live local news update. later we have that phone bank for your covid questions in convention with the santa clara county public health department. find the number on nbcbayarea.com. good morning. january 6th, one year later. the nation set to mark the anniversary of the capitol riot, one of the darkest days in u.s. history. >> what i felt in the capitol is something i haven't felt since afghanistan as an army ranger. >> 12 months later. hundreds arrested. the fbi still searching for others involved, but should higher ups be held accountable. what the attorney general just said about that. the president's stark warning about our fragile democracy when he addresses our nation this morning, and our live one-on-one with the top republican on the

january 6th committee, congresswoman liz cheney. breaking overnight, green light. the cdc gives the final go-ahead to covid booster shots to kids as young as 12 as cases soar in schools and across the country. more than 95% of all new infections now blamed on omicron. hospitals inundated once again. big events like the grammys now postponed indefinitely. we're covering it all. round two. nearly 90 million people under winter weather alerts from coast to coast, thousands of flights already canceled. heavy snow expected up and down the east coast just days after the storm that brought the mid-atlantic to a standstill. al's full forecast still ahead. philadelphia heartbreak. inside the investigation of a fatal house fire that killed 12

people. two sisters and several of their children among the victims. could it have been sparked by a christmas tree? those stories plus no love. australia turns away tennis star novak djokovic at the airport blocking him from playing in the australian open despite his medical exemption. the dramatic twist in his controversial push to play without being vaccinated and the emergency appeal that could decide his fate. and jackpot. overnight, a pair of winning tickets in the $630 million powerball drawing, one of the largest prizes ever. the hunt for people in two states who just became the country's newest multimillionaires. today, thursday, january 6, 2022. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" with savannah guthrie, live from washington, d.c., and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody.

welcome to a special edition of "today" on this thursday morning. a solemn day here in washington as this country marks one year since the attack on the united states capitol. i'm here in the nation's capitol, craig, back in studio 1a, and you can imagine the feelings that are being expressed by feel who were inside that building one year ago. >> in fact, it's hard to believe it's been one year. i would imagine security, once again, on high alert there, ahead of today's events. >> no question about it. and there will be several events throughout the day to commemorate this moment in our history. first of all, the president is expected to address the nation along with vice president harris. they're talking about the anniversary with a speech from the united states capitol. then at 12:00 noon, a moment of silence will be held to commemorate that day, followed by a prayer vigil on the capitol steps later this afternoon set for 5:30.

we're going to talk to congresswoman liz cheney. she's the top republican leading the insurrection investigation in congress. let's get started with garrett haake. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this long and emotional day of remembrances will get started with a speech from president biden during which he's expected to lay responsibility for the attack at the feet of his predecessor. that's part of a long search for accountability that has stretched from last january 6th to this one. >> reporter: this morning, one year after the ransack of the u.s. capitol, president biden set to address the nation saying in part, are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm? are we going to be a nation where we allow partisan election officials to overturn the legally expressed will of the people? nbc news has learned officials

have observed an uptick in calls for unspecified acts of violence in the past 48 hours link today the anniversary according to an official. still law enforcement is not aware of a specific credible threat for today. >> the next time that we're tested, we will not be making those same mistakes. >> reporter: the officers who fought on the front lines that day, remember the violent mob who tested them and the fury they still feel. >> are you still angry about what happened on the 6th? >> hell, yeah, i'm angry. i'm absolutely angry. >> reporter: arresting the rioters who attached police that day is now a top priority for the fbi conducting one of its farthest-reaching investigations ever, fueled by more than 300,000 tips from across the country. >> we've had restaurant workers

turn somebody in because they've overheard them talking about it. >> reporter: so far, the sprawling investigation has led to more than 700 arrests with about a quarter of those arrested pleading guilty. all while the congressional committee investigating the insurrection has pushed deeper into the former president's inner circle. interviewing former white house press secretary stephanie grisham. without full accountability, closure on that violent day remains illusive. >> reporter: did that day ever really end for you? >> i don't feel like you can totally heal or have closure to something until you have accountability, until you know the full picture of what

happened. >> reporter: what that accountability means is very much an open question. yesterday, the attorney general said the department of justice would pursue the perpetrators at any level. savannah? >> thank you. with us now is congresswoman liz cheney of wyoming, the top republican on the congressional committee investigating the insurrection. congresswoman cheney, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. >> i've never known you to be one for big emotions. as you sit here today, one year later, and consider, how close did we come in this country? how close did we come to the violent overthrow of a valid election? >> we came very close. our institutions held. but they only held because of the people who were willing to stand up against the pressure from former president trump, people at his own justice department who stood up to him, elected officials at the state level who stood up to him, and the law enforcement officers here at the capitol. you had harry dunn on. people like harry, mike fanone, 140 law enforcement officers who fought at the tunnel, we came close and we need to recognize how important it is that the system depends upon individuals and that we make sure that it never happens again. >> your co-chair has said we came close to the end of democracy as we know it. the president expected to address the nation and portray our democracy at a fragile moment right now, not a year ago, right now. do you agree? >> i do. the threat continues. former president trump continues

to make the same claims that he knows caused violence on january 6th and it's very important, if you look at what's happening today in my party, in the republican party, rather reject what happened on the 6th, reject the lies about the election and make clear that a president who engaged in those activities can never be president again, unfortunately, too many in my own party are embracing that former president, are looking the other way, are minimizing the danger. that's how democracies die and we simply cannot let that happen. >> the committee that is investigating this matter has already interviewed 300-plus witnesses, looked at 35,000 pages of documents. big picture first, for those who think maybe this was a protest that got emotional, out of control, how high does it go? have you been surprised or alarmed by anything you have unearthed so far in the committee? >> we have unearthed new things in every single aspect of our

