good morning, america. bitter blast. temperatures plunging after a massive storm stretching from texas to maine slammed the country with snow, ice and freezing rain. drivers stuck on highways for at least 13 hours. our weather team with the frigid forecast. battle ready. american soldiers training with ukrainian troops, the bunker busting rockets supplied by the u.s. and more troops arriving. we're on the ground in kyiv with the report. demanding justice. the family of amir locke killed during a no knock police raid now speaking out. >> i believe that he was executed. >> the protests overnight and the latest on the investigation this morning. dramatic rescue. the moment s.w.a.t. teams moved

in to save a woman kidnapped at gunpoint from michael bloomberg's colorado ranch. the disturbing details on who the kidnapper may have been looking for. kim versus ye. the feud over their daughter north's appearance in tiktok videos. how this battle hits home for many parents and the expert advice. fare beaters, the small airlines offering rock bottom prices as they compete with the bigger carriers. how to cash in on the savings for your next vacation. and cold competitions. an evening of all-star antics in the nhl and impressive skills. >> top shelfed it. >> let the games begin. the kickoff for the olympics in beijing as we hear from america's athletes setting their sights on making history. and good morning, america. thanks so much for joining us on a saturday. we're happy to have gio benitez

back at the desk with us this morning. nice to be inside instead of outside, right. >> it really is, especially with this weather and first time together with our new mom. >> i haven't seen gio in two years because of the pandemic. >> yeah. we have that greeting in the hallway with our winter coats on, though, and that's because like so many others millions of people waking up to that deep freeze sweeping across the country this morning from the south to the northeast. >> temperatures rapidly falling after a major storm system dumped a wintry mix across some 2,000 miles. >> yeah, now roads are covered with treacherous ice making travel very dangerous and stranding some drivers for at least 13 hours. rob is here now with the latest. rob, good morning. what a mess. >> yeah, i tell you, gio, i don't know about you but had a tough time getting in. a lot of ice on the roadways across parts of the midsouth. scenes from yesterday. with trees coming down in memphis, plano, texas, covered with sleet and snow.

record lows potentially across southern texas. we have alerts that are in effect right there, but where the snow and ice is, that's just adding like more refrigeration to this air, so these windchills are really brutal especially where the snow and ice is piled up and gets colder in the northeast come tomorrow. 2 degrees for a windchill in new york city, minus 4 in boston and still well below freezing if you go down to the south and deep freeze in texas. a lot of farmers worried about crops all the way down to south padre island. windchills in the upper 20s. more on this in a little bit. whit, over to you. >> a rough morning for a lot of people, rob, thank you. we move now to the tensions with russia over ukraine. vladimir putin getting support from china's president as u.s. troops arrive in eastern europe. abc's patrick reevell is on the ground in kyiv with the latest. patrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yes, russia and china projecting a united front in a meeting yesterday around the olympics and today poland is getting ready to receive more of the 1,700 u.s. paratroopers heading there, most of whom will start

arriving from sunday. in the snow in western ukraine, american soldiers training with ukrainian troops, members of florida's national guard showing them the ropes with u.s. supplied weapons. these bunker buster rockets part of the biden administration's efforts to reinforce ukraine amid fears of russian invasion. the world is still waiting for vladimir putin to see what he will do with the tens of thousands of russian troops massed on ukraine's borders. putin on friday in beijing to watch the opening of the winter olympics, but the main event for him, a meeting with china's president xi jinping. the two making a show of togetherness amid the tensions with the west. they released a joint statement afterwards backing russia's demand for security guarantees that nato will not expand. back in washington, secretary of state antony blinken continuing a u.s. push to deter russia. >> we're also here at a time of real concern for security.

>> reporter: blinken meeting with poland's foreign minister hours after paratroopers from the 82nd airborne touched down in the country, the first of 3,000 u.s. troops dispatched by president biden to europe to reassure nato's eastern flank but in ukraine officials are still warning they don't believe a russian attack is imminent. at special forces drills near the chernobyl nuclear power plant, ukraine's defense minister speaking with reporters saying that for now the number of russian forces to the north in belarus is not enough for an invasion. ukrainian officials are continuing to insist russia is not yet in position to launch an attack, but russia is still continuing to build up forces and while they remain there, it's hard to see this crisis ending quickly. eva. >> patrick, thank you. now to former vice president mike pence directly contradicting former president trump about the 2020 election. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks has more from washington. >> reporter: former vice president mike pence with his

