spinning its wheels in the ohio valley. that means our atmosphere will get morend more unstable with time. that s the reason the severe threat peaks between noon and 6:00 p.m. download your nbc washington app. we ll send you push alerts for any severe weather watches or warnings right to your phone. we re in the upper 50s to near 60 your. kids grab the umbrella. you will absolutely, positively need it today. no outdoor recess, no after-school playtime. melissa? thias situation h cleared. arlington northbound gw parkway near the key bridge. lanes are open. delays still hanging around. it s out of the way. a good thing this morning. 66 and 95 in virginia. no big complaints right now. outer loop, outer loop of the beltway also looking good, and at this moment, the beltway is dry. wasn t the case a short time ago. live look at 95 here at 1 8rt noound and southbound, everything looking quite good. we ll look at 270 and your travel times coming up. thank you. it is 6:01. we r
good morning to all of you. we are grateful to have you, as always. we want to begin with official this is california because they, unfortunately, are three more people have died. firefighters are battling two dozen major fires across california alone. more than 3 million acres burned this year. they ve destroyed at least 4,000 structures. oh, my god. in oregon, officials say at least eight of the fires there may not burn out until the winter rains begin. across california and oregon and washington state, at least 33 people died in these wildfires. this morning, we re learning about two of them. 13-year-old wyatt top, died in oregon on tuesday. he and his dog died. they were huddled together in a car. they were trying to get away from the flames there. wyatt s grandmother, she was found in another car. wyatt ended up going back to the car and tried to drive his grandmother out. so he attempted to drive that car and the roads are so hot that it burnt up the tires. and
i m laura jarrett. 5 a.m. in new york. 50 days until election but of course we may not know the result that night or even that week so be ready for a long, drawn out presidential election. we ll have much more on that. we begin this morning with the nation confronted by three serious crises. the raging wildfires on the west coast. the death toll rising to 35. 25 in california. they have burned 4.6 million acres. that s the equivalent of connecticut and rhode island combined. the major cities along the west coast likes los angeles, san francisco, seattle are feeling the effects. i listen to the fire professionals. it s been very clear that years of drought that we re seeing, whether it s too much water or too much rain or too little, this is climate change. mother nature is physics, biology, chemistry. she bats last and she bats a thousand. that s the reality we re facing, the smash mouth reality. this perfect storm. the debate is over around climate change. just come to t
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