investigation. i'm confident that we're continue to do so. we've had tremendous cooperation from many, many people, including people in the president's inner circle, people who were in the west wing that day, people who have come forward to us with information about what they say and what they know and i'm confident that cooperation will continue. the committee is absolutely determined to ensure that we understand the entire plot, the entire plan to overthrow the election. to really overturn the rule of law. you know, we had over 60 courts in this country that ruled against the claims the former president was making and yet he rejected those rulings and attempted to overturn the will of the people. that simply cannot happen in the united states. >> i know the committee is

zeroing in on a key time frame, a chunk of about three hours in the afternoon of january 6th. at 1:10 or so the president tells his crowd, the protestors at a speech to march on the capitol and it's not until 187 minutes later that he releases a video statement telling them to go home. what have you learned about those 187 minutes? how would you characterize the president's conduct or lack thereof in those moments? >> we know the president was watching television. we know from firsthand testimony that he was watching the violent assault on the capitol. we also know that he could have at any moment walked the few few steps to the white house briefing room, he could have gone on the air and told the people who were his supporters assaulting the capitol to go home. he did not do that. and we are very focused on the minute-by-minute activities at the white house, what he was doing.

as i said, we have firsthand testimony about the extent to which he was watching television and was refusing to ask people to stop, ask them to go home. >> there's been reporting that the committee is looking for outtakes of that video. previous version that is the president recorded before the one that he ultimately released. do you have information that he gave a different kind of message in some of those videos that never saw the light of day? >> we certainly are focused on that, looking at it. we will, in fact, be ensuring that we have access to those videos. one of the things the committee is very engaged in right now is litigation. the former president is attempted to hide behind executive privilege claims. we've won now in the lower court, we've won now in the appellate court. that case is now potentially in front of the supreme court. but we will not let the former president hide behind these phony claims of privilege and we will get to the bottom of things like that video, the outtakes of that video and everything else that was going on that day. both his action and his refusal to take action. >> let me put a fine point on it. have you seen conduct from -- have you heard about conduct from witnesses or otherwise that suggest that there is a potential criminal case against the president? >> certainly we will be looking

at that. there are important questions in front of the committee such as whether or not through his action or inaction president trump attempted to obstruct an official proceeding of congress, attempted to delay the count of electoral votes. those are questions the committee is looking at. we also know, certainly, that it was a supreme dereliction of duty. when the president of the united states refuses to take action to stop a violent assault on the congress, to stop a violent assault on any of the coequal branches of government, that's clearly a dereliction of duty -- >> how does -- sorry to jump in. how does former vice president pence fit into this case? are you willing to subpoena him to get his testimony? do you think he'll cooperate? >> you know, former vice president pence was a hero on january 6th. he refused the pressure of the former president. he did his duty and the nation should be very grateful for the actions that he took that day. we look forward to continuing

the cooperation that we've had with members of the former vice president's team and look forward as well to his cooperation. >> you know, even as you investigate january 6th, the current threat is still looming large. as mentioned in 16 states, there are pending laws that would change election rules to give more power to politicians and the state legislatures rather than election officials and governors. there are 18 trump loyalists who are running for secretary of state. 71% of republicans believe the election was stolen. about a third think that political violence is justified in some circumstances. is the former president, president trump, in a better position today legally, politically, rhetorically, than he was a year ago, to subvert a u.s. election? >> we will not allow him to subvert a u.s. election.

he is certainly continuing his efforts in that regard. i think it's incumbent upon every one of us elected and every american out there to ensure when they're casting their vote, that they are aware that there are candidates that this former president is attempting to support who, for example, would not have certified the election results last time around. that's going to be a critical part of our upcoming elections. and we all have a duty to ensure that he cannot subvert this democracy. >> finally, congresswoman, a year ago it was all there for us to see, this violent mob attacking police officers, attacking our capitol live on television and it was unthinkable that anyone could deny it. and yet that is exactly what has happened. take a look. >> the vast majority in washington, d.c., today were peaceful. >> by and large, it was peaceful protests. >> this is one of the big lies

that this was a coordinated insurrection. >> you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> if people are willing to believe voices like that and spin like that instead of their own eyes, what hope is there for your committee or for any investigation here? >> i have tremendous hope, savannah. there are millions of americans across this country who understand their responsibility with respect to defending the constitution and all of those people that you just played, all of my colleagues, anyone who attempts to minimize what happens, anyone who denies the truth of what happened, they ought to be ashamed of themselves and history is watching and history will judge them. but the american people have the ability to ensure that we protect our constitution and we protect our institutions with their votes, with their voices and we certainly are not going to be part on our committee of allowing those institutions to be unraveled. >> congresswoman liz cheney, thank you very much for your

time this morning. and we will have much more from here in the nation's capitol throughout the morning, including a live interview with jason crow. he said being trapped inside the house chamber one year ago was like being back on the front lines of war. we're going to have special coverage throughout the day including this morning's address to the nation from president biden. for now, craig, i'll send it back to you new york. now to the other big story this morning, the pandemic. according to new data from the cdc, cases are up 98% in just one week with omicron accounting for 95% of all new infections. that rapid rise as schools scrambling to adjust. but there's in hope this morning. the green light for booster shots for children 12 and up. stephanie gosk has the latest on all of it.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. this certainly will be welcome news about the booster for a lot of students and parents out there. but you know what, the reality is, that the vaccination rates for school aged children nationwide are much lower than people want them to be. and teachers in chicago are saying classrooms are unsafe. >> reporter: in chicago, school has been canceled for a second day. but this is no snow day. instead, the teachers' union and the city are at odds over how to stay safe from covid in the classroom. >> we are going to fight to get our kids back in in-person learning. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of families are impacted. >> the kids are caught in the middle and parents like myself are scrambling to get coverage. >> reporter: the main concerns from the teachers' union center around testing. there's word of a plan to go

