area my -- seattle.ch and mexico and those of many others shows clearly the ways that anyone from farmers to workers in countries like mexico had been advocating and organizing to confront some of the inequalities created by trade liberalization two decades. -- for at least two decades. the same can be said for different post independence governments of the colonized nations. there is a long story there in the global south area i guess i am going to close my comments with the notion that seattle was indeed the start of something. it also reflected historical currents from the last two decades. [video clip] >> in november, we will open this conference in seattle. this will be the largest trade event ever held in the united states. bringing heads of government, trade ministers, business executives and citizen groups to seattle from all over the world. >> later, she writes that the committees chaired by bill gates show that the protest can overshadow the event. the negotiations themselves could implode. >>

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so our san francisco and seattle.will have to look at rezoning increasing housing density before starting to take in more jobs. otherwise they will see their housing rates go up and have more on affordability -- unaffordable housing. emily: you are a seattle resident and you are very familiar with the pushback amazon got there. do they need to do a better job of dealing with the community? >> from their perspective, they have been a lot of positive things for seattle. i came to seattle for amazon because i was offered an attractive job and i really enjoyed living in seattle. i think seattle has benefited from the migrants that have come here. at the same time, amazon feels like they could go to another city that has more room to grow and bring prosperity there. expands,that the city they had to do with inequality and the residents who have been there for a long time go up and they have to grapple with that. amazon's isk it is possibility. it is up to local governments to plan ahead in order to absorb prosperity. we ap

joining us from seattle to glenn kelman, who ran over to our bureau from the redfin offices in seattleyou have so much contact on the challenges amazon has faced in seattle, special insights into the controversy they been facing in new york. are you surprised amazon through in the towel? not.m really if you look at the political climate amazon faced in new york, what they would try to leave behind here in seattle, it makes sense they would pull back. a were tired of having protests, product -- tired of having people challenge their efforts to build a local economy. i know there are many well-founded criticisms of any business that size, but i'm just trying to give you some understanding of where i think the amazon folks are coming from. there are hundreds of cities that really want and amazon, and i got to new york and realized that town was not one of them. reason toat is a good have a portfolio approach, and they welcome the call to all of us in tech that we really have to think about how we treat our workers, how we are perceived by the general public, because we are not necessarily

so, seattle, tacoma international airport, 6.4 inches, so far.way, that is a daily snowfall record for that area. some locations to the north and west of suburbs of seattle received over a foot of snow. by the way, the last time we saw over eight inches in seattle was back in 1990. that sttotal was just over nine inches. it's still snowing there. there was a bit of dry air intrusion, which limited the snowfall near the city. we had temperatures hovering above freezing as well. that limited the snow totals in seattle. nonetheless they are getting hammered by winter weather. it's not only there, it's the western part of the u.s. including see area nevada. the snowfall is totaling up over the days to come and we'll measure that in feet, by the way. there's the parade of storms. another one coming in sunday and monday night. one after that, tuesday and wednesday. you can see the additional chance of snowfall for the pacific northwest. there's the snowy forecast for seattle. got to get this in here. look at what's happening in hawaii. not too much act

a lot of hills around downtown seattle. so any ice or snow causes big problems with buses and things sliding down. >> there's no practice for the drivers. >> no. >> they don't have any practice. >> clearly people -- >> some kids having trouble skiing. >> not that we want to give you those expectations because you just saw that video. but for some of the higher hills around the bay area, there's a chance some of that cold weather, which has really made a mess of seattle, could bring another round of some snow to the higher peaks of the bay area. right now it's rain around san francisco. some sunny breaks to the west. a little bit windy. winds at 20 miles per hour. currently 50 degrees. that's too warm for snow. in walnut creek, 51 delgz. a high of 55. rain at times. passing bands of showers. right now in downtown san jose, a little chilly at 52 degrees. not much wind right now. later this evening, we'll begin to see the rain pick up a little bit. san jose not seeing much. over the summit of highway 17, still 42 degrees. high

