good morning, america. vaccine hopes. johnson & johnson revealing the potenti weapontests on its against covid-19.rone-dose shot compares to pfizer and moderna's as concerns grow about new variants spreading in the u.s. the relief rift. president biden facing republican opposition on the size of his covid-19 relief plan now signaling he's willing to move ahead without support from gop lawmakers. >> covid relief has to pass. there's no ifs, ands or buts. >> the administration's changing tone as millions struggle financially try to hold on. missing brothers. the ar who backrd >> someone somewhere knows where these kids are.

>> what we're learning about the investigation as the boys' adoptive parents and biological mother speak out about the mysterious disappearance. wall street's wild week. the dow'sday plunge after the market mania that sent companies gamestop and amc soaring. the man many are crediting behind the grassroots investing efforts and what we can see when markets open on monday. and winter blast. the storm that dumped nine feet of snow on california now sweeping across the country. the warnings and watches for the midwest and the northeast. hey, good morning, and we're going to start here with the latest on the pandemic, which is accelerating across the planet. according to the world health organization, there have been more cases reported in the past two weeks than during the entire

first six months of this crisis. >> the u.s. has now confirmed nearly 26 million covid-19 cases meaning about 1 in every 12 americans has tested positive for the virus. and the cdc issuing a new order overnight requiring face masks for all travelers using public transportation, which will take effect for the start of tuesday. and there are hopes a new vaccine could be on the horizon. johnson & johnson plans to request emergency use authorization from the fda as early as next week. abc's trevor ault is at yankee stadium, which is being turned into a mass vaccination site for new yorkers with the very latest. trevor, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the cdc now says 27 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine have been administered nationwide. the rollout is slowly gaining steam after its sluggish start, but this virus is not going to wait around for us to pick up the pace, and now the focus of many health officials is on the new variants that are spreading around the world and here in the

u.s. this morning, the u.s. racing to develop herd immunity as coronavirus continues to mutate and evolve. 434 cases of the uk variant have been detected in 30 states as well as the first cases of a variant from brazil and two cases of a variant from south africa, but dr. anthony fauci says the variant he's most worried about is the one that hasn't happened yet. >> you can always make a vaccine pretty quickly with this advanced technology that you could address a given mutant, but it is concerning. >> reporter: johnson & johnson says trials for its vaccine says efficacy takes hold in seven to ten days. its 66% overall efficacy is lower than its counterparts but it's shown it could be up to 100% effective in preventing hospitalization and death. >> with more vaccines becoming available, then we will move more quickly to immunization

of the entire population and herd immunity, which is what we need to stop this pandemic. >> reporter: unlike pfizer and moderna's vaccine, johnson & johnson's is a single dose one and done shot, and it doesn't need to be stored at subzero temperatures. on average right now the u.s. is vaccinating 1.2 million americans a day, and fema is now providing a billion dollars in support to vaccination sites. but so far only seven states have vaccinated more than 10% of their populations, and many locations are desperate to find the necessary staffing. >> so we would really love help with individuals who are medically trained and nonmedically trained. >> repter: in new york city yankee stadium is opening up as the latest mass vaccination site and amid positive trends nationally, governor andrew cuomo says the holiday surge has ended. restauracan re-open to 25% on valentine's day with weings at 50% capacity a month later. >> i don't want to create any personal pressure, but here's an idea that you may want to consider.

