so, meagan, how soon will people be able to get a shot through that new pharmacy program? >> well, kate, cvs will start vaccinating thursday walgreens says it will happen on but keep in mind it's happening in limits states. it's important to check the website. both pharmacies they those who are eligible can start making appointments as soon as tuesday kate >> that's great news meagan, thank you. >>> tonight in president biden's first tv interview, he says that getting enough americans vaccinated to reach herd immunity by summer's end may prove difficult. he's also weighing in on when schools should re-open for in-person classes. kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware. >> reporter: tonight president biden ran with a super bowl sunday tradition, going back almost two decades the big interview. the covid crisis top of mind. >> i think it's time for schools to re-open safely. safely you have to have fewer people in classroom. >> reporter: on foreign policy, a message to u.s. adversaries including china's longtime president xi. >> i'm not going

meagan, you've talked to police. what are they saying about the investigation?> reporter: jose, police tell us they're still waiting on the results of blood samples that were taken they're still trying to gather witness statements they tell us if charges are going to be filed here it won't happen till after the investigation is complete and that's something they say could take weeks jose >> meagan fitzgerald in los angeles. thank you. >>> 95 million people are bracing for either snow, rain, dangerously cold temperatures or all three. the wind chill so low in some places it looks like a typo shaquille brewster reports from icy chicago where the arctic air could break a record in days ahead. >> reporter: tonight a bitter winter blast sweeping across the midwest. plummeting temperatures creating hazardous conditions an avalanche in utah near alexander basin prompting air rescues. whiteout conditions in montana. in iowa a massive highway pileup tractor-trailers flipped. a police cruiser in ruins. whipping winds plunging half the country into a deep freeze the wind c

jose >> meagan fitzgerald in los angeles. thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, the school board caught on camera making fun of parents. the fallout today. >>> we're back with major fallout tonight from a virtual school board meeting in california that the public wasn't supposed to hear. kathy park reports >> let them play >> reporter: tonight frustrations over reopening schools deepening in california, triggering protests among parents and even fueling comments made by school board members caught on a hot mike >> are we alone? >> yeah. >> [ bleep ] if you're going to call me out i'm going to [ bleep you up >> reporter: for several minutes a board of trustees with the oakley union elementary school board could be heard criticizing parents. >> it's really unfortunate they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back. >> reporter: the discussion abruptly cuts off when the group realizes they had a live audience >> oh. we have the meeting open to the public right now >> reporter: a viewer recordedsn >> it is shockin

may lead to a new surge meagan fitzgerald reports from los angeles. >> reporter: tonight health experts say dangerous covid variants could push the country to a powerful new surge in a matter of weeks. >> we are going to see something like we have not seen yet in this country >> reporter: more infections, hospitalizations, and potentially more deaths because of highly transmissible strains. now in at least 33 states, the south african, brazilian and possibly more deadly u.k. strain, which is expected to dominate the country by march. >> we get a number of first doses in people, particularly 65 years of age and older, we can really do a lot to reduce the number of serious illnesses and deaths >> reporter: but getting even one dose is proving to be the nation's biggest challenge all 50 states reporting shortages. >> everything is affected by the supply problem >> reporter: those supply issues now compounded by severe weather cancelling or delaying vaccine appointments across the northeast. >> the last thing we want to do is urge our seniors to come out in the middle of a storm like this >

>> meagan, thank you very much.id vac seen for you or for members of your family. you can learn more about your state's vaccination plans and eligibility at plan your vaccine.com. >>> now it's time for a little weekend morning boost. we could use it after a long week. check out this extra special performance of the national anthem. ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪♪ >> those are some pipes. that's 5-year-old lucy wall captivating the audience. >> lucy's dad is louisville head coach jeff wall. he taped her singing the anthem a few days earlier. she had no idea they were going to play it on the big screen before the game. dad says he might get some grief for this at home, but we think lucy did a pretty good job by the way. she's good luck for the cardinals. they won the game. >> way to go. she is too adorable. she's got a future. >> she's good. >> maybe we'll see her before the superbowl one day. >>> still ahead, why justin timberlake is apologizing we are the thrivers. women with metastatic

