is not. >> jasper, keep your head up. >> good morning, america. triple threat. that trio of dangerous storms slamming millions coast to coast with blizzard conditions. the biggest storm in years hitting the west and this morning, fears of flooding and mudslides in california forcing 5,000 residents to evacuate. plus, new images of that path of destruction after a powerful tornado ripped through alabama leveling neighborhoods. we're tracking it all for you this morning. shot of hope. president biden now announcing plans for the nation to buy 200 million more vaccine doses, enough to vaccinate 300 million americans by the end of this summer as january is now the deadliest month since the beginning of the pandemic for the united states. plus, the new report on covid transmission in schools. how safe is it really for kids

and their teachers? dr. jha joining us live. impeachment showdown. senator patrick leahy hospitalized just hours after he was sworn in to preside over the second impeachment trial of former president trump and the early signs republicans will not line up to convict the former president. disturbing confrontation. video of a school resource officer slamming this female high school student to the ground posted on social media. parents now calling for his arrest. more on the investigation under way this morning. rejected. lori loughlin's husband request to be released from prison early denied just halfway through his sentence in the "varsity blues" scandal as we learn new details about his two months in solitary confinement. ♪ i'm blinded by the light ♪ and super bowl surprises. this morning, "gma" reveals the mystery special guest taking the stage before the big game. plus, brand-new details in the halftime extravaganza.

what to expect from the weeknd after his jaw-dropping 2020 performances and the heroic fans heading to the super stands. >> i'm going to the super bowl! >> the nfl sending more than 7,000 vaccinated workers to the showdown in tampa. good morning, america. that's a good way to start your wednesday. >> it is. >> some good news for those health care workers. >> that's right. there is a lot of preparation happening for super bowl lv and there's actually some action expected this morning near another football stadium, this one in new jersey. take a live look at the meadowlands. they are looking to vaccinate more than 2,000 people there today. >> amy, we'll have much more on the coronavirus emergency in

just a few moments but we're going to begin with that trio of dangerous storms slamming millions all across the country. overnight new reports from that powerful tornado destroying home after home there in alabama. rob in for ginger has the very latest for us, good morning, rob. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. so much of the country being slammed by storms right now. one of three beginning to wind down here in the northeast. but certainly enough snow covering the ground not just here but all the way to california to make any sort of travel extremely difficult. overnight a triple threat, dangerous storms slamming millions from coast to coast. slick, dangerous road conditions from new york through new england. drivers underestimating the conditions. this pickup sliding, then rolling over. at least six taken to the hospital in colorado. icy conditions there leading to this pileup north of denver. more than 17 cars and three semis involved. stopping traffic for hours. and near flagstaff, arizona, a tractor trailer pileup. you can see the one cab sliced apart. red transmission fluid covering the ground.

truckers at a standstill for hours as crews work to clean up the wreckage. in utah several people injured after this crash sent two vehicles flying down an embankment monday. chicago getting nearly six inches of snow. plows working through the night to keep runways clear at o'hare and in alabama new images showing just how badly that ef-3 tornado ripped apart fultondale monday night. winds up to 150 miles per hour snapping trees like twigs. neighborhoods near birmingham leveled now unrecognizable. >> i had five minutes to get in that tub and then, poof. >> reporter: at least 30 people injured. a 14-year-old boy sheltering in a basement with his family did not survive. >> come on, buddy. >> reporter: this dog pulled from a pile of wreckage where he was trapped now reunited with its family. such a tough scene in alabama. just goes to show you these winter storms can be so dynamic, not just ice and snow but across the south we always have that severe weather threat.

not so much today. we are focusing now on the dynamic storm coming into california. look at the winds that took down this tree north of san francisco. we had 50, 60-mile-an-hour winds there in the bay area and the winds blowing the snow along i-5 near mount shasta. blizzard condition, snow piling up like 30 inches in just 12 hours thanks to this atmospheric river of moisture. it's going to be a two-day event at least. high wind warnings as well from northern california to southern california and we are going to see massive amounts of rain that could easily trigger flash flooding and mudslides over the next several days. robin? >> thank you, rob. speaking of california, will carr is in santa cruz where thousands have been told to evacuate. good morning, will. >> reporter: robin, thousands of people are being told to get out now this morning after we had a historic fire season last year, you can still see some of the damage these trucks, charred and let me show you as you walk across the street what the real threat is. here in california people have been hoping for rain but it's a

bit of a double edged sword. we're expected to get up to ten inches of rain in the coming hours. that will make all of this mud so slick it has the threat of coming down these hillsides with mudslides that could destroy some of these nearby communities. we're also expecting the threat of avalanches in the mountain area and power outages across this area add. add it all up and it is extremely dangerous over the next 48 hours. amy? >> all right, will, thank you very much for that. we turn now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency as the globe surpasses 100 million cases worldwide. january is now the deadliest month for the united states since the beginning of the pandemic. but there is new hope on the vaccine front with 23 million shots administered out of the 44 million distributed so far. the white house promising to buy 200 million more doses. eva pilgrim is outside a

megasite in new jersey with more on that. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, amy. they're planning to vaccinate 2,400 people here today. take a look at our drone shot. you can see the site, a racetrack next to metlife stadium. the vaccine shipment arrived yesterday and they are wasting no time getting that vaccine into people's arms. that parking lot that you see with the cars in it, those are people who are here early for their appointments and many more people are expected here today. help is on the way. president biden announcing plans to ramp up the vaccine effort. >> we will increase overall weekly vaccination distributions to states, tribes and territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum of 10 million doses. starting next week that's an increase of 1.4 million doses per week. >> reporter: the plan includes buying an additional 100 million doses of both the pfizer and moderna vaccines, bringing the total available doses to 600 million. enough to vaccinate 300 million americans by the end of this summer. the biden administration also

vowing to give local officials a supply forecast so that states can prepare adequately. >> this is going to help make sure governors, mayors and local leaders have greater certainty around supply so they can carry out their plans to vaccinate as many people as possible. >> reporter: additional vaccines can't come soon enough for millions of frustrated americans. liz scott in arizona is trying to find a second dose appointment for her parents who are over 75 with underlying health conditions. >> i have looked every day at every location and there is not an appointment available. this is a life-or-death situation. they have compromised immune systems. >> reporter: there may be more hope on the horizon. johnson & johnson is expecting results on their single shot vaccine as early as next week putting them on schedule for possible emergency use authorization by mid-february. that would add an additional 100 million doses to the u.s. arsenal by the end of june. and more people trickling here

