good morning. polar plunge. as much of the country deals with punishing cold temperatures, this morning, a massive storm is brewing. nearly 100 million people in its path. that storm set to hit from the dakotas all the way through much of the east coast. this morning, what you need to prepare. dylan is tracking it all. shot of hope. as the u.s. passes 25 million coronavirus cases overnight, johnson & johnson looks to seek emergency use authorization for its vaccine as early as next week. >> this is good news. it's value added to the whole effort of getting more vaccine

candidates into the mix. >> the welcome news as states across the country sound the alarm that they don't have enough vaccine to meet the demand. are the shoes the clue? the fbi now raising the reward to $100,000 to help find the person seen in this video suspected of planting two pipe bombs in washington, d.c., the night before the capitol riot. why investigators are hoping someone recognizing these nikes will h help crack the case. war on wall street. the markets taking a big plunge on friday as armchair investors sent shares of gamestop sky high once again. hedge funds furious, internet traders gloating. are the wall street tycoons getting a taste of theirir own medicine? those stories, plus, bingeing "bridgerton." netflix's steamy new show. >> you should tell me now. >> breaking records for the streaming service. why people just can't seem to get enough, today, saturday, january 30th, 2021.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this frigid saturday morning. windchill 17 degrees in washington, d.c. >> it is brutal outside, dylan. it is tough to be outside for long periods of time. good to esee you this morning. >> it's true. nice to see you guys, too. yeah, it's 17 by you guys. it feels like 6 here, even colder elsewhere, so yeah, it's brutal outside if you have to get up and walk the dog. >> that is our top story. we'll start with the frigid temperatures. dylan keeping an eye on all of it, this storm rolling across the country right now. >> it certainly is. and we are going to see this storm develop into quite the significant snowstorm for parts of the midwest and into the northeast. but let's first focus on the temperatures, because the cold

air is setting the stage for this storm to move eastward. we have windchill alerts, mostly across upstate new york, the higher elevations where the wind is stronger. boston, it feels like 5 below zero right now. it feels like 4 below in binghamton. so this is certainly cold air that we haven't seen a lot of this winter, so that's why it's extra shocking to the system. 95 million people are under winter weather alerts this morning. that extends back from minnesota all the way into the mid-atlantic. right now, it's mostly rain. we're going to see rain today through oklahoma, through kansas, through southern missouri. but on the northern side of that, while st. louis sees rain, chicago sees heavier snow. same goes for cincinnati. we'll start with snow, change to rain, then finish off as snow. then on sunday, we will start to see some of that lighter snow work into pennsylvania, into new jersey, delaware, and then going into monday and tuesday. that's when the back side of this storm really ramps up with some of the coldest air. and we could see most of our snow monday into tuesday along that i-95 corridor. so, where we'll see the heaviest

snow is right north of that rain-snow line. remember, that impacts everyone. if it jogs a little farther north, we see less snow. if it jogs farther south, we see more snow. but it's in that general area in purple that includes new york and philadelphia, even up into boston where we could see some of our heaviest snowfall out of this whole storm system. we'll break down some of the numbers for you coming up in just a few minutes, peter. >> all right, dylan. thanks so much. we'll get the rest of your full forecast in just a couple minutes. also this morning, there is new hope in the battle against the coronavirus, as it comes as the u.s. reached more than 26 million cases of the disease overnight. johnson & johnson has announced it's ready to apply for emergency use authorization for its vaccine, but will it be as effective as the other two vaccines already in use? that's the big question this morning. we have it all covered this morning, starting with nbc's meagan fitzgerald, who is live for us in los angeles. good morning to you. >> reporter: kristen, good morning. johnson & johnson's vaccine does have some advantages over pfizer's and moderna's.

and even though its reported effectiveness is lower, the experts are saying this is an important new weapon in the fight against covid-19. this morning, another shot of hope for a nation desperate for an end to the pandemic. johnson & johnson saying their vaccine, which requires only one shot, is 72% effective at preventing covid in the u.s. and 85% effective against severe symptoms. that's less than pfizer and moderna's, but johnson & johnson says no one who received their vaccine went to the hospital or died. dr. fauci reacting with nbc news' lester holt. >> this is actually good news. it's value added to the whole effort of getting more vaccine candidates into the mix. >> reporter: welcomed news for health experts who fear the south african variant is already spreading in the community after two separate cases were detected in south carolina. >> obviously, it's scary. any infectious disease is terrifying. >> reporter: but johnson & johnson says its vaccine is 57%

effective against that strain. >> the important point is that the protection against severe disease was very high, even in south africa, where the mutant is dominant. >> reporter: this as states from coast to coast are easing restrictions. new york city on track to resume indoor dining at 25% and wedding receptions can resume at half capacity. >> promise of marital bliss is returning. >> reporter: and in hard-hit california, restaurants are now back open for outdoor dining. nail and hair salons can operate, too. but real normalcy will come with vaccinations. in seattle, hundreds of seniors scrambled in the middle of the night after a freezer failure meant 1,600 doses had to be administered before dawn. >> my wife came screaming down the stairs, saying, "did you see the news?" >> reporter: not a single drop went to waste. >> whoo-hoo! [ laughter ] >> reporter: pure excitement to get a dose of freedom that much of the nation is still waiting for.

