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"young rock" makes its debut tonight on nbc this morning we've got a preview with the rock himself. and a businy "early today" stars right now. good morning i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. people are waking up to bitter cold after a powerful storm hit the u.s. more than 5 million people lost power, 4 million in texas alone. at least 14 states have experienced rolling blackouts. emergency declarations have been declared in several states this morning 130 million people are under some type of winter weather alert as the storm plows toward the northeast our wendy woolfolk is following this for us. >> reporter: the texas panhandle represents a frozen tundra before heading north and east.
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>> the severity of the cold weather that is about to be experienced here in the coming days is unprecedent in texas history. >> reporter: the frigid temperatures, forcing rolling blackouts to ease the burden on the power grid as nbc affiliate kxas's meteorologist experienced firsthand. >> if you're outside, you're going to get cold. did we lose me >> millions have lost power in the storm's wide path, and driving conditions are treacherous. police dash cam video show as man narrowing losing his life with a car that went out of control on ice the storm causing flight delays and cancellations nationwide. >> this is just the beginning of a prolonged event. >> reporter: since chicago is no stranger to brutal weather, even the cold weather doesn't keep
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people inside. the snow and ice will ontinue, bringing with it reminders about how to stay safe. >> we did not make it through almost a year of pandemic to lose people to a snow or an ice storm. >> reporter: mother nature seth her sights on the northeast tuesday. wendy woolfolk, nbc news. >> all right let's turn to meteorologist janessa webb with where the storm's impact is headed next and how long we're expecting to see this janessa, good morning. >> we're going to see some relief from the storm system it's moving fairly quickly you're still going to see ice accumulation across northern new england. it's brutal cold air temperatures across the southern plains in the zero digitsyou're without power in ta and oklahoma, we're noticing
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warming centers starting to open please get in there. you only need about five minutes with that kind of cold where you can possibly deal with frostbite. watching the severe winter as spoeskt this storm system. there's still that slight risk across west virginia into north carolina where we potentially had a touchdown in that area still waiting on confirmation from the national weather service. the storm system causing ice and snow could see an additional one to three inches guys >> a lot to look out for janessa, thanks for keeping us up to date. america is trending upward in the fight against coronavirus. ed a of t 14 varying degrees across all 50 states hospitalizations are also down as vaccinations are seeing a
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surge. these drops in rates have paved the wa reopen, but medical experts are not declaring a victory just yet. some are concerns about the rapid spread of those colbert yants. here's miguel almaguer. >> after hospitalizations reached an all-time high, our nation is reaching the most progress for the first time in month, the u.s. recording fewer than 100,000 daily infections as daily death also plummet well below the record high. but one critical number is trending in the wrong death. variants of the virus have been confirmed in over 1,000 cases spread across 41 states. >> we can't let our guard down we have to continue wearing masks. >> reporter: but even as the cdc director says now is the time to double down on safety measures, states are easing restrictions montana just joined iowa in
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eliminated a statewide mask mandate. >> i'm happy to hear the mandate has been loosened upa little bit. >> reporter: indoor dining is back in many regions too next week the bar sclays center welcomes back fans many are eager to return to a sense of normalcy. but for jacqueline lopez who lost her father carlos, there is no going back. >> go hug your loved ones because you never know this virus is so silent. you don't know when you're going to catch it. please stay safe. >> reporter: a reminder of what's been lost and what's still at stake. >> our thanks to miguel for that report. former president trump escaped conviction and his second impeachment trial legal woes is facing at least two criminal investigations in new york the district
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attorney is investigating his business practices, and in georgia, the fulton county d.a. has opened a probe into mr. trump's phonllto election officials. two more for fraud claims our tracie potts has more. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi has announced congress will set up an outside independent commission similar to the one that we saw after 9/11 to look into, quoting here, the facts and causes surrounding last month's capitol attack, lawmakers wanting to take a closer look at the reasons behind that. she said this will be modelled after the commission that came immediately after the september 11th terrorist attack, saying that we must get to the truth of how this happened. lawmakers of both parties have called for a bipartisan commission to look into why government officials and law
