mena harris' children's book "ambitious girl" goes on sale tomorrow.s a book about making you proud of being ambitious. i'm going to have more with mena harris tomorrow night at 6:30. >>> we covered so much more tonight. if you missed our latest "race in america" special, we invite you to watch it on nbcbayarea.com. click on "race in america" on the trending bar, scroll down. nbcbayarea.com. >>> jeff, a lot of people really anxious about all this wind throughout the bay area. when can we expect it to die down? >> i think we're in the worst of it right now. we're still going to hang on to that wind tomorrow morning. then by tomorrow afternoon and evening, it does look like that wind would be calming down for you. i know just what you mean, jessica. when the wind picks up outside my windows right here, it sounds like a train is moving by. the windows are rattling. certainly has a lot of us on edge with that underlying fire danger. speaking of which, i did want to bring us back to our breaking news at the top of the show that cheryl hurd was covering, the

when the project began many of the 34000 residents of mena guardi didn't know what global warming even meant but they knew that things were changing. we've all been affected by climate change weather pattern isn't why ours are not what they used to be when i used to have a natural ac but now we can't sleep without using electric air conditioning. and. the emissions produced by transport in households and industries in the town are already being partially offset by bad. this forests that surround me now golly. that was revealed by detailed study conducted to determine the town's carbon footprint at the time. the study concluded that an additional $15000.00 tons of c o 2 needed to be put back into the ground each year for the town to attain net 0 emission or carbon neutral status volunteers and workers began to reforest the area. they have to do their bit to bertha the average temperature rise of between 2 and 4.5 degrees celsius that is predicted for the region by 2050 . such a rise because rice production to fall and devastate heat sensitive crops like cardamom and coffee. the study fo

residents of mena goddy have already taken the issue to heart says the manager of the town's recycling facility. making 1 dollar people carry their own bags now when they go grocery shopping they stopped using plastic sold in stores so plastic consumption and households has dramatically decreased it's decreased in my own home as well before this happened plastic bags were widely used by shopkeepers but that's gone down most of the people i'm in gardi have changed their ways a lot of my thinking on that and. that even before the carbon neutral movement began here. the headmaster of a local school had begun working with his students to offset c o 2 emissions. out of this other one would be will. learn about because they are 90 percent of the children studying here belong to local tribal communities. most of them belong to the lowest economic groups but they are the most sensitive to the environment. they don't need any lessons on how to plant and nurture trees and shrubs to get ample knowledge of. from their own homes and villages. other than merely school on that but. together they cult

nbc's phillip mena is in the new york newsroom are the latest >> good morning, yeah, the weather one of the biggest stories of the day because one of the biggest winter storms so far this year is moving across the country. from arizona to the northeast. alerts have been issued in at least 23 states, and 100 million people are under winter weather warnings parts of northern arizona are expected to see more than a foot of snow by this morning. and breaking overnight in alabama, the national weather service confirmed that a tornado struck fultondale. officials are estimating around 20 people may be hurt, but search and rescue teams are still working to reach everyone, and there is a possibility of more tornadoes >>> and finally, history on the hardwood in orlando as natalie sago and jenna shriver became the first pair of female officials to ref the same nba guy. they were joined by sean wright for the hornets, magic game. back to you. >> awesome story phillip mena, thank you very much for that. >>> new york city restaurant week, it's a very big deal every year, it's kicked off with a fo

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. >> and i'm philip mena more news straight ahead >>> america on alert, this morning u.s.nsider attack or threat from service members involved in securing joe biden's inauguration new detail as head. >>> shocking new video from inside the capitol on januar 6th, incredible sights and sounds of those who infiltrated the halls of congress. >>> overnight the u.s. surpasses 24 million cases of coronavirus and dr. fauci offers new hope. >>> the u.s. returns b-52 bombers to the mid-east

