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welcome, everyone, and good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. we're beginning this hour with a countdown to donald trump's inauguration. 58 days until he's back in the white house. and his latest round of cabinet and administration picks friday, his team added at least eight new names in about 70 minutes. more on that from mar-a-lago in a moment. and new concerns from democrats over pam bondi, named to replace matt gaetz. >> false accusations of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election, refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election, she should know better at a former attorney general. we asked for the evidence back then. didn't get it. here we are eight years later, still no evidence. of massive voter fraud. other questions include you know, why she was so quick to dismiss charges against trump university. for their scamming of so many people across the country. soon after she got a political

contribution from trump's foundation. >> and a new warning about former congresswoman tulsi gabbard, trump's pick for director of national intelligence. >> you know the intelligence agencies will be very curtailed in what they want to give or show her. i can't stress this enough. that she is a danger to the men and women in the field who are gathering intelligence to protect us here at home. she is a danger to them in the sense that she could out them to foreign adversaries. that she could out them to a president who could out them on tv. that she could put people in danger. >> one republican congressman says the picks for gabbard and hegseth might not be smooth sailing. >> when it came to matt gaetz, the senate made it clear they were not going to pass him so i think we proved right there that we're not a blank check. that we still have three branches of government. there are checks and balances.

i think you'll see very good hearings when it comes to the pentagon's nominee, the dod nominee. also when it comes to the national intelligence director. they may be able to pass but i think they'll get a good vetting. >> a new reaction in last hour to the trump team skipping fbi background checks for some of his picks. >> traditionally, a democratic and republican administrations with the exception of trump administration, people have gone through fbi background checks and if an incoming administration doesn't want to do this, then we have to ask what are they hiding from the american people. why don't they want these appointees to go through the standard check. this is good governance. simply common sense. >> meanwhile, a new photo today shows the president-elect meeting friday with the nato secretary general at mar-a-lago while one republican senator

announced she's creating a senate doge caucus. while another republican senator signals a clear path for the trump 2.0 agenda. >> we're also going to have to make certain that on day one, donald trump is going to be able to have cabinet members approved and getting to work and we're going to have to give him a lot of clear runway. >> we have several reporters and analysts in place covering all of these developing story lines. we're going to start with aaron gillcrist. are there more trump picks today? and what was with the flurry last night? >> reporter: we got nine last night before the evening was over. we don't anticipate any announcements to be coming out today, but you never know. at the same time, the list of

names we got last night from the trump transition team through statements really did give us an idea of how the, of the importance that the president-elect is placing on areas of public health and on his economic policy plans. he was able to announce the person he wants to be his treasury secretary, scott bessent. as well as his labor secretary, lori chavez, the congresswoman from oregon who lost her seat in this last election a couple of weeks ago. and several other people. you see some doctors on the screen here who would be a part of his team under human service. the da commissioner, surgeon general, also his office of management and budget director. all people who as best we can tell from the digging we've done on them, really do fall in line with trump's line of thinking in thinking about the areas they would be participating in would they be confirmed for his team. at the same time, there are concerns that have been brought up about some of these people.

you saw russell vought there, someone who we know has had tied to project 2025. co-author of one chapter that talked about executive power. there are also concerns about names that have been out there. pam bondi, for example. she's the person who was the number one pick, the second choice for attorney general. someone obviously who has experience in that job having been attorney general of the state of florida for eight years, but also someone who was, who is a staunch supporter, staunch ally of president-elect trump. someone who defended him in his first impeachment trial and someone who's made claims about the 2020 election having been stolen. i want you to hear more of what alex padilla had to say about his concerns about pam bondi for attorney general. >> to president-elect's team and the transition team, nice try. you know. i think a lot of people are saying put out matt gaetz in the

beginning, how crazy that was to try to make pam bondi look normal and more easily confirmable. so now the questions begin. is she going to be an independent attorney general upholding the constitution of the united states or does she plan to do trump's personal bidding? we know what trump wants. looking forward to the confirmation hearing as a member of the judiciary. >> reporter: so when you look at someone like pam bondi, we know she has experience. she's been a prosecutor for a long time. so perhaps during her senate confirmation hearing, that won't be as big a concern as will be the question of what sort of political figure she might be. whether she would weaponize the defense department in a way donald trump says already exists. he says in making this selection, that bondi will refocus the doj to its intended purpose of fighting crime. i think as we go through these