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enforcement could not stop that attack on th, additional funding to provide for the safety of lawmakers and the building, the capitol itself meantime president biden is busy looking ahead. >> today we're living through another long dark winter in our nation's history, combatting the deadly virus, hunger, racial injustice, violence, extremism, hopelessness, and despair, but i know we'll get through this. i know better days are ahead. >> president biden is in milwaukee today. he'll appear tonight at a town hall, socially distanced town hall that will almost assuredly be focused covid, giving him an opportunity to sell his covid relief bill. he's also announced that -- or democrats have announced they're ready to deal with immigration, unveiling their immigration bill in the next few days that will include a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented
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immigrants and expand the refugee resettlement program frances? >> a lot still to do thank you, tracie. the senate republicans who voted to convict president trump are facing backlash from their own party. the north carolina committee voted to censure senator richard burr he truly sad day for north carolina party's leadership has chosen loyalty to one manatn here's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: hundreds of supporters cheer ing former president trump after he had
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played golf. native, now strongly considering a run for the senate seat two years from now as the state party plans to retire senator burr for voting to convict trump in louisiana they immediately retired their senator bill cassidy. >> that's the trust i have from the people who elected me. i'm very confident as the time passes, people will move to that position. >> reporter: but trump's leadership has kevin mccarthy talking. >> this impeachment is over, but this fight is going to continue and there are going to be little proxy battles all across the country in 2022 where trump
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supporters will challenge it. >> does he dominate the republican party for years to come >> he's going to stay in the game, he's going to stay in the arena, he's going to keep talking while three to silence him and cancel him once again, he's going to do it his way. >> reporter: phillip, divided parties don't win elections, and four recent presidents who only had one term ended up losing the party, in jimmy carter's case, 12 years, george herbert bush's case, eight. millions of americans have another chance to sign up for health insurance through an affordable care act. a special three-month enrollment period has opened for the kaise
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in this morning in change-makers, we're signing a slight on the new chief to lead the world health organization. the nigerian born harvard graduate served as nigeria's finance minister. one of the nba all-time great is quickly becoming a philanthropist michael jordan is donate 10g
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million to launch two medical clinics in north carolina. they'll open next year and support more rural communities near his hometown. he's previouslo open clinics in charlotte. a new show will be on starting tonight about dwayne joh johnson. >> reporter: his wrestling career and else has made him one of the biggest stars, but his new comedy "young rock" showing him when he was still a work in progress. >> my experiences growing up as a kid, all over this country. >> reporter: mobility forced by the world of professional wrestling. >> the soul man, rocky johnson. >> reporter: the rock's dad working in a larger-than-life environment. >> it was never superman or batman or anybody like that growing up it was these pro wrestlers who were real life.
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>> reporter: but life in that world meant constant transition for johnson and his parents. >> you learn lessons very, very quickly, sometimes hard and harsh, but ultimately really invaluable lessons. >> reporter: ones played out in a series by a trio of young actors. >> i was so happy i was practically hyperventilating. >> reporter: following johnson through high school. >> you look like an undercover cop like johnny depp from "jump street." >> reporter: to an undercover cop in miami. >> you're not really just playing a big superstar. you're playing a real person who lived through real situation. >> reporter: but the series is bookended by a real flash floord, j.o.b.s. running for president in 2032. >> today's headlines are tomorrow's punch lines, and you have to try to find a way to laugh at things. >> reporter: young rock hopes to help the cause mark barger, nbc news. >> so good
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i can't wait to see what's in store. >> yeah. the casting looks spot on. the rock has lived a life that is worthy of a movie or television series like this fascinating, fascinating success story in america. >> and that success story keeps beingon m
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right now at 4:30, outrage boiling over and now calls for change. the protests planned for today against the largest hospital system in the state, and what kaiser is saying in response to the safety concerns being raised. plus --d number of doses that were left over. >> thousands of no shows, people in the south bay skipping their vaccine appointments. the action health leaders are now taking to make sure those shots don't go to waste. struggling to make it in the bay. the shocking number of rent debt adding up as many are out of work and waiting for help. "today in the bay" starts right
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