good morning. deadliest month yet. a day after the u.s. crosses 20 million cases, we learn december was the worst month since the pandemic began. experts warning about even more loss after christmas and new year's celebrations. hospitals now completely overwhelmed. >> we have admissions faster than we discharge them. in this battle we were so outnumbered. growing frustrations over the slow vaccine rollout with only a few million americans getting their first dose so far. we're live with all of it. bipartisan rebuke. a rare blow to the president from congress.

the senate joining the house to reject president trump's veto of that $740 billion defense bill. >> it is serious responsibilities. >> the president blasting his own party's leaders as pathetic. college football's finest. the national championship game is now set. >> and is in for a touchdown! >> alabama rolling over notre dame for a resounding rose bowl victory, while ohio state crushes clemson in the sugar bowl, avenging a loss in last year's playoff. and incredible rescue. a professional surfer enjoying a day at the beach becomes a hero after fighting through surging ocean waves to save a woman being swept away in hawaii. the unbelievable video now going viral. today, saturday, january 2nd, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter

alexander, kristen welker and dylan dreyer. >> welcome to "today." we thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. a very happy new year to you. kristen, happy new year to you. nice to see you in person. >> happy new year to you. it sounds so good to hear 2021. >> no doubt. our family hit martinelli's very hard by about 9:00 so we start the year fresh and get right to the news right now if we can. those sobering numbers on the coronavirus. the u.s. closing out 2020 with the deadliest and most infectious month of the pandemic, a record 6.4 million americans contracted the virus in december. more than 77,000 lost their lives. that's more than the number of deaths in both october and november combined. >> in all, the u.s. has now surpassed 20 million cases with more than 348,000 dead. our team is standing by with the very latest on the coronavirus from overburdened hospitals and health care workers to the

vaccine rollout, which has fallen far behind schedule. >> but we begin right now in california where officials are dealing with overwhelming numbers and even darker days ahead. nbc's steve patterson is there for us this morning. steve, good morning. >> reporter: peter, kristen, good morning. california' death toll now eclipses 25,000. here on average one person dies from covid every three and a half minutes, a rate that is now outpacing morgues and exhausting hospital workers, doing everything they can to keep up. this morning frontline health care workers in california pushed to a breaking point. >> we are losing patients faster than we discharge them. in this battle we are so outnumbered. >> reporter: the epicenter, los angeles county. with now more than 7,500 people hospitalized and close to a quarter of that number in the icu. >> we're running out of ambulances and our response to

911 calls are getting longer and longer. >> reporter: in san diego county, with a record number of covid deaths, health officials confirm at least four people are infected with a new, possibly more contagious covid variant. another case was found in florida, the third state to report the mutation, affecting a man in his 20s with no prior travel history. >> there is significant evidence that it does spread considerably faster and it is much more contagious. >> reporter: with roughly one out of every 16 americans testing positive for the virus in 2020, health officials warned about the dangers of gathering to celebrate the new year. but as 2021 rang in, video of large crowds emerged across the country, including a party at mar-a-lago, attended by donald trump jr. and a parade in philadelphia where much of the crowd was spotted without masks. >> what people need to understand, that some 15% of people who get covid will end up in the hospital and half of

those people will probably die. >> reporter: with travelers and now revelers gathering this holiday season, health officials worry about a surge upon a surge in the weeks to come, warning the worst of a pandemic that plagued 2020 could cast a dark shadow over the new year. and back here in l.a. county where on average one person dies every ten minutes from the virus, the county health department tweeted every ten minutes on new year's eve, illustrating the immense loss in what has now become the country's epicenter and how much worse it could get if people here don't heed the warnings. peter and kristen. >> definitely going to be a tough go for a while now. steve patterson in southern california, thank you. as the coronavirus crisis gets even worse, frustrations are also growing with the vaccine rollout. the trump administration had said that by this time, 20 million people would be vaccinated, but the reality is less than 3 million people so far have gotten their first dose. but there is some good news as some frontline workers are now

receiving their second doses of the pfizer vaccine. nbc's sam brock is at miramar, florida. sam, good morning to you. >> reporter: kristen, good morning. this right here is memorial health care system in broward county where in just a matter of hours some critical care workers right here will be among the first in the country to get their second dose of the pfizer vaccine and ultimately full protection, but it comes as questions deepen about access, long lines, and in the uk, delayed doses. this morning the national urgency to get the covid vaccine is captured in the form of vaccine lines snaking for blocks or at st. john's county, florida, out of sight. >> we don't have four hours to sit in the car and that's what we're talking about doing. this goes back miles. >> reporter: a full day's supply of vaccines in some places gone in hours, as frustrations mount. >> it was like people in front of me, you know, in their late 80s and they could hardly walk

and they were sitting out there that whole time too. >> reporter: and it's not just florida but also areas like chattanooga, tennessee, where the police department was forced to tweet major traffic backup by a vaccine site. saturday houston will go beyond hospital walls and offer its first public covid-19 vaccine clinic, but overall distribution has fallen flat. federal officials promised 20 million people vaccinated by the end of the year. the reality, a government dashboard shows more than 14 million doses distributed and fewer than 3 million vaccinations. one immediate boost, some frontline workers like dr. paula eckard, are about to receive their second dose today. >> the latino population is very fearful of new things and new vaccines so i wanted to show that it's okay. >> reporter: round two arriving for u.s. health care workers as the uk unveils a controversial plan to delay second vaccinations while more people in the general population get