senate confirmation hearings, democrats are going to be raising some of these issues. raising big concerns, talking about fbi background checks not having been done on some of these people. we'll see that out in the open when the confirmation process gets underway. >> thank you so much, aaron, from west palm beach. now to julie who's here in new york for reactions to donald trump's controversial cabinet choices. so, welcome again, julie. what are the main concerns over trump's choice to have former representative, tulsi gabbard, take on the nation's highest intelligence role? >> it is first and foremost, alex, her potential connections to foreign adversaries. you hear democrats talking about this for years. even back when she was a democratic congresswoman when she sought the 2020 democratic presidential nomination. so you have concerns, especially republicans who sit on the senate intelligence committee. that's kind of the first hill for her to climb in her confirmation process. that panel will have to positively report out here

confirmation. her nomination, excuse me, before it to even get to the senate floor. you have people who sit on that committee like tom cotton who are real hawkish, who have real hawkish views and more traditional establishment republican views when it comes to foreign policy, national intelligence, and how important that is at a time like this that we are in. so certainly you're going to look for some fireworks when she comes before that panel. potentially some of those republicans could stand in her way in terms of making it to the floor. but you also have democrats who briefly intercepted with gabbard back in the house. i'm talking about somebody like mikey sherrill who we spoke about last hour. was a former navy pilot. here are some of her concerns with gabbard. >> the fact that she is constantly parroting russian propaganda to the point where they're calling her comrade, it seems as if that is a national security threat. we are putting now, or trump is

putting this person up for director of national intelligence. i think you look at this and you know the intelligence agencies will be very curtailed in what they want to give or show her and you know that our allies will not want to share intelligence with us. >> alex, having been to a number of rallies for the president-elect in the days before the election, gabbard was a key fixture at those rallies. it is her views on foreign policy. it is her statements, for example, on russia's invasion of ukraine. democrats as sherrill said accused her of parroting those talking points. and wanting to disband some of the very tools the intelligence community uses to gather intelligence. that is going to be questions raised by republicans and democrats alike. >> thank you so much for that. meantime, we have this breaking news. it's new information today about a meeting between the head of nato and president-elect donald trump. so the pair spent time together in palm beach on friday. you see the photo. the meeting comes as nato

prepares for an emergency meeting this week on the war between russia and ukraine. joining me now from london, danielle. another welcome to you. what more can you tell us about this meeting between trump and the head of nato? >> reporter: we'll start with the head of nato, only became head of nato last month. prior to that, he was the dutch prime minister, of course. and during his time in office, he was known among european leaders as one of the best at forging a working relationship with donald trump. he's seen as pragmatic and quite efficient at building coalitions. we know, of course, what donald trump thinks of nato. he has said in the past that if nato members want the u.s. to come to their defense should there be a u.s. invasion, in trump's words, they have to pay the bill. pay up. and where nato's concerned, that means 2% of gdp. now, nato itself put out a

statement regarding this meeting between both men saying quote, they discussed the range of global security issues facing the alliance. probably could not have been more vague if they tried to, but after the week that was, no doubt ukraine was top of the agenda and this past week will be remembered as a significant escalation in hostilities since, or the most significant escalation in hostilities since the end of february 2022. of course, that is when russia invaded ukraine. the week started with a reversal, a major reversal in u.s. foreign policy. joe biden allowing after 1,000 days of war, allowing ukraine to use longer range missiles into russia and in turn, russia struck ukraine with a new ballistic weapon which putin said was capable of traveling ten times the speed of sound, to put it mildly.

and to state the obvious, this has gotten the international community on edge. here's the former u.s. ambassador to russia with his global view of what president-elect trump will be facing. >> there is a major war, the biggest war in europe since 1945, going on with the possibilities of escalation. there's a major war going on in the middle east. there's a major threat of war around taiwan. this is a very dangerous time. much more dangerous than first era of the trump administration and yes, for these kinds of issues, for issues of national security, you want very competent, trusted people with deep experience in national security affairs and diplomacy. >> reporter: having trouble hearing you, but if you can hear

me, of course, all eyes will be on tuesday for the emergency meeting between ukraine and nato. alex, back to you. >> we're able to hear you now. thank you very much. the message donald trump is sending to women with his controversial cabinet picks. we're back in 90 seconds. cabine. we're back in 90 seconds rapid r. ♪♪ also from advil, advil targeted relief, the only topical with 4 powerful pain fighting ingredients that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours. oh... stuffed up again? so congested! you need sinex saline from vicks. just sinex, breathe, ahhhh! what is — wow! sinex. breathe. ahhhhhh! what are folks 60 and older learning these days? new perspectives! ♪♪ how to fix things. ♪♪ fun recip... (high pitched sound)