remote next week with the return to the classroom by the 18th. >> i want my students to learn. i want my children to learn. but i also want us to stay safe. >> reporter: teachers and staff are out sick in record numbers. more than 1600 in miami-dade. >> anyone who is available in the building is being asked to watch other classes. >> reporter: the cdc approved pfizer boosters for 12 to 15-year-olds. just over half of 12 to 17-year-olds are fully vaccinated. that drops to less than 16% for 5 to 11-year-olds. health care workers are also scrambling to deal with staffing shortages. in new jersey, hospitals are cutting back on some elective surgeries. >> it's very different patient population in terms of severity. but it's a lot of numbers. >> reporter: others are quickly running out of icu beds. in l.a., more than 1,000 first responders are out sick or in quarantine. this has criticism grows over the cdc's current covid guidance. the agency stopping short of requiring a negative test for people with covid to end a five-day isolation period. >> this has nothing to do with the shortage of available tests because you can see in our quarantine guidance that we

actually do recommend a test for people who emerge from quarantine. >> reporter: some health experts calling the comments concerning and contradictory. >> i'm very concerned about the cdc toeing the line of whether or not we're basing our guidelines on science. >> reporter: there's hopeful news when it comes to the death rate. it is rising, but only minimally. those cases, however, are skyrocketing and they are affecting basically every part of american life right now. the music industry is no exception. craig, they've had to postpone the grammys. back to you. >> stephanie gosk for us in new york. thank you. sheinelle joins us.

>> good morning to you. nasty winter weather will create a new round of problems starting today. tens of millions in the path with alerts stretching from coast to coast. let's check in with al. good morning. >> good morning. michigan, this is the sign of things to come. this is lake-effect snow that is getting hit. but we are looking at a system that is going to be going coast to coast. let's show you what we've got right now. 83 million people from spokane, washington, to boston under winter storm watches. we're talking about a very vigorous storm something that's going to be getting itself together. the snow is stretching from colorado into missouri, parts of southern indiana and it is pushing to the east. so today, snow developing this morning. it's going to start to move to the northeast. heavy lake-effect snow through the day today. look at this, later on pittsburgh, charleston, knoxville looking at snow. for today, we're talking about snowfall amounts from nashville all the way to charleston, anywhere 2 to 6 inches of snow. bitterly cold with windchills very strong. look at i-64. a lot of snow. i-40 as well. as we move into tomorrow, snow moves into the northeast tonight. the worst conditions are going to be tomorrow morning. we're talking snowfall amounts that could see snowfall rates 1 1/2 to 2 inches per hour. snow crews cannot keep up with that. into hartford, boston, could be 8. we have to warn you, the idea that this could be an overperformer. we could see some areas picking up twice as much as what we're looking at. we won't know that until this really gets itself going later tonight into tomorrow morning. we're going to get to your local

we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next napoleon was born and raised to conquer. but he was just kind of over it, you know. watching prime video he realized he should follow his dreams. so he ordered a microphone with prime next day delivery. now the only thing he cared about conquering was his audience. prime changes everything. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we've seen patchy dense fog in parts of the east bay. right now in the north bay, about a mile and a half visibility. we are going to see that fog clearing out. by tomorrow we'll see another round of rain starting by late

morning continuing into the afternoon. for the weekend we're drying out. our temperatures reach into the upper 50s with sunshine. and that's your latest weather. >> thank you so much. coming up, overnight for the top tennis player in the world, novak djokovic denied entry into australia and detained after the government refused to accept his controversial vaccine exemption. the court is now set to decide his fate. we'll have more from washington on the u.s. capitol attack one year later. congressman jason crow who was inside, captured in that dramatic photo, consoling a fellow law member. how he feels now walking into the capitol building and what he hopes will come from a day of chaos. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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saw a year ago >> reporter: on january 6th, jason crow knew the threat and violence was real. his worst feels suddenly came to life the congressman was one of several members, staff and media up in the house gallery when insurrectionists stormed into the capitol. soon the chamber was barricaded shut, capitol police standing guard with guns drawn. crow telling us last year it was just like being back overseas. >> you're a veteran. did you ever think you would feel like that inside the united states capitol >> what i felt in the capitol behind us is something i haven't felt since i was in afghanistan as an army ranger. >> reporter: as the mob grew louder, he called his wife and kids and told them he loved them and then he instantly went into

ranger mode. >> i checked all of the doors, asked members to take their pins off, putting our gas masks on. i had a pen in my pocket and was thinking about how we were going to fight our way out. >> reporter: he heard the crash of broken glass as insurrections smashed a door moments later, a gunshot fired by a capitol police officer killed ashli babbitt, an insurrectionist who tried to climb through. an unforgettable photo from that day shows crow comforting a fellow member on the house floor. he's described as one of the heroes of that dark day. now, he's calling for truth and accountability hoping last year's terrible events don't fade into a distant memory congressman jason crow joins us now. it's good to be with you again. >> you as well good morning, savannah. >> when you look back at those images, what is the most vivid memory from that day what has really stuck with you >> i think it was sitting there huddled with my colleagues as we thought, how are we going to get our way out?

