e of what's yours. good morning, america. getting a boost. third shots of the pfizer vaccine now available. who is eligible. the new studies. do they work? >> i need the two of you to step offer for a second. >> plus, the moment two hosts of "the view" were pulled from the show for testing positive moments before an appearance by the vice president. the update from morning. camp cleared. the site where thousands of haitians amassed at the border now empty. what the biden administration is saying about the situation. the president now weighing in on those images of border patrol agents charging on horseback. >> i promise you those people will pay. >> supermarket shooting.

the man who allegedly killed one person and wounded 14 others now identified. what those who knew him are saying this morning. the prince served. a key step taken in virginia giuffre's sexual assault lawsuit against britain's prince andrew. what happens now. hazing charges. eight men arrested in the alcohol poisoning death of a college freshman. his family speaking out to "gma" on the new developments. cryptocurrency crackdown. china widening its ban with bitcoin and others taking a hit. the advice to investors. and beam him up. "star trek's" william shatner gets an invitation to space to boldly go where no 90-year-old has gone before. good morning on dan's final weekend with us. >> yeah. >> last saturday.

>> i know. it feels very strange to have this be the final weekend. i'm really sad about it if i'm honest. >> we did note you wore your funeral attire. classic black from the show straight into the ground. >> so funny. we all gathered in your dressing room this morning to get our last counseling session. >> exactly. venting our problems. >> yes, which didn't allow me to pick out a colorful outfit, hence the funeral attire. >> we'll have a lot of fun over the next couple of hours. >> and we'll have a lot more to say about your last weekend. how much we love you. first news to talk about. covid vaccine boosters are in the forefront following the cdc endorsement of the extra shot for some americans. president biden saying he'll get his own booster soon. but there's still confusion about the decision-making behind that rollout and we'll get to that in a moment with the former cdc director. >> yes, that's coming up. the current cdc director, by the way, dr. rochelle walensky has signed off on the booster plan but warns that the u.s. cannot use boosters to get p

the pandemic. as of this weekend 75% of the eligible population has had at least one shot. >> but over the last three weeks the rate of vaccination has dropped in the u.s. 37%. health officials insist the top priority remains getting the unvaccinated their first shots even as boosters roll out across the country. abc's phil lipof is following the latest developments. phil, good morning to you. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you as well. thousands of locations all across the country have begun to administer those booster shots like this duane reade behind me on the upper west side of manhattan. but as you mentioned, the vaccination rate in the nation has begun to drop, so the cdc says she's boosters have now become an additional line of defense against covid. this morning, booster shots are officially under way for up to 20 million eligible americans. in texas, long lines of people ready for their booster shot at this san antonio mall. carol carson says the almost 2 1/2-hour wait was worth it. >> i think everyone should get

their booster shot as soon as possible. >> reporter: the cdc now recommending boosters for frontline workers, residents of long-term care facilities, people 18 and older with underlying medical conditions and people 65 and older. >> it's hard to acknowledge i'm over 65 but i'll be getting my booster shot. >> reporter: while federal health officials agree boosters are important for certain parts of the population, cdc director dr. rochelle walensky says the focus is still on vaccinating the unvaccinated. more than 70 million americans have not received a first shot of the vaccine. >> i want to be clear, we will not boost our way out of this pandemic. infections among the unvaccinated continue to fuel this pandemic. >> reporter: walensky says the boosters offer added protection for breakthrough cases. abc's daytime talk show "the view" interrupting its broadcast. >> i need the two of you to step off for a second. >> okay. >> ana and sunny have to leave. >> and we're going to bring you back later. >> yes. >> reporter: pulling two hosts from the show after learning they tested positive for covid-19.