and it's important to remember that even after you get the vaccine, you still do need to practice social distancing and wear a mask. in fact, the cdc announcing on friday that masks will be required on all public transportation. we're talking planes, trains, boats, buses. and that all starts on monday. peter and kristen? >> all important reminders there. meagan fitzgerald, thank you for that. >> and while we just saw some of those lucky folks get the vaccine, for too many others, there's been pain and frustration as states and towns are waiting for vaccines to arrive, still dealing with major bottlenecks instead. nbc's dasha burns got a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges that one state's distribution site is facing. dasha, good morning. >> reporter: hi, peter. good morning. we went out to get a firsthand look at the road blocks the vaccine rollout, and what we found was the investment in infrastructure at the state and local level has been massive, from cold storage to logistics management to mass inoculation sites, but the number one thing

that's been missing, vaccine supply. this morning, as demand for doses dramatically outweighs supply, frustrations are mounting over a national vaccine shortage. >> last time i came, the line was around the block. >> reporter: in new jersey, a former racetrack turned vaccine megasite can inoculate 2,400 people a day. but right now, they're only doing a quarter of that. >> because we need more vaccine here. we just can't fill up all the working stations. >> reporter: this is the supply hub for bergen county. it's filled with ppe, medical supplies, and of course, the freezers to store the covid vaccine. they have the capacity to store more than a million doses. but right now, the allocation they're getting all fits into this container. >> and you can see -- >> reporter: it's empty. >> it's empty. everybody talked about how much mass doses of vaccine were going to be put out there, and the reality has set in that that's

not true. >> reporter: the biden administration is looking to change that, announcing plans to purchase 200 million more doses of vaccine. new jersey governor phil murphy is optimistic. >> i have supreme confidence that the biden administration will solve the supply chain challenges and they'll be doing 2,400, i hope, sooner than later here. >> reporter: across the country, states are getting creative, scaling up operations. in washington, they tapped starbucks and amazon for logistical support. a south carolina mayor calling on a local chick-fil-a to help manage drive-thrus. all hands on deck, ready to fulfill their duties as soon as those freezers are full. >> when we get the vaccine, look what we're going to be prepared to do. >> reporter: this week, new jersey opened up a call center to help with vaccine registration. they received 17,000 calls within the first hour. they've been having to tell communities to be patient, as appointments are limited. but they are eager and ready to urge people to sign up.

peter, kristen? >> all right, dasha burns. dasha, thanks so much. >> now let's bring in nbc news medical contributor dr. kavita patel, a care physician and policy adviser for the obama administration during the h1n1 flu crisis. dr. patel, great to see you. let's dive into this news. you just heard dasha talking about the fact that vaccine distribution has hit a bottleneck, and now we have this information about the j&j vaccine that could get emergency use authorization, but we're learning that it's not as effective as the other two vaccines. so, talk to people this morning. why should they take the j&j vaccine, if it's offered to them, instead of waiting for moderna or pfizer? >> yeah, kristen, good morning. and simply put, there is absolutely no reason to wait. you should take the vaccine that's offered. and i think that it's erroneous to compare 95%, 96%, to the efficacy from the moderna and pfizer trials with the j&j

efficacy, which is overall, as you reported, 66%, but in severe cases, 85% reduction of risk of severe covid, which is critically important, because these trials, the johnson & johnson trials, took place at a time when we had at least one of the variants of concern, at least the uk variant, possibly others, that were in the patients that were in this randomized trial. so, it's a moving target. and at the end of the day, as dr. fauci has pointed out, as many of us tried to say, getting to even 66% efficacy, we never thought would be possible within a year. so, this is good news. a one-shot solution that does not require those freezers that dasha was showing you is also critical, because we can get this into the mass vaccination distribution point that most americans are accustomed to -- retail pharmacies as well as doctors' offices. >> and dr. patel, so much talk about these covid variants, some more infectious, some

potentially more deadly right now, but how much more widespread? how widespread are these variants, especially that south africa one? and how do they complicate our fight against the pandemic right now? >> yeah, peter, great question. simply put, we knew that as soon as we saw these variants in other countries, they were likely in the united states. we currently only do about less than 1% of our genetic samples conducted on the lab tests that checked for covid-19 coronavirus. so, we are not performing the genomic surveillance that we should be, especially not on par with some of our other peer countries. so, this is part of what we've seen in the biden plan that i think will, hopefully, improve our overall genomic surveillance, because peter, unfortunately, these are not the last variants, and we do need to put up a bit more of a wall of defense through better genetic surveillance. >> and we are now more than a year into this fight. people have fatigue about this and those variants a reminder to stay vigilant. dr. kavita patel, thank you so

