alex trebek's son talking about his generation. why the late "jeopardy" host is giving away his suits. >> i hope you had a nice weekend. kumasi was in the north bay with me too, just in separate citieses. >> it was beautiful and sunny and i had a self-care day. i needed that. >> same. these north bay viewers are it. people were so cool to me over the weekend. >> aren't they? >> they say hi to all of you. >> yeah. >> shout out to the whole north bay this morning. >> nice. >> that's awesome. and they're going to be warm again today also and even warmer tomorrow. talking about 80 in santa rosa and 78 napa, and spring in the first half of our forecast. here's a look at what's going on with live doppler 7. it's out there and working and

nothing to see right now. let's talk about it as we look from mount tam, breezy in our hills and mountains, but those will taper as we head throughout the day. temperatures, we're in the 40s this morning, how about low to mid 60s, 61 to 64 at noon. total sunshine, grab the sunglasses. near 60 at the coast. upper 60s at 4:00. still barely under 60 degrees at 7:00. more on how warm it's going to get tomorrow coming up. here's reggie. president biden is expected to speak today as the country approaches a tragic milestone. the u.s. is closing in on half a million deaths from covid-19. "the new york times" charted the timeline on sunday's front pain. each of these tiny dots represents a life lost, the worse death toll of any country in the world. the president is expected to hold a moment of silence at the white house. vice president kamala harris will there. that event is set at 3:00 this afternoon. some doctors say they are seeing some positive signs.

a month ago there were 20,000 covid cases reported in just one day. but yesterday, that number with was down to 6700. the positivity rate also down to 3.1%. dr. colewell, the chief of emergency department at san francisco general explains what's driving the decline. >> we're through the holiday/new year's time period when we saw just a lot of social gatherings. we are also abiding by the precautions and maintaining social distancing. >> the doctor says we need to be cautious as multiple variants are circulating in the bay area. he's hopeful as more people get vaccinated the numbers will continue to go down. education is part of our focus to build a better bay area and starting today more local teachers will be eligible for the covid-19 vaccine. this could lead to more schools reopening for in-person learning. abc 7 reporter amy hollyfield is live in berkeley with the details. >> reporter: good morning.

district headquarters the superintendent saying he's very grateful this day is here, this is happening. berkeley teachers are going to start getting vaccinated starting today and get vaccinated in phases. here's a look at the schedule. they will start with the teachers who teach the youngest kids, preschool through second grade. then they will graduate from there, next week they'll get to the teachers of all elementary school kids. that third week the middle and high school teachers will start to get vaccinated. these vaccinations will help berkeley reach its goal to start in-person learning by the end of march and it's not just berkeley. teachers in san mateo county will start getting vaccinated today. officials say they will be vaccinated as supply allows, pointing out supply has been an issue and asking everyone to be patient if there is a slowdown because of the supply issues. berkeley officials say they will send links to teachers. that's how they will book their appointments. they're going to start

administering the shots at golden gate fields. live in berkeley, all my hollyfd amy hollyfield. the california assembly expected to vote on a bill to get more students back in the classroom by mid-april. the safe and open schools plan allocates $6.5 billion to districts, $2 billion to help reopen schools, $4 billion for in person learning loss. if a district is in the purple tier, cohorts of vulnerable students have to be allowed back. if it's in the red tier, k through 6 have to come back and school staff would be prioritized getting vaccinated. governor newsom will visit a vaccination site in long beach today. so far more than 7 mueller hail been given out. he says the state is bringing the vaccine to minority communities where fewer people have access to cars and public transit but the problem is having enough vaccines. >> later in the summer, boy, may, june, july, game changer.