being trapped, knowing we were surrounded by that mob many of us had called our families and, you know, making that call that nobody ever wanted to make, wondering if you would see them again just remembering that moment and that about 20 minutes or so where we were trapped in the gallery was something that still sticks with us watching those images and seeing the photos i think is hard for many of us >> yeah, you and many of those others that were trapped that day, the gallery group, about 20 of you, you've kept in touch, you formed a kind of support group. what's it like every day since then is it hard to walk into the capitol on some days do you or some of the others da? there feel that trauma still >> people feel different ways, savannah

trauma impacts people in a variety of different ways. for me, i -- it's not hard for me to go to the capitol. i'm actually emboldened to go to the capitol. i want to go back to that place and i do, and i do that work for me, it has reaffirmed my love of this country it's reaffirmed that our democracy is about people. our democracy is only as strong as the people who are willing to stand up and fight for it. and that's why i think there's an opportunity for us as a nation here, as we reflect on this somber day, there's an opportunity for us to renew and re-engage with our democracy and to make this a year of democracy and action and we're releasing a tool kit today that's going to give action items for americans across our country to stand up and start doing that, to advocate, to volunteer and engage >> you know, for a moment there, it felt like everybody on january 6th recognized enough was enough this had just reached a breaking point. but that feeling, unfortunately, didn't last. as we just saw in the last half-hour, there are those who

have been minimizing, denying what the video shows of that day. certainly president trump has grown stronger in the year sense politically, no question about that are you worried about the next election >> of course, i'm worried. it's not just about the next election i'm worried for our country right now. and that was one of the biggest disappointments of january 6th and the weeks and months after january 6th. we had an opportunity to bring the temperature down, to take an off-ramp from the path that we were on that led up to january 6th and, in fact, many of my colleagues i thought were going to take that off-ramp. going to take the opportunity to say enough is enough we're not going to do this anymore. we're not going to listen to donald trump, this man who is leading us down a destructive path we're going to take a different path and i thought for a brief moment that that was going to happen. unfortunately, that did not happen and you have in many cases an entire political party that has abdicated itself to donald trump, to this one man that's not what our country is about. that's not what our system is

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, one year later. >> i don't feel like you can totally heal or have closure to something until you have accountability. >> the nation marks the anniversary of the attack on capitol hill. this morning, a look at the still unanswered questions and the latest details from the congressional investigation. >> the committee is determined to ensure that we understand the entire plot. >> we're live in the nation's capitol. then covid crunch. >> let's do it. let's have a great class. >> with the new year focus on fitness, how gyms are pivoting during the pandemic. we'll give you options to keep your 2022 resolution.

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welcome back to a split edition of "today." i'm here in washington, and craig and sheinelle back in the studio. >> we should mention before we get to the news, the reason hoda is off, like many others, she tested positive for covid. but hoda tells us that she's doing just fine and we look forward to having her back very, very soon. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. let's get to your news here at 8:00 this morning. congress and president biden marking one year since a mob intent on overturning the election results stormed the u.s. capitol. garrett haake has the latest on the ongoing investigation and the impact the violence had on those who were directly in its path. garrett, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this long and potentially emotional day of remembrances set to get started here shortly with a speech from president biden in which he's expected to lay responsibility for the

attack at the feet of his predecessor. this search for accountability here now so important, including to men and women who fought on the front lines that day. >> reporter: for capitol police officers who fought on the front lines, the past year has been trying. many are still angry as they remember the violent mob of trump supporters who stormed the complex they're tasked with defending. >> the thing i remember most -- every time i talk about it again, i'm still mad. i get fired up every time somebody asks me about it. >> reporter: the house committee investigating the insurrection, interviewing stephanie grisham. >> i cooperated fully and i will continue to do so. >> reporter: the committee's republican vice chair liz cheney telling savannah -- >> a year ago it was all there for us to see, this violent mob attacking police officers, attackinicers, attacking our capitol live on television and it was unthinkable that anyone could

deny it and yet that is exactly what has happened. take a look. >> the vast majority in washington, d.c., today were peaceful. >> by and large, it was peaceful protests. >> this is one of the big lies that this was a coordinated insurrection. >> didn't know the tv footage was a video from january 6th, you would think it was a normal tourist visit. >> if people are willing to believe voices like that and spin like that instead of their own eyes, what hope is there for your committee or for any investigation here >> all of those people that you just played, all of my colleagues, anyone who attempts to minimize what happens, anyone who denies the truth of what happened, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. >> reporter: the justice department is conducting one of its farthest-reaching investigations ever.

fueled by more than 300,000 tips fbi analysts going frame by frame as they focus on individuals who attacked police officers on that day >> over 100 police officers were assaulted on that day. multiple times not just once. it wasn't just a one punch and done it was multiple times. >> reporter: so far, more than 700 arrests made with about a quarter of those defendants pleading guilty. president biden plans to condemn acts of political violence in a speech later today saying in part, are we going to be a nation that lives not by the light of the truth but in the shadow of lies we cannot allow ourselves to be that kind of nation. the way forward is to recognize the truth and to live by it. >> reporter: and on this question of accountability, the attorney general saying yesterday that doj would pursue the perpetrators of this attack at any level savannah, clearly, a long way to go in all of these investigations >> all right, garrett haake on capitol hill for us. of course, nbc news will bring you special coverage of today's events here in washington on most of these nbc stations craig, we'll send it to you.