at this site. but because of those supply shortages other megasites like yankee stadium haven't yet been able to open, but they are ready to go as soon as the supply comes in. george? >> okay, eva, thanks very much. let's turn to the debate over opening schools during the pandemic. president biden wants most elementary schools back open in his first 100 days and the cdc says it's safe for children to attend if proper precautions are taken. steve osunsami has the story. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. in schools with little transmission of the disease, researchers here at the cdc found that teachers and students were wearing masks almost all the time. these new findings from the cdc this morning are reassuring to many parents and teachers and show that in-person learning can happen with very little transmission of disease at school. the scientists looked at a three-month period of classes. in 17 k through 12 schools in

rural wisconsin, the safety protocols were strict. the schools required all students and teachers to follow strict safety rules that included wearing masks at all times and keeping social distance. in the period they looked at, 191 students and staff tested positive for covid. but they only connected seven of those cases to the spread of disease at school and all of those seven were students. since the start of the pandemic, teachers across the country have been justifiably concerned about in-person teaching. in chicago, the teachers union threatened to strike. in wisconsin, jeanne hoffman says she ended up getting sick after returning to the classroom. >> not everyone uses the same level of caution and there's going to be interactions. as much as we try to minimize them, we still need to take care of our students. >> reporter: the cdc is sharing this graph from this wisconsin study which should help with concerns. the dotted line shows the covid-19 cases in the schools with the strict rules compared

to the spread of disease in the community, and the coronavirus continues to spread. the number of american children getting sick is worrying. more than 165,000 new cases of sick children were reported last week and children are now 12.7% of confirmed covid cases around the country. scientists are warning parents and students about extracurricular activities and indoor sports and they focus on wrestling where it's nearly impossible to wear a mask safely and where the disease can spread easily. george? >> yeah, i don't see how you can do that safely. steve vgs, thanks very much. let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. welcome back. encouraging news from the cdc on schools and children and know the child infection rate is low but increased a bit over the last couple of week, about 16%. what is that about? >> yeah, good morning, george. thanks for having me on. what's happening basically is as we've seen large outbreaks in the country the last month or so, some very large numbers of

infections, kids have been getting more infected too. i don't think it's anything different. i don't think it's the new variant, for instance, playing a role. i think it is the part of a broader pattern of more people getting infected. >> overall we are seeing some good news. hospitalizations down over the week. cases down over the week. and now we do seem to be in something of a race between these vaccines and the variants. >> absolutely. this is the issue in front of us. these variants, particularly the uk variant, which is widespread across our country is really starting to increase in cases and it's going to wreak havoc on hospitals unless we can get lots of people vaccinated carefully and quickly, i mean. so this is the race in front of us. >> so the president is announcing an additional 200 million vaccine doses. is that number high enough? >> yeah, i think the total number of doses we're going to have by the end of summer will be plenty. i think in the summer we will have a situation where we will have more doses than we know what to do with.

i'm not worried about the summertime. i'm worried about the next couple of months and anything we can do to increase supply will be critical. by the time we get to summer we will have plenty of vaccines for everybody. >> in the meantime mitigation still so important. you're seeing some doctors saying everyone should wear n95 masks to protect against mutations. >> yeah, you know, in the ideal world we would have had plenty of n-95 masks. we've known about n95s and their value for over a year. we've never really produced them in big enough numbers to have most americans have access to them. there are all tern enough. kfn94s and kn95s. they're not quite as good, but still an upgrade. most need to upgrade their masks with this variant. >> how much difference is this johnson & johnson vaccine going to make? if it passes the trials, it's a single dose. >> i'm very excited about it. i haven't seen the data so have to look at the data. a single dose relatively easy to

store. i think it will make an enormous difference. the problem is we won't have a lot of doses right away because the production didn't really happen. so we'll have to wait for that but once it comes online it will make a big difference. >> dr. jha, thanks again for your time this morning. >> thank you are. >> amy? to washington now. president biden signed four executive actions on racial equality saying our soul will be troubled as long as systemic racism is allowed to persist. more actions expected later today. they're calling it climate day at the white house. all this as the senate prepares for the second impeachment trial of former president trump. our congressional correspondent rachel scott has more on how republicans will vote and, rachel, the senator presiding over the trial, patrick leahy, was hospitalized shortly after being sworn in. >> reporter: yeah, amy, good morning. and it was just hours after senator patrick leahy was sworn in to preside over the trial that he was not feeling well. he was taken here from capitol hill and rushed to a hospital out of an abundance of caution. this morning we are told he is doing okay, that he is resting and looking forward to being back at work soon.

but that trial starts in just two weeks. the senators were sworn in as jurors yesterday, but right from the start it became clear that it's likely we will not see a conviction of donald trump. 45 republicans voted that the trial itself is unconstitutional. in fact, only five republicans voted with democrats in order to move forward with the trial and it will, but democrats now face a significant challenge. they need at least 17 republican senators in order to convict donald trump and right now, amy, they just do not have those number. >> rachel, we want to get some new information that just came in and, frankly, it's difficult to process. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene showed support for executing house speaker nancy pelosi? >> reporter: yes, amy, and this is just frankly disturbing. these posts obtained by cnn were

before she was elected to office. in 2019 greene recording a video suggesting that house speaker nancy pelosi could be executed for treason and another post from that same year she allegedly liked a comment saying the quickest way to remove pelosi is to put a bullet in her head. greene says that not all of those posts represent her views but she does not apologize for them and goes on to say that different people run her social media pages, amy. >> extremely disturbing is probably the only way to describe that. all right, rachel scott, thank you very much for that. robin? >> at the very least. all right, amy. we turn to big super bowl news for some very deserving people. the nfl is sending 7,500 vaccinated health care workers to the big game. here's a moment when one found out she was heading to the showdown in tampa. >> want to tell everyone again? >> i'm going to the super bowl! >> that is nicole henning from florida. she's been a nurse for 15 years, says she's been in the trenches since day one with her unit from the beginning of the pandemic. here's what else she had to say about the big moment.