march/april, all of us across the country need to be a little level set, a little bit of course with the nation to say, the constraints are still likely to be with us unless there's a massive break through with j and j. >> meanwhile the governor says the state is dedicating more than $4 billion to address learning loss that kids have experienced since being home. >> more afterschool, more summer school, are we going to extend the school year which i think is likely for some districts. are we going to do more for peer support, more for wellness, mental health? >> he says that will be up to local school districts and without offering any details he said in the next few weeks more businesses will be able to reopen with modification on a much larger scale. abc 7 news is monitoring the vaccine rollout with our vaccine tracker. you can track california's progress and compare our state's progress with the rest of the country. find this on abc7news.com. today the city of aurora,

colorado is expected to release the results of an independent investigation into the death of elijah mcclain. jobina at the live desk with more on that investigation. >> thank you, reggie. elijah mcclain is the 23-year-old black man who died in the summer of 2019 after polices restrained him while he was walking home from a convenience store. the independent investigation was tasked into looking into exactly what happened surrounding mcclain's death and the actions of first responders who were involved at one point during the exchange mcclain could be heard on body camera video saying, quote, i can't breathe. the report is expected to include recommendations for future best practices for police, fire and emt personnel. last year the aurora police chief fired three officers who mocked mcclain's death in a selfie. the city of aurora will have the results of the independent investigation this morning and release them to the public shortly after.

kumasi. >> thank you. malcolm x's family released a letter they say proves nypd and the fbi were behind his assassination written by raymond wood on his death bed. in it wood claims his supervisors pressured him into making sure two key members of malcolm x's security team were arrested. those arrests left no door security at the building where malcolm x was killed. here's wood's cousin leading reading from that letter. >> under the direction of my handlers i was told to encourage leaders and members of the civil rights groups to commit felonious acts. >> wood wrote that he carried this secret with a heavy heart knowing that his actions were detrimental to the civil rights movement. three men were convicted of malcolm x's murder. the manhattan district attorney's office says it has launched a review of those convictions. still ahead, hope for people struggling to pay their bills during the pandemic. the agency offering a five-year

grace period. and the road to recovery in texas after a winter storm leaves millions without electricity and safe drinking water. and we're less than three weeks away from daylight saving beginning. if you're missing out on the warm evenings they're about to change as the sun will set at 7:16 sunday, march 14th. we'll talk about how warm it's

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about a third of the state was under a boil water notice overnight. the texas attorney general has opened an investigation into the failed power grid. look at that water. thankfully the weather has warmed back up. that's true. but i was talking with my friend this weekend and he still doesn't have water at home and when you don't have water, you don't have much. just really -- >> no. >> puts a wrench in everything. >> you can't do a lot and that's the most basic essential thing we need to live is water. we can go a lot longer without food than water. and it's going to take forever for the plumbers to get down there and fix all those pipes. i mean it's just a mess. it's not even close to being over. temperature wise, it's 40 in class right now, 60 in laredo where they had a foot of record-setting snow. 71 in houston. that's going to feel nice for those folks. back here at home we've got 40 in redwood city, 44 menlo park, 53 at san mateo and along the

peninsula coast around 50 to 51. 43 in napa, to 40 in and palo alto. 880 at the coliseum where it's about 53 degrees. erin at home exercising, going to be fantastic. definitely need the sunglasses this afternoon. the pollen season is just beginning. we have ash, cedar, elm, juniper and pine and moderate amounts of it right now. but with this warm weather and dry conditions the rest of the week i imagine that's going to get worse. if you suffer, sorry, it's here. let's get over to jobina and talk about the monday morning commute. had some issues already. how is it going? >> we do. we do. and pike, i feel you on the pollen right there, so thank you for that information because that is also me. hi, everybody, so we have a sig alert in san francisco causing a mess so i'm going to bring you to a live picture showing you a cal trans camera on southbound 101 at the 80 split.

you can see traffic is at a control but this is now impacted 80 pretty much all the way to the bay bridge. i want to bring you to a live look showing you the toll plaza because metering lights came on a little earlier than usual at 5:48 and we have a large backup here as well. just in reference to that sig alert, three cars involved, and two lanes blocked. that's what's going on. as we look at the map i want to bring in this, you can see the speeds from the sensors here. speeds are tracking around 23 miles per hour once you make it through the metering lights, but once you go through the tunnel and everything you're looking at nine miles per hour as you descend into san francisco. kumasi? >> thank you, jobina. in the north bay, thousands of marin water customers are getting extra time to pay overdue bills because of financial hardships due to the pandemic. customers will be enrolled in a

five-year zero interest repayment plan and they can opt out any time and waiving maintenance and customer service fees for customers whose income has been impacted. coming up, the company that is willing to pay you to sleep on the job. a seven bedroom house towed six blocks in san francisco.

