right now on "america this morning," new help in the race to vaccinate america. how u.s. troops may get involved. plus, the rise in a rare covid related syndrome among children. and new clues on why the government was so ill prepared for the pandemic. details on where the money was going. censure instead of impeachment. a new senate strategy to punish former president trump, plus, the rare terrorism alert now being issued in the wake of the capitol attack and the new move for expelling a member of congress accused of supporting terrorism. the nfl player arrested accused of strangling his

girlfriend now speaks out about his future in football. what he's blaming for the violence. new research on what might be causing your sleepless nights is the moon to blame? a new security feature from apple. how to limit apps that tracks your movements online. what a hoot. a rare sight, very rare sight in the middle of new york city. good thursday morning, everyone. i'm kenneth moton. >> and i'm kyra phillips. mona is off. and we begin with new information about supplies of the coronavirus vaccine. >> it comes as the cdc predicts the u.s. death toll could reach 514,000 by mid-february. that's 85,000 lives being lost in the next three weeks. >> the good news is the number of people in the hospital is finally dropping, but the frustration surrounding the vaccine rollout are only increasing. two to three days of supply we this morning vaccine supplies are dwindling. >> it will be months before

everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one. >> reporter: fema now in talks to send as many as 10,000 troops across the country to help administer the shots the government does have. president biden's team insists they're not holding anything back. >> any stockpile that may have existed previously no longer exist. our practice is to maintain a rolling inventory of two to three days of supply that we can use to supplement any shortfalls in production and to ensure that we are making deliveries as committed. >> reporter: some states still scrambling to catch up with the first stages of the rollout. in texas, the process is being compared to "the hunger games." >> supply is our biggest issue right now. we had a local clinic that has like four centers and has like ey got 100. d seomet >> reporter: in georgia one health provider losing its

supply for the next six months after one medical center began vaccinating teachers even though the state right now is only authorizing shots for health care workers and people over 65. the scramble to find a shot prompted one man to drive 1,800 miles. meanwhile, the more contagious uk variant of the coronavirus has now spread to 28 states as far as alaska. the variant now prompting a stay-at-home recommendation at the university of michigan. also on the rise, cases of a dangerous syndrome in children. it's linked to the coronavirus and called mis-c. parents should be on the lookout for specific symptoms. >> so what parents should know off the bat is that it's still very rare, and what it looks like is a total body inflammation that can be life-threatening, nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, swollen hands and

feet, maybe a rash, bloodshot eyes, red lips, cracked lips, things like this will get people wondering if this is mis-c. >> reporter: and now more questions about the government's pandemic preparation. a whistle-blower claiming since 2010 the department of health and human services has misused money earmarked for programs like vaccine research allegedly spending the money on removal of office furniture, news subscriptions and the salaries of people who didn't even work for the department. in the meantime, more americans are asking whether a single cloth mask does enough to protect against covid. more on that later this half hour. a powerful storm is delivering a direct hit to most of california. more mudslides are feared today in coastal areas where more than 10 inches of rain could fall. one mudslide south of san francisco damaged ze hometrapeo animals. condiartreacherouinhe

california mountains where more than eight feet of snow is expected in some areas. a separate weather system hit the southeast spawning a tornado that flipped over a plane in tallahassee. we'll take a closer look at the forecast in just a few moments. we turn now to washington and a new strategy for senators trying to hold former president trump accountable for the attack on the capitol. instead of impeachment they're considering a censure. they claim it could still punish trump by limiting his political future. abc's alex presha here with more details. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, kyra. so democrats are now working on a potential plan b to keep former president trump out of office in the future. this morning, a bipartisan effort is under way to keep donald trump from ever holding office again. as a conviction in the former president's impeachment trial grows more unlikely. >> the behavior is impeachable and certainly warrants conviction, but i think the chances are virtually zero. >> reporter: senators timion th

