>> that's what's making news in morning. right now on "america this morning," republican reckoning, will the congresswoman who supported conspiracy theories be punished? one republican the push to re-open schools. with covid cases on the decline what the cdc is now saying which has teachers unions fighting back. indicted. the former police officer who fatally shot a black man holding a cell phone learns his fate. the charges and the powerful message from the attorney general. plus, one of the hottest stars in country music is caught using a racial slur. the growing fallout this morning. later wings taking off, the surge in popularity of clicken

wings and the higher prices you'll be paying. and tom brady explains what's different at home this year that gives him an extra advantage in the super bowl as we learn details about the job he once had scrubbing toilets. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin on capitol hill where the house is taking a crucial vote today. >> lawmakers will decide whether to take action against congresswoman marjorie taylor greene for supporting conspiracy theories and suggesting that speaker nancy pelosi should be executed. >> greene has claimed that school shootings were stages and lasers started a deadly wildfire in california but this morning republicans remain defiant saying there is a double standard at play. >> abc's faith abubey begins our coverage in washington. faith, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, kenneth and mona. it's really a momenting of reckoning. later on they'll have to go on

the record to decide whether to defend a congresswoman who has pushed racist and anti-semitic conspiracy theories. overnight republicans on capitol hill meeting privately to air out their differences. >> air their grievances. we're very candid and honest with each other, but address this as a family. >> reporter: it comes as democrats plan to vote in just hours to strip congressman marjorie taylor greene of her committee assignments. the freshman lawmaker has been under fire for making outlandish and false statements claiming that school shootings were staged and questioning the 9/11 attacks. >> it's odd there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. >> reporter: republican leaders say greene apologized last night for those comments. >> she came inside our conference and announced them as well. she said she was wrong. she has reached out in other ways and forms and nothing that she said has been based upon since she's been a member of congress. >> reporter: but greene has not publicly apologized saying this on tuesday -- >> i have said things i shouldn't say at some time or

another, but i don't think i have anything to apologize for. >> reporter: democrats announced today's vote after house minority leader kevin mccarthy decided not to remove greene from the house education and labor and budget committees. >> if we are now going to start judging what other members have said before they're even members of congress, i think it will be a hard time for the democrats to place anybody on committee. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy saying it's a double standard mentioning ilhan omar critical of israel and steve king, the former republican congressman who was removed from his committees in 2019 after racist remarks. >> when omar made her comments, kept her on foreign affairs. we removed king when he made comments as a member of congress. what's unfortunate is that democrats don't keep that same standard. >> reporter: congresswoman liz cheney will keep her leadership role within the republican party. cheney has been under pressure from trump loyalists after voting to impeach the former president. a majority of republicans in the

house voted last night in favor of keeping cheney in power. but exactly who backed cheney isn't known because the vote was by secret ballot. >> it was a very resounding acknowledgement that we need to go forward together. >> reporter: republican leaders now turning their focus to the democrats and president biden. >> president biden alone in two weeks has signed executive orders to destroy millions of american jobs and ship those overseas. the hypocrisy is very clear. the damage that they're doing to our economy is very clear, and our resolve to unite to fight for the hard working families of this country, to round the corner on covid, to get our economy back on track and safely re-open schools, that resolve has never been stronger. >> reporter: and back to that vote today on congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, democrats have the amajority in the house, so if all of them vote against her, she will lose her committee assignments. kennet >> faith abubey there in washington, thank you. two more far members of the far right group, the proud boys

indicted in the u.s. capitol attack. they're charged with scrawling the words murder the media on the door and conspiring to block congress from certifying the election. ethan nordean is one of those charged. canada has designated the proud boys as a terrorist group. the self-described qanon shaman is getting organic food behind bars. his lawyer says jacob chansley went nine days without eating. the grudge -- judge granted the request on religious grounds. now the latest on the pandemic. even though coronavirus cases are dropping, the cdc is forecasting up to 85,000 more deaths in the next three weeks. but there is a new vaccine development. this morning a hopeful sign in the fight against covid-19. british scientists say the vaccine from oxford, astrazeneca, appears to reduce transmission of the virus. >> this is some really exciting news off the bat. >> reporter: evidence shows the vaccines currently in the u.s. from pfizer to moderna prevent the virus. >> previous studies were showing

