york city transit said the flooding was due to overwhelmed drains. and more rain hit the area overnight thanks to tropical storm elsa wreaking havoc in new york city. and out west, states are preparing for another scorching weekend. forecasters predict temperatures will be up to 25 degrees higher than average. this comes as california governor gavin newsom asks residents to cut water usage by 15%. the state is grappling with a record breaking set of temperatures and a drought. joe, 100% of california, the state of california, is dealing with high temperatures. just unbelievable. it is unbelievable. it also follows up just historic record highs in oregon, in washington state, in the pacific northwest. why don t we go right now to meteorologist bill karins for more on the forecast. bill, i think you said those temperatures a few weeks back weren t temperatures you saw every ten years, or even every hundred years, they may be every thousand years. and now it s happening again,
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of supreme court justice stephen breyer, the looming showdown over his seat. in just a few moments i ll talk to congressman jim clyburn of south carolina. the congressman pushed president biden to make that pledge to nominate a woman to the high court. also this hour, major developments this morning over the crisis in ukraine. right now a bipartisan u.s. congressional delegation is in ukraine, and it comes as the country warns russia now has 130,000 troops at its borders. the latest on the ground there from our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. also right now, a bomb cyclone is in our sights. you are probably one of tens of millions of americans under a winter storm watch right now. projections for how much snow cities could get from this nor easter are shifting, so stick with us because we re going to track the storm s movement and how much snow you could get and how you should prepare as well. that s all coming up. we are going to start with the next steps on the s
hours from now. after wholesale inflation, a painfully high 8.7%. we thought we saw everything in the game, and a new friend wants to join our party. i know it s an intense playoff game, but i can t help but laugh at this point. ainsley: a picture of vegas. beautiful they are. it s 69 degrees now, it s going to be 92. not a cloud in the sky. gorgeous weather. brian: this trip is where they call it, where kids go to gamble. steve: kids? ainsley: kids? brian: where young men and women go to gamble and celebrate bachelor parties, bachelorette parties. and you can see raider games now. steve: and supposedly they go to that little white chapel to get hitched in the middle the night. this is prime hitchin weather out in las vegas. ainsley: perfect day to get married. brian: do people still go to vegas the same way they use to? steel and i think so. brian: you can t see any people there. steve: well, it s 4:00 in the morning out there. what s very te
at the highest levels of inflation in 40 years and prices are soaring, especially at the gas pump which just set another record high this morning at $4.40 a gallon. the markets already reacting. yesterday the dow tumbled for the fourth straight day as investors began to sour on the u.s. economic outlook. some on wall street warning of a recession because of inflation possibly as soon as next year, mika. that s one reason why president biden addressed it in a major white house speech, calling inflation his top domestic priority and trying to shift blame for rising prices by attacking republicans and what he calls their ultra maga agenda. he also blasted their policy ideas as extreme and said they would make inflation worse, not better. really ask yourself how well are we going to sleep at night knowing that every five years maga republicans, if they re still republicans as i said, this is not your father s republican party. if we re going to have to vote on whether you w