>> the history of tampa bay playing in their own super bowl is historic. the pandemic was historic and the nurses caring for them, they've made history all year long. so it's kind of come full circle. >> it really has and great that the nfl is doing that and we have some other big news about a special guest making an appearance at the super bowl pregame show and what the weeknd is planning for his big halftime performance. that's all coming up. >> a lot more coming up on super bowl lv. we are following a lot of other headlines this morning. lori loughlin's husband mossimo giannulli denied early release from prison for his role in the "varsity blues" scandal and new details about his solitary confinement. the investigation after this video of a school resource officer slamming this female high school student to the ground. but first let's go back to rob. >> reporter: hi, amy. a pretty scene this new haven where the flakes are still stalling, dangerous driving

conditions continue and storm number two in the middle of the country down across the south. it's not going to bring severe weather today but winter weather. weather advisories up for missouri back through the ohio river valley all the way to the carolinas and could see several inches of snow across appalachia but getting into north carolina, into raleigh. slick conditions tomorrow and back through st. louis probably a couple inches of snow as well and attention will turn to the storm in california for sure. that's a check what's happening here. time for your warm cities sponsored by northwestern mutual.

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good morning. let's take a look at what's going on outside and what i expect moving forward. downed trees and power outages low right now but we have ponding on the roadways with some real heavy downpours and mudslides are still possible in our burn scars. mainly in the santa cruz mountains. the north bay is out of the flash flood watch. we're a 2 on this today and tomorrow. our strongest storms are moving through marin county and solano county. 680, 780 and also on 101. this is where we're going to have the steadiest rain in m counties. low to mid-50s today and 1s after that. coming up on "gma," new

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february 8th. senators sworn in as jurors but from the start it became clear a majority of republican senators were unlikely to vote to convict president trump. later today the life of baseball legend hank aaron celebrated at a private service. he passed away last week and will be laid to rest in atlanta, georgia alongside martin luther king jr. and john lewis at the historic south view cemetery. >> he was a legend indeed. >> kind of got lost. it was a friday he passed away and there were some -- because he was very public about getting a vaccination and people were concerned that was the reason for his passing. it was natural causes. i lived in atlanta for some time. had the privilege of spending time with him. what a gentleman. what an absolute gentleman. >> quiet hero. >> quiet hero indeed. >> a good way to put it. we'll continue with lori loughlin's husband, a judge denying mossimo giannulli's request to be released from prison early after he spent nearly two months in solitary confinement because of covid protocols. kaylee hartung joins us from los angeles with more on all of this.

good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, amy. we've all become accustomed to this concept of quarantining to protect ourselves and others from covid but when a quarantine is forced upon you in jail, that means solitary confinement. and after 56 days in isolation, mossimo giannulli's lawyers couldn't make the case to get him sent home early. this morning, mossimo giannulli, the fashion designer and husband of tv star lori loughlin is waking up behind bars yet again. on tuesday a judge denying his key rest to be released from prison early just halfway into his sentence for his role in the "varsity blues" college admissions scandal. giannulli pleaded guilty to paying roughly $500,000 in bribes to get his daughters into usc. he was sentenced to five months in prison. after spending nearly two months in solitary confinement because of covid-19 protocols his attorney filing a motion for him to complete his sentence in home confinement saying the 57-year-old's time in isolation took a significant toll on his mental, physical and

emotional well-being. the judge rejecting the notion writing although defendant's quarantine was longer than anticipated, he has since been released to the general population and has given no extraordinary or compelling reason why his current circumstances in the camp warrant immediate release. the judge siding with prosecutors who insisted his extended quarantine was necessary due to his contact with other inmates who tested positive for covid-19 and his own complaints of symptoms consistent with the virus. but a source close to the family refutes that argument claiming giannulli already had covid before reporting to prison and never had any symptoms of the disease while in confinement adding he had no access to the outdoors for fresh air or sun for almost two months. and giannulli's wife lori loughlin also pleaded guilty for her role in the scandal. she completed her two-month prison sentence and returned to the family's home in l.a. just after christmas. for giannulli to serve his full term that means his scheduled release is april 17th. george.

>> okay, kaylee, thanks. we turn now to the investigation under way after a video of a school resource officer slamming a female student to the ground at a florida high school was revealed. parents are calling for his arrest. victor oquendo has the details. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, george. the sheriff's office says that resource officer was trying to stop that student from fighting another student. that video making the rounds on social media and it is tough to watch. this morning, oseola county officials are investigating this confrontation between one of their school resource officers and a student. >> whoa. oh, my. >> reporter: it shows that officer slamming that liberty high school student to the ground. you hear a thump before she appears to go unconscious. her body not moving as he puts her in handcuffs. the school district telling abc affiliate wftv they don't hire the school resource officers placed in their schools. the sheriff's office stating we are collecting video, witness statements and relevant information related to the incident. we know the resource officer was

in the process of trying to stop the student from fighting another student. parents demanding better, calling for the officer to be arrested. the school hasn't commented. the sheriff's office hasn't said if that officer has been placed on leave or reassigned and at this time we don't know how that student is doing this morning. george? >> okay, victor, thanks very much. robin? we turn to super bowl lv. we are learning new details about the halftime show which will look very different this year as you can imagine. plus, there's a very special addition to the pregame festivities. i can't help but smile. janai norman outside nfl headquarters here in new york. tell us all. good morning, janai. >> reporter: hey, robin. you got me smiling too. i'm so excited. the super bowl halftime show is always a big deal. obviously with the pandemic things will look different this year, but no less exciting and that incredibly special addition, well, you have to wait 15 more seconds to find out but it is absolutely someone who has already captivated and amazed us all.