it was preventing severe illness or mild symptoms, but if this could prevent people from passing the virus, that would be a very big deal. >> reporter: data from astrazeneca suggests spacing out doses so more doses could be given to people right away and shows a single dose with 76% effective at protecting against the environment for up to three months. that increased to 82% with a second shot given after 12 weeks. the currency vaccines in the u.s. require a much shorter period. 21 days for the shots from pfizer and 28 between moderna. the study has not been peer reviewed meaning scientists outside the trials still have to verify the results. now it appears the group most responsible for spreading the virus is in the back of the line for the vaccine. researchers found people between the ages of 20 and responsible for spreading more than 70% of covid cases in the u.s. last year. >> that young population is a large driving fort. a lot of them got quarantine fatigue and a lot are

out in the workforce and are potentially in contact with a lot of people. in order for us to get to herd immunity we have to vaccine all young people. >> reporter: in the meantime, schools are under increasing pressure to re-open. the city of san francisco is suing its own school district in an effort to bring back in-person classes after the cdc said schools can safely re-open even before all teachers are vaccinated. >> there is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely re-open and that that safe re-opening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated. >> reporter: hospitalizations and cases are down nationwide. and while dr. anthony fauci believes we're headed in the right direction, he says the risk of more contagious variants of the virus popping up is a major concern. >> bottom line, we have to get the entire world vaccinated, not just our own country. otherwise, every year there will be another threat as more mutants come by. >> the fda is not expected to consider the astrazeneca vaccine until at least next month. for the first time a

consulting firm will pay for its role in the opioid crisis. in a $573 million settlement, dozens of states have sued mckinsey & company claiming the firm advised drugmakers on how to boost sales. most of the money will help fight the opioid crisis. and we turn now to ohio where the former columbus police officer who shot and killed a black man has been with murder. adam coy was among the officers responding to a noise complaint when he heard andre hill -- excuse me, when he shot andre hill who was not armed but was carrying a cell phone. video shows coy standing over hill for five minutes without giving first aid. the attorney general says the indictment sends a message. >> the vast virtue of law enforcement is diminished by the very few bad actors among its ranks, and only by holding a bad actor accountable can that virtue be sustained. here's what i mean in plain english, same rules for everybody.

>> coy said he thought hill's phone was a gun. time now for a look at our thursday weather. those ice boulders along the shore of lake michigan will get some snow on them today. a winter storm is bringing blizzard conditions to iowa and other parts of the midwest. two inches are possible in chicago but much more in iowa, wisconsin and michigan before the storm moves into the oweavi behind some arctic air for the weekend. as for today's temperatures, chicago reaches 36. 40s from the plains into the pacific northwest and 70s along the gulf coast. 72 in phoenix. 50 in albuquerque. coming up, the top executive who suggested that women talk too much in meetings. his controversial comments next. also ahead, a court ruling on whether art collected by the nazis should be returned to its original owners.

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national guard black hawk helicopter crashed in new york also killing three members. the supreme court has ruled against the heirs of jewish art collectors seeking retribution from germany. one family says he was forced to sell a medieval collection for a fraction of its valve now worth $250 million but the court said germany can't be sued. chief justice john roberts said the u.s. does not rule the world and added, quote, we do not look to the lawyer of genocide but the law of property. the president of the olympics organizing committee in tokyo is under fire for demeaning comments about women. yoshiro mori says he thinks women talk too much during meetings and said they would have to regulate speaking time and they'll never finish appointments. despite criticism, he's refusing to resign. two kayakers whale watching in maui were interrupted by a nasty shark. daniel sullivan and his son say they were checking out a pod of whales when they heard a

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>> reporter: his downfall coming after video obtained by tmz showed wallen outside his nashville home using profanity and directing a racial slur toward a person in his group. wallen released a statement saying, i'm embarrassed and sorry. there are no excuses to use this type of language ever. i want to sincerely apologize for using the word. fellow musicians are sounding off. black country singer mickey guyton tweeted, when i read comments saying, this is not who we are, i laugh because this is exactly who country music is. i've witnessed it for ten years. this isn't the first negative press for wallen. he was arrested last year for public intoxication and disorderly conduct after getting kicked out of a bar. and in october "saturday night live" dropped him from a performance after video showed him violating covid-19 protocols, partying with fans. he was later invited back on the show, but this latest incident appears to be his biggest setback yet. >> how do you give someone a crash course in maturity as well

as racial sensitivity? i don't know that happens without a lot of time going by. >> reporter: the academy of country music says wallen is no longer eligible for an award at their ceremony in april. kenneth, mona. >> andrea, thank you. new details about the market mayhem on wall street. one of the early cheerleaders for the shares in gamestop now has the attention of regulators. they want to know if keith gill broke any rules by touting gamestop on social media while also working as a securities broker for mass mutual. the company says it was not aware of his online activities. just days before the super bowl the kansas city chiefs had a close shave with disaster. 20 members of the team including patrick mahomes were scheduled to get haircuts from the same barber. the cutting had started when the barber found out he tested positive for covid. two players were declared close contacts and will be monitored. lineman daniel kilgore was in the chair when the barber had to stop cutting. he poked fun posting this picture saying new profile pic.

