Everyone. Welcome to weekends with el axe wit. A major snowstorm threatening new england with a blizzard warning in effect ahead of a storm expected to intensify saturday night into sunday. It is expected to have the intensity of a category 2 hurricane and it can bring more than a foot of fresh snow 70mileperhour wind gusts and coastal flooding. With so much snow still on the ground many are in disbelief. Still really no sidewalks. Everybody is walking in the streets, the bus stops. Huge mountains of snow. Cant see. Yeah. Its ridiculous. We know were going to get at least 10 inches of snow. Hopefully no more than that. I dont know where we would put it. Well thats because so far boston has received almost 80 inches of snow this winter which is close to its record of 107. 6 inches. Cold air will certainly accompany this storm. On sunday morning, subzero low temperatures are expected for the great lakes, upstate new york and northern new england. Dr. Greg postel is here with more. Good m
Hour. Also in the news making headlines, more signs in ukraine that the ceasefire is unraveling before our eyes. The United States and britain now discussing the possibility of new sanctions against russia. This just a week after that ceasefire supposedly went into effect. In the United States the fight continuing over president obamas executive action on immigration. A battle that could end up cutting off funding for the department of Homeland Security only five days from now. Were on shutdown watch officially this week. Scott walker seems to have turned his Rudy Giuliani problem into a scott walker problem by saying he doesnt know whether or not president obama is a christian. Well look at what he said. Also the oscar frenzy goes to new heights. Well look at a betters guide to tonights oscars. Why does it always seem there are few surprises that win and a lot of sure things that come in. We begin with president obama fighting back on two fronts for one of his top priorities. HiS Immi
We begin with politics. Donald trump gets another voice of support today, this time from the chair of the House Republican conference Kathy Mcmorris rogers. I believe that we can unite around a belief that it cannot be business as usual, it cannot be status quo, and thats more than anything what donald trump represents, he represents hes coming here to to be a disrupter and thats where i believe that a lot of our members also agree that it cannot be business as usual. The Washington State congresswoman has invited trump to speak to the entire house gop though the date has yet to be announced. The Presumptive Republican nominee can look forward to new cash. The New York Times reports that super donor sheldon added son is prepared to pour more than 100 million into Trumps Campaign. He endorsed trump on friday. It was an unlucky friday for bill clinton. He got heckled after showing up more than an hour late to an event for his wife in paterson, new jersey thanks to traffic problems on the
2yearold snatched by an alligator at the theme park. And we begin with politics, one month from the start of the Republican Convention in cleveland and a new report in the Washington Post suggests dozens of gop delegates are exploring new ways to stop donald trump. This latest push centers on changing party rules and allowing delegates to vote for whoever they want regardless of the caucus or primary winner. Their efforts to bring about a contested convention come at a time of growing tensions between trump and the party but the presumptive nominee sees it differently. Here is what he told supporters last night. The party is actually liking me. You know, im an outsider. Im an outsider, and historically they dont love the outsiders. But i think they are starting to like me. Maybe there will be a few. You know you dont hear about the tremendous numbers of people, and im even talking about the politicians that are totally supportive. If one person raises a question its like oh, did you he
Triggering an unprecedented recall by the Worlds Largest smart phone maker. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, im Thomas Roberts in for lester tonight. We begin with states of emergency and the havoc of hermine. After slamming florida as a category 1 hurricane, the deadly system now downgraded to a Tropical Storm could potentially ruin the Labor Day Weekend plans of 30 million americans, with Tropical Storm watches and warnings in place along the eastern seaboard from georgia to connecticut, heavy rain, flash floods, dangerous winds, rip currents all expected to pose serious threats in the coming days. States under emergency order tonight include virginia, North Carolina, georgia and florida. And in the panhandle where hermine made landfall, residents are cleaning up from their first hurricane in 11 years. Our Kerry Sanders is in the storm zone. Reporter in the florida panhandle, de