even though seattle is far north, they don't get big snows like this. it's not just for seattle.ortland. you have winter storm warnings, even blizzard warnings for portions of washington state. but those blizzard warnings extend to california as well. this is a rather large storm. but moving in an awkward way. it's actually going from the north to the south. it's going to start in seattle and portland and push to california. here's the thing to note. sierra nevada, guys, looking at an additional 3 feet of snow. just to point out, there's a hotel where the people staying in there were trapped. they just got let out yesterday. and now you're going to be adding 30 inches more snow to that exact location. >> allison chinchar, thanks so much. >>> a jury has awarded $123 million to the victims and families in a deadly duck boat crash. this happened in 2015 in seattle. five people died, 50 others were injured when that duck boat hit a charter bus filled with international students. lawyers who represented the victims accused ride the ducks of failing to maintain its fleet of duck boats,

last month, microsoft announced a $500 million initiative to tackle seattle's growing housing crisis.es in the area have grown faster than the median household income, and this is not just a problem in seattle. another high-tech held is facing a similar issue. just a week after microsoft announced this, mark zuckerberg facebook wassaid backing a housing effort in the san francisco bay area. joining us, the former governor of the state of washington who is now the ceo of challenge seattle, an alliance of executives from the region's prominent businesses and philanthropies, including microsoft and amazon, that address the area's housing trouble. thank you for joining us. how did you get microsoft to focus this much money on housing? -- had- all of the ceo's a meeting and talked about the amazing success we have had economically but some of the challenges that have come about as a result of that and really talked about housing affordability at the top. they began the process of asking how they could help, and, really , they stepped up and said they would invest big-time, philanthropic we

in the west, more snow coming toward seattle. very rare there. tonight's snow is moving to san francisco? the form of rain. the next storm comes up tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow night. mostly in portland, rain in seattle. again, monday night into tuesday, significant snow there. weak system coming through with mostly rain in lexington monday morning. but the next system for the midsection and the east will be stronger, maybe some flooding rain. look at that, a wintry mix to start the morning rush for new york city. a messy week to start the week for many americans. tom. >> rob marciano for us. rob, thank you. >>> now to the nationwide manhunt for the ex-attorney on the run from the law. taking off after pleading guilty for ripping off clients. u.s. marshals releases this photo. he's now wanted in the murder of his own mother. abc's kenneth moton picks up the story. >> reporter: tonight, u.s. marshals joining the hunt for disbarred lawyer richard merritt, releasing this new image. merritt now on the run after police say he killed his own mot

. >> tonight's world premiere video from the seattle band nirvana.rit." ♪ load up on guns bring your friends ♪ ♪ it's fun to lose and to >> it was like the musical kennedy assassination of our time. everybody who was alive then can tell you the moment they heard that song. because nothing like that existed to that point. it was really transcendent. ♪ when the light's out it's less dangerous ♪ ♪ here we are now entertain us >> here we are now, entertain us. it sounded like a threat. it sounded like a different generation coming in saying what do you have for us? what are you going to do for us? ♪ got to find a way, a better way, a way to live ♪ >> the so-called slackers, generation x, they were not being paid attention to. and this pressure was building up especially in the music industry for something that actually spoke to them. >> this is the first american generation that will make less than their parents will. it's a tough time to grow up in. and i think the band and kurt cobain in particular reflect that angst. ♪ yeah, yeah >> kurt cobain was a

here's dennis murphy with "secrets in seattle." >> seattle was raw after a week of relentless winter rain. a woman lost had been found in the tangle of the blackberries. a naked body. a small tattoo on the back. a necklace and signs of strangulation. the detectives sent to a patch of trees and boggy undergrowth near the seattle airport's runways guessed it was her. they would soon be proved correct. nine days to find her, the answer to where. another seven years still ahead to answer the questions of all homicide -- who? and why? but we have to go back, before the crime scene photos and the medical examiner's findings, before she became those chilly words, "the victim." to find the dearly loved person named nici. nici pietz, wife and daughter, sister and friend. >> she seemed to be able to uplift people in ways that none of us knew how to do. >> she had a way to make you smile. she had a way to let you know that everything was going to be okay. >> gayle was her mother. >> nici was sunshine. she was the kind of person that when she walked in a room, the room lit up. >> gayle raised ni

