that's the san francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. porter is "easily the most impressive candidate." "known for her grilling of corporate executives." with "deep policy knowledge." katie porter's housing plan has "bipartisan-friendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down." and the chronicle praises "her ideas to end soft corruption in politics." let's shake up the senate. with democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. the west snowed in. record-breaking snowfall from california to colorado, causing whiteout conditions and closing down interstates with another storm just behind it. meteorologist michelle grossman is here with what's to come. gearing up for super tuesday. nikki haley fresh off of her primary win, hoping to carry

momentum into one of the biggest primary nights of the year, all while the supreme court could rule whether the gop front-runner donald trump can be kicked off the ballot. car theft warning. the high-tech strategy thieves are using to steal certain kinds of cars for joy rides and street racing. can yogurt reduce the risk of diabetes? the fda says maybe. we'll tell you the caveats. and -- >> this for college basketball history. >> caitlin clark sits alone atop the record books, mcing the highest scorer ever in college basketball. happy monday. it's march 4th. "early today" starts right now. good morning. glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera. we begin this morning out west where the biggest snowstorm of the season has been pummelling the sierra nevada region for three days.

on sunday, an avalanche came crashing down on several cars south of lake tahoe. thankfully no one was injured. drivers battled life-threatening white 80 conditions on the roads, shutting down interstate 80 for miles. workers have been working tirelessly to clear the roads. and massive tow trucks had to be brought in to rescue tractor-trailers stranded in snowdrifts that went up to their windows. many semis were completely stranded on saturday. one couple described their harrowing experience driving through the snow. >> i thought we were going to get stuck a few times. it kind of felt like we were swimming through the snow almost. >> and while ski resorts were shut down, some skiers got cabin fever, despite the deadly avalanche risks. >> the storm has been pretty crazy. i've mostly just been hanging out inside. but today we're going go ski some mellow tree lines and hopefully avoid the avalanches.

>> and the region is expecting another storm today that could dump even more snow in the mountains. let's bring in nbc meteorologist michelle grossman who has been tracking that system for us. hi, michelle. >> hi, frances. great to see you. more snow as another system moves onshore. thankfully not quite as im impa impactful, but still could see 4 to 18 inches of snow across the mountains and could add another 1 to 3 inches of rain. the next system moving onshore, bringing that rain, that snow, the wind to the west coast. we're going see heavy rain and snow invading california. then as we go throughout tomorrow, you still see the blue on the map. that's where we're seeing the snow. the heavy rain, that's where we're seeing the brighter colors, the reds, oranges, yellows, extending into the rockies and the steady coastal rain bringing flash flooding because the ground is already really saturated. we could see the rain coming down heavily at times. by wednesday we'll start to dry out and the rain stretching into southern california. but notice in northern california, oregon, we're starting to dry out by wednesday. winter alerts. many will expire by 7:00 a.m.

still, we'll be watching the storm as we go throughout the day. also watching some soggy spots. we'll take a look at that in just a few minutes. >> michelle, thank you. now to breaking news in the race for the white house. nbc news projects that nikki haley has won the republican primary in washington, d.c. making this her first win in the race and awarding her 19 more delegates. and she also makes history as the first woman to ever win a gop primary. haley's campaign now hoping this will give her some momentum in tomorrow's super tuesday contest. nbc's alli vitali has more. >> what a great crowd, thank you! >> reporter: the final sprint to super tuesday. now let's talk what you need to do on tuesday. and what could be nikki haley's final stand. >> yes, i'm going keep on fighting. i need you to go tuesday and vote. >> reporter: on the trail in vermont and maine, two of the 15 states set to vote tuesday when more than 800 delegates will be dolled out. >> next up, as you know, super tuesday.

>> reporter: donald trump notched caucus wins in idaho and missouri this weekend. now barreling into tuesday with his mind already on a general election rematch. >> and this november, virginia is going to tell crooked joe biden you're fired, you're fired, get out of here. >> reporter: and glancing blows at his sole gop rival haley. >> you know who bird brain is, right, nikki. >> now saying she may not keep a pledge she took to support the eventual republican nominee. >> i think i'll make whatever decision i want to make. >> reporter: and trump saying he doesn't want moderate republican voters in his party. >> we're getting rid of the romneys of the world. >> reporter: but trump also stumbling at times. >> did you just see maduro? venz drz. >> reporter: mispronouncing venezuela and seeming to say barack obama is the current president, no biden. >> and putin has little respect for obama. >> reporter: >> supporting donald trump. >> donald trump.