>> we'll let you go and get ready for the president's speech we look forward to your reports throughout the day meanwhile, back here, there are new developments in the covid fight. last night, the cdc gave the final go-ahead for children ages 12 to 15 to get pfizer booster shots. u.s. cases have nearly doubled in the past week with the omicron variant blamed for more than 95% of all new infections one encouraging sign, though, covid deaths rising at a much slower rate. hospitals hit by staffing shortages are still scrambling to keep up meanwhile, the grammy awards scheduled for the end of this month in los angeles have been postponed until an undetermined later date now to football where antonio brown is defending himself for the first time since he took off his jersey and stormed off the field sunday brown saying he didn't quit, but was fired for refusing to play with a painful injury. morgan chesky has been following

this story for us. morgan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've been watching that moment from sunday over and over again trying to figure out why it happened now, antonio brown sharing his very different side of the story saying that he was pressured to play in that game despite suffering from a badly injured ankle. >> reporter: this morning star wide receiver antonio brown on defense sharing for the first time his version of what happened during sunday's bucs game against the jets. after his dramatic mid game exit stunning players and fans. >> antonio brown, that's antonio brown without his uniform. >> reporter: brown says he was injured and in extreme pain but ordered to play anyway writing, i didn't quit i was cut. i didn't walk away from my brothers i was thrown out adding they threw me out like an animal and i refused to wear

their brand on my body, so i took my jersey off brown says he played as long as he could on a badly injured ankle before taking a seat on the sidelines. and that's when he says the bucs head coach ordered him back on the field. he didn't call for medical attention. he shouted at me, you're done. while he ran his finger across his throat brown accused the team of trying to cover up his injury writing, despite the pain, i suited up. the staff injected with me with a powerful and dangerous painkiller and i gave it my all for the team during a press conference monday, the coach painted a different picture saying the coach never discussed an injury on the sideline of sunday's game. >> he was cleared to play last week >> reporter: brown says an mri revealed broken bone fragments and a torn ligament. >> reporter: the bucs

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stepping foot inside a gym now, once again, with the omicron surge, the gym industry is really sweating it out as more people are choosing to stay home with those new year's resolutions. >> reporter: welcoming a new year can mean ringing in a new you. with omicron flexing its might, gyms across the country are feeling the covid crunch >> typically in january this is a busy time of year, people making resolutions are people rushing to get back into gyms? >> unfortunately, we are not seeing that. >> reporter: according to the international health sports club association, in the u.s., 22% of health and fitness clubs have permanently closed during the pandemic, totaling more than 9,000 locations and eliminating 1.5 million jobs. >> before this last variant, our gyms were somewhere between 65 and 70% at capacity which is really about breaking even we are really, really struggling.

>> reporter: liz clark says the hard-hit industry has received any federal relief money after losing $30 billion in revenue. gyms struggling to retaining members as they also face the challenge of implementing new technology to give members remote options with small businesses taking a biggest hit. some chains contend they're in good shape after pumping up cleaning protocols, improving ventilation and following state and local mandates while crunch reports a continued growth in membership, planet fitness says membership levels have reached 97% of its prepandemic all-time peak. businesses remain flexible, capitalize on the consumer demand for working out at home last year, sales of home fitness equipment were up nearly 100% over 2019. and in late 2020, fitness companies like peloton pedalled its way to major earnings. this woman ramped up his business by pivoting to live

online and recorded classes. >> what do you think about the move about working out at home >> the reason i love personal training is watching people grow and i think being able to do it at home, it's so much more convenient it takes so much less time out of your day. plus, you don't need all those bells and whistles. need is a little motivation,ll good music and a place to sweat. she'll take care of the rest. >> let's have a great class. >> what do you say to people who are skeptical that you can get a good workout at home. >> try it. >> reporter: well, okay, time to summon some big win energy >> this is one of my preworkout stretches. i'm hearing a lot of popping over here. >> back into that down dog. >> have we been doing this for

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you're looking to reduce your risk, just remember the basics, wash your hands, observe the local mask mandates, choose those outdoor classes when possible and ask the gym to keep the windows open when you're working out. >> vicky getting after it. >> i'm going to do whatever you're doing, vicky. that's my takeaway. >> thanks for the gun show >> thank you, vicky. let's talk about the weather, shall we? >> let's take a look at what's happening right now across the country. 83 million people under winter weather advisories, watches, warnings and lake-effect snow warnings as well you can see the snow stretching from kansas and denver and colorado, all the way -- nashville is getting into it they're in a winter storm warning and we're going to be watching this now. you can see heavy snow out to the west upwards of two feet locally around the great lakes,

12 inches, and from boston back into the appalachians, we are good thursday morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are dry today, even though we've seen a lot of fog and also a mostly cloudy sky. heading into tomorrow morning is when the rain returns. so here we are friday at 8:30 and we are seeing the light rain covering the north bay and moving into san francisco. this will continue to sweep on through for tomorrow afternoon, but clearing out for tomorrow evening and the forecast is looking much trier for the weekend. we will see those temperatures reaching into the mid to upper 50s with sunshine into next week. today show radio, siriusxm channel 108, best time of the morning. let's go to carson daly and the graphics department for pop start! >> no graphics department today, guys some sort of early morning -- i mean, like, education is important, don't get me wrong.

getting the kids to school at 5:00 a.m. for some sort of legos class seems like overkill when the old man can use help around the house. first up, chip and joanna gaines are up first the fixer upper couple has come a long way since stepping onto the scene in 2013. they launched their channel, called the magnolia network. and they're taking a look back at how it all started. chip and joanna releasing footage from an audition tape that goes back ten years now to 2012 and reminding us all why we fell in love with them in the first place. >> we are chip and joanna gaines and we own a company called magnolia homes. >> this is a typical build that we do. it's very traditional. >> we don't have to worry about -- >> how could you not want to watch this show? tune in. >> and we did tune in. you can keep up with chip and > about --

