>> thanks for joining us. >> thank you, ladies. >> "good morning america" is starting next. good morning,. state of emergency.ood morning,. a monster winter storm on the move, the biggest blast in five years slamming tens of millions of americans this morning with heavy snow. up to 15 inches in new york city. a foot of snow expected in boston, as covid vaccinations are derailed for thousands of americans in at least seven states. dangerous ice is causing treacherous conditions on the roads. our extreme team is on the ground tracking it all, including thousands of flights grounded, the coastal flood warnings and where the powerful nor'easter is heading next. urgent race against time. this morning, the new public transportation mask mandate taking effect today on planes, trains and some automobiles, as eyes now turn to the third shot of hope. johnson & johnson's single-shot

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decking out their homes instead of those iconic floats for a fabulous new spin on the celebration. we certainly do say good morning, america. hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. oh, this monday morning. this is what it looks like right outside our studio here in times square. you can see the snow still coming down right now. the monster storm hitting the city and affecting tens of millions overnight. >> robin, it's still strengthening right now along the coast. at least 19 states on alert. new york and new jersey have already declared states of emergency. a live look at our "gma" plow camera. the trucks are out in full force in east rutherford, new jersey. nearly 4,000 plows and salt spreaders have already been deployed across the state. >> something else we want you to take a look at -- this is in chicago. what are you looking at? you're looking at a lake.

yes, that's lake michigan. that city, chicago, that area getting hit with their second snowstorm in less than a week. >> our team is out there braving the elements for us to bring you the very latest on this powerful and potentially dangerous storm. ginger will start us off here in manhattan with the very latest. good morning, ginge. >> reporter: these streets will not have any travel on them. that's how big of a deal this is. in new york city we've already had close to seven inches of snow. we just had to get to 10 1/2 to get to the biggest snow storm. a lot of places will be close to two feet north and west of heefheere. went weather advisories from blue ridge, georgia to maine. new hampshire you're advised to stay indoors. major impacts, hazardous travel.

you could see visibility reduced. a lot of the snow started out light. you get a gust of 30 to 60 miles an hour, you'll have big time problems. we'll move the storm out mostly tomorrow. we'll still have wrap-around snow showers that add to the totals, which should end up 12 to 24 inches. let's go to rob in philadelphia. >> we're getting that mix right now in philadelphia, ginger, a city that you love as much as i do. this is just gorgeous stuff. we got the liberty bell, independence hall, so much history wrapped up in the city of brotherly love. we got a couple, 3 inches of snow on the ground. that coastal low is beginning to take shape. we'll see much more snow pile up. the roads, though, i got to tell you, are not good. so many iterations of the storm from california to the midwest and now the northeast, it's become one big cross-country headache. overnight, a winter whiteout. plows out in full force, trying to keep up with the massive amount of snowfall expected through tuesday.

>> we might be stuck. >> reporter: drivers braving the treacherous road conditions while others are forced to pull over and wait it out. in ohio, cars spinning, trying to get traction any way they can. this man jumping on the back of a bumper of that suv helping the tires dig in. traffic backed up for hours after a fatal wreck there. the nor'easter could bring blizzard-like conditions to new york and new jersey, both declaring a state of emergency. the big apple halting covid vaccinations, even for those with scheduled appointments. >> the last thing we want to do is urge or seniors to come out in a storm like this. we're rescheduling monday appointments for vaccines. >> reporter: the coast guard using an ice cutter, slicing through five-inch ice that built up. snow emergencies are also in effect for boston and philadelphia. more than 250 wrecks reported across virginia.

this fire truck flipping over, fortunately no serious injuries there. chicago now digging out from just under a foot of snow, their second snowstorm in less than a week. these officers out to help stranded drivers, teaming up to push their own suv back on the road. and north of the storm in minneapolis -- this terrified woman rescued after falling through the ice, trying to save her dog. that's just frightening, frigid stuff. so glad that she's okay. for the kids having a snow day to day, if you're going out on a lake or river, make sure that ice is safe. here in philadelphia, they are not really having a true snow day, telling the kids they have to work from home virtually as we do in our new world. if they do get out in play they'll have more than this here. close to a foot of snow, if that happens, just as much as we got in 2016. george, back over to you.

>> i don't want to rub it in, rob. my kids here in new york have a snow day. sorry about the kids in philadelphia. the new jersey governor has declared a state of emergency. stephanie ramos is live now in paramus. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: george, good morning. you said it, new jersey under a state of emergency, crews have been out all night spreading salt on the roads. there's 7,000 tons of it right here. officials are warning there could be up to 2 feet of snow across the state of new jersey and right now, authorities are concerned about power outages. about a hundred power outages across the state of new jersey, but officials are urging people to charge their cell phones and reminding people not to go near any downed wires during or after the storm. officials say they're expecting heavy snow, conditions, coastal flooding and high winds across the tate of

of new jersey. george? >> we want to go to gio at the airport where the storm is causing delays. >> reporter: it is very snowy and quiet right now. that's because most of the flights have been canceled. we're looking at more than 800 cancellations in and out of the new york area. 75% of the flights at jfk have been canceled, 70% of newark. what does that mean for vaccine deliveries? we reached out to fedex and u.p.s. fedex has 15 meteorologists watching the storm right now and have contingency plans in case of delays. robin, that big headline right now, the vast majority of the flights here have been canceled in and out of the new york area. >> all right, gio.