this skier in seattle is enjoying all the fresh powder. but that isn't a snowy mountains he's going down. it's a street with buildings on either side. and he didn't seem to mind the occasional car passing by. >> wow! that's amazing. >>> trump says the meeting is going better than anyone could have expected. >> president trump says his second summit with north korea's leader will happen. in the capital of vietnam. president trump said the summit would happen in vietnam. they have good relations with the u.s. and north korea and the -- it's a fresh sign of its normalized relations with america. the president and kim met for their first summit in singapore last june. it's unclear how much -- >>> a second woman is now accusing virginia's lieutenant governor of sexual assault. a scandal consumes the state's government. all three of the state's top officials are facing calls to resign. cbs reporter nicole killian has the latest on the political crisis in the commonwealth. >>reporter: lieutenant fairfax appeared upbeat as he left his home after a

it's been all snow in seattle overnight causing all sorts of problems. this is a rare second punch of snow this week for seattle and they call it the emerald city but this morning it is covered in white. overnight, the northwest slammed again by another winter storm bringing near whiteout conditions in seattle. the wintry mess, heavy snow and ice blanketing parts of washington backing up rush hour traffic for miles. >> two hours on 5 to get home. >> it's bad. >> reporter: cars like this one left abandoned as slippery roads and visibility become a huge issue for drivers. wind gusts reaching up to 45 miles per hour in some areas bringing down trees and blocking roads. drivers stranded and some forced to pull over. watch as several people helped push this car along an icy road. and take a look at this truck that needed to be chained up and pulled out. major highways closed down due to collisions like this one and this bus stuck struggling to get moving. the driver eventually giving up needing some help to get back on the street. the storm hitting the seattl

five hours from seattle.morning it finally began moving pulled by a union pacific locomotive to eugene, oregon. video from passengers shows people sleeping and playing games to pass the time. dan springer reporting live from seattle and dan, they are now off the train, right? >> they are. it's a travel nightmare, trace, that they won't forget soon. for those who started the journey in seattle sunday morning it was 50 hours stuck on that train. after about an hour ago the amtrak train was slowly pulled into the station in eugene and some very relieved passengers started getting off that train. they were greeted by a bunch of reporters and even the red cross which had some food and drinks waiting. the plan is to stay in eugene just long enough to restock the train and then continue north up to portland and all the way back to seattle where the ill-fated journey began. the problem was a major snowstorm that hit sunday into monday and it was a wet, heavy snow that caused trees to snap under the weight. one of tho

, seattle.rm is pounding washington state. in fact, seattle got about a year's worth of snow in one day. i love the guy on the bicycle. the governor has declared a state of emergency. more than 180 flights have been cancelled. many popular attractions are closed. forecasters say a foot of snow has fallen. people are told to stay off the roads. >> you're not used to seeing that. >> they don't know how to drive in it anyway. >> from snow to sports. >>> just ahead in sports, the warriors prepare for a game against the heat. plus giants fans braved the weather today in support of this year's team. i have all of that coming up next in sports. >>> the first weekend without football means one thing. baseball is just around the corner. the unofficial kickoff to the giants season starting today with fan fest at the oracle park. despite the weather there was plenty of excitement as reports swirled about bryce harper's decision potentially landing him in san francisco. all of that is up in the air but it w

that's the warning the city of seattle is sending out.. the state of washington is now in a state of emergency.. (pam) the state is expecting to get a year's worth of snow from one storm. this is the third record- breaking snowstorm this week. kron 4's grant lodes joins us live with details on the storm .. and how people are preparing... grant?... up to eight- inches of snow is expected to blanket the city this week. it's actually way more than the average of seven inches they're used to seeing in an entire year. people living in seattle are calling this "real life hunger games" as they load up on supplies. this as lots of store shelves are now empty in and around seattle. another person says it was apocalyptic- like chaos... taking 45 minutes to park and another twenty just to find a shopping cart.. <"at 12:30 in the morning we had lines backed up.. probably triple about what we were planning on doing in business."> law enforcement in many parts of the state reporting accidents all over.. some people are even leaving their cars behind. (g

