good morning, america. it's our second hour. another atmospheric river slams california. the pummeling snow and torrential rain turning dangerous, causing roofs to collapse. this as new storms eye the east. weather alerts in effect nationwide. we're tracking it all. financial fallout. silicon valley bank shut down by regulators. the second biggest collapse sending shock waves through the tech industry and the stock market. the latest this morning. why one missouri school district went to a four-day school week. >> we were losing about almost 20% of our teaching staff every year. >> the practice becoming more and more popular nationwide. but does the big change get a passing grade? ♪

we're on the road to the oscars as the a-list goes glam. how you can get red carpet ready. for that next night out. spilling skin secrets for the day before to those fabulous finishing touches. plus, "gma's" live from l.a. on the eve of hollywood's biggest night, it's your invite to the champagne carpet. >> give us the behind the scenes. >> i love that that's big news. >> as we say good morning, amrica. good morning, america. glad to have you with us on this saturday, the eve of hollywood's biggest night. >> and whit and linsey are getting ready. already on the champagne carpet. a new feature this year and whit, you got the inside scoop straight from the academy about this new carpet color. >> yes, we did, janai and eva. good morning to you. i'm not going give everything away just yet.

but to give you a hint, it has something to do with these red drapes right here and the ceiling over the red carpet so we'll get more into that a little bit later but the champagne carpet, no eating on this carpet. >> you're already trying to break it in with your dance moves. janai, you would love to see whit already -- >> loosely. >> see, that's what happens. >> it's the way he moves his knees. >> we'll give you a sense of what you can expect just in general for the big ceremony tomorrow, the 95th oscars ceremony and jimmy kimmel, of course, this is his third time hosting the oscars. really exciting. >> much more from hollywood coming up. >> and rihanna performing, looking forward to that especially. >> so much more ahead from the dolby theatre. thanks. we're also following a lot of news this morning, including that new round of winter weather hitting california hard. the golden state suffering from seemingly nonstop storms. >> so, for the latest, let's go back to abc's rob marciano in orville, california. good morning again, rob.

wat can we expect for today? >> reporter: more rain, good morning to you. we're getting a bit of a break. behind me you see the water coming out of the reservoir, that's the good news. bad news, winter storm warnings remain up. this as so many californians are dealing with the aftermath of the latest atmospheric river. this morning, california reeling from the latest round of extreme weather. president biden now approving a state of emergency. in kern county, evacuation orders are up as life-threatening flooding envelopes buildings. >> look at how violent that water is. >> reporter: floods raging through the streets in counties like this and firefighters pulling some out by boat water up to their thighs in this neighborhood. others filling sandbags trying to save their homes from the flooding. and the sierra nevada foothills rivers raging from the intense rainfall flowing over their banks coming dangerously close

to homes and heavy rain pummeling santa cruz county. roads completely caved in. >> i've lived here my whole life and i've never seen the creek go actually through the road. >> reporter: in san francisco, trees crashing down smashing cars. across the bay in oakland, one person is dead and another injured after this warehouse roof collapsed. authorities investigating if weather was the cause. and north of sacramento, the orville dam opening its main spillway for the first time in nerly four years. how fast is that water pouring out of the lake right now? >> so right now we're releasing 8,000 cubic feet per second of water. that's equivalent to a basketball of water, so 8,000 basketballs every second coming down this spillway right now. >> reporter: amazing just witnessing the power of that water coming over top that reservoir. this is the tallest dam in the u.s. second largest reservoir in the state of california. this is a sight for sore eyes

after so many years of that's the good news with this storm. the bad news more rain and snow coming, 2 to 6 feet potentially of snow coming over the next couple of days. another atmospheric river that's coming around tuesday. >> yeah, just seems like one right after the other. rob marciano for us there, thanks so much. well, now to the news that is sending shock waves through the business world. the fdic takeover of silicon valley bank becoming the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history. abc's jaclyn lee is outside one of those branches here in new york with what customers need to know. good morning, again, jaclyn. >> reporter: this is the second largest bank failure in u.s. history falling behind washington mutual's collapse in 2008. this morning, silicon valley bank's collapse causing chaos for its customers largely in the tech and venture capital space as they rush to withdraw their money only to be out of luck for now. the tipping point coming when

silicon valley bank announced it needed to sell assets to shore up its finances. that sparked a run on its bank leading to the fdic shutting it down friday. the bank was a favorite of the tech industry already squeezed by higher interest rates. it is the nation's 16th largest bank and considered the biggest bank collapse since the 2008 financial crisis. streaming provider roku announcing an s.e.c. filing friday it had $487 million or 26% of its cash reserves in the bank with the company's deposits largely uninsured. the collapse also rattling financial markets with the dow jones industrial average closing the week more than 300 points down and it is important to note that fdic standard insurance covers depositers up to $250,000 but the fdic announced all insured depositers will receive their money at the latest monday morning, guys. >> still millions left uninsured. jaclyn, thank you for that. still coming up here in our