you propose on valentine's day, and then you can have the wedding ceremony march 15th. >> reporter: and so far the johnson & johnson vaccine has shown to be effective against every mutation of the virus we can test, though its efficacy did drop against the south africa variant. all of this is playing out as the cdc now projects next month we will eclipse 500,000 american lives lost to covid-19. we already lost 90,000 this month alone. eva. >> those numbers, trevor, thank you. >> joining us from connecticut is abc news chief medical associate dr. jennifer ashton. thanks for being with us so much this morning, dr. jen. >> good to be with you, eva. >> so i know you spoke with the head of vaccine development at johnson & johnson yesterday morning. just break down for us what we know about this vaccine. >> well, eva, we have to remember that in clinical trials there are different end points

that generate different numbers, and i think that a lot of people are getting confused because they are hearing different numbers, so let's go through them and let's break it down. first of all, the clinical trials showed overall efficacy for this vaccine was at 66%. it was 85% effective at reducing severe disease, so you're hearing that number a lot, but it was 100% effective in reducing hospitalizations and deaths due to covid-19, and in south africa, 57% overall efficacy. that's where 95% of the cases were, that new concerning variant. there were no cases of anaphylaxis and no significant safety concerns so generally well tolerated. >> you hear that 66% number and the question is, is that still good? we hear other vaccines are 95% effective in fighting this virus. >> and remember back in the summer, we heard dr. fauci and other public health officials say the basement for a

vaccine was going to be set at 50%. that is enough to slow down the rate of this pandemic and this virus spreading, so people shouldn't get too bogged down in 66%, 85%, 95%. it's all better than nothing right now. we have to remember this is one tool in our toolbox, and, eva, think of this like a car, they have different engine, different crash safety data but all get you from point a to point b. >> i'm curious because i know johnson & johnson did some of their trials in south africa. are these numbers reflective of the fact that that south african variant was there and that's part of what they tested? >> that's such an important question and i specifically asked dr. memberen from johnson & johnson, the head of their vaccine development division that question. they sequenced every single positive case they found, so, yes, they were aware of what variants were circulating in all the countries that they ran their clinical trials in and

heard the cdc director say as recently as the last 24 hours that here in the u.s. we should assume there is community spread of these variants and expect and assume that a covid infection could be caused by a variant so there's still a lot we have to learn in terms of the science and about our behavior to fight this virus. >> and real quickly because we know that community spread is happening and the south african variant found in south carolina. what basics do people need to know? >> double down on those mitigation measures. the masking, the distancing, ventilation during the winter and hand hygiene and, remember, when vaccine is more readily accessible to people, it's unfortunately not going to be a matter of picking which one we want. it's going to be a matter of getting a vaccine as quickly as possible. >> dr. jennifer ashton, always appreciate your insight on a saturday morning. thank you. dan. >> thank you, eva. thank you, jen. let's turn to the politics of this pandemic. president biden is now urging the passage of a huge relief

package with or without republican support. that is a change of tone for a man who was preaching unity at his inauguration just ten days ago. for more on that, let's bring in a abc's andrew dymburt on the story from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. you know, much like the last round of relief negotiation, republicans by and large are opposed to the price tag, some $1.9 trillion, but the difference, this time it's democrats who control the senate. a rift on relief is splitting capitol hill with a growing number of republicans opposing the size of president joe biden's $1.9 trillion covid-19 stimulus proposal. >> i'm not sure i understand why there's a grave emergency right now. >> reporter: president biden's call to congress includes $160 billion for vaccinations, more help for small businesses and another round of direct payments to most americans for $1,400. after promising unity and a willingness to wor republicans in congress, the

president now signaling support for senate democrats to move ahead on covid relief without gop support. >> i support passing covid relief with support from republicans if we can get it, but the covid relief has to pass. there's no ifs, ands or buts. >> reporter: but republicans are calling foul with senator lindsey graham tweeting, apparently very little is being shown by the biden administration when it comes to bipartisanship on covid relief. meanwhile, biden meeting with the newly appointed treasury secretary, janet yellen, friday morning saying he's focused on broader relief than most republicans can stomach. >> the president's american rescue plan will help millions of people make it to the other side of this pandemic. >> reporter: all the while millions of americans are struggling to put food on the table. this soup kitchen in new jersey feeding hundreds of families and in ohio the national guard helping hand out more than 40,000 pounds of food. >> myself and my soldiers, you

