♪ new week, new travel bans, the biden administration is set to halt all foreign travel from south africa and other nations as the new spread of coronavirus spreads there. >> could there be good news on the horizon with new cases of covid and hospitalization falling. is the holiday surge over? >> as teachers battle whether to return to in-person teaching in classes, while some forced to go remote and private schools manage to stay open.

speaker nancy pelosi sends one article of impeachment as countdown to second impeachment begins. "early today" starts right now. >> and a busy super bowl in our purview ahead as we say good morning on this monday. >> we're entering the first full week of the biden administration and the president is expected to focus on the coronavirus pandemic the new actions as united states surpasses 25 million infections and claimed over 420,000 lives according to associated press more than 40% of americans live in areas where only 15% of icu beds are available. >> two white house officials confirm president biden plan to sign new ban on travel to

non-citizens coming to the u.s. if they've been to south africa, uk, ireland or brazil with the goal to mitigate the spread of the highly contagious spread of the virus. speaking now with travellers tied to jfk airport. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. start on tuesday travellers who are coming to the united states will have to provide a negative/positive test from last three days of travel or provide documentation they have recovered from covid-19. applying to anyone from 2 and up who got the vaccine. these sweeping regulations as faster movinger variants have been found in the uk and across the globe, and inthe national international travel has six fold to the united states from june to november. here's reaction from travellers. listen in. >> i have a friend who wants to come from brazil to have trip and all the things, it's crazy,

this new normal. >> i think it's really necessary because, you know, the spread of covid is getting out of it. >> it would have been better if it had been done sooner but better to start now then never there's a lot of a-symptomatic people too, even with the covid-19, so, if you have covid testing before hand on top of the temperature check it will definitely add to the safety of the travellers. >> reporter: now biden's executive orders also include mask mandates. we already have that in the state of new york for folks coming to those airports but this will be national mandate for not just air but bus and interstate train travel. and folks coming to the united states in any state or territory must also quarantine for ten days >> bit of a whiplash for many 2r568 travellers, thank you.

one of the issues looming for biden administration is getting more americans vaccinated, promising 100 million shots in 100 days but the supply is already running thin. congress will begin the week with article of impeachment against former president trump now with the latest. >> reporter: in the race against time and supply, thousands lined up at charlotte motor speedway to get their covid vaccine, across the country quickly running out. biden administration have an ambitious but doing goal the white house says president biden monday will bar travel from south africa and reinstate bans from noncitizens who have gone to much of europe to stop deadlier strains of the virus. >> what we will do and are doing already is making preparations

for the possibility that down the pike, down the line, we may need to modify and upgrade the vaccine. >> reporter: meanwhile democrat lawmakers are confident they can pass president biden $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief package despite punjab -- republican opposition as the pandemic death toll is expected to hit 500,000 next month, congress is facing president trump's impeachment trial, 17 republicans needed to impeach him. >> what we saw, incitement to insurrection is impeacent hm not what is. >> the house will nd the article on monday and trial to begin february 8. turning now to covid pandemic there's a sliver of hope shining through some new numbers it appears we could be through

the worse of the holiday surge, now the latest from nbc's meghan fits zgerald good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nati nationwide health experts warn we're far from out of the woods. for the first time in months, covid numbers signaling downward signaling the holiday surge may be over. >> at this point the data suggests we're through the worse of the holiday surge. >> reporter: hospitalization are down or plateauing in every state except new york, last week new infection drop 20% and testing staying steady in california down 4%. and in illinois daily new cases decrease bring one-third in the last two weeks health experts say the new trend is happening because the public is listening. >> people have been careful. there's good data that people

are avoiding gathering activity they're engaging in is less and future in the springsteen will b spring will be much brighter. >> in some states the battle rages on south carolina with 25.4% positivity rate. bamboo hitting highest alabama hs we really can't let down our guard yet. >> reporter: while there is hope the pandemic is ending for some, the nightmare lives on lacy brown lost her mother rhonda in december. >> i don't feel we have a moment like, oh, thank goodness, we can look forward to the end of this because now there's no end to it for us because this is always going to be part of our lives now. the fact that she got it and she

died. >> reporter: a reminder that the pandemic will be with us for some time. >> health experts say while the vaccines are not a contributing factor to the downward trend we're seeing, they do say these shots could make an impact as soon as next month >> great to hear, thank you. teresting one, the miami heat preparing for fans to return to the arena, but man's best friend will be waiting for them on their way in the team will use coronavirus-sniffing dogs to screen spectators starting thursday, vetting crowds of just under 10% of the arena's capacity for the virus if a fan is allergic or afraid of dogs the team is offering a rapid antigen test in place of the k9 screening. >> fascinating, covid-sniff dogs. super bowl lv is set after

