welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m whitney wild in for christine roman. a dangerous new storm system headed to the west coast with heavy rain, mountain snow. the pacific northwest will get it first. california gets it tomorrow. right on the heels of the storm that shut down a stretch i-70 in colorado for nine hours leaving drivers stranded. meteorologist chad myers is live in the weather center. chad, these storms have millions of people under alerts right now. there is no relief. there are still two more in the west to come on shore monday into tuesday. the storm that was in denver has taken its energy and focused it down here near lake charles. bumpy weather in houston and beaumont. we ve had two to four inches of rainfall and snow in the high sierra. more snow, more rain and flooding. flash flood watches for rising rivers in parts of california and then when you get up to the higher elevations, winter storm warnings are posted. i m
asking people to give you money. at what point are you asking pe committing outright fraud. the reality is there is a lot of embellishment in poll tickets but when does that become a full blown fraud when you are lying about who you are and accepting other money. that s the big question. daniel strauss, your story is so interesting. illuminating. another reason why local news matters. thank you so much. thanks. inflation has made almost everything more expensive but there are some items that cost a little bit less. and how can an app potentially be targeting your kids? that story next. help make trading feel e effortless and its customizable scans with social sesentiment help you find and unlockck opportunities in the market with powerful, easy-to-use tools
founders were, for a government of limited delegated and enumerated powers, this, however, is beyond poll tickets. that clip is paralyzing with its sheer insanity. i don t know how you reach people like that, ari, i just don t. something that s happened to a small group of americans who define their happiness as the unhappiness of everybody else. they re addicted to furiousness. i actually think dopamine is released in the brain when they get angry. they re only happy when unhappy and i don t know what you do with them besides quarantine them, try and get on with politics without them because they re not coming back. it s interesting you say psychological, george, because you referred to anger, which is ancient, but i m thinking of internet trolling, which is recent, because that s part of where it occurs. and donald trump s use of
elections. well, first of all, i think, you know, talking about international poll tickets and national security threats like terrorism in the united states, there s a strong argument to be made that the biggest national security threat that we face is here inside the united states in our own division and the we weakening of american democracy as being probably the driving gio political factor not just now but for any number of years. the trump-run republican party as you mentioned 78% in the cnn poll this week saying they don t believe the president of the united states has been legitimately elected as a result of a completely unfounded lie. these numbers are as high and in some surveys even higher than they were on january 6th when the original insurrection at the capitol occurred. in many ways, that suggests the political climate in the country has worsened and not improved in
d.c. there was a makeshift city council meeting down there in houston. perhaps some bipartisanship that might grow from here? that might grow from this? probably. let s just start with the here and now. i stopped in my tracks when i saw that moment this morning when ted cruz was speaking, the most conservative of politicians, and sheila jackson lee, the most democratic of politicians and both of whom are, and most liberal of poll tickets, both of whom who are aggressively outspoken about their politics, and kind of zinging the opposite party that they were nodding and applauding and agreeing, and that is the way it should be. and they can go off into their corners and be political when it when the situation calls for it. but this situation calls for bipartisanship and thank