♪ stronger than ever ♪ ♪ right now on "america this morning," punishing vote. lawmakers vote to punisman marj greene support supporting conspiracies claiming school shootings were staged and the clintons killed jfk jr. but this morning, one top republican who supported the trump impeachment explains why she voted against disciplining greene. new hope in the race to vaccinate america. the big step forward for johnson & johnson's one-dose covid vaccine, plus the new debate, should summer school be mandatory this year. emergency on ice. the tense moments more than 60 fishermen became stranded on ice

floating away. plus, the desperate scene as a mother and daughter fall into a frozen river spending nearly 45 minutes in the water. what happened next. the extreme weather on the way. windchills down to 50 below. also this morning, the my pillow guy -- >> hello, i'm mike lindell. inventor of my pillow. >> -- gets some competition. a horrifying mistake. how police sent a picture of chucky in an amber alert. and what we've learned about the super bowl halftime show. ♪ i'm blinded by the lights ♪ good friday morning, everyone. we begin with a history making decision in washington. >> a freshman congresswoman who has supported conspiracy theories questioning 9/11 and claiming school shootings were staged has now been punished by her own colleagues in the house. >> the vote at times was emotional. the consequences will be long lasting. >> abc's faith abubey begins our coverage from washington. faith, good morning. >> hey, good morning, kenneth

and mona. a rare vote to punish a member of congress, marjorie taylor greene losing her committee assignments just weeks into her first term. this morning, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene officially stripped of her committee assignments after kevin mccarthy refused to take action, democrats took matters into their own hands with a vote arguing greene must be held accountable for her past comments endorsing conspiracy theories. >> here she is armed with a deadly assault rifle pointing it toward three democratic members. >> reporter: democratic leader steny hoyer holding up one of greene's previous facebook posts to make that point. >> i ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, when they take this vote, imagine your faces on this poster. imagine it's a democrat with an ar-15. >> reporter: ahead of the vote greene took to the house floor with the words free speech on her mask. >> these were words of the past

and these things do not represent me. they do not represent my district, and they do not represent my values. >> reporter: greene expressing regret for her past remarks including this one speculating that a plane never flew into the pentagon on 9/11. >> it's odd there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. >> reporter: but greene now saying this. >> i want to tell you 9/11 absolutely happened. i remember that day crying all day long watching it on the news. >> reporter: greene has not apologized for her past remarks. in an interview before the vote she slammed democrats saying, quote, they don't even realize they're helping me. i'm pretty amazed at how dumb they are. >> on this vote the yeas are 230 and the nays are 199. the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: announcing the results of the vote congresswoman jahana hayes who represents newtown, connecticut. scene of the sandy hook school shooting. >> i vote as an act of conscience in defense of my

district. i vote for the babies who left for school eight years ago and never returned home and the teachers who tried to protect. >> reporter: yesterday she said this -- >> you see school shootings are absolutely real. >> reporter: 11 republicans joined democrats in voting yes to kick greene off her committees. a no vote coming from congressman liz cheney who said, quote, speaker pelosi and the democrat majority have no business determining which republicans sit on committees. cheney just recently held on to her leadership position after coming under fire for voting to impeach former president donald trump, and now another republican critical of trump is defending his stance. senator ben sasse of nebraska slamming republicans in his state for trying to censure him. >> we're going to have to choose between conservatism and madness, between just trolling versus actually persuading the rising generation of americans again. you are welcome to censure me again, but let's be clear about why this is happening.

it's because i still believe, as you used to, that politics isn't about the weird worship of one dude. >> reporter: and as for congresswoman greene, she thanked the republicans who stood by her. we're expected to hear more from her at a news conference later on this morning. >> that committee ban only for this session of congress, faith, thank you. another dramatic moment on capitol hill. this time in the senate where ohio senator sherrod brown demanded that rand paul wear a mask. take a listen. >> reserving the right to object i would like to ask senator paul in front of everybody to start wearing a mask when the senate floor like the entire staff does all the time. particularly the staff that i appreciate now, the presiding officer, wearing a mask but i wish senator paul would show the respect to his colleagues to wear a mask when he's on the senate floor walking around and speaking. >> senator paul remained maskless. a major development in the race to vaccinate america, the

fda is set to review a third vaccine, this one from johnson & johnson. fewer than 28 million americans have received a covid vaccine so far. this new shot could speed up the process. this morning, america is on the verge of getting a third vaccine to fight covid. johnson & johnson is now seeking emergency use authorization for its shot known to be 100% effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths. >> in the critical area of keeping people out of the hospital and making sure they don't die, it did very, very well. >> reporter: the johnson & johnson vaccine is also easier to handle than current vaccines available. it can be stored at regular refrigerator temperatures and requires only one shot instead of two. the fda says outside experts will review the vaccine february 26th. it will likely be available in march according to dr. anthony fauci. >> that will be yet again another good vaccine in the armamentarium of our tools to fight this pandemic. >> reporter: a third vaccine can't come soon enough.

