and i'm rosemary church. we want to get straight to our top stories in the hour. one of the biggest sporting events in the world wrapped up hours ago. the super bowl where tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers dominated to top the kansas city chiefs. scenes like this are what officials urge people not to do. packed crowds and super bowl gatherings could lead to a spike in covid cases. adding to those concerns, the spread of coronavirus variants and the sprent of vaccines to fight them. south africa has just paused its rollout of astrazeneca vaccine after a study showed minimal protection against the variant first identified there. all this playing out as the country hard est hit by the pandemic is bracing for a rare political battle. the second impeachment trial of

former president donald trump set to begin tomorrow. let's start with the super bowl and the celebrations in tampa. quarterback tom brady powered the buccaneers to victory. they won 31-9. the 43-year-old quarterback won his seventh super bowl extending his own record with tampa bay in his first year. he was named the game's mvp. cnn's andy scholes joins me to talk about all of this. tom brady, the greatest of all time winning his seventh super bowl in the first year with the buccaneers. talk about the highlights. >> we built this game up all week long. it was going to be an epic showdown with brady and mahomes. this game didn't live up to the hype. but brady did win his seventh

super bowl. he now has more super bowl titles than any other team in nfl history. brady proving he can win a super bowl anywhere doing it in his first year in tampa. he convinced his old buddy rob gronkowski to come out of retirement and join him in tampa. brady finding gronk for two it hads in the first half. they have now hooked up for more touchdowns than any other duo in postseason history. the bucs were running away with the game by halftime. todd bowles and bucs defense, they were just relentless all game long. they pressured patrick mahomes more times than any time in history. this was the first time mahomes

failed to score a touchdown. he's the mvp of the super bowl for the fifth time in his career as the bucs easily beat the chiefs in super bowl 55, 31-9. >> i'm so proud of all of these guys out here. we had a rough month of november. ba had a lot of confidence. we came together at the right time. i think we knew this was going to happen, guys, didn't we? we ended up playing our best game of the year. >> one of the greatest accomplishments in sports history. i mean, i'm not going to say it's the greatest but i would say it's up there for sure. come down here to tampa, come to an organization that was ready to win. come down here to players, they're all fantastic players, great guys. everyone overall. story is just unbelievable and

definitely ranks up there as one of my biggest accomplishments ever. >> certainly is an unbelievable story. brady and gronk, winning the super bowl title with their first year with the bucs. both of them said definitely coming back next season. >> i think so. very impressive, indeed. andy scholes, thank you for bringing all of the highlights. president biden and the first lady delivered a taped message to football fans that aired just before kickoff. in it the president thanked the nation's front line workers and he urged all-americans to wear masks. >> as we thank you and all of our essential workers, let's remember, we all can do our part to save lives. wear masks, stay socially distanced, get tested, get vaccinated when it's your turn and most of all, let's remember all of those who we lost.

>> so did fans follow that advice? well, there was a lot of celebrating at the super bowl when the hometown team won but the crowds who gathered in tampa's night life district are a real concern. cnn's randi kaye has the details. >> reporter: well, it was quite a game and quite a crowd in tampa. there is a mask mandate for those in the entertainment zones and entertainment areas. you have to wear a mask. a lot of people are ignoring that mask mandate. in fact, we have video of an area where hundreds of people were lining the streets. they were going to bars and restaurants, many of them mask less. they were inside the areas. the city is being asked why they didn't do more. the mayor's office sent me to the police in tampa and when i asked them they said that they

are very disappointed certainly about one gathering at a bar and grill in tampa. the spokesman telling me they have a level of responsibility that must be followed or risk being shut down. that particular event was supposed to have a mask mandate and it's unclear if any of that was followed. in terms of citations or fines issued, the tampa police would not say how many if any at all were issued in the city. randi kaye, cnn, tampa. more now on that troubling vaccine development in the global fight against covid-19. south africa is causing its roll o out of the oxford astrazeneca

vaccine. we're joined from ma laughrey. david, you have interviewed a number of doctors about the astrazeneca vaccine. what's been the reaction to the pausing of the rollout? >> well, it's certainly very disturbing because this vaccine as seen as a key po potentially starting the process of ending the pandemic. we're at the queen's hospital. they're filling oxygen bottles. it's driven by the variant discovered in south africa. they need a vaccine here that works and they need it very soon, rosemary. >> yeah. talk to us about what this vaccine news means to malawi. >> well, we were inside the isolation wards, covid-19 wards here at the hospital. they have converted four of the