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"early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera. >>> today could end with one last stain on president trump's turbulent legacy in the wayning days of the administration lawmakers will vote on an article of impeachment charging the president foction on capitol hill one week ago. ou appears this impeachment vote is inevitable. >> right, frances. it's happening, a final vote on impeachment this afternoon and this comes after lawmakers were debating late last night on whether to ask the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment to remove president trump. they did, but in the middle of that debate, he'd already sent a letter saying he wouldn't do it, that he did not think this was in the best interest of the nation, and he didn't want to further divide the country meantime as we move forward today to impeachment, house speaker nancy pelosi has already named the nine managers essentially prosecutors who will make the case that president trump incited violence against the government of the united states and there are now five republican

. >> and i'm phillip mena. america is kicking off another historic week which lend with the leadership of a new president, with the transfer of power looming two days away tensions are high in the nation's capitol as thousands of guards have established a green zone what you find in an active war. >>> and anxiety of domestic terrorist threats spread every corner of the country stepping up security after warning from the fbi, all 50 states are on high alert for potential protest as the inauguration gets closer. >> more than 15,000 national guard troops are patrolling the national's capitol. >> i don't think anybody's ever seen anything like this. they have green and red zones and military law enforcement on every corner >> advertised online didn't materialize, there were small gatherings, this man kd making sure to plan a peaceful rally. >> a ubunch of people decided no to come because of the fear of the national guard and state boys watching us right now. >> 13 states deployed national guard to protect their st

good morning i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera. >>> president trump's place in history is set in stone, going down as the only u.s. leader ever impeached twice the house charged the president with inciting the insurrection on the u.s. capitol that left five dead. this case was cut and dry, moving through the chambers. the ink from nancy pelosi's pen still drying on the articles of impeachment that will be sent for the senate's trial the timeline is unclear. majority leader mitch mccome said there's no way the trial can be concluded by the end of next week. >> reporter: for the second time in over a year t house delivering donald trump a historic rebuke, now making him the first president ever to be impeached twice. >> the president of the united states incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion against our common country. he must go he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. >> reporter: a single article of impeachment accusing the president of incitement of insurrection before last week's riots began. >> donald trump is a living, b

"early today" starts right now >>> good morning, i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena.y the end of this week, america will have a new head of state. but wednesday's inauguration will look a lot different, not just because of the pandemic, but because of this dramatic show of force in the nation's capitol. more than 15,000 national guard troops are on patrol and more on the way. >> there have already been two two capitol police say hey man was arrested with 500 rounds of ammo and a woman was also arrested. >>> security in d.c. after warning of violent protests, nbc's jay gray has more. >> reporter: every day, the trucks, the troops, securing the nation's capitol are building. by wednesday's inauguration, more than 25,000 national guard soldiers will be on the ground along with police and federal agents >> you know, i don't think anybody has ever seen anything like this. >> reporter: outside the razor wire fencing businesses are boarded up businesses closed down >> our special agent in charge talks about the general and specific threats that our intelligence apparatus is

. >> i'm phillip mena. january 6th, 2021, is a day many will remember as far as views of democracy. the headlines declaring that rioters invaded the united states capitol and there was an unprecedented insurrection in the "washington post" and "the new york times," both papers reporting the president incited a mob. congress was eager to get back into the capitol, though, to show they would not be intimidated. >> on the side of the american people, united states senate will not be intimidated. we will not be kept out of this chamber by thugs, mobs, or threats. >> this mob was in good part president trump's doing, incited by his words, his lies, this violence in good part, his responsibility, his ever lasting shame. >> after being forced to take shelter, lawmakers continued with the work of formally confirming the presidential election results let's bring in our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts tracie, many, many, many, many hours later we are feeble seeing this formal process come to an end. >> yeah. keep in mind this is something that is normally routine and takes 20 or 30 mi

. >> what a week it has been good morning i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. >>> we have breaking news. a fifth person has died. officer brian sicknick died after clashing with rioters. he was injured while engaging with protesters and later collapsed after returning to his division office. he had joined the force in 2008. over 50 capital police suffered injuries from the rioting. police chief steven sund handed in his resignation over growing concer concerns >>> mostly democrats either support impeachment or invoking the 25th amend including house speaker nancy pelosi and soon-to-be senate majority leader chuck schumer adam kinzinger is the only republican on the list to say the president is unfit and the president is unwell. governor's calling for trump's removal include three governors. >> and editorial boards are calling for his removal inclu including the "washington post," "the new york times," the "usa today," "chicago tribune" and moat notable rupert murdoch's paper. nikki haley told members his behavior was disappointing and his actions since election day will be judged h

