it's friday, january 22nd. "early today" president biden unveils his aggressive battle plans to fight coronavirus and dr. fauci says he has a new sense of fedom to let science speak. a fire that evacuates a town over a concern that a tank containing imodium could explode. and a look at president biden's newly revamped oval office and we're six months to the

start of the tokyo olympic games. this morning we'll bring you up to speed as we kick off this friday "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> thanks for joining us i'm frances rivera president biden turns to the coronavirus today on his first full day in office this afternoon the president will detail his plan to resuscitate the economy and get americans back to work dr. anthony fauci is taking charge on the pandemic front today. he'll address the u.s. conference of mayors and meet with black leaders in baltimore in the afternoon nbc's kristen welker has more. >> reporter: calling the vaccine rollout so far a dismal failure, president biden making this pledge. >> we will defeat this pandemic, and to a nation waiting for action, let me be the clearest on this point. help is on the way. >> reporter: the president now signing executive orders, including requiring masks in most planes, trains, and

airports, increasing vaccination sites by creating federal vaccination centers and increasing production. >> we're still in the dark winter of this pandemic. it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: but dr. anthony fauci says he's seeing positive signs. >> when you look more recently at the seven-day average of cases, right now it looks like it might actually be plateauing. >> reporter: there are still issues with supply and vaccine distribution biden's vaccine goal, 100 million shots in 100 days. >> is the biden administration starting from scratch with the vaccine distribution effort or are you picking up where the trump administration left off? >> no. we're certainly not starting from scratch because there is activity going on in the distribution we're taking what's gone on and amplifying it in a big way.

>> reporter: and this prediction. >> if we get 75% to 80% of the country vaccinated, i believe by the time we get to the full, we'll be approaching a degree of normality. >> reporter: dr. fauci also taking this swipe at former president trump. >> the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what evidence -- what the science is and know that's it, let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling. >> reporter: meanwhile president biden is facing some republican pushback for his executive orders on day one such as rejoining the paris climate agreement and cancel the key stone pipeline program and documenting immigrants. >> unfortunately when he got back to the white house, he implemented a bunch of far left policies. >> reporter: house speaker pelosi was impressed >> the president of the united states committed an act of

incitement of insurrection i don't think it's very unifying to say, oh, let's just forget it and move on. that's not how you unify. >> reporter: and mitch mcconnell has opposed delaying the trial till early february to allow both sides to prepare. speaker pelosi still has not said when she'll extend the impeachment article over to the senate. >> kristen, thank you. coronavirus may linger in the brain and cause relapses a georgia university study looked at infected mice. still more research is needed on how it impacts human brains. officials in ohio say 890 of the doses from moderna had to be thrown out because they have not been kept cool enough. at least a dozen states are showing a shortage of vaccines

some states are having to roll back eligibility requirements. in michigan, 90% need to be vaccinated to fight off the straight nbc's richard engel has the latest on the new variants. >> reporter: in london the coronavirus peaked because of the new strain the cdc estimates could be dominant in the u.s. in march. it's not the only strain a south african variant may have evolved to spread the virus more than once. >> we worry that this variant may be able to escape some of the natural immunity that's out

there. >> could they stop the south african variant? >> we don't know yet that's one of the critical questions we're now addressing. >> reporter: while the data is still coming in, a new study yet to be peer reviewed reports the south africa's ability to evade new antibodies may make new vaccines less effective. >> that's tough to hear. former president trump is mounting his defense for his second impeachment trial he made his first hire yesterday, south carolina attorney butch bowers will defend the president for allegedly inciting insurrection on the u.s. capitol. tracie potts joins us. we've got an idea when the trial will begin. >> reporter: exactly now senate minority leader mitch mcconnell wants to push the trial into february to give president trump a couple of weeks to mount his defense as you heard, he has a defense

attorney pushing a trial date at this point doesn't gibe with the message of unity that we heard from president biden during the inauguration here's house speaker nancy pelosi responding to that. >> the president of the united states committed an act of incitement of insurrection i don't think it's very unifying to say, oh, let's just forget it, and move on. that's not how you unify >> reporter: now, if they push the trial, they may have more time to confirm biden cabinet nominees like retired general lloyd austin nominated to defend the pentagon to be defense secretary. he has cleared one hurdle. since he's been out of the military for seven year, he had to get a special waiver. that's been done the final vote could happen as early as today

he would be the second person confirmed for the biden cabinet. take a look. here's a long list of nominees who have not yet been confirmed. so they're still in the process of trying to go through and hold those hearings and have votes on each one of his cabinet nominees phillip? >> all right the biden team coming together thank you. a minnesota judge has denied the request to delay the trial for police officer derek chauvin who kneeled on george floyd's desk they reconsidering charging all four together. chauvin's trial is scheduled for march 8th while the others are set to start august 23rd. three michigan residents harmed by the lady contamination during the flint water crisis are one step closer to receiving compensation the judge granted approval to a