two intense games on championship weekend >> 60 yard pt. the ball's out recovered by the bills right at the goal line. >> chiefs with a slow start at home against the bills buffalo with an early 9-0 lead but not long before the defending champs had three straight scores and patrick mahomes finished with 325 yards and 3 touchdowns the bills could not come back and chiefs win afc 38-24 and in the nfc -- >> -- here's one down the sideline it is caught touchdown, green bay >> tom brady and the bucs had aaron rodgers and packers reeling early, the bucs ice it

after late interference call and take it 31-26. >> interesting, the buccaneers will be the first team in nfl history to play a super bowl on their home field, in their first alert title game since winning the super bowl in 2003 the bucs will welcome defending champions, kansas city chiefs to town kick off for the big game is just under two weeks away. the league is planning to honor those who are battling covid-19 on the front lines, given 7500 tickets to vaccinated health care professionals, you see them learning about it there. commissioner roger goodell told some of the doctors and nurses over zoom. >> very cool well deserved. >> do you have a team? >> i'm going to root for brady, i work in boston for so many ye years, when he went to the stands he said can i say hi to my son, all he wanted to do,

very cool. let's turn our attention to a storm brewing in the central plains, good morning, bill. >> good morning, we have active weather this week. quiet on friday but we have a huge storm with areas that are going to get a lot of snow especially in the mid-west just a little bit in the northeast. 44 million people are impacted by this storm, the worst from omaha to chicago, everywhere in pink is five inches and omaha up to 10 inches, historic for one-day of snow fall chicago 5 to 8 inches. in the northeast, snow on tuesday and wednesday, a lighter amount from syracuse ts of

19 thunderstorms in oklahoma and texas will move to areas like little rock this afternoon we give you that week ahead forecast we may have a little snow in north carolina of all places talk about that coming up. >> very nice all right, bill, "saturday night live" just unveiled their all-star lineup to kick off the newth. >> public versus pva, ritethe advantages of one over the other with your kids and school. to clean up to 99% of visible and invisible food residue for a hygienic clean you can see and feel. cascade + the power of oxi. ♪♪ would you like to try a breakfast sausage made with plants? plants it's delicious and i'm a kid so if i like it... mmmm. morning star farms, america's favorites made from plants. and try incogmeato. does your vitamin c last twenty-four hours? only nature's bounty does.

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staged a walk out -- >> we're there for them and many of us are risking our liveir fifth-month of in-person learning. >> i feel safe with the protocols. >> reporter: it is a tale of two systems. private schools are hybrid or remote. >> every night i worry about my school district. >> reporter: a public school superintendent with over 7,000 students, 900 staff and 10 buildings, they already spent $4 million to make their schools covid-safe. >> we're seeing markings as part of the mitigation strategy we want students to still maintain their six feet of distance. >> reporter:building and stop ba grab and go station to geto rede

contact school closes at noon. at a nearby private school students stay all day. you change the gym and now it's a cast e cafeteria. >> and they added a massive $300,000 ventilation system. >> we have most enhanced safety proelts in place. >> reporter: across the country, 76% of private schools are open for in-person learning while 38% of public schools have. >> we are governed by the new jersey department of education and there's higher expectations for our preparation. >> one big factor is the teacher's union which private schools don't have. >> you can't reopen schools without teachers and teacher's unions are their representative and voice and wield a massive influence here whether or not

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prohibiting people from going out from 9:00 to 4:30 in the morning, first curfew since world war ii. the sport of skiers off the mountains is what is worrysome. >> reporter: it's hard to stay close to anyone while skiing, that's why health departments aren't too worried about people spreading covid on the mountain, what keeps them up at night, is what people do after. >> they are mingling with family an friend and together for extended time with masks off. >> this is the health director who sees people coming in every day. >> travel in and of itself seems to be one of the greatest risks. >> john peacock is the county manager. and they saw a big spike in the cases after the holidays but like other health departments across the states

the cases don't seem linked to the ski resorts. >> we mostly have linked back to indoor activities where folks are having close contact with people outside their household, while not wearing masks. we do require visitors to complete a affidavit including affirming individuals have had a negative test within 72 hours of coming to visit. >> next time you're on the mountain, enjoy the slopes and be careful in town. >> thanks for that report. here's the thing, there's so much ski culture once the scopes close mid-late afternoon it's time to mingle. >> there's actually a ski culture before ski, i thought you just show up to the mountain and just drink. >> could be that too for point. >> for me it is.

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it is monday, january 25th today the biden administration will issue new travel bans and restrictions from many foreign countries as the u.s. faces new variant and a vaccine shortage. >> today the lone articles of impeachment against donald trump will be delivered to the senate. >> more chaos overnight as tacoma, washington, grapples with thefter ath including a police vehicle plowing into a crowd. >> and greatest of all tim