. >> and i'm phillip mena. this inauguration day won't be anything like the 58 that came before it. joe biden and kamala harris will take the oath of office at noon eastern under unprecedent circumstances. twin threats from the pandemic and deadly insurrection at the capitol derailing the pomp of a new president. they're replaced with tight crowds >> the first latina on the supreme court just tase sotomayor will swear the judge in president trump will leave under a cloud of impeachment he's the first in over 150 years. >> breaking overnight, president trump issued a wave of 11th hour par dons granting clemency to dozens before leaving office perhaps the biggest surprise of the night, mr. trump is pardoning steve bannon, his former white house steve strategist was facing charges for frauding political supporters, raising money to build the trump border wall. among those on the list lil wayne and kodak black and a former detroit mayor kwau me kill patrick missing from the list the tiger king himself joe exotic who was so sure of a pardon he had a limo on stand by at the prison others

. >> and i'm phillip mena. january 2021 has been the deadliest month so far in this pandemic more than 430,000 american lives have been lost to this virus and the task force warns it could reach half a million next month. the hurdle is to get everyone vaccinated as quickly as possible before the new strains are able to spread any further nbc's jay gray is tracking the progress. >> reporter: long lines across the country and a lingering question. >> where are all these vaccine doses? i think every american citizen deserves the right tknow where all the doses are. >> reporter: in an effort to get more shots into arms, the biden administration is promising to up distribution. 10 million doses every week to every state for the next 21 days, an increase of 16% drugmakers are stepping up production, and an additional one from johnson & johnson can be authorized in just weeks. >> we're taking action on increased supply and increased capacity, but even so, it will be months before everyone who wants a vaccine will be a

it was a criticism that hit a nerve with mena harris, who happens to be kamala hair's niece. she has written a new children's book and gins us to talk about it. >> ambition girl, your second children's book out. congratulations. talk about the book. when you decided to write it and why? >> so many reasons. it's my second kids book, as you said. and my first book, as well as my second book, are first and foremost inspired by family. both the family i was raised in and the family that i am now raising with my two daughters who are 2 and 4. and it's really a couple things. it's about passing on to my kids the values and lessons that i was taught growing up. that now as an adult and parent, me and so formative.portant for it's about recognizing the power of words and language and how not only they can be used against us and cut u cut us dow tear us down. in the case of the word am decision, a family member of mine was referred to as too ambitious. and it was amplified in the media as if it's worth amplifying. it's the idea, you can be ambitious but not too ambitious. if you have

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. glad you're with us. president joe biden took the oath of office, becoming the 46th president of the united states and concluding a transfer of power like the country has never seen the inauguration celebrations carried on despite unprecedent security and social distancing now president biden faces the daunting task of trying to unite a divided country. here's nbc's alice barr. >> a celebration for president joe biden. in the time of covid, a virtual program, mixing entertainment with the recognition of the solemn challenge facing the new commander in chief uniting a country torn apart by a raging pane dimmick and toxic political divisions. >> it depends not on every one of us, some of us, but all of u on we the people. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris taking her place in history taking the role as first woman, first black american >> in dark times we not only dream, we do we not only see what has been. we see what can be. >> reporter: president biden wasting no time signing executive orders from

you up to speed as we kick off this friday "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> thanks for joining us i'm frances rivera president biden turns to the coronavirus today on his first full day in office this afternoon the president will detail his plan to resuscitate the economy and get americans back to work dr. anthony fauci is taking charge on the pandemic front today. he'll address the u.s. conference of mayors and meet with black leaders in baltimore in the afternoon nbc's kristen welker has more. >> reporter: calling the vaccine rollout so far a dismal failure, president biden making this pledge. >> we will defeat this pandemic, and to a nation waiting for action, let me be the clearest on this point. help is on the way. >> reporter: the president now signing executive orders, including requiring masks in most planes, trains, and airports, increasing vaccination sites by creating federal vaccination centers and increasing production. >> we're still in the dark winter of this pandemic. it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: but dr. anth