. a vote is expected to demolish a downtown apartment and retail building. a new four-story residential project that includes affordable housing will replace it. the developer wants to build the project on golden gate way just south of the lafayette library. 48 trees would be removed. the community has voiced their opposition because of the potential effect on traffic and parking. the city council will vote tonight. a relic from the past has moved to a new location and

quite a sight to see. a grand victorian picked up yesterday and moved six blocks from franklin street to fulton street. now there were a few close calls. power lines, street lights had to be removed for the move. muni had to reroute bus lines as the house crawled at a speed of one mile an hour. 16.ot of inte. some very rare survivors that were glass doors, most has been taken off to lighten the house for the move and is in storage and a lot of that detail will be returned when that building is redone. >> cool. so the victorian will be remodeled into mod were units. a housing complex will be built at its former site. >> i'm not over it. it's wild to look at it. new at 6:00, how about a dream job that pays you to dream.

sleep standards.com put out a posting saying it's paying $2,000 to it a qualified candidate willing to spend five nights sleeping in different environments one in a five-star luxury resort and required to write a report on their sleep. the candidates have until march 3 1st to provide a head shot, links to their social media and a one minute video on why they are the perfect person for the job. >> i have several questions. >> i do too. >> one night is the five star. what are the other nights? >> thank you. >> don't set me up. >> is it like an igloo or throwing water on you? >> right. >> i have another question. >> yes. >> do you all tell people you know about dreams you've had about them or do you just like keep it to yourself? >> no. >> you don't tell? >> well, it depends. >> do you like to hear it when someone tells you that? >> it depends. >> okay. i'm currently considering whether i should text my friend or not. >> was it a pleasant dream?

>> to me it was pleasant. >> i would tell them then. >> okay. because to me, mike, it means like you've been thinking about them which i think is a compliment. >> right. yes. that's the way i would take it. >> absolutely. >> got a little weird. >> hopefully it would be a good dream. >> that's where you went wrong, it got a little weird. >> got a little weird. okay. now we're turning into that depends part that kumasi was talking about. veering into the gray area. just went from flattering to awkward! 17 to 26 our winds are up in the hills and they're going to calm down but they will be back again tonight. it's keeping us from being pretty foggy which is nice which means we'll have more warmth today with a few passing high clouds across the north bay. it is definitely a sunglasses day. breezy north and east bay hills and mountains will last for at least three days, especially at night and the dry pattern, the remainder of this month which is sunday, the last day, this area

of high pressure huge, thousands of miles wide, sprawling, steering, an atmospheric river to our north and missing out on some rain once again. here's the result, mid 60s to near 70 loj the coast, 66 in san francisco to 69 around the bay and then 70 to 72 in our inland neighborhoods. around the state, 80 in l.a. and palm springs, 72 central valley, 49 up in tahoe with no snow. tonight we'll have mid 40s to low 50s with the blanket of high clouds keeping us a couple degrees milder than this morning. my accuweather seven-day forecast, four degrees warmer across the board, so mid 60s, even a few upper 70s are possible inland tomorrow but they'll drop down to about 5 to 10 degrees into the 60s wednesday and stay a little bit warmer than average with sunshine all the way through sunday. if you missed the nice weather yesterday i have plenty more opportunities for you. have a good one. here's kumasi and reggie. >> thank you, mike. we're checking in with ginger

live with what's coming up on "gma" at 7:00. good morning, ginger. >> kumasi, reggie, great to be with both of you this morning. coming up on "gma" so much to get to with the nation approaching the once unimaginable milestone with 500,000 american livgsz lost to the coronavirus. the race to vaccinate is ramping up because 6 million were delayed after the cold and winter weather. dr. fauci will join us to tell us where we're at. an urgent investigation into the midair emergency, boeing is grounding more than 100 777s globally after that engine on the united plane caught fire shortly after takeoff. i don't know if you saw the images. debris was falling from the sky over denver. now the faa is calling for immediate inspections. we'll get into that. an abc news exclusive with the first capitol police officer to speak up about what happened inside that building during the riot. pierre thomas will speak with him. one woman sharing her secrets to paying off $30,000 in student

loans and did it in three years. and finally, arsenio hall, live, talking about coming to america. the second one. >> yes. >> see how that goes. that's all coming up here on "gma." >> i hope it's good. i have high hopes. as a kid i watched that movie so many times, mcdonald's versus mcdowell's. >> yes. >> thought that was so funny. >> it's going to be good. >> arsenio said at one point him and eddie are getting coffee and the barista says, hey, don't mess up my movie, like no pressure, like everybody is saying that to them. >> yeah. >> seriously. please don't. >> come