>> how could you not want to watch this show? tune in. >> and we did joanna on magnolia network, available right now. next up, we got the beatles. the band's final concert is headed to the big screen peter jackson, the director, he's bringing a 60-minute cut of that iconic performance to theaters for a limited engagement the audience can experience the legendary 1969 concert from atop the band's london headquarters and you're going to see it in imax it will hit theaters on january 30th in celebration of the 53rd anniversary of that historic event. following the screening, peter jackson said, to do a big q&a session in theaters all across the country. tickets are available for that right now.

next up this morning, where are the kids now you're missing the good stuff. elmo a clip from elmo, 2004, right, it's gone viral now. because elmo's -- well, he's in a feud with a rock just take a look at this >> wait, wait, elmo. rock says he wants the oatmeal raisin cookie. >> that's a rock a rock doesn't know the difference a rock doesn't even have a mouth. >> after this clip started blowing up on twitter, commenters took sides. and the question really being should elmo maybe have been a little more understanding of zoe's pet rock or maybe zoe should have given elmo the cookie elmo wrote on twitter, don't worry, everybody, elmo and zoe practice sharing and are still best buds forever. elmo loves zoe as for the pet rock, he said elmo doesn't want to talk about rocco.

all is well on "sesame street," ladies and gentlemen speaking of rocks and muppets, "fraggle rock," the new trailer is out for the reboot series headed to apple tv+ it brings back the beloved characters with a star-studded lineup of new voices to go with it, patti labelle and kenan thompson all joining the cast. the trailer teases that they're back with catchy tunes take a look. ♪ it's a party down in fraggle rock ♪ ♪ it's a party down in fraggle thompson all joining the rock ♪ tunes. >> that's going to be big. rock ♪♪

it's a party down in >> i can see you smiling from here, al that's going to be fun right there. that starts january 21st good morning to you, it's 8:26, i'm kris sanchez. new details this morning on the bay bridge shooting that killed an alameda county sheriff's deputy recruit. david nguyen was shot and killed on tuesday night. chp says someone filed a single bullet and his car crashed into a guard rail. nguyen grew up in san francisco and was a member of the california national guard based in concord. he was sent to sacramento to the guard to guard the state capitol last january following the january 6th attack in washington, d.c. the chp is hoping someone may have seen the other car or have possible video evidence. if you do, contact the chp.

we want to get a look at your forecast as the weekend is inching closer. >> yeah, we're going to see a little bit more rain as we head into the weekend. as we take a look at our views right now, really hard to see in much of the bay area because of the low clouds and fog and so that will be slow to clear, and then our temperatures reaching into the upper 50s and near 60 degrees for today as our high reaches 60 in san jose. a high of 58 in dublin. we are dry for the most part today except for the drizzle we're seeing along with the fog but then the rain comes in tomorrow and clears out for the weekend. >> thank you very much. we have more local news coming up for you in a half hour. have a great morning.

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yes! i'm done. >> he wasn't done. he wasn't done. we are back with two of our mr. president, we love you >> thank you >> thank you >> how about that? i've been kissed by the best >> mr. vice president, how are you doing? >> they won't let me >> yeah, all right yes! i'm done >> he wasn't done. he wasn't done we are back with two of our very favorite inauguration day parade moments from our archives as we look forward to celebrating the "today" show's 70th anniversary later this month how many times have you done that >> gosh, about four times, five times. >> the bar is -- >> they've been -- the president and vice president have been very nice. >> on inauguration day >> we will continue to take a look at those over the next few days and weeks as we move forward to the 70th anniversary. lots to get to in this half-hour, including an extraordinary story to inspire you. a group of strangers from all over the country brought together through a remarkable kidney donation chain. kate snow is going to show us firsthand how it's changing countless lives. >> fantastic. if you need help getting

your house back in order after the holidays, the home edit team is ready to help you out with mini projects. listen to this, you can complete in just 30 minutes. >> i'm going to be paying attention to that. and our good buddy doing what she does best, making tasty italian classic, but they're a little better for us whipping up a healthy twist on chicken. on the third hour, greg is joining us live after making his broadway debut last night and he apparently crushed it. and kate middleton is getting set for her 40th birthday we'll take a look at her growing influence on the royal family. first, let's get another check of your weather. >> let's show you what we've got happening for you today. we've got windchill alerts 19 million folks, windchills as low as 50 below zero these are from texas up to the plains right now we're looking at first, let's get another check of your weather. >> let's show you what we've got happening for you today. we've windchills of minus 25 in

minneapolis, 2 above in springfield. in chicago, it feels like minus 7. this afternoon, windchills of minus 20 in minneapolis, 0 in north platte and that cold air moves east 34, new york city, tomorrow, 10 in minneapolis as we look ahead into the weekend, look at these temperatures boston, by tuesday, you're 19, 26 in new york 21 cleveland on monday 14 in chicago as we begin next good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. taking a look at the fog and low clouds for this morning, clearing out and then we get ready for rain tomorrow with some scattered showers starting in the morning and then moving out by the evening. temperatures only reach into the mid 50s and we will see some slightly warmer weather for the

weekend with more sunshine. the dry weather does extend at least into the middle of next week with san francisco also seeing some fog and drizzle this morning. more rain tomorrow and then once, again, expect a clear weekend as our temperatures come up just slightly. >> that is your latest weather. >> thank you, al kate snow shares the inspiring story of a donor chain stretching across six states that set off a chain of life-saving events when you have xfinity, you have entertainment built in. which is kind of nice. ah, what is happening. binge-watching is in the bag, when you find all your apps, all in one place. find live sports faster just by using your voice... sports on now. touchdown irish! [cheering] that was awesome.