know, have that warm feeling inside knowing that we're doing good for our communities. >> reporter: and with democrats holding that narrow control of the senate, they likely don't need republican support, and senate majority leader chuck schumer says they are prepared to move ahead without it. eva. >> andrew dymburt for us, thank you. new winter storm warnings as the california storm moves across the country. let's get to rob marciano for the latest. good morning, rob. >> good morning, eva. we have the cold air in place, the coldest air in many areas in two years in the northeast. here's that winter storm. now we have winter storm warnings posted for chicago, for northern illinois, indiana as well and watches hoisted for virginia through d.c., much of the northeast because of this western storm coming this way. this is what it did in california, the iconic stretch of highway 1 there between big sur and santa barbara wiped out. this is heartbreaking stuff here. and in the mountains, truckee on the way to tahoe, several feet of snow. mammoth reporting nine feet of snow. we won't get that kind of snow

but we'll get significant snow here. let's time it out. chicago will start to see the snow later on today and tonight. you'll probably see 6 to 10, maybe more than that inches of snow in chicago, northern illinois, indiana, it gets over the appalachians and weakens. virginia, d.c., and d.c. will see snow before it mixes in but could see several inches here and we'll talk more about who gets exactly how much in just a few minutes but a significant storm coming to the northeast. whit, over to you. >> we'll check back with you in just a bit. rob, thank you. an intense manhunt under way to find the person responsible for placing pipe bombs near the capitol. this was ahead of the deadly january 6th attack. abc's faith abubey is on capitol hill with the newly released images we're getting. faith, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, whit. investigators are calling the search for the pipe bomb suspects a top priority. this as the fbi raises the reward a third time to $100,000 as they try to locate this person you're about to see here in surveillance pictures, a grainy picture from surveillance footage, all in an attempt, again, to try to locate this

person, but take a look. new pictures now of the explosive devices placed near the u.s. capitol raising questions now about whether the bombs were part of the preplanning ahead of the capitol insurrection. the fbi says their investigation has revealed the bombs were placed outside the rnc and dnc headquarters the night before the deadly siege. those bombs thankfully did not go off, but abc news has obtained these new videos showing us the moments before the explosive devices were planted behind the rnc headquarters. the footage shows the suspect in an alley behind the building just one block from the u.s. capitol. you see there in that video wearing gloves, that person wearing gloves, carrying a backpack, their face covered while walking towards where investigators later found the bombs the next day during the january 6th riot. lawmakers are capitol hill have been on high alert and still on edge this morning. capitol police continuing to beef up security. they're placing officers at the train station and airports all around the area to try to

protect lawmakers as they travel in and out of washington. eva. >> faith, thank you for that report. the wild week on wall street fuelled by a short squeeze ended with the dow dropping 621 friday. the nasdaq falling 266 points, and the s&p down 73 point, but gamestop, a key stock behind the market chaos, is still surging. abc's deidre bolton is here in new york city with the latest. good morning to you, deidre. >> reporter: good morning, eva. some traders are resting after what was one of the most volatile weeks on wall street in years. volumewise it was the heaviest since the height of the credit crisis in 2008. this morning, there's a pause for market mania after the dow plunged more than 600 points friday. >> i never thought i would do anything like day trading in gamestop. >> reporter: a fight between professional wall street investors and an army of amateur

day traders. professional hedge fund managers calculated two companies struggling gamestop and amc theatres were on the brink of collapse and bet against them by shorting their stocks but a group of amateurs brought together over social media purchased shares in both companies causing the stocks to soar and those wall street professionals to lose millions. gamestop and amc both closing up for the week. gamestop skyrocketing 400%. amc, more than 300%. many are crediting 34-year-old keith gill as the force behind the grassroots investing effort using reddit and youtube to offer stock tips. in an interview with "the wall street journal," gill says this story is so much bigger than me. i support these retail investors and their ability to make a statement. now, many officials, analysts and market experts are concerned that market turbulence may hurt individual investors. the s.e.c. says, quote, it is closely monitoring and evaluating the situation.