(grant) a scary scene on a delta flight from orange county to seattle.he storm hitting the bay area caused severe turbulence--- injuring 5 people. injuring 5 turbulence--- injuring 5 people. the plane made an emergency landing in reno. three of the passengers were taken to the hospital--but their conditions are unknown. in the video you can see the aftermath and the damage in the aisle-- this was taken by joe justice. the national weather service warning that this strong strom could cause dangerous flying conditions with extreme turbulence. (grant) don't forget - you can track the storm and the weather in your neighborhood with the kron-4 mobile app. there you will find full forecasts... and an interactive radar. you can radar. you can also get push alerts on bay area storms. all with the kron-4 mobile app (grant) coming up... president trump, signaling he'll sign a deal to keep the government open. but he's not happy about it. details on why. (vicki) and a school district in the north bay will keep its name-- for now. we'll explain the controversy surro

five people injured when a delta air lines flight headed to seattle hit turbulence and had to make an emergency landing in reno. tatevik aprikyan has the story. a tipped over beverage cart is only part of the chaos inside the cabin of delta flight 5763. joe justice/passenger: "it was quite sudden and there was a lot of screaming."joe justice, from seattle shot this video mid-air just after the snack service started.joe justice/passenger: "the flight attendant that was doing the service and i think another one went to the ceiling with the cart. then the plane was bucking side to side and people were bouncing around like a car crash."according to a spokesperson, the flight from orange county to seattle encountered severe turbulence and made an emergency landing in reno.justice says most people opted not to go to the hospital, but he was sitting near one of the three people who were taken in for evaluation.joe justice/passenger: "a lady just two rows behind me was bleeding from her head. we passed napkins back to her and water."just before boarding the flight, justice and his family were

seattle had 2.7 inches. blot below average. they've had two snow days so far in seattle.er storm with less snow than this. so let's go to the northwest. we have winter storm warnings for seattle area. also northern california. we'll get another huge amount dumping of snow in areas of the sierra nevada. the low elevation snows from seattle to tacoma down i-5 under winter weather advisory. winter storm warning in seattle our models thinking around the range of four inch snowfall. they average five inches per winter. i was looking at the pictures. milk, bread, vegetables, store shelves are empty because they are expecting snow over the next 24 hours and spread throughout the west. if you like the warm air in the east. today is it. this morning the colder air and winds will gust later today and imuch colder back in the midwest. this is the year that it will be in the east this upcoming weekend. for our friends in boston lie two inches of snow and no big snowstorms anywhere in sight. >> extraordinary. >> all over. seems like we were going back to cold. nice run. little 60 degr

dan explained how the train heading here to california from seattle got stuck in the first place. >> reporter: it is was a record snowstorm. the foothills got over a foot of wet and heavy snow. one tree fell on the track and it was hit by a train during the train pick it began in seattle sunday morning with los angeles the scheduled destination pick it was stuck in oregon for nearly 37 hours. passengers slept and one played ukulele for kids and others set frustrated updates to the local media. >> they are not telling us anything. >> union pacific finally cleared the tracks enough to get a rescue locomotive to the train and it took her chicks hours to pull it back to eugene. relieved passengers were met by the red cross with food and drinks and sherry stories of the orde likely, a nice lady came in and gave me pull- ups. i did not what i was going to do.>> the crew was exhausted but they treated us very well. we were warm. >> amtrak took heat for not letting passengers got off the train pick they say with local power outages and block rights, it was decided the safest place was to rem

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somebody send me to seattle.ools are closed in seattle because of weather. >> yeah, they don't get it that often. weather conditions in the state over the weekend led the former first lady, michelle obama to cancel her friday book tour appearance there in tacoma. emergency declaration, so obviously that area dealing with a lot there. >> at least they got to have fun. >>> taxpayers are sharing outrage at much smaller returns this year. see what is to blame. >>> big winners and moments at the grammy awards. our own will ganss will have a complete wrap up of the night's first, ahead. you are watching "world news now." you are watching "world news now." on the night just ahead. you are watching "world news now." think only specialty stores have what's new? olay has the hottest debut. new olay clay stick masks, hydrating facial mist, and brightening eye cream. only by olay. >>> jimmy johnson's bump move into the lead, and the spinout took out almost all the other drivers. paul led almost the entire race. johnson, in n