strongest public rebuke of his former boss to date saying president trump was wrong when he argued pence could have single-handedly overturned the election results. >> president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. >> reporter: in the weeks before and the morning of january 6th, president trump pressured pence to interfere in the certification of the election. >> i hope mike is going to do the right thing. i hope so. i hope so. >> reporter: but friday pence again defended his actions and added, it's time for republicans to accept the election and move on. >> if we lose faith in the constitution, we won't just lose elections, we'll lose our country. >> reporter: but just hours before pence's comments, the republican party doubling down in the other direction censuring the two republican members of

congress who sit on the committee investigating january 6th, but also seeming to defend and wildly downplay the horrific events of that day saying in a new resolution that house members adam kinzinger and liz cheney were, quote, participating in a democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political diesponse, cheney twe video from the january 6th attack writing, this is not legitimate political discourse. overnight president trump put out another statement again arguing that he thinks pence as vice president could have acted on his own, and he pointed to the fact that right now senators are debating new legislation that would clarify the old law and make sure that in the future the vice president understood that his or her role in certifying the electoral college count was purely ceremonial. but, gio, senators are debating legislation like that precisely in reaction to january 6th and the pressure that they saw trump

put on pence. >> all right, maryalice parks in washington, thank you. we are going to turn to new information and video from the pentagon after investigating that horrific blast at the kabul airport during the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. the pentagon releasing what it calls the only known footage of the blast. the report finding that there was a single attacker who appeared at the crowded gate a powerful bomb packed with ball bearings. turning to that promising new jobs report showing that the u.s. added 467,000 new jobs in the month of january, 300,000 more than expected. some asking whether the economy is poised to bounce back from the pandemic now, and abc's deidre bolton joins us this morning to break it all down. deidre, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'll quote oxford economics in its report, friday's jobs reports show they're getting used to functioning in a pandemic, so they say workers, 1, omicron, 0.

january's report better than expected. december's and november's numbers also revised higher. the group that saw the most workers added, leisure and hospitality, so restaurants, bars and hotels. this is a great sign more of us feel comfortable being out and about. more of those businesses seeking to add workers and paying them more to stay, so on that point, there was a pickup in average hourly earnings, 0.7% so that means workers are making 5.7% more than last year and improvement in the labor force participation rate. that just means more people are coming back off the sidelines. we saw the highest reading for this metric since march 2020. 62.2%, so employers may be more flexible, for example, teleworking increasing into january to more than one in seven employed people. we heard president biden say yesterday america is back to work. what remains to be seen, though, is how much inflation will keep rising and to what extent the cost of food, household goods,

gasoline and rent, to what extent all of those will continue to eat into americans' pockets. we all feel it. i see it at the grocery every time i go in. >> yes, we do. >> the basics are up for sure. we'll take the good news you gave us and go with that. >> good plan. >> thanks, deidre. now to the latest on the pandemic and the u.s. reaching a grim milestone. 900,000 american lives lost to covid-19. almost two years to the day that first death was reported in this country. but new covid cases are now falling in 47 states with hospitalizations down 33% in the last two weeks. governors across the country now weighing when to roll back restrictions pressing the white house for a clear road map. all right, we're going to turn now to protests in the streets of minneapolis. a caravan with protesters demanding justice for amir locke, killed in a police shooting while officers were executing a no knock search warrant. and we want to warn you, some of the video you're about

to see may be disturbing. abc's ike ejiochi joins us with more. ike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gio. it's another incident for the minneapolis police department bringing attention to the discussion over no knock warrants, and now minnesota attorney general keith ellison is joining the investigation. protests breaking out overnight in minneapolis seeking justice for 22-year-old amir locke after he was shot and killed during an early morning minneapolis police raid. his parents speaking out mourning the death of their eldest son. >> i believe that he was executed by the mpd, and i want the police officer that murdered my son to be prosecuted and fired. >> police, search warrant. >> reporter: body camera video of locke's death released thursday by police showing the s.w.a.t. team storming into the apartment and where he was sleeping waking him up. an officer now identified as