their first. >> you can debate either way on that. one of the problems of doing that is if you don't then get the second dose in time, you're going to have a lag period. >> reporter: pfizer responding to the uk's dosing decision noting although partial protection from the vaccine appears to begin as early as 12 days after the first dose, two doses of the vaccine are required to provide the maximum protection against the disease. uk officials say the second dose now for some 500,000 people could be pushed out from three weeks after the first dose to up to 12 weeks. dr. fauci on "today" said that this is something that's under consideration in the united states, but ideally we'd be sticking with the original timeline. peter and kristen, back to you. >> all right, sam brock, thank you. let's bring in dr. paul offett, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and vaccines. doctor, good morning, happy new year to you.

as we have heard, the vaccine distribution is still way behind schedule and it comes as we're expected to be going into the toughest months of this pandemic. so how concerned are you about those delays right now, and can we catch up? >> very concerned. i think that we were so good at making this vaccine and spending roughly $24 billion to take a -- make a vaccine using novel strategies. we only had this in hand in january. it was a remarkable achievement but took a lot of money to do that. the same thing is true with vaccination. it's going to take a lot of money to put in place an infrastructure that currently doesn't exist, not just for giving the vaccine but also mass producing the vaccine. that's not an easy thing to do. this is a novel strategy in terms of mass production as well. we've never scaled up this kind of vaccine before. the old line is the hardest part of making a vaccine is making a vaccine, meaning mass producing it. we need to make the same

commitment to vaccinations as we did to making the vaccine. >> dr. offit as we just heard sam brock talk about, there's this push in the uk to spread out the first dose of the vaccine to as many people as possible, but that colonel deul them getting the second dose. we know that's now under consideration here in the u.s. is that an effective strategy? is that something that should be pursued here? >> when these phase one studies were done, all of these companies found that they needed two doses in order to produce excellent neutralizing antibody response. if you're going to get everybody the first dose and say we want to vaccinate as many people as we can and give them the second dose as we can, you better make sure that you get that second dose in a timely manner. in other words, if you give everybody that first dose and you know you're going to get that second dose in three weeks, four weeks, five weeks, that's fine. but in three months, four months, you're going to have a

lot of people who think they're protected and they're not. >> we just set more records in december for cases and for deaths right now and that's even before the surge we expect to see following the christmas and new year's holidays right now. how bad do you anticipate january will be? and is vaccination alone enough? >> no. first of all, it's going to be bad. it's going to be bad i think right up through april until the weather gets warmer. the good news is, is that we are not helpless here. even if you don't have a vaccine, masking and social distancing works. people talk about, for example, this new variant out of the uk. it is more contagious, but the good news is it's contagious in the same manner than the nonvariant strain is contagious, which means small droplets from the mouth and nose when you cough and snooeeze and taulk. masking and social distancing still works, we just need to hang in there until we get

enough vaccine out there. >> doctor, thank you. >> thank you. turning to politics here in washington, a rare bipartisan rebuke of president trump on friday as the senate joined the house to override mr. trump's veto of the defense bill. it's the first time that has happened and it comes just weeks before he leaves office. nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has the very latest. kelly, good morning. >> good morning, kristen. that defiance was made easier because lawmakers were determined to secure the massive defense bill, a version of which has been passed every year for six decades. but there's something bigger here too and that is a new willingness to ignore demands from a president about to leave office. a first in the trump years. congress rejected the president's veto with an overwhelming show of bipartisan force. senators protected the popular $741 billion defense bill friday. >> it's a serious

responsibility. >> while house speaker nancy pelosi celebrated the override as a resounding rebuke to president trump's reckless assault on america's military. his reaction came by tweet, labeling our republican senate pathetic. in rare agreement with democrats, the president also demanded covid relief checks be increased. >> this is the last chance to deliver $2,000 before a new congress is sworn in. >> but republicans refused. >> all this is money we have to borrow. >> the president called that not fair or smart. trump's anger turned on the senate republican whip, john thune, who said publicly joe biden's victory will stand. wielding his twitter hammer, the president urged south dakota's governor to run against thune, trashing him as a republican in name only. >> yeah, well, finally. an attack tweet. what took so long? >> heading into next week, pressure builds on vice president mike pence who must

preside over the final count of electoral votes. but texas congressman louis gohmert and a group of arizona trump electors sued pence to surge him to reject votes and flip the race for trump. pence's lawyers mocked them for suing, ironically, the very person whose power they seek to promote. congressman gohmert's lawyers blasted pence as the envelope opener in chief who has know authority to preside over anything. a federal judge in texas appointed by president trump decided that case would be dismissed saying that gohmert and those other trump loyalists did not have legal standing. so this wednesday pence will be in the chair presiding and there bill be protests and demonstrations and debate, but in the end it is expected that the biden victory will be finally affirmed. kristen. >> it's expected to be a very long day, that's for sure. kelly, of course we are tracking