wards to combat covid. at times they're up to 100 patients swelling the hospital in queens. this has taken them by surprise this time around. this new variant has battled the health care area. there should be eight here in this hospital. that pressure is seen throughout the country. we were at district hospitals more short of oxygen. people afraid to go to the hospitals because they feel they might die there. the solution to that is doctors without borders and administrators is to get some vaccine in quickly. they want 40,000 doses and it could take years before enough vaccine gets to malawi to get

herd immunity in the country. the tents they're building aren't just for the current wave but more that will hit the continent. >> dave mckenzie joining us. many thanks. researchers at oxford university says they are retooling the astrazeneca shot to be ready for the new variant. it should be ready by the fall. they likened it to developing annual flu vaccines. >> we have a version with the south african spike sequence in the works. this year we expect to show this will generate the antibodies. people will be familiar with the idea that we have to have new

components and strains every year to keep up with the main flu strains that are circulating. >> cnn's selma abdelaziz joining us from london. we were listening. this retooling of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will happen -- be available around autumn or fall. that is a very long time away. what happens in the meantime? >> that is. there was a calming of fears that this is not as clinically effective against the south african variant. they said, look, we have this under control. we are ready and prepared for any variants. we are preparing through our genomic sequencing programs. we are indexing in a library, all of the areas. we are preparing to make new

vaccines if needed. there is a booster shot you will get to deal with any variants of covid-19. take a listen. >> we see very much a booster in the way we do with flu vaccinations where you look at what variant of virus is spreading around the world, you rapidly produce it and then begin to vaccinate and protect the nation. >> reporter: rosemary, this is one of the first countries in the world that was really hit hard by one of those variants of covid-19. no one here wants to live that nightmare again. that's why you see tough rules in place. future plans for future variants. meanwhile, the vaccination program is the biggest shield and it's prevalent here in the u.k. 12 million people vaccinated. >> let's hope that can come

faster than autumn. appreciate that. a first for the u.s. in the week ahead. a president impeached twice now faces a second trial in the senate. the details from washington next.

the u.s. is bracing for what is set to be a dramatic week in washington as lawmakers kick off the historic and unprecedented second impeachment trial of donald trump. that begins tuesday with house impeachment managers on tuesday. the pretrial legal briefs are due today. questions remain including how long the trial will last and if we'll hear from witnesses. cnn's joe johns has more. >> reporter: some republicans in the united states say they are reserving judgment until all of the evidence is in. some compare themselves to members of a jury. for whatever reason, many

republicans over the weekend said they were reluctant to convict donald trump in this trial that is expected to begin on tuesday. they are well aware of the popularity he has in the country. 56% of respondents believe the former president should be convicted and barred from holding office while only 43% say he should not be. it is not up to the respondents of polling, it's up to the senate. here's what some of them said over the weekend. >> if you believe he committed a crime, he can be prosecuted like any other citizen. impeachment is a political process. we've never impeached a president once they're out of office. i think this is a very bad idea. >> zero chance of conviction. 45% of republicans have said it is not a legitimate proceeding.

>> do you think it's over before -- >> do i tirp? >> yeah. >> everybody -- no, i don't. i think it depends upon that which is presented. the house did an incredibly poor job. the president wasn't there. he wasn't allowed counsel. he didn't amass evidence. >> i think it's fairly constitutional. in this case, the impeachment occurred prior to the president leaving office. my job is to listen to both sides, evaluate the arguments and make a decision. >> reporter: the leadership watch continues, all eyes on senate majority leader chuck schumer and minority leader mitch mcconnell to release the parameters of the upcoming trial, how long they expect it to last, whether there will be witnesses, how long the impeachment managers as well as the former president's lawyers

get to address the members of the united states senate and make their cases. joe johns, cnn, the capitol. >> on the other end of the republican party, liz cheney is standing her ground against former president trump. >> somebody who has provoked an attack on the united states capitol which resulted in five people dying, who refused to stand up immediately when he was asked and stop the violence, that is a person who does not have a role as a leader of our party going forward. we have to make sure we convey to the american voters we are the party of responsibility. we are the party of truth. >> earlier i spoke with a cnn legal analyst and asked what evidence he thought might sway senators at trump's second impeachment trial. >> reporter: the evidence that i

