we leave you with a live look at an icy penns have a great monday. right now on "america this morning" -- winter wallop. a powerful slow-moving storm, slamming 100 million americans, dumping up to 30 inches of snow. power outages and coastal flooding expected. covid vaccinations now being rescheduled. what to expect today. breaking overnight. the white house responding for the first time after republicans proposed with a scaled-back covid relief plan, worth far less than $1.9 trillion. with fewer stimulus checks. the move biden is now making. you're hired. former president trump hires new impeachment lawyers. just one day after parting ways with his old team. the connection between his new defense team and bill cosby. plus, a new week on wall

street, and a new target for amateur investors causing a market mayhem. safety concerns at the gym. the man accused of spying on women changing in a locker room. tt this ca o really who wthk he? good morning. the month of february coming in like a lion. >> winter storm emergencies have been declared from pennsylvania to massachusetts. because of a winter storm that traveled across the country with a one-two punch of snow and ice. this is the radar right now, the areas getting hit the hardest are south of new york city. >> the jackpot is expected to be in northern new jersey. and new york's hudson valley. >> road conditions are already being described as slick around philadelphia and this is only the beginning. this morning, 110 million

americans are in the storm zone, as a power nor'easter barrels up the coast. for some areas, it's the biggest snowstorm in years. >> putting everyone on alert, please make to the maximum extent you humanly can make alternative plans for monday right now. >> reporter: forecasters are warning about treacherous conditions across much of the northeast through tomorrow. facing blizzardlike conditions. up to 2 feet of heavy snow along with potential power outages along the coast. >> it's going to be the duration of this snow as far as the snow amounts go. we haven't seen the coastal low develop. look at how slow it moves. strong winds, coastal flooding. northwest of that low, heavy precipitation, not ending until late in the day on tuesday. >> reporter: new york city public schools are switching to remote learning. covid vaccination points are road crews are spreads salt.

>> we'll be getting another 115 plows from the parks department beginning tomorrow at the height of the plowing operation, we'll be loud and we'll be present. >> reporter: a state of emergency has been declared in new jersey, snow emergencies are also in effect for new york city and boston. nearly 900 flights in the region are cancelled. >> we're preparing for the worst and we're not even hoping for the best anymore. we're just preparing for the worst. >> reporter: more than 250 crashes reported in virginia alone. this fire truck flipped over on a slippery road. no serious injuries reported. in washington, d.c., the first significant snowfall in nearly two years, drawing hundreds of people to the national mall for a massive snowball fight. >> able to come out here like this and have fun, get out for a great. t >> repr: at the hill head first belly up. so cute. got to have some fun.

major development in the battle over president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. republicans have proposed a smaller plan with fewer people getting stimulus checks and now the white house is responding. abc's faith abubey joins us from washington. faith, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mona. as lawmakers work to get more stimulus checks to americans, republicans are now testing the president's commitment to bipartisanship. this morning the first big test facing president biden who campaigned on the promise of unity. inviting a group of senators this week after they proposed a more targeted covid relief package. the republicans' bill is $60 billion, far less than biden's $1.9 trillion plan, which calls for direct payments of $1400 to most americans, critics say that amount is too generous. >> could have a family with three kids making almost 300,000 bucks a year getting a check, and many of these people have

had no impact from covid. some are struggling. let's focus on those who are struggling. >> reporter: the republican bill calls for $1,000 stimulus checks and eligibility threshold. >> treating tax dollas if they're tax dollars not just money to spend, putting it where we need to come out of the pandemic. >> reporter: senate majority leader schumer already pushing back, telling the new york daily news, quote, they should negotiate with us, not make it a take it or leave it offer. with a majority in the senate, democrats can advance their plan with or without republican help. >> we're in a unique moment of economic crisis and it's one that calls on all of us to work together with the speed that we need to put a comprehensive response in place. >> reporter: in the meantime, the deadliest month of the pandemic has come to a close, more than 90,000 lives lost in january. as new concerns emerge about mutations of the virus. the highly contagious variant

first discovered in england has now spread to 32 states. the vaccine less effective against the south african variant already found in maryland and south carolina. doctors in israel said a man who previously recovered from the virus has been reinfected with the south african variant. one expert is sounding the alarm on on a looming wave of infections here in the u.s. >> the surge that's likely to occur with this new variant from end is going to happen within 4, 16 weeks. if that happens, we'll see something like we haven't seen yet in this country. >> reporter: the cdc says nearly 50 million doses of covid vaccines now have been distributed. only 30 million administered. >> in advance of this surge we need to get as many one doses and as many people over 65 as we possibly can to reduce serious illness and deaths that are going to occur over the