another election coming up, the georgia senate runoffs on tuesday, which will determine who controls theays a figurativ rematch between trump and biden. kristen. >> a good way to look at it. kelly o'donnell at the white house, thank you. meanwhile this morning we are also tracking an ugly start to the new year for speaker of the house nancy pelosi after her san francisco home was

vandalized. the garage door was spray painted with political messages, including a crossed-out 2k, an apparent reference to congress' failed attempt to deliver $2,000 coronavirus relief checks, something pelosi did support. the vandals also left what looked like a pig's head and fake blood in the driveway. san francisco police are investigating that incident. the college football playoff national championship is now set after alabama and ohio state dominated their semifinal games. number one ranked alabama defeating number four notre dame 31-14 in their rose bowl matchup. this one was actually moved to dallas because of the pandemic, the first time what they call the granddaddy of them all has been played outside pasadena in almost 80 years. meanwhile number three ranked ohio state stunned number two clemson. sorry tiger fans, in the sugar bowl avenging last year's loss. justin fields threw six

touchdown passes despite a nasty hit. ohio state and alabama will face off in the championship game january 11th in miami. kristen, my condolences to your husband. a big notre dame fan. but alabama, they are good. >> they are good. it was a tough day in our household, but it's going to be a good final matchup. >> it gave him a free hour and a half. the second half. >> he had a free day once he realized where that game was headed. we want to check in now with weather. dylan is off so we'll say hello and happy new year to somara from our d.c. station here. >> good morning, kristen and peter. good morning to our friends in the northeast and new england who this morning are waking up to winter alerts. we're talking nearly 10 million people impacted by this winter storm. check it out. so we have areas like northern new york into parts of connecticut under a winter weather advisory. as you move into maine we've got a winter storm warning. here's a look at the storm right

now. you can see that rain changing over to a bit of a wintry mix and some snow falling already in northern vermont, new hampshire and into maine. so how much snow are we talking? well, the numbers will increase as we move towards the northeast. 2 to 4 inches as we head into new york state and that's not the only area that's seeing some wintry >> and we're seeing a few showers to start off our weekend as the storm ranger shows you some areas of light rain around the south bay and santa cruz mountains, a lot of moisture and clouds are spilling over the bay area this weekend. so today, we'll look at highs in the upper 50s to near 60s. and then more substantial rain likely as we head into next week. monday, wednesday and friday. heavy rain likely across the hill tops of north bay into next week. >> that's a look at your local forecast. back to you, peter and kristen.

>> thank you very much. still to come right here, the end of an era on "jeopardy." what the show's executive producer had to say about those final days on set with alex trebek. >> we're back after this.

we are back on this saturday morning with the weekly download, our look back at the week's other big headlines. >> starting with what federal investigators learned this week about a christmas morning bombing. disturbing new details about the man police say was behind the christmas day explosion that rocked nashville. >> in a police report obtained by nbc news, a woman described as anthony quinn warner's

girlfriend told authorities in august 2019 that he was building bombs in his now infamous rv. >> nashville police say they did follow up on the tip but never made contact. a major development in the breonna taylor case. >> it's been a long time coming. >> the louisville metro police department is expected to formally remove two more officers connected to the raid that resulted in the death of breonna taylor. >> one other officer was fired back in june. he was also the only officer indicted by a grand jury. shocking video of a woman tackling a black teen after wrongly accusing him of stealing her phone quickly went viral. >> no, i'm not letting him walk away with my phone. >> the 14-year-old's father, keyon harrold now calling on the new york district attorney to bring assault and battery charges against the woman. >> i can't even come downstairs in new york city, prime new york city and just get brunch without being attacked and wrongfully

accused of something. >> nbc news was unable to make contact with the woman and does not know what happened before or after the video. lori loughlin returned home after serving two months in prison for her role in the college admission scandal. >> the former "full house" star and her husband pleaded guilty last year to a single count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. >> the couple is also expected to complete community service hours. you are flying or a boeing 737 max. >> for the first time in nearly two years, the boeing 737 max took to the skies for a domestic commercial flight. >> american airlines plans to fly the single max from miami to new york and back on round trips through january 4th before adding more routes. united and southwest plan to relaunch the max early next year. >> this comes after two devastating crashes killed more than 300 people, prompting massive overhauls and upgrades.

some of the week's wildest moments caught on camera. a 6.3 earthquake rocked croatia, killing at least seven people and leaving several towns in ruins. firefighters rescued two people trapped in a flood control channel in southern california. and the university of wisconsin's football team's bowl win celebration took a turn when the quarterback accidentally dropped the crystal trophy. and a firefighter pulled off the perfect proposal for his girlfriend, a nurse whose life has been turned upside down by the pandemic. >> covid's been missing up everything trying to get this accomplished. i want to ask you for your hand in marriage. will you be mine forever? will you marry me? >> of course i will. >> well, i'm cheering for these guys, how sweet. but my heart breaks for the quarterback who dropped that trophy. >> i'm just glad that guy didn't drop the ring like the

quarterback dropped the trophy. i guess everybody on the team gets a little piece going forward. still to come right here on "today," we are going to kick off this new year with some tips for keeping yourself and your bank account healthy for 2021. plus how the stars said