think might change some people's minds is the actual evidence of what happened to people during the attack. when i used to try violent crimes as a prosecutor, the testimony of victims and people near the victims was particularly compelling. given that some of these lawmakers were in the capitol, hearing from police officers, hearing about the effects upon them, injuries, that might make a bit of a difference and bring back the freshness of the terribleness of that attack. >> and so the goal of the democrats in the end is to ensure trump never holds office again. if he is acquitted, as most think he will be, what other options do they have to stop him from running the presidency again? >> none really. they can censure. that would be something more

easily done. at some points it's discussed, but they have to try. there's a saying in prosecution that some cases need to be tried even if you think you won't win. perhaps the only real political effect they could have is by putting this evidence out there, remind being the american public, reminding republican voters what he caused, the damage that has been done. it could have been even more dangerous for many of the lawmakers. that might be the only assurance there is from him running again. >> it's only been the judicial branch that's stood up. will justice only be found in a court of law? >> i think so. impeachment is very much of a political exercise and a vote of conscience and it's up to the conscience of these senators, particularly the republican

senators, when they hear this. but looking at the various criminal exposures, those cases are going to continue to move forward. i don't think the cases are going to stop. ultimately that may be what the mesh people get. >> cnn legal analyst speaking to me earlier. as lawmakers set their sights on the impeachment trial, president biden remains focused on the coronavirus pandemic. in an interview sunday he talked about his push for a relief package and the reopening of schools. cnn's arlitt saenz has more from wilmington, delaware. >> reporter: in an interview ahead of the super bowl, president biden reiterated his commitment to reopening schools

safely. the pred saz she would be laying out guidelines as early as well. take a listen. >> let's turn to schools. >> sure. >> 20 million american children have not been in the classroom for nearly a year. there's a mental health crisis happening. >> there really is. >> women are dropping out of the work force. is this a national emergency? >> it is. >> reporter: with the senate impeachment trial set to get underway, president biden will promote the covid relief package on hill. he will virtually tour a vaccination center on monday. arlitt saenz, cnn, delaware. iran is still enrich ing

uranium. president biden says the u.s. will not lift sanctions on iran, particularly not while tehran enriches more uranium than what was allowed in the 2015 nuclear deal. iran's foreign minister said the u.s. is the one who needs to return to the pact and lift sanctions. listen. >> iran never left the deal. iran is in the deal. iran has reduced some of its commitments in line with the deal. the way to go back to full compliance on the part of iran is for the united states, which has totally left the deal, to come back and implement its obligations. it's clear it's a decision that president biden and his advisers need to take. whether they want to break with

the failed policies of president trump or whether they want to build on his failures. >> u.s. officials are currently in talks with european allies to figure out their next moves. coming up here on "cnn newsroom," vaccinations are up but will it be enough to track the rapid spread of the variants. we'll take a look. that's next.

welcome back, everyone. u.s. health officials are working to prevent more

contagious coronavirus variants from reversing the recent downward trend of cases. the centers for disease control says nearly 700 cases of new variants have been reported in the u.s. the majority of those are the strain first identified in the u.k. health officials say it could become the predominant variant by march. they also say vaccinations are one way to help contain them. according to the cdc more than 41 million vaccine doses have been administered in the united states and while coronavirus numbers are currently headed in the right direction in places like california, health officials still say the death toll is much too high. cnn's paul bercammen has more. >> reporter: more encouraging news. we saw there were 4421 hospitalizations and 89 deaths.

that is a dramatic drop from a month ago. as a good indication of why they opened up outdoor restaurants. this is way too high for them. we checked in with dr. tom at providence yarganza. he wants people to know this is what he sees. >> what's unique is it kills people in a very slow, methodical, and cruel way without any mercy. first it ravages the patient's body physically. it takes over the lungs, the kidneys, the heart and patients are struggling just to do the simplest thing, what we have all done since we were first born, what we have all done without even anything about it, which is to take a breath. >> the doctor said he would vaccinate 24 hours a day

rotating doctors and nurses on shifts. he thinks his colleagues in southern california would do the same. dr. barbara pererra saying we will not see any indoor dining any time soon. i'm paul bercammen. back to you now. >> thanks for that report. concerns about learning outcomes and student mental health. there has been a push to get back to in person learning. the country's third biggest school district may be close. chicago's mayor said they have reached a tentative agreement with the teacher's union. the union hasn't approved it yet, but if it passes, students will return to school in phases. dr. fauci says more is needed. >> what they need, they need

some help. that's why we want the american rescue act to get through so that the schools can have the capability with masks, with the ability to get better ventilation. all of the things you want to do. of course, vaccination helps, chuck. it would be great to get all the teachers vaccinated as quickly as we can. >> earlier i spoke to cnn medical analyst dr. esther chu and she said -- >> the situation with teachers are there are no absolute right answers. you could argue he will have to be here and we haven't designed what's a safe environment. it's natural to want all of the safe conditions if possible.