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picks, including pete hegseth, trump's pick for secretary of defense who has voiced opposition to having women serve in combat roles. here is reaction to that from former us navy helicopter pilot. >> i would say what i have heard is anger and deep anger, a disrespect for the 30 years of service of women in combat that is being undermined by this person that is just markedly unfit to serve as secretary of defense. >> joining me now, alexia canon and juanita toliver, msnbc political analyst and author of the book, a perfect party. so, ladies, welcome to you both. hegseth denies any wrong doing. but do you agree, i'm curious the message that the trump transition team is sending to

women in the military and to women in general. >> yeah.important topic and as you've mentioned, hegseth has been clear he just fundamentally doesn't believe women should serve in combat roles. it is not sending a signal to women in combat roles that they are respected by the people donald trump is choosing to surround himself with when he takes office next year. i think it just adds to the larger kind of problematic trend we've seen outside of pete hegseth with several other people that have been chosen for trump's cabinet, or withdrawn now, who have similar allegations. it's important to note it's not just him, you know? >> and here's what mark milley told my colleague, stephanie rhule, this week. >> women have been in combat and it doesn't matter if that 762

hits you in the chest. no one gives a [ bleep ] if it's a woman or a guy who pulled that trigger. they're still dead. doesn't matter if you're black or white, man or woman, catholic or protestant. what matters are standards. readiness standards. >> look, hegseth has also spoken out against diversity in the military. how do you see the defense department changing if he wins senate confirmation? >> i think that's a great question because i don't think people understand the massive amounts of service members who will be under his control and purview and policy. as the daughter of veterans, my mother is also a navy veteran, this is something they're not going to stand for. i'm going to be looking to those service members and how this is going to be pushing back but hearing that clip from milley is yet another reminder of why donald trump is staying away from established military leaders. they're the ones who identified him as a threat to the future. they're the ones calling out his

cabinet members and he knew that going back into the oval office, he wanted people who would only do what he wanted them explicitly to do. and tearing down women and speaking about their competency and preparedness is part of that job. remember, donald trump's key component in selecting hegseth for this position wasn't his military service. and it clearly has nothing to do with his morality, but it's the, how he presents on television and being able to sell a message. so i think that's going to be something that we hear more about if he makes it through the confirmation process with the sexual assault allegations out in front of him. donald trump likes people who look good and spread the message he wants spread. nothing else. >> just going say it again. allegations, yes, but he was never charged for them. alexi, the transition is looking to project 2025 to staff up the incoming administration. several of the latest picks, they have direct ties to project

2025. in spite of trump distancing himself saying he didn't know what it was about during the campaign. i'm curious your interpretation and could this all be theoretical as some republicans say? i mean, not even to be specifically applied. >> no, i mean, it's remarkable because i feel like at least some voters might feel betrayed by this. as you mentioned, donald trump straight up said on the campaign trail many times, like i have no idea what project 2025 is, i have nothing to do with that, that is not my campaign. so he created a healthy amount of distance between himself and his campaign between project 2025 even though folks had known the ties that existed between the personnel and policy and ideology behind the things laid out was obviously informed by donald trump and his republican brand of politics. now, he is just continuing to, i think, mike and jim and axios put it this way.

give people the middle finger in choosing folks that are controversial picks or that go directly against what he said time and again on the trail because he will do what he wants at the end of the day. and if there's something we all know well, especially after winning the presidency again and facing federal criminal charges and more allegations of assault from different women among other things, trump only feels more emboldened to do what he wants to do. it's worth noting ross spot who you put on the screen said we're living in a post constitutional society. so that's alarming. >> speaking of winning, juanita, the transition is taking aim at the news reports points out trump did not win by a landslide as he claims. as of today, he won the popular vote by 1.6%. trump's incoming white house press secretary claims the media's trying to delegitimize what she calls trump's mandate. why make this landslide plan? why even go there?