prince harry and his wife meagan are expecting their second child.will have a live report with reaction from the royal family . >>> good to have you with us. there may be some in washington, d.c., who are moving on from donald trump's second impeachment trial, but debate over the former president's acquittal still rages on in some quarters, specifically over house impeachment manager's decision against calling witnesses. however, they point out the republican loyalty to trump has remained largely unshakeable. that remained conviction unlikely despite the evidence. >> we could have had 1,000 witnesses but that could not have overcome the kinds of silly arguments people were hanging their hats on. >> just so the american public is aware, witnesses in a senate hearing do not come and stand before the senators and make any statements. it's a deposition. it's videotaped and that is brought before the senate. so i know that people are feeling a lot of angst and believe that maybe if we had this, the senators would have done what we wanted but, listen, we d

sets the stage for a very week, shaky foundation. >> reporter: a warning to teen most experienced meagan fitzgerald, nbc news. >>> all right. nbc meteorologist jebsanessa we has her hands full good morning. >> good morning. we have a triple-threat storm system the first big issue is the dangerous cold setting up across the northern tier. if you have to be out for a long period of time, layers are the key because we are seeing subzero range temperatures, and unfortunately this cold is going to stay in place for the next six days another issue, we have snow on top of that. this will be a quick mover, but there's another storm system behind that we're currently watching 41 million impactee feels-like , negative digit territory colorado springs, you're the hot spot, 41 then we'll have an ice issue we'll talk about that coming up. guys >> dangerous driving conditions ahead. janessa, thank you >>> miles bridges, strolling past it will counter to go. how than front pocket. >> the shot of the day thanks to the hot hand of caleb martin la mmar ball, you saw him quick float it charlottes will go o

fitzgerald has the story this morning hi, meagan good morning >> savannah and craig, good morning torparts in a 13-week bootcamp, which is just the beginning of their journey to officially becoming marines. >> reporter: this morning -- >> get out, hurry up. >> reporter: -- history in the making. >> very exciting, for sure >> reporter: for the first time, women recruits will join the men here at the marine corps training depo in san diego it is the first integrated company of marines to go through this training west of the mississippi. >> i've always told myself, if guys can do it, girls can absolutely do it, as well. i guess this is the moment for us to prove that >> reporter: the significance of this moment not lost on anyone >> i mean, they're doing the same thing we are. we're all going through it together. >> reporter: these female recruits joining the more than 300 men, as they begin their grueling marine boot camp training it is a rite of passage, saying good-bye to their old lives. but for the nearly 60 women, it >> we don't really care who shows up, but we're going to train t

meagan, what is the latest? >> steph, the hospital said while he's alert and awake, he suffered catastrophic injuries on his leg. he went through a lengthy surgery yesterday, this emergency surgery, and his ankle and foot, for example, are being supported by pins and screws. now, i want to take you to the scene of this crash. it was yesterday just after 7:00 a.m. local time here in california that the los angeles county sheriff's department says tiger woods likely traveling at a high rate of speed, and careened into a media, crashing into a sign in the southbound lane where he hit a tree, the vehicle crashing several times. he's trapped inside this car, where you can see incredible images of the entire front part of the car just smashed in. and it took firefighters' tools to try to pry him out. we heard from the deputy, who was the first person on scene there, who said tiger woods was responsive. he identified himself. i want you to listen to how this deputy describes it incident. >> i've seen collisions that di

they do sympathize with harry and meagan, but when they see harry courting media attention with thesenterviews like this one and the deals with spotify and netflix, it strikes some here as a little bit hypocritical. >> yeah, put it all in. >> reporter: this morning a prince who hides from the headlines. >> it was destroying my mental health. >> reporter: all over them. a day after prince harry's interview about philanthropy and bidding farewell to his royal life. >> i did what any husband or any father would do. i need to get my family out of here. >> reporter: laying blame on brittain's toxic media driving him and meagan from royal duties. many london ders were sim pa they the shoes i would be the same. >> i think he's sensitive due to what happened to his mother. >> the couple is still stealing the spotlight. hear re's bus toure lease hours after a rare personal message from the queen about vaccines. >> it is difficult for people if they've never had a vaccine, they ought to think about other people rather than themselves. >> reporter: a heart to heart with oprah, it airs the same a