since many of these eyebrow raising trades are being executed on an online trading platform called robinhood, that company is under extra scrutiny. >> brokerages and other financial institutnstime. itt partf y-to-d nopeopleaking control of their financial futures in ways that people haven't before. >> reporter: even young investors are taking advantage. 10-year-old jaden received shares of gamestop as a gift for kwanzaa, and now he has a few thousand dollars in profits earning him a moment in the spotlight. >> i think of it as like something fun to do and profitable at the same time. >> reporter: if you are going to invest, experts say true beginners should work with a financial adviser. a second tip, diversify so that all your eggs are not in one basket. dan. >> it's a wild story, deidre. thank you. let's go back to the weather

and rob who, as we mentioned earlier, is monitoring that big storm marching across the country. robert, good morning once again. >> good morning, dan. this is wild amounts of snow. i mean, this is enough to bury you two types over. nine feet of snow in mammoth lakes, and this is a time lapse of somebody having to dig their car out and maybe get to work. i'm not sure exactly how long it took this person but they got their work in, that's for sure. we won't see this amount of snow but the energy from this storm is heading to the east, and let's spend time over what we expect to see. 6 to 9 inches in chicago. indianapolis as well. we'll see some icing getting into parts of virginia, but d.c. will see significant snow before it switches over to more of a mix. the jackpot looks to be eastern pennsylvania, philadelphia, maybe new jersey and these spots, i think we could see over a foot of snow but new york up through boston, certainly some plowable snow, higher impacts here and timing of this is chicago tonight and then

good saturday morning from exploreatorium camera. plenty of clouds out there and few peeks of sun and that should be the order of much of the weekend. north bay hold on to a lot of clouds and sprinkle and light shower. partly sunny else where but monday and tuesday as we begin february more widespread rain with a level one system on the way. 57 today in oakland. look for 58 in livermore. cooler with the clouds in the north bay and the acacacacacacac after a relatively slow year and a half of winter weather, it is ramping up in the eastern half of the country. whit, over to you. >> i just want to check your calculations because you said i could be buried two times over. i when i use my wife's volumizing shampoo am 5'8". >> not 4 1/2 feet. >> no. >> okay, duly noted. >> we're going to get him a snorkel so he'll be just fine and be able to breathe. thank you, rob. we'll talk to you soon. another big story that we're following this morning as people

around the world pay tribute to hollywood icon cicely tyson, we're celebrating the legend's lasting legacy on younger generations. here's janai norman with more. >> reporter: miss cicely tyson, a leading lady on screen and on stage. >> nathan! >> reporter: today remembered not only for her commanding force as a performer but also >> i wish you wouldn't feel sorry for yourself. >> reporter: opening the doors of hollywood inspiring generations to come. >> when i'm stopped in the street by youngsters and they start imitating things that i've done on the stage or on screen, i really get a big kick out of it. >> reporter: through her portrayals, tyson broke barriers redefining what it meant to be black, female and an artist. her influence reaching far and wide. >> there weren't a lot of other women on screen who looked like me. it's not just one movie or one

scene but giving a child an opportunity to imagine and dream. >> her legacy has helped me to know that, like i said, there are no limits of what i can do as an actor. >> reporter: the harlemite making it a mission to never forget her own. it would be her passion project to give back to her community with longtime friend arthur mitchell in his dream for the dance theater of harlem. >> miss tyson is a visionary. you know, i think she saw what was possible despite the fact that she was in a world that thought otherwise. >> she gave me such power. she gave me such hope. >> one thing cicely gave me is the act of excellence, the act of endurance. >> reporter: tyson's hope for younger generations penetrating through her performances and even her final television interview done just days ago. >> i work because there are

certain issues that i wish were just about myself and my race as a black woman. >> reporter: in her memoir, "just as i am," published earlier this week she compared her life to a christmas tree, her career and accolade, the, quote, glitter, ribbons, garnish but more interested in exploring how the tree came to be, the roots, the branches underneath the glittering lights. that's what she wanted to focus on and share and at 96 she led such an incredible life that inspired so many. >> and so many speaking of how she inspired them. thank you. coming up, a frantic search under way for two young brothers who vanished from their backyard more than a month ago, what their birth mother, adoptive parents and police are saying about the boys' disappearance. plus, travel industry groups are pushing back against the idea of requiring a negative covid test before you board a domestic flight. why they claim this could do more harm than good. the super bowl ad showdown will be looking a lot different

