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Will be restored it is quite cold. there are more than 250,000 households in the northeast without power tonight. while we expect this snowfall to taper off overnight, the strong powerful wind gusts will linger through tomorrow afternoon that makes it even more difficult for utility workers to restore power and could even more downed power lines. lester emilie ikeda, thank you bill karins is tracking the storms on both coasts. bill, when will the effects of the nor easter pass? not until tomorrow afternoon, lester good evening we are watching this storm still producing areas of heavy snow. a lot has already fallen the winds are still going the crank as we go throughout the overnight hours. this snow was like cement on the trees. it was hard and wet. and with the winds blowing, it s going to bring down more trees we still have 28 million people under wind alerts and wind warning up the coast to portland, where tonight the winds will howl in the 50-mile-per-hour range in the area ....
To object to the russian pilot s actions. the u.s. is working on options to recover the drone, but the reality is the russians can reach the wreckage before the u.s. can courtney, we know the pentagon has some video of this incident lester, yeah. they re not releasing it publicly at this point while this incident is now over, what u.s. officials here tell me they re concerned about is future confrontation. even with an unmanned drone, that could lead to a military response and then even possibly an actual conflict lester courtney kube leading us off tonight, thank you a late season blast is pummelling parts of the northeast while another atmospheric river drenches california the nor easter bringing with it heavy snow and dangerous winds here in the east, knocking out power to thousands travel conditions have been treacherous for drivers skidding off the road and making for some rough rides in the air while in the west, fast-moving floodwaters making for harrowing rescues. emili ....
Toppled a tree on to this plow truck, landing two people into the hospital in connecticut, and sent tractor-trailers sliding in new hampshire. the snow is so, like, thick oh, god, it s terrible. reporter: after a weekend snowstorm in minnesota, employees scrambled to safety today when a mall roof collapsed. and across the country, a one-two punch as another storm funnels rain and snow to an already waterlogged california 26 million people there facing flood alerts overnight, remarkable rescues from rushing waters. firefighters say they pulled 11 people to safety in los angeles county unfortunately, don t know about the water coming down and how strong it can be. reporter: bicoastal threats bearing down in the final days of winter. emilie, looking here to the east, any sense when the power ....
Reckless what the kremlin is saying, and how will the u.s. respond? also tonight, states of emergency as two major storms slam the east and west coast a powerful nor easter bringing more than a foot of snow to the northeast. treacherous travel in new york, one plane making a bumpy landing, another rolling off taxiway. in minnesota a mall roof collapsing under snow. the west coast braces for more catastrophic floods. the dramatic rescues we re tracking it all. president biden signing a new executive order on guns. what it does for background checks new fallout from the failure of silicon valley bank the justice department and s.e.c. now launching investigations did bank executives unload stock before the collapse? yet another close call on the runway, this time near washington, d.c. my exclusive with the acting ....