the vaccine rollout has been slow. who should be prioritized. there is an argument teachers should be up there. on the other hand, vaccines should be going to communities and to groups like the elderly and racial and ethnic minorities getting the disease and dying at the highest rate. there's a strong equity argument there. there well need to be layers. we cannot leave groups behind who have been neglected in the pandemic. we have to combine that with our concern about getting teachers ready to go back. they should have autonomy in this decision to choose to continue teaching online. a hybrid model might be what we're looking at. >> these are difficult decisions to make while there are supply issues with these vaccines.

also how concerned were you with the super bowl parties we know were held and present the potential as super spreader events. >> these parties, everybody was treating their mask like a chin guard. those are concerning. it is enough of a national pastime i'm worried it could have real epidemiologic impact. this may be the next wave of covid that we see. occurring as variants are here and this may be the next wave we encounter. already 100,000 deaths just in 2021 alone. we are far from being in a place where we can feel comfortable doing things like big group gatherings. >> dr.e esther chu talking to m

earlier. in just a few hours u.s. house democrats will put forward a proposal giving millions in cash to children. for one year it provides a tax credit of up to $3600 for each child under the age of 6. and a $3,000 credit for children ages 6 through 167. it is a key part of the $1.9 trillion covid relief package. the u.s. treasury secretary told job transition. >> i would expect if this package is passed we would get back to full employment next year. >> and cnn's emerging markets editor john defterios joins us. we heard from the treasury secretary, janet yellen. that in addition to a sluggish

labor market offers president biden the justification he needs for his covid rescue plan. how likely it will be this will be accepted and passed by congress? >> reporter: as you suggested here, rosemary, joe biden wants to live to the spirit of his campaign pledge. let's take a look at the details. 49,000 jobs created after losing 140,000 the month before. the headline number on unemployment, that's great, it went down 6.3%. many are not looking for work. many dropping off the payroll system. we've had 10 million people have lost jobs since 2020. it is nearly 10 million jobs.

janet yellen is saying we have a case where minorities, women, small businesses are taking the brunt of the pain. there's a robust argument being made, $5 trillion if that passes in the last year. another democratic voice, lawrence somers who served under bill clinton, it could spark a wild fire. the late 70. she said, i'm aware of the risks out there. her number one risk is the job destruction we see today. she says, we won't get back to full employment until 2025 unless we pull out a can not,

not a shotgun. that's a good way to summarize it. >> john, many thanks. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in court today as his corruption trial gets underway.

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this is the moment a deadly wall of water roared down a hill in india. more than 150 people remain missing. 15 people were rescued from the tunnel where they were trapped but the death toll has risen to 19. anti-coup protesters are marching in myanmar.

you can see many in the crowd giving the three fingered salute. that's a reference to the hunger games movies and a popular symbol of recent pro democracy protests. paula hancocks is monitoring these events from seoul. good to see you, paula. what is the latest on the protests and the police response so far? >> reporter: well, rosemary, it does appear the protests are i can ping up momentum. that's the third day in a row that we're seeing thousands of people coming out onto the streets and the first wave of protests monday was led by student unions. within those protests you also saw teachers, engineers, nurses also came out to protest and also monks were involved. a real cross section of society calling for those members of the nld, national league for

demo democracy, the party that won the democratic election to be released. what they call the military dictatorship to step back and not be in power anymore. we have been seeing these protestors going through the streets. we have seen the last couple of days other cities as well involved. we've seen people coming out of houses and businesses to cheer them on as they're going past. sther' going back into power. what's the response from the military. we have seen some reuters video and it's unclear at this point whether there were any injuries

amongst the protestors or not. but for the vast majority of the social media videos, they are definitely peaceful on the protester's side. they say they want to show civil disobedience but they want to make sure they're not causing any trouble or giving any reason for the police or military to respond in any other way. rosemary? >> the world is watching very closely. paula hancocks joining us from seoul. benjamin netanyahu appeared in court just a short time ago where he entered a not guilty plea to bribery, and fraud. he has described his indictment as a stitchup calling it an effort by israel's liberal and media release to topple him from power. sam kylie is outside the

