seven world championships, five super bowl mvp trophies, and in one of the strangest seasons in nfl history a familiar ending with tom brady lifting the lombardi trophy yet again. blizzard conditions hitting the northeast yet again. a prolonged stretch of bitter cold air invading the central u.s. with some areas seeing chills of 50 below. we should see some action this week on the federal covid economic plan. just how much will it be and when will checks get into people's hands today's changemakers why a record number of

african-americans are applying to medical school. we were just talking about this, what'd you think of the super bowl halftime show featuring the weeknd it's monday. "early today" starts right now >> a lot of people are happy it's monday. good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm frances rivera. football's present versus football's future as the chiefs and buccaneers battled with the super bowl at stake. the first touchdown of the game thrown by tom brady. >> here's brady's pass, gronkowski back again the biggest tandem for touchdowns in postseason history! >> brady brady and gronk the quarterback-receiver duo with the most in postseason history. the chiefs defensive line stopped ronald jones from getting into the end zone on a

fourth down. some penalties on kansas city allowed brady to find gronk for another touchdown before the half with tampa bay leading 21-6 even after the weeknd's halftime show the bucs kept the chiefs busy in the second half. >> fournette fournette. fournette! touchdown tampa bay! >> it wasn't all gronk leonard fournette broke free for a 27-yard score, putting the bucs up 28-6 things turned from bad to worse for kansas city in the second half with patrick mahomes throwing a pair of interceptions on drives that could have turned the tide for kansas city the bucs win the super bowl, super bowl lv, by the score of 31-9 it's the bucs' second title in franchise history, and the seventh of tom brady's career. and president biden congratulated the team on twitter, calling them in part a

story of resilience. >> you saw it right there. and we'll see where tom brady goes from here watch that career. >> retiring, maybe there are concerns that super bowl celebrations could cause a surge in coronavirus new cases and hospitalizations are trending downward across the country but the death toll from covid in the u.s. has surpassed 465,000. new research suggests the variant's first round of the uk is spreading quickly in america. nbc's sam brock joins us now with those details. >> reporter: frances, good morning. it is the perfect recipe for another spike of covid cases tens of millions of americans getting together to watch the big game, at the same time that another strain of covid-19, the ukks new research is putting the threat of the fast-moving uk strain under the microscope. the findings from a group of scientists which are not yet peer reviewed show the variant

appears to be dulling in the u.s. every 10 days, transmission rate at least 30% to 40% higher than more common variants. becoming up cdc warnings the strain is likely to become the dominant one in the u.s. by march. this comes as south africa stops using the astrazeneca vaccine based on limited protection against its variant. >> why are you concerned this evening? >> we're always concerned about event taz can lead to superspreader events but i'm worried about the super bowl because of the presence of these variants. >> reporter: an unsettling sign. tens of millions of people gathering around tv sets or bars to watch the super bowl. >> go chiefs >> reporter: in some cases, raging nightclubs during the days leading up to the events. >> i'm really worried about people partying in bars, people that are at home at crowded events let's make sure everybody watching the super bowl this year is around to watch it next year. >> covid is definitely something to be considered, you've got to

be safe no matter what. >> reporter: masking and social distancing critical, even as covid cases dip nationally but in iowa, the governor has abandoned the mask mandate, and any limits on public gatherings, prompting this tweet from white house chief of staff ron klain 100 days of masking to bend the curve, is it too much to ask an imperative football fans are being implored to take to heart. >> if previously one person could get two people infected, with these new strains it's possible one person can get three people infected and so on. >> reporter: critical hours for curbing covid. and frances, another major headline to come out of this uk variant study that scientists looked at 500,000 samples and traced the presence of the uk strain to the united states to late november, which is to say some parts of the country that have been particularly hard hit, like l.a. county, it might have been the uk strain that was driving it. president biden returns to the white house from wilmington

this morning with a busy week ahead. the president will keep pushing for his $1.9 trillion covid relief bill today ahead of tomorrow's historic impeachment trial of former president trump. nbc's jennifer johnson has the latest >> reporter: a busy and likely tumultuous week on capitol hill as lawmakers clash over president biden's $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill opening statements begin tuesday in former president trump's second impeachment trial he is charged with inciting an insurrection, the storming of the capitol january 6th. >> when those managers walk on the floor of the senate, there will already be over 100 witnesses present. and those will be the house and senate members. >> reporter: democrats need at least 17 republican votes to convict the president. >> i will listen to both sides and be objective. >> fight like hell. >> reporter: trump's last-minute legal team -- several had already quit -- will argue his words are protected by the first amendment and the senate has no

