good morning, america. historic winter storm. tens of millions of americans facing blizzard conditions from virginia to maine. the states of emergency and whiteout conditions, up to two feet of snow and 70-mile-per-hour winds. >> conditions are expected to make travel nearly impossible. >> the concerns too for coastal flooding, plus space heater warnings. what can happen in seconds if not used properly. bridge collapse investigation. the federal team on the scene this morning of that horrifying accident in pittsburgh. the human chain that rescued riders trapped inside this bus. >> you can see. >> president biden's promise about the nation's crumbling infrastructure. dire prediction.

from america's top military officer if russia invades ukraine. >> it would result in a significant amount of casualties. >> the update on u.s. troop movements and our report from ukraine. capitol attack investigation. the january 6th committee issues new subpoenas. was there a coordinated effort to block certification of the 2020 election? officer's farewell. a sea of blue sendoff for fallen nypd officer jason rivera, his wife's moving message and criticism for the d.a. short list. the women among president biden's choices to be the next supreme court justice to fulfill a campaign promise. battle down under. underdog american danielle collins taking on number one ranked ash barty. we're breaking down the historic performance this morning. good morning, america.

we begin with a monster storm wreaking havoc on the east coast with potentially historic snowfall and 80 million americans in the storm zone. >> blizzard warnings in effect for ten states from virginia all the way to maine with several governors declaring emergencies ahead of the winter nor'easter. >> and it's hitting as we speak. this morning, close to 3,500 flights have already been canceled, and amtrak suspended service between new york and boston. we have team coverage across the northeast. let's begin with rob marciano right there in boston getting hammered. rob, we can already see the conditions. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yeah, it's blowing sideways, already the snow has been going on for the past three, four hours, starting to pick up. we are at the corner of state street. they're doing a pretty good job with the road so far, but it's going to be difficult throughout the day because it's blowing sideways so much. this is not a compact snow, a light fluffy snow so will pile up quickly. greetings for this thing. we've been talking about it all

week. to togfor a major storm to perd that's what's happening, not just in boston but many spots across the northeast. this morning, tens of millions of americans getting hit by a historic winter storm as it makes its way up the east coast right now. boston seeing its first blizzard in four years facing up to two feet of snow and 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts. >> this is likely to be an intense dangerous storm with heavy snow, high winds and whiteout conditions. >> reporter: massachusetts under a state of emergency with the worst yet to come, two to four inches of snow expected to fall per hour through the day. >> conditions are expected to make travel nearly impossible. >> reporter: tractor trailers now banned on roads in the state and in neighboring connecticut. >> we got to be able to get the snowplows through. they don't need anybody slowing things up. >> reporter: but in some areas it's not a question of whether the snowplows can get through the roads, it's whether

they have enough operators to drive them. >> covid has really put a damper on it. i don't really know if it's just covid alone, but it's very hard to find help. >> reporter: in eastern massachusetts, the owner of christopher's towing telling me he's never seen a staff shortage like this before. three generations of your family have been in this busi >> reporter: and the problem is he's got guys that usually work in the shop that are out working the plows and the plows break down, he's got nobody to fix td are posted from northern new england down to the delmarva. check this out. these are going to be gnarly conditions. this is a fast-moving storm, but it's an explosive storm. bombing out right now rapidly intensifying. that means winds are cranking as well, all the way down through new jersey, new york, connecticut, shoreline. eastern long island is going to get pelted with this. 3:00 through the evening. here's the totals we do expect

to see and these will be debilitating in some spots. farther west you go, the less snow, but there will be but there will be drifts, 6 to 12 inches across parts of central new jersey in through new york city, hartford, connecticut, and east of that line, you're looking at 12 to 24 inches, and i think outside of boston we will see some spots that will be in excess of 30 inches, so we'll be digging out from this thing throughout tomorrow if not the beginning of next week, guys, back to you. >> goodness gracious, 30 inches of snow. that is a lot. rob, thank you. and that monster storm is expected to really batter us here in new york. abc's phil lipof with more on how the storm is taking a toll. good morning to you, phil. >> reporter: good morning to you too, eva. we are over here on the west side of manhattan. hudson river, just over here to my right, jersey on the other side, we'll get to new jersey in just a minute. first of all, take a look behind me. this is called the salt shed. she's big trucks you see behind me come over to the west side, this he fill up with that salt and they get out on the roadway. they've been doing this for 4 hours now.