>> meagan, thank you. let's bring in greg fife, a former senior air flight safety investigator with the national transportation safety board. greg, we're always happy to have you. good morning. >> morning. >> you look at these situations, obviously, with a very trained eye. what jumps out at you here? >> well, there are a couple things, savannah. one, of course, is this blade failure. this isn't the first time it's happened. it is a unique situation, but there was a previous united airlines 777 and a jal 777 that both experienced these failures over the last two years. so, of course, that is of concern. i think the bigger issue, besides the blade, in determining why it is failing is this post-event fire that continued to burn until landing. >> not only that, we also saw this debris field, where you have these huge chunks of aircraft raining down from the sky. that's got to be a big concern. as i understand it, it's something of a mystery. >> it is. but there is a phenomenon where these blades -- this is th

this comes just weeks before the minneapolis police officer who'd killed floyd is set to stand trial meagan till as it reports for us from los angeles with the latest. yeah that's right it's all because a photo of george floyd with the caption you take my breath away and this valentine like format has been circulating from officer to officer within the los angeles police department according to one officer who've filed a complaint about it. >>today that officer to file the complaint is being interviewed as this investigation is ongoing you're taking a look now at tweets by lapd over the weekend. chief michel moore wants to determine the accuracy of the allegation and reinforce the 0 tolerance policy for anything with racist views within his department lapd's goal here is to determine exactly where and how the image surface within the workplace and online and whom may have been involved as of saturday night the department had not yet identified any postings in the workplace claiming it also has after chauvin knelt on floyd's neck for more than 8 minutes as floyd repeatedly said i can't breat

nbc's meagan fitzgerald is tracking the process meagen, good morning >> reporter: frances, good morningwhile a growing number of getting frustrated, a vaccine is on the way. >> extremely frustrated. >> reporter: people in rhode island trying to get a shot. >> they said we're either all booked or we have no vaccine >> reporter: cvs saying we are aware of the scheduling issue and are in the process of resolving it something they hope to avoid when the federal government shipped 1 million doses this week to 6500 pharmacies nationwide including cvs, rite aid, walgreens, costco and some grocery stores the program aims to speed up distribution and eventually expand to 40,000 pharmacies. >> it will look a little different than, say, getting a flu shot where you can walk in we're going to ask patients to book an appointment. >> reporter: here's how you do it first, make sure you're eligible for a shot in your state go online or have a family member select a local pharmacy you can trite mobile app if that doesn't work, call >> we want people to have the ability to even call and schedule their ap

first female marine recruits to train at camp pendleton at the base's nearly 100-year history nbc's meagan> reporter: history in the making. >> very exciting for sure. >> reporter: for the first time, women recruits will join the men here at the training corps depot in san diego it's the first integrated company of marines to go through this kind of training west of the mississippi. >> i've always told myself, if guys can do it, girls can absolutely do it as well i guess this is the moment to prove that >> reporter: the significance of this moment, not lost on anyone. >> they're doing the same thing we are we're all going through it together >> reporter: these female recruits joining more than 300 men as they begin their grueling marine boot camp training. it's a rite of passage, but for women it's stepping into history. >> we don't really care who 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 ne

and the faa will order stepped up inspections of the planes nbc's meagan fitzgerald has the latest onhe investigation. >> reporter: frances, good morning, i can tell you they're breathing a sigh of relief many passengers started praying immediately because they didn't think they would make it off alive. >> mayday, mayday. >> terrifying. you can hear it like a boom and we started shaking >> reporter: in en route to hawaii, 241 people on board. >> so, the engine was on fire. there was smoke coming out of it i told my wife that the engine was gone she got up and looked out the window and was a little bit panic stricken >> reporter: panic and fear turning into relief. the plane landed safely, but a source familiar with the investigation tells nbc news that a fan blade inside the engine broke off, half of another was gone >> one of those separates can cause a chain reaction inside that can really do damage. >> reporter: aviation experts say one of the biggest questions is why the exterior of the structure flew off >> this is a bit troubling because the structure should still remain attache