the massive storm is delaying vaccine deliveries. eva pilgrim joins us from a mass vaccination site at fenway park opening this morning with more on the race to vaccinate and the new mask mandate from the white house. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yes, fenway is opening up an hour earlier this morning at 8:00 to try to get the vaccinations in before this winter storm. they're telling people with afternoon appointments to come in the morning if they can to avoid that weather. this as there's a new federal order that says masks are no longer optional in some places. mask mandate, starting today, masks will now be a requirement on public transportation, from airplanes to taxis and ride-shares. a new biden administration order taking effect tonight. this as the urgent race to vaccinate continues. thousands lined up at mass

vaccination sites this weekend in dallas cars stretched for miles. some people turned away due to high demand. >> this is not a vaccine. >> reporter: anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shutting down dodger stadium, blocking the entrance slowing down vaccinations. the mostly maskless group slowing down vaccinations. and now, all eyes on a third vaccine. the johnson and johnson is 85% effective at preventing severe cases and 100% when it comes to preventing hospitalization or death. the vaccine could be available by the end of this month and the company is aiming for 100 million doses by june. meanwhile, promising data coming out of nursing homes. according to the cdc, 3.5 million vaccines have been given to staff and residents in long-term care facilities. >> i just feel relieved. i feel like we're turning a corner. >> reporter: according to the

center for medicare and medicaid center, covid cases have steadily drop a sign that the vaccine is making a positive impact. and here, the plan today is to try to get everyone vaccinated as many people as possible before 1:00. they tell me there's no hard out when they close today. they're going to watch the weather, i quote, this is new england we know the weather sometimes makes things harder but we find a way. guys? >> true that. all right rk, eva, thank you. coming up in our next half hour, an exclusive live interview with the president of moderna about its vaccine, george. >> that's right. we go to washington now and the latest over the covid relief package. president biden is pushing a nearly $2 trillion proposal. a group of republican senators has made a counter-offer. about a third of the size. the president will meet with those senators today. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has the latest. >> reporter: those senators will be here at the white house later this evening, it came after that group of ten sent the president

a letter, he picked up the phone and called susan collins and invited them here for this meeting. republicans have said that the president's nearly $2 trillion plan is basically too high, especially given that congress passed this $900 billion package back in december. george you mentioned those numbers, let's take a look, there are some areas of common ground, both want to see $160 billion for vaccine distribution. they agree on about $4 billion in food assistance for families. that price tag the big one is the major sticking point, republicans want to see this more in the range of $600 billion, not nearly $2 trillion that president biden is proposing. and the white house is also pushing for those $1,400 stimulus checks. republicans want those to be at $1,000 and they're targeted to lower income families. they're also opposed to that $15 minimum wage that the house is pushing. we're expected to get some details on this republican proposal later today. >> the impeachment trial for former president trump begins

next week. over the weekend another big shakeup with his legal team. >> reporter: a big shakeup, there was this major disagreement on how to proceed with the arguments, the lawyers wanted to go with basically what we're hearing from so many republicans on capitol hill, they say impeaching a president post-presidency is unconstitutional. the president wanted them to argue his baseless claim that the election was stolen. we are just a week out, give or take by a few days for this impeachment trial. the president is now bringing on two pretty experienced trial lawyers, david schoen and bruce castor. both have experiences in high profile cases. castor was a d.a. he made his name for not prosecuting bill cosby. he was later sued by one of cosby's accusers. >> all right, cecilia vega, thanks very much. t.j.? we're following a lot of other stories this morning, one reddit user sending a coded

message for the little guys to keep it up. rebecca jarvis tracking this for us. >> reporter: the mania continues in january. gamestop stock up more than 1,600% costing some hedge funds more than $20 billion in losses. this morning all eyes on an epic david and goliath many wondering if amateur traders have set their sights on a new target, silver. the price of metal jumping. last week the new guys banding together on social media buying stock in companies amc and game stop whose shares soared 400%.

for the hedge funds betting against those so-called meme stocks, staggering losses. a source familiar with top investment firm melvin capital telling abc news the hedge fund lost 53% on its investments in the month of january. they're not alone. now investors closing watching robin hood the trading app with 13 million users at a median age of 31. those reddit investors criticizing robin hood which plans to limit the trading on eight stocks today to just one share purchase per customer. >> i'm going to take my business somewhere elsewhere they won't put on restrictions. >> reporter: the chaos drawing the attention of the federal regulators. in an op-ed published in "usa today" robin hood ceo writing the moves to limit trading was

not because we wanted to stop people from buying these or any stocks, but because of an increase on mandatory collateral on the service. also warning, it's possible the unusual and dramatic market swings could occur again. it's not just robin hood limiting buying. a number of other platforms have restricted trading given the recent market volatility. t.j.? >> george? we're follow a lot of other stories this morning, including an interview with moderna's ceo. also we're talking the super bowl and what tom brady and patrick mahomes are saying about going head to head. first back to ginger. >> reporter: we've seen gusts up

to 30 miles an hour at central park. look at this image from jfk. the winds, plus the snow make visibility extremely low. this light and fine snow pierces you, but it also makes visibility solo. look at the gusts, i'm talking about gusts that could easily reach 50 in new york city. look at montauk, 70 mile per hour gusts. that's a true nor'easter. coastal flood alerts because of the water getting pushed on the land. anywhere along coastal new jersey to delaware, you have coastal flood advisers up to maine. we'll have more on the snow totals coming up. let's get the select cities sponsored by target.