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the world health organization set to recommend a deeper investigation into the origin of covid-19. cnn reports a panel will request more research into the contact history of the first patient in wuhan. they also recommend an investigation of the supply chain of the seafood market

thought to be involved in the early spread of the virus. the preliminary report from the panel expected to released next week. three murals featuring bay area icons and a public health message made their debut in san francisco. mandatory mask wearing wasn't a thing the their era but janis joplin and jerry garcia used to spread the word about the importance of wearing a mask to beat covid-19. the moving lives of kids art center sponsored these works. new this morning we're learning more about the lasting legacy of "jeopardy" host alex trebek. his loss to cancer shook the country after his decades on air and his family wondered what to do with the gigantic wardrobe of shirts suits and ties he had. they decided to donate them to help homeless or formerly incarsated men restart their lives. his son says it's the perfect way to keep his dad's memory

alive. >> his wardrobe at "jeopardy" consisted 300 dress shirts, hundreds of ties, passing along kindness to others. it will continue even after he's gone you can see much more coming up on "gma" at 7:00 this morning, including a few of his unforgettable memories of his dad. someone has now turned the famous bernie sanders meme into a snowman. this just is still going on. a pennsylvania family took advantage of the recent winter blast to put together bernie. yes. he is sitting in a chair, chair, crossed with the mittens, glasses, face mask. you know this image from inauguration day has turned into a viral sensation. >> are you over it? >> i'm over it. am i cranky? >> no. it's passed.

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the really important piece to get back would be the fan blade or the piece of the fan blade. >> investigators piecing together what happened in the skies above colorado. a passenger describes what she did when part of the engine broke off the plane. >> good morning, everyone. it is monday. >> freak out. >> right. try to calm down. it is monday, we made it to monday. hope you had a nice weekend. it's february 22nd. it was nice and sunny, mike and i think you said we have more of that in store? >> oh, yes. we'll keep that trend going. even warmer today, warmer tomorrow, but when the temperatures start to fall towards the middle and end of the week we're still going to be warmer than average. we're having that week in february where we go without rain and really nice sunshine. it happens seems like every winter. the records tomorrow, remains to be seen. jumping ahead there. talk about what's going on, monday morning, no fog. how about that. let's take a look at our winds, they're a little breezy in the hills around 25 to 45 mile per

hour but not down where most of us living but it has brought in drier air and kept the fog away. as you look at san rafael where it's 47 degrees, lot of sunshine. so mid to upper 40s through 7:00. 61 to 64 at noon. away from the coast upper 60s at 4:00 and upper 60s at 7:00. the newest numbers for tomorrow coming up. but jobina is in with an update on our sig alert. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. thank you. good morning, everyone. so good news, if you are moving through san francisco the sig alert that we have been following all morning long was just canceled. look at that traffic is now moving on southbound 101 just before the 80 split there. because of this three car hit-and-run that was here earlier, it really jammed up 80 so i want to bring you to a live look showing you the bay bridge toll plaza because metering lights came on at 5:48 and we have a massive backup here. once you make it through the metering lights speeds are

tracking around 11 miles per hour as you travel westbound on the bay bridge. today the u.s. could pass 500,000 deaths from covid just over a year since the first death was reported in this country. we know the milestone is coming as dr. anthony fauci is warnings us this fight is far from over. >> yes, kumasi. dr. fauci predicts we could return to some normality by the fall but adds many americans will still likely or it's possible at least may be wearing masks one year from now. positive trends to report with cases falling nationwide by 73% and hospitalizations dropping by 55%. dr. fauci appeared on "gma" to talk about why we shouldn't let our guard down just because the numbers are down. >> rather than even think about declaring victory and saying well, we have herd immunity we're in good shape, we have to keep pushing and pushing because this thing could bounce back with the variants. very, very quickly.

