this morning, breaking news. extreme weather reported tornadoes and winds topping 100 mph widespread damage reported overnight in the plains. thousands spent five consecutive days without power after the midwest ice storm. the northeast is next in new york city area and points north, bracing for snow and the west, digging out from six ft of snow in some areas. hundreds of students left stranded at a camp. what to expect today. new reporting on the origins of covid 19 once again, igniting the debate over who's to blame for the pandemic . the new evidence claiming to support chinese lab leak president biden's controversial student loan forgiveness plan going before the supreme court what to expect this week as the justices tackle debt relief.

iphone users on alert how criminals are stealing your financial and personal data oscars preview the big winners and big fashion at the screen actors guild awards and later smooching over the internet, the new virtual kissing device for long distance lovers. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good morning, everyone. i'm andrew denberg from g in for rhiannon. we begin with extreme weather. overnight winds topping 100 mph slamming the southern plains. widespread damage is reported. at least 12. people are injured near oklahoma city, and now storms are moving into the midwest. heavy rain for chicago's morning commute icy conditions farther north, and people from the new york suburbs to new england are bracing for significant snow tonight into tomorrow, but we begin with the destruction in the middle of the country. powerful storms rolled across the plains in the middle

of the night with destructive winds from the texas panhandle to kansas. people in oklahoma city were urged to take immediate shelter after a confirmed tornado was on the move just outside the city. flip semi winds, ripping off roofs and throwing this rv against a house in nearby norman, oklahoma . the damage is described as widespread i heard was like rattling, the whole house was shaking. the door was going crazy. our front window in our third bedroom busted through and glasses just flying through the hallway and it was. it was kind of scary. yeah town of liberal kansas, a reported tornado destroyed a home and toppled trees and power lines. this is the same system that brought rain, wind and snow to the west coast, stranding drivers and closing down sections of major highways. more than six ft of snow fell in the higher elevations of southern california. hundreds of students from orange county were stranded

overnight at a camp in the san bernardino mountains in valencia embankment collapsed, sending motorhomes plunging into the river down below. luckily no one was hurt. as the storm moves east. forecasters are calling for more ice and snow in parts of michigan, where thousands of customers were still without power. five days after a storm blanketing parts of the state with ice the storm is then expected to move into the northeast with heavy rain today from the mid atlantic to new york city and snow to the north. 3 to 6 inches expected in boston by tuesday. shrewsbury massachusetts already blanketed with snow earlier gearing up for more and we'll take a closer look at today's forecast in just a few moments. officials say weather may have been a factor in the deadly crash of a medical flight near reno, nevada, the plane breaking up in mid air even though it was relatively new and was designed to handle such conditions. grade earlier not answering. this morning, the ntsb sharing its preliminary

findings after this weekend's deadly crash of a medical flight. it was real tragedy and our thoughts go out to them. investigators say five people were killed when the pilatus pc 12 seen in these newly released photos broke apart in midair at around 19,000 ft. part of the right wing separated. the other part was the tail section. we have recovered those pieces. they were about a half to three quarters of a mile from the fight wreckage. the medical air service care flight confirming there were no survivors. the victims include the pilot to flight medical personnel. a patient and a member of the patient's family. our organization is grieving the loss. of our valued team members and we extend our deepest condolences to their families care flight now grounding the rest of its fleet of aircraft pending the investigation, according to the ntsb. the plane's operator guardian flight had been involved in at least four other crashes in recent years, and 11 person team will now comb the area looking for

parts of the aircraft. an official cause of the crash won't be released for at least a year. authorities say more than 100. people may have died after a wooden boat packed with migrants sank off the coast of italy. at least 59 bodies have alreadyeen pulled from the water, including several children. officials say the boat departed from turkey. most of the migrants are from afghanistan, pakistan and somalia now to the pandemic. in a new report about the origin of covid 19, according to the wall street journal and investigation by the u. s energy department. found the virus most likely came from an accidental lab league, possibly for the biomedical lab in wuhan, china, but that assessment was reportedly made with quote, low confidence. the fbi supports the lab leak theory but for other agencies and national intelligence panel believe covid jumped from animals to humans naturally. some elements of the intelligence community have reached conclusions on one side, some on the other, a number of them have said they just don't have enough information to be

sure. here's what i can tell you. president biden has directed repeatedly every element of our intelligence community to put effort and resources behind getting to the bottom of this question. the energy department was used for the investigation because of its network of labs from biomedical research. president biden's controversial plan to forgive student loan debt is back in the news. the supreme court is about to take up the issue with oral arguments scheduled tomorrow. abc s faith of bubi is here with a preview faith. good morning. good morning to you, andrea. critics of the plan have called it an illegal abuse of power. and now the supreme court justices are on track to weigh in. after months in legal limbo , president biden sweeping student loan forgiveness plan faces a critical week of the nation's highest court lawyers backing to key legal efforts to block the plan set to argue their cases before the supreme court justices on tuesday 43 million eligible student loan borrowers anxiously awaiting the