right seattle's one of those places martin that doesn't actually see that much snow is like manchester is always raining but you don't really see a whole lot of snow and that's because it's part just on the edge of the pacific ocean so we get our mild air that mild moist air drifting in from the pacific look at lovely swirl of play out there that's just been rolling in across that western side of washington state as we went through the last twenty four hours or so and this is actually a street when on the mounds is not in the cascades that is a street where we saw around sixteen centimeters of snow could easily see another ten centimeters or as we go on through the next twenty four to thirty six hours but some pieces of snow there for seattle for the remainder of sunday temperature one celsius average is about ten degrees so that is well below the average you see the snow comes down across the rockies and other areas snow just around the plains great plains right the way in sioux the the lakes into the upper midwest and then we got some moisture just pushing in from the gulf of mexico

it is specifically in seattle. you don't really think about seattle as a snowy deficit nation. you know, you think about the pacific northwest being so flat and rainy. right. exactly. they only average over about six inches of snowfall, which is a few more inches than we get near in atlanta, georgia. look at the scene, you will see it's much different than people are accustomed to they're taking skis to work. look at the wind to accompany in the storm. brutal wind chills there below zero in some instances, we got a parade of storms lining up across the pacific northwest. this is not only one chance of snowfall right now. but there are several leaning up with a bit of days to come. over the course of a year, they typically see 6.8 inches. this snowfall event alone is between 6-to-8 inches. in fact, some of the snoefrls totals in and around seattle have topped over a foot. this is outside of the city center, by the way. the seattle-tacoma airport set a daily record snowfall event yesterday 6.4 inches. the last time they saw over 8 inches was in 1990. >> that puts it into perspect

this has been the snowiest winter in seattle in 70 years.ht inches were recorded yesterday. obviously that officer is layered up because he is out in the snow. he is not even wearing a coat. >> who is having more fun, him or cornell barnard. >> the snowman. >> thanks for watching, we will see you back here at 6:00. >>> tonight, the standoff in virginia. the governor says he's not going anywhere after the revelation of a racist image in his medical school yearbook. he's promising a racial reconciliation tour but raising eyebrows even before it starts. what he said that is fueling some anger tonight. >>> secret source. "the national enquirer" denying it tried to blackmail amazon's jeff bezos. for the first time an attorney for the tabloid sharing with abc news new details about who leaked the compromising photos. >>> winter whiteout. a new blast for the battered west as a major storm takes shape in the east. a travel nightmare in the making. >>> also tonight, taxpayers saying their refunds are shrinking despite the promise of sweeping tax refo

the seattle airport, tacoma airport, down 7.2 inches. 6.4 was yesterday alone. >> that broke a daily8 is the amount that seattle usually gets in the entire year and they've already had that in just about a 24 hour time period. but it's still snowing. what does that mean? if they can get up to 8 inches, it will be the first time in nearly 30 years that they've had that big of a snowstorm. again, yes, we think of soelt being far north. you have to understand, downtown sale, the low lying areas are not used to this much snow, it's still snowing, not just in seattle but stretching into oregon as well, vancouver, walk, just on the other side of portland picking up four inches of snow. >> that system will continue to push a little further south. that's why you have winter warnings, advisories not only for places like washington and portions of oregon, stretching down to nevada and into california. now the storm as we mentioned will go from the north pushing down to the south, when it does that, it will bring incredibly heavy snow to the sierra nevada mountains, where they can pick up over

they're hitting the ceiling and >> reporter: the flight was headed to seattle, washington. >> there's multiple injuries so they need medical personnel standing by. >> reporter: the violent turbulence forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in reno. >> laptops and everything flying around. i flew in my seat and hit the top. >> reporter: according to the national weather service there were vong, potentially damaging winds in t issuing this travel warning down right dangerou with moderate to extreme turbulence leaving some to question whether the plane should have been in the air. >> children were crying. and people were just really freaked out. >> reporter: more than ten hours later, the plane finally arrived in seattle. some relieved passengers giving the crew credit for keeping everyone safe and calm. >> compass airlines flight crew was heroes today for a lot of people. there was a lot of consolation and a whole lot of love, a whole lot of support. patterson reporting.he overnight compass airlines which operates that flight released a statement apologizing to delta e on board a

