Good morning and welcome to sunday today on this march 3rd. Im willie geist. Residents in the mountains of california and nevada are hunkering down again this morning as a new blizzard threatens to bring ten feet of snow. Travel all but impossible as hurricanestrength winds create whiteout conditions, closing a major interstate and creating Power Outages across the region. Well have the latest in a live report from the storm. Plus, our sunday focus on the southern border where the current and former president visited on the same day this week, as voters say immigration is a toppish knew this years highstakes election. Then to our sunday spotlight on the famed photographer who has built friendships with some of the biggest names in music while taking their pictures. And later a sunday sitdown with one of the brightest young stars in hollywood, sydney sweeney, fresh off her big snl hosting gig last night, on her quick rise to fame with her hit movie anyone but you and the cultural sensation euphoria. Its amazing. Its become a part of the culture. My brother when he was a freshman and sophomore in college, they were throwing euphoriathemed parties. A sunday sitdown with sydney sweeney. Plus another life well lived later in the show. Lets begin with that monster blizzard slamming the sierra nevadas this morning. Nbcs Steve Patterson is in the middle of it all for us. Steve, good morning. What does it look like out there . Reporter you know, willie, some storms are infamous for their raw power. This one has to be for its pure stamina, dumping these sheets of snow on this region, in some cases continuously since thursday night. Still, 6 million americans across the Mountain West under some form of winter storm warning with now thousands of people without power. Of course the real danger has been on the roadways. Weve seen several spinouts and roll overs. The major thoroughfare, interstate 80, shut down for days for 100 miles with officials giving us no indication on when that will reopen. In the meantime, this region facing five to ten feet by the end of tonight. You go up high enough, though, that turns into 12 feet with those hurricaneforce 100mileanhour wind gusts. The good news about all of this is it is finally sunday. This is when many of the models have been predicting we will get a break in this storm only for another smaller system to follow behind it, but people here say they are prepared. Willie . 12 feet of snow, unbelievable, in parts of california and nevada. Steve patterson in truckee, california, for us this morning. Steve, thanks so much. Meanwhile, in texas this morning, firefighters are battling the largest wildfire in state history. Strong winds, warm temperatures, and low humidity all in the forecast today fueling the Smokehouse Creek fire that has killed at least two people and burned 1,700 square miles, more than a million acres. The Israeli Military released its findings of an investigation into the death of civilians who surrounded an aid convoy in gaza last week. According to the idf, the civilians were trampled and Israeli Forces did not carry out a strike on that convoy. This, though, contradicts the accounts of eyewitnesses and doctors who say many people were shot in the incident. Meanwhile, the United States and jordanian militaries carried out a joint mission on saturday to air drop 38,000 meals to the civilian population of gaza. Amnesty international criticized the move as completely insufficient, in their words, asking for larger deliveries of food and supplies by land. Former President Trump took another big step on saturday toward winning the republican president ial nomination. He defeated nikki haley easily in caucuses in the states of idaho and missouri while also picking up every delegate in michigans convention caucuses. That delegate total now stands at trump 247, nikki haley 24. And trump is poised to roll through the super tuesday states, now just two days away. Nbcs ali vitali is following the campaign for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. Thats right. Allimportant super tuesday drawing ever closer as former President Trump continues to dominate in every other primary or caucus so far this year. That includes those you mentioned last night. And on tuesday 15 states hold primaries with more than 800 delegates up for grabs. That could put trump on the brink of clinching the gop none nation. But super tuesday may be the last stand for mr. Trumps sole rival, former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley vowing to stay in the race through tuesday before taking it, in her words, stepbystep after that. And trumps successful week on the trail only sweetened by legal victories across three of his major court cases. First the Supreme Court agreeing to take up whether trump can claim president ial immunity over election interference charges. That holds up the department of justice case until the court makes a ruling. Second, theres no date set yet for his classified documents case likely pushing it back to at least the summer. And finally in georgia, a judge still waeing misconduct claims against Fulton County d. A. Fani willis that could impact if willis is disqualified from trying that election interference case against trump there. In short, its delays, delays, delays, which is exactly what trump and his team have been hoping for ensuring all of this legal drama plays out much closer to election day come november. Willie . A lot to sort tloo. Ali vitali doing it for us. Thanks so much. Kristen welker is moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Its great to see you. With everything