. >>> for a closer look on where the storm is heading next, cheryl scott has more. >> reporter: the first significant snowfall here of the season, you can take a look at the video and the images, a fresh coat of snow. more snow expected from the rockies up into parts of montana, then for the dakotas, it will begin to taper, but an additional 3 to 6 inches of snow for parts of colorado. especially in the highest elevations, with over a foot of snow into the northern rockies. we'll continue to monitor that. lot to talk about weatherwise as we go into this week, eva. >> all right, cheryl, thank you so much. >>> now to the war in ukraine, as residents flee the city of kherson ahead of the attempt to retake the city lost in the first days of the war. abc's britt clennett has more from kyiv. good morning, britt. >> reporter: good morning, eva. yeah, more signs of a russian retreat in the south. ukraine saying it continues to liberate villages in the south and in kherson. a resident in the regional capital telling abc news that the situation there is growing more desperate with shops, banks and

cheryl scott from our station wls in chicago leads us off. tell us about this powerful storm that's now spreading across the country tonight. >> yes, linsey, this storm system is advancing east. already dumping over a foot of snow in parts of the rockies, and now this powerful cold front is going to bring very heavy rain and high winds to the middle of the country. gusts upwards of 40 to 60 miles per hour per hour. you can see the band of rain from the upper midwest to the deep south. this is slowly going to advance its way to the east. with it comes the threat of severe weather. tonight, the bull's eye, sioux falls down to kansas city. tomorrow, that severe weather threat in parts of southeast texas. by tuesday, into mississippi. we're talking damaging winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes and heavy rain. a swath of 3 to 4 plus inches anywhere from chicago back to texas. this is much needed rain for the middle of the country, linsey. >> fall can still have some severe weather there. thank you. >>> next tonight, the race to the midterms is he

. >>> let's turn to cheryl scott from our station in chicago. good to have you here. >> so good to be here. we have a lot to talk about. this video coming in. smogless in seattle. this is capturing the poor visibility. this is what it looks like now. you can see the buildings and the color in the shots. we're improving the air quality. it's because of this pacific northwest storm bringing heavy rain and also mountain snow. welcomed rain for so many. you can see the winter weather advisories and the winter storm warnings on the map fr lisa: good morning to you. saturday morning, waking up to windy conditions at the coast. a wind advisory throughout the day today. from our beaches down through san francisco and big sur, cooler temperatures with elevated fire danger the second half of the weekend. highs today, 60's and 70's, winds gusting over 45 miles per hour here. the accuweather 7 day forecast. a cool week ahead. >> beautiful weather here today in new york. also the midwest will get some rain tomorrow along the east coast. we'll talk about that

. >>> we do want to turn now and get a check of the weather and cheryl scott from our chicago station wls is out there in chicagoland giving us the national picture this morning. hey, cheryl. >> reporter: yes, active weather to talk about as we go through the weekend and severe threat across the deep south. torrential rainfall video coming in from howes, texas. one to two-inch-hour rates and flash flooding being reported. as we go through the day we're looking at heavy rain, high winds with the storms that develop out of louisiana into mississippi and the bull's-eye for severe storms will be along the gulf coast from new orleans over towards mobile, alabama, also getting in on some action later tonight. the main threats damaging winds, isolated tornado threat and also possible, very heavy rainfall, some flooding not out of the question. two to three inches likely in this region, but also many locations from tuscaloosa down towards mobile could see three to four plus >>> some of that rain moving into the ohio valley. eva? >> we got a lot of trick-or-treating to do so have to know what

cheryl scott from our chicago station wls out there. i imagine it's cold in chicago in october. >> reporter: it's chilly here, but our temperatures above average and we're not tracking snow for halloween. we have active weather across the pacific northwest. this will ten to bring in moisture from oregon up to washington. you can see the radar around seattle with heavy rain. it will pick up in intensity tonight into tomorrow. rainfall totals anywhere from two to four plus inches with snow expected in higher elevations. activeer for odunng toen fog around the north bay this morning. also a little bit in the city, but we will warm up this afternoon from the upper 60s bayside to the upper 70s and our warmest inland valleys. >> reporter: in terms of the halloween forecast, nothing too spooky. we'll have some showers in the chicago lingering into trick-or-treat hours as well as parts of the east coast. back to you guys in the studio. >> nothing too spooky. you didn't see the graphic. >> i was like what was that. he was doing the dougie. there

cheryl scott times it out. >>> 16 days until the midterms. we're in nevada. the senate race in a dead heat. our new abc news poll shows republicans have the edge on key issues. including the economy and inflation. rachel scott on the ground with voters. >>> plus, an abc news exclusive. our interview with the employee wrongly accused of leaving a

cheryl scott from our chicago station wls is timing it all out for us. >> yes, the same system that triggered that tornado yesterday on the move tonight. bringing with it heavy rain across parts of the deep south. now extending farther north into the ohio river valley. this system shifting to the east bringing scattered showers and expected downpours for halloween monday across parts of the mid-atlantic and tracking that new system moving into the pacific northwest. very heavy rain and mountain snow expected in the coming days, and over a foot of snow in the cascades and the northern rockies could make travel difficult through the mountain passes by midweek. linsey. >> cheryl, thank you. >>> tonight, an investigation is under way into several displays of anti-semitic messages that appeared over the weekend in jacksonville, florida. one was at a major college football game. now how the universities are responding. mona kosar abdi has what we learned. >> reporter: tonight, officials condemning multiple displays of anti-semitic messages in jacksonville, florida. >> it makes you mad. this stuff i

scott is right, cheryl, you're right as well. as humans, we have this thing where we just assume what's happened recently will continue, and that's never the case. and we always say you want to be buying when it feels like the world is falling apart. and if you're someone that's selling today, when are you going to get back in, when the market's higher? are you really going to get back in when the world is worse than it is today? if most people can't do that, so i agree. we want to stay invested. but we may want to to own companies that pay us dividends. so we're big believers right now, let's own stocks that pay us to own them, and we'll get back to growth at another time. now's the time to be paid to own equities. cheryl: high-yield dave end payers, scott, a group that's been talked about. also a look at some of the sectors that are the most beaten down. financials seem to be coming back a little bit. look at consumer staples, health care. i mean, there are sectors in market that are need-based. maybe not consumer discretionary

cheryl hurd back with us. i can't think of the last time i saw chief scott get emotional like that. pretty interesting to see that. really lets you know the magnitude of this story. how is paul pelosi doing tonight? you mentioned he's over at sf general. do we have any updates on the surgeries or what's happening? >> reporter: well, we know that he had surgery on a fractured skull, and he also had surgery on his arm and his hand. doctors are saying tonight -- still saying tonight that they expect for him to make a full recovery. >> ha is good news. you also spoke with brooke jenkins, the district attorney. what's the legal case now against the suspect in terms of the charges? >> reporter: i did. i caught up with her after the news conference, and she said that when you have a hammer and you hit someone over the head with that hammer, that's attempted murder. and she feels like the charges levied against this man are appropriate. >> okay. cheryl hurd reporting for us at headquarters there at sfpd. so what do we know now about the suspect, 42-year-old david depape? we spoke with his s