>> they probably have a breakthrough case and they'll be okay, i'm sure, because they're both vaccinated. >> reporter: just moments before vice president kamala harris was to appear on the show for an in-person interview, taking extra precautions, that interview was then conducted with harris in another room inside the studio. navarro telling cnn she's since tested negative twice. >> both have come back false positive for me, and i'm waiting for another one. >> reporter: and this morning navarro says she is feeling great. as for dr. walensky, she says her scientists were split at a time on whether to give frontline workers the booster shot, but she said, it was never a question of yes or no. it was always a question of now or wait a bit, and she chose now. dan. >> phil, thank you. glad to hear ana is doing well. joining us now, former cdc director dr. tom frieden. dr. frieden, thanks for coming on. let's talk about the booster shots. after all the turbulence and the decision-making process

here, how helpful do you think the boosters will actually be? >> well, the bottom line, dan, is still that the reason we're seeing lots of people in hospitals and still more than a thousand, more than 1,500 deaths every day in this country is because there are so many people who are not yet vaccinated, so the single most important thing we can do is get people who haven't been vaccinated vaccinated. but it does seem that boosters may be important, particularly a month ago there was a recommendation for anyone who is immunosuppressed to get one and now in the past week a recommendation for those over 65, those working where they put others at risk, health care workers, people in correctional facilities, people in homeless shelters, frontline workers so this is a way of doing what we can for those pandemic, but also we have to understand that vaccines are super effective, but we're also going to have to mask and test and adapt as we learn more about the virus and the vaccines. >> now, i understand you say the

boosters will help, but you seem to be saying and so does dr. walensky that the real issue here is the unvaccinated, however, as we said at the top of the show, the vaccination rates are going down. what can be done in your opinion to turn that around? >> i think there are a few things, first, you have to work with each community to listen to their concerns, to find the right messages and messengers to explain why vaccination is so important, that it is safe and effective. people feel it was rushed, but it was fast but not rushed. it's a technology that's been in development for 20 years, and it's enormously effective. we also need to implement the mandates that the biden administration has called for. that's a way of protecting other people. if you do or don't get vaccinated doesn't just affect you. it also affects people around you, people who give health care, people who you interact with and the people they interact with. so we've said it before, but it's true, we are all connected, and the more of us who get vaccinated the better all of our vaccines are going to work.

>> let me ask you about masks in school. the cdc is now citing these new studies suggesting that lack of masks in schools can lead to outbreaks. so should masks be universal in schools right now? >> absolutely. to keep our kids learning in person in school, we need a multilayered protection system. that means vaccinate whoever can be vaccinated, mask up indoors, test regularly and increase ventilation. if we do those things, we can keep our kids in school and learning. if there's anything we've learned over the past year is that remote learning doesn't work well for millions of kids, so we have to keep our kids in school learning, that also helps parents go to work and helps the economy recover and it's enormously important, so a multilayered system of vaccination, masking, ventilation, testing and support for people with covid and their contacts, that can get us through this pandemic as safely and productively as possible. >> former cdc director dr. tom frieden. thanks for coming on.

really appreciate it. >> eva, over to you. to the crisis on the border now. that encampment of thousands of migrants under a texas bridge has now been cleared, but president biden is facing a significant backlash over how it was done. abc's maryalice parks has more from the white house. good morning to you, maryalice. >> reporter: good morning, eva. yeah, the secretary of homeland security was here at the white house yesterday. he talked about how they surged resources to the border to process all of those people and clear those camps. but still the administration like you said facing tough questions about why they weren't more prepared. this morning, that makeshift border camp that once had thousands of people now empty. most remaining immigrants expelled or moved to other facilities. abc's will carr right there. >> we're underneath the international bridge leading to del rio, texas. this is where these migrants made their homes for the past couple of weeks, and one member of law enforcement tells me these conditions were worse than a third world country. >> you're seeing babies, little

kids, pregnant women, family units, you know, in probably the worst conditions i've ever seen. >> reporter: despite outcries from fellow democrats and le condition ground in haiti, some 2,000 haitian migrants have already been flown out of the country in the last few days. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas defending those expulsions. >> they are driven by a public health imperative. >> reporter: more than 17,000 remain in the country. many now awaiting court dates to plea their asylum case. on "the view" vice president kamala harris speaking out against those shocking images. border patrol agents charging on horseback. >> it also evoked images of some of the worst moments of our history where that kind of behavior has been used against the indigenous people of our country, has been used against african-americans during times of slavery. >> reporter: president biden for the first time addressing them too saying he takes responsibility and there will be consequences. >> i promise you those people