weeks ahead. >> reporter: critics of that idea say there's not enough data on the safety of delaying the second dose. meanwhile, the u.s. military saving doses after pausing a controversial plan that would have vaccinated prisoners at begguantanamo bay. tonight, the c., dc's mask mandate will take effect. requiring face coverings on all public transportations. tsa agents will have the power to enforce this mandate at airports all across the country. mona. >> faith, thank you. former president trump has hired new lawyers after his impeachment defense team quit just days before the trial. sources say trump wanted the lawyers to focus on election fraud, but the team planned to argue trying a former president is unconstitutional. his new attorneys are david schoen and bruce castor. castro is a former district attorney in pennsylvania who

decided not to charge bill cosby in a 2004 sexual assault case. a serious blow to democracy. myanmar's army has staged a coup. the country's leader aung san suu kyi has been detained. the military has declared a state of emergency, claiming election fraud. the white house has warned the u.s. will take action if today's events aren't reverse. more anger on the streets of russia, police detained 5,000 people sunday as protesters demanded the re opposition leader and putin critic alexei navalny. some protesters were beaten with clubs. abc's julia macfarlane reports they were undeterred. >> reporter: this show of defiance is different. bigger than anything we have seen in recent years and it spread across 11 time zones from siberia to the capital of moscow, where navalny is conducting from his prison cell the biggest threat yet to his leadership. >> navalny is calling for another protest tomorrow. when he faces a court hearing. a developing story from

northern wisconsin, where police have been searching for a 17-year-old after a deadly mall shooting, a 19-year-old was killed in the gunfire. the fox river mall. another person was injured. police say it was not a random shooting. let's take a closer look at your monday weather forecast. >> a powerful nor'easter is gog toving t region as we get the month started. there will be hazardous driving conditions from new jersey stretching into new england. for most of our monday, along the coastline, some wind gusts between 40 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour. looking at a snow accumulation map from pennsylvania into parts of new england, some spots that could receive over a foot of snow. i'm marvin gomez with your hefoca coming up -- the deadly avalanche at a popular ski resort. also ahead, new chaos on wall street overnight. what amateur traders are trading

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back now with the scene of a deadly avalanche near park city, utah. a 57-year-old man was killed after being caught in the snow slide. sheriffs say the man was with another skier when the snow gave way and buried him. >> the chaos on wall street. amateur traders have been trying to boost struggling companies lime gamestop. overnight, they turned their attention to something else. >> reporter: this morning, wall street gearing up for another unpredictable week, involving amateur investors targeting precious medal. silver futures soaring over

night. a five-month high. with the # silversqueeze trending. it comes on the heels of a tumultuous week. spurred by a fight between professional investors and day traders. banding together over social media. to buy stock in struggling companies like gamestop and amc, causing their share prices to surge. wall street hedge funds who bet against the companies losing billions. one hedge fund even down 53% in january. >> it's really a weird time we're living in. i had never thought i would invest in stocks casually like that. i saw the opportunity. and downloaded the app and did it. >> reporter: they're now criticizing online brokers robinhood which plans to limit the trading of eight stocks today. to only one share per customer. they claim robinhood, which

markets itself a champion of small investors, is favoring wall street titans over small-time traders. but experts say the free trading app got in over its head and couldn't come up with the capital of the trading spree. >> there's nothing unusual or nefarious about how the regulatory rules are kicking in, requiring robinhood to put up more capital. that is all totally normal standard. >> over the weekend the ceo said the trading restrictions are only temporary. kenneth, mona. >> all right, megan, thank you. for the first time the arrest of man who spent living inside chicago o'hare airport. the man is seen here in a yellow vest, he claims he was afraid to fly home to california because of the coronavirus. he allegedly used a worker's badge to live in a restricted area for three months.mao

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plan to help americans struggling in the pandemic. the two competing proposals on the table. the one on one interview with the president of moderna. returning to school. kids heading back to class in one local district this morning. >> i think people are kind of ityke this.et out of the house v >> you think? a packed weekend up at tahoe. >> these restaurants, did you see? they were just in the city -- >> packed. >> packed. >> yes. >> people are desperate. >> same. >> i was so excited to see it, joe. >> i know. >> i was too. >> i had a good meal. >> yes. >> but we'll move on. good morning, everybody. it is monday, february 1st. >> we're going to start with mike nicco. mike, there's more rain today?

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