good morning, america. a spreading storm. over 100 million americans under winter weather alerts, from minnesota to maine, after the storm dumped 9 feet of snow in the west, causing spinouts and treacherous driving conditions. our weather team is tracking it all, including how much snow to expect as the storm marches east. mask mandate. the biden administration's sweeping new order set to take effect. what it means for all public transportation travelers. as concerns rises over new coronavirus variants. with cases reaching a new milestone. we put the key questions to dr. ashish jha. legal team lost. this morning, the defense team for former president donald trump in limbo.

what we're learning about the departures with trump's impeachment trial just a week and a half away. demanding justice. the mother of a teenage girl slammed to the ground by a school resource officer, outraged over the brutality. >> it's an awful feeling sending your daughter to school and then something like this happens to your child. >> the effects she says her daughter is feeling what over what she says is an unnecessary use of force. and what's next on wall street? investors wondering about the stock market and gamestop after small-time investors beat big-time hedge funds at their own game. plus, the restrictions the popular online broker robinhood is putting on trading. as we end the first month of 2021, another milestone to report in the fight against covid-19, overnight the u.s. surpassed 26 million cases. more than 90,000 people have died due to this virus this

month. altogether, 5.78 million new cases in january. >> meanwhile, though, what's perhaps a sign of hope over the last two weeks, the seven-day average of daily cases has dropped by almost 33%, that's the lowest since mid-november, most of the decline is due to falling cases in the west. >> we'll have more on the pandemic in just a moment. but first, the huge storm that's sweeping across the middle of the country and heading east, up to 10 inches of snow possible in some places. abc's alex perez is in chicago, which has already being hit hard. alex, we can see the snow. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. take a lhis is snow. it started falling here yesterday afternoon and essentially hasn't stopped falling since. overnight, winter weather slamming the midwest, whipping winds and plunging temperatures bringing massive snowfall to the

midwest. a layer of ice on the chicago lakefront. much of the area under a winter storm warning until later tonight. in minnesota, a woman rescued from freezing waters after she was trying to rescue her dog and fell through a sheet of ice. now, the northeast bracing for impact after days of freezing conditions in new york, icicles forming on a pier in long island, this fountain freezing over. the west coast also hit with harsh winter weather. some areas of northern california seeing almost 9 feet of snow, cars spinning out, others buried. but down the coast, heavy rain causing this section of the famous highway 1 in big sur to collapse into the ocean, officials don't yet know when the road will reopen. southern california facing torrential downpours of hail in san diego, and in l.a., slick highways leading to dozens of car crashes. this semi-truck overturning on

the freeway, the driver walking away with no serious injuries. already moving out of our area, it's going to create problems in other areas along the way. a monday morning commute is not going to be pretty in a lot of places, eva. >> alex perez, thank you for that. i'm not looking forward to that. let's get the latest on this storm track from rob marciano, rob, we've got a lot to look forward to here on the east coast. >> this has been an ever-changing beast. from the west coast, to the plains and the snow you saw in chicago, and now it's going to become a coastal low. a significant one at that. you can see the moisture pushing off towards the east. low visibility, bad road conditions for sure. winter storm warnings from chicago down to roanoke, all the waup to new york city. major metropolitan areas. the high impact event coming. the snow's already getting into d.c., by tonight it starts to accumulate there, into philadelphia, by tomorrow morning new york, you're really starting to get hit hard with the show. it turns into a mix tomorrow, in

places like d.c., philly and new york, and then going back to all snow. that'll keep some of the accumulations down, tough to shovel, but in some places i think just west of new york city, maybe even in the city, we could see a foot or more of snow. philly, a little bit less. certainly a high-impact event. could be the biggest snowstorm of the season. we'll have more on this in just a little bit. dan. >> rob, thank you. now, though, to the pandemic, as america sees more cases of those worrisome covid 19 variants, the biden administration is ordering a bli abc's trevor ault is at new york city's penn station with much more on this. trevor, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. health officials continue to be locked into that race to vaccinate the american public because of those new variants and because of the large death tolls we are still experiencing, but the system is still working