as seattle and the rest of the region deal with the rare major snowstorm. almost 50,000 people are without power tonight. nbc's morgan chesky is following the northwest whiteout. >> reporter: tonight a winter blast socking the west with a one-two punch. from california to washington, storms dumping feet of snow hiding icy roads, causing dozens of accidents. >> even with chains on we're doing 10 miles per hour. >> reporter: in seattle seven inches of snow in two days. not much to some but more snow than the city usual gets in an entire year. the iconic space needle spectacular in the snow but back on the ground, everything ground to a halt. at sea-tac, de-icing barely made a dent as storms delayed more than 300 flights, canceling 40 others. >> we sat on the tarmac for two hours. >> reporter: travel so treacherous former first lady obama rescheduling her book tour, tweeting, my biggest priority is making sure everyone stays safe. tense moments this week as the storm gripped the sierras too. crews rescued staff from king's cannon park after snow cut off access

seattle has had a tough go. they have been cold and wet and we have been cold and wet but we are in california. for most of us, those of you watching us in lake county and mendocino county, your elevations will start the storm as snow. you see it all around and that will change the rain tonight. we are seeing light rain in the north face and steady removing onshore through coastal sections in san francisco look so close that it will likely be three or four more hours before it the mes onshore but when it does, it will come in with a thud. it will be very windy. the normal high is about 60 or 61. we cannot get close to that the past two weeks. santa rosa 49 for the high and 12 degrees below average in santa rosa today. tonight, we will not callout because of the warm and humid air that will be soggy with a low of 51. the river flooding is a possibility for the first time this winter. the russian river at kern ville has minor flooding possible thursday afternoon through friday morning and cresting in the predictio

we also looked at seattle. a similar case where we see in an increase in the number of permits issued, but unlike portland, seattle did not do anything to waive fees or change in zoning laws, they just increased public awareness, and have public reports that were made. we wanted to look at trends in the housing units and construction. these graphs show the total of new units authorized. portland is on the left, seattle is on the right to. the numbers are really small, but in the middle of the graph, there's a dip in each city. and at the bottom of the dip, is around 2009, so we do see an upturn in overall construction, both in these cities. it might be part of the reason we saw so much of an increase in the a.d.u. construction specifically. this increase in 2009, also coincides with the recovery from the recession, increases in population in these areas, and low interest rates in 2010 through 2016. increased the value of home equity loans to financing. we can see that some of the increases in a.d.u. authorizati

north of redding, caltrans shut down interstate five, the main route to oregon.fifty miles east of seattle. hundreds of motorists found themselves trapped on interstate 90 ."it come up to here, you know. it came up to the top of the window."they spent 24 hours surrounded by 4 feet of snow"you gotta deal with it, never give up."24 hours in the freezing cold

governor faces calls for him to step down ove t.ccusations of sexual assa >>> a state of emergency in seattle and beyond as a major snow aorm hits region that rarely gets snow. >>> he stole hundreds of thousan from his clients and now this disbarred lawyer is m wanted for turder of his own mother. >>> was this m killing by an fbi agent a tragic mistake or negligence. the latest case calling for greater transparency in the fbi. >>> and the big announcement from buckingham palace rtoday as one membe of the royal family reaches a milestone. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >> good evening. tonight the governor of virginia has decided he will not resignespite a week-long onslaught demands that he do ocust that. both dts and republicans said the racist yearbook photo and the admission that he wore blackface should disqualify him but today in an interview with the washington post ralph rtham said is committed to staying in office and will focus the rest of his racial equity.e all of this athe state's lieutenant governor is barely hanging on it his job after a secon ac

and this evening, the snow paralyzing planes in seattle. that system now moving east with snow, ice and rain. and here's abc's will carr tonight. >> reporter: tonight, powerful winter storms are wreaking hef vok up and down the west coast. in and around seattle, police are helping push some drivers to safety, while others slide downhills, unable to stop.see, cars lined up, all of them lost control. >> reporter: the weather forcing schools to close while delaying or canceling more than 500 flights at seattle's airport. incalifornia's sierra nevada mountains, the stormed dumped up to eight feet of snow? just 48 hours. this new storm moving in after a deadly weekend. dramatic high water rescues, mudslides and flash floods sweeping across southern california. in ventura county, a first responder killed by an out of control vehicle after he stopped to help another crash. and a giant sinkhole swallowing this construction equipment, the driver rescued. tonight, first responders are on high alert. there's more dangerous weather in the forecast. we'

