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republicans win back the majority in 2022. the problem though is that there are still a handful of republicans that aren't in agreement with embracing president trump and liz cheney, who is one of those republicans that voted to impeach the president, matt gates, a florida congressman now attacking her. he traveled to her state of wyoming on thursday to criticize her and perhaps drum up support for a primary challenger. then there's of course marjorie taylor greene, a georgia congresswoman, who's run into a great deal of controversy. a cnn report showing she had past social media posts where she called for the execution of democratic leaders like nancy pelosi, now pushed by democrats to expel her from the house of representatives, that's unlikely, but they're also pushing for her to be removed from the house education committee. that is more likely. you're going to see that drum beat only increase next week when congress, at least the house of representatives, returns to session. laura and christine? >> thanks, ryan. we got a sense of the human toll of the covid variants. the prediction model predicts 595,000 deaths by may 1st as the most likely scenario. the worst case, it projects nearly 654,000 american deaths by may 1st. by some estimates that's as many as died on both sides of the civil war. >> that means the variants from the u.k., brazil and south africa could kill an additional 85,000 people above the previous projections. anywhere else is like wiping out a major american city like baltimore or las vegas. >> we are in a race against the variants right now. the faster we're able to reduce overall rates of infection by taking the public health measures, distancing, the faster we're able to vaccinate people, the faster we can turn this pandemic around. >> there's no evidence it can cause severe covid-19. early indicators are that it makes it more contagious. caseloads are starting to ease now. the south african variant of covid is here. the first confirmed cases of the strain found in two people in south carolina. state health officials say neither person has any noteworthy travel history and there's no connection between the two cases suggesting that the variant may already be more widespread than previously known. this all comes as novavax announces its coronavirus vaccine is 90% effective. a separate study in south african where the new variant has been raging for months shows the vaccine was considerably less effective. cnn's david mckenzie is live in johannesburg. you were at a johnson & johnson trial just a few minutes ago. what did you see? >> this is a critical trial of the johnson & johnson vaccine. we expect results of that very soon. that could be a game changer. as you said, already some vaccines show that they are not as effective with the south african strain. we've seen an extremely dramatic scientific wave. people are not able to fight off the virus even though they've had it before with an earlier strain. we were at that site, the johnson & johnson site. monitoring some more than 200 volunteers, checking blood, symptoms if any, making sure people are following all the protocols. we even went into the pharmacy and saw those precious experimental vaccines in the fridge. this could be, as i said, incredibly important if the johnson & johnson vaccine is effective. the question is will it work against the south african variant, variants found in brazil and the u.k. one of the big concerns though is if it is, if others are seen to be, is getting vaccines out to places like south africa, the rest of the african continent. everybody in the u.s. is potentially safe as variants develop. take a listen to a nurse i spoke to. >> they deserve to have this vaccine. whether they're involved in the production, whether they're involved in the clinical trial or whatever, i think everybody in this world, if people want the vaccine, the vaccine has to be available for them. >> if a vaccine doesn't come quickly, what's the impact? >> well, the impact is we worry about the new variant. >> reporter: those new variants that have emerged have dominated the infection. i was looking at a study done in this province of south africa showing how the variant discovered in late november of last year just absolutely took over. places in suetta, in south africa and other parts of the continent. people who have it with no travel history in the u.s. is very concerning. >> that's why they're rushing to create boosters to address all of the variants. thank you so much. european regulators are expected to authorize the vaccine. the eu is already upset and germany says the vaccine may not be safe for some of the most vulnerable people anyway. cnn's melissa bell joins us outside of a plant in belgium where the astrazeneca vaccine is produced. melissa? >> reporter: christine, we are waiting to see what they have to say about the possibility of making this vaccine, the astrazeneca one, available throughout the e.u. even before we hear about that, fears of the amounts of vaccines that are going to be delivered at a time when europe is going to vaccinate its population. even before this astrazeneca vaccine becomes available. that's how badly europeans needed it. that helps explain, christine, their anger. what astrazeneca says the reason they're not able to give out as many to the e.u. as they plan to, is at sites like this one where it is produced, what they explain is you get different yields. the cells they use for the vaccine have a relative amount of yield. some sites and other sites you can see a three-fold difference between the yields. it is because of that slow production they say at this particular site that there will be a slower rollout in the e.u. the e. usaid it is