carolina, raleigh 93 degrees. wilmington 94 and charlotte 95. >> it is incredible to think that in one part of the country they are getting pounded with snow in a snowstorm and on the eastern seaboard it is 93 degrees. >> thanks to kendis gibson for that report. let's get a check on our weather with janessa webb. two very different stories unfolding across the country. >> if you're not ready for wirnt winter, it's time to get ready for the pacific northwest. for the northeast the game is going to change. we're sitting in the 90s. by next week i want you to break out the heavier coat. that cold front is headed our way. yo

spoka spokane, washington, all-time snowiest month of september ever from the yesterday from the snow that fell. it wasn't as much as others are seeing but look at the current snow depth. you're looking at 12, 18, 24 inches of snow. here is the thing. it's still snowing. this is an image taken around glacier national park in montana. seven states under a winter weather alert this weekend and continue through today. you got rain on the front end and that is impacting a lot of areas in the plains. may have severe storms out of it. on the back half of this, that is where we are talking about snow and heavy snow. some it coming down several inches an hour in some of these cases. yes in the lower lying areas maybe an additional 2 to 4 inches is expected from here on out. the eye higher elevations you could have another foot of snow on top of what they have. it feels really cold outside. when you factor in the temperature and the wind it's going to feel like 20 degrees when folks in helena wake up and 24 in spokane when you get up this morning. an entirely different story on the other half

further west, storms in spokane, washington. a dangerous deep freeze warning is in effect overnight. the dangerous weather system rattled the great plains this weekend, too. in eastern kansas, powerful rain, wind and hail battered this region. in northern california, a tornado touched down in sacramento saturday. the twister spinning up debris as it passed over this field. summer heat held on another week in some places. especially in the south. raleigh, 93 degrees today. wilmington, 94. charlotte, 95. >>> family and friends gather to remember a victim of the gilroy garlic festival shootings. trevor was one of three killed. today's memorial service was held at a college where he graduated from in 2017. cameras were not allow inside. the college created a scholarship in his honor. >>> firefighters from santa clara followed in the foot steps of a fallen hero in new york. thousands of people including santa clara firefighters ran from brooklyn to ground zero for the 18th annual tunnel to tower run. it honors firefighter steven sill

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, washington. suicide is preventable. veterans who are thinking about suicide are not alone. if you have veterans in your district who are thinking about suicide call the veterans crisis -277 and text 74741. mr. speaker, let me repeat. the veterans crisis line is 1-800, 273-8255 and veterans asked to press one. veterans can also text 741741. finally, mr. speaker, i would like to thank mr. brindisi a member of our economic subcommittee for bringing this bill to the floor and i reserve. . . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. roe: i rise in support of h.r. 4285, the department of veterans affairs expiring thoshts act of 2019. this represents a bipartisan, bicameral agreement that would extend authorities to help veterans and swift passage of this legislation will ensure these programs continue. the bill would extend through september 30, 2020, v.a.'s authority

i was in spokane, washington, not a huge city with almost 1,000 kids who were just really vocal and appropriately boisterous with a moral message. i was with 600 young people yesterday. and you can't be inspired no matter what your age to see young people who will bring this moral message. they speak from the high ground. when a 12-year-old girl looks at a 60-year-old and says, hey, bub, don't destroy my future. there is only one answer which is, yes, sir, i'm going to wake up and smell the roses and deal with climate change. it is unassailable. it is moving the dialogue. when i'm in new york with the u.s. climate alliance, we have 25 states that are moving the needle, are committed to dealing with climate change. and the rest of the world is happy to hear that message. >> the u.n. moving ahead without the united states. when you look at what will happen tomorrow, president trump not participate anything that summit, what does that say to you? have you written it off? >> well, it would be helpful. we do have leadership from the states. so we have this group that jerry brown and andrew cuomo and i

we'll go to spokane, washington, a republican. caller: we're on tv? host: yeah. caller: good morning to you and good morning to the americans as well. i have a question ever since i saw the opening questioning of the selection committee for the supreme court position which kavanaugh is running for. i happened to catch all of kamla harris' questioning of justice kavanaugh, this was a week before the ford letter was released to the pun. -- to the public. kamla harris kept drilling him, do you know or do you have a association with such and such a person at such and such a law office and kavanaugh replied, i don't know. i don't know. that's a very open question. you think about it, that's an open question. do you have an association with anybody at any business, vaguely thrown out in the wind. this is very curious. hen a week later, ford's privileged letter that was supposedly tightly held in nancy pelosi's office was released to the 34riss and then had a big explosion and there should have been an investigation to it at the right time. kamla harris, what did you kn

demand action chapters in spokane and across the state who are leading the way and staying determined. the second common thread is senate republicans. every time we push for lifesaving reforms, it always ends in the same place with the same thing standing in the way of change, and the most us from trading part of this is that there are steps we could take right now today that will save lives. the house has passed the universal background checks legislation, which are 8, with bipartisan support, but it's now languishing here in the senate despite our calls for a vote, all because the majority leader just won't bring it up. and president trump, who is so willing to use his bully pulpit for far less worthy causes, hasn't used it to take action in ways that could save lives right now. in other words, the president and senate republicans continue to make clear they are more interested in protecting the n.r.a. than the families in my home state and across the country, and that is simply unacceptable, and democrats are not going to stop calling for action. leader mcconnell should break thisy

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demand action chapters in spokane and across the state who are leading the way and staying determined. the second common thread is senate republicans. every time we push for lifesaving reforms, it always ends in the same place with the same thing standing in the way of change, and the most us from trading part of this is that there are steps we could take right now today that will save lives. the house has passed the universal background checks legislation, which are 8, with bipartisan support, but it's now languishing here in the senate despite our calls for a vote, all because the majority leader just won't bring it up. and president trump, who is so willing to use his bully pulpit for far less worthy causes, hasn't used it to take action in ways that could save lives right now. in other words, the president and senate republicans continue to make clear they are more interested in protecting the n.r.a. than the families in my home state and across the country, and that is simply unacceptable, and democrats are not going to stop calling for action. leader mcconnell should break this