>> reporter: even as he escalates and outlight lies about immigration. >> they're pouring into our country in addition to everything else. it's so crazy. who would want this? biden's conduct on our border is by any definition a conspiracy to overthrow the united states of america. that's what's happening. >> thanks to ali for that report. and later this morning, we could learn whether trump will be on the ballot in one super tuesday state. the supreme court is set to release decisions today. likely among them is the highly anticipated ruling on whether trump can be kicked off the colorado ballot. in december, the colorado supreme court ruled trump was ineligible, citing the constitution's insurrection clause, but the decision was put on hold until the supreme court weighs in. the justices' final ruling is expected to affect not only colorado but also illinois and maine. both have also removed trump from the ballot. on sunday, selma, alabama commemorated the 59th

anniversary of bloody sunday. it is the day that police attacked hundreds of civil rights demonstrators trying to march across alabama, in support of voting rights. vice president kamala harris and other leaders led the procession that marched across the iconic edmund pettus bridge. kamala in the same speech in selma, vice president harris also addressed the situation in gaza. she demanded more aid be let into gaza and delivered the biden administration's most direct appeal yet for a ceasefire. >> given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks. >> for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. good morning, claudio. what's the latest on ceasefire talks. >> good morning, frances. well, if you may remember last

week after taping "late night with seth meyers," president biden said that he was hopeful a ceasefire would be reached by today. turned out to be wishful thinking because we're very faer from that. talks of a ceasefire have stalled once again, this time because israel did not in the end send its delegation to cairo for the latest rounds of negotiations because it said that hamas did not send israel as requested the list of the remaining hostages in gaza. well, that means of course the negotiations are at a stalemate once again. now as you mentioned, kamala harris has called for a ceasefire at least that lasts at least six weeks. because that's the time frame that was on the table on the negotiation table and said that because -- she said that many times too many palestinians have now died and are starving. but perhaps the strongest message that the biden administration has sent to benjamin netanyahu is the invitation to washington to

benny gantz, who is a war cabinet minister right now in israel, but is also the leader of the opposition to netanyahu in israel. now the white house officially said if he is part of a delegation from israel to talk about gaza, the gaza war and the aftermath, but analysts see that as some sort of endorsement of gantz as the possible replacement of netanyahu as the prime minister of israel. and the proof of that, at least according to israeli media is netanyahu is said to be furious about an invitation. frances? >> claudio lavanga for us, claudio, thank you. new this morning, four astronauts are on the way to the international space station. >> three, two, oneia. ignition. engines full power, and liftoff of go falcon, go spacex, and go nasa. >> liftoff happened just before 11:00 last night. three members of the crew are experiencing space for the first time. they will reach the iss early

tuesday morning. well, the west isn't the only part of the country waking up to wet weather this morning. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is back, tracking rain in the plains. hi again, michelle. >> hi there we're going need the umbrella in many spots this morning. we're watching rain not only in the plains but to the midwest as well. also parts of the great lakes. cold air working in the great lakes. that could mix in some snow. as we look at the storm system, see the rain reflected heavy at times all the way through portions of the plains, lower mississippi valley, into the great lakes. and there is that blue where we could see some snow falling, even some wintry mix. that's where you're seeing the purple. throughout tomorrow, looking at the rain chances into the northeast. that's going last for several days. we're looking at days of umbrella action. severe storms across the south. we have risk for severe storms. the greatest risk would be for hail. where the green is likely chance for seeing stronger thunderstorms. places like austine

gulf coast states. 77 new orleans. 81 in shreveport. 83 in dallas. all right, frances, that's your monday forecast. >> all right. see you a little later. thanks, michelle. a routine free throw became a historic milestone in the hands of katelyn lark o clark. >> for college basketball history! >> she does it. >> the iowa superstar became ncaa's college basketball's all-time leading scorer during sunday's regular season finale versus ohio state. she toppled a record set by pistol pete maravich. and from the rising star to the 20-year veteran, on saturday, the lakers' lebron james became the first player in nba history to reach 40,000 career points.

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