we conditions declare victory because that curve is coming rr:om studi show a person who has been infected with cf ys t d be the policy going forward. later today president biden is expected to make remarks to honor the 500,000 lives lost to covid-19 here in the united states. vice president harris will also attend that ceremony. reggie? >> thank you. a shot in the arm for back-to-school efforts in berkeleyp it today teachers can start getting vaccinated as part of a deal with the school district. education a key part of our effort to build a better bay area and abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in berkeley this morning. hello, amy. >> hi, good morning. berkeley will start vaccinating its teachers today. here is the ultimate goal for them. they want to get kids back into the classroom and the youngest kids back in school in five weeks on march 29th.

another phase of kids on april 12th and finally the high schoolers on april 19th. so to get there they plan to vaccinate their teachers and they will use pretty much that same schedule, teachers of the youngest kids are going to go first and they will start today. then they will start vaccinating the teachers of the older kids, so week by week, phasing them in and they're going to be doing this at golden gate fields. officials say supply will play a role. vaccine supply. on when these kids get back to school. if there is a delay in supply it could mean school will start later than the dates they have planned for, but if they vaccinate teachers quicker than expected they will move up their reopening date. officials here at the district tell us they will send a link to the teachers and that's how they will schedule their vaccination and the superintendent here says he's so glad this day is here. he's thankful to city partners for making this happen saying everyone owes it to the kids to do what they can to get them back to normal learning.

reporting live in hollyfield, abc news. people 65 and older and straunds and grocery store workers are eligible for the shot. in marin county a drive-through opened in larkspur for residents 65 and older. shipments have been delayed because of the extreme weather we're seeing across the nation but supplies are slowly catching upp. >> the fact that we're able to open the site is a good indication that the supply is increasing week to week and we will be able to open more tiers soon. >> officials say a 5,000 dose shipment of the moderna vaccine is expected today or tomorrow. smart is offering free train rides from marin county residents to the larkspur station for people who have an appointment to get vaccinated. abc 7 is monitoring the vaccine rollout in california with our vaccine tracker. it's also comparing our state's progress with the rest of the country. you can find it on abc7news.com.

the san carlos unified school district will start in person today in phases with kindergarten and first grade students and then second and third graders in a couple weeks and fourth and fifth graders return in the middle of march. when san mateo moves into the red tier is when the district will address sixth through eighth grade students. san francisco school board is putting a pause on the controversial renaming of 44 schools vowing instead to prioritize the reopening of classrooms. in a statement board president gabriela lopez says she takes full responsibility for the mistakes that have been made during the renaming process. lopez said that board would delay the renaming plan until after students return to classrooms. this project has received widespread criticism in part because in some cases the committee that advised the school board got the facts wrong. low pez said that board would reach out to local university historians for input. the push to recall three sfusd board members is growing

this morning. "the chronicle" reports more than 1200 people have signed the petition that started last week. it's calling to remove the board president, vice president, and commissioner over parent frustrations in keeping schools closed. it needs 70,000 signatures to qualify for a vote. developing news, federal investigators scrambling to figure out what caused an engine to explode in the skies over colorado. jobina at the live desk with what they're finding out so far. jobina? >> thank you, reggie. federal investigators here are ordering united airlines to ground all of its boeing 777 with the specific engine type, new overnight here boeing says it supports the move. 231 passengers were on board when the right engine blew after takeoff. thankfully no one was hurt but pieces from the outer shell came raining down on a neighborhood suburb below. one passenger is speaking with "gma" at 7:00 and said her family knew something was wrong

right after the explosion. >> you could see smoke. you felt the plane start shaking, really shaking and you knew there was a problem. my daughter, we held hands and i started praying and she was trying to focus on whatever she had been watching on her phone and we just kind of held each other really chose. >> the engine type in question on these 777s is made by the company pratt and whitney. take a look here. experts are now pointing to this video showing that fan blade broke in half. they say the other piece of that fan blade holds the key to finding out what happened here. reggie? >> thank you. it's too early to know exactly what happened over denver but saturday's issue is reminiscent united had on a flight from san francisco to honolulu in 2018. this 777 powered by the same engine type, a fan blade broke off over the pacific and parts fell into the ocean. no one got hurt.

