the crackdown on capitol rioters. the wave of arrests as president trump faces a second impeachment. covid hits record numbers across the country, while the race to vaccinate the nation shifts into high gear. >> who could ever fill the shoes of alex trebek. and the crimson tide washes over the buckeyes. alabama rolls past in a championship showdown for the ages "early today" starts right now

good morning i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. the fbi has been flood with thousand of tips and nearly 100 arrests have been made overnight it was revealed several u.s. capitol police officers were suspended for violating public policy and ten more are under investigation congressman tim ryan said one of the suspended officers was seen taking a selfies with rioters and another was wearing a make america great again hat while directing people inside the building more protests could be on the way. here's pete williams. >> reporter: the homeland security secretary ordered secret service to be beefed up before the inauguration. that means a perimeter of no-scale fence around the capitol, security check points with metal detectors, streets closed down for several blocks, and tens and thousands of police

and federal agents ready to respond to violence. scenes like this downtown in washington four years ago. national guard troops, too, with the military now considering whether they should be armed the fbi is warning police nationwide armed protests are being discussed on social media for weeks end with more violence possible in washington if congress takes action against president trump. the secret service says it's well prepared if a mob tries to interfere with next wednesday's inauguration. >> mass civil disturbance is something that we plan for we have contingencies in place and plans in place to address that kind of behavior. >> reporter: washington's mayor wanted the enhanced security arrangements to start now and last until four days after the inaugural. >> people coming to demonstrate peacefully are very different than the people we saw storm the capitol the other day, and i think that it will be shown that those people were organized, trained people. >> reporter: some security

changes are already happening. the national park service has now closed washington monument to visitors. with eight days left, president trump will be the first president for impeachment twice. nbc's tracie potts joins us. the president will make his first public appearance since the insurrection. >> right we're going to see the president for the first time he's headed down to texas. back here in washington the house expected to vote today, take a roll call vote on the resolution asking vice president pence and the cabinet to remove president from office now. pence, according to our sources, has no intention of doing so, which means the next step is we could see an impeachment vote as

early as wednesday the chamg would be an actual impeachment trial and the senate to sign on but those articles of impeachment should be narrowly focused. >> all right obviously having trouble with trac tracie her shot was breaking up and coming in and out. meanwhile big tech is cracking down on conspiracy theories a growing number of companies banning president trump and far right extremists as they migrate to darker corners of the internet here's jo ling kent. >> reporter: more than a dozen companies already blocking or restricting president trump on their platforms. >> it shows that even the president is not above the policies we have. >> reporter: on facebook he's

banned until further notice. >> the inauguration is coming. we're focused on doing everything we can to protect our services and the ban stays and is indefinite to get through this. >> reporter: twitter permanently shutting down his account. >> what we see is people retreating to more private space and organizing there. >> what kind of calls for violence are you seeing right now online >> a lot of calls for sort of a january 6th do-over, people saying go to your state capitols and arrest people or overthrow the government. >> reporter: meantime parler, an alternative site has been removed from apple storrs amid accusations it allowed the incitement of violence, parler now suing amazon, saying with do not condone violence on our

platform and we never will some big tech companies taking another step facebook and microsoft suspending their political contributions too. jo ling kent, nbc news. the number of cases are surging in arizona, oklahoma, rhode island, and north carolina nationwide nearly 9 million people have already received their first covid vaccine out of 22 million available doses in new york restrictions have been loosened to allow people over the age of 75 to get vaccinated along with first responders, but getting people vaccinated continues to be a major challenge. here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: in san antonio, vaccinations kicked off. dodger stand yum and l.a. is also this newly opened center in brooklyn will run 24 hour as day, seven days a week, one of

five in new york city. >> i'm really excited, you know. it's science i love science i trust science. >> reporter: in some cases it hasn't gotten off to a great start. phone lines ring busy, websites are crashing in florida, first come, first serve for seniors led to long lines and frustrations it's a historic challenge that demands both organization and innovation. >> thinking outside the box is what it takes for people who do have enthusiasm and ideas and can put them into action. >> reporter: the philadelphia health department vaccinated 2,500 home health care workers in just two days, relying on an unlikely partner 22-year-old andre de-roshan. >> we took the entire model and threw it out the window. no paper all electronic. >> reporter: he brought together engineers and computer scientists to handle logistics

like identifying the right identification software and speeding up the process with prefilled syringes. >> my grandmother died this year, so it's kind of bittersweet. i'm just really happy. >> reporter: can this be a model for something even bigger than what's happening over the next couple of days >> reach out to us we're going to be at the stadiums next. >> reporter: making sure that when there's enough vaccines for everyone, everyone circulate have a place to get one. after coming off its deadliest weekend since the pandemic started, california is now rushing to open mass vaccination centers. the state has reported over 30,000 deaths. our steve patterson is following the latest. >> reporter: phillip, we're on the cusp health officials think we're going to start to see a result

of hospitalizations spiking and deaths starting to spike one thing that health officials and hospitals have not been able to keep up with is the staggering amount. an estimated 200 people are dying every day in l.a. county, 450 when you look at the entirety of california because of that, funeral homes, funeral directors are having a problem keeping up as well many of them are forced to turn away bereaved families because they cannot process the bodies fast enough, whether that it's treating the bodies, embalming them, or filling out paperwork because the system is so clogged. you may see over my shoulder the refrigerated units it's the only reason they're able to continue to accept families others are at mass capacity. many are reporting that 50% of the bodies they cohave in storage are covid victims and

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and reading scripture. he did stress the roll of ordained priesthood is reserved for men. a sir prizing return policy is gaining in popularity we get more from nbc's blayne alexander. >> reporter: with holiday return deadlines fast approaching, a growing number of stores have a new message. just keep it. >> what i'm seeing is a number of bigger businesses are just telling customers to keep the product when they attempt to make the return. >> but still giving their money back. >> absolutely. >> reporter: on average, each return costs the store about 59% of the items original sales price and with holiday returns topping an estimated $100 billion, the costs add up. walmart says not all items are eligible, noting they use your shopping history, product value, and shipping costs to decide what to take back, but one potential downside, people

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