in pennsylvania the allegheny health department opened a in the bronx it's opening day at yankees stadium for vaccines. the state hopes to vaccinate 15,000 people at the site in the first week. >> for tomorrow, friday it's fully booked. and for saturday, we're running out of time. >> reporter: at a senior center the bronx rising initiative is working to reach out to low-income communities of color. >> right now there is a platform online for people to sign up but a lot of our seniors don't have access to technology and don't know how to use it. there is a huge population not getting them. >> reporter: volunteers knocking on doors at public housing complexes and calling to register seniors for their shot. >> what did you think about when they called to say come to us to get the vaccine? >> oh, yes, i was so excited. i was very happy. everything is going smooth and got my shot, and i'm happy. >> reporter: in the meantime, more school districts are looking into whether they can make summer school mandatory. as more students fall behind

because of the pandemic, virginia's governor is expected to announce his support to extend the school year through summer, and atlanta public schools are considering the summer school requirement. one official calling the drop in student performance the covid-19 slide, but many parents oppose the idea. >> my children have, you know, conveyed to me how difficult it is to get up and get to class on time and then you have technical issues. i think these kids need a break. >> even though covid infections are dropping, there's concern about new mutations. the white house is now considering a plan to mail every american a mask. a police officer in new mexico has been shot and killed during a routine traffic stop. the suspect in a white truck then fled the scene. police say after a 40-mile chase, he opened fire wounding another officer who did survive. the chief of new mexico state police spoke about the 28-year-old officer who lost his life. >> i love each one of our officers that go out there every

day. officer darian jarrett went out there today and was serving his state, community, the best way he knew how, and i love him for that. and everyone that's here loves him for that. >> officer jarrett leaves behind a wife and three children with a fourth on the way. the suspect, who had a long criminal history, was fatally shot. >> tragic. now to the weather and some extreme conditions across the country. parts of the midwest are bracing for windchills of 50 below zero. here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, extreme weather causing dangerous and deadly conditions across the country. blizzard conditions in iowa thursday triggering this 40-car pileup on interstate 80. in wisconsin 66 fishermen had to be rescued after the ice in green bay broke off from shore and traveled more than 1,000 feet in rough water. the coast guard pulling the group to safety during a four-hour rescue effort. >> i'm not seeing where you got

a split going to the west in that north-south region and must be a super strong current today. i've never seen that. >> reporter: in new jersey, a 2-year-old girl and her mother ssc ice.s y e pair tri toalk eye >> a gentleman from the gas station had a red kayak there. i grabbed it. i jumped in it and i just basically clawed my way to the center in the kayak and i was able to get to them. >> reporter: the girl's core temperature dropped to the mid-80s by the time they were rushed to the hospital. also in new jersey, this close call on the highway. a sheet of snow flying off an 18-wheeler into this truck driver's windshield. >> smashed my truck. smashed the windshield. i had a bunch of glass fly in my face and i almost lost control. >> reporter: in the west this morning, avalanche warnings in effect. seven people have died in snow

slides in colorado and alaska this week alone. one factor, a record number of skiers tried to avoid covid restrictions at resorts are heading into the back country, areas where avalanche mitigation is nonexistent. andrea fujii, abc news. >> andrea, thank you. let's take a closer look now at your friday forecast. the storm that hit the midwest heads to the east coast this morning bringing snow to parts of new england and rain further south. it's being followed by a major cold blast in the midwest, windchills on sunday will be well below zero and we're watching a potential storm along the east coast for super bowl sunday. forecasters say the exact track will determine snowfall totals so stay tuned for the weekend. as for today's temperatures, 40s in the northeast. 50s across the south. 70s in the southwest. coming up, the new

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it appears to me that you have more here than you could potentially ever use. >> yes, we -- sometimes i push it because people are like, don't feel bad. that's what it is. that's the beauty of it. it's when people -- somebody put it over there and expected somebody else to take it. >> reporter: she says sometimes meme come in just to buy an order and leave it on a note. most leave inspirational messages like hope this puts a smile on your face, stay strong and remember, there is good in the world. >> be cheerful. give a positive word in such a down moment that we are going through this whole year. >> reporter: the post-it company ended up hearing about all this and muni's got a big surprise in the mail. tons of post-it notes. >> we want to spread more positivity towards you. >> reporter: so we couldn't resist ourselves. in lyndon hurst, kristen torn, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you so much. what a great, great idea.

>> definitely love a good pay it forward. all right. super bowl sunday. >> oh, yeah. here's my post-it. my very large post-it. there you go. >> chiefs, 30, bucs, 34. right now on "america this morning," punishing vote. lawmakers vote to punish congresswoman marjorie taylor greene support supporting conspiracies claiming school shootings were staged and the clintons killed jfk jr. but this morning, one top republican who supported the trump impeachment explains why she voted against disciplining greene. new hope in the race to vaccinate america. the big step forward for johnson & johnson's one-dose covid vaccine, plus the new debate, should summer school be mandatory this year. emergency on ice. the tense moments more than 60

fishermen became stranded on ice floating away. plus, the desperate scene as a mother and daughter fall into a frozen river spending nearly