♪ i feel it comin' ♪ ♪ i feel it comin', babe ♪ >> reporter: can you guess who is coming? it's not just the weeknd. >> for there was always light if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it. >> reporter: that's right, this morning, "good morning america" can confirm that inaugural poet amanda gorman will be part of the super bowl lv pregame show. ♪ i'm blinded by the light ♪ >> reporter: for halftime headliner the weeknd jesse collins telling "entertainment tonight" the key word is live. >> our guy's got a lot of hit records and he's going to perform them all. at the end of the day he has to stand there for a little over 13 minutes and dazzle 120 million people. ♪ i said ooh ♪ >> reporter: he already snows how to put a show on in a pandemic singing high above new york's skyline during last

summer's vmas. ♪ i'll run away ♪ >> reporter: then storming a deserted l.a. bridge for a fiery performance at the american music awards featuring kenny g. in november. and while the nfl is only permitting 22,000 fans to be in the stands for the super bowl, collins says they're using limitations to their advantage. >> we're going to use the stadium to present the show in a way that it's never been presented before and it is absolutely a live, live halftime show inside that stadium and more places than you would expect. >> reporter: but the weeknd won't be the only music superstar rocking tampa. before the game even kicks off -- ♪ i put my hands up they're playing my song ♪ >> reporter: miley cyrus getting the party started with the nfl's first ever tiktok tailgate pregame for health care heroes. so here's what else we know about the show, the national anthem will be a duet with eric

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we're back with a look at the qanon, the baseless conspiracy theory and how it's impacting some families, even tearing them apart. according to one estimate last year, qanon-related facebook groups grew to at least 1.7 million members. that was until the social media giant started removing them in the fall. t.j. holmes is here with more. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. look, criminals, thugs, insurrectionists, rioters, but when some see that video of the siege, you know what they see? they see their husbands, they see their fathers, sons,

brothers. people they say they've lost them to qanon in some cases, and some believe it's the time to try to get them back. symbols of "q" among the angry mob that invaded the u.s. capitol. fired up by the misplaced belief that trump won the election. [ crowd chanting ] the aftermath of that day offers a glimpse into the impact qanon is having on some families. this l.a.-based filmmaker says he grew up in a conservative christian family in a small town outside of dallas, texas. >> we weren't allowed to watch secular media. a lot of the local teachings. >> reporter: according to jeremiah, his mother was especially devout. >> i always felt a lot of love, but that was because i was going with what she said. >> reporter: experts say qanon followers have swelled in numbers since the onset of the pandemic. jeremiah says his mother was one of them. >> i feel like it was more during the pandemic where she started saying, you know, the government's trying to silence us by wearing masks and,

you know, china is behind this. >> reporter: the baseless qanon conspiracy theory began with the false belief that donald trump was secretly battling a cabal of satan worshiping pedophiles for control of government. qanon theorists have touted a wide range of theories, claiming hollywood elites are operating a global sex trafficking ring, others about the assassination of jfk and existence of ufos. >> this makes no sense and i'll point out but for her there's always an explanation or she's like you'll be proven wrong. >> reporter: jeremiah blames qanon for being the final rift that destroyed his relationship with his mother. >> maybe before that it felt like there was a chance of repairing something, but i feel like qanon has been the final blow. >> reporter: jeremiah is far from alone. this reddit support group called qanon casualties has over 100,000 members. people sharing their personal stories. it's official, my family is cutting connections with my grandmother.

another says both my parents are part of "q," and i feel helpless. >> it's a place to go to understand why this happened to your loved one, what they're going through, what they fell into and that we have a community of people who can commiserate with you, can help you through this process. >> reporter: many qanon followers falsely believed that there would be some sort of last-minute intervention to keep donald trump in office, all part of a preordained plan. but experts say the transition of power provides a prime opportunity to start to repair broken relationships. >> people are recognizing that things didn't happen as they were predicted and that there are different groups that are forming and going in different directions. some groups are turning on trump. some groups are turning on each other. so this is a real test of patience, and it's also a real test of love because what is going to work is reaching out with unconditional love and acceptance. >> we reached out to jeremiah's mom but did not hear back.

dr. young says if you talk to a family member, don't mock. don't shake your head. you need to listen. mocking further drives them into these groups, and we have to remember this is the group that thought jfk jr. was going to come back from the dead and be donald trump's running mate and thought the military would stop the inauguration and keep trump in power, and the fbi has said qanon groups like this do pose a domestic threat. >> but to say what she said again about if a family member -- don't mock, you know, even though we shake our heads and go how can you believe -- you really have to have unconditional love. >> they are saying that is so key. what is giving an opening with these group is they feel like outsiders. don't you as a loved one continue that and push them further to these groups. >> thank you for that. coming up next we have our "play of the day." ed double mils on every purchase, every day. objection! my credit card doesn't earn double miles on every purchase. i object to your objection! with the capital one venture card you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. triple threat. millions in the path of three dangerous storms crisscrossing the country. from the slick and slippery driving conditions forcing cars off the road in the northeast, to fears of flooding and mudslides in the west, forcing thousands to evacuate. and new images this morning after that powerful tornado tore through alabama. shot of hope. the president announcing plans to ramp up the vaccine effort and buy 200 million more vaccine doses. january now the deadliest month in the u.s. since the pandemic began. risky business. the new amateur day traders at home during the pandemic using low cost apps and reddit to try to game stocks. how it's driving the market wild making some rich. the big risks going with those rewards.

game changer. jennifer king with the washington football team. the first black woman to coach full-time in the nfl. she's going to join us live this morning. ♪ good vibration ♪ declutter 101. the micro makeovers that will take the stress out of your mess. expert tips this morning on how to clear the clutter. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ we're rocking into wednesday with ricki lake. what she's telling us about her hair loss, love during the pandemic and life right now. all ahead as we say, good morning, america. ♪ ain't no river wide enough to keep me from you ♪ good morning, america. we hope you're all doing well this wednesday morning. it's going to be great to catch up with ricki lake. >> it will be. also, ahead, a new installment of our open for business series. a married couple that opened their dream gym. they had to pivot when the pandemic hit like so many of us have had to do. they're joining us live with a few moves, uh-oh to get us moving.