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welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. naomi osaka has already conquered the tennis court winning three grand slam titles. so how will she fare on the soccer field? coming up in "pop news," janai will have more on the tennis champ's new venture and why she says she just had to do it. all right. let's take a look at some of the big stories we're following this morning. happening right now, a department of defense spokesperson confirms to abc news that the pentagon has given the green light for detainees and prisoners at guantanamo bay to be offered covid-19 th, khald be t septeer1th attacks. this, of course, comes as many

u.s. states are struggling to keep up withr those who qualify to receive the vaccine here. also right now, 11 soldiers are recovering after being poisoned by a liquid officials say they thought was alcohol. it happened at fort bliss in texas during a training exercise. the army says the soldiers accidentally drank ethylene glycol, which can be found in products like antifreeze and hydraulic brake fluid. drinking alcohol is prohibited i during training. >> wow. and it's arguably the nba's most iconic and historic rivalry, the boston celtics will host lebron james and the l.a. lakers tonight, the two teamse championships in nba history. you can catch all the action right here on abc starting with the countdown at 8:00 p.m. eastern and then the game at 8:30. your celcs, dan. >> we joke about the fact that i

don't know anything about sports and it's true but i used to go to watch the boston celtics at the garden play the lakers when i was a little boy. >> your boston accent. >> just wanted to do it on television. we start this half hour with the search for two young brothers who went missing from the home of their adoptive parents more than a month ago. the boys' birth mother speaking out to abc in her first network interview. abc's zohreen shah joins us this morning with more. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, eva. right before christmas, two young boys vanished, and we're talking about a very small california town, only 14,000 people live there. now, dozens of officials are searching and they're trying to morning, what happened to those boys. this morning, officials frantically searching for two little boys who disappeared from their own backyard. >> someone somewhere knows where these kids are. >> reporter: now, neighbors, police and the fbi desperately trying to find them. >> we are scared they're not >> reporter: authorities say 4-year-old orrin west and

3-year-old orson vanished outside their home. >> i realized i left the gate opened and i panicked, came inside the house, searched the house, me and my wife. once that didn't pan out, i got in the van, i looked down the street, both directions. >> reporter: law enforcement say neighbors' surveillance video shows the father jumping into a van to look for his boys. the couple then calling police. >> we have to suspect there's foul play for a 3 and 4-year-old to not be found leads us to believe that somehow some way someone picked them up and took them out of the area. >> reporter: trezell and his wife jacqueline west adopted them in 2019 placed in foster care after being removed from their birth mother's custody. >> i'm not a bad mother at all. for this to even happen to me, i don't have not one evil bone in my body and for this to happen to me is a lot for me. >> reporter: the wests have fo other children who have been placed into protective custody. investigators say the couple are not suspects in the case. their family temporarily leaving

their home after receiving deap. >> it's difficult. everybody is making their own conclusions. they don't know anything. >> reporter: california city police say they are getting dozens of tips daily about this case. they've also asked multiple people for polygraph tests, and no suspects have been identified though. dan. >> zohreen, thank you so much. let's switch gears and talk about flying during the pandemic and the question of whether you might be required to take a covid test before you get on a domestic flight. the cdc is reportedly looking at this, but the airlines are pushing back, and abc's transportation correspondent gio benitez has much more. gio, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, dan, good morning. yeah, with those new covid variants emerging, the cdc now says people should avoid travel entirely. starting on monday, the cdc will now formally require masks on all public transportation and transportation hubs, and anyone flying into the u.s. from