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but it's really genesys that helps me understand people and what they truly need. i'm just glad i can help. we're back 8:36 we're back 8:36 with a story about what happens when people pay something forward over and over until that first good deed comes all the way back around. >> this happened recently with a chain of 12 kidney donors and recipients. >> kate snow has their inspiring story. kate, i can't wait to hear this. >> yeah, it's so fun, sheinelle. it's so inspiring. every year more than 100,000 people in the u.s. are waiting for a kidney transplant but only 17,000 will actually receive one. it can be hard to find a match even among families. so in a donor chain, someone who

isn't a match for a local patient, maybe a family member, agrees to donate to a patient at another hospital then that hospital arranges a donor to give to the next hospital and each step of the chain helping a stranger until it comes all the way back around to the place that it started. this chain of 12 people was one of the fastest ever. >> reporter: it all started with a billboard in virginia, an artist in search of a kidney donor. >> i saw it twice. maybe it means something that i saw it a second time. >> reporter: 25-year-old garrett decided to still give a kidney that started a chain that would pass through six states across the eastern u.s. the first recipient, a 32-year-old woman in tennessee her friend, a mom of six, sent her kidney in jason in mississippi. we gathered most of the participates together on a zoom.

because of garrett seeing that billboard, jason, you have a kidney now. >> i received an awesome gift, yeah, thank you. >> reporter: jason had been struggling to find the energy to go fishing with his son, exhausted after teaching second graders all day. not anymore. >> a friend of mine has referred to my kidney as the incredible hulk kidney. >> how long had you been waiting? >> four years in november. it's amazing how great i feel. >> reporter: lisa had heard about jason. when she wasn't a match for him, she agreed to form a chain. >> whatever we need to do, let's do this. >> so you gave your kidney to brian at wake forest have you met brian yet >> i have not. >> hey, brian. >> hi, brian >> how are you doing >> good, how are you >> i'm great bless you, thank you so much it's a pleasure to meet you. >> absolutely. i'm happy that so many people are helped out

but i cannot explain what a blessing this has been for me. >> i've been waiting to see what my angel looks like. this is an honor to finally see you. >> reporter: brian's church friend in north carolina, a father of three, donated to cathy in ohio, her third transplant. >> how are you doing >> i'm doing great, actually fabulous i can't believe how great i feel >> reporter: a huge change from last year when cathy's husband posted a plea for a donor on facebook. >> jennifer, you saw on it facebook, tell me what happened inside you >> it wasn't a choice for me i'm sorry. i'm getting all emotional already. it really wasn't even a choice

i probably didn't get through half the post and i was already on the phone to my -- i said, whatever we need to do, we'll do it >> reporter: jennifer didn't match her aunt, but she could donate to a man in new jersey, prompting a new jersey donor to complete the chain spending a kidney to where all of this started. >> live positive and use that as a gift >> that's beautiful. you're saying never give up hope. >> i want to say to all of the donors, because all of you made this happen for each of us, not just one of you, all of you, this chain would not exist without you. thank you. and thank you is way too small of a word. >> people like lisa are awesome. she didn't know who i was. she didn't know who i voted for. she doesn't know what my beliefs are. she wanted to be able to change somebody's life. >> reporter: for the donors it's been life-changing too. >> you get to a point in your life where you realize that you see the bigger picture >> jason, you said this gives you faith. this chain >> yeah, it does it gives me faith in just human kind >> it took less than a month to

choreograph this the donors bounced back quickly. garrett was in a wedding weeks after surgery. there is financial support available to help donors with travel and expenses. they're hoping that this chain story inspires other people to donate >> let's hope so i didn't know about this this is a phenomenal idea. >> what a great story. >> thank you, kate up next, can you really transform your kitchen, bathroom, other messy parts of your house can you do it in just 30 minutes? the home edit team says absolutely you can in fact, they're about to show (. covered california is making health insurance more affordable for millions of us. even if you've looked before, you should look again. enrollment ends january 31st. there's this feeling we chase...

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it's landed them a netflix show, a long list of celebrity clients and a massive following. and they are now with us this morning to share some easy mini projects for 2022. good morning to both of you. >> hi! >> hi, guys! thanks for having us. >> there's no question about it, there are people who are watching who would say, sure, this is fantastic. but i'm too overwhelmed. this is good these are mini projects that we can get down in 30 minutes >> absolutely. even less than 30 minutes. we love a mini project so easy -- little bite-sized projects you can take on >> okay. >> let's start in the kitchen. >> yeah, let's start in the kitchen. it's the heart of the home it's also the busiest, you know, place. let's start off with a coffee and tea station. the reason we love it, it starts your day off right it's an organized mini system that is so cute to look at, functional, this is going to

make you happy every time you use it a big trick, is eliminating the packaging. take your tea bags out you can label them you can just have it all looking perfect all the time another thing is your shelves is a three-tier riser it helps you use all of the vertical space it's the easiest thing to put in it holds all of your items and keeps them organized and looking great. >> oh, my goodness. >> we want to look at a freezer system whether you have a door freezer or a freezer that has shelves, having this filer, you can store all sorts of frozen boxes. >> oh. you just changed my life i will be honest with you, our freezer is a disaster. frozen vegetables or fruit or