much for your time this morning. meanwhile, president biden is urging lawmakers to take action, to do it quickly, on his nearly $2 billion covid relief plan. nbc's monica alba is outside the white house this morning with more on that. monica, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. president biden's pledge to lead through bipartisanship is facing its first real stress test as that $1.9 trillion package meets increased opposition in congress. republicans have very little appetite for another large covid relief bill, given that nearly $900 billion one that passed in december. so, democrats are already signaling they're prepared to go it alone, if republicans don't join them on this bill. and on friday, president biden weighed in with his largest support yet for exercising that option in order to make it happen. >> i support passing covid relief with support from republicans, if we can get it. but the covid relief has to pass. there is no ifs, ands, or buts.

>> reporter: behind the scenes, president biden has spoken with at least two republican senators that we know of in the last week, but so far, none have been invited to the white house for face-to-face negotiations. majority leader chuck schumer, though, has indicated democrats are prepared to fast-track that legislation through a process known as budget reconciliation, which would not require republicans as early as next week. the white house stresses that the need is more urgent than ever, as the pandemic rages on, and they say the cost of inaction is too high as the senate begins to turn its attention to the second impeachment trial of former president donald trump. peter, kristen? >> monica alba on a crisp morning outside the white house. monica, thank you. also this morning, the fbi is asking for help to find the person responsible for planting two pipe bombs found near the u.s. capitol just hours before the insurrection earlier this month. now, the agency is now saying those bombs were planted the night before. new video obtained by investigators and made public by the "washington post" shows the person believed to be the

suspect walking through the neighborhood on january 5th wearing a gray hoodie, face mask, backpack, and a specific kind of sneaker. take a look at this. nike air max speed terp snooze black, gray and yellow it. on friday, the fbi upped the reward to $100,000. now the latest on the stock market drama surrounding gamestop and the battle between arm chair investors and hedge funds. the frenzy showing no signs of slowing down with gamestop's stock rocketing higher on friday and the markets taking another big plunge. nbc's kathy park is outside the new york stock exchange this morning with the very latest. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: hey, peter. good morning to you. yeah, this is not a game for many with billions of dollars on the line, and now there is growing worry over the impact that small investors will have on the power players here on wall street. this morning, gamestop mania leaving a big mark on wall

street. the dow, s&p 500, and nasdaq all posting big losses friday, but gamestop shares kept surging. >> it's a classic story of the little guy versus the big pros on wall street. >> reporter: the stock skyrocketed, thanks to amateur investors chatting on reddit. keith gill, who goes by roaring kitty, has been championing gamestop for months. >> the first stock that i'm going to talk about is gamestop. and i know it's a polarizing stock. some people won't even tune into the stream. >> reporter: members of the forum began buying up the struggling stock that major traders bet would keep falling. in turn, the pros ended up losing billions while people like justin speak, a pastor and novice investor, began cashing in. >> we decided it's $35, but the up side is real high. at my last glance, those shares were worth about $3,300. >> reporter: he used trading app

robinhood to make the investment, now facing backlash for blocking trading on gamestop shares, sending the stock price plunging thursday and has since loosened restrictions. >> this was an internal operational risk management decision that was made so that we could protect the firm and protect our customers. >> reporter: the move catching the attention of lawmakers. while the s.e.c. warns against market manipulation, writing in part, "we will act to protect retail investors when the facts demonstrate abusive or manipulative trading activity that is prohibited by the federal securities laws." the showdown on wall street now setting the stage in washington, as congress prepares to hold hearings amid the financial frenzy. and the fallout for robinhood isn't over. it has been hit with a class-action lawsuit from angry customers and the texas attorney general has launched an investigation into the company and others, saying it took some extraordinary and unusual steps

to limit its access to the free market. guys, back to you. >> kathy park outside the new york stock exchange this morning. kathy, thanks so much. >> kathy all bundled up. everyone all bundled up this morning, dylan, because it is a chilly one, and the storms headed for a lot of folks this weekend. that's right. that's why we're looking at a snowstorm, because it is so cold for so many across the northeast, the great lakes, back through the midwest. temperatures this morning on the cold side, but then you factor in the wind, and it feels even lder. in fact, by this afternoon, windchills will feel like they are about 10 to 15 degrees below zero -- or below average, rather. we are looking at temperatures to still stay on the cold side as we go into sunday. highs running about 5 to 10 degrees below average but staying below freezing. philadelphia only a high of 31 degrees. then eventually, we will start to warm up and melt some of the snow that we get by the middle of next week, but before that gets here, temperatures certainly wil

good morning. after a pretty stormy week in the bay area this weekend, we're going to catch a slight break from the rain. temperatures right now waking up to 40s in san jose. and we're going to get partly sunny conditions. so it will be a good afternoon to head outside on a walk. lovely view over san francisco as well. waking up to 48 degrees right now. by the afternoon, expect to see those dry conditions remaining. temperatures will top out in the mid and upper 50s throughout the bay area. >> and that's your latest forecast. back to you guys. >> all right, dylan. thank you. and still to come, the latest on the growing backlash against republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and why some of her colleagues are now calling for her to be removed from congress. plus, this morning we're going to take you inside the classroom with some amazing teachers who are going to great lengths to give their students the best possible education, despite the paemic. despite the paemic. ndi'i'm morgan, , and there'e'se toto me than h hiv.

