♪ from the deep south to the northeast, dangerous snow and ice are putting 150 million in the path of a winter weather alert. authorities urging people not to travel plenty of reaction from both siesd of the aisle in the wake of saturday's impeachment vote as former president trump charges course forward on the eve of the parkland shooting, joe biden calls for congress to pass stricter gun laws our tracie potts has the details. ground breakers, making history at san diego's famed

camp pendleton prince harry and meghan markle deliver a big message on valentine's day. "early today" starts right now >> good monday morning, i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. snow and ice causing chaos on the highways this fiery chain reaction crash in oklahoma sent four people to the hospital similar pileups have caused at least 11 deaths in texas over the last seven days. more than 250,000 power outages are being reported in texas. houston police have responded to 134 crashes but the rare snow in the deep south is bringing a lot of joy to some people. this is the first time these kids in san antonio had ever experienced anything like that >> in the pacific northwest, seattle hit with nearly 9 inches to clear offhe observation deck of the space needle, workers had to shovel snow in

the cans and taking it down the elevator instead of dumping on their neighbors 500 feet below >> there's a lot to watch out with the storm let's get the latest with nbc meteorologist janessa webb >> good morning. we're experiencing rolling blackouts that are going to happen across south texas and that's going to continue for the next two hours heavier bands have 3 to 6 inches on the round near record-breaking and now it's starting to spread in parts of louisiana from lakes charles to shreveport. this is going to quickly make its way up to the midwest and stall out once again across the ohio valley. 10 to 12 inches across northeast ohio and at least 3 to 6 for chicago. look how expansive the storm system is from texas to maine. we have winter weather advisories and warnings. and on top of those are

windchill warnings in place across new york city all the way into boston. there's more elements to the storm. the snow and dangerous ice headed to the northeast. we'll talk about that coming up, guys >> got to be extra extra careful, thank you, janessa. the senate acquitted former president trump this weekend the fallout is far from over the impeach trial left congress deeply divided and now president biden is weighing in kelly o'donnell has the latest >> reporter: after a second trump acquittal, democrats are rendering their own verdict. >> it was by far the most bipartisan decision and a complete repudiation of the president's conduct. >> mr. rounds, not guilty. >> reporter: house managers did persuade a majority of senators, all 50 democrats, and seven republicans, guilty. >> we didn't need more witnesses.

we needed more senators with spines >> reporter: n reconvict three just re-elected to six-year terms giving them a political buffer cassidy claims his support will hold over time >> reporter: of the seven, only alaska's lisa murkowski faces reelection next year in a withering statement, murkowski said mr. trump failed to uphold an oath. late saturday night, president biden released a statement where he diseased on gop's leader mitch mcconnell's own words rebuking mr. trump's conduct as a -- >> disgraceful dare election of

duty >> practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it >> reporter: this coming week, president biden will make his first official trips as president, having been sworn in just about a month ago, visiting wisconsin for a televised town hall on tuesday. and then thursday, going to michigan to tour a pfizer vaccine plant. it's certainly an opportunity for the president to reclaim some of the spotlight. frances. >> kelly, thank you. >> while former president trump's acquittal cemented his role atop of the republican party, his legal troubles are far from over. here's geoff bennett >> reporter: arguing his allies cement his role in the gop >> the trump movement is alive and well, all i can say is

potent for us in the republican party is president trump >> reporter: trump hinting on what's in the horizon. >> in months ahead i have much to share with you. he's sitting on a roughly $30 million war chest according to campaign filings which he could use to back primary challenges by candidates he supports. as the republican party spirals into an internal fight but uncertainty looms over almost every aspect of president trump's post impeachment life to the possibility he could face criminal charges now without the legal protections covering presidents and now lawyers with new investigations in the election results. >> something occurred here in my jurisdiction that may be criminal, if that's the case it need to be investigated. >> reporter: in new york, prosecutors are probing financial dealings around some of trump's best known manhattan

properties, according to "the wall street journal" scrutinizing loans he took out on trump tower and hotel among others the trump organization did not respond for the nbc news request for comment. and then there's a possibility that trump cinciting the deadly insurrection >> we have a criminal justice department in this country and we have civil litigation and former presidents are not immune being accountable for either one >> reporter: and republican senator lindsey graham says he plans to travel with trump to win back the house in 2022 president biden is paying tribute to the parkland shooting to renewed gun laws. yesterday parked three years since the firing at marjory stoneman douglas and in a statement saying this

administration will not wait for the next mass shooting to heed the call vowing to take action our tracie potts joins us with more, tracie, what is the president asking for >> well, fraes, he's calling for that reform, on disproportionate effect on communities of color some of the specific proposals he's pitching, universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. and he's asking to eliminate immunity for gun manufacturers the white house says the president's ready to work with congress and take on the nra >> the president addressing gun violence in the country and putting in place additional safety measures is something that the president has a personal commitment to and his history on this issue is evidence of that you nope, he's obviously taken on the nra twice and won and he is happy and eager to do

that in the future >> the president saying that he doesn't want to wait until the next mass shooting for congress to act on this the time to act, he says in that statement, is now. frances. >> tracie, thank you nbc meteorologist janessa webb is back with us with a look at today's alarming forecast janessa. >> yeah, good morning. it has more than one element and the snow is going to be heavy across the midwest right now, 6 to 8 inches for northeast ohio, into the ohio valley but i think the bigger element that's really concerning across the board, all of the east coast, we have this dividing line with freezing rain. just a tenth of an inch starts to make its way into west virginia to new york city. that's on top of 3 to 6 inches ofr