how they get creative to keep their dream alive and keep their doors open. we are looking forward to this one as well. >> we certainly are. first we do have a lot of news to get to starting with that trio of dangerous storms slamming millions across the nation. let's go back to rob marciano tracking the very latest for us. good morning, again, rob. >> good morning, amy. it certainly is a pretty scene on the green with snow covering. you can hear the snow shovelers scraping away at city hall. this is making for dangerous travel conditions not just here in new england, but all the way to california. >> reporter: overnight, a triple threat. dangerous storms slamming millions from coast to coast. slick, dangerous road conditions from new york through new england. drivers underestimating the conditions. this pickup sliding then rolling over. at least six taken to the hospital in colorado. icy conditions there leading to this pileup north of denver. more than 17 cars and three semis involved. stopping traffic for hours. and near flagstaff, arizona, a tractor trailer pileup. you can see that one cab sliced apart. red transmission fluid covering

the ground. truckers at a standstill for hours as crews worked to clean up the wreckage. concerns growing in california as heavy rain and snow moves in which could trigger mudslides in areas previously burned by wildfires. 5,000 people in santa cruz have already been evacuated and down south in alabama, new images showing just how badly that ef-3 tornado ripped apart fultondale monday night. winds up to 150 miles per hour snapping trees like twigs. neighborhoods near birmingham leveled. now unrecognizable. at least 30 people injured. a 14-year-old boy sheltering in a basement with his family did not survive. this dog pulled from a pile of wreckage where he was trapped now reunited with his family. that dog smoky the husky happy to be alive. they're getting rain across the storm zone as they recover from that tornado. one of three storms you see on the map here. the one in the northeast getting out of here, but the one in the west, that is going to be the

most worrisome event. we've already seen dramatic rainfall and snowfall there and wind as well and have blizzard warnings posted and flash flood warnings and high wind alerts not just for today but through at least tomorrow. massive amounts of rain coming with this atmospheric river and they need the rain but not all at once. we are most likely going to see some mud slides and debris flows across burn scar area, george, a difficult time here in california over the next couple of days. >> boy, sure looks like it. thanks very much. we turn to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. there is new hope on the vaccine front with 23 million shots administered out of the 44 million distributed so far. the white house is now promising to buy 200 million more doses. eva pilgrim has the latest. >> reporter: help is on the way. president biden announcing plans to ramp up the vaccine effort. >> we will increase overall weekly vaccination distribution starting next week. that's an increase of 1.4 million doses per week. >> reporter: the plan includes buying an additional 100 million doses of both the pfizer and moderna vaccines bringing the

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>> hi, you guys. all right. who is ready for tool time 2.0? 20 years after the beloved sitcom "home improvement" went off the air, tim allen, aka, tim "the tool man" taylor, and his side kick are reuniting. the make believe handy-dandy duo making their debut in a real-life workshop competition show called "assembly required." take a look at this. >> america's favorite craftsmen return. >> translation, i'm back in the shop. >> tim allen and richard karn reunite for the newest competition series. >> we still got it, man. at least i do. >> you got something. >> all right. >> so here's how it works. three contestants will compete in their own at home workshops

to create one of a kind builds.u the history channel saying, we will see everything from a dual season ice melter/leaf blower to do it yourself jacuzzi and someone makes a barbecue bicycle, whatever that is. the winner decided by the tool guys will get $5,000 cash and ultimate bragging rights. allen and karn will serve as hosts and executive producers of this ten-episode series, and will be joined by april wilkerson. it starts on tuesday, february 23rd, 10:00 p.m. on the history channel. looking forward to that. also this morning, at 93 years young, legendary actor sidney poitier still has firsts left to experience. this is a big one. arizona state university is honoring the oscar winner with the sidney poitier new american film school. the university president stating, he embodies everything the school and their film

program stands for, saying about sidney, quote, look at his life. it's the story of a person who found a way. so how do we help other young people find their way? poitier was the first black male to win an oscar for best actor back in 1964 for his role in "lilies of the field." his daughters say the arts and education are two of the most important things in his life saying, quote, the arts were a form of education. he wants to pass that on to all young people but specifically young people of color. the family says they look forward to seeing the next generation of artists emerge from the sidney poitier new american film school at asu, an honor very much deserved. finally this morning, if you're having a rough one and you just want to be left alone, may i suggest that you let your feelings be known like little malon marie. take a look. ♪ leave me alone ♪

♪ leave me alone ♪ ♪ leave me alone ♪ >> her mom says she made up that song i'm assuming directed at mom. a beautiful way to let everyone know exactly how you're feeling and with that, i will leave you alone. back to the studio. >> glad to know how she feels. thanks very much. we're going to turn now to our "gma" cover story, and the amateur day traders taking certain stocks to new heights during the pandemic but there are lots of risks that go with those rewards and rebecca jarvis is here with the details. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, george. that's right. this is a trend that has exploded because of the pandemic. a new generation of investors, they are young, they are stuck at home with not a lot to do and they have trading tools where they can do it for free all day long from the palm of their hand on their phones and they have a community on reddit where they can all band together to try to force stocks higher, at least

for now. they're young, internet savvy, stuck at home during a pandemic and looking to beat the odds. no, they aren't your typical wolf of wall street guys. >> at the tender age of 22, i headed to the only place that would fit my high-minded ambition. >> reporter: amateur day trader, their impact on stock prices, huge. >> we have the perfect storm of stimulus money, a cohort of younger investors and we also have these platforms that encourage sort of these weapons of mass trading. it creates, if you will, this explosive upward effect. >> reporter: cameron is a 20-year-old rutgers student who has been playing the stock market during the pandemic. >> every day when i wake up i check first thing i do is go on robin hood and check out the app. >> reporter: using the robin hood app where he trades as much as he wants without paying fees cameron and others like him have taken the value of stocks and companies that traditional wall

street investors are largely betting will fail like gamestop, blackberry and amc entertainment to unthinkable heights. how do you get your ideas about which stocks to buy? >> to be honest it's very impulsive. what people do is basically, you know, gambling on this. >> reporter: he also gets ideas about which stocks to gamble on through a community on reddit called wall street bets followed by nearly 2.4 million readers who spend 24/7 talking about stocks of companies like gamestop. the posts include everything from satire to strategies like bankrupting institutional investors for dummies featuring gamestop. the hope is that they can drive up the price of a company and then cash out. >> while they're pulling it up, and posting about it, more people are buying it. do i think gamestop is worth $220 a share? no. i know personally near where i am of seeing probably four or five gamestops shut their doors within the last year. the stock is only worth as much people think it is. >> reporter: their efforts to

game the system sometimes pay off. a year ago gamestop was about $4 a share. yesterday it closed at nearly $150 after surging almost 100%. you've saved up and you put the savings into -- >> yeah. >> you're smiling. >> i made money on it. >> reporter: while cameron won't say how much money he put in, he believes he made thousands of dollars on the trade. >> a lot of my friends and i, you know, we do it together. it's kind of almost like a game to me. i love to be up. i get upset when i'm down obviously. >> reporter: in the process cameron and the army of people buying gamestop shares have caused serious losses for some traditional wall street speculators. now a handful of industry leaders are calling for an investigation because of the angry mob that's formed against them. this game perhaps as entertaining as it is risky. >> i would approach it the same way going into a casino. that is you're not investing.