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we're back now on this saturday morning with the weekly download, our look back at the week's big headlines. >> among them, mother nature's unexpected and destructive force. >> a rare january tornado ripped through alabama. >> all units take cover, all units take cover. the storm is on top of us. >> the twister touched down just north of birmingham, leveling homes, ripping power lines out of the ground and killing at least one person. more than half the country was slammed by brutal winter weather, dumping rain, snow and ice from coast to coast. >> this is a mess, absolute mess out here. >> the nasty winter wallop causing wrecks and spinouts. in some areas a giant cleanup is already under way. hollywood lost two legends

this week, pioneering icon tyson died at 96 years old. the emmy winning actress had a career that spanned decades and she pushed for civil rights. >> as an actress i should be able to play any type role, so i chose to do positive roles. >> she made a conscious decision to speak out. >> and leechman also passed away at the age of 94. she was known for her role in frankenstein and the mary tyler moore show and malcolm in the middle. the companies behind some of the most iconic super bowl ads ever announced they're staying on the sidelines this year, choosing not to run any ads f f theieir proroducts. bubudweiser sayss they wiwill d ththe money that would have gon to a tv spot to covid-19 vaccine awareness campaigns instead. >> it's a tricky year to hit the

tone and decide are people ready for a laugh or do they want something more serious. history on the basketball court. for the first time ever in the nba, two female referees officiated the same game. jen ma schroeder and natalie joined for the hornets-magic game. a pickup truck in new jersey rear-ended a 1956 chevy belair, sending it up in flames before the truck slammed into the side of a firehouse and flipped through the parking lot. the two people in the classic car were injured, the driver suffered minor injuries and was charged with driving under the influence and assault by auto. a new york city firefighter is lucky to be alive after he was hit in the head by a falling air conditioner. thankfully his helmet softened the blow. a man in romania was chased by a

bear ande h was able to escape by dropping his backpack was a distraction. finally, the zoo's newest giant panda cub made his official debut, hamming it up for the camera during this spial live stream event. >> 5 months old, what a nugget. >> so cute. >> still to come on "today," star peloton instructor and a workout that you can do at home, no bike, no fancy equipment needed. >> besest workout e ever. > plus, have you seen the netflix series "bridgerton" yet? we'll tell you why fans can't seem to get enough of this h

good morning. it is saturday, january 30th. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. a cold morning across the bay area. i'm kira klapper. thank you so much for starting your weekend with us. vianey arana joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. >> we are having a little trouble there. full forecast at 7:00. 48 degrees in san francisco. a fitting january morning. i believe we have a dry weekend ahead with 44 degrees in san

jose, as we're heading out, be sure to bundle up. chilly this morning. subpoena and clouds today. we have a storm on the way monday and tuesday. it sounds like saturday and sunday are the days to get out. here's a look at the temperatures we are expecting today. 50s across the bay area. so, again, if you have anything to do outside today and tomorrow will be your days to do it. we will see vianey for her full forecast at 7:00. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency in monterey and san louis obispo. part of highway 1 crumbled into the ocean. the slide started happening thursday afternoon near big sur near big creek bridge, mile marker 30. it is about an hour and a half south of carmel. no one was on the hill at the time it started sliding, fortunately. chunks are still sliding into the ocean. we are going to switch now

to marin county, where the vaccine rollout continues to be problematic. in the north bay, health leaders say they still don't have enough. next week they will only have 500 doses per day, as we have been reporting other local counties also are having trouble getting enough shots. north bay congressman jared huffman hosted a virtual townhall to give the rollout. . >> our goal is the pace is determined almost entirely by the doses we receive. we have 800 clinicians who are ready to go as volunteers. we have multiple sites set up, teed up, ready to move. . >> despite the setbacks, the county says the majority of health care workers and 10% of people in marin county have gone at least one dose. at 5:58, coming up at 7:00, new variants are popping up in the bay area. we'll tell you where the new strains are from and how

effective the current vaccines are at treating them. that plus vianey's full forecast at 7:00. in the meantime, we'll send you back to "today".