that flight did land safely. the ntsb ruled inspectors from pratt and whitney failed to spot weaknesses in a faulty fan blade during two separate inspections. yesterday pieces of a boeing 747 cargo plane broke off and fell on to a town in the netherlands. two people got hurt. one was an elderly woman who had to be taken to the hospital with a head injury. the metal chunks of this new york bound plane also hit several cars and houses. investigators there say this started as an engine fire as well. what is going on? here's a live look at sfo. when officials think air travel could return to prepandemic levels. >> and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange starting the morning down 135 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. >> if i can imagine what war is like, i would imagine it was like that. >> we're hearing from a capitol police officer who was there on the day of the deadly riots, a

preview of this exclusive abc interview. first, a check on your weather and mike nicco. hey, mike. >> hey, reggie, kumasi, hi, everybody. our temperatures compared to yesterday morning and most of us outside in novembato are runnin3 to 14 degrees milder. in the south bay that puts us in the low to mid 40s. we have a 50 right now in cupertino, a 52 in los altos hills, 38 in santa teresa for the extremes. 46 in danville, 42 redwood city, 40 novato, 52 in alameda and san francisco 59. here's a look at south bay and traffic is looking better than a few minutes ago. we'll have to get to jobina and find out what's going on. that's good thing. as far as your commute goes weather wise it's all good. green, green, green, whether it's the roads, on the water or mass transit. cool this morning, warm this afternoon, definitely need the

sunglasses. it's going to be breezy early this morning. you can see the breezes taper but return tonight and spread to the santa cruz mountains also. not expecting damage but gives you an idea of how much faster the winds will be tomorrow and here's the result. temperatures just about everywhere in the 70s from 69 in san francisco to nearly 79 in santa rosa. now it goes downhill from here and i will that in the accuweather seven-day forecast. let's get back to jobina and talk about that commute. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. thank you. good morning, everyone. so yes, since that sig alert has cleared in san francisco, things are finally starting to move on the bay bridge as well. we're going to bring in a live look showing you our south beach camera that looks great, right, especially once you make your way through the tunnel. can't say the same thing for the toll plaza. we're going to show you emeryville and 80 there, all of those headlights traveling westbound towards the maze and ther going to run into the backup at the bay bridge toll

plaza. pull in the map and the sensors are picking up the speeds, stop and go as you approach and

a man accused of wounding a firefighter and paramedic in antioch on saturday night is also suspected of murdering a discovery bay man. 26-year-old darryon williams from stockton is accused of shooting the emergency workers and then leading officers on a high-speed chase that eventually ended in richmond. that's where police arrested him. sunday contra costa sheriff's investigators went to a home in discovery bay to contact someone for this case. inside they found the body of 64-year-old michael lift. investigators say that william shot him to death. people who live nearby are stunned. >> the neighbors all get along. there's not much crime that goes on. occasional burglary, but other

than it's a good neighborhood. >> investigators are looking for williams 4-year-old son and the child's mother. kimberly makes drives this audi with 80 k9742. investigators say they're concerned about the safety of the missing mother and child. a traveling nurse who just moved to san francisco to care for covid patients learned about the bad problem with car break-ins the hard way. kathleen poelking took her dogs for a walk in knob hill and got back home less than an hour later and saw someone busted the window to her van. her work bag was gone and something very precious inside. >> inside was the littman stethoscope my grandmother gave me when i graduated nursing school. she's passed away since then and it's irreplaceable. i've carried that on every shift

i've worked for 16 years, and i really hope i get it back and my stethoscope, you know, it's irreplaceable. >> the nurse says that her landlord wash landlord warned her about car break inns but didn't think anyone would want to take her bag. she is asking anyone who sees her bag to contact police. a raw look at the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol. one of the capitol police officers who fought off the mob is speaking about the attack. >> yes, reggie. officer harry dunn is only speaking to abc news about this, giving us all an up close and vivid view from his perspective of what happened that day. dunn is a 13-year veteran with the u.s. capitol police department but spoke only for himself, recounting some of the racist threats and attacks he and his fellow officers had to withstand. >> there were so many calls on