mark hanneman shooting and killing locke less than ten seconds after entering, many reminded of the murder of breonna taylor in kentucky, also killed during a no knock raid which allows police to forcibly enter a home without warning. the police report saying locke was armed with a handgun pointed in the direction of officers. a still from the body cam footage shows locke with a handgun, but having just woken up, it's unclear if locke even knew police had entered the home. police say locke was not the subject of the warrant. >> it's either too dangerous to do a standard knock on the door and wait for a response or you know that you're going to lose critical evidence or that by waiting, you're going to give a suspect an opportunity to escape. >> reporter: the community outraged and expressing frustration saying enough progress has not been made since the 2020 death of george floyd at the hands of an officer. >> i stand here today in 2022, two years removed from george floyd, and yet i can't see any tangible changes that has

happened within the department. >> reporter: now police confirmed the officer who shot amir was placed on administrative leave. a department spokesperson saying that they will not make that search warrant public until the suspect in the homicide case is in custody, and overnight the mayor of minneapolis placing an immediate moratorium on no knock warrants. whit. >> ike ejiochi with that disturbing video, thank you. we move now to the dramatic s.w.a.t. team rescue of a woman kidnapped from a ranch owned by michael bloomberg. abc's phil lipof joins us with this harrowing story. phil, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. and as you described, this is the exact reason that former new york city mayor michael bloomberg has always had his own security detail. there was no specific threat leading up to this. a terrifying kidnapping nonetheless. police say the suspect doesn't know the bloomberg family. was trying to take bloomberg's daughter and took an employee instead. this morning, new dramatic police video, a daring rescue ending the kidnapping of a woman who worked for michael

bloomberg. police say she was taken at gunpoint from his colorado ranch wednesday. this video showing the cheyenne police department's joint s.w.a.t. team arriving to the scene at the stagecoach motel just across state lines. >> law enforcement did everything right in this case. they were able to apparently track her ipad, which eventually led them to cheyenne, wyoming. >> reporter: investigators say the suspect, joseph beecher, was carrying an ar-15 and a handgun when he was arrested. now he's charged with kidnapping in federal court. according to court documents beecher was looking for bloomberg's daughters and wanted to, quote, make an international scene. the victim told authorities beecher rammed his truck through bloomberg ranch's security gate and forced her to leave with him. she said she was forced to withdraw money from an atm. while taking that money out, she mouthed the words "help me" hoping it would be recorded by the machine's surveillance camera. the victim safe and returned to her family.

>> she remained calm. she tried to be friendly, and so if you can do those two things, not agitate a kidnapper, you may increase your odds of staying alive. >> reporter: authorities say bloomberg was not at the ranch during the kidnapping. overnight a spokesperson for bloomberg telling abc news, we're deeply grateful to the rio blanco county sheriff's office for their swift and heroic action in this case. no word from the investigators so far this morning on what beecher was trying to cause what he called an international incident. this morning, he is in custody and facing serious federal charges. eva. >> scary incident there, phil lipof for us, thank you. police in virginia are investigating a shooting at a hookah lounge near virginia tech's campus overnight that killed one person and injured four others. authorities were called just before midnight as shots rang out at the melody hookah lounge in blacksburg. they say one of the injured is a student from virginia tech. no word on the extent of any of the injuries. no suspects have been taken into custody.

all right, and we certainly hope that they get better. we are going to turn now to rob with the weather. rob, more snow. >> gio, i'm going to steal your beat here for a second. i hope you're okay with that. going to go aviation and starting off with planes. i can see him. he's crawling in his skin right now. de-icing yesterday at minneapolis/st. paul. so many airports around, northeastern third of the country dealing with this, obviously people out there getting elbow grease on the windshields. this is boston after two feet of snow they had last weekend, remember that? yeah. well, that went away and then came ice, so it's been miserable for the most part. cold for sure. we will be cold tomorrow pretty much everyone east of the rockies but then the warm-up comes monday, tuesday and wednesday from st. louis, which got hit hard with heavy snow, chicago got some snow as well. we'll start to see temperatures will warm above freezing tuesday and wednesday, maybe into the lower 50s as we go through wednesday in d.c. the longer term outlook over the next -- well, into valentine's day, above average, way above average temperatures across parts of the west and at or

below average here in the east as far as where there's above average temperatures likely below average precip. we'll talk more about that top of the show they give them warm greetings. i haven't seen whit in like three weeks. is that the brown suit? >> we haven't seen the brown -- the macchiato marciano in a long time. >> special day. it's a special day. this is all that was left in my office. >> that's good. whatever warms you up. >> time to get your dry cleaning done. >> exactly. >> you're right about that. >> thank you, rob. appreciate it.