peloton, is the wig on? oh, the wig is on, baby! is your wig on? fix it if it fell lopsided. get her back together. fix those edges. >> if that doesn't get you going on a saturday morning, i don't know what does. we are back, january 30th, 2021. and that is cody rigsby, a popular peloton instructor, one of mine and peter's favorites, with more than 500,000 followers on instagram, and we just love him. coming up, we're going to show you what happened when he surprised me and peter. it was a lot of fun, and a good workout. >> they like to call themselves the boo crew. he says, "hey, boo!" >> hey, boo. >> we'll welcome you into our

boo crew later on, on "today." that's some of what's coming up. first the headlines this half hour. let's start there. we begin with the latest. let's start with what's the latest in terms of the hope as it relates to covid-19. johnson & johnson announcing friday that it's close to seeking fda approval of its vaccine that requires only one dose and can be stored in a normal refrigerator. the j&j vaccine is not quite as effective as the two vaccines already being used, but it was shown to be extremely effective in preventing serious illnesses. and also this morning, congressional leaders have announced that a capitol police officer fatally injured during the u.s. capitol siege will lie in honor in the building's rotunda next week. officer brian sicknick died after he was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher by rioters storming the capitol. his body will arrive at the capitol on tuesday, and members of congress will pay tribute the next day. sicknick will then be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. and a horse and pony in northern california are safe this morning after being trapped

in mud for nearly 18 hours. check this out. the animals wandered off late wednesday night when a mudslide caused by severe storms in that region broke down their enclosure. by the time their owners found them on thursday morning, they were chest deep in mud. rescuers were joined by neighbors to help free the animals, who were transported to a nearby clinic. veterinarians say that the two of them are, fortunately, doing well, and on the way to recovery. >> glad they are safe. well, also this morning, controversy is still swirling around freshman republican congressman marjorie taylor greene of georgia. this morning, a democratic colleague claims greene threatened her, a charge the georgia republican denies. and another video has now emerged from several years ago, showing greene making bizarre claims about the clintons, former president obama and also 9/11. nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house for us this morning. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. calls are growing for some kind

of disciplinary action from censure to even expulsion against this newly elected member of congress. democrats are angry. one outside republican group says it's appalled by her incendiary and false comments. marjorie taylor greene has suddenly become the divisive provocateur of the republican party. a one-woman flashpoint. >> you're attacking our second amendment. and you have nothing to say. >> reporter: from taunting a school shooting survivor to trash talking in the halls of congress. >> democrats impeaching trump for nothing is crazy. that's what we're dealing with here in the house. hypocrites. >> reporter: 46-year-old marjorie taylor greene represents her georgia district and a caustic brand of politics. >> i'm tired of republicans that lay down and allow this country to be ravaged. >> reporter: the trump-backing republican embraces completely false qanon conspiracy theories. and in a newly uncovered video from 2018, claimed former president obama is muslim, the

clintons had jfk jr. killed, and even questioned whether a plane crashed into the pentagon on 9/11. >> there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. >> reporter: she's become a magnet for confrontation. >> put on a mask! >> you know what, yeah, don't yell at people. you know what, you shouldn't bring covid-positive members in here spreading covid everywhere. stop being a hypocrite! yeah, this is how it is here now. >> reporter: friday, taylor greene released this video to claim missouri democrat cori bush instigated their verbal clash after bush called for taylor greene's expulsion from congress and requested permission to move her offices away from taylor greene. >> what i cannot do is continue to look over my shoulder wondering if a white supremacist in congress by the name of

marjorie taylor greene or anyone else -- because there are others -- that they are doing something or conspiring against us. >> reporter: taylor greene's campaign released a message to the mob, declaring "every smear strengthens my base of support. i will never back down. i will never give up." friday, the white house dismissed a question about taylor greene. >> we don't want to elevate conspiracy theories further in the briefing room. >> reporter: under pressure over taylor greene's conduct, republican leader kevin mccarthy is expected to meet with her next week, but his influence over the congresswoman is unclear. republican leadership could take steps like removing a member from a committee as a way to get that person in line, but it's unclear what action, if any, mccarthy will take. taylor greene says she disavows the violence that happened at the capitol on january 6th, and at the same time, her statement to supporters says maga reinforcements are on the way. she is already raising money off their newfound notoriety. kristen? >> kelly o'donnell at the white house. kelly, thank you.

time to check in with our friend dylan right now. dylan, you've got your hands full with frigid temperatures across a lot of the country today. >> yes. frigid temperatures, a big storm moving through the middle of the country, and now another storm making its way onto the west coast, after so much snow and so much rain recently. this time, everything shifts a little farther to the north, so coastal washington, coastal oregon, northwestern california, that's where we'll see some of our heaviest rain. there you see today we are looking for some light to moderate rain, but more moisture is going to move in off the pacific and just keep that rain falling. so, it is going to be pretty nasty going through the entire weekend today and tomorrow. we could see as much as about 3 to 5 inches of rain, especially through northwestern california, and of course, the higher elevations will end up seeing snow, perhaps 8 to 12 inches of snow possible in some of those areas along the west coast. and again, elsewhere across the country, we are going to see that rain continue through parts of missouri, into kansas, into oklahoma, and on the northern

side of it, especially as we go into this afternoon and evening, we will see snow in ♪♪ >> and that's your latest forecast. back to you guys. >> all right, dylan. thanks so much. and just ahead right here, a day in the life of a teacher. video diaries from three amazing educators showing how they're getting the job done in the middle of this pandemic. >> unsung heheroes.