>> because it makes trump feel better. remember, this is all about his ego. so to be able to spread misinformation and try to counteract explicit data in the vote counts, it's something he's deploying his team to do. winning by 1.6 percentage points means that you barely were able to break through in a incredibly divided country and he doesn't like that narrative. that's not a narrative of strength that he wants to go into, which he is going to try to leverage as he perpetuates the things including in project 2025. i think that's why they're out there trying to counteract the truth because it's setting donald trump yet again for this platform where he thinks he can operate with a mandate. he thinks he can operate with impunity. he thinks he can operate with majority and support for the country when the reality is he did not earn majority of support from this country. he did not break 50% support.

>> that's right. please stay with me because we're going to talk about a new report about jack smith's legal team and how dozens might be fired by team trump. plus, we'll talk about day one of trump 2.0. what executive actions could get signed first. get ed first he traveling trio. each helping to protect their money with chase. wooo! tools that help protect. alerts that help check. one bank that puts you in control. chase. make more of what's yours. no matter what kind of teeth you gotta brush,

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trump plans to fire the entire legal team that supported special counsel jack smith's investigations into trump's actions leading up to january 6th. an nbc news reports the transition team is readying a flurry of executive actions trump administration. alexi and juanita are back with me. alexi, what are you hearing about the jack smith team firings? >> yeah, i mean, it is pretty remarkable considering it is going to include a number of attorneys who would typically not be considered, you know, so-called political appointees or on one side or the other and would usually be shielded from this type of political retribution. they're now directly in trump's target and you know, i think what is more concerning is that he's following through on these things, yes, but also, that he and his team have said that you know, other targets include people like journalists or media

companies that talk badly about him or treat him unfairly. people who worked for kamala harris' campaign on the dnc. so you have to ask yourself are those things going to happen, too, and is it only a matter of time now that we're seeing him already announce he's going to take an extraordinary step like firing all of jack smith's team out of personal animas. >> yeah. what about, juanita, the day one plans, which appear to include executive action on immigration, which could be mass deportations. what are you expecting to see there? what would that even look like? >> i think the first two things that come to my mind are an inhumane approach and military use of force. so look, we've seen the signals already coming from the new dhs appointment who's said hey, if there's concerns about family separation, we'll deport entire families. we've also heard donald trump repeatedly commit to using military force to execute this plan. my understanding is that there

could be a targeted focus to start with individuals who are in the country based on temporary protected status, which means these are individuals fleeing dangerous situations at home. when i talk act inhumanity, it's likely who the trump administration will target first as well as how they'll be treated when they're in custody. we can look back to 2017 and 2018 in terms of the conditions those who were rounded up during the trump administration then, separated from their families and still not reunited, experienced in u.s. custody. there's question as to whether trump will be access to military bases for that. i think think of the inhumanity that comes along law enforcement officials being deployed with the expressed intention of people who look like they might

be these individuals. >> ladies, thank you both for sticking around. two important topics. thanks. donald trump's big plans for the department of education, the impact they could make on the live of millions of children. former education secretary, arne duncan, joins me next. arne duncan, joins me next. speaker: who's coming in the driveway? speaker: dad. dad, we missed you. daddy, hi. speaker: goodness. my daughter is being treated for leukemia.

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you know, i'm going to take the department of education, close it in washington, let the

states run their own education. >> you're teaching arithmetic. what are you doing? are you not teaching woke? not teaching woke is a very big factor. >> we are going to get this anti american insanity out of our institutions once and for all. >> we will support bringing back prayer to our schools. >> donald trump with big promises to transform education in his second term. he has picked former world wrestling entertainment executive and co-chair of the trump transition team, linda mcmahon to lead the department. and this week, a republican senator proposed a bill to do just that. >> we think there's a savings involved in eliminating the bureaucracy here, but more importantly, rather than have bureaucrats in washington, d.c. telling local school districts how they've got to do things, we'd rather have states do the vast majority of the decision making. >> joining me now, former