good morning. welcome to february 1st. it's going to be a wet one later on this afternoon and evening and into tomorrow. and there's evening some hints of wet weather wednesday. our first storm is a 1 on the storm impact scale. it's definitely going to be dry and warmer as we head into the weekend. today 50s along the coast and in the north bay, the rest of us in the low to mid-60s. tonight's going to low moderate, low to mid-50s. and notice the yellows and oranges, the moderate showers >> reporter: i keep mentioning how fine the flakes are here here and it's not at all packing or snowball-type of snow, however they had it in

washington, d.c. look at this image, that is a giant snowball fight breaking out in the nation's capital. joy after not having snow for a couple of years. looks like everybody was partaking. again, guys, this is more like the snow globe snow that's what we'll stick with for now. >> or not stick with. it's not going to stick. >> reporter: that's right. oh! >> oh! >> in that snow ball fight, did somebody have a mattress? come on, man, man up. >> all right, ginger, thank you. stay with us. we're kicking off the week with zendaya. she's telling us about her new movie with john david washington. hey, most of you snowed in anywhere, might as well stick with us. we'll be right back. what if i told you the best place to begin is within. with collagen, that supports our body from the inside, out. because when we feel supported from within

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hi, welcome back. let's take a look at our impending storm. it's still to our north, and it's a 1 on the storm impact scale. it comes in later today and lingers in through tomorrow with light to moderate rain and breezy conditions out ahead of the rain. you can see the green's light, the yellows and oranges in the north bay, moderate. the rest of us have a rogue shower. and tonight it becomes scattered. then it kind of stalls. and that's what's going to lead to more rain tomorrow. our first push of rain today could be anywhere from a tenth of an inch to a half an inch in the north bay. wednesday's trending a little bit, but we haven't put a storm impact scale on it just quite yet. ahead on "gma," the president and moderna live with the latest on the vaccine rollout and ramping up production. we'll have another abc7 news

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know she's tracking the latest path the for us. good morning again, ginger. >> reporter: this storm is amping up. it was a fine flake. it's getting more dense. that will impact travel here. we're talking about a foot to two feet. one of the biggest snow storms most folks have seen in five years. you can see the heaviest in the parts of the hudson valley and eastern pennsylvania. with the wind and everything else the sierra is no stranger to this type of snow in the last week or so. more is coming your way. that's a new storm bringing one to two feet. that one starts to move across the country. wraps over the great lakes. definitely going to see heavy rains on the bottom side of that, a little bit of mix in appalachia, up through the hudson valley, you could see more snow. that's the problem with these storms. even chicago had 10.8 inches,

their biggest storm in five plus years. this just really feeling like february. let's head back in to you, george? >> okay, ginger, thanks very much. we turn now to the pandemic and the urgent race to vaccinate so many americans right now, more than 25 million people have received at least one vaccine dose out of the nearly 50 million shots distributed. we're joined by dr. stephen hoge, president of moderna. they produced one of the vaccines being administering across the u.s. good morning, doctor. thanks for joining us. we're in a race now to get as many vaccines to as many americans as soon as possible. is there anything more moderna can do to ramp up production? >> absolutely. we're doing it as fast as we can. one of the big challenges is this has moved from a science exercise to an engineering one. there are many steps in making a vaccine you have to plan for and as you ramp-up production you run into bolt bottlenecks.

you need to develop solutions. we've been doing that around the clock since the vaccines were first approved. that's why you've seen this steadily, hopefully progressive increase in vaccines being delivered. our intention is to keep working that problem until we get as many vaccines to the american people as needed. >> is there anything you need from the government right now, you need from president biden? would the defense production act help at this point? >> at this point, a lot of the logistical bottlenecks that we're running into are problems that we can solve on our own. we've had partnership from the administration throughout and have been able to work with them if there are any supply chain gaps, any small things we need, we've been able to ask for and they've arranged access relatively quickly. >> the variants are multiplying across the globe right now the uk variant the south african variant. you're trying to develop a booster to combat one of the variants. what difference will that make?

what more needs to be done to address the variants in a race for the vaccine? >> that's a great question. it's important to put context around this. couple of months we didn't have anything but hope that vaccines will work. we've got two authorized vaccines that look excellent, and perhaps more on the way. they can control the variant and help us beat back this pandemic. but as we follow the data in the pandemic what we see some of the new emerging strains are better at hiding from those vaccines. right now, the vaccines look like they work against all of emerging strains. that's the good news. but there are a couple, like the south african that's a concern because it looks like it could hide. our approach is to develop a booster vaccine so if the south african variant or any other becomes a concern, we can prevent that from hiding from the vaccine.