. good saturday morning. 5:56. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. a wet and rainy morning for northern parts of the bay area as we start the first weekend of 2021. thank you so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist rob mayeda, what a nice surprise. >> good morning. yeah, we have some light rain around san francisco. some fog and weekend showers here to kick things off this weekend. as we take a look at the radar, you'll be able to see we're

seeing more substantial showers down around the santa cruz mountains to the east of san jose. even though the storm system itself was way off to the north, that added moisture boost and the clouds racing over the hill tops will be good enough to keep the showers ongoing today. so we have upgraded the light rain chances. on the light side compared to monday, wednesday and now friday. series of storms coming in that will pack a bigger punch in terms of rainfall. we'll show you the timing on that and a impressive rain totals for next week coming up at 7:00. >> all right, rob, see you at 7:00. thanks so much. we begin right now with the message on the mansion of house speaker nancy pelosi. the sfpd is looking for the vandals who tagged her home with fake blood, spray paint and an animal head. the spray painted message demands the rents be canceled

above the phrase we want everything. what looks to be a pig's head sits at the base of the door and there's a crossed off reference to $2,000 relief checks. the vandalism echoes for what many have been saying for months, they need financial help during the covid-19 shutdowns but some political experts say tagging a politician's home crosses the line. >> it's understandable frustration out there. and i think this kind of protest is an extension of that. i would try to caution people to see our leaders as reflections of us. you know, they are humans, they are people. >> pelosi championed increationing the relief checks from $600 to $2,000 and publicly slammed mitch mcconnell for blocking them in the senate. some confused twitter users wondered why the vandals tagged her home. her office hasn't responded to our request for comment. well coming up on "today in the bay," containing the covid surge.

the new rule that people in the south bay need to start following when they return to work. we'll have that, plus all your top stories and rob's full forecast coming up at 7:00. we hope to see you then. right now, back to the "today" show.

we are back on this saturday morning, january 2nd, 2021. that of course is the iconic rockefeller center christmas tree just outside our studios in new york, looking good. get one last look. the lights are going out and the tree is coming down after today. we'll be sad to see it go. but as long as it's still up it's technically still the holidays and we can get in a few more christmas cookies, i think. >> she had a good run. >> she did. she looked good. we want to begin this half hour with a check of the headlines. florida is now the third state to identify a case of that new more contagious covid variant

first discovered in the uk. this as december officially becomes the deadliest and most infectious month in this pandemic as experts fear a surge on top of a surge following the christmas and new year's holidays. and frustration is continuing to build over significant delays in the covid vaccine rollout. so far roughly 3 million people have received the shot. that is far short of the federal goal of 20 million americans vaccinated by the end of 2020. well, the new year is off to a frigid start as severe winter weather sweeps across the country. powerful winds in georgia flipped a mobile home trapping a woman inside. emergency workers pulled her out with only minor injuries, thankfully. while snow has caused dangerous driving conditions from missouri to texas, trapping hundreds of drivers on the highway. and a dramatic rescue in hawaii that was caught on camera. pro surfer mike jumped into

action after powerful waves swept a woman into the surf on thursday. wright woman into the rough water to reach that woman, shielded her with his body as those waves crashed into both of them. they did make it back to shore where other bystanders helped pull the two of them from the water. >> incredible rescue there. incredible video. also this morning "jeopardy" fans are gearing up for what's k expected to be an emotional week with alex trebek's final episode set to air starting on monday. anne thompson has more on what it took to make those final shows. anne, good morning to you. good to see you. >> good to see you too, kristen, and happy new year. you know, this new year is going to begin on a bittersweet note for "jeopardy" fans with the final episodes of alex trebek as host. episodes that when they were taped, no one realized would be his last. next week the alex trebek era on

"jeopardy" will officially come to an end. >> here he is, the host of "jeopardy," alex trebek! >> for 36 years, trebek made "jeopardy" appointment viewing in living and family rooms across america. >> and here is your clue. >> sharing facts. >> the first woman in space was vallen tina. >> and exemplifying courage. >> the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but i'm going to fight this. >> going public with his pancreatic cancer diagnosis in march 2019. >> and with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. >> in an interview with "entertainment weekly" the executive producer said trebek was a warrior, coming back to the studio in late october to tape what would be his final episodes after intestinal surgery. on that first episode he walked

out and you'll see it when it airs. he gives this amazing speech about the holidays and coming together and being strong and taking care of each other. and we didn't know he was gonna do that. he just walked out and did it. the last five episodes were shot over two days. as trebek went to leave the studio, richards stopped him and said, hey, of that the most incredible thing i've ever seen. trebek thanked him. and richard said he knew what he had done and appreciated the fact that we all knew what he had done. it would be trebek's final time in the studio. he died ten days later. trebek was 80 years old. next week's last episode will include a tribute to the man with the answers and the questions. now the question all "jeopardy" fans want answered is who's going to be the next host. well, starting on january 11th we will see a series of guest