you know i'm a big fan of the olympics, so the competition is on in beijing as the winter olympics are now under way following the opening ceremony and the first medals handed out. abc's maggie rulli joins us from beijing with the latest. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, glad to hear you're a fan. you'll be excited. they have official kicked off in beijing and norway picking up the first gold medal of these game, the women skiathlon but don't worry. we are tracking team usa and there's a few potential gold medal wins for us coming up on the horizon. this morning, good news for team usa. bobsledder elana meyers taylor out of isolation finally testing negative for covid twice after a week in a quarantine hotel and can now compete in the games. the olympics now in full swing here in beijing. a spectacular opening ceremony complete with the parade of nations. team usa, 224 athletes strong, the most of any nation marching

in hoping to make history. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: a controversial appearance in the stands, vladimir putin watching the russian olympic committee march. russia not able to compete under their country's name still banned from the global competition due to a doping scandal. and closing out the parade, host country china bringing in 173 olympians hoping to make their home proud. notably absent, anyone from the u.s. government, ten countries including america announcing a diplomatic boycott over china's human rights record including what the u.s. calls a general genocide of the muslim uighur population. in response china choosing a member of that minority group to light the olympic torch. geopolitical tensions and strict covid protocols making these games quite a bit different from 2008. and overnight a hot streak for team usa in the women's snowboard slopestyle qualifying round. three making it through to the finals just hours from now. new york native 24-year-old julia marino and 21-year-old hailey langland both competing in their second

olympics ever. we spoke to langland last month and while most athletes can't be here because of covid, she and her boyfriend, 2018 gold medalist red gerard, were in the unique position of being in beijing together. >> i'm kind of just like a bundle of nerves whenever i compete and it's so nice to have red. he always gives the best advice to me. >> reporter: tonight all eyes on jamie anderson. she's hoping to defend her two back-to-back olympic golds in this event. we caught up with her before she headed to the games. >> it feels really good. it's like the best natural high you can ever get when you're able to perform under pressure. >> reporter: and, guys, if jamie does win the final, she will become the first snowboarder ever, man or woman, to win three consecutive gold medals at the olympics, whit. >> maggie, for people who don't know you personally, you're like the happiest ray of light, sunshine, person that we know and we were just talking about how perfect it is for you to go cover the olympics for the first time. tell us what the experience has been like so far. >> reporter: i mean, it's been

incredible. i know i'm very energetic all the time, so just imagine me at the olympics, whit. we're trying to go to every single event we can and we keep hearing these are olympics like no other. obviously we're in a bubble, covid protocols are paramount all the time but there's still such an excitement being able to watch the events seeing team usa cheer everyone. it reminds me why i'm here. expect a lot of excited energy coming your way, whit. >> no bubble can contain the energy, maggie. we are looking forward to it. we saw the pictures of you with the fireworks during the opening ceremony. amazing. we're looking forward to your coverage. thank you. all right. still ahead here, kim kardashian, kanye west involved in a very public parenting feud. the battle playing out on social media and the expert advice on co-parenting during a split. preventing gun violence. the intervention programs in chicago using street outreach that are making a difference. and a look ahead at what spring and summer airfares will look like. the budget airlines that could save you money. we'll be right back.

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[ cheers ] welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. nothing but net. take a look as a high school principal in massachusetts makes an amazing half-court shot. >> yes. >> wow. >> the key to this, though, it was actually in front of a gym full of students, right, during a halftime competition. that was at a varsity girls basketball game. the principal says the best part this was the first time students were back in the stands since the pandemic started. >> wow. >> that is great. if you are going to show off in front of the kids, that's the way to do it. in style. >> instantly became the coolest principal. let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're following this morning. happening right now, disgraced attorney michael avenatti found guilty of stealing from former client stormy daniels,

air jury convicting him of wire fraud and identity theft. daniels who hired him in her lawsuit against former president trump accusing him of stealing $300,000 from her. also right now, a hotel in la grange, kentucky, evacuated after authorities found a man and woman dead. they suspect carbon monoxide may have been the cause of death. another man with symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure was taken to the hospital for treatment. and chilling video showing a maryland police officer saving a young girl's life after a car didn't stop and drove through that crosswalk there while the girl was crossing the street. the hero officer quickly pulling the girl to safety. corporal annette goodyear suffering some cuts and bruises. the town of northeast working on commendations for her bravery. >> wow. >> incredible video. we do start this half hour with the milestone for queen elizabeth celebrating 70 years as british monarch. lama hasan has more about the platinum jubilee from london. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, whit. what a remarkable reign with queen elizabeth now gearing up to mark a major milestone, 70

