if you ask them what hope >> he's not liberal enough, that's what he's insinuating. >>steve: 22 minutes before the top of the hour. an extreme weather alert for the northwest. an unusually strong storm, heavy rain, record rainfall turn streets into a record mess. maria molina is tracking it at the weather center. >> the real issue with the storm system is typically we don't see them this strong until later on in the season. later on, parts of october and the months of november and december. we are looking at a storm system that isñi producing a lot of heavy#b%99ñ flooding has been a concern. number of watches remain in effect across parts of washington, oregon and idaho. that rain still coming down at this hour but it was much heavier during the overnight hours and on sunday when the system