"gma morning menu," how one school district is changing the lesson plan with a four-day schoolweek. does it get a passing grade from parents? plus, "deals & steals," all about style secrets at chic prices. and our road to the oscars continues. the academy's chief executive opening up about the big show. and we're also hitting play on the best original song category. breaking it all down. much more ahead here from hollywood. we'll be right back. stay with us. ♪

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story. >> reporter: monday typically marks the start of a new week in most schools across the country, but classrooms in warren missouri, are empty. it's part of the four-day school week the district adopted four years ago to keep teachers in the classroom. >> we struggled to retain our teaching staff so we were losing about almost 20% of our teaching staff every year and so we moved to the four-day week to have less days and that did work. >> reporter: the practice is becoming more common. about 560 school districts in 25 states have one or more schools with a four-day week according to the national conference of state legislatures. the four-day week was a selling point for casey and gina, they're parents of three children and moved to teach in warren county last year. >> that sealed it for me to have the extra day to do things and get stuff done we need to get done. >> teaching is hard so i feel like coming in on tuesday after having that extra day to revive and refresh that i'm more

excited and more motivated to do my job. >> reporter: while many teachers praise the shortened week, the effects on student achievement isn't cut and dry. >> we see some small to medium negative effects on student test scores. i think there needs to be continued monitoring of the effects of the policy and looking at in each district how it's affecting students' achievement. >> reporter: in missouri shortened school weeks are increasingly common, about one in four school districts uses them. right now warren county is the largest but not for long. just outside of kansas city, independence school district with its more than 14,000 students is moving to four days next fall. >> a year ago at this time we had 86 resignations and retirements of teaching staff with 127 applications. this year we've only had 46 retirements and resignations, but 460 applications. so we went from about 1.5 applications per opening to 10

applications per opening. >> reporter: but not all parents in the district are convinced the change is a good idea. >> we are a lower income area. it is going to be an extra expense and an extra worry to make sure that their kids are cared for. we will have unsupervised kids. >> reporter: for abc news, averi harper, new york. >> a big thanks to averi for that report. >> that's the big question. how do you make sure those kids are watched on the fifth day? >> child care is so expensive. >> so expensive. we know. let's switch gears now and send it back to whit and linsey in hollywood. how are you guys doing? oh, it's just whit. >> we're -- it's just me. linsey will be back in just a second but, hey, guy, good morning once again. we're on the road to the oscars here at the dolby theatre and bill kramer, the ceo of the

academy of motion picture arts and sciences sat down with me telling me about preparing for the unexpected and rolling out the champagne carpet for hollywood's biggest night. take a look. the red carpet is gone. the champagne carpet is in. tell us what went into this decision. give us the behind the scenes. >> i love that that's big news. >> it is. >> this is the first time that we've fully enclosed the carpet. we're going for an evening look, you know, when people are walking the carpet it's daytime. here in los angeles still, so they're going to be enclosed in a beautiful rich red ith dramatic lighting, a new step and repeat, and the champagne carpet is really going to work in that environment and make for some great photos. >> you're not going to make the stars take their shoes off? >> no booties. >> tom cruise, rihanna. >> they keep their shoes on. >> okay. let me ask you something important, obviously coming off the year of that infamous oscar slap, the moment between chris rock and will smith. how do you move beyond that without ignoring it, you know, you have to address it some way but how do you move forward and

how do you prepare this year for the unexpected? >> we are much more prepared as an organization to make quick decisions. if something happens on stage, it's a live television show, you never know what's going to happen. so we are much more prepared to act in a manner that's compassionate and swift that keeps the show going. >> someone who's pretty good on his feet and handling a crisis on live television, the host, jimmy kimmel. >> wrap it up. we want to go home. >> you described him as a comfort and he was also there for that mixup with "moonlight" and "la la land." what does he bring to the team? >> i don't remember calling him a comfort -- >> it is a quote. >> it's true, i said that. the oscars are about the movie, but the show is a live television show. so we've hired producers, glenn,

ricky, molly who works with jimmy and who's married to jimmy and jimmy himself. they know live television. having a host who knows live television can engage the audience and keep things going and can think on their feet, i think, is absolutely critical for a show like the oscars. >> last question here, what is keeping you up at night? what are you losing sleep over down this final stretch? >> how much time do you have? we're in amazing shape. we have been in the planning stages since june of last year. and i think we're incredibly prepared to deliver an absolutely spectacular show. >> they're very excited about the show and, linsey, bill kramer also told me that one the changes we'll see is this will be an immersive experience, social media streaming but also qr codes will pop up on the screen as they're going through some of the categories so you can scan and get more information about a particular topic or person who is working in the movies as you go into the commercial breaks.