petreating these roads so it won't be so bad. new york governor kathy hochul declared a state of emergency yesterday ahead of the storm so that they could kind of get ahead of it and it wouldn't be that bad. trash and recycling collection trucks all have been turned into snowplows. every piece of equipment is needed to keep new york city running. the city says it has more than 2,000 total vehicles equipped with plows on the front end and more than 280,000 tons of salt and it will be needed. now, let's take you acrossthe river to new jersey. governor phil murphy declared a state of emergency as well. road crews working hard to keep the new jersey turnpike in decent shape and told we're having a hard time doing that. the shore, the jersey shore is also taking a beating. way down cape may, exit 0 off the garden state parkway is seeing tough conditions, blowing snow, visibility is not great. and one new jersey community has already reported 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts.

so you have governors on both sides of the hudson river saying the same thing that governors up and down the east coast are saying, this is going to be an historic storm. two to three feet up north near boston. a foot here in new yok city. the governors say stay home if you can. it's a saturday. stay warm, stay home. stay safe. guys. >> phil, stay home and stay safe. thank you so much. >> those whipping winds are making it a perfect recipe for flooding and ike ejiochi is in port washington, new york with the latest there. ike, good morning to you. >> reporter: janai, we are looking at quite the doozy right now. we're talking about coastal flooding, something millions of americans are dealing with right now, all the way from new jersey all the way up to new england. and there are two factors that are playing a role in this, the

wind speed and, believe it or not, the position of the moon. right now, these wind gusts are about 35 miles per hour, and that's pushing water from the long island sound all the way up into the shore, and the reason why that's important right now is because, right now, we're in high tide, and the position of the moon this weekend is actually makes those conditions a little bit worse. now, here on long island this community they could see storm surges of up to four feet, which is potentially putting in danger all the boats, small businesses, and of course the homes in this area. something, like i said, the communities are dealing with all the way from new jersey all the way up to the eastern seaboard of massachusetts and new england. clearly this storm will be here all day. so we'll keep you updated and we'll make sure that i'll try to stay warm, whit. >> a lot of concern upcoastline, ike, thank you. we want to turn to that devastating bridge collapse in pittsburgh just hours before president biden was set to visit the city to talk about infrastructure. this morning, the investigation

into what happened is now under way. abc's elwyn lopez has more. >> reporter: this morning, investigators trying to find the cause of this dramatic bridge collapse in pittsburgh. >> we're looking for indications of where it began, signs of stress in the materials that comprised the bridge, signs of fracture, signs of deterioration. >> reporter: combing through what's left at the scene after friday's collapse left ten people injured, mostly first responders. >> a lot of screaming and static on the phone stating the bridge fully gave out. >> reporter: rescuers up against icy conditions and snow as they rappelled more than 100 feet. others forming a human chain to get people off this partially crushed bus left dangling along the edge. >> the knew the bridge was collapsing. i could feel it, the bus was bouncing and shaking. >> reporter: the collapse took place before 7:00 a.m. schools had been delayed for two hours due to weather keeping traffic light early friday morning on what officials call one of the city's vital

arteries. >> it would have been a lot worse. >> reporter: this all taking place just hours before pr trillion-dollar infrastructure law. more than 1 billion of it alloted for pennsylvania's bridges. the state is ranked second in the country for deteriorating bridges. >> there are another 3,300 bridges here in pennsylvania, some of which are just as old and just as decrepit condition as that bridge was. >> reporter: the state's department of transportation labeling the bridge's overall condition as poor during an inspection four months ago. >> i walked under it all the time and saw the rust and decay and that's pretty typical in pittsburgh. >> reporter: and i spoke to a woman who told me her little brother would have been on this bridge had it not been for that two-hour school delay. officials reiterating how this could have been so much worse, eva. >> elwyn lopez for us, thank you. now to the tensions between ukraine and russia.