meagan fitzgerald joins us now with the very latest. meagan, good morning. >> hoda, good morning.eek was the worst seven-day period since 1910, with 15 avalanche-related fatalities. >> reporter: a group of experienced skiers were in the wrong place at the wrong time. th challenging back country of fast-moving avalanche swept them down a mountainside and buried them alive. jill mogamonaughter, sarah, is one of four skiers who didn't make it. >> she's really lived her life to the fullest and was doing what she loved to do. >> reporter: sarah's boyfriend and others jumped in to try to save them. >> when he got to her, he told us that he dug her out but he couldn't bring her back. >> reporter: it happened saturday morning. >> request at least two hoists, up to three hoists. >> reporter: another group of skiers were trapped in the same slide. wayne basham was one of dozens of rescuers that rushed to the scene. >> they were very well trained as back country skiers. >> repor had to chopper in. they had shovels and beacons rescuers to find the bodies of the four skiers that died. >> if th

meagan, good morning. >> peter, good morning to you. nation is trending steadily in the right direction. the cdc director says there are several contributing factors. one is that more people are she warns now is not the time for the country to let its guard down. >> reporter: this morning a cautious but long awaited sigh of relief. new infections are down 61% nationwide since the surge in january and hospitalizations dropped 42% in the last month. >> every day we have just a fewer number of patients with covid than we did the day previously so it's a good trend. >> reporter: and more evidence that he first time as com chief. on friday the president slammed his predecessor pushed once again for covid relief and admitted he'll likely have to make concessions to get it done. this as we mark one month to the day since the insurrection at the capitol. nbc's kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kristin. president biden is pointing to a weak jobs report as a form of motivation for his

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. >>> there is some happy news from prince harry and his wife meagan.nounced their family is expecting an addition as max foster now explains. >> we can confirm that archie is going to be a big brother. that was the announcement made by spokesperson for the duke and duchess of sussex only adding the couple are overjoyed to be expecting their second child. their first born archie currently 19 months old. and they announced in november the duchess suffered a miscarriage over the summer. with this announcement came a photograph. we don't know much more about it. apart from it was taken by tablet computer, we're told, and remotely by the photographer. a spokesperson for buckingham palace said the queen, prince charles and the entire family are delighted and wish the couple well. the duchess' side of the family were also notified about this news ahead of the announcement. max foster, cnn, hampshire, england. >>> finally, we leave you with this incredible image of mars taken by the united arab emirates' first mars mission known as the hope probe. it arrived a

we have not heard back from them a grand jury has been convened to look into his death shep >> meagan fitzgerald thank you. >>> parts of texas still lack safe drinking water nearly a week after a deadly winter storm crippled that state. nearly 9 million people there are still under boil water notices and many don't have running water at all it's causing long lines at food and water distribution centers including this one in the dallas fort worth area. organizers say cars started lining up hours before it opened this morning but as texas thaws, and it is thawing, some households are getting hit with enormous electric bills, some of them north of $10,000. in fort worth here's nbc's morgan chesky. >> reporter: shep, it is tough to see the change that's happened across texas in just a few days' time if we go back a week ago, i'm standing in single didigits, sn and ice covering the ground. the state still covers the ground at last check, just above 8 million texans still don't have guaranteed clean drinking water with boil water notices going all across the state the city of houston just y

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also wanted to thank meagan wade and maryam and the other senior managers who worked to implement the accessibility tool that we talked about last week. this is ongoing process to center our work on equity as you passed into resolution earlier this year. and look at how we're dedicating resources and taking a deep dive in who our programs and budget benefits. and who is burdened by our decision. so, again, thank you for your consideration and happy to answer any questions. >> president hyland: doesn't look like anyone has questions. shall we take public comment, jonas? >> jonas: we should. although, it does not appear we're going to get a whole lot. members of the public, this is your opportunity to speak to the department budget by pressing star 3 to enter the queue. commissioners, seeing no requests to speak from members of the public, public comment is closed. and the matter is now before you. i will certainly advise if anyone does raise their hand to speak. >> president hyland: great. commissioner black? >> commissioner black: i just wanted to say that i saw the review two weeks a