through a number of hiccups like technical errors and at least one instance, protesters. this morning, the cdc making masks mandatory on public transportation nationwide monday, amid ramped-up efforts to get americans vaccinated. thousands lining up at mass vaccination sites like coors field in denver and in dallas, cars stretching for miles at this vaccination site, some people turned away because of high demand. >> this is not a vaccine. >> hold on. >> reporter: in los angeles, some anti-vaccine and far-right protesters temporarily blocking off access to dodger stadium. the cdc says nearly 50 million doses of already authorized vaccines have been distributed so far, with 29 million shots administered. but many still struggling to book an appointment. >> it's been awful. i have never, ever gone through anything like this in my lifetime. >> reporter: with much of the u.s. desperate for doses, this east baltimore plant, manufacturing millions of them

in anticipation of the johnson & johnson and ast trazeneca vaccines, applying for emergency use authorization. the vaccination delay allowing the virus to mutate. the south african variant in maryland, days after its detection in south carolina. the coronavirus death toll growing. the death rate among the hispanic community in los angeles up 1,000% since november. many of them among the 90,000 lives lost in january alone. and sparking concern this morning, more cases of infected children. >> i was super tired. felt like i couldn't move. i had a tummy ache, a headache. just felt very bad in general. >> reporter: 9-year-old thomas switzer has fought through a more mild case, other children have experienced more severe symptoms. thomas' father urging parents to be careful. >> luckily he was okay, but, you know, you may not be so lucky. >> reporter: and that cdc mask mandate goes into effect

tomorrow night at 11:59, the agency says they are expecting widespread compliance with it. but they reserve the right to use criminal penalties to enforce it if anyone refuses to wear a mask on public transportation. whit? >> trevor, thank you so much. let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health for more. good morning. thank you for joining us. i want to ask you about the johnson & johnson vaccine, because they are expected to apply for emergency use authorize this week. and if we could put up this graphic on the board, the numbers on the screen, we know the efficacy was dragged lower because of the south african variant. should we assume if pfizer and mode moderna had done their clinical trials in out africa at the same time, their numbers would have been lower as well? and what does it mean? >> good morning, whit. thanks for having me. absolutely, you know, if you just look at the u.s. numbers for johnson & johnson, they are much better and the south african variant is more of a challenge.

if we had done trials with pfizer and moderna at this moment in south africa, i do suspect those numbers would have come todown as well. >> the vaccine is 85% against severe disease, even better when it comes to hospitalizations and deaths, and many health experts say those are the numbers that we should focus on. so, if you had the choice to get the johnson & johnson vaccine or wait a month or so for the pfizer or moderna, what would you do? >> to me this is a no-brainer, i'd get the johnson & johnson vaccine. we have to see the data, and the authorizati authorization, but that said, the goal here is to prevent people from getting really sick and dying of course, and the johnson & johnson vaccine based on what we have seen is really terrific on that. >> i also want to ask you about the variants because we're seeing more of these variants spreading across the country. there was a new case of to south african variant in maryland. at the same time, more states

like new york and california are easing restrictions. is it too soon for that? >> so, first of all, i think these variants are probably everywhere. not just in the states we're identifying, but in others as well. that gets to your question, i do think it's too soon with these variants spreading across the nation, this is not the time to be lifting restrictions in my mind. this is the time to continue focusing on vaccinations, keeping people safe. we'll get through this in the next couple of months with more vaccines and more vaccinations. but right now we have to be careful. >> dr. jha, thank you for your time this morning. we do appreciate it. eva, over to you. turning now to donald trump and his upcoming impeachment trial. this morning, he's waking up without a defense team. abc's rachel scott joins us with more. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: eva, good morning. and it came down to a disagreement over strategy. former president donald trump wanted to push his attorneys to talk about the baseless and false claims about widespread