will pay. it's beyond an embarrassment. it's dangerous, it's wrong. it sends the wrong message around the world. it sends the wrong message at home. it's simply not who we are. >> reporter: but later white house press secretary playing cleanup insisting there will be a full investigation first. >> i think what you heard from the president is a very human and visceral response to those images. the president was not prejudging the outcome of an investigation. >> reporter: now dhs told us that some 8,000 people who had been there in those camps have returned to mexico. their future and that of so many of these haitians still uncertain. whit. >> uncertain future and a lot of questions about how this played out. maryalice, thank you. we do turn now to an emotional vigil held overnight for the victims of that supermarket shooting in tennessee. this as we learn the identity of the man described as the gunman who killed 1 person and wounded 14 others before taking his own life.abc'er has t l

collrv>> rep this morning, new deils on tkroger grocery store, authorities identifying the gunman as 29-year-old uk thang. city officials confirming this photo of him. do you have a motive at this point? do we know why? >> i don't know that we'll ever know why. i know this, we're going to take it where the evidence takes us. >> reporter: a family friend telling wkrn that thang's parents are mourning the loss of their son and cooperating with the fbi. >> i'm sorry for this family and i personally keep praying for him. >> reporter: authorities searched thang's apartment. one neighbor here who didn't want to show his face is in disbelief and describes thang as a quiet person. >> just to think that there's a murderer that literally stays five feet from us. >> reporter: witness jason lusk describing the chaos he saw.

lusk was at a nearby store when he heard the commotion and started recording, capturing this moment as a terrified kroger employee escaped to the roof. >> i was afraid of people panicking might cause him to make a mistake and end up getting shot themselves. >> reporter: in all 14 victims shot and hospitalized. one customer, 70-year-old olivia king, was killed. authorities say the shooter was a third party vendor who did business with the store. investigators finished collecting evidence here late last night. dan. >> another mass shooting in america. aex perez, thank you very much. nearly a week after the body of gabby petito was found, there's still no sign of boyfriend brian laundrie as authorities search an alligator infested nature preserve in florida. laundrie is now officially a wanted man by the feds on a bank fraud charge, and abc's trevor ault is in venice, florida, with much more on this. trevor, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the search for brian laundrie has now stretched into a second weekend.

it's been 11 days since he was last seen and investigators have been out here in carlton nature reserve for a full week and there is still no indication from them as to whether they found concrete evidence that he is in here. they say they will release everything from their investigation when the time is right but for now all we have to go off of is investigators saying that last week brian laundrie's family told them he may be in here. of course, gabby petito's family is still urging the laundries to share any information they may have about her disappearance and death, and we should reiterate that, as you said, while there is an arrest warrant out for brian laundrie, it's not for gabby petito's homicide. it's for allegedly withdrawing money after her death using a debit card that did not belong to him. now, overnight there were a number of vigils for gabby petito back on long island where she and her family are from. we saw a lot of people lighting candles in their driveway for a movement to shine a light for gabby and the petito family has now announced plans for

her funeral. it will be held tomorrow on long island in holbrook, new york. >> trevor, thank you. this morning the sexual assault lawsuit against britain's prince andrew has passed an essential first stage. the royals' lawyers acknowledge that andrew has been properly served with the suit. abc's julia macfarlane has the latest from london. good morning, julia. >> reporter: good morning, eva. yeah, that's right. news last night from a new york court that prince andrew has now acknowledged he has been properly served with a lawsuit by a woman accusing him of sexual assault. he's dropped his objections contesting that service. now, virginia giuffre, the woman bringing the case, is an accuser of jeffrey epstein and alleges in her lawsuit that the duke sexually abused her at epstein's manhattan mansion and elsewhere in 2001 when she was under the age of 18. prince andrew has denied all of her allegations so far. now, according to the complaint, the prince's sexual assault has continued to cause giuffre

significant emotional and psychological distress and harm. now, earlier this month her lawyers say they made several repeated failed attempts to serve andrew's security team in the uk with notice of the lawsuit that was filed back in new york in late august. but now, as you say, prince andrew has accepted service as of september 21st. in a joint letter to the court both parties said that representatives from each side actually spoke on the phone earlier this week. now, giuffre has agreed to give prince andrew until october 29th to respond and prince andrew's team has no comment on this latest development. eva. >> julia macfarlane, thank you. time for a check of the weather and rob marciano, i know you've been wearing dan's ties in his honor. >> that's definitely not his suit. >> not his suit but one of his favorite suits, right? >> yes, i believe in the fashion line we call that baby poop brown. [ laughter ] >> it's his last weekend. >> it's his last weekend. >> did i violate an fcc rule there? >> no, just a breakfast rule, families. >> if it wasn't your last weekend, it would be your last