smoothies, they start to pile up all over the place >> exactly >> can where he move on to the bathroom that's always -- especially under the cabinets and the counters >> absolutely. you start the day in the bathroom, usually. it's nice to have a little self-care. we like to have an a.m. and p.m. drawer you can open the door and easily get what you need to get started with the day and have a different drawer or share it for the p.m. stuff all of your creams and stuff like that. the other thing we like to do, utilize the space underneath your bathroom sink you can easily use a turntable in front of the sink that you can access all of your projects, you can put them away. everything is right there. on the side of everything is right there. on the side of the sink, use the vertical space these are vertical drawers take advantage of all that

unused space underneath the sink. >> that's a fantastic idea i'm taking notes let's go to the playroom if you have small children like we do, this is typically the the house. i want to show our folks at home the one that you guys did for that's next level. your big fans of the roy g. biv bookshelf. >> organizing by color is a functional organizing system >> i get it. >> the colors of the rainbow we're going to help kids find what they're looking for it works really well for books, kids toys, arts and crafts, things like that and we can do a labeling system with rainbow blocks and shoe boxes. it can be something as simple as clear, coordinated storage really easy for kids to find and utilize.

since they can't read, they can organize by the colors. >> and they can put it back because it's right there we're out of time. i know you have lots of bins bins, bins and more bins for arts and crafts and everything else. >> yeah. we love a craft zone even pom-poms and beads into a bin. it's a project in itself >> a turntable for art supplies. if you get an art cart, we love art carts. create zones help kids feel inspired to utilize all of these things and play with them. they know exactly where to find what they're looking for and they know where to put it away >> these are -- i'm going to

steal the art cart idea and my freezer and about to be transformed. up next, to a better way to eat in 2022. giada de laurentiis is standing by she's going to show us how to put a healthier spin on a classic dish that you can have on the dinner table tonight. first, this is "today"n nbc. o

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we're back with today food and this morning we're going to put a healthier twist on a classic comfort dish. >> that's right. the one and only giada de laurentiis joining us this morning ahead of a premier of her new food network show "simply giada" she's going to cook up some of her favorite dishes on the show. always good to see you, giada. >> hey, guys, good morning >> how are you and jade doing? we noticed on instagram that you two were social distancing all is okay now? >> yes, yes.

all is okay now. jade had covid and i was trying to avoid covid >> good plan >> i feel like i should have let it go, but, we're all better now. >> glad we're doing well listen, nothing can stop you from cooking with so many of us at home, we need your help what are your thoughts on tonight's dinner what's on the menu. >> so chicken milanese is for dinner tonight it's chicken cutlets thin, and i'm lightening them up all the recipes are inspired by my cookbooks that came out about a year ago eat better, feel better. it's about eating better and not skipping on flavor we've seasoned the chicken with salt and pepper. we're putting it in ground -- brown rice flour and you season all of the ingredients. the flour, the egg

a little bit of salt and panko breadcrumbs. they make it gluten-free for everybody. it's easier on your tummy. a great way to eat i'm dredging it. and then what we do is we come over here to the pan and i've already got one cooking away i put a little bit of olive oil in the pan the olive oil gives it a nice golden crust as you can see. we cook this in here for a couple of minutes. we get this nice golden crust, and i love to serve it with a little bit of arugula and fresh lemon. and that's basic dinner. and it's satisfying without skipping on flavors. >> i have to tell you, it's pretty simple. sometimes we get these recipes

where, you know, i want to do it, but there's a lot involved this is something that everybody can do. >> yeah. honestly you can make it early in the day and pop it in the oven at 250, 200, warm up the chicken. you can make a sandwich out of it or reheat it and heat it for dinner. >> with leftovers, that thing looks like it would fantastic on a hoagie or something like that with a little tomato sauce. >> for sure. >> that will lighten it. >> okay. >> really quick, how long on each side did you cook that? >> i cook it about four minutes on each side it kind of depends on how thin your cutlet is i pounded my chicken breast. if they're thin, it takes two, three minutes on each side it's a very, very fast dinner. who doesn't like friday chicken? that's pretty much what it is, but a lightened up version. >> what would you serve with that out of the cookbook that's a little lighter that you normally wouldn't have lighter >> meaning alongside it? >> yeah. lightened up version.

>> what would you serve with that out of the cookbook that's a little lighter that you >> a brown rice on the side of it you can use tomato sauce to the brown rice to add more flavor. it would almost be like a chicken parm, but not really jade likes it with gluten-free pasta. she really likes it with regular pasta but we're trying to lighten things up. >> thank you so much as always wish you were here in the studio >> happy new year. i wish that chicken were here in the studio you can find the recipe on today.com/food and check out giada's new show on the food network. >> the best products to help our kids get a great night sleep >> see you in just a couple of

minutes. 8:56. i'm kris sanchez. san francisco teachers say the district is failing to plan for the omicron surge. they are now considering staging a sickout later today. leaders of the united educators of san francisco say they don't support a sickout.

they want schools to remain open, but only if the district does more to keep teachers and students safe. the union says the administration needs a better plan for replacing sick teachers and distributing at-home test kits. the district contends its made testing available to students and staff since last spring. leaders say they have gotten a new batch of at-home tests from the state last night, they will be handing them out in the days ahead. covid outbreak hitting home for east bay schools as well. straight ahead at 11:00 the swift action one district is taking and the impact it will have on thousands of families. a cruise ship believed by some to be experiencing a covid outbreak docked early in morning in san francisco. we're live in the midday news at 11:00 with what passengers are saying about the trip now under the microscope. you saw it here, president biden responding one year after the deadly riot on capitol hill, all new at 11:00 i speak with east bay congressman eric swalwell.

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