education secretary under president obama, arne duncan. this bill to eliminate the department of education, it would require support from democrats to get these 60 senate votes needed to pass it, which is extremely unlikely. so can this effort succeed under trump? and how could it affect students? >> first of all, this is not going to happen. this is just another broken trump campaign promise like building the wall. saying mexico is going to pay for the wall. not going happen. whether his supporters ever feel misled or betrayed, i don't know. it makes no sense to close the department of education. so much of the funding goes to children with disabilities. 7.5 million children across the country with disabilities who get access to a free and fair publication because of the department of education's funds. last time i checked, alex, those children are the children of

parents who happened to vote republican. who happened to vote democratic. it truly doesn't matter. this is a smoke screen. 90% of the funding for publication comes at the local level from states and districts. not at the federal level. so this is not a serious attempt to help us educate our way to a better economy. this is about politicizing, weaponizing education, which has no benefits. >> so, let's look at this. reading and math test scores, they're down. teacher turnover is high. schools are increasingly becoming segregated and we've seen more and more school shootings. it seems that donald trump has political objectives for the education system, but does that dove tail with the needs of students? if you were put in charge of the education department now, what would you prioritize? >> that's exactly my question. just so interesting. if you listen to parents, a lot

of times, three things at the top of their list. their childrens' mental health, they're worried about bullying in schools and school shootings. nothing of what president-elect trump has talked about or anyone close to him as talked about addresses any of those issues. parents don't care about closing or not closing the department of education in washington. they care about their child learning to read, having a chance to graduate from high school, being safe, having a chance to go to college and they're not talking about any of those things. what's so sad is education should be the ultimate bipartisan or nonpartisan issue. we should have goals leading the world in access to high quality pre-k, raising reading scores. leading the world in college completion. those are nation building goals. again, nothing coming out of the trump administration talking about those goals. >> the last part of the tape we heard donald trump said he wants

to bring prayer back to our schools and you know yesterday, the texas state school board approved lessons with bible based curriculum. the districts that do use it, they get offered financial inventives to do so. what do you make of this and what does it reveal to you about trump's plans to expand his conservative agenda into america's public schools? >> understanding our history is important. america was founded to fight from, a nation that pushes one religion and separation of church and state is what makes america america. and to somehow walk away from that is crazy. secondly, can you imagine if a state or district tried to teach the torah or the koran? the blowback and pushback you would get. if you look at the states pushing these things, texas, oklahoma, louisiana, they rank at the bottom nationally. i think texas is 38th nationally

for k through 12 publication. oklahoma's like 44th. louisiana's 49th. they're at the bottom. they need to teach their children to read and raise graduation rates. these are all distractions and i worry they're trying to sew distrust, mistrust of local neighborhood schools and so much of the trump agenda is trying to drive down trust. drive down trust in the media. in government. governmental institutions. if they start to drive down trust in our neighborhood public schools, defund them, make parents worry about their local public school rather than trying to make them strong enough to help their children get a world class education, those are all tricks out of an authoritarian leader's playbook. truly, that's what i think this is about. about sewing mistrust of every institution including in our neighborhood public schools across the country. >> linda mcmahon, she is going

to hold the same title you did. what do you think of that? what do you think of her potential? >> well, if you look at so many of trump's picks for the cabinet, unfortunately, what are the common denominators? she, like many, have been accused of not just of sexual assault, but of covering up sexual assault. so there's ongoing suits there. you have on her profile that she served on the connecticut board of education. what's important to note is she served for about a year then a newspaper in connecticut was going to publish a report that she lied about her credentials. she lied and said on her resume that she had a degree in education, which she did not. and she quit the next day. so for me, a lack of integrity on her own academic credentials should be a disqualifier. the allegations of covering up decades of sexual assault within the wwf is extraordinarily concerning but this is the common theme for so many folks

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new reaction to president-elect trump's pick for director of national intelligence. tulsi gabbard. the broader intelligence community warning of the dangers

of gabbard becoming the top official of u.s. intelligence and addressing foreign threats, blaming the u.s. and nato for russia's invasion of ukraine, and promoting kremlin propaganda. joining me now, patrick tucker. good to see you. i know you recently wrote about gabbard, who yeah, has military experience, but not a deep background in intelligence. but the chief concerns surrounding her appointment are her russia aligned statements. let's listen to what nikki haley said about gabbard. >> she opposed designating the iran military as terrorist who say death to america every single day. she said that donald trump turned the u.s. into saudi arabia's prostitute. this is going to be the future head of our national intelligence. this is not a place for a