>> how do you develop anecdotes, a way to address variants that you don't know much about? >> the sequencing information what the variant looks like that's one of the great advances that's happening in science globally associated with the pandemic. we know what it looks like, it looks like a close proximate of the virus. what we're allowed to do because of our technology is copy and paste that information into our vaccine cassette and start adding it to the vaccine so that your immune system when you get the vaccine will be able to identify the variant. >> all that will take time. in the meantime, we could be facing these emergency situations, some experts suggest delaying the second dose to get more people the first dose. is that a good idea? >> well, at this point, as a scientist and physician, i focus on what the data says. the data we have from clinical trials shows that two doses is excellent in protecting against covid-19. ultimately that's the only

regimen we really studied. it's possible one dose would provide some benefit, but we don't have any data to prove that at this point. as moderna, we try to stick to the data and the science we have. public health officials have a complicated choice to make, in a limited supply environment, how do you protect as many people as possible? our responsibility as a company is to stick to the data. >> you're also asking the fda to increase the number of doses that can fit in a vial from 10 to 15. what difference will that make? do you expect it to be approved? is there a bottleneck there? >> that's a great question. one of the bottlenecks we have identified. as we ramped up production, what we've identify is that one of the big bottlenecks is getting those doses into a vial. it's not actually making the vaccine. it's getting it into the vials themselves. there are capacity constraints in how many vials that can get filled.

one of our proposals is actually put more doses in the vial, instead of 10 doses, put 15, ultimately that might relieve that bottleneck. hopefully then it the bottleneck moves someplace else and we tackle that one. but ultimately, we need to talk to the fda and make sure they're comfortable with that approach. >> we know the vaccine prevents people from getting seriously ill. what do we know about the moderna vaccine preventing transmission of the virus? >> what we do know from the phase 3 trial when we did look at the rate of infections, asymptomatic infections in people in the first month after receiving the first dose of the vaccine, there was about a two third reduction in the rate of infection, which is really what's important relating to transmission. so we're quite hopeful, after one dose, we're quite hopeful after two doses we may do better than that. if that's true for our vaccine

and others we may see the pandemic slow down even dramatically. >> try to set expectations for everybody. when do you expect enough people here in the united states to be vaccinated enough to create herd immunity? >> it depends on what you think herd immunity needs to be. if you assume 50% to 70% of the population, we're working hard ourselves and the other manufacturers to make sure that's a possibility, really late spring, early summer, it will depend upon the delivery of those vaccines, that's something that states are leading the way, as well as americans deciding they want to receive the vaccine. we're optimistic by the middle of the year we'll be able to achieve those numbers. >> thank you for your time this morning. >> my pleasure. >> t.j.? stay with us here on "good morning america." coming up, how moms are banding together after millions were forced to leave the workforce due to the pandemic. inside the call for the marshall plan for moms. also, we're counting down to super bowl sunday.

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good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, robin. there won't be the usual pomp and circumstance at super bowl week and the crowd at the game will be intentionally thin and spread out. as for the game itself, you have two of the biggest stars in sport going head to head. the greatest of all time, against the guy who could one day take his title. what more could you want? >> the chiefs are heading to the afc championship game! >> reporter: the countdown is on, in just six days, the two biggest stars in football will face off in the super bowl for the very first time. six-time champ tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers taking on young superstar patrick mahomes and the defending champs kansas city chiefs. brady will be appearing in his tenth super bowl. looking to further solidify his status as the greatest of all time. >> the tampa bay buccaneers and tom brady are going to super bowl lv. >> reporter: and what ever happens on that field, the 43-year-old says, win or lose,

he wants to keep playing. >> it's a contact sport, but i definitely like to keep going as long as i can. >> reporter: the father of three telling espn moments like this one, with his son jack, make it all worth it. >> i mean, it's the best part of the whole day. i'm there the whole day looking up waving at him. >> reporter: on the other sideline the qb many believe could take brady's spot for the best to ever do it. only 25 and already a league mvp and super bowl winner, mahomes looks up to brady. >> for me having this chance to play against him in the super bowl, it's exciting. his determination to be better every day is something all athletes want to have. >> reporter: after winning their first title in 50 years, the chiefs hope to be the eighth team to go back-to-back. >> the ultimate goal right now is to win the super bowl and get that second ring and bwin back o back championships. >> reporter: this year the big game will look different. due to covid precautions the chiefs won't arrive into tampa

until the weekend. the buccaneers are already there. the first team ever to play a super bowl in their home stadium. there were strict covid related activiti activities. players and coaches required to stay home except for work-related activities at team facilities. >> incredible achievement for our team and for me personally i want to go out there and play a great game. >> reporter: last week brady revealed that both of his parents beat covid late last year and he says they'll be in attendance on sunday to watch their son try to win his seventh super bowl. >> glad that the bradys are doing well. you alluded to this. it's going to be a different experience for fans, not just the players at the super bowl. >> reporter: that's exactly right. they'll be capping attendance, 22,000 fans in the stadium, each of them will be receiving a kn-95 mask, sanitary wipes and covid information card to let

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day traders escalate their war with wall street. >> so many people jumping in trying to cash in. what to know, what to avoid, how to keep your kids safe. it's mardi gras turned "yardi" gras, houses being turned into floats. concerts on the sidewalks. all the creative ways the show will go on. ♪ and we're kicking off the week with zendaya and she's saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ ♪ it's cold out there. good morning, america. great to have zendaya joining us on this busy monday morning. she'll be along in just a little bit. we also have an inspiring story about group of girl scouts, troop 6000 they have sold more than 400,000 boxes of cookies

this year and we'll tell you why the sisterhood is so important to the these young women. >> absolutely looking forward to that. also something else to look forward to, we're going to check in with a small business owner, encouraging words for other black women entrepreneurs this morning. first, the latest on that winter storm hitting the northeast this morning, it's strengthening right now along the coast. at least 19 states on alert. new york and new jersey have already declared of states of emergency. the trucks are out in full force in east rutherford. let's go to ginger with the latest. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning, manhattan just trudging through, 5 to 8 inches. here's the problem, george, it's light, it's blowing and the winds are 30 to 50 miles per hour, you see it at jfk, the visibility way down, we know that so many flights were cancelled and rightfully so.