>> social media changing so much of the game when it comes to all things oscars. >> absolutely. >> all right, we'll be right back here for all the big moments leading up to the oscars telecast, tune in to "on the red carpet" airing tomorrow starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern and that's also on abc newslive. and for now let's get a check of the weather with somara. >> reporter: good morning. so, i'm here in tarrytown, new york, and we're seeing the switch from snow to rain back to snow at times and we're riding the threshold of that storm. some areas received tons of snow like upstate new york but areas like mount washington up in new hampshire not so much. take a look at this video footage there. we have a little bit of snow on the ground but they could have surely used this snow so even though there is a good amount coming down with the system we're still looking at a lack of snow on the east coast. let's go ahead and take a look right now at tracking the storm. if you have saturday plans i have good news, hang tight. this storm system is pulling out of here by this afternoon. we'll start to see things clearing up but out west is a big story, flooding conditions expected in northern california

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♪ lift me up ♪ ♪ hold me down ♪ ♪ keep me close ♪ welcome back to "gma" and rihanna's "lift me up" from the "black panther" sequel "wakanda forever" could be the song that crowns the superstar as an academy award winner. >> not like she hasn't had enough of a big bang. >> she's kind of a big deal. >> new baby on the way. super bowl, oscars, maybe she takes home a trophy we'll see. rihanna also getting ready to take the oscar stage for the very first time and coming up, we have the inside story behind "lift me up" and how it honors the late chadwick boseman. janai, back to you. >> so much still to look forward

to in hollywood and now the road to the oscars continues. less than 24 hours until the nominees go glam and walk the champagne carpet. we have a celebrity makeup artist here with goodies and star-worthy skin care for the next big night out. you're just running through it with all of us. we like that and that and that. >> i brought it all. >> let's start with the day before. so today where do we begin? >> yes, so we want to go with skin care devices that are going to give us results we can use the day before, the week before. this is actually a four in one skin care wand by solawave and it combines four different skincare technologies in one wand. so it's got red light therapy which will stimulate collagen production, calm inflammation and helps with wrinkles and fine lines and microcurrent that penetrates between the surface that tightens the muscles under the skin. a lift and a sculpt. >> we like a lift and a sculpt. >> a massaging inflation for deflating puffiness and warming

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this is an easy way to instantly wake up your eyes in the morning. beauty pie uses different ingredients from around the world, so these have peptides to deflate puffiness. it's cooling and soothing with arctic algae. >> good little hack in the fridge. >> keep them in the fridge. >> okay, and now finishing touches. >> finishing touches, every red carpet look is really designed -- >> look at courtney over here. >> yes. >> we really created a focus on lashes. you need a statement lash. and the thing about a long night like the oscars or any of that night you want to use lashes that have high durability and that will stay on all night. these are active lashes and they're made to literally last because they're high performance, super durable. these are in the style game and basically we added them on to create this extra pop on the eyes and we use the active dual lash glue which actually makes it sweatproof and water

resistant so you can hang out all night and your lashes won't go anywhere. >> and you can get them at the drugstore for 7 bucks which is incredible. >> amazing. >> look at that. >> then, yeah. >> tie in the lip. red is trending on the red carpet. it is an easy classic way to tie in the whole look and these are actually by l'oreal paris. these are color rich intense volume matte lipstick and i use this one in number 193 on courtney. they come in 16 shades, but it's all about finding your red. because i think everyone can pull off a red. >> yes. >> these have hyaluronic acid but they leave a velvety matte finish to the lips and this is a gorgeous way to tie in a red carpet look. >> looks fab. >> courtney writes our trivia questions as well other things, but trivia is what she's famous for? thank you so much. still ahead on "gma," it's the song that's going for oscar