. >>> after getting a break today, seattle and other parts of the pacific northwest will get hit by a second winter storm tonight with almost eight inches of snow on the ground, seattle could see additional eight inches making its the snowiest february on record. this fast moving storm will reach the east coast by tuesday. speaking of snow, it was an end of an era today. lindsey vonn competed in her final race of her career. vonn found enough strength and speed to win the bronze medal in the world alpine championships. afterwards vonn admitted she was the most nervous she had ever been as she ended her phenomenon career. congrats to her. when we come back, i will take you to the university that becomes a real pipeline to the grammy awards. >>> tonight is music's biggest event, the grammy awards. you may be surprised that seven of the nominees have roots in a state school you may never heard of. outside nashville had been teaching young producers and song writers how to shine. ♪ at nashville bluebird cafe, they play their famous tunes in the round. >> ♪ you may know the hit he cowrote,

. >> seattle was a smaller, more innocent place back then.omen's movement was, you know, in full early flower then. >> it was a time when many women were feeling very independent. and so people didn't think right away that a woman who hadn't been seen for a few days might have fallen into harm's way. >> when you look at ted bundy, he was about the right age to be in college. he drove a volkswagen beetle, very popular car in the '70s. so when he would move into a college campus, he'd just fit right in. so that was also disarming to his victims. he should be here, he looks like one of us, he drives one of our cars. >> i remember being with ted and driving up the road and just having a great time. they have a lot of manmade little lakes in the middle of seattle and we'd go out and lay there and go swimming. i liked talking to ted. he was an intellect, and we talked a lot about political things and how they ran the government and, you know, things like that. >> he graduated in june of '72, from the university of >> why does he get a degree in psy

. >> seattle school children also got a rare snow day.ill carl reports. >> reporter: in and around seattle, officers are pushing people to safety. some downhill unable stop. whether forces have schools to close or delaying 500 flights at seattle's airport. in california, sierra nevada mountains, the storm dumped up to 8 feet of snow in just 48 hours. the storm moved in for a talk window. flash floods sweeping across california. in ventura county, a first responder killed after he stopped to help another crash. in a giant sinkhole swallowing this construction equipment the driver rescued. first responders are on high alert. there is more dangerous weather on the way. we're expecting rain and snow through tuesday. in los angeles county, will carr, abc news. . >> our thanks to will carr. >>> seattle schools will open late this morning. >> west coast skiers may get a late start. some resorts had to close because they had too much snow. had as much as seven feet since saturday. >> let's get a check of the weather with paul williams. happy cast

in seattle dan springer, fox news. >> dan, thanks, dan.ou remember the amazon deal to open up a new headquarters in queens, new york, well, now it may not be happening, the washington post cites two sources company executives to reassess building in long island city and the washington post should know because it belongs to amazon owner jeff bezos, backlog over the deal from community activists as city and state officials lured amazon by offering 2 and a half billion dollars in tax credits and 500 million in construction subsidies. opponents say bezos has enough bucks and shouldn't get the breaks. firefighter shortage in pennsylvania forcing state into public safety crisis and new report warns other areas could face a similar problem, jackie live in new york with this, jackie. >> rick, pennsylvania fire officials call the situation beyond critical and warn that the rest of the country could soon be in the same boat. a number of factors got us here but the biggest one generational decline in volunteerism and it doesn't come down to millennia