hosts. the first one will be "jeopardy" champion ken jennings. what are the producers looking for in a new host? they say they want someone who thinks along the same lines as trebek. someone who knows that the stars of the show are the contestants and not the host. kristen and peter. >> yeah, never be another alex trebek. anne thompson, thank you. what a great report. it's going to be tough to watch those episodes. >> yeah, but ken jennings, he'll do a good job. >> he sure will. >> somara theodore back with another check of the forecast. >> good morning, peter. good morning, kristen. to the folks at home, i know we've got a lot of wintry weather in the northeast but right now we'll head to the northwest where they're also seeing some snow out towards the rockies an parts of idaho and even some rain. this rain is going to start to pick up throughout the day and become pretty heavy. take a look at some of these totals we are expecting. from seattle to portland to eugene you could see 3 to 5 inches. this could cause some minor to

moderate flooding. not only that, the snow totals will be coming in and we are looking at a 9 to 10 inches just outside of idaho falls, 9 to 12 inches in greater lake. that's where we're looking at the higher elevations. as far as temperatures go on the east coast, we are faring milder with temperatures in charlotte moving up to the mid to upper 50s as we head through >> and right now you can't really see much in san francisco. it's a combination of some fog and some light rain and we're pick it up the storm ranger mobile doppler ranger. looking at the santa cruz mountains, you can see the showers. and you can see some light rain around san francisco. highs upper 50 to near 60. we have three storms, monday, wednesday and friday, coming up next week. >> and that's your local forecast. back to you, kristen and peter.

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healthy. you have to remember especially when it comes to our immune system, there's no one magic supplement that will make our immune system strong. we need to take specific steps. sleep is one of the most important things you can think about because sleep really helps boost our immune system. that means seven to nine hours of sleep, consistent sleep during the year. try to get a sleep schedule. that's a little tough during the pandemic but try it. one key tip is having a noise machine going on or noise app. for 2021, the thing to think about is brown noise. not white or pink noise, brown noise seems to help us sleep a little bit better. very, very important. on top of that, balanced diet. the usda just came out with new diet guidelines, nutrition guidelines. sustainable diets doesn't mean you can't indulge on cake every now and then. but if you're eating it every sunday, that's not indulging, that's on a regular schedule. you don't want to do that. you only want to do it on special events.

and exercise. very important. try to get 30 minutes of exercise every day if you can or as much as you can. one big important thing, me time, even if it's just 10 or 15 minutes. escaping from your phone, from your computer, get outside. the sunshine helps you feel better and the greenery can really help with your mental health. these are some good steps you can take. >> staying on top of exercise and nutrition through the pandemic has been tricky for folks. a lot of people have new year's resolutions under way. some promise to begin them in the next couple of weeks or so. what's important to keep in mind with our overall health goals? >> that's one thing, peter. regardless of pandemic or not pandemic, it's those resolutions that a lot of us don't end up keeping them much through mid-february but aim for sustainability and things you know you can do. instead of saying i want to lose 80 pounds, say i want to lose a pound a week for the next six

months and see if that happens. on top of that, limit your screen time. we have been stuck in our houses for months and that means a lot of screen time, both computer and tv time. try to take a break from that. read a book, play board games with other people. talk to people on the phone. going outdoors extremely important and then take that break. that me time. >> i like limited screen time. dr. torres, thank you very much. happy new year. >> and for some -- >> happy new year. >> happy new year. let's turn to stephanie now and talk wealth health. so, stephanie, happy new year to you. hope you had a great holiday. how do you start the year off right financially? >> well, good morning to all of you. you said it. i want you to think about it like your wealth health. we know our bodies and our physical health. it's time to know your money. we say create a budget. how do you do that? know where your money is going. start to track it. don't judge how you're spending, don't change how you're spending, but spend the next month tracking it. get every single receipt.

that's a little harder to do these days, especially with the pandemic now that we're going cashless. we don't get receipts. when we don't get receipts, we're not paying attention to all the money we're spending, so get those receipts and lay it out. once you look at exactly where all of that money is going, then you're going to know what you can cut out. simple things like you might realize i'm paying for three streaming services but only using one. once you see where you're spending, that's how you know where you can cut. >> good advice. stephanie ruhle, thank you so much. we have more of your wealth health, by the way, for folks who are interested. you can find those tips at today.com. beyond that, stick with us because coming up in just a little bit, you're going to have -- steph is going to have a story that will resonate with a lot of folks on how the pandemic is taking its toll on moms most of all. >> it's going to be a really good conversation. looking forward to that. coming up next, though, royal rollout. prince harry and meghan markle's new website with some very touching photos. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪

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we are back on a saturday morning with popstart. savannah sellers is in for dylan this morning looking festive. happy new year, savannah, i love your new year's hat. >> thank you, you guys. i've got to say one of my highlights of 2020 was getting to be so festive here with you guys. but welcome to the first popstart of this year. first up, we're going to show you how some of our favorite stars said bye-bye to 2020, starting with taylor swift. she pretty much summed up all of our thoughts when she was lounging in a bear costume and wrote "bye 2020. it's been weird." ain't that the truth. now jennifer garner shared a throwback photo with fellow stars kate hudson and reese witherspoon. she wrote, remember getting dressed up and going out with the ladies? it's coming, it's coming. happy new year. i sure hope she's right. and chrissy teigen said mom and dad wishing you a happy and

healthy, beautiful new year blessed with the purest of joys and most positive vibes. next up, we've got meghan markle and harry news, you guys. they have revamped their website. the royals were certainly busy over the holidays, between their podcast, their netflix deal and now their revamped website. the home page has two pictures, one of harry with his mother, the late princess diana of course, the other of meghan with her mother. there's also a letter for 2020 which includes, "we believe in the best of humanity because we have seen the best of humanity. we have experienced compassion and kindness from our mothers and strangers alike." you guys, the website will also have updated information on the projects that harry and meghan are working on. i mean that's exciting because we love royal news, right? >> we love royal news. i have to say archie steals the show on the website, in their new podcast. he's the real star, i think. >> he's a good-looking kid.

>> his little voice in that podcast episode saying "happy new year" was just too adorable. all right, you guys, finally harry styles, the singer is out with a new music video for the year. it's for his new single "treat people with kindness." take a look. >> all together now, one more time. ♪ >> the black-and-white music video has tons of dancing as you can see, and yes, that's accompanying dance styles on the dance floor and that is your first popstart of 2021. thanks for having me with you guys, happy new year. >> great way to kick off the new year, savannah. >> better work on those dance moves for 2021. >> you can see much more of savannah on nbc news now's

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wet and rainy, cloudy over san francisco international airport. as we begin the first weekend of 2021, thank you so much for starting your morning with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist rob mayeda is here with a look at our microclimate forecast. hey, rob. >> hey there, the forecast as you can see around sfo obviously involves some light rain, scattered showers at times. part of this wet pattern we'll see ahead. now the weekend starting off on storm ranger showing you the areas of light rain from the peninsula down across the santa cruz mountains and around the east bay hills. a lot of clouds are spilling over us today and enough lift to wring out a few showers or brief light rain at times. much like this morning, i think the patchy fog will break up, but a cool day today. highs in the upper 50s to near 60. a very active pattern ahead. maybe a little less with the drizzle at times for your sunday, but monday we'll see more significant wind and rain followed up by two more storms next week where the storm totals

could be measured up in inches. we'll look at the impact on those incoming storms and a very active beat pattern coming up today at 7:00 on "today in the bay." >> rob, see you at 7:00, thanks so much. we begin with a message on the mansion of house speaker nancy pelosi. the sfpd is looking for the vandals who tagged her home with fake blood, spray paint and an animal's head. the message demands that rents be canceled above the phrase we want everything. well, it looks like a pig's head sits at the base of the door and there's a crossed off reference to $2,000 checks. that vandalism echoes what many peaceful protesters have been say for months, that they need financial help from the government during the covid-19 shutdowns but some political experts say tagging a politician's home crosses the line. >> there's understandable frustration out there. and i think this kind of protest is an extension of that.

i would try to caution people to see our leaders as reflections of us, you know? they are humans, they are people. >> pelosi did champion increasing the relief checks from $600 to $2,000 and publicly slammed mitch mcconnell for blocking them in the senate. some twitter users wondered why they targeted nancy pelosi. it is 6:29. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," containing the bay area surge. the new rule people in the south bay will have to follow when they return to work. we will explain that and have all of your top stories, plus rob's full forecast coming up at 7:00. we hope to see you then. right now, back to "today."

good morning. deadliest month yet. a day after the u.s. crosses 20 million cases, we learn december was the worst month since the pandemic began. experts warning about even more loss after christmas and new year's celebrations. hospitals are completely overwhelmed. >> we're running out of ambulances and our response to 911 calls are getting longer and longer. >> growing frustrations over the slow vaccine rollout, with far fewer than the 20 million people getting their first dose as officials had promised. we're live with the latest. the final hurdle.

alabama's najee harris leaps over a defender as the crimson tide rolls over notre dame in the rose bowl. while ohio state crushes clemson in the sugar bowl, avenging its loss in last year's playoffs, and college football's national championship is now all set. and parenting burnout. >> you have moments where you break down and you cry and you feel like you're not doing enough. >> the ongoing pandemic hitting mothers particularly hard, as they take on more for everyone else and focus less on themselves. one group of moms tells us how they're coping, and we'll have some advice for all parents on making it through the next months of this new year. today, saturday, january 2nd, 2021. >> 2021 is here! happy new year! >> what's up, "today" show? i'm from oklahoma city with my mom and we're celebrating her

73rd birthday today. yipee! >> it's charlie's fwirirst birty and we're watching the "today" show! >> happy birthday! what a way to ring in the new year. welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. hope you had a good new year's celebration. i know a lot of folks are looking forward to that parenting advice. >> i'm still talking about alabama and ohio state. that juke by the running back was insane. >> impressive. one for the record books. we'll take another look at that coming up. fi first we want to get to today's news starting with hospitals and health care workers in california just overwhelmed and understaffed from skyrocketing coronavirus cases and it appears there may be even darker days ahead now that the holidays are other. nbc's steve patterson is in hard-hit los angeles for us. good morning, steve. >> reporter: kristen, good morning to you. california's death toll is now well over 25,000 people. here on average one person in

california dies from covid every three and a half minutes, a rate that is outpacing morgues and confounding hospital workers that are doing everything they can to keep up. this morning, frontline health care workers in california pushed to a breaking point. >> we are admitting patients faster than we discharge them. in this battle, we are so outnumbered. >> reporter: the epicenter, los angeles county. with now more than 7,500 people hospitalized and close to a quarter of that number in the icu. >> we're running out of ambulances and our response to 911 calls are getting longer and longer. >> reporter: in san diego county with a record number of covid deaths, health officials confirm at least four people are infected with the new, possibly more contagious covid variant. another case was found in florida, the third state to report the mutation, infecting a man in his 20s with no prior travel history.

