andrea fujii, abc news. >> andrea, thank you. several white house staffers have resigned after the capitol riot. deputy press secretary sarah matthews said she was disturb disturbed. the first lady's chief of staff also resigned and several top white house officials are considering stepping down. >>> new details overnight about the chaos in washington. at least 14 police officers were injured. more than 50 people were arrested, and now many questions linger including how could this happen? here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, members of congress are demanding answers after that pro-trump mob breached the capitol leaving at least four people dead. >> i've never witnessed a situation like this in the united states capitol. >> reporter: police firing tear gas and flash grenades as hundreds of rioters broke through barricades forcing police to retreat. some officers in riot gear tried to brace against a crowd of insurgents as they forced their way through security. >> back up. back up. >> reporter: one man using t

here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, an orlando waitress being praised for her quick thinking after helping rescue an 11-year-old boy. >> i just thought that i need to do something. >> reporter: flavaine carvalho says the boy's family came into her restaurant, but as she was taking their order, she noticed something seemed off. >> one of the kids is with a lot of bruises on his arms and on his face, and the parent is not giving food for him. >> reporter: sensing he was scared, she decided to act. with his parents' backs turned to her, she flashed the boy this note asking if he needed help, and when he nodded yes, she called 911. >> he make me a sign that says, yes, he needs help, so i don't know what to do. >> reporter: police immediately launched an investigation and discovered the full scope of the alleged abuse. >> he was handcuffed to a furniture dolly with his hands behind his back. he had ratchet straps around his ankles and was made to set himself free. >> reporter: the boy telling detectives his parents often withheld food as punishment resulting in him being

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andrea fujiy explains what's going on. >> reporter: this morning, amateur traders are going head to head with some of the biggest bank and hedge funds. in recent days from their dorm rooms, basements and frat houses, this next generation of investors has sent the financial world into a frenzy. >> what we have is the perfect storm of stimulus money, a cohort of younger investors. >> the group, teaming up to send symptoms in gamestop skyrocketing. the company going from a losing bet to an epic payday, ballooning to a value of more than $24 billion in just a matter of days. this student says he invested $8,000 a few weeks ago and by yesterday, it was worth $82,000. but the pros on wall street are losing big. that's because they were betting that gamestop would fail, a process known as shorting the stock. >> you borrow shares of the stock and you tell sell it. if the price goes down, then you buy it back at that lower price and pocket that difference. but if you're wrong and the shares go up, then you're going to have to buy back the stock at a higher price and that difference is a loss for

andrea fujiy, abc7 news new york. >>> coming up a new report revealing san francisco is seeing the biggest drop in rent in the entire country right now. the other two local counties that aren't very far behind. >>> plus a look at the inauguration day fashion and including the story behind bernie sanders mittens. >> the best. >> but first let's check meteorologist mike nicco. he was definitely turning a look. >> you got my attention. i can't wait. let's take a look at what's going on. nearly ferocirosty temperatures. there are going to be some neighborhoods where frost is forming right now and possibly on the grass. 40 in pittsburgh and be antioch. those are the warm spots in the valleys. in the hills we're in the 50s. freezing cold temperatures in movado and santa rosa. low- to mid-40s most of the south bay, the bay itself and towards the coast. a 50 up in the east bay hills where it is rather calm this morning and so is your commute weatherwise. it is going to be dry all dayton roads. no worries on the water. a tranquil day and just dress warmer this morning if you are taking mass transit

abc's andrea fujii explains.>>t roller c as tradg resumes like ursdayerherading site s ishe new york attorney investatn into activity. the company's ceo saying they halted purchases on several companies including gamestop, amc theatres, blackberry and bed, bath and beyond largely due to liability concerns. >> so we haven't really seen anything like this before, and to prudently manage the risk and the deposit requirements, we had to restrict buying in these 13 stocks. >> reporter: t.d. ameritrade also restricted transactions angering politicians on both sides of the aisle. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted, this is unacceptable. we now need to know more about robinhood app's decisions to block retail investors from while hedge funds are freely able to trade stocks as they see fit. in a rare move republican senator ted cruz agreed with ocasio-cortez. all this market frenzy began when traders banded together in online chat forms like reddit to boost the stock of strugglingle retailer gamestop and overt

abc's andrea fujii explains why we may never know the big winner. >> reporter: welcome to lonaconing, maryland, population, 1,200. locals call their town coney. they've hit hard times in recent years. jobs are scarce in this former coal mining town, and the local paper mill recently shut down, but the coney market is bustling. >> you can see with my staff over here, they've hung around and very excited. >> reporter: this is where that monster $731 million winning powerball ticket was sold, and the talk of the town is who's holding the winning ticket? >> and in a tiny town like this, you know, you're probably related to them, you know. >> reporter: 20% of residents here live in poverty. the coronavirus has only added to the economic devastation. people in coney are hoping whomever won that jumbo jackpot -- >> tonight we have another life-changing jackpot for you. >> reporter: -- will invest in the town. >> that's the best thing about living in a small town like this is that when all you know is poverty, when something like this happens, you automatically want to share that with everyon

here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning new details about 35-year-old ashli babbitt, who was shot and killed by a capitol police officer. video captures the moment she fell to the ground during the chaos. >> he's got a gun. >> reporter: as others warned of the danger, medics then rushing her to the hospital, but she later died. a documentarian says he witnessed the shooting. >> she was going, like going strong, and the next thing i know, she was shot. i do remember yelling guns when i saw guns and trying to warn her from going in but like it was very slow motion because i was trying to in my mind trying to capture the scene. >> reporter: inside the house chamber -- >> they broke the glass. >> reporter: -- lawmakers were hiding including congressman markwayne mullin who is defending the officer's actions. >> he didn't have a choice at that time. the mob was going to come through the door. there was a lot of members and staff that were in danger at the time. >> reporter: babbitt was a 12-year air force veteran living in san diego with her husband. her family describes her a

abc's andrea fujii reports. >> reporter: this morning, amateur traders are going head-to-head with some of the world's biggest bank ofs goliat in recent days from their dorm rooms, basements and frat houses this next generation of investors has sent the financial world into a frenzy. >> well, we have the perfect storm of stimulus money, a cohort of younger investors. >> reporter: the group teaming up to send stocks in the struggling video game retailer gamestop skyrocketing. the company going from a losing bet to an epic payday ballooning to a value of more than $24 billion in just a matter of days. t e t are nt says he invested i, a process known as shorting the stock. >> you borrow shares of the stock, and you sell it. and if the price goes down, then you can buy it back at that lower price and pocket that difference. but if you're wrong and the shares go up, then you're going to have to buy back the stock at that higher price and that difference is a loss for you. that's painful. >> reporter: many of the young gun traders realizing the potential flaw in that philosophy. they say it's

here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, another social media platform banning president trump. snapchat now permanently terminating his account. just hours after youtube suspended the president's channel and days after facebook and twitter banned him in the wake of the capitol riot. twitter's ceo jack dorsey now speaking out tweeting, i do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban president trump. after a clear warning we'd take this action, we made a decision with the best information we had based on threats to physical safety both on and off twitter. though president trump did not take any responsibility for his supporters storming the capitol, he released a video on white house social media accounts last night condemning any future violence, but he also denounced the crackdown by big tech. >> these are tense and difficult times. the efforts to censor, cancel and blacklist our fellow citizens are wrong and they are dangerous. what is needed now is for us to listen to one another, not to silence one another. >> reporter: and it's not just social media distancing