courthouse. what is the latest on netanyahu's corruption trial? where is all of this going? >> reporter: well, he pleaded guilty in that he agreed with an earlier written statement from his legal team some weeks back denying any and all rolls in three different sets of corruption allegations, three different cases labeled 1,000, 2,000, 4,000. he spent 20 minutes in court in the building behind me. he was seen to be taking notes, wearing a mask for most of it where he is in pretty much in ten minutes time going to be chairing a meeting of the cabinet and other members of his government administration to deal with the covid pandemic which is a focus of israel and the israeli prime minister because he also faces legal jeep did i, political jeopardy in the

form of the march 23 election and a good deal of criticism in part certainly from demonstrations on the ground h here. they hope to capitalize on it. there's great potential political damage to be done to him in terms of seeing a rollout of prosecution witnesses against him, many of them part of the prosecution's argument that he was part of a series of corrupt deals in exchange of political preference in some media in exchange for preferential legislation which led in the case of one set of allegations

to the prosecution going to allege undue profits of some $280 million equivalent in israeli company here. so this is a highly problematic time for the israeli prime minister as he goes into the six-week election campaign. >> many thanks to our sam kylie bringing us the latest live. today is the first day of a major tennis tournament. after the break we'll go live to melb melbourne. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference.

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australian open is finally underway. >> it's going well. naomi osaka and serena williams played. there were 30,000 tickets on sale for melbourne park tennis center today for the first day. around half of capacity. it doesn't seem like they've all been sold. i was there earlier today and there was a slow trickling in of fans as people here in melbourne get used to living with coronavirus restrictions in their life. they have to wear masks indoors. that's been transferred through the tennis center. everyone indoors needs to wear masks. when they're outdoors sitting in seats, they tonight have to. people have been able to enjoy great tennis today because melbourne has only had two cases of coronavirus over the past month. you'll remember that last year melbourne underwent a very long and deep lockdown, 111 days

where people's restrictions were curtailed to get on top of the coronavirus, rosemary. >> australia has done a great job. one of the few countries that have really got this under control. talk to us, angus, about the measures. organizers are still being careful how people socially distance and do other things. talk to us about these masks too, only indoors, not outdoors, right? >> yeah, absolutely. social distancing is still the watch word at the tennis. they are inviting 30,000 people to come each day but they're secretariesing off the stadiums here as you mention to make sure people do keep apart a little bit. if you buy a ticket to one stadium, you can't move around to others. you have to wear a mask indoors. interestingly, on court the line judges have been replaced by

technology. hawkeye technology you'll be seeing a lot of in this australian open, rosemary. >> just amazing. astounding for those of us living in countries drowning in cases, it's marvelous to watch life getting somewhere close to normal. angus watson joining us from london. many thanks. social media site reddit is capitalizing on a blink and you'll miss it super bowl ad. it starts with what appears to be a car commercial. then the screen seemingly glitches and this message pops up. it says it was inspired by the community of users who disrupted the wall street markets in the last few weeks. super bowl halftime show featured a performance from the weeknd which left some viewers wishing it was already monday. and the commercial ast. here's more.

>> reporter: the super bowl may have lacked some of the star power of years past, but there is one ad that everyone is talking about. it's a commercial for jeep. 2 minutes long. features none other than bruce springstein calling for unity in the country in a deep political divide. >> we can make it through the mountain top, through the desert, and we will cross this divide. our life has always found its way through the darkness. and there's hope on the road up ahead. >> and when it comes to big moments, aside from football, the weeknd took the stage as the halftime performer. he did receive some criticism with some fans calling the show visually chaotic. his manager previously told billboard magazine that the weeknd chipped in $7 million of

his own money into this show. back to you. >> thanks for that. among some of the fans lucky enough to be at the game, nearly 8,000 front line health care workers got free tickets from the nfl. that includes these nurses who cheered on their hometown team, the tampa bay buccaneers. the icing on the cake for all of them was getting to see their tampa bay buccaneers win the championship. and thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is coming up next. "early start" is coming up next. have a wonderful day.

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welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is earle li start. i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. exactly 5 a.m. in new york. president trump's historic second impeachment trial set to kick off tomorrow. several key questions remain unanswered. will there be any witnesses and how long will the trial go? there's talk trump will be acquitted this time. that does not mean the