avavailable all day y long. use lessss energy frfrom 4 to m for a clcleaner calilifornia. breaking overnight the u.s. has surpassed 17 million coronavirus victims as we quickly approach 310,000 deaths, and this morning we're learning new details to the allergic reaction to the pfizer vaccine with advice from dr. fau fauci. watch out. snow accumulations not seen in years on this thursday treacherous conditions, high

winds, and sleek rain on the northeast. this man plotted an attack on the united states. millions thrust into poverty from the pandemic could be the day congress makes another round of a stimulus. and with holiday shopping and scamming, consumers need to be on alert on everything from ps 5s to puppies everything you need to know. "early today" starting right now. >> i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. in pennsylvania, first responders just narrowly avoided being crushed after a truck speeds around an icy corner and slams into the back of their car. an important reminder to slow down and drive safe. >> that's just one of hundreds of crashes being reported. at least three deaths have been linked to these dangerous conditions, two in pennsylvania

and one in virginia. the storms are the biggest we've seen in years. let's get to the heart of it new york's times square where nbc meteorologist janessa webb is bracing the storm janessa, good morning. >> the winds are starting to pick up. they have subside a bit, but now we're in times square and they're starting to pick up. let's talk about this storm. throughout the day, you're going to hear people say this storm was an underachiever we've only seen 6 or 7 inches in the area of new york what happened is we had sleet, rain make its way in, and that's what's causing the less amount of snowfall we've seen it's the interior of new york where we're seeing overexceeding the amount of snow

right now people are waking up you do not want to be on these roadways we've seen our public officials out here trying to take care of people, but, man, you're going to be buried in snow throughout the afternoon. this storm system is going to sweep out of the northeast early this morning so before sunrise it's going to push offshore. we might see a little bit of sunshine by this afternoon behind this storm is a lot cooler air, but right now here in times square, the winds are starting to pick up. also getting reports in queens that we're seeing wind gusts at least 30 miles per hour and sleet currently coming down. so there was a warm side to this storm system and a cold side, and right now you can see the cold side winning out. >> we're going to see the snowballs and snowman being thrown later this morning i'm sure, janessa, thank you. we're into the 17th day of december and right now the u.s. has hit 17 million cases of the

coronavirus. 1 million people have been infected in just the last five days. after being in the icu for seven days, chris christie is saying it was a mistake not to wear a mask in the white house meanwhile an anti-masker goes viral. >> what do you do? absolutely nothing but walk by people you have no idea what people are doing. >> the woman who shot that clip said the unidentified man jumped on a table in the middle of costco and started yelling covid-19 is fake the employees told him to step down but they have an anti-hands-on policy. >> this 107-year-old got covid she survived

thousands line up to get the vaccine. >> reporter: ten minutes after getting the pfizer vooerngs a health care worker was rushed to the e.r. with a severe rash and shortness of breath. >> she had a red flushed rash over her face and torso. i was concerned about an anti-fill lactic reaction, so gave her the standard treatment of intermuscular epinephrine, and she responded immediately. >> reporter: after a night in the icu receiving more medications, she's stable now. she had no previously known allergies. two others in the uk also had a severe reaction. >> if you have a severe reaction, you should not take this vaccine or if you do take

it, take it in the context of a place if you do develop an allergic reaction it can be readily and effectively treated. >> reporter: but tens of thousands of workers have been vaccinated this week, most reporting no side effects. >> slept, had a great night, woke up this morning, came straight to work, no symptoms at all. feeling very normal. >> reporter: 886 locations will have received pfizer doses vaccinations are already starting in nursing homes. an outside fda advisory panel will decide whether to also authorize moderna's vaccine. if approved, 6 million doses cocould ship nexext week >> manyny commumunities a arl skepticacal abouout getting cov vaccine burke inin my hometown el paso, nurses are leading by example. frontline workers got their

first vaccines valerie castro is there. good morning. >> reporter: we know the hispanic community has been hit especially hard by the coronavirus. in all, 1,300 people have died here of the coronavirus. that's why it's important to get the message out the vaccine is safe they allowed cameras in on tuesday to watch as five frontline workers got the very first vaccines the first batch was released that day le this nurse was the first to get her shot she wanted to be a good example. she said it's safe and it was really easy to do. she said it wasn't scary at all. the county administrator said it's going to be people like her, local people in the kmurnlt, voices people can trust that will help get the message out and encourage everyone to get this vaccine phillip?

>> i have friends there who got that done and they have a sigh of relief. i appreciate that valerie, thank you. the fbi says they've broken up a plot somewhere in the united states. nbc's pete williams has more on the man behind it. >> reporter: the fbi says the plame came from al shabaab investigators sate they were incensed by the trump administration's decision to move the em embassy in israel to jerusalem and plotted to attack americans in response and planned to hijack a u.s. airplane and crash it into a skyscraper he enrolled in flight school three years ago and did research on how to get a license. tipped off by intelligence ape

j agencies, he was charged in 2019 the fbi says the case is a reminder that overseas terror groups remain committed to attacking americans and they're still obsessed with hijacking airplanes. frances? >> that's a frightening thought. despite calls from his own party, president trump is forging ahead, fighting over the election results he's setting his sights on a familiar target. the president now wants to investigate hunter biden. >> yeah. the president is calls for a special prosecutor according to the "associated press" to look into hunter biden, joe biden's son. the president-elect say his son has done nothing wrong, but he is the focus of a federal criminal investigation about tax laws and money laundering laws

involving chinese business dealings biden said he handled his affairs legally and appropriately, but the president wants extra scrutiny on that meantime we're watching what's happening on capitol hill with the continuing and now rushed negotiations over this covid relief package it looks like lawmakers are making some headway even though they're hitting a tight deadline and it looks like this may include $600 for every eligible american. >> we need to re-up the paycheck protection program to save jobs, we need to continue to provide for laid off americans. >> the stimulus package is encouraging. it looks like they're very, very close, and it looks like there's going to be direct cash payments. >> now, they're trying to get it done by tomorrow that's the deadline to avoid a government shutdown unless congress extends it again, and they want to attach the covid

relief to that government funding. phillip? >> it cannot come soon enough. thank you. let's turn back to times square that's where we have florida bc meteorologist janessa webb i know you love it a big smile on your face will we be able to get this stuff from slushy to fluffy later in new york city >> i don't think so this is that kind of snow where when you get angry at your brothers and sisters, you throw snow at each other don't do it. this is not that kind of snow. we've only seen 4 inches in this area what you're going to be dealing with this afternoon due to the wind speeds that are going to be picking up, thedrifting snow you're going to see piles and piles of snow in some areas. we're going to see wind speeds up to 50 miles an hour we're going to get these roads

treated. we have 800 trucks out and about in new york alone. hopefully we can get some better road conditions. we have seen a little bit of activity people are starting to wake up you know what's impressive people d't have snowon upper midwest, a little bit of sunshine this afternoon. highs today in the mid-40s so this storm system, it's going to linger a little bit longer. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> i can't wait to hear more, janessa, especially with you out there. in a historic move major league baseball is raising the major leagues to include the

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