"early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. the battle against coronavirus may have got even harder while the number of covid cases seems to be trending downward after the holiday surges, there is another variant to contend with the strain first fought in south africa has now been found in the united states. here's nbc's jay gray. >> reporter: as the fight against covid-19 continues, a dangerous and disturbing revelation in south carolina. >> two cases associated with the covid-19 variant that first emerged in south africa have been detected in our state. >> reporter: the discovery means the doctors have now identified at least three new foreigns in s suggesting any are more dangerous or deadly, but scientists warn they have the ability to spread much faster than the wave of coronavirus the uk variant has already been identified in nearly two dozen states and the cdc believes it will be the predominant form b adding pressure to get the vaccine to as many people as possible as quickly as possible. >> it all come downs to this, e

. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with extreme weather from coast to coast. alerts have been issued in at least 23 states. parts of arizona are expected to see more than a foot of snow by this morning the entire state of nebraska has been pummeled especially hard as the system moves east. freeways across the midwest are iced over. breaking overnight in alabama, the national weather service confirmed a tornado touched f fulton dale. there's still possibility of more tornadoes let's bring in nbc meteorologist janessa webb she's been tracking all of this for us good morning >> good morning. just a terrible situation unfolding in alabama also watching atlanta this morning. we're seeing a major squall line we had no potential yesterday for severe weather, so this was just a large tonight that touched down in that area. the squall line will persist for another fe have a major storm system that's dumped a foot of snow in nebraska it will track east that's why we have all these winter weather alerts that expand from california to northern new england 100 million peop

. >> and i'm phillip mena. the fbi has been flood with thousand of tips and nearly 100 arrests have been made overnight it was revealed several u.s. capitol police officers were suspended for violating public policy and ten more are under investigation congressman tim ryan said one of the suspended officers was seen taking a selfies with rioters and another was wearing a make america great again hat while directing people inside the building more protests could be on the way. here's pete williams. >> reporter: the homeland security secretary ordered secret service to be beefed up before the inauguration. that means a perimeter of no-scale fence around the capitol, security check points with metal detectors, streets closed down for several blocks, and tens and thousands of police and federal agents ready to respond to violence. scenes like this downtown in washington four years ago. national guard troops, too, with the military now considering whether they should be armed the fbi is warning police nationwide arm

when the project began many of the 34000 residents of mena god didn't know what global warming even meant but they knew that things were changing. we've all been affected by climate change weather patterns and why and ours are not what they used to be when i used to have a natural ac but now we can't sleep without using electric or conditioning. the emissions produced by transport and households and industries in the town are already being partially offset by the bite of this forests that surround. that was revealed by detailed study conducted to determine the town's carbon footprint at the time. the study concluded that an additional $15000.00 tons of c o 2 needed to be put back into the ground each year for the town to attain net 0 emission or carbon neutral status volunteers and workers began to reforest the area. they have to do their bit to buffer the average temperature rise of between 2 and 4.5 degrees celsius that is predicted for the region by 2050. 4 meaning godey's such a rise would cause rice production to fall and devastate heat sensitive crops like cardamom and coffee. the s

. >>> good tuesday morning i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera it's the eave of the inauguration of joe biden. the nation's capitol looks more like a fortress guarded by over 2,700ive duty troops and there are chemical and other detection. lights it illumination the national mall and nearly 2,000 flags line the ground for americans unable to travel to the inauguration because of the pandemic meanwhile president trump will depart d.c. with his lowest approval rating ever, just 34%, beckoning the outgoing leader. the president could be holding a final wave of pardons. >> reporter: sources close to those conversations, he went over the list with his son-in-lawer son-in-law jared kushner and daughter-in-law ivanka on sunday those sources tell nbc news the president at this point is leaning toward not pardoning himself and his family there has been a lot of talk about that and, frankly, whether pardoning himself would be legal. but he is not leaning toward that he is leaning toward pardons including people like rapper and music executive lil wayne who pleaded guilt