weekend, but this is your tie. thank you very much. i started doing this last week and should have done it three months ago. your ties are much nicer than mine. all right. the fawn fire, 6,800 acres burned. 10% containment. still burning, though, unfortunately.r ality alerts ha posted for parts of the bay area and san joaquin valley. the rain will stay north of these fires. 2 to 4 inches of rain across parts of portland and seattle, but we had some rain across southern california. this is san diego county where upwards of 2 inches of rain fell. we had hail, we had gusty winds. see that little swirl down there, that's a little upper level disturbance and we'll see another upper level low that will

>> already planning his sunday afternoon after retirement. so it's going to be nice this weekend? the personalized forecast never ends for you. >> right over his house. >> just to say that you wouldn't give me an answer so i'm not getting personalized forecasts. >> no, i don't know when you'll learn this. >> i just have to go to google every time. >> maybe in retirement. >> we should do a side-by-side with rob marciano and jiminy cricket to see who wore the suit better. >> when you talk to desmond howard, i want you to tease him about it. >> desmond howard looks sharp. thank you very much, rob. talk soon. big weekend ahead in college football. notre dame versus wisconsin in the spotlight today, so let's bring in espn's desmond howard who we just mentioned in chicago

for a look ahead this morning. you know what, desmond, we're comparing your suit to rob marciano's right now. you got to give him a few pointers, desmond. >> yeah, you wear it better for sure. >> i think rob's style is really impeccable. he looks very good. nice and clean and sharp. i like rob's style. >> he needs the pocket square riough like you. >> i'moitire after that comment. >> he can add a pocket square. >> absolutely. all right, let's talk about the big day here. give us a taste of what the atmosphere is like there in chicago. >> well, whit, it's about 6:20 a.m. here right now. we expect the crowd to start pouring in around maybe 8:10, 8:15 simply because location. you have notre dame, you have wisconsin, both have big fan bases, both travel very well so we know this is going to be an exciting game, exciting match-up. the badgers, they already have one loss on their record so, you know, they can't afford another loss, and obviously you got notre dame who is undefeated and

their quarterback, jack coan used to be the quarterback for wisconsin. so a bunch of story lines, but i tell you what, whit, the atmosphere will be fantastic because chicago is a great sports town, man. [ cheers ] >> we can see you said the crowd is small but they are sincere. you did mention jack coan there, of course, transferred from wisconsin but for perspective here, what is he going to face against his former team? quite a match-up. >> hey, whit, i tell you what, i think it's going to be a gamut of emotions for this young man. you really have a lot of love and respect for your players because these are the guys who you used to go to battle with, used to be in meetings with, practice, so there's like a brotherhood there, but the flip side is you have the coaching staff who pretty much gave up on you and they like graham mertz who is now the starting quarterback at wisconsin and looking at these guys like, okay, i'm going to show you that you made the wrong decision. i'm going to light you guys up on the gridiron tonight so i think a little gamut of

emotions for jack coan but no doubt about it, he will want to prove that they chose the wrong quarterback. >> i do like the mix of cheers and some jeers from the crowd behind you depending on your analysis. but it's always great to have you on, desmond. we truly appreciate it. stern re dame versus wisconsin today on espn. >> he's so good, but you could have had me do the sports analysis on my last weekend. >> we could. we'll come to you for the deep dive, dan. >> oh, man. it's disappointing. >> for a little added humor. >> what is it, dogleg left -- >> dogleg left is -- i don't know. what else do you want to say? is there something else for me in the teleprompter? >> you're saving your analysis. eight young men facing hazing charges in connection with the death of a college freshman. what his family is saying this morning. bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have now been banned in china. what this may mean for investors everywhere. and xet tier spirit.

