breaking overnight, the january 6 committee has released a final report on their 1'8"-month investigation into capitol riots. where does it go from here or is this the final word? damaging winds are causing massive power outages with bitter cold and blizzard conditions impacting about a third of the country disgraced crypto king sam bankman-fried is out on $250 million bond and at his parents' home in calilifornia

and ththe miraracle of an o donatition that involves two ve well-known olympic gold medal swimme swimmers who came together with completely by chance "early today" starts now good morning i'm phillip mena a winter storm could become a bomb cyclone today millions are under alerts as heavy snow, strong winds and rapidly-dropping temperatures are causing dangerous conditions across much of the u.s the nhl has postponed the detroit-ottawa game in canada today and the tampa versus buffalo game in new york charleston, south carolina is opening warming centers. on saturday the city is expected to approach an all-time low of 16 degrees that was set in 1989, according to the national weather service. and widespread power outages are plaguing multiple states, including georgia with more than

80,000 customers without power there. let's get to angie who's been tracking this for us >> we'll likely see the numbers rise when it comes to the power outages today because we haven't even seen the worst of the winds. you can see the dangerous cold is widespread. we're seeing watches, warning, advisories have been up for days and continue to remain for 160 million people at this hour. now here's why we've been watching that deep, deep cold settle into places in the high plain, stretching into the central plains as we look to tomorrow morning, the cold continues to spread south. orlando, 23 degrees for what it will feel like as you get out and about tomorrow morning now into early next week we'll slowly start to see improvements, but the single digits remain for places like

chicago, cincinnati, nashville as we head into christmas we'll eventually see some improvements by sunday in new york, it will be just 17 degrees in the city it will be a little bit coldfo folks celebrating. >> all right, it's going to feel like a long time from now to then, though i'm sure angie, thank you breaking overnight, the january 6 committee has released its final report from its capitol riot investigation the 845-page document is the culmination of an exhaustive 18 months of work the panel interviewed more than a thousand witnesses and issued dozens of subpoenas to reach its conlu c conclusion and ultimately laid most of the blame on one person, former president trump they also had a new recommendation >> reporter: the committee said former president trump should be

barred from office, that, in addition to the criminal charges that the committee referred to the justice department earlier this week. the house panel say it is all started with thebig lie, mr. trump's claim that the 2020 election was stolen, a move they say was premeditated the first chapters focus on the various pressure campaigns by mr. trump and his allies on state government, the doj and former vice president pence. all with the goal of overturning the election the reports then detail howhe rallied the mob on january 6 and it ends with in-depth analysis of the attack on the capitol one of the officers present that day spoke with stephanie ruhle with this message for mr. trump. >> assuming he is watching you right at this moment, what is your message to him? >> accountability is coming. that's it. accountability is coming >> reporter: the panel also laid

out recommendations to protect our future elections at the top, reform the electoral act. the house is expected to overhaul that law later today. the panel also urged congress to fight violent extremism, bar insurrectionists from holding office and toughen penalties for obstructing congress and threatening election workers for his part, mr. trump posted on his social media site calling it highly partisan and a witch hunt >> i think we've heard that before brie, thank you. for more in-depth analysis on the january 6 committee's report head to nbc news.com the senate has passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill to prevent a government shutdown at midnight tonight the measure includes almost $50 billion more for ukraine and overhauls an old law that former president trump tried to use to undermine the 2020 election. the house will vote on the bill

today, and president biden is expected to sign it. sam bankman-fried, the co-founder of collapsed crypto currency exchange ftx has been released on a $250 million bond. the bond is secured by his parents' home in palo alto, california, where he will be under house arrest until his trial. the 30-year-old has been indicted on eight charges. among them, defrauding customers and lenders of billions of dollars. bankman-fried could face life in prison he has not yet entered a plea. but two of his business partners have pleaded guilty to fraud and are now cooperating with investigators. trevor bauer has been reinstated to baseball the ruling shrinking his suspension from 324 to 194 games, meaning he will be allowed to play immediately, but his pay will be docked for the first 50 games of the season b bauer was suspended in 2021 after a woman accused him of

sexual assault and requested a temporary restraining order. he has denied the allegations and accused the woman of extortion. in a stargtement, major league baseball said it believes a longer suspension was warranted but stands by the decision the dodgers released brief remarks saying they would comment as soon as practical as the freezing cold plunging down into texas, officials there are working to get hundreds of migrants into safe shelters. our el paso affiliate has an inside look at this effort >> reporter: bed by bed. to almost a thousand of the downtown convention center has taken in migrants. >> there will be meals provided. >> reporter: city deputy managers saying they're hoping to gain migrants' trust and help

bring them inside the shelter. the number of beds cans are be expanded shelter also includes dining and internet access. they have partnered up to take vacant properties like schools, for more shelters. >> we're looking at possibly taking up possession on friday and next week midweek on the second facility. with that, as soon as we get possession, we have a lot of work to do >> reporter: all city shelters will have 24-hour security as well >> we have a lot of people congra greating. you want to have that presence there's additional dps >> reporter: staff will also be providing help with transportation arrangements with sponsored migrants, getting them onto charter buses to larger hubs week 16 in the nfl kicked off in the meadowlands with football from the jacksonville jaguars.

trevor lawrence used every inch of that 6'6" frame to stretch over the goal line for the game's only touchdown. jacksonville grounded the jets on their home turf picking off zach wilson. jaguars win it 19-3. they started off 2 and 6 but they are a titans' loss away from leading the south >> it's a wide swath of the country dealing with this extreme weather. from the massive winter storm that's been impacting folks for days can you can see detroit to cincinnati, we've seen equ improvement in chicago as far as snow is concerned. we're going to eventually see a big drop in temperatures in those surfaces that are wet right now from the rain. likely it will freeze. watch for that later today

additio additionally, a foot to two and a half feet expected in buffalo as we go through the next couple days with the strong winds, that will t, as we look to cleveland, 12 degree fors for t high the wind chills are a big issue through the next couple days, but the wind speeds are going to be problematic for things like power outages. >> and hypothermia, too. the wind will get you. they can write everything from legal briefs to kids' books. we're back with the new artificial intelligence that could upend entire industries.

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c chatgpt is available on the internet and impersonates what's found on the internet. people are predicting it will wipe out whole industries. >> attorneys, realtors, are we going to be out of a job >> reporter: but it may post ethical risks to users who are unaware how the technology work. >> it is in no way reflecting the depths of human understanding or human intelligence what it's really good at doing is mimicking its form. >> reporter: i asked chat gpt to right that for me and asked for a knock knock joke what parts of our society could this change in. >>change

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right now at 4:30, heading back to the bay area. disgraced crypto king sam bankman-fried is returning to his family home. the changes his neighbors can expect to see prior to his arrival. holiday travel in overdrive, but a winter storm is leaving some flyers in neutral. expert advice you need to know before taking to the sky. bay area holiday shoppers experiencing long lines for last-minute gifts. the scramble to get those final gifts and the lengths some are going for the hard-to-find items. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online.