power to try a former president. >> we've never impeached a president once they're out of office i think this is a very bad idea. >> reporter: both sides are hoping for a speedy one-week trial, to get back to work on the covid relief package as anxious americans await their vaccines. >> even though there's a clear, clear discrepancy between the demand and the supply, that will get better as we get through february and into march. >> reporter: senior democrats will add to the bill a $3,000 a child payment for millions of american families. there's also billions for reopening schools. the cdc is expected to release its guidelines on how to do that safely this week jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington president biden will get a firsthand look at the nationwide vaccination campaign today he and vice president harris will virtually tour the state farm stadium vaccine site in glendale, arizona, this afternoon. mr. biden kept the focus on the pandemic during his super bowl message calling on americans to keep wearing masks, get vaccinated when they can

here's kelly o'donnell with the latest >> reporter: president biden ran with a super bowl sunday tradition, going back almost two decades, the big interview the covid crisis top of mind. >> i think it's time for schools to reopensafely. safely you have to have fewer people in the classroom. >> reporter: on foreign policy, a message to u.s. adversaries, including china's long-time president xi. >> i'm not going to do it the way trump did, we're going to focus on international rules of the road. >> reporter: on confronting iran's nuclear ambitions. >> will the u.s. lift sanctions first in order to get iran back to the negotiating table >> no. >> they have to stop enriching uranium first? >> reporter: from the global stage to the home front. the president reflected on son hunter's battle with addiction, that the younger biden describes in a new memoir. >> the honesty with which he stepped forward and talked about the problem and the hope that it

gave me hope reading it. i mean, it was like, my boy's back you know what i mean he's -- anyway i'm sorry to get so personal. >> reporter: this week the president's first 100 days agenda must compete with a second trump impeachment trial mr. biden unwilling to render his own verdict. >> i've watched what everybody else watched what happened when that crew invaded the united states congress but i'm not in the senate now. i'll let the senate make that decision. >> reporter: house republican conference chair liz cheney defended herself after wyoming's state party censured her for backing impeachment. >> the oath that i took to the constitution compelled me to vote for impeachment, and it doesn't bend to partisanship >> reporter: the senate impeachment trial begins tuesday and expect a big video component. house managers, who will act as

prosecutors, plan to use video to show a record of the events leading up to the january 6th insurrection while trump defense lawyers plan to use their own video reel. but they plan to highlight democrats talking about protests and violence as a way to undercut that it was mr. trump's words that led to the insurrection frances? >> a lot to watch this week, thank you. the former secretary of state, george schultz, has died. he was best zone as secretary of state under ronald reagan. he's credited with helping end the cold war he was one of the more and most consequential policymakers of our time, holding four different cabinet-level positions throughout his long career while awarding him the presidential medal of freedom in 1989, president reagan said he had helped to make the world freer and more peaceful place. george schultz was 100 years old. another notable death this weekend, boxing great leon

spoo spinks, the underdog who toppled muhammad ali for the championship in 1978 he joined the marines, then fought for team usa in the 1976 olympics recently he'd battled prostate cancer leon spinks was 67 super bowl sunday was more like super snow sunday in some parts of the country in the northeastern parts, a powerful nor'easter brought a fresh round of winter weather to regions still trying to dig out from last week's massive snowstorm. some parts of washington, d.c. also saw a wintry mix of slushy snow and rain. in the meantime, residents of buffalo, new york, got several inches in quincy, massachusetts. the white stuff fell at 3 to 4 inches an hour but the cold weather didn't actually stop some families from having a little bit of fun by sledding and building snowmen. >> it was sunday, people didn't have to go to school and work, not that they're doing that anyway, working from home. it made it pretty bus it's nasty