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i am going to miss you so, so much. i don't know. there are losses and then there is like a dan harris size loss. you are such a unique human being. in television i cannot think of, and i mean this, in the two decades i've done it, i haven't found anybody who is as generous as you both on television and with your time outside of it. you're going to be so missed, but i know you're going to do even better things and the world needs you. so keep up the great work. we're going to miss you sorely. we love you. >> that is very sweet. ginger, thank you so much. i feel like you're talking about somebody else, but anyway, i appreciate it. >> we did photoshop the pictures of you in there. >> exactly. our stage manager says it's nice to see pictures of you when you weren't so gray. >> that's right. >> you have worked here for a long time.

>> thank you for reminding me. >> welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. you know, this is your last weekend, so we're all taking a moment to remember all the wonderful things. i think ginger saying unique. usually unique is kind of a dig, but not in your case. >> in some ways it can be a dig. yes, special. >> we are going to be honoring dan all morning. >> absolutely. >> it's going to be very fun. let's take a look at some of the other big stories we are following this morning. happening right now, united airlines has been fined $1.9 million by the u.s. department of transportation for violating federal rules which prohibit long delays on the tarmac. the department says that between december 2015 and february 2021 united let 20 domestic flights and five international ones sit on the tarmac for long periods of time without allowing passengers to deplane. also right now, a 30-year-old woman is under arrest facing up to nine years in prison for allegedly starting the fawn fire, which has been burning in northern california.

officials say alexandra souverneva was seen near where the fire started with a lighter. thousands of people remain under evacuation orders this morning. shifting gears, beam him up. actor william shatner set to be on board blue origin's second civilian flight next month. the 90-year-old shatner best known for his role on "star trek," of course, will become the oldest person to actually go to space. from a pr standpoint, sending captain kirk to space is right on the money. >> yes, it better work. >> that's true as well. >> we will be watching. yep. we start this half hour with the arrest just announced in the alcohol poisoning death of a college freshman. the family of adam oakes saying fraternity hazing was to blame. abc's zohreen shah is here with more. good morning to you, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, eva. adam's family tells me their kid was always the one with the big smile, always making people feel comfortable. gone too soon, a death they say that was preventable.

now overnight some of the men who were with him the night he died behind bars. this morning, a bombshell arrest in the hazing death of virginia commonwealth university freshman adam oakes. eight men now under arrest and 11 indicted. >> we're finally seeing some accountability for, you know, their actions that night. >> reporter: adam's family speaking out to abc news overnight. >> right now they're sitting in a jail cell hopefully thinking about my cousin and what they did to him. >> reporter: the 19-year-old found dead at an off-campus party in february where his family says his fraternity brothers told him to drink an entire bottle of whiskey. virginia's office of the chief medical examiner telling abc news, the cause of death was ethanol toxicity, a type of alcohol poisoning. his death later ruled an accident. over the summer the university permanently banning his delta chi chapter after an investigation. and now overnight 11 men indicted. charges so far ranging from

unlawful hazing to giving a minor alcohol. >> virginia has a hazing law, and what's interesting about the 46 hazing law is it doesn't require any intent, which means that all they needed to do was act recklessly and there was some sort of bodily injury that occurred in this initiation. so they actually don't have as large of a legal hurdle as they do in other states. >> reporter: but three men still have not turned themselves in. >> take responsibility for your actions. turn yourself in and take responsibility for your -- you know, for what happened that evening. >> reporter: and his family with another message for all college students to know the signs of alcohol poisoning, which can include the inability to wake up, vomiting and seizures. >> know the signs. had any one person just picked up the phone and called 911, my cousin would still be here and with us today. >> reporter: the family says they are working with state lawmakers to try and make hazing a felony in the state of virginia.