the radio, priority, help. help. somebody is trapped. we need help. shots fired. is this america? they beat police officers with blue lives matter flags. they fought us. they had confederate flags in the u.s. capitol. they were trying to assassinate the vice president. >> currently more than 220 people have been charged in connection with the attack. you can see that full interview coming up at 7:00 on "gma" and also hear what officer dunn says happened when confronted by some of those rioters. >> thank you. happening today, confirmation hearings begin for president biden's pick for judge k garlan will f senators, mef e same o who fur h supreme ur nomination in 2016. thisim garlandnndendenttment of justice. >> our law is not the instrument

of partisan purpose. >> garland has said his department's priority will be fighting discrimination and domestic terrorism, especially on the heels of the ongoing capitol attack investigations. it's an issue garland is strongly familiar with. he supervised the doj's investigation into the oklahoma city bombing in 1995. now to your morning money report, today president biden will announce changes to the paycheck protection program or ppp. it includes a two-week window that allows businesses with less than 20 employees to apply for loans and eliminating restrictions that prevent small business owners who still owe federal student loans from obtaining relief. people with green cards or on a visa can use their individual tarp number to apply for aid. a look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way. we're down about 120 points. a major shakeup could be coming to kohl's. a group of activist investors

with the company nominated nine new directors to step into the 12 person board. the group has less than a 10% stake in the company but they're calling for change to improve profits for the department store in fear of being left behind in the digital age. a snow maze in canada known as the world's largest got even bigger to make sure enough people have room for social distancing. >> wait. where are we? >> this way. >> the manitoba is about 91% bigger. the massive labyrinth took six weeks to build. organizers say for people who have been quarantined in their homes, it's a chance to stretch out their legs and have adventure. the paths are about eight feet wide to give people more room to pass safely. i was thinking, usually we talk about these mazes like corn mazes, right. and the consequences are not big in a corn maze because it's usually like september or

october and it's warmish. now -- >> crying kids lost. >> you get lost. you know, upped the ante a little bit. the stakes are higher. >> right. >> i want to go with you because i feel like you're about as tall as the thing, climb up, come get us, i'm right here. >> right. >> lift me up, friend. >> i am your man when it comes to a maze, that's true. >> we got to plan, mike. we're good. >> i love your plan, kumasi. in reggie we trust. he will want to get through quickly. that cold is just -- maybe if they have some hot chocolate stations in the middle would be pretty cool. that's fun. they used to do ice castles in st. paul when i lived up there. those were really cool too. you have to have fun, especially when it's cold eight months of the year. san jose 280 at 17 where it's full of sunshine and 45 degrees.

well, full of sunshine in about another minute technically. mostly sunny, building warmth today. it will be milder with breezes in our hills again tonight and our mountains, even faster than last night but not expecting any damage. mainly sunny, dry and seasonal to above average is the rest of the forecast after we get through today and tomorrow, our warmest two days. we've got an area of high pressure spraulg across the eastern pacific with its clockwise flow, atmospheric river missing the mark, the mark being us because we need more rain and mountain snow and it's not going to happen. a few high clouds are possible across the north bay but mostly total sunshine and low 70s inland. 66 to 69 san francisco and around the bay. 36 in half moon bay to about 70 down in santa cruz. now as far as your -- that's the wrong graphic -- let's move on. take a look at our lows tonight and we'll be in the mid to upper 40s. i wanted to show you was your dining out forecast and for some reason i loaded the wrong one. show it to you really quickly because it is going to be nice.

still in the mid to upper 60s at 5:00 and then low 60s at 6:00 away from the coast and back into the 50s by 8:00. even milder than it was over the weekend. my accuweather seven-day forecast, about 4 degrees warmer across the board with a little bit faster offshore breeze. we reverse the winds and drop 4 to 8 degrees wednesday and stay in the 50s and 60s which is a couple degrees warmer than average. look at that, sunshine throughout the forecast. kumasi? >> thank you, mike. san francisco international airport officials are warning it could take years before air travel gets back to pre-pandemic levels. let's take a live look at sfo where reduced flights have left terminals pretty much empty. pre-pandemic, 57 million passengers flew through sfo every year. a 71% drop. the airport says it could take as many as 6 years to get back to that level. we could find out next month if the ferris wheel will be around another few years. some want it to stay, others