you're gamt -- gambling, and the history of people building economic security through this type of trading activity is pretty rare. >> reporter: even those playing seem to know the odds won't always be in their favor. >> i've seen people lose their life savings or college funds, not be able to pay their loans off. i never want to put myself in that position. >> reporter: proceed with caution and this is not exactly the first time we've seen this type of euphoria in stocks. i'm reminded of the late '90s, early 2000s in the internet bubble. back then there was no red. -- reddit or robin hood app, but there were yahoo! and aol chat rooms, and people would talk about stocks in those rooms, there could be a friend a and, you know the end of that story, it didn't end well for many. >> rebecca, your piece helpfully made the most important point. this is gambling. much more than it is investing. what is the most important thing people need to know about it? >> reporter: yeah, george. the difference between saving for retirement and this, they are night and day. if you are saving for retirement, that is thinking

about it over the long haul. remember that when you invest in an individual stock, it can be very risky. these types of things, it's a good idea if you're getting involved in it at all to make sure you have a limit on the amount of losses you ha're will to just like if you walked into a casino tomorrow the amount of money you'd be willing to lose and finally the new apps that have been created for trading proceed with caution on those as well. they are meant to gamify and make trading fun. sometimes that fun can turn costly very quickly, george. >> important caution there, rebecca, thanks very much. to rob. >> hey, george, i want to show you video just released out of wisconsin. earlier in the week i-41, look at this, sliding down the interstate. look at the recovery. some serious skills. almost took out that police officer on the side. this jackknifed trailer not so lucky there. dangerous driving out there with the icy conditions, and then more cold air. it's about freezing or slightly below across the northeast but

the coldest air is coming in floor friday morning. look at these windchills, minus 14 in syracuse and 10 plus below in boston. good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. i downgraded the storm to a 2, strong. lightning possible today. more showers and downpours tomorrow and i'm finding dry spots for you to get outside in the accuweather seven-day forecast. mid to upper 50s. it's going to be a mild to chilly day today and tonight mid-40s to 50s with more do downpours. our lightest storm will bebebebe turning now to a "gma" ebebe exclusive, game changer, jennifer king and her history making promotion becoming the first black woman to coach full-time in the nfl. we're going to talk to coach king. there she is. going to talk to her live in just a moment but first here's

her story. >> reporter: this morning, it's official. the washington football team making history adding jennifer king to their sideline as assistant running backs coach. king, a trail blazer on and off the field will be the first black woman to coach full-time in the nfl, and only the second woman coach to hold a full-time position behind the bucs' defensive line, lori locust. >> strong broad shouldered league so popular, so masculine, so set in its ways, running smack dab into this tidal wave of change in the united states. >> reporter: in an nfl off-season with black coaching candidates being overlooked for jobs, only mike tomlin and brian flores in current head coaching roles. now king's promotion hopefully a sign of progress. king is a seven-time all-quarterback and receiver for

the woman's pro football team, the carolina phoenix and in 2018 she made her nfl debut as coaching intern for the carolina panthers. she has put in the work. joining us live now is coach jennifer king. good morning. good to see you. nation. >> good morning. >> good morning. okay. >> thank you. >> you're very welcome. not many people can say my promotion led to a history making moment. you can say that. when did you first hear about this? when were you first told about your promotion and what was your reaction? >> we're in the middle of game week so i was preparing and coach called me in. we had a conversation to let me know what was going to happen so i was really excited about it but, you know, in the middle of game week things are kind of hectic, so i went back to my office and went right back to work. >> coach rivera, we had him on last year. i know he's had health concerns so pass along our best to him when you talk to him next. next you'll hear from another game changer with the same last name who wants to pass along her congratulations. the legendary billie jean king.

here she is. >> congratulations, jennifer. on your new promotion with the washington football team, become the first black woman to coach full-time in the nfl. in a new history making job you will inspire generations of children because if you can see it, you can be it. so i'm so happy for you, keep going for it. >> representation is so key. okay. jennifer, what advice do you have for a young person? i mean you didn't have anybody who looked like yourself in your dream job. if somebody doesn't have somebody in the field that they're pursuing that looks like them what is your advice to them? >> yeah, i think it's just having that personal mantra of being so good you can't be denied and keep going. there will be hardships for you. there will be struggles and difficulties but if it's something that you really want, you have to find a way to get it done and not take no for an answer. >> find a way to get it done and

in the nfl we share this in the piece. it's been a difficult role to find blacks in a head coaching position in the nfl. there are only two black men that are head coaches in the nfl right now. we're showing them right there. what are your aspirations? do you hope to be a head coach one day and what would you like to see moving forward with diversity in the league? >> yeah, possibly. you know, coach always tells us to be where our feet are and it's kind of where i am right now, just focusing on how we can be better next season. but, yeah, you know, long-term goals is something i look forward to but i'm not sure with the current hiring practices of head coaches but i really hope that some of these guys who are more than qualified get their opportunities. >> right. there are a lot of qualified men out there deserving of that opportunity. you as i said, have put in the work. you as a player, as a coach, both in college and in middle school. i love this picture you posted.

this is when q&a -- washington played the bengals. jermaine pratt. you were one of his coaches in middle school. his middle school football team. you both have done very well for yourself. but have you ever gotten any pushback from any players that you've coached? >> i've been super fortunate to work with a great group of guys and i think it comes from the top. i have had some great bosses, rick neuheisel, and obviously coach rivera, that culture they built is fantastic and the guys i've worked with are awesome. >> they have spoken so highly of you, especially they say the way that you communicate, that your communication skills are very key. you have a mantra about a standard going forward. what is that, how has that helped you? >> yeah, that was one of the first things i realized was how high the standard was and i just started carrying that over in my life and things kind of took off from there, but it's so important to have something that you stand for, and that you live by, you know, what you are willing to accept and what you are willing to not accept. >> well, i know it could not have been an easy road, but you

are there, and as i said, you have earned it both as a player and as a coach and have the respect of so many, and appreciate you greatly. so what's next? what's next? what's next for you, coach? >> oh, i mean it's really all about hitting the off-season and trying to make us better so we have a little time off then we'll get back to it to try to do it again next year. we got a little taste of the playoffs so now you know you want to get back and advance. >> that you do. there's that smile. just thinking of the postseason. all the best. thank you so much. you take care. we'll be right back. >> thank you. >> uh-huh. . >> thank you. >> uh-huh.