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song category, there is one nominee everyone is buzzing about, that is, of course, rihanna. >> yes, and the song is called "lift me up." as the superstar prepares to perform on the oscar stage, abc news contributor kelley carter got to sit down with the team behind the hit song. kelley, good morning to you. >> good morning, good morning. at the oscar nominee luncheon, i was able to sit down with composer ludwig goransson and director, producer, screenwriter and, yes, songwriter, ryan coogler. let's take a look. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow ♪ >> reporter: "the wizard of oz." ♪ what a feeling ♪ >> reporter: "flashdance." ♪ "eight mile." it's hard to imagine any of these iconic films without their unforgettable songs. all three brought home the gold for best original song at the oscars leaving big shoes to fill. for the lyricists and composers

coming up behind them. this year's nominees ready to duke it out for the top prize with rihanna's power ballad, "lift me up" from the "black panther" sequel, "wakanda forever," already a fan favorite. ♪ lift me up ♪ ♪ hold me down ♪ >> reporter: the song was written to honor the late chadwick boseman, and rihanna will be performing it for the first time at the ceremony this sunday. she is also credited as a writer on the track along with ludwig goransson, timms and the film's director and producer, ryan coogler. you are a director of movie but you are up for an academy award for songwriting. tell me about that and what does that feel like for you in this moment? >> i didn't think about it that much. i was asked to do things for the movie all the time. i asked can you write words for this piece so try not to let him down.

>> ryan is an incredible storyteller and we wanted the music to be connected to the story as much as possible. >> where did you start to create something that would be the gift that the song actually is? >> it's a very interesting combination of african culture and mexican culture, when they kind of blend in to each other and different story points throughout the movie you hear this song and you hear different iterations, someone humming the melody and felt like every time you heard it it was almost like it was a memory of t'challa calling. >> reporter: a memory cherished both in the movie and in real life as a tribute to "wakanda forever" and his close friend. >> people who matter a lot to you leave you, you want to keep them. that's where the concept came in. ♪ we need life ♪ ♪ we need life ♪ >> very powerful song.

relytays with yo loved that ryan coogler was brought in on this track to really help carry the emotion he gave us in the film onto this very special song with rihanna. >> you know, there are so many songs that you can almost consider them like another character in the movie and i'm imagining that a lot of people might tune in to the oscars just to see rihanna perform. >> that's why i'm going to the oscars. just to see rihanna perform this song. we saw what she did at the super bowl. she was suspended in air. i can't imagine what she'll do on oscar sunday but i'm going to be there to see it. >> and this is a stacked category, by the way. let's talk about lady gaga. diane warren, 14 nominations. >> the queen. >> what are rihanna's chances and "lift me up" winning this category? >> people are excited about this song. i would love to see her win. but that said "naatu naatu" from "rrr" is really exciting people and sparked this global sensation

and my expectation is that that is the song that is actually going to win because those speeches get better and better every time it wins. >>e all getoee rihanna perform tomorrow. so we're looking for to that. thank you so much. we appreciate it. we'll see you tomorrow as well. you'll be back with us as part of our coverage on the oscars telecast "on the red carpet live: countdown to oscars 95" starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern and back to somara for another check of the forecast. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right. you know you guys were talking about that. i think the marvel cinematic universe does such a great job in the visual effects category. it's great to see them up for best song. great weather for everyone on the carpet. the oscars forecast. california has been inundated by rain but it's actually going to wrap up just in time tomorrow. temperatures in hollywood, california, 65 degrees, oscar, west virginia, snow, and a quick look at the temperatures in the south. we're looking at record heat possible on sunday. temperatures hitting the 90s in

corpus christi. that's a look at your forecast. let's see what's going on closer tohome. now to celebrating hulu. now to celebrating hulu. the streamer is ringing in its 15th anniversary with the promise to paint the town green with lots of celebrations planned across the country like these viewers gathering in chicago. >> and hulu has big plans. with premieres and finales mel brooks' "history of the world: part 2." celebrate and watch all month long. happy streaming to you all. coming up, we sit down with "the new york times" best-selling editor jenny jackson turned author and "pineapple street" is our march "gma" book club pick and we'll be right back. "gma" book club pick and we'll be right back. book pick and we

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back now on "gma." our next guest has been in the book industry for 25 years working on 34 best-sellers, but now she's out with her own debut novel, it's called "pineapple street" and it just so happens to be our march "gma" book pick. jenny jackson, congratulations. >> thank you, thank you for having me. >> welcome. we just announced "pineapple street" as our monthly pick earlier this week and so many of our readers are already loving the upper crust family dramedy is what they're calling it. which takes place in your actual neighborhood in brooklyn, brooklyn heights, on pineapple street. why did you choose to set this in your own neighborhood? >> so, i started writing it in the back half of 2020. things were inching towards normal but we were all still working from home and we weren't taking the subway anywhere and so my neighborhood just became my whole world and i would go for these walks and, you know, it's such a new york thing, you sort of look at people's windows