morristown, new jersey, where we could see the highest snow totals. when you have big population centers like new jersey, connecticut, new york, this is going to impact a lot of people and we're talking about extreme impacts, anyone highlighted in purple there, into the hudson valley, that means you could see close to blizzardlike conditions, you could see widespread power outages even, that storm, though, doesn't impact the tristate, we're talking about north georgia, all the way to maine, vermont, everyone included on the east coast. i think we could easily see our highest snow total in new york city, robin n five years. we'll head to philadelphia where rob has more on the storm impacting those tens of millions overnight. good morning again, rob. >> reporter: hi, good morning again, robin. the sleet has started to come down and it's not pleasant being

outside. the winds are starting to crank as well. here we are independence hall, national park, a couple, 3 inches here. a bit of a crust on roads not good. this coastal low ramps up. overnight, a winter whiteout. plows out in full force. trying to keep up with the massive amount of snowfall expected through tuesday. >> we might be stuck. >> reporter: drivers brave it can treacherous road conditions, while others are forced to pull over and wait it out. in ohio, cars spinning trying to get traction any way they can. while others ended up in the median. traffic backed up for hours after a fatal wreck there. the nor'easter could bring blizzardlike conditions to new york and new jersey, both declaring a state of emergency, the big apple halting covid vaccinations evs even for thoseh

scheduled appointments. at jfk alone, more than 800 flights cancelled. snow emergencies are also in effect for boston and philadelphia. more than 250 wrecks reported across virginia. this fire truck flipping over, fortunately no serious injuries there. chicago now digging out from just under a foot of snow, their snowstorm in less than a week. back in 2016, they got 19 inches of snow here, we won't get quite that much, but easily over a foot. george, in 1776, they read the declaration of independence. a massive crowd there, in july. >> he made it work. >> he did make it work.

>> rob, thank you so much. coming up here the bullies on the bachelor? how is matt stepping up to try to put an end to the toxic environment. also this morning the marshall movement for moms. calling on the biden administration for more support for parents. and how new orleans is putting a twist on the mardi gras celebration for 2021. come on back.

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>> right back at you. welcome back to "gma" on this monday morning. we're looking forward to telling you about that inspiring group of girl scouts, a group of strong young women who are experiencing homelessness right now, they've already sold 400,000 boxes of cookies this year and we'll tell you about their sisterhood just ahead. but first, we want to get to our cover story, talking about the bachelor, matt james, we're used to the bachelor having drama but this different. we're talking about bullying now on the bachelor between some of the women on the show. our erielle reshef joins us with a sneak peek from tonight's episode. it looks like and some people are giving matt credit for not ledding some of this stuff slide. >> reporter: definitely not, the. j. the bachelor is always filled with drama, pretty much a hallmark of the show, but this season, it seems like some of this behavior is taking a toxic

turn and matt is making it clear that winter is coming for the women responsible. >> you're coming in as backup. >> reporter: this season of a bachelor, serving plenty of drama. but some of the women seeming to move beyond the usual theatrics to blatant bullying. >> hopefully you guys know my heart and see my heart. >> i haven't. >> i have had great conversations and connections with you ladies. . >> who is she talking to here. >> your living situation here is going to be horrible. >> reporter: several appearing to gang on and ridicule and spread damaging rumors about others in the house. >> well, we talk about bullying when it comes to adult and adult women, it's usually what we call relational aggression, we see spreading rumors, harassing, ostracizing, ganging up against one woman to kind of leave her

out to make her feel bad, simply all the behaviors that we're actually seeing on this season of the bachelor. >> reporter: contestant katie standing up for the women taking the most heat. >> we have this mob mentality. >> reporter: taking her concerns straight to matt. tonight, matt himself con fronts the hurtful behavior. >> if you have to belittle someone else for you to shine, that that's something i don't want. there's this toxsity in this house, people's words are so powerful. and when you said that [ bleep ] for being a dancer -- >> that was completely taken out of context. >> what context could [ bleep ] be acceptable to be taken in? >> reporter: and i's unclear where the season will take katie's relationship with matt, but there are also already a lot

of calls for katie to be the next bachelorette. we'll have to tune in tonight for the fifth week of the bachelor, 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central right here on abc. we're used to drama but sometimes it can go over the line it might be in some cases here. >> remember that first week, we had the group prayer. you know, he's serious, he's not playing. >> they ran to him and told on the others. >> all right, t.j. we'll turn now to the group of young women calling on the biden administration for more action to support the millions of moms that are forced to leave their jobs. due to the covid-19 pandemic. becky worley joins us with more on the marshall plan for mom. good morning, becky. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the marshall plan, it calls for big sweeping government action

to financially support american women who have made huge sacrifices to manage their families during covid. can't go back to work in restaurant industry while her kids are distance learning at home because of covid. the financial effect of being shut out of her job, serious. >> i'm trying to think of creative ideas so i can earn some kind of money because i feel helpless, not being able to support anything for my family. >> reporter: its stories like karina that inspired girls who code to write this letter in "the new york times." it calls on the biden administration to create task force to create an economic recovery plan for plans, offer support payments to mothers in need. >> we're if a national crisis. almost 5 million working moms have left the labor force since february. we have an opportunity to