years on the throne. that's her platinum jubilee and that will take place at the ballroom in sandringham. the 95-year-old kicking off celebrations on friday by looking at cards and artwork sent to her by members of the public. as for sunday, the day elizabeth ascended the throne, all those years ago in 1952, it's a day of mixed emotions for the queen because it is the anniversary of her father king george's death and this year will be a difficult one marking it without prince philip by her side. she will most likely spend the day privately but people here will get the chance to celebrate with some exciting events planned all year including a special four-day fanfare in june and we can't wait, eva. >> thanks, lama. now to kim kardashian and kanye west's parenting issues making headlines, and it may be a familiar drama for other families. there's disagreement over their daughter's presence on social media. abc's zohreen shah has more. >> reporter: this morning, kim

kardashian and ye formerly known as kanye west in a public social media war midway through a bitter divorce after ye went after kardashian for making tiktok videos with their 8-year-old daughter north without his permission. on friday, instagraming, i need to know what i should do about my daughter being put on tiktok against my will. kardashian firing back also on instagram saying, as the parent who is the main provider and caregiver for our children, i am doing my best to protect our daughter while also allowing her to express her creativity in the medium she wishes with adult supervision because it brings her happiness, and adding, she wishes to handle all matters regarding their children privately. ye said, what do you mean by main provider? and then firing off accusations that abc news cannot verify. ye recently telling hollywood unlocked in an exclusive interview -- >> don't have my daughter wearing lipstick on tiktok or don't have her on tiktok at all

if i don't approve that, so i feel it's poking the bear trying to antagonize me. >> when couples are divorcing, typically there is an interim custody order in place and that interim custody order, you know, lays out very clearly who has which level of control as it relates to the children. >> reporter: legal experts pointing out in this case the public does not know who has parental rights. kardashian filed for divorce against ye about a year ago after almost seven years of marriage. parental experts saying divorces can become very public with kids often getting caught in the cross fire. >> being really mindful of how they parent themselves and not bad-mouthing, not criticizing, not blaming, not engaging in any of those negative behaviors so their child or their children is able to be a kid. >> reporter: legal experts point out one more thing, that parents attacking each other publicly is not putting their kids first and judges usually do not look at that behavior very favorably.

gio. >> all right, zohreen, thank you so much for that. we'll turn back to rob with the weather and, rob, you're still on the transportation beat there. >> i like it. i'm coming for you. i promise you the next hour we'll talk more about some more pleasant video than stuff like this. i mean central and southern missouri seeing a lot of ice, a lot of snow in the northern half of missouri, and obviously this tractor trailer had a bad go of it, and in memphis, tennessee, so many power outages during the height of the storm, a lot of trees like this coming down and making for difficult travel and we're starting to see a little bit more of a melt today but the deep freeze is on for texas, at least this morning where i think we'll probably see some records fall here by the time we get done with things this morning, a hard freeze all the way down to brownsville and santa ana winds blowing across southern california and offshore winds blo

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welcome back to "gma." as we examine the impact of gun violence in this country, president biden meeting with new york's governor and mayor this week to discuss how to combat the problem including the role of community intervention programs. abc's zachary kiesch is here with part one of his in-depth

reporting. good morning, zachary. >> reporter: eva, good morning to you as well. we're learning more about these credible messengers, specifically in chicago. we know that on average these are black men in their 40s who have been exposed to the criminal justice as early as 13 and on average have spent about seven years behind bars. there is a small percentage of women but almost to a person they've been exposed to incredible amounts of violence but the real work is about leveraging relationships. gun violence intervention work in chicago doesn't happen in the corner office or the coffee shop. data published this week by the chicago police department shows 219 people were shot in january of this year. 48 were deadly, a decline of 9%. in 2020 the city of chicago invested over $10 million in violence reduction strategies. their job is to de-escalate and defuse potentially violent conflicts.