voter fraud. the divide has now left former president donald trump without a defense team just nine days to go until his second impeachment trial. this morning, with just days to go until his second impeachment trial, abc news has learned all five of the impeachment lawyers expected to represent former president donald trump have quit. sources tell us that includes south carolina attorney butch bowers, tapped to lead the legal team, splitting over a disagreement in strategy. in a statement, trump spokesperson jason miller saying, we have done much work but have not made a final decision on our legal team which will be made shortly, but trump has struggled to find lawyers to represent him in a trial, now slated to start in earnest on february 9th. democrats using the time to build out their case. >> the american people were witness to what happened. we all were witnesses to what happened. >> reporter: trump is charged with incitement of insurrection after urging his supporters to march to the capitol. >> and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: ten republicans in

the house voted to impeached. but only five in the senate supported moving forward with the trial. the other 45 declared it unconstitutional. >> this is not a trial of the president but of a private citizen. >> reporter: house republican leader kevin mccarthy is working to unite his party. weeks after calling on trump to accept his shared responsibility, flying down to florida, seen her at lunch with the former president, and further complicating that effort, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of georgia known to push outlandish conspiracy theories. in 2019, even calling house speaker nancy pelosi a traitor. suggesting she could be executed for treason. >> it's a crime punishable by death is what treason is. nancy pelosi is guilty of treason. >> reporter: greene tweeted saturday, she had a great call with trump. and is so grateful for his support. gop senator mitt romney firing back writing, lies of a feather

flock together. democratic lawmakers are now calling for greene to be censured or expelled. but she's defiant saying she will never back down or apologize. republican leader kevin mccarthy has condemned greene's past comments. he does plan to pull her aside this week to speak with her, but house speaker nancy pelosi is already calling for greater security for members of congress. without naming greene, she said the enemy is within the house of representatives. dan? >> rachel scott, thank you very much. let's bring in abc news political analyst matthew dowd. good morning. you're a longtime political strategist. i would love for you to give some advice to both parties. let's start with republicans, how do you think they should handle this marjorie taylor greene story? >> well, i think they have to realize it's almost like a foot or an arm has gangrene and they have to cut it off for many different reasons. i think once they do it, whether

it's expel or ask her to resign, or something, the republican party has to deal with somebody like her, but then they have to deal with what brought this. she's a symptom of a problem. there's a circulation problem in the body politics of the gop, that they're going to have to deal with. they're going to have to deal with partisanship, overt division, and this idea that conspiracy theories and lies are being consumed in a biased way. so to fix the body they've got to start with getting rid of the foot that has grangrene, but they're going to have to start with this problem. >> let me ask you about the democrats. they have a big decision to make this week. do they keep trying to work with the gop on joe biden's big covid relief bill or try to go it alone, if they do ram it through in a partisan vote, what does that say about joe biden's promises of unity? >> i think all the leaders, president biden, speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, the majority leader, all want to do it in a bipartisan way, that's their desire. i think they'll try that for a

period of time. at some point, they'll have to make a decision whether or not, in order to get anything through they're going to have to go it alone. my expectation they'll get some republican votes in this. but the american public has been upset because we're dealing with this pandemic and we're dealing with an economic -- an economy in turmoil, so at some point in order to give american public relief they may have to go it alone. the best route for the american public to accept whatever they do is bipartisanship. >> before we go, this is your last day with abc news. you've been with us since 2007 and you're off to explore some new opportunities. we did find some video of what i believe is your first "gma" appearance back in 2007 covering the new hampshire primary. personally, i have to say that i've worked directly with you for years. i'm really sad about this. you've been insightful and delightful with your culture

references. including i believe you referenced the sequel to the "deuce bigalow" movie on the show, which was landmark moment for us. so i just want to close out by saying, thank you. >> well, i really appreciated that. it's been a pleasure being with you and everyone else there at "good morning america" and at abc, and it's been a great pleasure, and i wish you all the best, and onward in life, man. it's going to be a fun experience for all of us, so everybody be safe. >> onward, indeed. you've been a great friend and colleague, matt, thank you once again. i do want to give you one quick programming note, tune into "this week" later this morning. martha raddatz will be hosting as she goes one-on-one with bernie sanders talking about president biden's covid relief bill. plus, martha talks to arkansas governor asa hutchinson. about efforts to speed up the covid vaccine rollout. all coming up on "this week." whit, over to you. >> i'm really going to miss matt dowd.