can't wait to see it leave. the sky star observation wheel was installed as part of the park's 150th anniversary. some officials want to keep it until march of group called san franciscans for urban nature says the noise and bright lights are having a negative effect on wildlife, especially owls. >> we have one of the ten biggest strobe lights on the planet right here and it's strobe be towards the owl's nest down at road at strawberry hill, very close and it will keep the owls away. >> the city's rec and park board plans to vote on what to do at their meeting next month. a young woman determined to ditch her student loan debt says she paid off $30,000 in just three years. journalist dominique jackson spoke to abc's rebecca jarvis how she managed to become debt free in the middle of a pandemic. the 27-year-old says she was determined to take control.

>> in 2018 i was laid off of my job and had no money and was living in a new city. when i got laid off it hit me like, girl, we got to get these finances together. i had a gal to have like, you know, six months to a year of an emergency savings. i moved in with my mom and really learned to in practice living [ inaudible ]. i picked up website design, social media management, doing freelance articles. >> jackson says she used a finance tool called undebt it, it gave her a personalized plan. "gma" will have a full report and tips at 7:00. a santa rosa man is heading to hollywood because he made an impression on "american idol" wearing viking attire and carrying thor's hammer. >> who are you. >> my name is anthony guzman. >> would you consider yourself a viking? ol. re of a modern viking. >> skol. >> skol! >> what is that?

>> so guzman explains that means cheers in scandinavian languages. online he's known as the viking with the voice and here's his audition. ♪ well you can cry me a river, cry me a river ♪ >> thank you. >> never judge a book by its cover. >> or its hammer. >> all right. let's vote. >> all right. so anthony stunned the judges performing michael buble's version of "cry me a river." luke bryant said no, but katy perry and lionel richie said yes. you can watch "american idol" here on abc 7 sunday nights at 8:00. >> i really like him. he was super nice when i talked to him last week and i told him that he was the human version of a revealdress and knew what that was and i liked him for that. >> i heard that part and i don't

know what that is but i'm glad he did. >> a revealdress is like when you have wondrs and spin around and drops and becomes something else. >> that's a perfect description. >> that's what he is. i'stti to bme pple for it. jtg

it is 6:58. just joining us seven things to know this morning. number one, berkeley is expanding vaccine eligibility. starting today teachers willing begin receiving their shots and health officials will start with teachers who teach the youngest kids including preschool through second grade. number two, governor newsom will visit a vaccination site in long beach today and give an update about the effort to vaccinate across the state. yesterday he was at a site in inglewood. number three, boeing says it supports the emergency grounding of all 777 planes with specific pratt & whitney engines. parts of one of those engines came crashing down over suburban denver saturday. number four merrick garland

starts his senate confirmation hearings today to become president biden's attorney general. he will face some of the gop senators who denied his supreme court nomination in 2017. number five check out this start to our monday. absolutely gorgeous from our exploratorium camera. if you liked yesterday, warmer today from 66 in san francisco to 72 in santa rosa. oh, that is gorgeous. number six, taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the backup is not as pretty. metering lights came on at 5:48. and number seven, a relic of san francisco's past has moved to a new location. this grand victorian was picked up yesterday and moved six blocks from franklin to fulton. the englander house dates back to 1876 and it's going to be remodeled into modern residential units. >> you know when it pulls out it looks like someone tagged it. >> somebody what? >> looked like someone tagged it.

>> oh. like sprayed on it. >> yeah. >> i'm wondering, being from san francisco did they do it while it was moving and paint it over while it was still moving. >> no. "gma" starts now. good morning, america. staggering toll. this morning, the nation approaching an astonishing milestone. 500,000 american lives lost to the coronavirus, as the u.s. scrambles to get back on track in the race to vaccinate the country after those deadly winter storms delayed 6 million doses of the vaccine. and the news this morning about the millions of americans who already had the virus, what they need to know about the vaccine. this as dr. anthony fauci warns americans we might need to wear masks for another year. this morning, fauci joins us live with the latest. mid-air emergency. >> mayday, mayday. aircraft just experienced engine failure, need to turn immediately. >> boeing grounding more than a hundred of its planes after this engine fell apart over colorado, more than 200 terrified

passengers on board seeing this