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we're back on a saturday morning with our series "teachers on the front lines." we don't need to tell you that teachers are always true heroes, but definitely these days as they find new, unique ways to educate our kids, both in person and online. >> that's for sure. and it certainly is not an easy task. nbc consumer and investigative correspondent vicki nguyen caught up with three teachers who recorded hours of video to show us how they're pulling off miracles every day. >> walking into school. it's a really beautiful day today. >> i wonder what today's going to bring. >> my friends who are at home on the same google classroom assignment. >> reporter: teaching during a pandemic guarantees long days. >> do a little bit more grading before i go to sleep. for a lot of us, the workload of planning for hybrid instruction has been really overwhelming. >> reporter: meet christine

pelaricco, a high school english teacher, patricia hetherington, a spanish teacher, and a fourth grade teacher. this school in berkeley selected us to take them behind the scenes. all teach a combination of in-person and remote learning. >> i think what strikes me is the emptiness, how all the desks are separated. >> reporter: the pandemic forced them to learn new technology and rethink how to connect with students. >> with very positive intention. >> three hours straight of classes, and gosh, it's just so tough to get the kids to speak. >> it's almost 9:00 on thursday, and i am going to take a break at this point for the night, and i'm feeling a little too tired to grade effectively. >> reporter: new data shows 53% of teachers report their sense of success declined while teaching remotely. another 84% say hybrid teaching creates more work than usual.

so, we sat down with the teachers to check in. who is working longer hours than ever? >> i'm barely staying afloat with what i need to do to teach my students effectively. >> did any of you consider leaving teaching because of the pandemic? >> no. >> no. >> what is it that you miss the most about a normal teaching experience? >> you know, normally, we read our students. you know, you look like you need a little more help with this, so you'll go over and explain. >> reporter: they found teamwork, too, students schooling their teachers. >> i'm hearing that kids are using devices at home to get answers on math assessments or asking alexa the answer to multiplication problems. you kind of sit there and think, hmm, well, these kids are being pretty resourceful. i didn't think of that. >> i'm a firm believer that in-person instruction, especially for the little guys, is the most important. >> reporter: melissa varley is the berkeley heights school superintendent. what's your message to families? >> i can do everything in my power to keep your children safe and in school, but i cannot do

it without you. >> reporter: varley is responding to what she participated -- covid fatigue and parties off campus. what's the trickiest part of keeping your schools open? >> we know exactly what they're doing when they're here. it is the parties, it is just hanging out at dunkin' donuts with your mask off. >> reporter: we reminded the teachers about some of their memorable video diaries. all right, kate, see what we've got here. right here. >> i've been testing out a little situation at my house, so, i have my phone is hooked to this little contraption here that's hooked to my table, and my phone is acting as a document camera. >> i love that! >> at the elementary level, completing reading assessments is super important. so, it was a constant struggle to figure out how to get the kids to see the book, because we had the book. >> okay, patty, let me play this one for you. >> in education, we like to say it's the ah ha moment, when your

student gets -- when your student gets it. i had that today, and i haven't had it in a really long time. that aha moment, it makes me feel so good. it really does. >> patty, take me back to that. >> getting emotional. >> the highlight of your year? >> oh, my gosh, so far, absolutely. >> they really are the difference-makers there. vicki is joining us now. you've been covering school safety and teachers' well-being since this whole pandemic began. what do they say that we, as parents, can do to help? >> reporter: hey, good morning, peter. yeah, teachers tell me, aside from buying them the occasional cup of industrial-strength coffee, give them some grace. see them as a teammate, not an opponent, when it comes to your child. be an advocate, if you can. join the school board or pta to help give teachers that additional voice and really reach out. some teachers might need some help with tech. others could use help with

school supplies or maybe ppe. and for a lot of parents who are used to volunteering in the classroom during the year, you may not have had that opportunity to go to school. if you have some extra time, connecting with your teachers and just asking what they need and what you can do to support them would make a big difference. peter and kristen? >> vicky nguyen, thank you so much. one of the kids in my daughter's kindergarten class, the teacher said, say hi to your friends! and he said, these aren't my friends! i've never met any of these kids! the times. >> yeah, the challenge of connecting. and they're just getting so creative, as vicky's piece points out, with trying to make them all connect. so, really incredible. let's check in with dylan. obviously, dylan, your little guys are a little young for all of the zooming, but no doubt, the unsung heroes of all of this, as you take a look at "pop start," too. >> oh, that's right. i mean, calvin's doing the zoom school just like everybody else, and his teachers are incredible. all right, coming up, we have a jam-packed "pop start" for you. we are going to tell you how the weeknd is spending millions of