rethink motherhood. to create equity and fairness, to value what's most important to us, which is america's moms. we need a 360 plan to get women back to work, to get mothers back to work and i'm calling it the marshall plan for moms. >> reporter: women were leaving the workforce at four-times the rate of men. women lost 156,000 jobs. the net loss of 140,000 unemployed americans all carried by women. >> when covid-19 happened, women were the majority of the labor force. nine months later, our participation is back to where it was in the 1980s. >> reporter: as moms try to reinvent themselves at home it seems almost impossible as her kids would be popping in a part of the package. >> i've been looking for work from home, but it's very

difficult to be able to work from home with kids in the background. >> leaving moms and families desperate for help of any kind. the letter in the times getting a lot of attention tshg authors asking for a big effort within the first 100 days of the biden administration. >> in the meantime, becky, what are experts saying, feeling the stress of trying to juggle so much? >> it's stressful to juggle. here are three things that i have heard, can you share child care with your partner. talk to your friends without embarrassment, ask how they're doing it, what they've been able to negotiate with their employers and can you talk to your manager honestly about a more flexible schedule will look like, you're not alone in this crunch, i'm with you, so many of us are, don't take yourself out

of the workforce unless you've been honest and asked for more flexibility. >> it's not a sign of weakness to ask for help. all right, becky, thanks so much. we're going to take a closer look at the wild ride on wall street over gamestop. taking on the hedge funds. our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis joins us now. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, george. the mania is continuing. sweeping up people who may not have considered buying a stock. here we are in the midst of blizzard, what were two people discussing gamestop. this morning, market mania after a group of small investors rallied around a few cast-off stocks like gamestop soaring 400% last week some now cashing in. >> i think of it as like

something fun to do and profitable at the same time. >> reporter: including 10-year-old jadyn carr, two years ago his mom bought his ten shares of gamestop. now, he sold them for more than $3,000, making quite a name for himself in the process. >> i looked at myself today, i just saw a whole list of my name on different news networks and channels. >> yeah, he was like, google me mom. >> reporter: while jadyn is moving on from gamestop, many others are actively trading it still, a group of you stock market new comers swapping tips on social media, causing surging demand for trading apps like robinhood. robinhood posting its highest daily average of users last week at 2.5 million users.

at a median age of 31. >> i never thought i would invest in stocks casually like that. but i saw the opportunity. downloaded the app and did it. >> reporter: e-trade also not noticing spikes in downloads and userships. . with so many americans stuck at home, some even jobless, some hoping to capitalize on the rising stock market. . the bottom line is, you have to think about this differently, that is investing for the long term, for retirement, this is a hobby, george, that can cost you a lot of money. >> you're saying it the right way, it's a hobby more than real investing, what else should people know before they make that decision? >> well, the key here is to set a limit, before you make a trade in a single stock, set a limit

on how much money you're willing to rick, how much money you're willing to lose, some apps will allow you to debt margins in order to invest, buy stocks, buy options, that increases your risk exponentially and finally, george, a lot of people are using internet online chat rooms, all of these different online abilities to trade stock tips. the important thing to keep in mind here, if you don't know who the other person on that information is, it may not be accurate. i'm hearing that there are botts inside spreading misinformation inside these chatrooms, you have to be cautious if you're getting that tip from someone you don't know. let's go to ginger. >> george, you probably just got that emergency alert on your cell phone, new york city, the major now saying all nonessential travel is banned

from the roads until tomorrow morning. we're in the trick of it and it will keep going throughout of the day. richmond had 3 inches, just over 2 inches in washington, d.c. look at this, the winds on top of everything could take down power lines, especially good morning. welcome to february 1st. it's going to be a wet one later on this afternoon and evening and into tomorrow. and there's evening some hints of wet weather wednesday. our first storm is a 1 on the storm impact scale. it's definitely going to be dry and warmer as we head into the weekend. today 50s along the coast and in the north bay, the rest of us in the low to mid-60s. tonight's going to low moderate, low to mid-50s. and notice the yellows and oranges, the moderate showers now we have an inspiring

group of girl scouts making headlines across the country, there troop 6000 has been selling cookies online at an incredible rate despite the pandemic, more than 400,000 boxes this year and it's all for a great cause, mona kosar abdi joins us with more. good morning, mona. >> reporter: robin, good morning. troop 6000 has been around since 2017 but these girls are already making a name for themselves through their incredible cookie selling skills. the world was first introduced to troop 6000 three years ago as the first group designed to serve young women living in shelters. >> we sell the cookies. >> it was fun because i learned it for the first time and i learned it very quick, so i'm proud of myself.

>> reporter: now those in-person interactions once the corner stone of selling cookies are no more. everything is done virtually. >> you're going to put your girl scout signs up. >> reporter: including troop meetings. >> we don't see each other face to face, makes me sad. >> reporter: despite other businesses around the country struggling the troop's cookie business has skyrocketed. last year, they sold about 25,000 boxes, this year they've already sold more than 16-times that, over 400,000 boxes and sales will continue at least through march. the director believes kindness during the pandemic has helped. >> they're buying the cookies to give to their food delivery workers as extra tips and giving to food banks. >> reporter: but for these girls the real victory is still having

each other to lean on. >> i've gotten a sisterhood being in this troop. >> not many kids our age are experiencing homelessness and it's nice to be able to speak to those going through the same struggles. >> reporter: if you're considering buying girl scouts, remember one thing -- >> the more cookies you buy the happier you'll be. >> reporter: now many many of us don't need an excuse to buy girl scout cookies. but it does feel good to know that our sugar cravings are going to a sweet cause, oall proceeds go to earning badges, like s. 26789 e.m. education. >> find out more about troop 6000 on our website.

coming up, zendaya joins us live.