another country must have a negative test. but, like you said, what about testing before domestic flights? well, the cdc says it is actively looking at that too, and i got to tell you, that worries much of the travel industry. overnight some big tra saying this, given the strong scientific evidence that the risk of covid-19 transmission on board an aircraft is very low, we believe that a testing travel is unwarranted. they also believe that the costs and consequences would outweigh any potential benefits, dan. >> gio, let me ask you a related question. we know throughout much of the last year the airlines have been blocking middle seats. is that changing, or is it going to stay the same? >> reporter: so, dan, only one airline right now here in the u.s. is blocking middle seats. that's delta, and that's through the end of march, but every major u.s. airline is telling us they are still using those enhanced cleaning methods like electrostatic spraying and even uv lighting in some cases to

kill germs. whit. >> all right, gio for us. pep fit for awhile while it lasted. thank you. we want to get a check of the weather now. rob marciano, rob, we saw gio out there with the beanie hat on. that's the cold and then the snow is on the way. >> yeah, the cold setting the stage for the energy coming out of california that will bring that snow to -- from chicago to the northeast. this is -- the impacts out of california are just stunning. silverado canyon, another mudslide that went right into a home and the system, we have hail that dropped right in l.a. proper. you don't see that every day. hail coming down in los angeles and guess what, we have yet another storm that will be rolling in tonight and through the next couple of days kind of a pinwheeling into the northwest. might even see another pseudoatmospheric river meaning another heavy rain event. i think this one will be pointed more at northern califo

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welcome back to "gma" and a look at the super bowl ads between the action. some regulars are choosing to

sit out this year giving a number of new players the chance to buy ad time. janai is back with the story. janai. >> yes, so, okay, imagine if you had a super bowl commercial bingo card. there are those ads you expect to see, so of course you'll have budweiser, doritos, hyundai, other car commercials. this year will be a little bit different. some big names are sitting out. but that means new faces can move in. it's the biggest advertising game of the year with big name brands shelling out roughly $5.5 million to buy just a 30-second commercial. but this year's super bowl ad showdown is shaping up to be unlike any other. those galloping clydesdales, that coca-cola catching polar bear and those classic pepsi cameos. >> of course pepsi is okurrr. >> reporter: all staying on the sidelines.ca-coleran super bowl advertisers all announcing they won't be airing in-game ads

from their flagship brands, the move clearing the field for first-time super bowl advertisers like scott's, miracle-gro and doordash. >> something like a scotts miracle-gro, during the pandemic you saw people have a renewed interesting in gardening. doordash is another one that speaks to the time. obviously restaurant delivery has become hugely important during this time. >> okay. everybody ready? ten, nine -- >> reporter: and m&ms returning to the big game this year with one very special guest. >> i'm obsessed with this. >> reporter: emmy award winning actor, director and producer dan levy. you've done other advertisements before. tell me what makes this one different. >> i thought it was so funny, i thought it was touching upon a very strange year. it was about bringing people together. >> is there anything else that you can share about your cameo appearance at this point? >> in terms of the m&m world, my

part is a controversial -- i would say it's a controversial tag on the end of this very funny spot. i feel badly for having done what i do in this ad, but you know what, personally, it's worth it. >> cake anyone? >> reporter: so in addition to d tihoepecialgusur wl ads en folks th an't into football, dan harris who may not know about football to tune in the big game. miracle-gro is going to have an ad because of people getting plants. the plant you could see behind me is a big fake one that my husband hates because i can't grow plants. >> like my house too. >> hey, but it looked real. that's all that counts. >> good. >> thanks for telling the truth, janai. i appreciate that. >> so, are the red sox in the game this year? >> not quite. >> oh, man. here we go. you got tom brady, though, your boy. >> different uniform. >> veteran of the bruins. coming up on "good morning america," the only truly safe vacation these days is one at

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