not playing any games. it has announced an inspection of the site. it will have sack seen export restrictions making sure they don't head to the u.k. where there's a shortage in europe. to give you an idea how monumental the 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>> i'm athena jones in new york where news when indoor dining is expected today. the decision is up to the state and it will be driven by data and science. de blasio says i want to see the people who work in the restaurants have their livelihoods. this comes as new york's governor andrew cuomo says they will lift it in all zones except for a handful in new york city citing a decline in positivity rates and hospitalizations. >> reporter: i'm diane gallagher. one of the largest mass vaccination sites in the entire country is kicking off in charlotte, north carolina. it's through a public/private partnership. the expectation is roughly 19,000 first doses will be given out to people who can either drive or walk up to get that vaccine. i'm kevin mcmorris santore. the governor of ohio will set aside some of his state's vaccine allocation specifically for the teachers and staff at k-12 schools. governor mike dewine wants students back in class in ohio by march 1st. he said setting aside 55,000 doses of the vaccine per week specifically for teachers will help make that happen. in ohio, dewine says every school district but one has signed onto the march 1st plan. >> i'm nick watt in los angeles where the second biggest district in the nation just said this about when schools might be able to reopen. maybe later this spring. the word maybe is doing quite a lot of work there. he wants all staff to be vaccinated first. the unions will need to get on board and they're not that cooperative and also the infection rate will need to at least half in l.a. before the schools can open their doors. >> thanks to all of our correspondents for those reports. the white house now pushing back plans for president biden to sign an executive order. that plan just one of the flurry of early immigration announcements from the administration that at least so far hasn't changed the reality of the border. priscilla alvarez is live. you cover these issues every single day. there was so much hope and anticipation from advocates from those who want to see changes at the border but the reality is different. >> that's exactly right. the place where that's most evident is the u.s.-mexico border. let me give you an example why things are remaining the same. i spoke to a cuban migrant who came to the u.s.-mexico border seeking asylum with his wife. he fled cuba claiming political persecution, got to the border in 2019 and was subject to a trump era policy that required them to wait in mexico as their court hearing continued here in the united states. and so in that duration of time they have been assaulted, they have been threatened and they have lost a baby. honestly, there are tens of thousands of migrants just like them who are desperately seeking answers from the biden administration after being put and subject under this trump era policy. in fact, i even spoke to an attorney who said she's been receiving at least 50 calls a day from migrants who just want answers and we just don't have those yet. there is urgency behind the actions that the biden administration will take now and in the coming months but then, two, it's the reality that the biden administration could face legal challenges. we already saw that. in less than a week, just this week a federal judge blocked the pause on deportations. there is urgency behind the actions that need to happen but the biden administration has to contend with the reality that they're going to face legal challenges along the way. >> such an important point to recognize that reality coming up against a lot of trump appointed issues. i want to talk to you about what the first lady is up to. we've learned jill biden is taking on a new project. tell us about what you're learning there. >> that's right. we have heard that jill biden is going to have an active role in the tags being force of the biden administration and tends to set up and focus on reuniting families. under the trump administration we had the separation of families at the u.s.-mexico border. in fact, we know that lawyers are still searching for the parents of more than 600 children. so we expect that the first lady is going to play an active role in the effort and in her involvement bring nmore attentin to the issue. >> the reunification of those families, it's just amazing. there are 600 of them still without their families. it's just incredible. priscilla, thank you so much for getting up with us this morning. nice to see you. we'll be right back. in, is there a more fascinating place than audible? 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this week not so much. for years big investors slowly manipulated wall street and gets away with it. now the little guy does it for a few days, and they want to put a stop to it. robinhood defended the move. listen. >> i want to be 100% clear. this decision was not made on the decision of any market maker or other market participants. we haven't seen anything like this before and to prudently manage the risk and the deposit requirements, we had to restrict buying in these 13 stocks. >> matt, is that fair? i mean, the little guy finally gets an edge and beats the big hedge funds at their own game and suddenly they have the restrictions? >> happy friday, christine. he is right about at least one thing. we've never seen anything like this. it's all pretty insane. if you pitch this story to a movie studio, they would have rejected it because it's too unrealistic. here's the problem to ban buying of gamestop and why they quickly