and the transition from fossil fuels to green economies so is there hope for the economies in the mena region and how can they find a way forward we'll find out more as the world bank vice president for the middle east and north africa free done had talks to al-jazeera. very very hard vice president of the world bank for the middle east thank you very much for talking to al-jazeera. my pleasure thank you very much terry it's been a busy year if not a busy decade for this region has in it after what we've had the arab spring the fall in all prices then the pandemic is the middle east now at an economic turning point the state of fear in the middle east is not good this is for sure. you mentioned the arab spring and 10 years of how and this is good an important. and today with this new upright. of the pandemic the whole of the old right you know a large number of countries in the middle east are facing. economic and social situation that you what's happening as we speak in the in the in the mix of the of the other in tunisia so things are not looking correct now that doesn't mean that ev

people simply don't understand the facts relating to this pandemic kizzy says gray sure alex into mena questions we're all asking thanks for some answers and maybe the 2 halves of the u.k. scotland and england will answer why we're behind other countries and finally i'm here with some good news who's had a vaccination says i let few walked 10 minutes to my local hospital for mine today . it seems like a lifetime ago but it's been a mere 13 months since boris johnson took the tories to a landslide general election victory in the christmas of 2019 now he has indeed struggled with a pandemic on the economy has collapsed but boris has got pricks it's done and the vaccination program is well underway but can tory supremacy.

the first trial ended in a hung jury for al mena. he's now avoiding a new trial by taking a deal with the prosecution by pleading guilty, elemental will most likely be sentenced to 12 years in jail, but he's already served time and earned credit for good behavior. the families feel that this is unfair. it's not justice, and that's not holding him accountable. not holding alamein accountable for what it is that he did. and causing these 36 death. man. it was behind bars until last may, with the pandemic allowed him to wear an ankle monitor and live at home. it's expected he'll be able to remain at home with his family and keep wearing the ankle monitor for another year and a half. all right, none of the first rain and weeks that we have seen checkout cupertino earlier today is the storm rolled in some pretty good downpours, too at times, and it's just the beginning of what's expected to be a wet week ahead. and the sierra saw fresh snow, too. and because of that interstate 80 saw its share problems today, including this a jackknifed t

. >> and i'm phillip mena. america is only five days away from seeing a new president sworn in tensions are high. delta, united, and southwest are among those banning checked firearms heading to washington, d.c. what if the next target is one of the other capitols throughout the country? nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: the tension is high in d.c the fbi urging state and local police to share any and all intel about right-wing extremists targeting state, federal, and government buildings and lawmakers. a national intelligence warning warns they may want to trig ear race war and conducting a climactic conflict in the united states. >> we're going to ensure that we have a safe inauguration. >> reporter: the fbi director briefed vice president pence. >> we're concerned about the potential for violence multiple protests and rallies planned in d.c. and state capitols around the country. so anybody who plots or attempts violence in the coming week should count on a visit. >> reporter: across the country, state capito

and with a capitol police address the acute crisis that mena facilitated this from happening. >>os talk about the accounts from officers, there is that buzz feed article i don't knowu if you saw it. one of them said we were all issued gas masks. we were told them to bring to work that day. especially in light of what we know about the kind of intelligence to capitol police is getting. a week before this attack, could not have the flashbacks to commute to disperse the crowds. all things being a little bit more than surprising and raised a lot of eyebrows of what's going on at the capitol police. particularly because they are such an opaque police department. it's hard to get information about a lot of police departments. the capitol police except for congress, you cannot foia the capitol police. we don't even know the demographics of the police think the last time we got any data was from that lawsuit that you mentioned. directly to such an important point. our colleague wrote about the "washington post" police about help pick they are. and honestly that whole true for all of t

not to risk 90,000 or 100,000 mena men. that's the contour of ambrose's argument in the book. it's still a book, like everything steve wrote. it's a book that is well worth reading. but in fact the strategic context for all of these developments was laid again at yalta. after this show of interallied unity against the germans, a lunge for berlin that snatched the big prize from under stalin's nose would have been difficult to justify. i might say difficult to explain. and amongst the people who you have a had a hard timedñedt&háh% understanding it would have been a lot of americans. stalin was of course paranoid about this possibility. stalin paranoia was a way of life and feeding his paranoia was not a winning strategy at any point. and that was the background for the march 28th note from eisenhower to stalin, telling the soviet dictator that allied forces intended to drive east towards the elba river with the aim of cutting germany in half, not to try to take berlin. my point, instead of a messy top-speed race to berlin and a subsequent, very bloody urbanaz% melee, which is