folks in seattle take things mildly, right?e check in on conditions right now, we have a new low coming in. we showed you the snow in hawaii. this made it to california. you want to watch the burn scar areas when you get this much moisture this short oomt amount time. the higher elevations, that will be buckets of snow. in fact, more so. we've run out of colors here. we're talking from three to six feet. right? you see the problem in the rest of california, and other colors. several inches of accumulation of rainfall in the next few days. midsection of the country is quiet. northeast, that will be the problem area this morning. it is a quick-moving system. by the evening commute, we will be in better shape. it will be a good amount of snow across new england. it is now an event that is a mess as far as freezing rain. that purple is indicating that we are receiving freezing rain or sleet. a wintry mix along 95, to the north and west. and to the north, that will be all-snow. and new england, significant amounts of snow, anywhere

the arctic air hit seattle first, bringing the city its second snowstorm in a week.undreds of flights in and out of seattle's airport were affected by the storm friday and saturday. the national weather service reported 6.4 inches of snow fell at the airport friday afternoon. that's the second highest snowfall at seattle tacoma airport in a single day in the past 20 years. >> a little late for the winter, but we'll take it. i hope it piles up. >> reporter: the snow fell quickly in parts of the seattle metro area. snow was already on the ground in everett, washington, at 12:30 p.m. pau sichk on friday. but just two hours later, thick clouds and an extra layer of snow blanketed the area. >> i'm shoveling in between the waves of snow. >> reporter: the weight of the snow and ice brought down trees and power lines. at least 36,000 people in washington state were without power at some point on saturday. authorities in pierce county, washington, rescued a 14-year-old girl who had fallen through a frozen pond. >> when i got down there, we saw her in the water on the ice or k

seattle under a rare amount of snow, the most snow actually in february in 70 years with more on the way. in portland a driver in an suv trapped by a tanker that skidded on an icy bridge. and near eau claire, wisconsin, a horrific multicar accident on i-94. the forecast in a moment. but rob marciano with the images still coming in. >> reporter: old man winter working overtime tonight with several storms hitting the country, one pummeling the west with snow, ice and wind, with two more storms in the pipeline. washington state rushing to recover from a record-setting snowfall. nearly 11 inches in seattle so far this month, the most snow the normally mild emerald city has seen in 70 years. roads across the state turned into skating rinks. while the driver of this car needed to be rescued from the drifts. 60-mile-per-hour winds toppling trees just north of seattle knocking out power to over 140,000 at one point. portland also struggling after nearly five inches of snow there. vehicles going nowhere on some icy roads. tow ropes getting a workout. moving east, it's winter whiplash. wild sw

dan springer in seattle with the details. dan? the. with our flights delayed couple hours. this is travel nightmare they won't soon forget. they started the journey in seattle sunday morning, it was 50 hours stuck on the train. couple hours ago the amtrak train slowly pulled into the station in eugene. very relieved passengers started getting off the train. there they were greeted by a bunch of reporters, even the red cross which had food and drinks waiting. plan to stay in eugene to restock the train, continue north up to portland, eventually all the way back to seattle where the i ill-fated journey. the problem was a major snowstorm hit sunday and heavy snow caused trees to snap under the weight. one of the trees fell on to the tracks in oak ridge, or gone, 40 miles southeast of eugene. 6:00 the train ran into the tree, there it sat for 37 hours. the crew tried to fix the damage but could not. union pacific, which owned the tracks, had to clear them enough to get a rescue locomotive to it. that finally happened this morning. it was a

that's the warning the city of seattle is sending out tonight. >> there is a major winter storm bringing heavy snow to the pacific northwest tonight. seattle is expecting accumulations of six to eight inches. >> grocery stores in the area have been jammed with people stocking up for the storm and they found empty shelves and long lines. >> the governor has declared a state of emergency. >>> yosemite parkkkkkkk cabins and other buildings were damaged or destroyed. all visitor services are closed while officials assess the damage. >> it is stunningly beautiful. >>> around here, we're going to have rain for the weekend. >> meteorologist sandhya patel tells us what's in store. >> yeah, we are tracking some downpours in the santa cruz area right now. i'm going to get you to live doppler 7 and show you where it's coming down. a special weather statement was just issued by the national weather service. torrential rain is being reported. 2.74 inches per hour, so watch out, there's potential for minor flooding. around the 280 peninsula, we're seeing pockets of moderate showers. we'll track this f