would censure him and stop him from ever running for office again by using language from the 14th amendment in the resolution. >> under the wording of the 14th amendment of the constitution, section 3, anybody who participates in an insurrection against the constitution or gives aid and comfort to those who do is barred from ever serving in office again. >> reporter: legal experts call it a long shot, plus the censure vote would be in lieu of an impeachment trial and democratic leadership doesn't seem to be backing down on that. >> make no mistake, there will be a trial, and the evidence against the former president will be presented in living color for the nation and every one of us to see. >> reporter: now the republican leader in the house is imploring other members of his party to stop fighting each other. kevin mccarthy, who is expected to meet with former president trump in florida today, told colleagues on a conference call to focus on defeating the biden agenda and, quote, cut the crap

out. in the meantime, the homeland security department has issued a rare national terrorism advisory warning that violent extremists who support trump could feel emboldened after the capitol attack. >> they're out there, they're angry. they're disenfranchised. they're up set trump lost. >> reporter: this morning a california man is now charged after allegedly being found with 49 firearms and 5 pipe bombs. the fbi claims he was preparing for an attack and texted, i want to blow up a democrat building bad. i hope 45, president trump, goes to war. if he doesn't, i will. and now a california democrat is introducing a bill to expel georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene who is accused of endorsing political violence. in a 2019 facebook video greene appears to support executing speaker nancy pelosi. and this video now surfacing also from 2019 shows greene confronting david hogg, a survivor of the parkland school shooting. >> why are you supporting red flag gun laws that attack our second amendment rights? he's got nothing to say.

he has nothing to say because there really isn't anything to say, you guys. >> reporter: now in response to that video, greene said, quote, i will always work to protect our gun rights. now, some context here. in the history of the house only five members have been expelled. kyra. >> alex, thanks. new details about a hostage standoff in austin, texas. police say a pediatrician with terminal cancer killed another pediatrician, dr. katherine dodson, before turning the gun on himself. dodson was the mother of three children. police say the gunman had applied for a position in dodson's office but was rejected. nfl lineman chad wheeler is speaking out after his arrest on domestic violence charges accused of strangling his girlfriend until she lost consciousness. in a tweet he said, what happened was the result of a manic episode and he promised to get treatment. he's already been cut by the seattle seahawks and faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted. ti fk

>> good morning. we're watching a powerful winter storm make its way south through california. could see up to ten feet of snow in the mountains. up to ten inches of rain in the foothills, the greatest flood risk will be between san francisco and los angeles, especially near the burn scar areas from that busy wildfire season. meantime, a snowstorm is ending into thursday morning across parts of the southeast. places that aren't used to getting snow like virginia beach, watch out, could be a little snow to drive through in the morning. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coskren. coming up, some breakfast news. the new cereal shortage. also ahead, a david versus goliath battle on wall street. how regulators are getting involved as amateur traders drive up the stock price of struggling companies like gamestop and amc theatres and the billions of dollars being lost. and later, having trouble sleeping?

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amateur traders are going head-to-head with some of the world's biggest bank ofs goliat in recent days from their dorm rooms, basements and frat houses this next generation of investors has sent the financial world into a frenzy. >> well, we have the perfect storm of stimulus money, a cohort of younger investors. >> reporter: the group teaming up to send stocks in the struggling video game retailer gamestop skyrocketing. the company going from a losing bet to an epic payday ballooning to a value of more than $24 billion in just a matter of days. t e t are nt says he invested i, a process known as shorting the stock. >> you borrow shares of the stock, and you sell it. and if the price goes down, then

you can buy it back at that lower price and pocket that difference. but if you're wrong and the shares go up, then you're going to have to buy back the stock at that higher price and that difference is a loss for you. that's painful. >> reporter: many of the young gun traders realizing the potential flaw in that philosophy. they say it's not just about profit but about getting back at wall street. some coordinating in an online community called wall street bets on the popular social site reddit. the group now targeting other formally beaten down stocks, companies like blackberry, build a bear, amc theatres and even tootsie rolls are now surging. in response to the chaos, t.d. ameritrade and charles schwab are restricting certn ange commissioisaking notice. the s.e.c. says it's working with regulators to assess the volatility and to review the activities of certain investors. kenneth, kyra. >> all right, thanks so much. and coming up, president biden's plan to tackle climate change. will it be a job killer or not?