mena news organizations write about it differently, the new york post wrote deadly lies.id does massively underreported, he scaled on both transparency and active friends repeatedly opted for various white washes. that's from cnn. she had a scathing assessment of the new york governor's performance, or at least semiskating. let's bring an art panel, jeff mason, white house correspondent, kim strassel, and byron york. we will start there, kimberly, listen, there's families who have been fighting this battle to say it happened despite the new york authorities saying it didn't. if they feel vindicated, but listen to the press conference and not so much. >> kim: was a marketable press conference. it was really something to hear andrew cuomo say, no one is really to blame. then he turns around and blames it on the federal government. he turns around and blames it on the nursing homes themselves. by the way, his point about federal guidance doesn't make any intellectual sense. that guidance pennell, you would've seen this happening across the country. instead, it was a new york

who's going to join his customer and apply who is george mena fox news contributor in hedge fund managerwas 21 trillion when president trump assumed office it is now 28 trillion. >> hypocrites much? this is getting to be some pretty big numbers here, kennedy pray thank you for having me back. joe biden is going to have one answer for any and every problem, spend money, to trillion dollars? that's on top of what three thrilling that congress and president trump already spent? i think there is tension is good. it comes back to the fallacy, the economic fallacy that spending money creates wealth. in fact all the money they are spending, kennedy, comes out of our pockets. it comes out of the private productive economy. it's either taxed or borrowed bright look, this is bad for things to comfort all this biden spending prehistorically periods of great government spending or stimulus as they called his always coincide with slow economic growth. fdr grew the debt by 50% pretty got the great depression. obama spent like hell, thankfully the gop was able to oppose them a little bit. with got the

mena harris is the vice president-elect's niece and telling the "today" show about the impression herike the opening scene first "wonder woman" movie, females sovereign nation running around saving the world and that's what it looked like to me as a little girl >> how nice to have a wonderful role model and she is to so many as well. her husband doug emhoff getting a new twitter handle, now will tweet from @secondgentleman, and once joe biden is inaugurated, several accounts like the white house and @potus will be transferred over. >>> new this morning, take a look at this sculpture. it is beautiful but called the da vinci of debt and it is created by natural light. they are the beer that is so popular with college students and those are college diplomas, real college diplomas and the idea is to illustrate college and post college tet in a creative way, this is in new york's grand central station. if you add up all the 2,600 real college degrees, they're worth about $180,000 each they say so that's $470 million, in a way, making this the most expensive piece of art in the world. now o

new year let's get a check on this morning's other top headlines, we'll toss things over to phillip menave in new york actually at 30 rock. >> i sure am right here thank you so much. overnight acting attorney general jeffrey rosen released a message on the insurrection on the capitol calling it an intolerable, shocking and tragic episode in our nation's history. he said that afternoon more than 500 law enforcement officers and agents from the fbi, atf and the u.s. marshals rushed to secure the capitol. he said to expect more charges against the rioters and issued a stark warning against planning any further attacks. >>> there will now be two trials in connection with the murder of george floyd, the first is set to start in march. on monday, a judge ruled that derek chauvin, the minneapolis police officer accused of killing floyd will stand trial alone while the other three officers who were accused of playing a role in floyd's death will stand trial together in august the judge cited limited space because of covid as the reason chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughte

nbc's phillip mena. >> thousands remain under evacuation orders in central california after heavy rainsdangerous mud slides. powerful winter storms pounded the mountains with a deluge of rain and snow, sending debris cascading down rivers. officials say 25 structures were damaged in monterey county and at least one person was injured. >>> there's controversial in new york this morning over the true toll covid has taken on the elderly. a month's long investigation by new york attorney general letitia james accuses the state of under counting covid related nursing home deaths by as much as 50% the report says the state did not report nursing home residents who died of coronavirus while in hospitals and it claims some nursing homes failed to isolate residents who tested positive. governor andrew cuomo defined to comment. but new york state's health commissioner says the department of health has consistently reported numbers based on the place of death. >>> and the legendary cicely tyson has died at the age of 96. she paved the way for black actresses. the ground breaker was honored for tha