$641 million deal. it includes $600 million from the state of michigan. although flinting an area hospital, and engineering firm are part of that deal. it also milwaukees funds available to every child affected by the contaminated water and adults and those who paid water bills. federal authorities have increased the reward for the pipe bomb suspect. the fbi is offering $75,000 for any information leading to the arrest the man seen here suspected of placing two pipe bombs on january 6th. neither bomb skbexploded, but it could have harmed the public. the national guard members will now be leaving d.c. 15,000 will be sent home within the next ten days. about 7,000 will be kept until the end of the month. the fighting irish are on a

one-year probation over recruiting violations. they've had multiple impermissible meetings with recruits it comes with a fine and loss of campus recruitment visits. we're smackdown in the middle of winter, and now we're going to feel the extreme cold here's janessa webb. at least some of us will, janessa. >> the arctic air is coming in i want you to get ready for the weekend. it looks like long term the cold is going to settle in. another weather story, a big-time dip in our jet stream that's going to allow a series of storms to impact california we've seen drought conditions and fire conditcerns in the are, so it's well needed. we're going to see storms back to back in this area one of the storms will go coast to coast, and this will provide us with a good swath of snow

interest the ohio valleye to the east by tomorrow morning from pittsburgh all the way into burlington i'm seeing some negative digits on our forecast. i'll show you where coming up. >> i forgot what that feels like it's going to hurt. >> all right, janessa. thanks. legend shaquille o'neal has many challenges. he'll soon add another title to his title. he's soon be director of communications in georgia. the sheriff said the role will help bridge the gap between community and law enforcement. shaq has previously been an honorary officer and deputy in

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exclusive. your first tour of president biden's newly revamped oval office peter alexander takes us inside. >> reporter: a new look for the world's most iconic office the oval remains unchanged burke what's inside reflects the priorities of a new president. joe biden surrounding himself with a lineup of great american heroes, a massive portrait of fdr who sometimes steered his country through crisis benjamin franklin's focus on following science, and fierce rivals alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson, a reminder in the democracy of the value of differing views. ashley williams is our guide. >> welcome to president biden's oval office. >> reporter: for the president, these symbols set a tone about who inspires them and who they cipe to inspire. l righ leaders mlk and rosa parks and latino labor leader tito chavez.

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china is building the hype around next year's winter games in beijing they're touting a new high-speed train which cuts travel time from downtown beijing to olympic venues from three hours to only one. china says these will be the first games ever to be powered by green energy. meanwhile the tokyo olympics are only six months away nbc's mark barger has the latest on the summer games. >> reporter: the one thing certain about the tokyo olympics has been uncertainty. >> sometimes i panic a little bit, but overall, i'm very

positive about it. >> reporter: april ross's olympic optimism is shared by thomas bach says thursday, there is no plan b that confidence despite a recent surge of coronavirus cases in japan. still enough for a state of emergency though not as much as america. vaccinations in japan won't start for another month and polls there show as much as 80% of people want the games postponed or canceled because of covid concerns ♪ canceling the games would be devastating to japan's $15 billion investment and to first-time olympians like skateboarder nigel houston. >> i want it to come already. >> reporter: if the games do happen, athletes are likely to encounter social distancing, frequent covid testing, and

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right now at 4:30, reprioritizing the rollout. the big switch the state might make as millions of californians anxiously await their covid vaccines. could it change your place in line? plus, years later, the heartbreak will never fade for families of those killed in the deadly warehouse fire in oakland. the plea deal, the founder of the ghost ship warehouse is expected to take in just a few hours. and a live look outside on the bay bridge, where the roads are soggy for this friday morning. spot the showers across the bay area. meteorologist kari hall tracking how long this wet weather will linger this weekend,