and there was this big, beautiful building at the end of my block with these huge windows and a chandelier and a piano and i sort of became obsessed. i was like, who lives there? i don't know the people but i wrote a story. >> i love that. >> now you know if you live in that house, this book is for you. >> jenny, it's incredible because you said that you wrote this book in four months and having two young kids, that is just unfathomable. but you said it's almost like you were possessed thinking about it all the time. what was that process like for you. >> i will say i wrote it in four months and spent a year making it good but those four months, i felt like i had something. i knew i had this book and the only way i can explain it is that, i had a glass of water and it was filled to the brim and i had to make it to the other side of the room before i spilled it. it's like i just had to get this

story out and so i was waking up at 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning and i would write and my kids would wake up and they be like, mom, we're hungry, and i'd be i'd ke wtih t was rud sortofto schooand figure out some plot points and then just yell into my voice memo, i'd be running down the block yelling, georgiana should get really drunk at a baby shower and keep going, and i put my book aside. did my job during te day, and then in the evenings i would put the kids in the bath, and i would sit down on the closed toilet lid with a glass of wine and my laptop and would write, and my kids would be, mom, we're i would be like, that means it's working. >> they're clean, you're productive. incredible. >> i'm just envisioning so many of your neighbors watching you run screaming into your phone. "gma" book club partners with little free library to give out free copies of the book club

picks all across the u.s. and canada and one of our newest stewards carol is a mom of three and in the california bay area native a longtime book club follower and has this question for you. > good morning, america. i'm carol from redwood city, california. congratulations, jenny, on your debut novel. you've had great success in the publishing world as an editor. wat was it like to get on the other side of the desk and submit your manuscript? >> ooh. >> i love this question even though it's deeply embarrassing to me. so, i feel like as an editor i have always prided myself in writing these really thorough, thoughtful, long editorialial notes to my writers. they can be three pages, four pages. i sent notes that are seven pages and i feel like, wow, i am really giving them some guidance so then flip it to my turn and my editor was like, here is an 18-page editorial letter and i honestly i was like, i feel like i can't carry this. i like printed the thing out. i skimmed it.

so overwhelmed, i put it in a drawer. i called up one of my authors, and i was, like, oh, my gosh, i'm always sending these long editorial letters. do you hate me? i'm sorry. she's like, yeah, i get that. [ laughter ] i had to just spend two weeks like -- >> taking it in. >> taking it in. >> so great. >> congratulations. "pineapple street" is on bookshelves everywhere now and you got time to finish reading before our deb roberts sits down with jenny on march 23rd. right here on "gma." we'l

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the sun is not even out yet there in hollywood. whit and linsey, is it? >> still dark. >> yep. >> good morning, good night. where are we? >> it's breakfast time, it's dinner time. we'll see you. hope you come back right here tomorrow. have a great rest ofour day, everybody. good-bye from hollywood. >> we'll see you on "world news." get some sleep. >> announcer: monday, the "gma" oscars after party. >> no one, and i mean no one does oscar in the morning like "gma." liz: a deadly update in a roof collapse. 58-year-old gonzalez was at pete's distribution center when the roof caved in. this was in oakland at 3:15

yesterday morning, 15 minutes after he started his shift. gonzalez was a longtimemployee morehan ae. yosemite national park is closed through march 16 and possibly longer. a spokesperson says a partial reopening march 17 is the best case scenario. record snowfall has buried much of the park which has been closed almost two weeks. park crews are continuing snow removal operations. water is also being released from the folsom dam. folsom lake is the main flight control system for sacramento. it has plenty of room for storage but officials decided to start releasing water because of the latest storms. let's get to meteorologist lisa argen checking all of this. lisa: scattered showers but the good news is flood watch from the national weather service, the entire bay area has been allowed to be canceled. but we are looking at the delta looking at that flood watch, and showers remain with a level 1

system today. from bodega bay through g eurnville still looking at a lot of water. 0.2 inches and upwards of th quarters of an inch in the north bay. looking at more rain to come for your sunday. today is the lighter day and you can see the waves of rain continuing to move in. what is to come with heavier rain next week. liz: up next, pulled out of the water as flooding concerns remain. you have to see the dramatic video caught on camera. abc 7 news is ( ♪ )

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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. liz: across california. the worst of the storm has passed the damage left behind is far from gone. where we are seeing the worst of the impacts as more rain is expected this weekend. good morning. i'm liz kreutz. we have team coverage this morning following this storm. cornell barnard is in marin county and meteorologist lisa argen. lisa, let's start with you. lisa: we are looking at scattered showers. live doppler 7 in the north bay and that has been the last couple of hours. highway