>> nothing surprises me over here as far as what you see. >> reporter: patricia hilliard, a violence interrupter, who nearly lost her-as an addict tells me you got to meet the people where they are. >> i used to run through these vacant lots right here. that's where i used to live and i was in the midst of all of the madness, you know. >> reporter: now with a salary and benefits, the institute for nonviolence is a patchwork of programs within the city offering social services, mediation and even food through credible messengers. >> i've been able to intervene. i'm able to talk to this one about himself and i may come to talk to this one just to avoid a shooting. >> reporter: marcus mitchell was a star basketball recruit but the allure of fast cash and street life, his environment, it never allowed him to realize his potential. those failures fuel his work today. >> i made bad decisions that led

me to the streets. i thank god i turned my life around, and now i'm in the community helping the kids not make the mistakes that i made. >> reporter: programs like these are taking shape around the country from baltimore to new york. president biden showed his support in new york this week with mayor eric adams. his build back better plan proposes $5 billion in federal aid for community-based interventions. but that legislation is currently stalled in congress. northwestern university's neighborhood and network initiative out of the institute for policy research is leading the way on how these programs operate and if they're effective. >> but even during covid, even during this national surge in gun violence, we're seeing positive direction, so the question is not about, you know, did they, you know, reduce violence by 50% or 60% but how many lives did they save today? >> reporter: when emanuel yates was shot in october, he knew he needed help providing a safe

outlet and the tools to quiet his mind and the appetite for revenge. >> it's traumatizing, you know. a lot of anger. a lot of hurt. a lot of resentment. that's why i like the program i'm in because it helps a lot to be able to talk about this. >> reporter: the idea of outreach workers isn't new. it actually dates back to the 1940s. now, tomorrow we'll look at the environmental factors in a group of organizations in chicago trying to build the human infrastructure to help elevate these communities from the inside out. eva. >> zachary, important work. thank you. and coming up on "good morning america," how the smaller airlines could save you big bucks on your next vacation. why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema or atopic dermatitis under control?

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>> reporter: actor jon hamm making an appearance as a celebrity job. >> look at jon hamm. >> reporter: there were some serious events in the program as well. rising st. louis blues star jordan kyrou won the fastest skater contest doing a lap in just over 13 seconds. tampa bay lightning captain victor hedman won the hardest shot event hitting the puck 103.2 miles an hour. an outside event, the fountain face-off being played on the las vegas strip's iconic fountains of bellagio. the only woman in the game, olympian, jocelyne lamoureux-davidson holding her own. you can watch the all-star game on abc and espn plus from the t-mobile arena in las vegas. >> the creativity of the events, amazing. >> yeah, it's really fun and even the event itself is fun, a three-on-three match. you'll really enjoy it if you watch it. >> i also really enjoy you cheering for the segment.

>> yay! >> it is so good to have you this morning. >> love being here with y'all. and "gma" is two hours on saturdays. coming up, a grim covid milestone even as another vaccine gets full fda approval for adults. our "gma" cover story, sarah jessica parker giving her thoughts on the possibility of actress kim cattrall returning kim cattrall returning to the "sex and the city" sequel. we'll be right back. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> good morning. lunar new year celebrations continued this weekend, including one at the oakland museum of california. one of the organizers explained why you might want to stuff yourself all of dumplings. >> dumplings are shaped like traditional chinese coins, so

there is this superstition that the more dumplings you eat on new year the greater love and abundance you will have throughout the new year. >> the museum has a virtual class on how to make dumplings. as for in person events, there will be at lion dancers and a storyteller. people need proof of vaccination to get into the museum. you will need to wear masks. the event starts at noon. tickets are free. donations are always welcome. let's get a check of the weather with lisa argen. lisa: we have clouds around. that has kept temperatures up a few degrees. the view from mount tam shows partly to mostly cloudy skies. 43 in oakland. 35 santa clara. 42 san jose. this is ballmer peak looking back towards diablo. you can see some of the ground-level haze.

we will be looking at good air quality for some. overall we are in that yellow category. 36 santa rosa. pretty cold. give it a few hours. we will climb to the 50's by noon time. a few degrees warmer with highs today a bit above average once again with low to mid 60's, sunny skies and a bit of haze. we are getting warmer right through the week. liz: thank you. gma is next.

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good morning, america. it's our second hour. breaking good good morning, america. it's our second hour. breaking overnight, tragic milestone. u.s. covid-19 deaths pass 900,000. what the white house is saying. the latest this morning. begin. the olympics officially kicking off in beijing. what went down in that dazzlin opening ceremony. maggie rulli is on the ground in china. what's for lunch? the usda's new set of nutrition standards. forget those fried foods. what it means for your kids' school meals. and just like that, sarah jessica parker speaks out, off the sequel series season finale, what the "sex and the city" star is saying now about that public history with