out there, grimy snow, so a nice, pretty setting hi, janessa, good morning. >> yeah, definitely, good morning. we have some spots that already have 20 inches of snow on the ground just from the last seven days we are kind of over that snowy pattern for today. then another round of snow enters for the midwe, ste northeast, tomorrow. the bitter cold, it is setting in these windchills this morning, duluth, the feel-like temperature down to 37 below that's why we have these windchill alerts we have some spots from the northern tier down to 55 below early this morning th's a look atatdegrees. philadelphia, lots of sunshine, 30

we'll take a look at your week ahead coming up, guys. >> we'll check in with you then, thank you. in massachusetts, super bowl sunday festivities kicked off with this, the second annual parade of puppies. around 30 pet owners braved the snow and the pandemic to show off their furry friends at a boardwalk in quincy, a boston suburb the rapa served as a fund-raiser to help furnish and outfit a new animal shelter in the area it may have been a good distraction on super bowl sunday, but it was too painful for some of the people in massachusetts to watch tom brady and gronk and that first touchdown, especially. >> it's bitter for them. coming up, the inaugural poet steals the show, this time at the super bowl. and the race against time in the himalayas. the desperate search for survivors in a deadly glacier collapse captain ahab to help you find a parking spot? thar she blows! whoops! loading zone. darn it. pull hard to starboard! too small! seriously? because it...ugh. oh!

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many villages evacuated. at least nine people confirmed dead more than 140 others still missing. rescuers racing to care for the injured. all of it triggered when part of a glacier in the himalayas sheared off, sending water and debris careening down the mountainside is this a sign of climate change >> this is definitely a sign of climate change as the planet warms up, ice is melting. glaciers are melting as the planet continues to warm, chances of this happening goes up not just in the himalaya, but in the andes and smaller valleys elsewhere around the planet. >> reporter: in the midst of the horror, hope pulled from this hole, covered in mud and debris, a man miraculously still alive a momentary light amid so much loss the search continues blayne alexander, nbc news still to come, the

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we're back with our series "changemakers" during black history month. the surge in african-americans applying for and enrolling in medical school, many driven after seeing african-americans communities impacted by covid. >> reporter: maya brown says health care dispair tizz have made her more passionate than ever about becoming a pediatrician. >> a local of us feel it's a do or die situation literally. >> reporter: tyrell powell driven by the social justice movement and the memory of friends lost to violence. >> it is an essential part of my

motivation because it still -- it's still -- it never leaves my heart. >> reporter: both applying to medical school, and they're not alone. some medical schools reporting african-americans applying in unprecedented numbers, as much as a 43% increase for some institutions >> we now had over 10,800 applications and we only enroll 130 students. >> reporter: howard university's medical school produces more african-american doctors than any institution in the country applications up there by 28% only 5% of the nation's doctors are black, a problem public health officials believe leads to poor patient care in hard-hit communities. >> do you think this is a turning point? >> i think it's a turning point. we have a crisis in our country. maybe this pandemic creates opportunity for us to change that trend. >> all i can say is i'm very pleased. >> reporter: dr. joyce elders was named surgeon general in 1993, the first african-american to be the nation's doctor. increasing the number of

physicians in underserved communities has been her life's work >> i was going around talking about, you can't be what you can't see. and we didn't see many black doctors and scientists out there. >> reporter: she thinks seeing covid's toll and the visible role minority medical professionals have on the front lines is encouraging more young people to join the fight >> you must be feeling very good about what you're seeing. >> i'm feeling very proud about that i do feel good about it. >> well, you should. >> well, i think you really have to go out and recruit, empower, and let them know that they can and what they need to be doing. >> reporter: a message being heard loud and clear. >> i want to be a light in my community. >> the time is now more than ever to be a part of a change. >> reporter: determined to be doctors in their own communities, inspired by the impact of a pandemic, changing lives. >> the call to action we're

seeing and one of the positives coming out of this pandemic. >> it definitely is so needed, especially in the black community, because so many people, including my mother, who is elderly, is refusing to get the vaccine. if you have a who's black that's sayingget ,

i'm so proud of all these guys out here. everything we dealt with all year, we had a rough month in november, but the team had a lot of confidence, we came together at the right time. >> tom brady capturing his fifth super bowl mvp award in winning his seventh vince lombardi trophy of his career all the highlights are straight ahead. 1 million doses of vaccine will be headed to local pharmacies around the country. what you need to know to get your shot. the terrifying wall of water unleashing