and speaking of the super bowl, we're learning more about testimony brady's life before he became a star. yahoo! sports explains how brady spent a summer in college cleaning up job sites, and that means including the toilets. his boss says he was the best worker he ever had, and no job was beneath him. his work ethic paid off. brady is now preparing foris tenth pebo appearance. he ss eeouof they're not coming back in town until saturday, so i really had an empty house for it will be 12 days leading up to the game. that's the most prep i've ever had. >> watch out. with the house to himself, he had lots of time to study game film. >> all right. coming up, an unusual date for valentine's day. also ahead, america's obsession with chicken wings reaching new heights. america's obsession with chicken wings reaching new heights. our time... ...for more time... ...has come. living longer is possible- and proven in postmenopausal women

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checking the top stories, the house is voting today on whether to remove congressman marjorie taylor greene from her committees after republicans decline to punish her after she supported conspiracy theories and endorsing political violence. meanwhile, congresswoman liz cheney remains the number three republican in the house after surviving an attempt to strip her of her leadership role because she voted to impeach president trump. prosecutors in wisconsin want to rearrest kyle rittenhouse with a higher bond. he shot and killed two protesters in kenosha and say he violated his bail. emergency crews in eagle, colorado, have found the bodies of three men killed in an avalanche. crews were guided by beacons the skiers were wearing. all three served as local government officials. today's weather, rain and snow in the pacific northwest. blizzard conditions in iowa. snow on the way for wisconsin and michigan.

rain stretches to the gulf coast. sunny in the northeast. and finally we know nathan apodaca from his epic skateboard video. >> now we're seeing him in a super bowl media campaign. will ganss caught up with him. >> reporter: the video that's been seen more than 79 million times. >> i get greeted by people all the time. they're like, oh, my gosh, is that really you? and i'm like, yeah, you know, i ain't nobody special. >> reporter: but his vibe, that is special. >> i'm just happy to be alive. you know, i love life. >> reporter: nathan apodaca, who once lived in a walmart parking lot, was having car troubles when he posted that video skateboarding to work at the local potato factory. his life looks pretty different now. ♪ you've got to pump it up ♪ >> i can just buy a house, being able to support my family and everything, you know what i mean, and basically just being more involved with my family as well, you know, because i've got the time now instead of sitting at work. >> reporter: the worldwide phenom now has his sights set on the super bowl. >> just crazy, crazy. >> reporter: he's teaming up with ocean spray, his drink of

choice on tiktok, his social media platform of choice. ♪ the best ad campaigns of all time are around the super bowl, and now you're in one. you're the face of one. how does that feel? >> i got to say, tell me about that. it just blows my mind that i'm even in that category now. you know what i mean? the weeknd, everybody is going to be there. it's insane. >> reporter: nathan encouraging folks to do their best version of the dance using #dogfacedancevibes. who is the dream person that would do this dance? >> the first person that came to my head when you said that was shakira. ♪ shakira, shakira ♪ >> life is too short to be mad about anything, you know what i mean. it's just you got to be happy with what you got, you know. just turn it into something good. >> so what's next for nath n that he's got a home of his own and is in this new ad? his dreams for 2021 are to help his dad retire from the potato factory and to buy his mom a new home as well. kenneth and mona. >> let's help him out. i've already taught kenneth the dance.

you ready? >> let's tiktok it. is that what you say? >> that's what's making ne >> that's what's making news in morning. right now on "america this morning," republican reckoning, will the congresswoman who supported conspiracy theories be punished?eepubca to re-open schools. with covid cases on the decline what the cdc is now saying which has teachers unions fighting back. indicted. the former police officer who fatally shot a black man holding a cell phone learns his fate. the charges and the powerful message from the attorney general. plus, one of the hottest stars in country music is caught using a racial slur. the growing fallout this morning. later wings taking off, the surge in popularity of clicken