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his plan freezes new oil and natural gas drilling on federal lands and will eventually require government vehicles to be electric. critics say it will cost jobs but biden's climate envoy john kerry says it will create jobs. >> the takeaway to them is that they are seeing an end to their livelihoods. what do you say to them? >> i think that unfortunately workers have been fed a false narrative. no surprise, right? they've been fed the notion that somehow dealing with climate is coming at their expense. no, it's not. >> kerry says the new jobs will be green jobs in the auto and energy industries. biden says he's not banning fracking. medical experts are warning against taking certain pain relievers before getting a covid vaccine. they say people who take drug like tylenol and ibuprofen before the shot may reduce the vaccine's effectiveness. pain relievers are okay after

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she joked that her character phyllis who had a sitcom of her from 1975 to '77 was not so different from her real-life self. >> not to gossip but gloria steinem is coming on, and we all have to act like we're sisters. >> reporter: a comedian on screen and off but cloris started off acting in the theater and tackling more dramatic roles in tv and on film. she won an oscar in 1972 for "the last picture show." >> thank you. >> reporter: her career spanning decades bringing laughter to generations of audiences from mel brooks' "young frankenstein." >> i am frau blucher. >> reporter: to "malcolm in the middle" three decades later. cloris even appearing on anngth 82, the most senior star to ever grace the ballroom. in an interview with "the hollywood reporter" she was asked about her longevity. >> if you're not ready to live, at least you're ready to work. >> reporter: this morning her friends and co-stars paying tribute. mel brooks saying, chloris was insanely talented.

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checking the top stories, as americans scramble for covid vaccine, health officials say it could be months before shots are available to military for up to 10,000 troops now to help with the vaccinations and this morning, the biden administration is considering with whether to require a negative covid test for all passengers on domestic flights. three teenagers are under arrest in denver charged with starting a fire last summer that killed five members of a family from senegal. two victims were young children. the suspect's ages, 15 and 16, face murder and arson charges. the police did not reveal a motive. apple now says its new optional ad tracking feature will be available to iphone and ipad users this spring. it will prevent apps from facebook and other companies from tracking our movements online without our permission. er a major

winter storm impacts most of california through the day, heavy rain could cause mudslides in recently burned areas and snow today around the great lakes. finally, the sound of silence no more. >> live music is back. thanks to pop-up performances. our new york station has the story. >> reporter: how much have you missed it? ♪ it was gone for so long from our lives. ♪ and suddenly -- ♪ -- right there. >> there's just simply no substitute for the real thing. >> reporter: even in the bitter january chill on a frozen manhattan street corner the music calls. it has been it seems a lifetime since we've been able to be there as music is performed. so the kaufman music center started providing it again, everyone is masked and the string quartet is behind glass this night, but the feeling. ♪

>> it was awesome, yeah, this is my first time seeing like a live performance in a really long time so it was really fun. ♪ >> perform something what we do and the experience we have working with audiences and feeling their feedback is what fuels us to be performing so now we're operating in this vacuum in a way where the only time people hear us is on the internet. ♪ >> reporter: no internet, though. some passers-by keep on with the important business of their day. but some stop. moms with their children stop and mothers too. starved for this exactly and for a moment they take in a brief, warm embrace on a frigid winter day of what sustained them once and will someday again. jim dolan, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> and let's hope communities across this country get a little

bit more live music. >> stay with right now on "america this morning," new help in the race to vaccinate america. how u.s. troops may get involved. plus, the rise in a rare covid related syndrome among children. and new clues on why the government was so ill prepared for the pandemic. details on where the money was going. censure instead of impeachment.ne to pushormer president trump, alert nobeing ised ie wa the capitol attack and the new move for expelling a member of congress accused of supporting terrorism. the nfl player arrested accused of strangling his