president biden saying he'll be moving u.s. troops to eastern europe and nato countries in the, quote, near term as a congressional delegation visited kyiv. abc's stephanie ramos is there on the ground with the latest. >> reporter: this morning, the world awaits russia's next move. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: the kremlin insists they will not start a war with ukraine, but the u.s. says russia is in a position to invade. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: the kremlin trying to pressure nato to guarantee that ukraine will never join the alliance. russia moving more than 100,000 troops to the ukraine border with tanks, armored vehicles and setting up field hospitals indicating they could be preparing for combat casualties. russia even positioning troops in nearby belarus, however, ukraine's president is doubling down on the threat russia poses. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: president zelensky with a message not to stir up panic as the u.s. goes on alert to support neighboring

countries. >> i'll be moving u.s. troops to eastern europe and the nato countries in the near term. >> reporter: a u.s. official telling abc news no deployment orders have been given. most military experts though say the force russia massed on the border is not ready for a major invasion, but joint chiefs chairman mark milley warning of a horrific outcome if russia does invade ukraine. >> given the type of forces, if that it would be significant, very significant, and it would result in a significant amount of casualties. >> reporter: the pentagon saying it's ready to respond if necessary. >> we place thousands of u.s. troops on prepare to deploy orders earlier this week. if nato activates its response forces, these troops will be ready to go. >> reporter: and today we got an inside look at a civil defense training class about 200 women attending learning personal defense tactics and survival

tips in the event of an invasion. >> well, this situation very important. mind and skills. both mind and skills. skills like this training. >> reporter: here in kyiv and across the country there isn't a sense of panic just yet, but people are preparing for an invasion. now, one big takeaway from that course is, the key to survive a potential invasion or war is to have a plan, and the folks that we have spoken to here in kyiv say that is what they're focused on, janai. >> all right, stephanie ramos there in kyiv, thank you so much. and now let's bring in abc news contributor colonel steve ganyard, a former defense and state department official. he joins us from washington. steve, good morning to you. let's start with the diplomatic channels. they don't seem to be working. what do you think are the options and how do you see it playing out? really, janai, the option we have, the west has that nato has, that the u.s. has is to let the diplomatic process continue to play out. it's been frustrating. it's slow. it doesn't seem like it's

working, but the u.s. really has no other choices. remember that ukraine is not -- it's not a member of nato and so the u.s. nor -- none of the nato countries are going to commit troops to defend ukraine. so really the only tools the u.s. has or nato has is to continue the diplomatic pressure to keep russia from invading. >> and, steve, we're getting these mixed messages, you know, russia has moved unprecedented amounts of equipment, military vehicles but mostly manned by skeleton crews as stephanie just reported there. many say that they're just not ready for a major invasion. what do you make of the mixed messaging from ukraine's president trying to calm fears versus the pentagon? >> yeah. most military analysts say that it would probably require another two to three weeks for the russians to truly invade ukraine with a good chance to succeed. remember, it's almost the size of texas, and they only have about 100,000 troops so big area, not that many troops, the u.s., though, wants to continue

to sound the alarm. they want to keep nato on site, france and germany have been off on their own a bit in the past couple weeks, so the president here is trying to keep all of nato on side, continue to keep the diplomatic pressure up. on the other hand, the ukrainian president doesn't want to create panic. he doesn't want people heading for the exits trying to get out of the country. he wants to maintain calm so that he can continue to rule his country in a way that is just basically operations as normal. >> still some hope that diplomacy works. colonel steve ganyard, thank you so much for joining us. whit, over to you. >> janai, bringing itack home here and turning to washington now, the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on capitol hill is out with more than a dozen new subpoenas. people accused of a scheme to push fake electors for donald trump designed to overturn the 2020 election results. abc's maryalice parks has more on the effort. >> reporter: this morning, the house committee investigating the january 6th attack subpoenaing 14 people that they say tried to falsely declare

themselves electors. ready to vote in the electoral college for president trump though they were from states, president joe biden actually won. lawmakers say each plotted to work around the will of the voters in their home states and submitted fake documents to the government. the chair of the committee, bennie thompson, writing, we believe the individuals we have subpoenaed today have information about how these so-called alternate electors met and who was behind the scheme. >> hello, patriots. >> reporter: one of those subpoenaed, nancy coddle. her name appearing on a certificate with others claiming to be duly elected and qualified electors when, in fact, the electors were chosen by the voters. in michigan, a similar story. this video showing people trying to get into the state capitol claiming they were electors. >> the gop electors are here.