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the news continues now with "good morning, america." ♪ hey, look, ma, i made it ♪ ♪ hey look, ma, i made it ♪ we are going to welcome back one of our favorite guests. he won an oscar for playing freddie mercury in "bohemian rhapsody." now in "the little things." good morning, rami malek. welcome back. wish you were here in person. sorry we can't be with you in person this morning. >> that's all right. it's great to see your faces, george, robin, amy, great to see you guy. >> thank you. >> tell us about denzel washington, you star with him in this new thriller but you first met back in 2019? >> we met at the golden globes when i was -- we were up for "bohemian rhapsody" and he was there with his son john david and we locked eyes. he gave me that gorgeous denzel smile and i saw him in a moment,

i think, you know, we had a moment of recognition, he started to stand up and i thought, oh, boy, you better stand up and go greet that man before he comes to you. so it was a really sweet moment and then i think he thought of me for the role opposite him in this, so, you know, class act. >> oh, right back at you. and the entire cast, i mean, you, denzel, jared leto, okay, three oscar winning actors, denzel said it was like three world champions facing off so what was it like stepping into that ring? >> well, for me just growing up in the '90s, denzel was everything. so i mean one of the seminal films was spike lee's "malcolm x" and that left an indelible impression on me when i was younger so to go toe-to-toe with him was something of just a true

gift, jared also brings the fireworks, of course. but, you know, it's a movie that takes place in the '90s and it was very nostalgic for me. sometimes there were scenes where i'd be, you know, digging through my pocket to get some coins to hit the pay phone up and kind of made me just nostalgic for that ear r the throwback films of that period and, you know, made me think of you guys, i know robin, that was kind of your time on espn. >> right, right. >> and, george, i think you were rocking a denim jacket beginning to change the world. >> my daughters still make fun of me for that, you know that. >> you were in college doing journalism i think -- >> he did his homework. >> wow. >> you did your homework. >> what a great nostalgic time for all of us and i think that's

exactly what this film does. we didn't have this mode of communication. >> so funny to hear him talk about the '90s as nostalgic. >> i know. i was holding back as he was doing that. >> so, rami, the movie itself in terms of the plot, it's two cops trying to investigate a string of murders. let's take a sneak peek and take a look at it. >> what is all this? >> past. the future, the past. the future becomes the future -- >> hey, look at me. this issic. you need to get some help. >> so it's a cop movie, it's part thriller, it's part mystery but you say it's a lot more than that. >> it is, you know, when just doing the research for what these guys go through, it's such a psychological dive into what

starts off as something so altruistic of doing a public service turns into this kind of tunnel vision, you know, relentless hunt for what, you know, becomes almost a myopic vision of just discovering who this suspect is against all costs, so it really puts you in a psychological place of the head space of what these guys go through and, you know, some can start weighing the good versus the bad of that aspect, but ultimately what it does really, really well is it just keeps you hooked till the very end. usually these movies at the end, you know, you kind of figure out what's going on and put it all together and that doesn't happen with this. >> i love -- i love those kind of movies, rami. it's perfect. you know what else we love, we can't wait for the new james

bond movie playing the villain in "no time to die." delayed again for the pandemic. set to be released in october. give us a sense of what we might get. >> eye enmoo, well, it is delayed but we will get to see it in theaters, which i think is really cool. it is a phenomenal send-off to mr. daniel craig. you know, stepping on set with him, you see exactly why he was cast in this role so many years ago and he just -- he brings everything in his arsenal to that role and it was just a magnificent experience to step on stage and go, all right, rami, you got to take this guy down now. so every day i kind of had to charge myself up and i imagine that the audience is getting charged up until the day that they can lay eyes on it as well. >> when that comes out you know you will be back in the studio to talk about it. we can't wait for "the little things." thanks for joining us, rami.

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back now on "gma" with ricki lake. oh, i can't believe it was one year ago i had a chance to speak with her. the actress former talk show

host, filmmaker. we talked about her decades long hair loss journey making the bold decision to shave her head. well, a year and a pandemic later, ricki is back to tell us so much more. it is great to see -- oh, looking good. i love the gray. yeah. >> nice to see you. > how is it going? how are you feeling now, ricki? >> i feel amazing. a lot has happened in a year, robin. >> yep. >> it's been quite a journey and i'm really happy to see you again and show you kind of the new me. i mean it was such a riot of passage last year taking the leap of faith to shave my head and my hair has thankfully grown back and i learned so much through the process of really like letting go of something that had been bothering me for decades. >> yeah, ricki, you said this is the hardest thing or at least one of the hardest things you've ever had to do in the latest issue of "people" magazine talking about how difficult it was to share your truth with the

world. is it still something that's hard to talk about? how do you feel about it now? >> i mean it's funny, you know, it's like -- there's things in life where you keep then at a secret, i was molested as a child and kept it quiet for many, many years and once you admit it happened, the secret doesn't feel like this weight jan your shoulders. for me it's been such a beautiful gift to be able to come clean with something that i was so ashamed of and to be often the other side of it and obviously with what's happened in the course of a year with covid, i mean, i can honestly say it's no longer an issue for me and i've come to embrace not only my hair that has grown back but also the color, this is my natural color and we as women are not supposed to embrace aging but i feel the best i've ever felt in some ways. >> you look fantastic. >> thank you so much. >> you know, it's coming through in your eyes and your whole spirit. what advice, yeah, we'll get into why you're really happy in a moment. what advice would you give to