one of the nicest guys you can meet. not afraid of an argument, but always does it with class and respect. >> and the pop culture references bring it home. >> sometimes we have to explain them to dan afterwards, especially when it comes to sports. matt, we will miss you and thank you for all you have done for us over the years. all right, let's transition to weather now, rob marciano tracking big snowstorms heading across the country. rob, what's going on? >> matt always brought a smile litics.i a which is rare thing to do. we have another storm coming into the west, on the heels of the last storm that brought a ton of snow in the mountains. this is out of brighton ski resort there. now there's so much snow, too much of a good thing. we've had avalanche danger, avalanches in utah, they're trying to rescue one skier there out of balance. we had one fatality across mammoth mountain. another storm coming, not as strong as the last one, but it's going to add to what we've seen. across parts of the northeast which has avalanche watches and

warnings posted for parts of washington. could see a foot or so in the higher elevations. 3 to 5 inches additional across parts of northern california. that's going to cause some flash fldi likelyspiallyving the folk kind of recharge. back to the main storm that was in california, now in the midwest, dumped over 6 inches of snow in chicago, seeing some snow across indiana, fading in the midsection here, transitioning its energy to the coast. we'll be tracking that for the next couple days. for now, here's your local forecast.

atea. back to you guys. >> you're going to be heading to the weather, be careful. now to the anticipation heading into a new week on wall street. everyone is wondering, what's going to happen next after small investors on an internet forum managed to outsmart the big money that was betting against the stock in gamestock? now the popular online app robinhood is putting some restrictions in place, angering many. abc's deirdre bolton joins us with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, eva. robinhood said it's not siding with the professionals in this fight. but the online broker said it's going to be putting temporary buying restrictions on a list of 50 securities and that decision is due to industry rules. now in a blog post on friday, robinhood put out this statement. it is not because we wanted to stop people from buying these stocks, but users, they're outraged. some are buying billboards in

recent days, doubling down on their investments in gamestop, setting up another wild week on wall street. as of monday, if you're a new trader in gamestop and on robinhood, you'll only be able to buy one single share of the company until further notice, other stocks that have been garnering social media attention such as amc, american air liness bed, bath & beyond, and koss, they have the same restrictions. one expert told me this has nothing to do with the little guy versus the big guy. when trading gets very volatile, the depository trust companies raises margin requirements on the stocks that are being traded excessively. in other market crises, the dtc has made the same requirements and the idea here is to make the system safer for all involved no matter what size of investor you are. back to you guys in studio. >> it's been a wild and fascinating -- >> lot of controversy too. >> all right, deirdre, thank

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happening right now, the pentagon now halting a plan to vaccinate guantanamo bay inmates. the department of defense facing swift backlash that it would offer and administer vaccines to detainees. pentagon press secretary john kirby says the plan has been paused and no detainees have been vaccinated. kirby adding the agency remains committed to keeping troops at the base safe. also right now, protests across russia for the second weekend in a row. reports that authorities have already made more than 1,500 arrests this morning. crowds are taking to the streets demanding the release of the opposition leader alexei navalny who has been jailed since he returned to russia after he went overseas after he was poisoned last year. so quite a series of events here. and something to giggle a little bit, the mittens inspired by bernie sanders, he wore those to the presidential inauguration, it was very cold. they'll soon be available to purchase, the schoolteacher that knit the famous mittens has partnered with the vermont teddy