meagan rainey, an virginia physician at brown university.to get to the school guidelines but before i do, because this goal -- well promise really of 300 million vaccine dose by summer time is not that out of the norm. is this a realistic goal now? do you see the infrastructure there to back this up? >> the infrastructure is still in the building phase. as you know, the biden administration took over a last mile logistics that was basically nonexistent. so we're currently not just building the airplane while we fly it, we're also flying it with a broken instrument panel and one engine out. but i've seen a lot of steps over the last month that give me a lot of hope that the infrastructure will be in place. the last part of that is the public health messaging around it, getting trusted sources talking about vaccines being safe. it's wonderful to have vaccines. it's wonderful to have logistics, but we also have to have people trust them. and so the work that's being done with community groups to get people ready to line up, to get the vaccine i

also wanted to thank meagan wade and maryam and the other senior managers who worked to implement the accessibility tool that we talked about last week. this is ongoing process to center our work on equity as you passed into resolution earlier this year. and look at how we're dedicating resources and taking a deep dive in who our programs and budget benefits. and who is burdened by our decision. so, again, thank you for your consideration and happy to answer any questions. >> president hyland: doesn't look like anyone has questions. shall we take public comment, jonas? >> jonas: we should. although, it does not appear we're going to get a whole lot. members of the public, this is your opportunity to speak to the department budget by pressing star 3 to enter the queue. commissioners, seeing no requests to speak from members of the public, public comment is closed. and the matter is now before you. i will certainly advise if anyone does raise their hand to speak. >> president hyland: great. commissioner black? >> commissioner black: i just wanted to say that i saw the review two weeks a

but going too fast no skid marks, meagan, which was weird. he was moving. a fact it only rolled over once or rolled over a few times. the car was trashed, totally demolished, the front. >> reporter: right and when you look at the images, you can see damage to the back, but it's the front end damage that takes your breath away. completely obliterated the front part of the vehicle there, and so, you know, you also keep in mind the fact that tiger just underwent his fifth back surgery a couple of months ago in december >> in december. >> reporter: he's recovering from that with the hope of potentially being able to play at master's, so certainly this is a setback for him deputies will say, look, he is lucky to be alive given the nature and just the of this cra. >> he was headed to i guess do a little thing for discovery, for our friend zazlov with justin herbert, the quarterback, and drew brees, and he's only chipping and putting now, because recovering from the most recently back surgery but can you imagine the cops that came across, oh, my god, look at this

. >> hello, meagan? >> i want to make sure that the voice of our educators who work directly well our students is being heard in the process of planning for instruction. i was a teacher for a very long time. i'm very concerned about meeting the needs of our students in moderate to severe especially day classes. knowing we'll have students still receiving instruction via distance learning. how are those students will be served by the same teacher? are we hiring new teachers? these are plans we have to have in place before we bring students back. they deserve to have a quality education. we have to plan for such as a district. our educators need a voice in this so they can help shape the plan to be workable for them and their students-in this really deal time. please listen to educators and families. and make sure this works for everyone. thank you. >> hi. i'm a teacher at james nick middle school. i'm on this call today as a teacher making sure that our voices are being heard. you all are not in the class

also wanted to thank meagan wade and maryam and the other senior managers who worked to implement thethat we talked about last week. this is ongoing process to center our work on equity as you passed into resolution earlier this year. and look at how we're dedicating resources and taking a deep dive in who our programs and budget benefits. and who is burdened by our decision. so, again, thank you for your consideration and happy to answer any questions. >> president hyland: doesn't look like anyone has questions. shall we take public comment, jonas? >> jonas: we should. although, it does not appear we're going to get a whole lot. members of the public, this is your opportunity to speak to the department budget by pressing star 3 to enter the queue. commissioners, seeing no requests to speak from members of the public, public comment is closed. and the matter is now before you. i will certainly advise if anyone does raise their hand to speak. >> president hyland: great. commissioner black? >> commissioner black: i just wanted to say that i saw the review two weeks ago and today really