someone walking a similar journey you were walking about your hair loss? >> well, i just think that the secret is never too big. you know, it's a coming clean and showing your truth and really like loving ourselves internally. i really truly have come to a place where it's about self-love and it's internal and that shows on the exterior. i'm so grateful to have taken that leap of faith and really love myself even more for being courageous through that dark time. >> your energy is just so palpable and it's contagious and you're helping so many people and i know last year you talked to robin about perhaps writing a book about your hair loss journey, curious, have you started it? do you have a title for it. >> i've been writing a lot. i haven't actually put it in book form yet but i think the title will be "labor rated" or "labor rate kwit. s been like being set free the

only way to describe it. through the out pouring of being on your show last year, countless people have come to me wanting to applaud me and say where did you find the courage and if i can help one woman by sharing my story it's worth it, you know. >> i've said vulnerability is a strength, no the a weakness. when you allow yourself to be vulnerable. it's beautiful. you know what else is beautiful. this pandemic love story. do tell. >> it's all a miracle. my hair is back and i found love during covid. that is my beautiful partner, ross and he is amazing and i met him -- i was on a covid walk. i ran into an acquaintance. he said are you single. i said yes and i am so happy. you know, and most people know who follow my story know i lost my husband to mental illness and suicide almost four years ago ennever thought i'd find true love again and consider myself a very lucky woman. >> you are blessed and a blessing and a covid walk.

a lot of people are going to be taking that covid walk now. you never know what can happen. all the best to you. let's not wait another year. let's see each other before that. >> thank you so, so much. thank you very much for having me. >> any time. are you sure you're not in the same place with rami? >> that was identical. >> identical background. >> in the same hotel, i guess. i don't know how that happened. i'll go stalk him now. >> you do that. you do that, ricki. take care. let's check back now again with rob. rob. >> hey, good morning again, robin. want to show you beautiful pictures, the snow scene here to maybe warmer climates for our first show of maui, the eastern end of the island. low level clouds and sun coming up, high clouds going the other direction. gorgeous stuff. from our 50th state to our 49th state. the northern lights firing up there over juneau, alaska, earlier this week. if you've ever seen this, these are like angels dancing in the sky. it is a sight to behold and spiritual experience you must do

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concept starting small but it did make a big difference and didn't take a lot of work so now i'm going to tackle that junk drawer that really is good science that big jobs can be daunting and we put them off but the small ones, lara, we tackle and can snowball into something bigger, right? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. good luck with the junk drawer. i'm right behind you. thank you. those are great tips. thank you so much, becky. and we'll be right back on "good morning america." ♪ be the ♪ ♪ are you ready to join the duers?

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♪ lightning and the thunder ♪ back now with our open for business. chris and alex perrin found the popular fitness studio cut 7 just four years ago but had to get creative to keep their doors open when the pandemic hit. here's how they saved their business. >> i'm coach alex.

we have arms. >> there's a lot of heart in this workout. a combo of personal training meets team based fitness founded by chris and alex perrin. it's a labor of love for the married couple. >> there are definitely times with we first started that we didn't know if we were going to be able to do it. getting through those moments were incredibly difficult. but also it made us resilient. >> reporter: that resiliency proved vital when the pandemic hit and their studio shut down. they pivoted first virtually then over the summer moving it outdoors. >> we started with just two classes outside. the first week. and by the second week we ended up having six to eight classes a day and ended up bringing out kettlebells. we filled our cars to the brim. >> reporter: so they doubled down, investing their savings into an open air garage turned

fitness studio debuting their new location last october. >> we're going to find a play to have a workout because the people that come here are counting on us for that and we're not going to let them down. >> start with the feet. just up and over. up and over. >> reporter: chris and alex committed to keeping their coaches employed and offering a safe haven for their dedicated fan base. >> being able to relate and interact with people still in a healthy way has really helped get through this time. >> oh, my, getting it done. chris and alex join us with a group of their cut seven coaches. good morning to you all. thank you so much and i want to tell everybody how this all started. chris, you met when you became alex's personal trainer turned into a beautiful love story turned into a business. how did it get to be cut seven? tell us, chris. >> yeah, it was alex's trainer

and wanted an interesting workout and i did my best and alex challenged me to make it into a business and here we are. >> he was an accountant 95 to 5 and training me every other outside hour and i knew he had something when i first started taking his classes. he only had four people going and knew it could be more. after we were together we build it to over 500. >> you are a dynamic duo. i love that. we have people watching. they want to be motivated so you've got some of your coaches there with you. you're going to give us the leg lift lunge and clap. that's one of the signature moves with cut seven. so show us how it's done. >> so we have a hurdle here and a leg lift lunge and clap. alex is going to put all the weight on her front leg and lift up, clap underneath, now she will do a jump lunge into the next leg lift up keeping our abs braced and now she jumps over

the hurdle and comes down into a squat, pump twist, come down pump twist, come back over the hurdle. let's try it one more time. guy, lift up over, then switch. lift up, prop, hop over the hurdle. here we go. nice low squat. stay on those heels, nice work, come back over. that's a lot, right. so what if that is too much for you? let's tri something a little toned down. we begin a split squat, okay. we'll come up, come back down. nice and low. switch legs. good. >> just like that. >> drop that knee. good, shoulders back. come back into a squat. >> thank you, chris. >> good. >> keep it going. keep it going. we got to go but you all keep it going. keep going. thank y'all. cut

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>> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. good morning. i'm kumasi aaron from "abc7 mornings." there were at least two crashes on the bay bridge overnight and this one involved an suv. another involved a jackknifed big rig. it happened on the lower deck around 10:30 last night. here is mike with our forecast. >> we had a heavy shower move across the south bay. dusting it with a little bit of snow. we have light rain in the north bay and marin county is going to have our steadiest rain. we'll have isolated downpours and isolated breezy conditions. our best chance of flooding continues through tomorrow through 4:00. we'll have a 2 tomorrow, a 1 early friday, friday afternoon and most of sunday are driest times. >> thank you, mike. now it's time for "live with kelly and ryan." we will be back at 11:00 for

"midday live" and we hope to see you then. have a good morning. >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, "go big show" a celebrity judge, rosario dawson. and money lessons for your kids as we continue our to save week." plus, a former college football player gives us our "good news story of the day." all next on "live!" ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ryan: good morning. >> kelly: thanks a lot. >> ryan: good morning, yala. thank you. welcome to wednesday "januready." >> kelly: doesn't this look