bear company to create a whole line, and they say some of the proceeds from each sale will go to make-a-wish vermont. >> only a matter of time before we could get our hands in those mittens. >> they looked warm, and it was a very cold day. >> very stylish as well. we do begin this half-hour, though, with the outrage over that disturbing video showing a school resource officer throwing a high school student to the ground. the girl's mother saying she wants that officer fired as she updates her daughter's condition and abc's elwyn lopez joins us this morning with more. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the florida deputy working as a school resource officer is on administrative leave and we must warn our viewers, this video may be difficult to watch. overnight, the mother of the florida teen seen in this disturbing video, speaking out demanding justice. >> it's an awful feeling, a feeling that sending your daughter to school and then something like this happens to your child.

>> reporter: in the video you can hear a loud thud as 16-year-old taylor bracey is thrown on to a concrete walkway. the deputy who slammed her to the ground, then seen placing her into handcuffs. >> so, yeah, right now, taylor is having headaches, memory loss, blurred vision, problems sleeping, she's very depressed and just experiencing traumatic for everybody. >> reporter: authorities say the deputy identified as ethan fournier was trying to stop a fight between the teen and another student. but bracey's attorney says the use of force seen in the video was unnecessary. >> these officers per their department policies are supposed to minimum force necessary. does that look like minimum force necessary? >> reporter: a criminal investigation under way as investigators collect and comb through videos and statements from witnesses. >> it's not just that one video.

that's just a partial, and that's why i'm not going to express any type of opinion on what may or may not have happened. >> reporter: liberty high school saying, in part, it's been a difficult week for students and staff. while the officer was not an employee at the school district, some parents are now pushing for more training. >> we know that they're there for safety reasons. but they need to be trained on working with kids, because kids are going to give you problems. >> reporter: taylor's mom said when she sent her daughter to school, this was the last thing she expected. >> it's very traumatic to see my daughter and not only taylor you go through this, my other kids as well, because it's all over social media. they've seen it just as well. so it's hurtful to everybody. justice -- justice needs to be served for my daughter. >> reporter: the officer who has not been charged was also the girl's flag football coach at that high school. he will not be coaching while they investigate. also important to point out, we

did try to reach out to that officer for comment but we haven't heard back yet. >> elwyn, thank you very much. let's switch gears now and get the weather, because we have a big storm moving across the country and rob is right on top of it. rob, good morning. >> good morning again, dan. we'll start with tips on how to shovel snow. if it's heavy, use our knees. or get yourself a set of twins or triplets. that's what they did in omaha. three kids all related. triplets out there. look at the conga line out here, guys. dad coordinating this. good work, guys. you'll probably have another one coming your way. but yours is exiting, it's into chicago now, toledo, cleveland, pittsburgh, and it's ohio as well, you can see it starting to thin out. parts of virginia getting hit hard with snow this morning. it's starting to accumulate in pennsylvania, from southwest pennsylvania all the way to eastern pennsylvania, probably where the jackpot is going to be, it's on the move, philly you'll get it into tomorrow morning. probably changing to rain, some sleet there. back to all snow, high-impact

good sunday morning. waking up to partly cloudy skies here in walnut creek. a beautiful start to your day. temperatures will be warmer, upper 50s, more clouds in the north this weather report has been sponsored by discount tire. if you have some snow tires, you might change those, use your kids, put them to work, pit crew. >> definitely want -- >> under the car, kid, jacket up. >> thanks, rob. >> they cut him off at the right time actually. coming up on "good morning america" -- teachers making house calls to help kids from falling behind during this pandemic. and then "old town road." lil nas x, his latest success up ahead in "pop news."

