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dustin diamond has died at just 44 years old. and the secret held by the family of singing legend tony bennett finally revealed "early today" starts right now. >> glad you're starting your morning with us. i'm frances rivera. >> googeorgia to maine pennsylvania state police announced that two drivers were killed there after loodsing control on snow-covered snows. about a foot of snow fell around chicago where lake michigan is still partially frozen over. >> new york central park looks like a winter wonderland about a foot and a half of snow has buried parts of the city nbc meteorologist bill karins measured 20 inches in new jersey overnight. or another way to put it, ths a.

let'h jeanessa webb it looks beautiful out there now. >> reporter: we had the storm system roll through and it's starting to calm down for new york city. today we'll see intermittent snow showers we could see an additional one to two inches but pretty much the bulk is headed to northern new england. we're seeing snowfall rates 1 to 2 inches per hour across asia additional snowfall we could see today, up to a foot in some areas, even interior new york to northern new england we'll be watching that pretty closely. we're seeing 30 inches of snow out toward new jersey and 2 to 3 is possible. this storm system, i don't expect it to really start to push offshore until about wednesevening. so this has gone from d it wille

unfortunately in the northeast behind it cold air will surge in now we look at the potential of black ice, very slick conditions, and just that cold air that's going to surge in so not quite done with this system, but we're going to start to see the plows if you don't have to be out and about today, please don't, but our next focus, guys, is going to be our next storm system that's coming in this weekend. >> i can't imagine more on top of that. janessa, thank you. now to president biden who is planning to take executive action on immigration reform today as he continues pushing for his nearly $2 trillion covid relief package last night the president met with ten republican senators who brought a proposal of their own. our nbc national correspondent tracie potts has the details both sides sound positive about the meeting. >> reporter: right

both sides are hopeful they'll come to some agreement, but they haven't yet. their plans are very different take a look. what the president wants do is about three times the cost of the $618 billion republican plan he's got money for state and local governments, they don't. he's got a lot more money for schools. the stimulus checks under his plan are a little bigger they want to slim it down to $1,000 but target it to lower income families. unemployment republicans would slim it to $300 a week and for three months instead of six big differences. not to mention hiking minimum wage the president wants to hike it republicans don't. there are big differences, even though the republicans say they think the meeting was productive. >> it was a very good exchange of views i wouldn't say that we came

together on expected that in a two-hourith them what this meeting is not is a forum for the president to make or accept an offer the risk is not that it is too big, this package. the risk is that it is too small. that remains his view. >> by the way, both have the same amount of money in their packages for vaccines. both say they'll continue talking. the president today also focused on immigration it's possible he will sign those delayed immigration orders today that includes setting up a task force to reunite families separated at the border. that was contingent upon whether the new homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is confirmed. >> all right a lot of progress to be made in the days to come thank you, tracie. now down to the battle of the coronavirus. the united states getting close

to reporting 445,000 deaths due to this illness. moderna may be able to relieve some of the supply issues. a source tells cnbc that the company has asked that the fda for permission t nbc's gabe gutierrez is tracking the vaccine rollout for us. >> reporter: at boston's iconic fenway park, a difference kind of opening day, a massive vaccination site at the concourse, shots right next to the bar. >> my niece from concord calls me this morning at 7:30 and sayt the vaccine. robin barack is a health care worker. >> it was impossible to find an

appointment. it wasn't smooth. >> reporter: so far, 50 million supplied, 32 million administered every morning this couple logs on to find an appointment, no luck. >> it's like buying a lottery ticket. >> reporter: a new cdc mask mandate comes up as new and more contagious covid-19 variants spread the south african strain first found in south carolina is now in maryland, the brazilian strain is in america there is some encouraging news new cases in nursing homes have declined over the past four weeks. >> nursing homes have been a top priority for vaccinations. as theirriving a drop in infections as well. >> reporter: new york city plans to shut down all of its state and city-run vaccination sites

on tuesday. >> gabe, thank you for that update speaking of that mask requirement that gabe mentioned, the tsa plans to implement it starting at midnight. a hearing is under way for a putin critic to see if he'll face jail time for violating probation terms from a case in 2014 our chapman bell is joining us from london. chapman, what else are you learning >> reporter: fran circumstances outside court where his hearing has begun, we've seen a heavy police presence cutting off roads and traffic as well as setting up barricades. inside court, they were seen joking before the court started. one reporter is saying navalny said to her, they keep coming to me at the detention center to

tell me about your radical behavior such a bad girl. i am proud of you. that said, though, navalny is facing what prosecutors are calling for 3 1/2 years in jail for violating the terms of the embezzlement charge years ago. while he was recovering from novichok poisoning -- i should say alleged poisoning -- in germany, he broke the terms and should be in prison for this we should know later today his fate those so far, police from the u.s. and biden administration have been turned down by the kremlin to release him frances? >> chapman, thank you for the update. all right. well, it's february 2nd. that means ground hogg day celebrated in this bill murray classic. >> the big question on everybody's list, chapped lips do you think bill's going to come

out and be punxsutawney bill. >> that's right woodchuck chuckers, it's groundhog day get out there. >> all right today the days of the country will turn to a tiny hamlet in western pennsylvania to see if we'll expect an early spring this year it will be virtual and will be livestreamed on groundhog.org and begin at 8:30 eastern. >> let's turn back to january. the snow may turn him back into his tree stump if he wants, he can come out like you. >> yeah. i'm like a kid in the candy store. this is my kind of weather this is that compact snow, good sledding, snowman, whatever you want to do but please make sure you're staying at home and being safe we're still under that state of emergency for new jersey and new york city. we have a few more hours where we'll continue to watch this storm system from d.c. to the philadelphia area, but it won't

pushe areas of the upper midwest as well. mid-atlantic, a little bit of sunshine this afternoon. i know it's been a rough 24 to 36 hours try to have a little fun today in the snow. guys >> got to be safe doing it we'll try, janessa, thank you. >> i like her advise. "early today" is back in two with the georgia police chief ousted over shocking racist mas. and music legend tony bennett goes public with his secret health battle

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