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♪ just a little bit. welcome back, folks to "gma." black history month starts today. we'll have all kind of celebrations this month here at "gma" and across abc. we have our "gma" inspiration month, we have asked some notable names and figures in the black community, such as massy elliot, dwyane wade. moving our world and society forward. a full list is debuting right now on our website goodmorningameri goodmorningamerica.com. good job putting that all together. we're excited for our next guest as well. one of the biggest stars in hollywood right now, an emmy winner and now she's sharing the

screen alongside john david washington in "malcolm & marie." she gets respect. already getting ton of award buzz. good morning, zendaya. good to see you. >> good morning. >> it's a little snowy here in the nyc. i hope to say, we want to talk about the movie, your tribute to cicely tyson, zendaya, was absolutely beautiful. what did she mean to you? as a person and as an actor. >> right, i mean, i've always been a huge fan of cicely tyson, i mean, she's iconic, a trail blazer and i think without her i wouldn't be able to do what i'm doing. she means i think to a lot of us and specifically black women, you know, so we honor her and just, you know, and are so grateful for everything that she gave us and i think she, you

know, is immortal in a loft ways, she'll continue to live on with us through her work and art. it's tough. but it's also one of those things where we just celebrate such a beautiful life, you know. >> amen. >> zendaya, you said you wouldn't be able to be where you without cicely tyson. but to see this line now, cicely tyson, halle berry and zendaya, halle berry said you're proof positive that something is working and that hollywood is changing. at only 24 now, do you feel that responsibility to keep that line going? how at 24 start to lay the groundwork? >> right, absolutely. lot of progress has been made, obviously, but there's still a lot more to do and you know, i just hope especially since i'm coming into this produceral

world, hopefully i can be a part of that change, hopefully making it easier for the next young woman who wants to make something, you know, it's our job to continue to keep those doors open that were broken open for us. so, it really does mean so much to me, that support and that love, and i hope to make everybody proud and continue to do it. >> you're doing that all the time. let's talk about "malcolm & marie." the first thing people will notice it's all black and white, what do you think that choice brings to the experience? >> well, you know, other than the fact that it's pretty, it's beautiful, it adds this timelessness to it. there was a thought about reclaiming the narrative of black and white hollywood and black actors really having their moment at that time, it wasn't -- we weren't as present in the black and white era. lot of black filmmakers have

done this before. not necessarily a new idea, we wanted to pay tribute to that era and kind of reclaim that beauty and that elegance at that time with these, you know, two black actors. >> let's give everybody a look. >> you know, you are the neediest man i've ever dated. but at the same time, you're also the least jealous man i have ever dated. i mean, i could literally be hanging on some random guy's arm you would never think it's sexual. you would come up to me, i need your help. come on, let's go. >> is this about tonight, marie? >> kind of. >> kind of? >> zen die yao, the trailer warned us, this is not a love

story but it's a story about love. and it is beautifully shot and you and john david the chemistry comes jumping off of the screen. how did you hedgely get into the role, because it is deep, really deep. >> you know, this is a movie that i essentially asked to be made while we were in quarantine. we just had a lot of creative discussions. we talk almost every day. i think through that, you know, he kind of came with this concept of "malcolm & marie" and began writing and he would write pages, ten pages at a time, call me and we'd discuss it. the only person in his brain he could think of when he was beginning to write this character was john david washington, so he wrote it for us, we're also both producers and financiers, it's our baby in

that way, we did it all together and did it the safest way possible and we all did it really as a family, i mean, it was such a collaborative experience, something i've never really been able to be adept with a script so i think that kind of closeness and that experience sharing and those conversations that we all shared while creating this thing i think contributed heavily, you foe, that chemistry, you know, we're all in this together in a very literal way. i'm so grateful for john david. he's such a talent. i mean, i couldn't have been able to go to those places without that partnership. >> we're seeing that scene there, the scene at the beginning he's eating some macaronien enand cheese. >> listen, i'm sorry. i apologize in advance. >> all right, let's turn for a

second, we're talking about your acting career and your accolades and awards and the awards that will come, powerhouse many fashion world, you're gracing the cover of "gq." you're the new face of valenti in, o. some people may forget you were a disney channel star. you made a transition that people, people think is pretty amazing right now. where does that part of your career now stand and as you look where you are now and where you came from? >> you know, i'm grateful for those beginnings. i think it was a great learning place and you know, i think so many people got to grow up with me which i think is really special. i got to be a part of people's childhoods, which also means a lot. i think it's a very special thing. i've been just so grateful that people have grown with me,

allowed me to as a young woman kind of coming into my own, allowed me to experience different roles and supported through, i think, my creative evolution, and my job is to take my time, do things that make me excited and push me to be better with everything that i try and everything that i step out into and i'm just grateful, you know, i've had this support since i was a kid, you know, i take my time, try to do my best, you know, one step at a time, really. >> well, you know, disney is our parent company so we thank you. we thank you. we thank you. we still claim you. but bless you. all the best going forward, zendaya. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. mm nm in select theaters now and on netflix globally on february 25th. and up next, we kick off ♪ ♪