ali laid out, it does feel like a milestone week. You have super tuesday, donald trump expected to roll through the states. Nikki haley could drop out after super tuesday. President biden has his state of the Union Tuesday night. Some things have tipped from Donald Trumps favor. How are the campaigns feeling about a general election . Well, willie, i spoke to aids who are close to President Biden, and they say the general election he canively begins in earnest this week because of super tuesday but, of course, his state of the Union Address, i am told, thats when the gun will effectively go off for his campaign. That means more ad campaigns, more campaign stops, the Ground Campaign really moves into a higher gear. And, of course, all eyes will be on his state of the Union Address both for the policies that he talks about. Im told expect him to talk a lot about lowering prices and the performance, given all of the scrutiny he has been under, polls that show a majority of americans have real concerns about his age and ability to serve another four years. Again, to super tuesday, will nikki haley drop out . I asked her. Shes defiant, willie. She says she just has to show shes still competitive. Said she has no plans of leaving this race. Willie . I guess we will find out on wednesday morning. Kristen, thanks so much. A very busy meet the press this morning joined by former Ambassador Nikki Haley as well as democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingell of michigan. And be sure to tune in to our coverage of super tuesday starting at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on nbc news now and continuing with a onehour special hosted by lester holt and savannah at 10 00 on nbc. Lebron james added to his legend last night. The 39yearold superstar became the first player in nba history to score 40,000 points in a career reaching this mark in the Second Quarter of the lakers game against the nuggets. Nice spin move and lefty there. James celebraing with a 40 on the sidelines. The biggest star in the womens game has her eye on another record this afternoon. Iowas Caitlin Clark could become the greatest scorer, man or woman, in division i College Basketball history as she plays in her final home game. Jesse kirsch is in iowa city for us. Jesse, another game, another shot at history for Caitlin Clark. Reporter yeah, willie, good morning. A lot of anticipation building. We are expecting a full house in iowa city. Thousands of fans, some of them flying in just for this game, all hoping to see College Basketball history. Caitlin clark is rapidly approaching the top of the scoring leaderboard for all of division i ncaa both for men and women. To reach that level, to shatter that record, she will need to do something we have not seen in more than 50 years. Clark for the win reporter with her colossal threepointers and wild passes clark whipping it down low reporter Caitlin Clark electrifies arenas even on the road. The iowa hawk is closing in on pete maravichs ncaa alltime scoring record for division i basketball. Records getting closer and closer. Reporter in 1970 pistol pete ended his lsu career with 3,667 points, some fans in iowa city think today a different sharpshooter will take the throne. A woman doing it, thats even better. I think its going to inspire both boys and girls. Reporter clark is already on a historic run. Last month she became the alltime Ncaa Division i womens scoring leader, then she topped the list for Major CollegeWomens Basketball overall. It was all the people in front of me that have paved the way for Womens Basketball and players like myself. Reporter she inspires sellout crowds, and shes far from finished. The iowa guard announcing this week shes entering the wnba draft, but she says right now shes focused on college hoops. My goal is to win a national title. Thats plain and simple. Thats what i want to do. Reporter first comes senior day against ohio state this afternoon. Clark, meanwhile, says with her next career move decided, shes trying to enjoy the game. Thats my biggest focus going into the rest of the year is just smile, have fun, play free. Reporter clark also express ing gratitude for her teammates saying they are facing pressure, too, and have always had her back. No question about it, this community, this fan base, people all over the country are thinking about Caitlin Clark. This giant banner we saw when we got to town yesterday, people stopping to take photos with number 22 herself. And when you talk about this record, willie, she is so close and seems all but inevitable she will break the record. She still has her final regular season game, senior day today. Then she has the big ten tournament, then march madness on top of it. She needs 18 points, and shes been averaging more than 30 points every game this season. We are expecting to see history in the making here in iowa city today, willie. Ill try to save you a seat, but no guarantees. This is a tough ticket to get. You cant get in that building, but i will be watching at home with my family. She is amazing. You cant overstate what shes done for points. 18 points is light work for her. Shell get that by good sunday morning. Its 6 12. Were taking a look out towards walnut creek. Temperatures in the low 40s. Blue skies in San Francisco, as well, with a few storm clouds, 48 degrees there. In san jose, slick roads around downtown, 45 degrees. Satellite and radar, we see that activity is calming down, pushing to the east. Just some spotty showers and snow on top of mt. Diablo through the east bay. 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