>> reporter: investigators say bogus certificates from seven states donald trump lost were sent by registered mail to vice president mike pence and the national archives in december 2020 and that all of it could have been a coordinated effort to block the certification of the election. at the time trump aides admitting this effort was under way. >> as we speak today, an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote, and we're going to send those results up to congress. >> reporter: now, late yesterday we learned the committee also subpoenaed one of former president trump's communications aides, judd deere, the committee interested in his interactions with trump the day before the attack, as well as his work putting together the white house response, eva. >> maryalice parks for us, thank you. and here in new york, it was a sea of blue as the funeral was held for officer jason rivera, the first of two nypd officers killed in the line of duty responding to a domestic dispute in harlem. officers standing in solidarity outside st. patrick's cathedral.

jason rivera was just 22 years old. he joined the force last year and was newly married in october. officer rivera's partner, officer wilbert mora, was also killed in the attack. his funeral will be tuesday and wednesday. >> still thinking about both of their families. well, this weekend marks the two-year anniversary of the world health organization declaring covid-19 a public health emergency of international concern. abc's zohreen shah is in l.a. with where we stand now two years later. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. the death toll from covid-19 in this country is now over 880,000. that is a dramatic number. roughly the population of san francisco, and according to johns hopkins university, we've now had nearly 74 million covid cases across the country, 99% of counties are still reporting high transmission rates, but we are seeing a decline in cases. there's been a 25% drop from

mid-january and one drug that can treat covid, paxlovid, is rolling out. the pill has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalizations and deaths significantly, but according to an abc analysis, roughly three-fourths of counties we looked at did not have access to it yet. there were only a couple thousand courses of treatment released this month but the plan plans to ramp up to 10 million doses by june and 20 million by september. now we know big celebrations can sometimes lead to higher covid infections. the lunar new year is this week and the super bowl will be right here in the l.a. area in just two weeks. officials are urging people to celebrate responsibly and in san francisco, they are lifting their mask mandate on just tuesday if you are fully boosted and fully vaccinated, you can remove your masks in places like gyms and offices. >> zohreen, thanks. back to the weather, another check with rob marciano, that historic storm out there in boston. rob, i was going to ask you how

conditions are, but that looks pretty obvious from your shot. >> reporter: yeah, it's getting worse. i had to put the safety goggles on just because you can't see. you can't look certainly into the wind, into that blowing snow. it is difficult, the conditions here are brutal. we're just getting started. only three or four inches on the ground right now, but we could see in spots maybe three feet. certainly drifts of three, four feet. all right. it's already going on in new jersey. some parts of new jersey, fort river already seeing 12 inches. a full foot of this stuff already in new jersey. then the plows are out trying to keep things going. cherry hill, certainly seeing action and the wind is whipping not just there but across parts of the northeast. closer to the coast, that's where winds are going biggest, and we're seeing gusts to 22, 39 in montauk and boston and 33, that low, not even close to us yet, and it's continuing to bomb out, explosive intensification here of blizzard conditions up a wide stretch of the northeast coast.

>> mentioned the wind, the snow. the windchill right now is 5. what's it feeling like in that warm, cozy studio of yours? >> pretty nice. >> i bet you're really glad you kept that beard, aren't you? get warm, rob. >> very much so. very much so, all right, guys. well, two phoenix police officers are being hailed as heroes, their brave actions caught on camera. body cam video shows officer rachel fernandez and jessica hunting pulling an unconscious man trapped in a burning car to safety. the flipped over vehicle still on fire with firefighters nearby trying to douse those flames.

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welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. 80 million americans in the storm zone as a massive nor'easter sweeps up the eastern seaboard bringing blizzard conditions with winds up to 70 miles per hour and snow expected to top two feet in some places. >> we've already got a lot of snow here, and we have team coverage this morning as this monster storm moves up the coast from our local abc stations. let's start with derick waller from wabc along the jersey shore. good morning, derick. >> reporter: monmouth county right on the coast, this is their first blizzard warning since 2018, and as you can see, the snow is g waystakeoo at is u can see