>> there is significant evidence that it does spread considerably faster, that it is much more contagious. >> reporter: with roughly one out of every 16 americans testing positive for the virus in 2020, health officials warned about the dangers of gathering to celebrate the new year. but as 2021 rang in, video of large crowds emerged across the country. including a party at mar-a-lago, attended by donald trump jr. and a parade in philadelphia where much of the crowd was spotted without masks. >> but what people need to understand, that some 15% of people who get covid will end up in the hospital and half of those people will probably die. >> reporter: with travelers and now revelers gathering this holiday season, health officials worry about a surge upon a surge in the weeks to come, warning the worst of a pandemic that plagued 2020 could cast a dark shadow over the new year. back here in l.a. county, the average is that one person dies every ten minutes from the

virus. the county health department tweeted every ten minutes on new year's eve, to illustrate the immense loss in what has become the country's epicenter and how much worse it could get if people don't heed the warnings. kristen. >> steve patterson in los angeles, thank you, steve. iran is ratcheting up its nuclear power, telling a u.n. agency it plans to enrich uranium up to 20%. the move is a direct breach of the iran nuclear deal which it started violating after the trump administration withdrew from the agreement back in 2018. iran has achieved 20% enrichment in the past before the deal was reached in 2015. in order to manufacture a nuclear weapon, enrichment must hit 90%. how about that incredible play we were talking about moments ago. that play in the alabama/notre dame semifinal game is now earning fans among some of the world's best athletes. here it is again. crimson tide running back najee

harris. look at this on the right side of your screen, hurdling that defender for a 53-yard gain setting up an alabama touchdown. earlier in the week harris spoke -- look at that. >> amazing. >> that is insane. he spoke at a news conference about how much he admires u.s. women's soccer star megan rapinoe. rapinoe responded to harris' comments on twitter saying hurdle someone for me. when harris made that move last night, rapinoe promptly responded on instagram saying you really did it. it was for me, right? alabama won 31-14, setting up a national championship matchup with ohio state later this month. you feel for that notre dame guy still trying to figure out what just happened. >> exactly. what an incredible feat. i love megan rapinoe and now i love her even more. that was really cool. now to the mega millions jackpot. it is getting even bigger. no one picked all six winning numbers on friday night's drawing so the jackpot is now up to $432 million. the next drawing is on tuesday.

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>> but one tennessee couple surprised their grandma, making sure she could still be a part of their very special day. take a look. >> very excited and tired and everything else and then just stop. it just got to me. it was very special. >> i bet it was. 91-year-old mary ellen whitaker's youngest grandson got married on wednesday while she watched on zoom from her nursing home. >> just before the happy couple left on their honeymoon, they made a surprise stop at mary ellen's with cupcakes in hand fresh from the ceremony. can you imagine that? miss whitaker, i think you have some guests in the lobby. >> exactly. the surprise on her face and it obviously just meant so much to her. that's just great. all right, now to our series parenting in the pandemic. this morning an eye-opening look at the very real struggles facing millions of americans these days. there's one group, though, that has been bearing much of the burden.

we're talking about moms. >> mothers across the country these days juggling so much and that have had to give up their careers to focus on the needs of their family in many cases. stephanie ruhle sat down recently with four moms to hear how the coronavirus pandemic has changed their lives. >> awesome job. >> it's the reality of this pandemic. mothers everywhere taking on more for everyone else and less for themselves. >> do you feel like you're allowed to be unhappy? >> no. >> you have moments where you break down and you cry and you feel like you're not doing enough. >> three-quarters of moms say they're mentally worse off in 2020. >> what has the stress of this been like for you? >> it got to a point where i thought i had a stroke. and so it turns out it was stress. i actually went to my doctor and i'm like i need help. >> i had to go see my doctor as well. and i'm on anxiety medication. >> like millions of parents,

tina, kelly, tuwana and lauren all have one thing in common, burnout. >> so much women and mothers labor is hidden. i think men and dads are getting a glimpse of it now, but i think that it ultimately falls back on moms. >> you're being pulled in so many different directions that you're failing almost a little bit at all of them. >> wow. lauren, have you felt that way? >> yeah, kinda all the time. now that my work has transitioned where i'm not working as much, there's definitely part of me, whether it's a source of pride or anxiety about what my career will look like post-covid. >> lauren shawn, a 39-year-old e.r. doctor from new york, made the decision this year to put her two sons ahead of her career. >> the way that working moms are portrayed in our culture and our media is that they're superwomen and they are somehow magically doing it all themselves. >> okay, guys, let's do some