as for those facing charges, they could not be reached for comment, and it's unclear if they hired attorneys. dan? >> it's an incredibly sad story. zohreen, thank you very much. this morning, meanwhile, the fbi is investigating a report by a female service member who says a group of afghan refugees at an evacuee center near ft. bliss assaulted her. abc's elizabeth schulze joins us from washington with much more on this story. elizabeth, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. the fbi is investigating this allegation that a female u.s. service member was assaulted by a group of male afghan evacuees at a military complex in new mexico. thousands of afghan evacuees are currently being housed at the ft. bliss dona ana complex, part of a major effort by the federal government to resettle afghans who fled the country during the chaotic u.s. troop withdrawal. now, in a statement, a ft. bliss official confirmed that a female service member

helping with this relocation effort reported being assaulted on september 19th by a small group of male evacuees. we don't yet know the details surrounding this alleged assault, but the official says the service member immediately received appropriate care, counseling and support. now, gop congresswoman yvette herrell who represents this district where this complex is located responded in a tweet saying, my prayers are with this courageous soldier and her family and calling this a tragic failure in the vetting process for afghan nationals. now, the woman's age and name have not yet been revealed. we do not know the names of the suspects, but ft. bliss officials say they are implementing additional safety and security measures and that they are fully cooperating with the fbi. whit? >> elizabeth schulze for us, thank you. we turn to the weather. rob marciano, some parts of the country still getting hammered by the rain and flooding. >> had some heavy rain in the past couple of days especially across the northeast. pictures from philadelphia westward is where it came down the heaviest. more so thursday into yesterday morning and just north of state college, pennsylvania, where penn state is.

coburn, look at that, flooding rains there. we have a stalled frontal boundary that brought a lot of rain to parts of maine where dan harris went to school. 2 to 3 inches of rainfall additionally with the stalled front across parts of coastal maine. and we are, of course, in hurricane season and now tropical storm sam is a hurricane, category 2 going on 3 with a distinct eye there. the track of this is going to bring it, ooh, yeah, the kind we like, should be a fish storm. we're getting mor >> this weather report sponsored by northwestern mutual. what was the mascot of colby? >> the mules. >> oh, the mules. >> the mule, yes. by the way, i checked the

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welcome back to "gma" and the hit bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are taking this morning, that's after china declared all transactions of the sort illegal. abc's deirdre bolton has more on what it all means for investors. deidre, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. that word all is game changing. earlier this year the chinese government moved to stop digital currency mining. the operation that produces new coins. but now china is going one step further. so services offering trading, matching, token issuance, prohitexserving ilgal.

in the past 24 hours, the price of 9%. the second largest digital etheriun currency dropped by 13%. cryptocurrency prices not totally dependent on china but it is one of the world's main crypto hubs along with the u.s. one expert told me the crackdown is part of a broader effort to crush anything not under government control. the u.s. also struggling with how to handle bitcoin. earlier this month the s.e.c. wall street's top regulator told lawmakers it wants to crack down on the wild west of crypto and wants to create a set of rules for cryptocurrency markets. as for advice to investors, most experts say digital currencies may one day be more mainstream but they are extremely volatile in the meantime, so use extra caution when investing in any of them. eva? >> some good advice for people

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>> yeah, exactly. >> she is adorable. what an amazing video. a great "play of the day." >> if she's already laughing at mom like that, wait for a few more years from now. >> adolescence is going to be tricky. >> very cute. "gma," remember, two hours on saturdays so coming up here, the latest on pfizer booster shots and where they are available right now. and our fond farewell to dan harris. our team sharing their very first impressions of him. then changing the subject, "deals & steals" saving you money with free shipping. >> is this making you uncomfortable? >> a little bit. mfortable? >> a little bit.

liz: good morning, everybody. i am liz kreutz. today, a food drive is part of the community service day called stuff the cruiser. the event will be held at the grocery outlet at contra costa boulevard, and they are asking for nutritious nonperishable

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except over in oakland, but we do have an air quality alert for moderate air of the with that wind coming in and fires all around us, it will be a bit hazy today but cooler. 69 in oakland, look for 86 in livermore, 82 in san jose, even cooler tomorrow with better air quality. we are talking showers early next week, liz. liz: coming up next, the bay area is getting ready to vaccinate people with pfizer's booster shot. we will tell you what one county's plan looks like. plus, your eyes. beautiful on the outside, but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on, on the inside. it's true, if you have diabetes, you know high blood sugar is the root of the problem.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. liz: covid-19 booster shots are here and people are already lining up to get them. some people say it isn't easy to get an appointment. i am liz kreutz and you are watching abc 7 news at 8:00 a.m. live on abc seven, hulu live, and wherever you stream. we will get to the booster shots in a moment, but first a quick look at the weather. lisa: good morning. we are back to low clouds and fog. it is clear