check out the road condition through this and you can see with that plow going by, these roads are snow packed right now this morning. so wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. that's a concern and also blizzard conditions, so when we are all done here, we are talking about more than a foot of snow in this area. janai. >> our thanks to derick out there. now, let's check out the situation farther south on the jersey shore where wind gusts are upwards of 50 miles per hour. trish hartman is in atlantic city. good morning, trish. >> reporter: janai, good morning. from a very snowy atlantic city, new jersey, as you can see the snow is still coming down. one of the bigger issues today is the strong winds that are blowing the snow around this morning and almost blowing us over at certain points this morning. this is arctic avenue aptly named this morning here in atlantic city where you can see a lot of equipment is out trying to clear the snow. new jersey is under a state of

emergency because of these blizzard conditions today. officials warning people to stay off the roads and to stay home. fortunately, the storm falling on a saturday so we haven't seen a ton of traffic out there this morning but even some of these larger trucks we just saw are spinning their tires in all of this snow. the atlantic city expressway even this morning had snow on it when we were on it this morning. very slick conditions. concerns tidal flooding here at the shore hearing about closed roads in atlantic city because of flooding so that's something we are keeping an eye on as well, another concern, power outages with these very strong gusty winds and blizzard conditions this morning. we will be keeping an eye on all of that from the jersey shore. reporting live in atlantic city, i'm trish hartman, janai. >> a big thanks to trish for braving the elements for us this morning. now we'll head up to new england. aj burn net from our station

there in boston, wcvb is along the coast in rockport where flooding is a concern. aj, good morning. >> reporter: take a look behind me. this is the inner part of rockport harbor. now, rockpart lies north of boston and juts out into the water a little bit. this is a protected area of water. you can see there are whitecaps out here on the inner harbor. farther beyond that mark, if we can take a look at that, that's tuna wharf out there. they have shut down access to tuna wharf because of flooding. the tide is still coming in and you can see the water is lapping at tuna wharf right now. so we have this morning's high tide to get through, and we also have this evening's high tide to get through. that's between 8:00 and 9:00 tonight, so we'll have two high tide cycles where flooding could be a problem here on cape ann. the other issue specific to rockport is that they only have two transmission lines for electricity coming into rockport and one of them is in need of repair. so undoubtedly we'll talk about widespread power outages because

of all this wind. we're getting gusts easily to 50 miles per hour here, and we're just at the start of this storm. this will be going well past sunset tonight, whit. >> looks miserable out there as you noted. just the beginning, aj, thank you. and with weather like this, a lot of us turn to space heaters to keep warm, but it's very important to take safety precautions when using them. and rob has got all the tips you need to know back from boston. rob, good morning once again. >> reporter: good morning, you know, aj and i pal around a little bit at wcvb talking about the strategies for surviving the storm. certainly in the outdoors is difficult. even indoors with this wind blowing, it gets drafty, cold, all sorts of ways you can try to keep warm. a lot of people use interior space heaters but if not used properly, they can be dangerous. as winter temperatures continue to drop, some homeowners will fight the cold with space heaters. experts warn that stationary and portable space heaters cause 81%

of home heating fire deaths. just this month in new york city this 19-story bronx apartment building engulfed in flames killed 17 people including a 2-year-old. officials say a space heater sparked the fire, devastating the community. in the last few weeks space heaters contributed to fires nationwide. this one in illinois igniting a second-story bedroom. and this one in texas leaving one person dead. >> the heaters, please be careful with these heaters. >> reporter: last winter "gma" teamed up with montgomery county fire and rescue service to demonstrate the potential danger of space heaters and how to stay safe. first, how hot can they really get? >> then you see it spiking to 300 degrees. if you were to touch that, you could burn yourself. >> reporter: the next demonstration, how quickly a fire can spread when a space heater is too close to combustible items. this mock living room has a space heater placed too close to the couch and the safety feature, an automatic shutdown if the space heater overheats, has been turned off.

>> you can see smoke already. look at it coming up from underneath the couch now. we're going to step away. >> reporter: the flames begin to build. firefighters having to put the blaze out after just five minutes. >> you could not survive this. >> reporter: authorities say fires happen when people use the space heaters unsafely, not because the device is unsafe. how do you stay safe? well, keep space heaters at least three feet away from anything that can burn. never use an extension cord. plug the space heater directly into the wall outlet, and never leave a space heater unattended. of course, there's a whole other set of rules using interior propane heaters, certainly have a carbon monoxide monitor in case you're using that. we're talking about coastal flooding. the wind obviously whipping. we're about 15 minutes away from high tide. this is the subway system they use here, and they've got flood barriers up already. we're not too far from boston harbor, so that's going to be an issue certainly. seaside, let's go to the jersey shore, there's some power outages there, typically a spot for summertime, but right now