of other color foods in just a minute as we check on this morning's other headlines nbc's phillip mena new york with the very latest. would you eat a blue cheese burger >> not to into that but i see what you did there we're going to talk about those colorful foods in a moment good morning to you, frank in the first eight days on the job, president biden has signed over 40 executive orders and more were expected soon on immigration, but sources tell nbc news that the white house will likely have to hold off for a few days they declined to give a reason that delay includes the highly anticipated announcement of a task force to reunite migrant families separated under the trump administration. >>> and one of the six suspects in the plot to kidnap gretchen whitmer has pleaded guilty ty garvin admitted he was part of a group that planned to kidnap whitmer the agreement included startling details. garvin said he practiced field training exercises in case to whitmer's vacation home. garvin has agreed to fully cooperate with investigators, including testifying against his alleged accomplices.

let's get a check on other top headlines, nbc's phillip mena is in new york with the latest.lip. >> frank, good to see you. good morning the fbi is raising alarms about potential for more armed protests before joe biden's inauguration the beautiful is warning police nationwide that protests are being discussed on social media for every state capitol by week's end with more violence possible in washington if congress takes action against president trump. >>> new england patriots coach bill bell check says he was flattered to be offered the presidential medal of freedom but declined to receive the award, citing the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol last week as part of the reason that he would not accept the medal in a statement, belichick said continues efforts of social justice, equality, and human rights outweigh the benefits of any individual award. >>> finally, alabama and ohio state battling it out on monday night for college football's national championship. the buckeyes would keep it tight early with the help of jeremy rutger, but ohio state just did not have enough. that

mena will likely avoid more jail time by pleading guilty to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. because of credit for time served and good behavior, elemental will likely remain on house arrest. the fire broke out at the oakland warehouse during a pop. ready in 2016. prosecutors accused all manner of extreme negligence for creating unsafe conditions that led to the deaths of 36 people. the former governor of michigan, was charged today in the flint water scandal. rick snyder was governor in 2014 when state managers switched the city's water supply to the flint river to save money. problem is the water wasn't treated properly and lead leak from the old pipes and tainted the water distribution center. excuse me water distribution system for 100,000 people. snyder was charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty. those air misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine. former presidential candidate andrew yang announced his candidacy today for mayor of new york. he posted a two minute video on twitter talking about his love for the city and how he plans to

election, unlawfully breached and vandalized the capitol, injured and killed law enforcement personnel, menas ied members of congress, the vice president and congressal personal and he will engaged in other violent, deadly destructive and seditious acts. >> congressman raskin of maryland. the senators who will serve as the jury will be sworn in tomorrow. think of this odd note of history. most of the members of the senate jury are also witnesses to the crime. they were led to safety during the criminal looting and desecration of their chamber, including some of their desks. patrick leahy, the longest serving democrat in the senate, that makes him president pro tempere of the senate. to get underway the week of february 8. the two-week delay allows both the president to build out his defense team and democrat to assemble their prosecution. one idea under consideration to produce a video that highlights how the rioters reacted to trump's remarks and shows footage of the giant mob inside the building. house democrats have been formally discussed with their senate counter part their desire to cal

phillip mena is in new york with the latest good morning, what's going on. >> good to see you, good morninget who stole the show at president biden's inauguration is burning up the charts despite her books not being released until september, amanda gorman's poetry is already at the top of amazon. the nation's youngest inaugural poet has two upcoming books marked as best sellers on the web site. >>> the washington football team promoted coaching intern jennifer king to assistant running back's coach with that hire, king becomes the first black woman in nfl history to be named an assistant coach of a position group. >>> finally, the baseball hall of fame has no plans to expand as the baseball writers association of america elected no new players to the hall this year it's the first time since 2013 that no player received the 75% of votes needed to be elected. some did get closer than others to enshrinement, curt shilling led all vote getters, 16 votes shy of the 75% he said he doesn't even want on the ballot next year, the final year >> i didn't hear him say that. i'm from philadelphia. he's