court's decision, especially if you're low income first generation. sometimes the dead that you will have to take on can affect you and your family for years to come. the biden student loan forgiveness plan cancels $10,000 in student loans for individuals earning less than $125,000 a year and $20,000 if they were also recipients of pell grants. an ambitious campaignprishe president is trying to fulfill using his executive authority under the pandemic emergency student loan program is designed to give just a little more breathing room. but separate lawsuits filed by two borrowers and a group of republican led states argue the president's plan is an illegal abuse of power, and it's unfair to some borrowers. people knew what they were doing when they signed it, and they should pay it off. but the latest quinnipiac poll shows a majority of americans support the student loan forgiveness plan. roughly one in six adults carry some debt. collectively according to the federal reserve. americans owe more than $1.6 trillion in

student loans, many hoping the justices will allow biden's plan to move forward. it's not everything, but it would certainly help a lot and relieve a lot of that burden and andrea luis, lower courts have decided or have actually cited with the states, but it's unclear at this point how the justices will rule . in the meantime, though, advocacy groups want the biden administration to start considering backup plans in case it loses. andrea alright, faith. thank you. the removal of toxic waste will resume today at the site of that train derailment in east palestine, ohio. it imiigas complained that norfolk southern railroad was sending the contaminated shipments to their states. the e p a now says the waste will be sent to disposal sites within ohio. all of this is great news for the people of east palestine. and the surrounding community. because it means the cleanup can continue at a rapid pace. the epa will also begin installing wells to monitor the groundwater for contamination and breaking

overnight the launch of a spacex rocket from kennedy space center has been scrubbed because of an ignition issue of four man crew , including two americans in a russian were supposed to fly to the international space station there. next launch opportunity is early tomorrow, but one thing that did blast off was this volcano in central mexico. despite looking spectacular, experts say it was only a moderate explosion. people living nearby were warned about possible falling ash. time now for a look at your monday forecast. snowy weather continues today through wednesday. for much of the west, those mountains will be treacherous to try to travel through those passes and there'll be more flooding in the valleys to meantime, here in the northeast snows in the forecast today through tuesday night from the upper great lakes into new england, even new york city could see a few flakes here. also some icy roads here in the forecast today through tonight from northern new jersey westward into the great lakes,

even a few severe thunderstorms today i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin costner. coming up cartoon controversy why more newspapers are dropping dilbert also ahead dramatic moments on american idol as a high school shooting survivor takes the stage his message and how the judges reacted and later the fallout after a restaurant hangs up a sign looking for non stupid employe

island alive. good morning america, the morning global event. back now, with an emotional night on american idol as katy perry broke down in tears over the school shooting epidemic came after 21 year old trey lewis shared his story of surviving a shooting at his high school in santa fe, texas, back in 2018, and he received a

standing ovation from the judges. i was an art room one. he shot up art room, too. before he made his way to art room one. i lost a lot of friends. what's she doing? katie country has failed us fax. not should be singing here because you love music. that's true because you have to go through that. perry said she hopes tray lewis's story reminds people that we need to change the controversy over dilbert, the comic strip published for decades. its creator, is responding to the backlash over his recent remarks about race in america. this morning, another newspapers dropping the popular comic strip dilbert after its creator was accused of going on a racist rant. dilbert's being canceled all over the country. the star tribune in minneapolis

has joined the los angeles times , washington post and usa today no longer printing the cartoon poking fun at office culture after creator scott adams revealed his interpretation of a poll from rasmussen reports you nearly half of all blacks or not okay with white people, according to this poll, not according to me. according to this poll. that's a hate group. that's a hate group. and i don't want to have anything to do with them. and i would say, based on the current way things are going the best advice i would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people. adam says he was only advising people to avoid hate and claims his quotes were taken out of context that i went on l a live stream. and said, stay away from black people, every one of them. there's no exceptions. what do we do? just ask yourself do it wasn't really thinking behind it . yeah, it was maybe a wire to

that that you haven't heard yet . if you heard it in context. what do you disagree with it? and the answer is i haven't seen anybody disagree. so i have i have seen twitter chief elon musk is coming to adam's defense, calling the us media racist against whites and asians. the company that syndicates dilbert did not respond to requests for comment. coming up a brewing battle between jack daniels and his neighbors. more criminals are stealing financial and personal stealing financial and personal data stored on iphones. and we're done. hm, what about these? looks right. nooo... nooo... nooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! when you gotta get it done, one sheet is all you need. and bounty is 2x more absorbent so you can use less and get the job done with one. this works. kind of. bounty, the quicker picker upper.

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