the snow is piling up and they've got some wind and waves for sure. 8 million americans right now plus under coastal flood advisories and blizzard conditions up and down the coast there, your big impacts. traveling is going to be very, very difficult. going on i-95 especially east of new york city, just wait it out. it's a saturday. big-time waves, big-time winds, there's going to be big-time beach erosion, but a lot of coastal communities especially here in eastern mass have been evacuated because of the potential of flooding as this storm continues to explosively develop, and look at those winds right on through tonight, over 50 miles an hour. it is going to be brutal. that's what's happening with this big nor'easter and blizzard. >> this weather report sponsored

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women who have already broken barriers like judge ketanji brown jackson, one of just six black women on the u.s. courts of appeals and a beloved former clerk to justice stephen breyer. >> the beauty and the majesty of this country that someone who comes from a background like mine could find herself in this position. >> reporter: a graduate of harvard law who was interviewed by president obama for the high court in 2016. she's a former public defender and a member of the u.s. sentencing commission. also on biden's list, judge leondra kruger of the california supreme court, a graduate of yale and harvard and a former clerk to the late justice john paul stevens. >> there's no rule that says that children automatically receive the same legal status as their lawful permanent resident parents. >> reporter: congressman jim t judge j. michelle childs, a detroit-born former state labor department official, employment lawyer and mother of two. her law degree from the university of south carolina, a public school, would add a new

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>> 2022, our women's singles champion, ash barty. >> reporter: ashleigh barty beating 28-year-old american danielle collins in straight sets at the final at melbourne park. >> as an aussie, the most important part of this tournament is being able to share it with so many and you in the crowd have been great. >> reporter: hometown barty, a proud indigenous woman currently ranked the number one woman's player in the world becomes the first australian to win the tournament in 44 years. >> i think this is a great contrast in styles between barty who is an all-court player playing in front of her hometown crowd and danielle collins, a surprise finalist, but someone that plays with incredible intensity and incredible firepower. >> reporter: collins making a surgery for endometriosis and had suffered an abdominal injury last year at the french open. >> nobody expected her to go this far. >> reporter: collins celebrating her journey as the underdog

going into saturday's showdown. playing in her first grand slam final taking the loss in her stride. >> it's one of my favorite events to come to and to compete at, and i'm so grateful to be able to come here. it's a childhood dream of mine. >> reporter: and for barty, winning wimbledon in 2021 and french open in 2019, finally being able to keep the australian open championship on home soil. >> this is just a dream come true for me, and i'm so proud to be an aussie, so thank you so much, everyone. we'll see you next time. >> reporter: collins gracious in her defeat. there's a reason they call it the barty party. she is adored by australia, of course, a sports loving nation, so this win is a huge deal down under, whit. >> the barty party. we love that, britt. thank you so much. we'll be right back with our "play of the day." hiv. it's once-monthly injectable cabenuva. cabenuva is the only once-a-month,

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at the chase center as we celebrate the new year. last night, a large crowd turned out at thrive city for all sorts of attainment. there was a huge tiger statue since it is the year of the tiger. the warriors are planning another celebration after tonight's game against the brooklyn nets. to kick off the lunar new year, the annual flower market for a chinatown. the event takes 11 blocks of chinatown with more than 100 candies, flowers, and fruits. there will be a parade starting at st. mary's square and a ribbon cutting ceremony with city officials. there are plenty of activities today like magicians, acrobats, to open the celebration and the fair runs from 10:00 to 6:00 today and 9:00 to 6:00 tomorrow. let's get a check on the forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. lisa: very springlike

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good morning, america. it's our sec good morning, america. it's our second hour. nor'easter on the move. that historic winter storm dumping snow up and down the northeast. governors declaring states of emergency. rob marciano timing everything out. and that massive winter storm could mean flooding for communities along the coast. why the position of the moon is making conditions more dangerous. we're breaking it all down. the oregon mom taking on the titans of tech suing meta and snap inc. alleging social media turned her daughter into a violent cell phone addict. what parents need to know about how to protect your kids online now. also this morning, new year, new kanye, the album