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together for a weekend workout from home with the help of a top peloton instructor, cody rigsby. this is a tough one! >> i'm not out of breath after two ronz of it. >> exercises everyone can do with virtually no equipment. his advice for everyone and big surprise for us, today, saturday, january 30th, 2021. >> good morning from rye brook, new york! >> good morning, "today" show. happy saturday. ♪♪ >> want to wish my grandmother a happy 96th birthday. >> happy birthday, grandmother. i hope you have a nice birthday. we love you. >> happy 96th birthday from all of us. good morning. welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. and dylan, peter and i cannot wait to show everyone this fantastic surprise workout we had with cody rigsby, one of our favorite peloton instructors.

those were our faces when we realized it was cody. >> we never asked who we were doing this thing with. and all of a sudden, cody rigsby pops onto the screen. that was a lot of fun. by the way, who knew you work out in a studio brought to you by architectural digest. that looked really nice. >> my living room. this is the age of the pandemic. well, we want to get to today's news, and that is, of course, the bitter blast of cold and snow getting ready to blanket tens of millions. and dylan, you have had a very busy morning tracking all of it. >> it's really been a busy week watching this storm as it tracks across the country and trying to figure out the details. but we are going to see the cold air locked in place for the northeast, the midwest, the great lakes. so, that's why as it moves through, it should be mainly snow. now, we are going to see the chance of some heavier pockets of rain today, though, but right now i just want to just warn you, if you're heading outside early this morning, the windchill feels like it's in the single digits or well below zero, especially the farther north you go up into new england. it is some of the coldest air

we've seen in a very long time. winter alerts are posted for 95 million people. those are the areas you see on the alert map that will likely see significant snowfall out of this storm system. so, here's the rain through kansas, through oklahoma, southern missouri, northern arkansas. that's where we're going to see some heavy rain this morning. but then you go to the northern edge of this storm system, where the colder air is in place, like northern iowa, through chicago, through wisconsin, even cincinnati will see a period of snow and then ice and then change back over to snow as we go into sunday. sunday, lighter snow continues to spread across the mid-atlantic. heavier rain down through the southeast. and then this turns into a nor'easter-type system with those strong northeasterly winds, heavier precipitation, and we are looking for mainly snow along that i-95 corridor monday into tuesday. so, of course, everybody wants to know totals. rainfall totals, those are easy. we should see about 1 to 3 inches of rain, especially in those areas in orange, but snow really depends on where that rain-snow line sets up.

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look at its fast-rising popularity. ♪♪ >> all is fair in love and war. >> reporter: it's england as it never existed. the new netflix series "bridgerton" -- >> bridgerton. >> reporter: set in a make-believe 19th century with a diverse cast, steamy scenes, and record-breaking viewership. >> it's more than just your honor at stake. >> reporter: watched by 82 million households in a month, in the top ten in nearly every country. fans like kathy specter are obsessed! >> we watched the entire thing in one day. >> the costumes are just amazing. and so, it's like very visually stimulating and, like, very visually captivating. so, like, when you say you couldn't take your eyes off of it, you really can't. >> reporter: british shows like "the crown" and "downton abbey" have long but fan favorites, but this is a period drama american style, produced by shanda rhymes, the woman behind hits like "scandal" and "grays

anatomy." and fans are not just watching it, they're living it. it's being called the bridgerton effect. >> tighter! >> reporter: ebay says corset sales are up 29%, and big clothing brands like zara and versace are jumping in on the trend. and that old past time embroidery is new again. sales of crossstitch kits at some stores up more than 500%. >> why are people obsessed? >> oh, my goodness, because it's escapism! it is tapping out of reality. and i think especially today, it's so important to unplug and recharge. >> reporter: the series is already spawning spinoffs online. ♪ don't you try and hold me close ♪ >> reporter: like "bridgerton" the musical, created entirely on tick-tock. >> yeah, the long-last stage. i think it just, i immediately texted emily and was like, i need your help on this because i think it could be crazy cool.

>> i heard the song that she started and i was like, oh, my god, we have to do this. 11 songs later, here we are! ♪♪ >> reporter: with season two set to film this spring, the bridgerton effect may be here to stay. for "today," kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. >> it looks like such a great series! i haven't seen it yet. should i watch? >> oh, yeah, it's fun. the warning we got -- we just started, my wife and i -- was, yeah, not for the girls, not for the first couple scenes, not for the girls, just the grown-ups. dylan, are you watching it? >> yeah. and don't watch it with your parents, either. >> yeah. >> just find a room alone and watch it by yourself. all right, guys, let's look at what's going on weatherwise, because obviously, all eyes are on this big storm moving across the country. but we are going to see today mainly rain with this storm system, which is what we are seeing through the southern plains. we will begin to watch the snow take hold of the upper midwest, where the temperatures are

colder. so, we are just calling it a winter storm at this point, and it's going to make a mess of the i-95 corridor, especially as we go into sunday, monday, and tuesday. in the meantime in the northeast, it is bitter cold. it's sunny but cooler than average in the southeast, and we're also looking at more and we're getting a couple of showers passing through the far north bay. aside from that, today it's going to be a lovely, crisp afternoon. temperatures will top out in the 50s. in san francisco, starting out with cloudy conditions. we'll get peeks of sunshine by the afternoon in through the concord area. same conditions as well. expect to see a cloudy start. a couple of peeks of sunshine by afternoon. here's a closer look what to expect by the north bay. by afternoon, temperatures in the mid-50s. >> and that's your latest forecast. back to you guys. >> busy couple of days ahead for you, dylan. thank you. and coming up, peter and i and one of our favorite peloton instructors around, cody rigsby,