russian iranian syrian chinese sympathizer. >> okay. on the heels of those words from nikki haley, give me a sense of why gabbard is considered dangerous by many for being in charge of u.s. intelligence and assembling the daily brief for president trump. >> we talked to several different people, senior former intelligence officials, current intelligence officials. some on the record, some speaking on background. these are non political people. they look forward to serving across administrations. they really don't involve themselves in political discussions. it's really important to the credibility of the intelligence agencies they serve with. their concerns are exactly that. that gabbard's social media, through some of her speaking engagements, has not only furthered disinformation, spoken untruths, sort of in line with kremlin narratives, but in some

cases, those things she said have seemed to repeat direct things that have come out of the kremlin. for instance, she has blamed the united states and nato for russia's attack on ukraine in 2022. something nato officials reject. in 2021, she put forward on social media the idea that ukraine was sponsoring or creating bio weapons labs with u.s. support. that one in particular seems so random, so strange. it is actually something that comes from the kremlin. it's something kremlin operatives put forward as a justification for the invasion in 2022. we saw russian-backed separatists use that as a justification for the incoming invasion. the concern is that allies and partner intelligence agencies this we rely on are going to look at those comments and become reluctant to share information with us if it

endangers sources they use to gather intelligence. >> what you're saying is there will be a lack of trust. >> exactly. forces and methods are key to how intelligence agencies work and the united states intelligence apparatus works best because we have really strong partnerships with intelligence agencies, with different offices all around the world. that intelligence sharing is really key to now we know things. for instance, that russia was about to invade ukraine. now, imagine you work in estonia, poland, germany, or the u.k. and you have intelligence that could help further that consensus so the white house could reveal to the world russia's intentions. next time something like this comes up like this and you have to deal with somebody who has furthered kremlin propaganda, are you going to share that intelligence? the agents that were possibly responsible for collecting it or the tools you used. that speaks to a big breakdown of trust. >> how concerned are you about putin, i'll need a quick answer,

lowering the threshold for use of nuclear weapons? >> it's in line with more of what they've said they're going to do. this is saber rattling, essentially. it doesn't necessarily mean we're any close tore a nuclear war giving the capacity, the amount of people that live in st. petersburg in moscow, that's not a good strategy for him, but it's really just to intimidate nato and western allies. >> thank you. sorry for having to make that a more brief answer. thank you much. next, pummelled by rain and snow. when will the situation get better out west? o stay in my home. i can do it with help from a prep cook, wardrobe assistant, and stylist. life's good. when you have a plan. ♪♪ philip: when your kid is hurting and there's nothing you can do about it, that's

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or do they have wickedness thrust upon them? oh! -ah! [ laughter ] no need to respond. that was rhetorical. hm, hmm. back-to-back storms are battering the northwest as record rain floods parts of california and thousands of people are without power in washington state. the next storm expected to arrive tomorrow and it will bring more rain and snow. chase, last time you had a car behind you, is that the car that's still behind you there? i mean, it was just inundated with water. >> reporter: yeah, what i'm going to show you is the car is a good marker for how the water levels have been receding. you can see the dark mark.

these river levels have dropped a couple of feet in the last few hours. we're next to the russian river in sonoma county and especially for wine drinkers, you probably know about the famous vineyards in the area. many were under water as this river rose quickly. 26 feet in just a matter of hours. part of the reason it rose so much is because this area got five months worth of rain in just four days. anywhere from 13 up to 22 inches. that's nearly 2 feet of water. so as the water was rising quickly, folks in the area were trying to get their things and get out quickly. we talked to one woman who evacuated last night. >> last night, i wasn't expecting the river to be so high, which i'm very glad my trailer was pulled last night to higher ground. i'm safe. i'm dry. my cats are dry, too. i'm definitely learning i need to be fully prepared before the

storms no matter what. >> reporter: so thankfully, everyone was able to get out of this area. thankfully, everyone was able to get out of this area, but there were still a few swift water rescues which had to be done last night and late yesterday, but the storm is moving south. it's pushing into central california. areas like santa cruz under the gun. it's also snow in the higher elevations. so folks in the sierra, especially around lake tahoe, they're excited because they've gotten several feet of snow and potentially another foot of snow to come. so ski resorts are starting to open up as the system moves through utah and colorado. ski lovers really excited. >> my goodness, the wineries as well. thank you very much, chase.