midwest this afternoon you can see pittsburgh, 28, but new york city, 37. the cold, it will not budge and it's causing this perfect recipe for this storm system. we'll talk about that coming up. >> wow, yikes, with the temperatures janessa. cupid shot his arrow with full force this valentine's day, the celebrity couple famous for trolling each other. writing my valentine for the foreseeable future and then a black and gold chanel bag,a bird cage. jennifer lopez showed off a massive rose arrangement from fiance alex rodriguez. in this household, a little more humble, a little more simple

okay that's me. >> a little bit. >> i sent my kids on a nice treasure hunt for love notes to figure out running around the apartment since we're not doing anything it's too cold to be outside. >> that's sweet. >> instead of a candlelight dinner to the friendly confines of a bowling alley >> nice. >> if you look closely there, that is me pummeling my girlfriend with 224 to 130 something. she did beat me in other games but i chose to show this picture, right >> there's no strikes with love, with a bowling alley a new addition on the way with prince harry and meghan markle born wrinkles... ...with no7 laboratories line correcting booster serum. clinically-tested and dermatologist-approved. results so good, 90% of women said their skin looked smoother.

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is a bright spot the u.s. has also seen a dramatic drop in new cases which have dipped below 100,000 in recent days. vaccinations those have also increased. on friday the u.s. hit a single day record of 2 million shots. the war against the coronavirus as we all know is far from over. the virus continues to mutate. a new study reportedly has identified seven u.s. variants as the same mutation as uk and south african variants remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic could have long lasting impacts on children's health. experts say students are snacking more and exercising less and nutritionists are concerned about this saying this could put children at risk for type 2 diabetes and other concerns. and meghan markle and prince harry announcing a new addition to their family. baby number two. with stunning black and white

photos hitting several front pages but what would this mean as transplants living here in the u.s. hour matt bradley joins us matt, going to be a very different approach this times. >> reporter: yeah, really different. this is actually going to be the first royal who is eligible both to be the king or queen. depending on the gender of the child of britain, while also eligible to run for president of the united states. that's the first time we're seeing this. there is precedent for foreign nationals becoming the sovereign of the uk. but this, this is unique now, of course, as you mentioned, we saw that black and white photo, that lovely picture that is now plastering across front pages here in britain. now, we don't know as i mentioned the gender of the child. we don't know the due date of the child. but it's really interesting, this comes a couple months after meghan published a piece in "the new york times" describing the angst, the anguish of her

miscarriage. so this is incredible news not just for the royal couple, but for women throughout the world who saw that article, read it and really identified with meghan's grief there we're going to see, of course, harry and meghan have quit their roles as royals back in 2020 it's clear what's going to happen with the new child. now, we understand, of course, that meghan just won a major legal battle against the tabloids having another baby that's probably not going to relax the recruit thy of this royal couple >> 100%, matt. yeah they had even the slightest bit, that's not changing. a true changemaker, the "usa today" columnist who built a college journalism program from the ground up. and the marineses making

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shows up bought we're going to train them to those standards and we're excited to do it >> reporter: the weight of this moment palpable. >> i'm just glad it's happening now. >> reporter: a dream come true for some and for others a chance they never thought they'd have >> i feel like it's very empower. a sign of change and time. i think it's an opportunity i never thought i'd have >> reporter: it's all part of a plan to fully integrate training in the corps by 2028 >> we might alongside our fellow marines in the fmf, why not do it now >> reporter: in 2017, we met private first class mole, she shared her advice for other women following in her foot steps. >> if you just keep your head up and keep going you can do amazing things >> reporter: women proving barriers nothing out of reach.

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and on "the bachelor," controversial comments involving rain here's blane alexander >> reporter: from some of entertainment's big e names, a series of apologies. chris harrison the host of "the bachelor" has announced he's stepping away, after defending rachael kirkconnell. she's facing past scrutiny including these attending a 2018 >> we all need a little grace, compassion >> picture from 2018 at an old south antebellum party >> well, rachel, is it a good look in 2018 or is it not a good look in 2021 there's a big difference >> it's not a good look ever. >> reporter: for hairston, the apology, i am so sorry high words were harmful and i truly apologize for any pain

it comes amid a similar shake-up on popular show "the mandalorian," star gina carano fired after a now deleted instagram post comparing persecution of jews to today's political climate. >> a lot of folks like to lump everything in one basket and call it cancel culture in the case of chris hairston and gina carano, this is culture. and there are consequences to your language. >> reporter: all of it coming on the heels of justin timberlake's apologies to britney spears and janet jackson. both women taking hits for incidents involving timberlake nearly 20 years ago while he emerged unscathed. what impact does it have on the entertainment industry >> when you're a public figure, you need to think twice before you tweet that comment or before

you offend a group of people >> reporter: a reminder to celebrities their words and actions are always in the spotlight. blane alexander, nbc news. >> well, you know, this is the era that we live in. >> lessons so many people are arning over and overle

our vaccine supply has been limited. it has been inconsistent, and unpredictable. >> right now at 4:30, a shortage of shots. the all-new mass vaccination sites set to shut down today due to lack of supplies and the growing outrage from local leaders as they work to fight the pandemic. plus a soggy winter start across our area. meteorologist kari hall timing out just how long it will last. "today in the bay" starts right now. >> welcome to monday morning. it's also presidents' day. i'm laura garcia, and look