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this morning in our series "start today," it doesn't take that much effort to throw on some workout clothes, sneakers and start exercising from your home. >> couple that with an amazing instructor and hopefully you can get in a workout without taking up too much time. >> recently we got together to do that with peloton instructor cody rigsby, and our workout start we did a major surprise. >> three, two, one. 95. squeeze. yes, peloton. what's up, peloton? my name's cody rigsby, your boo. oh, the with significance on! >> cody, we have not worked out together in five days. >> all right, cody, you and me,

and 200,000 other people. let's do this. >> i know y'all are hating me right now, but baby, i'm not here to be the nice friend. >> who are we talking to? >> hi, friends, how are we doing? my name -- >> no! >> -- is cody rigsby. >> no! >> oh, my god! >> cody, i got my wig. i got my wig ready. you're my boo. i am on this! >> oh, my god! i'm getting my life together as we speak! >> we are legit fans. >> amazing. then we can get into it. we're going to do a four-movement imam. i love imams. i incorporate them into my bike classes all the time. break, hinge, squeeze! you're just going to lunge forward on the left and then forward on the right. if we're on the road, if we're traveling, if we're in a hotel, we just want to be able to use our bodies to get our heart rate up. >> cody, i never know, how far down do we go? >> don't let your knee touch, or just a little smooch to the floor, not a make-out, just a little cute smooch. what we're going to do is go

down to the floor for our second movement, which is a plank. hold that for 30 seconds. do not let them snatch your wig! and we're going to side step dip. you want to extend your legs fully and just bend your elbow, creating that time under tension, and then go for those reps. great. you guys are doing good. >> this is a tough one. >> so, then we're going to reverse that direction. we're going to go into a push-up. hands onto the chair. >> okay. >> extend those legs fully, then go chest to the chair. >> so good. >> good. the goal would be to do those four movements two or three times, and you do 30 seconds of work, 30 seconds of recovery. >> you can get so much accomplished in a short amount of time. >> i'm out of breath and we've done two rounds of it. >> it's not supposed to be easy. it's all about nutrition and nourishing your body and getting your life together. so, i went ahead last night, made some overnight oats. we're going to kind of make that today. let's start with oats. the greek yogurt for the protein. mix her in there.

now we can add uncreate swooetenned cocoa, some peanut butter as well, vanilla extract and i've got some chopped-up bananas. bon appetit. >> bon appetit! i love it. >> this morning is the most my life has been together in about 12 months, so thank you. >> i'd love to show you guys a quick and easy kind of breath work meditation. >> awesome. >> and what we do, we're going to take five breaths and we're going to count to five on the inhale and five on the exhale. so, nice deep breath in. one, two, three, four, five. and then exhale. and you just want to use your awareness and bring it into your body so that you can kind of just be away from the stress. you can always use that tool, and you always have just a few seconds to take a breath. >> i meditated every day leading up to the debate, and i really think that made all of the difference. and i also worked out with you, cody, every day, and that made all the difference, too, because i was in a good mind-set when i sat down at that desk. >> i do it before i go on air on

stressful days sometimes. you have stress anywhere. this stuff helps. before we say bye, everybody, fix your wig one more time. >> get your life together, fix your wig! >> bye, boo! >> bye, boo! >> bye, boo! >> oh, that was so much fun! and of course, cody always says get your life together when he wants to give you 30 seconds to take a break. i can't remember the last time i've been that surprised. peter, or had that much fun working out! >> well, so, my favorite part for you, by the way, the lunges. i want to talk about your lunges. they kind of liked like -- it was a curtsy. >> they were dainty lunges. i have to work on that. >> it was so much fun. what's stunny about these guys in a pandemic is the relationship you kind of build with an instructor like this, whether you're on a youtube or a peloton or whatever. in a pandemic, there's somebody like that that can motivate you when you need it when you're stuck at home. cody does that for me. >> he does. and dylan, i think that's the key, being able to get that exercise and that engagement and energize from your own home. >> it's true!

just, you've got to do whatever works. i'll do some squats if i'm watching tv, but you've motivated me to kind of step it up a notch. >> nice. >> we'll work on our squats together, because i think they need a little work. >> we'll too it. we're back after this.

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