bedtime reading. >> labor reports show that married women have left the workforce at rates four times faster than men. and overall account for the majority of covid-related job loss. >> do i know this word? you do know this word. >> tuwana nelson is a single mother to twin-year-old girls. she says there is no choice but to be all mom all the time. >> tuwana, how much do you miss alone time? >> i put the girls down. and when i close the door, that's it. i don't expect them to come out of their room, but sometimes they do. and i lose it. this is my time! >> i definitely do the shut the door so you're not the only one. really, i'm off duty now. >> how are you getting through it, tuwana? >> i started eating healthier. i started doing yoga. >> nobody here is eating junk food and drinking? like i'm the only one? >> and drinking. >> stephanie, you didn't ask

about the covid pounds that i put on. >> am i alone here? i've been wearing the same sweat pants for six days. having conversations like this, does it make you feel more connected? >> it does, it does. it makes me feel like i'm not alone or i'm not crazy. >> i recognize that we are all living and doing the best we can to navigate this pandemic. i really try to give myself, my family, my friends grace and encourage them to give themselves grace. >> stephanie joins us now. steph, it's such an honest and important conversation and so many moms, so many parents are having these days. what advice is helpful for them to try to keep in mind right now? >> thank you, guys. thank you for giving me the opportunity to share this segment because i myself have been struggling with this for months and working with the child mind institute. and right now i'm actually still wearing those very same sweat pants and having this conversation. i'm going, oh, my god, i have

them on right now. it's so important to have this conversation. the number one thing i learned was to try to minimize the guilt we're all feeling. there's so much that's out of control. all we can do is try our best. work hard on ourselves but don't be so hard on ourselves. and if you look at social media and if you're looking at the mom's chat at school, you start to feel like you're failing at everything. you're not. do the best you can and stop punishing yourself for not doing everything. that's the number one thing. then i'll talk about what dr. jon torres said about self care. not in this calgon take me away sort of way but because we're with our kids 24 hours a day, we don't have any designated time just for ourselves, so you have to make that time. it's really important. and the last thing i would say is ask for specific help. don't wait until things get so out of control like i often do and then just go off on your spouse or your kids.

tell your employer or your kids or your partner what you need. my 14-year-old's laundry was all over the house 24 hours a day. finally i said you do your own laundry or you have to just deal with wearing dirty clothes. so ask for specific help and hopefully you'll get some. >> a good reminder to be grateful not just to moms but all those out there carrying an extra load these days. steph, thank you so much. >> i'm putting my sweat pants back on as soon as i get home. we want to check back in with somara theodore and get another check of the forecast. >> good morning. we are coming off the heels of that new year's storm. we are not quite done yet. we are tracking another system that is now bringing rain into parts of the southeast and that's going to ride right on up into the mid-atlantic bringing more rain on sunday, maybe a little snow and ice for interior parts of the northeast. i'm going to tell you why all that rain back-to-back is an issue. we could see some flash

>> and right now there's a view of storm ranger getting a bit of a bath on top of the mountain right now. let's show you what it's spanning from that perch there atop san berm amo mountain. still a steady soaking and we are likely to see on and off showers today as the cloud cover continues to spill over the region. mostly upper 50s and more rain to follow up in wednesday, friday and monday as well.forec. back to you, kristen and peter. >> all right, thank you. still ahead, a new year,

on this first saturday in 2021, it seems very appropriate

to try to make some resolutions for the new year, as many of you are doing the exact same thing. >> at the beginning of 2020, we didn't know what the rest of the year would have in store, but americans were focused on changing their health and their spending habits. those popular goals are again high on the list for 2021 with exercise, eating healthy, and saving money obviously among the top ones. >> exercise a big one. but perhaps a real reflection on what 2020 meant to so many, there are two new 2021 resolutions that are getting traction. spending less time on social media and more time with family and friends, whether in person or virtually. so, peter, with that, let me put the question to you. what are your resolutions? >> i don't have any formal resolutions. obviously you want to exercise more and eat right, we say that all the time. for me it's focus less on things and stuff and more on memories, especially as a dad. i just want to create for my kids more experiences. just in the past several weeks we did a few things that were memorable. we went up to mt. vernon and

took the girls to meet one of the revolutionary soldiers there. it was the christmas lights. it didn't take much to do. we went out there, we were outside, it was safe. and we went to pennsylvania, amish country, took the strasburg train ride there. it was just fun, family experiences with emma on the left and ava, both of whom i love so much. that's the stuff that's going to stick more than any of these toys that pile up at home. >> you can tell how much they are enjoying themselves, those smiles. okay, here are mine. baking. i baked my first pecan pie over thanksgiving so now i got some new cookbooks, some new baking books so i'm going to really try to see what i can cook up. maybe starting this weekend, we'll see. and then second, kind of like what you're saying, peter, just spending more time with family, with john. we love taking walks. this was a new year's eve walk we took for an hour with absolutely beautiful. i think that's one silver lining of 2020 i want to bring into 2021. >> this is the part of the segment where you bring the pecan pie out. and i --

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