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♪ welcome back to "gma" and we're back with open for business. it's of course the first day of black history month and we're checking in with a thriving small business owner who's sharing some much needed words of encouragement for other black women looking to follow their own business dreams. our own will reeve spoke with crystal sharpe. >> reporter: t.j., crystal might

have been specific in her pep talk for black women entrepreneurs. you'll want to hear what she has to say, she's a ray of light who first brighten our day at "gma" last summer. when we first met her in june, crystal shaw was struggling to keep her small afloat during the pandemic. >> no one was buying clothes for their kids, i get it, buzz it was really hard. >> reporter: the founder and sole employee of random rompers, customizing items for kids with special needs to make room to fit medical equipment. >> the fact that i'm able to help them get >> reporter: seven months ago, "gma" teamed one jo ann fabrics to surprise krystal with equipment and supplies to keep her going. >> oh, my god.

thank you so much. you have no idea how much that will help us. >> reporter: today krystal and her business are thriving. last summer's boost helping her company grow. >> i got more orders in june than i got in all of the other 11 months combined. i'm seeing new customers. >> reporter: but nationwide the pandemic has been ravaging small businesses, the number of african-american business owners plummeted from 1.1 million in february 2020 to 640,000 in april. how important is it to support small business owners. >> the trend of t-- it's people a chance. >> reporter: in a time of turmoil and uncertainty, krystal has words of encouragement for

black women entrepreneurs. >> i know you have a skill, something that you can do that only you can do and girl you do so well. i'm going to need you to start that business. >> reporter: soon she'll have another new customer right in her own home. >> wanted this baby so bad and we prayed and we're excited things are going well. >> she told me that there are times that she came close to giving up but now she's happier and busier than she could imagine. >> will, she certainly is happy. thank you very much. want to turn now to ginger. >> reporter: t.j., we got more than half foot officially in manhattan, we've got at least the whole day of snow ahead. but, you know, they already did this in chicago, 10.8 inches of snow officially that's their biggest snowstorm they've had in more than five years, it kauszed a quite o

good morning. welcome to monday, february 1st. it's going to be a dry start, but increasing clouds, showers in the north bay during the afternoon. the rest of us during the evening. overnight hours and through at i don't know if you realize this, we're a couple of weeks away from mardi gras, but this year new orleans is getting creative with parades cancelled because of the pandemic. residents of that beautiful resilient city are decorating their homes to celebrate what they're calling "yardi gras." ♪ it's one of new orleans' greatest traditions. mardi gras, a two-week celebration featuring fabulous float parades. oh, that bead throwing and you better believe there's some party. when the city banned parades due

to the coronavirus, longtime nola resident jokingly tweeted, turn your house into a float and throw all the beads from your attic at your neighbors walking by. >> i'll just decorate my house and i'll throw some stuff at my neighbors. >> reporter: what started as a quip soon became a movement, turning mardi gras into yardi gras. boudreaux setting up a facebook group called a crew of house floats. thousands of homes across the city now decorated divinely, taking on different themes, from classic films, to the prehistoric. boudreaux meeting with the mayor's office to make sure that abide by the laws. new orleansians working together

to decorate. bringing mardi gras' irreverent humor complete with a vaccine chute. >> we're from new orleans and if you're from new orleans everything everyone gets together. we all get together. >> reporter: like a local band performing outside the jazz fest themed home for a small mask audience. >> we'll figure out a way to celebrate our cultures. we'll get through it. >> reporter: resilient rev ellers keeping the tradition going strong. >> you have to do something like it's in the blood. >> happy mardi gras. >> it was not easy going to college that close to new orleans. i don't know how i survived

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a scene there from "flora & ulysses" on disney plus. one of the stars we saw right there, alyson hannigan, thank you for coming back to "gma." this movie has a squirrel with supernatural powers. what is it like to work with skwir squirrels. >> we worked with a foam

squirrel and a weird thing for cgi. it looks so incredible. my kids were on set, when we watched it, my youngest was like, did you get to work with a real squirrel. i told you, i would tell you if there was a real quiller. >> your character, your daughter is struggling until she rescues a squirrel. >> there was never an animal that i didn't want to rescue, including a frog that was missing a lot of its legs so i was like, i must save you, even though it was probably fine without me. i thought i'm going to nurse it back to health. but then like the next day i took it -- just like awkwardly hopped away. it was fine. >> the movie is based on a bestselling award-winning children's book and you have two

adorable children that you were able to watch this film with and you said this was a whole new experience for you as an actor. is it a new experience in your life sharing these kind of films with your children? >> well, i think -- yes. i mean, i've done a few things they can watch but this was different because i hate watching myself in anything and but they've been so excited and we got to see it early. and i just genuinely like enjoyed it even though i was in it and to hear the laughter, belly laughs coming out of my kids it was this gift from myself, like, oh, my gosh, they weren't just enjoying it because i was in it but they genuinely love it. we all did. my husband and i just kept looking at each other, it's so good. it was a great experience for

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>> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the new series, "firefly lane," katherine heigl. and tips for staying mentally healthy, as we kick off our "winter wellness week." plus, your comments and questions when we open up the "inbox." all next on "live!" ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ryan: oh, good morning. oh, yes. [cheers and applause] well, it is -- it is monday, february 1st. good morning, kelly. i am exhausted. you know, we have this huge storm around the country, here in the city.