another big story we're following tonight erica mena the master tenant to the ghost ship warehouse in oakland. >>will not face a second trial over that deadly 2016 fire. i mean accepted a plea deal from prosecutors today and attorneys representing some of the families of the victims tells kron 4 says many on this plea deal deprives her clients of their last chance at justice for their loved ones. >>the families are very upset that. he is getting off they feel. >>too easy. their ago be the has accepted a plea deal but the 36 lives lost in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. the city of oakland, this means there will be no re trial after prosecutors failed to get a conviction back in 2019 with the first trial ended in a hung jury he will never spend any more time. i'm bars. a team area alexander represents 11 families of the season's families listen to. >>the hearing was plead guilty to each name. each of the 36. it was very emotional back on december second 2016 36 party, goers attending it illegal music event died when a fast-moving fire erupted in trapped inside the burning buildin

. >> jessica aguirre spoke to her niece mena author of "ambitious girl" which centers around her family when i read that, because that was such a nod to what has just happened in this country. [ cheers and applause ] [ horns honking ] >> but while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. >> i were talking to my grandmother about this today, she would say it's ridiculous we're still having firsts. that is not aspirational. it's like what needs to happen. it's about asking why, why have we still not elected a female president? >> meena is in washington for inauguration day and her book goes on sale today as well. >> good for her. >>> hiring is slowly rebounding, meaning workers are finally landing some interviews. >> but if you're rejected, consumer investigator chris chmura says you do have rights. here's how to exercise them. >> when you apply for a job or a promotion, the boss might look at more than just your application, resume and interviewing skills. some companies do background checks. we want to show you how to see that background check. first, two things.

mena harris is the vice president-elect's niece and tells the impression her aunt often left on her growingale sovereign island nation running around saving the world and that's what it looked like to me as a little girl. >> what a wonderful role model to have and now she is for so many. also doug emhoff a new twitter handle, kamala harris' husband will tweet from @secondgentleman. once joe biden is inaugurated, several accounts like @whitehouse and@potus will be transferred over. >>> let's transfer over news to weather and traffic if you're headed out the door or making plans for the weekend. how are we looking, kari? >> looks good. even though there's this huge storm system in the pacific, we are really enjoying some quiet and warm weather. check out portland, seattle and getting wet weather and that is where it will stay. unfortunate for us ba us we need rain but it will kick up high waves and we'll see big breakers along the coastline, high surf advisory going into effect at 11:00 this morning through tomorrow evening, never turn your back to the water. we want to you stay well away fro

. >> reporter: also another amazing fun fact, mena, kamala harris' niece, attended this school back in 1989, a bit of history this cool can lay claim too. >> and mina just wrote a book inspiring a lot of women, her role models, including her aunt kamala harris. >>> the country as you see inaugurating a new president and vice president. we talked to a political historian about what this day means to the nation. ♪♪ >> beautiful, powerful vocals from lady gaga during the rendition of the national anthem. but her voice wasn't the only thing that caught people's attention. check out her ball gown. and she had this beautiful, big pin. she said the pin is a dove carrying an olive branch, a symbol of peace. >>> just before boarding air force one this morning before the inauguration, former president donald trump delivered a farewell address to the nation. he and former first lady melania trump got off marine one at joint base andrews waving to family, friends and supporters before heading to palm beach, florida. trump thanks supporters telling them he was honored to be president and he will be

my name is mena scott. the senior sister on cardiac intensive care at st george's hospital.n with all the anxieties about schooling. people are coming to work with a lot of other stresses that they wouldn't normally have and they are coming to this environment where there is a high mortality. we see a lot of death now. there's a lot of end—of—life care that we are trying to provide and that's really, really hard for staff as well. hard too for staff, they say, are images of people openly breaking lockdown rules. the message from intensive care at st george's... you may not see the effects of it when you are doing that but we see the effects of it. the nursing staff see the effects of it. we have people in their 405, 30s, 20s in our intensive care unit dying of covid. we are having to think about whether we do cancer surgery, having to postpone cancer surgery because of the number of covid patients we have in, so even if you don't think you're doing any harm by bending the rules, you are. it has a knock—on effect and we are seeing the effect here. dr dominic spray at st georg