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>> our kids have gone from these tightly scheduled lives, where they have school, sports and after-school jobs and clubs, to now having their world revolving around one or two rooms in their home. stuff is everywhere. they're there all the time. they're unmotivated and they feel like, what's the point? >> oh, yeah, i feel like what's the point as well. it can be easy to just throw your hands up and do everything yourself, but you say that's not necessarily the way to go at it. >> no. that's easy in the short run, but if you're doing everything it's going to drive you crazy. if it hasn't already. plus, we need to teach our kids a bit of responsibility. this is going to help them in their adult life, that they care about their environment, they work more efficiently, they feel better when they have a neat, clean environment. >> what kind of practical advice do you have for us to make chores a real non-negotiatable thing? >> it's important that everybody in the family feel like we're in

this together. i'm a big fan of chore charts and chore wheels. but include everyone on there. dad, mom, toddler, brother or sister, so they feel like everyone is doing this together. you want to rotate responsibilities. that way no one feels like they're stuck with the crappiest job all the time. a big fan of rewards and incentives. i'm not talking about big, expensive gifts. it could be something like, you do all your chores, you get an extra hour of screen time, or you can pick the family movie. whatever is a big motivating factor for your child. don't forget praise, everyone wants to feel acknowledged and appreciated. that's also a big motivator, that goes for mom and dad, too, we want a little pat on the back as well. >> definitely, parents need to pat themselves on their back right now. ericka souter, thank you so much. we'll be right back with "pop news." nk you so much. we'll be right back with "pop news." my plaque psoriasis... ...the itching ...the burning. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine.

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sorry, sorry. sorry. don't worry, we'll never put that in. >> yes, we will. >> reynolds will be trying out a bunch of new skills, all accompanied by his famous self-deprecating humor. he said he's doing it in the hopes of becoming a less boring husband and father. he went viral on twitter last week about when he was on sesame street. look it up. lil nas x may be a grammy winner, now you can call him a "new york times" bestselling author. he wrote a children's book "c is for country." he shared pictures of it on his instagram. it teaches kids the alphabet letting them know that "f" is for feathers of course. "s" is for swag. and "t" is for thoughtfulness. the book, lil nas x is incredible and hilarious. we love him. that's "pop news." >> excellent work, janai. great to see you. you're one of my favorite people this the world. >> you're one of my favorite -- >> so much love in study yes

-- in the studio. >> i'm just waiting. >> what a beautiful thing. >> at some point, a jab will be thrown and i will end up on the ground. thank you, janai. thank you for watching on this sunday morning. really appreciate it. stay tuned for martha. she'll be hosting "this week" in just a few minutes. just a few minutes. good morning,. >> interpreter: kate larsen. today marks the end of an era for bay area news junkies. after 35 years, insiders are putting down the pen, keyboard and publishing his final column in the san francisco chronicle. not to worry. he's going to continue his

journey here on abc 7 as a special contributor. >> we've had scandal in this town. i've covered both, affairs by politicians, shenanigans and corruption i've covered and uncovered both. but there is this ongoing thing in the bay area that is remarkable. i've always said, we were put here for the sole reason of giving everybody else in america something to talk about. whether it's renaming schools against george walk or handling the virus, we have not let america down. we will continue to lead the forefront of what's happening. >> and he's not wrong. you can watch this complete interviewed and hear some more of his memories on our website abc7 news.com. and later on right here at 9:00 a.m., phil the all about looking ahead. he'll join me. we will deep dive into some recent hot topics, like today's hot column the uptick in violence and the recall effort

for governor newsom and what stories he is hunting down next. so lots to look forward to. we have good weather to look forward to on this sunday. >> you are right, kate. it's mild out there,ki walnutcr. 53 in oakland. pier 39 is opened for business. 50 in napa and from mount tam, partly-to-mostly cloudy today. rain arrives tomorrow, ask ikts this afternoon. kate. >> thanks so much, "this week" >> thanks so much, "this week" i didn't have health insurance - not because i didn't want it. i worried it was to expensive, and i was having a hard time paying our other bills. but now, for the first time in our lives. i can do both. covered california was made by californians for californians. and it makes health insurance more affordable, with financial help for people who need it. covered california. this way to health insurance. enrollment ends january 31st.

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