reversed. you can't say it's to democratize it and then restrict it. it's like amazon saying you have to go to the store and pick up your stuff and netflix saying you have to limit your stream. none of this reddit mayhem would have been possible without robinhood. this app brought free trading to the masses. it forced all of its competitors to do the same. gone are the days when options trading and leverage were just for rich people on wall street. for better or worse, robinhood has brought free trading and leveled the playing field for all. >> people are saying this is online manipulation, a pump and dump scheme but it's like an online stock club. nothing illegal about deciding with a bunch of friends you want to buy a certain stock if you want to. they came back down to earth yesterday. are we quickly learning the dangers about this? i worry about the retail investor hearing about the get rich quick and maybe now got hurt yesterday. >> christine, that's right. you never want to be a last person to buy. gamestop lost half of its value. it was up 1,000% on the year which is absolutely amazing. we could see them rebound today in pre-market trading. gamestop was up 100%. amc up 50%. it's been a wake-up call to everyone, investors, lawmakers, politicians. yesterday the house and senate called for investigations. the new york attorney general said she's reviewing the robinhood situation. saw a brief glimmer of bipartisanship when ted cruz backed aoc. this is a job for regulators. new top cop is coming to wall street. president biden has nominated gary genz sler to lead the sec. he has the backing of elizabeth warren. >> i think some of this craziness really about the -- says something about the mood on wall street, right? you have free trading platforms. you have super, super rich markets, right? you have all of this money floating around. is there a bigger picture about what this is emblematic of? >> at a minimum i think it's safe to say things are not normal in financial markets. there are so many signs of extreme market speculation driven in large part by rock bottom interest rates. we've seen huge ipos including airbnb, doordash go straight up on their first day of trading. there is an unreal amount of money getting poured into spacs. those are the blank check shell companies. they don't even anything, they just exist to take companies public. goldman sachs said the other day that they see a bubble-like sentiment around spacs. tesla is worth almost $800 billion. it's worth more than every other major automaker around the world and just traders pouring into gamestop is another example of this speculative mania. that's the secrecy. bubbles are notoriously hard to time. they can keep going. >> yeah, covid factor, too. get all of these people home, working from home, access to the internet, talking to friends, buying stocks, borrowing money to buy stocks. matt egan, so nice to see you. have a great weekend. >> thank you guys. six people killed and a dozen other hospitalized after a liquid nitrogen leak in gainesville, georgia. there was no explosion and the cause of the leak is under investigation. preliminary reports indicate that a gas line rip toured. in northern california a woman was injured and 25 homes and other buildings damaged after a powerful bins winter storm unleashed heavy rain and snow and triggered a mudslide. it dumped feet of snow closing interstate 80, the crucial artery linking northern california to nevada. in northern oklahoma her daughter was kicked out of school because her daughter told another girl she had a crush on her. >> she was upset and crying asking me if god still loved her, if she was wrong for the way that she feels. i don't believe my kid should have been ripped out of the only school they've known for the past four years. >> the unfortunate outcome provided her with a teachable moment. the school pastor follows the bible and has believes about relationships. >> second graders. taking a look at markets around the world to end the week. you can see declines for asian stocks. european shares open lower at least by 1% as well. on wall street futures giving up some of yesterday's gains. stocks climbed thursday which underscored the need for more stimulus. the s&p and nasdaq ended the day higher. a major shift for general motors. call it the end of the tailpipe. the automaker said thursday it will start phasing out its gas-powered cars and trucks and sell only zero emission vehicles by the year 2035. it is part of gm's larger goal of being carbon neutral by 2040. gm has already invested billions in electric vehicles, including 2.2 billion to turn the detroit plant into an all electric assembly plant. this comes after president biden signed a flurry of executive orders aimed at tackling the climate crisis. this will put pressure on similar other automakers. a usps mail carrier saved an elderly person's life. when shonda noticed that helen had stopped picking up her mail, she called the police. authorities found helen on the floor where she had fallen down. she was there for several days without food and water. helen is now recovering. thankfully her family is grateful to shonda for being her guardian angel. >> a quick good-bye, thank you, we love you to our very own cnn legend rick davis. been here 40 years. he's the voice on the other end of the phone when you had as a journalist you have a question or a concern or wrestling with some sort of issue with your story. this guy has saved my bacon so many times. i'm telling ya, great guy. great dad. great colleague. we love you, rick. congratulations. 40 years at cnn. you're a legend. >> thanks for keeping us all in line. >> wow. thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. 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