right now on "america this morning" -- vaccine mandate backlash. senators on both sides of the aisle delivering a message to president biden overnight. plus, new research on the omicron variant. what has the cdc director so concerned? and the study that can explain why the virus is dangerous for people who are overweight. honoring an american hero. the tribute to bob dole today. and the news overnight why one of the people planning his funeral is no longer on the job. the navy water crisis in hawaii taking a new turn. the test results and the walter shutdowns announced. a stunning twist in the 45-year mystery of a

disappearance of a georgia college student. his car pulled from the creek all these years later. plus, a plastic, new idea to ban cigarette sales. and the beauty pageant where the competitors are not people but camels. is botox putting some of the contestants over the hump? good thursday morning, everyone. >> andrew is off today. we begin with several developments concerning the pandemic. our team got a rare look inside the cdc's emergency operation center. >> officials there saying even though the omicron variant does not seem as dangerous as delta, it appears to spread faster. that can pose a serious threat for hospitals as we enter into winter. >> 200 million americans are vaccinated. that leaves 100 million not vaccinated. the cdc director says she is especially concerned about

unvaccinated pregnant women. >> more on covid in a moment. first, news from washington, concerning the president's vaccine mandate. this morning, senators on both sides of the aisle taking a stand against president biden's vaccine mandate for private businesses. two democrats, joe manchin and jon tester, crossing party lines, voting with republicans to repeal the vaccine or test mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees. manchin says he supports a mandate for federal employees. but saying it's not the place of the federal government to private businesses. >> we sent a clear message on behalf of the people, this mandate needs to be stopped. >> some of the anti-vaxers here in this chamber remind me of what happened 400 years ago, when people were clinging to the fact that the sun revolved around the earth. >> reporter: even if the house joins the senate in overturning the mandate, the white house

says president biden will use his veto power to keep the mandate in place. covid cases are up 83% nationwide since october. the governors of maine and new hampshire activating the overwhelmed hospitals. - in massachusetts, one hospital is at 120% capacity. >> you look at the top five states for covid deaths right now, they are generally hovering around a 50% vaccination rate. i expect that we will see substantial differences in the size of holiday surges here this winter, based around proportion of patients who are vaccinated. >> reporter: hospitals stress most new patients are unvaccinated. the delta variant is driving the surge. early data shows that omicron may be more transmisible but is less severe. and while the pfizer study indicates, omicron chips away at vaccine effectiveness, data shows a booster shot offers

protection. the british government is advising people to work from home, due to evidence that omicron cases could double in the coming days. anger is spreading in the u.k., after a leaked video showed members of the prime minister's staff joking about holding a christmas party during lockdown last year. a senior aide in that video broke down in tears as she resigned wednesday. >> my remarks seemed to make light of the rules. i will regret those remarks for the rest of my days. >> the coronavirus attacks fat tiss tissue. that could explain why overweight people are at higher risk. american workers are quitting their jobs in new record numbers. new figures show 4 million americans quit their jobs in october alone. and there were 11 million job openings as companies struggled to attract workers. we turn to the historic tribute in washington today, for bob dole, the long-time senate leader and war hero. dole will lie in state at the

capitol. meanti meantime, there's controversy involving one of the people planning dole's funeral. em nguyen on capitol hill. >> phil, good morning to you. this is a building the late senator knew too well, having served over 30 years between both chambers of congress. now, a ceremony in his legacy will be starting later this morning. a final farewell to bob dole. the former senator will lie in state in the u.s. capitol, where president biden will speak at the ceremony in his honor. >> for those like me, who had the honor of calling him a friend, bob dole was an american giant. a man of extraordinary courage, physical and moral courage. >> reporter: lawmakers and dole's family will attend. today's events are not without controversy. "the new york times" reporting the elizabeth dole foundation cut ties with the event planner working on dole's funeral, after it came to light he was

subpoenaed by the committee investigating the riot at the capitol. he earned two purple hearts for his time in war. >> all of the titles i had, i tried to get one i didn't get. but the most proud title is the title of veteran. >> reporter: he ran for president three times before losing to bill clinton in 1996. later earning the presidential medal of freedom from the man who beat him. >> i, robert j. dole. do solemnly swear. sorry. wrong speech. >> reporter: tributes to the late senator are pouring in since his death on sunday. a wreath laying ceremony at the world war ii memorial. the advocate for veterans who helped pass the americans with disability act. in his final op-ed saying,

meaningful change comes for the country when everyone puts aside their party label and works for the good of the country. for public viewing for those te- invited until tonight. and on friday, a funeral service at washington national cathedral. >> em, thank you. mark med dose is suing the committee investigating the attack on the capitol. meadows has handed over thousands of pages of documents. but he did not show up for his deposition yesterday, saying he will no longer cooperate. the committee is pursuing contempt charges against him. new evidence in the kim potter case. she is the police officer on trial for shooti iing dauntae wright. minnesota's governor is preparing the national guard to provide security. we want to warn you, some of the new video is hard to watch.

>> i shot him. my god. >> kim, sit down. >> my god. >> newly released video shows the moments after kim potter shot and killed 20-year-old dauntae wright. >> oh, my god. oh, my dwod. >> reporter: the jury shown new body camera footage of her sobbing. she faces first and second-degree manslaughter charges. >> i am going to go to prison. >> reporter: the defense says potter mistook her taser for her gun. she has beneanever fired ether duty. >> she made a mistake. this was an accident. >> reporter: the prosecution arguing potter should have known the difference. >> the defendant's right side was where she kept her gun. her left side is where she kept

her taser. she was trained about the risks of pulling the wrong weapon. >> reporter: but the defense placing the blame on wright. if he had not fought the arrest, he would be alive. he was pulled over for an air freshener on his rear-view mirror. >> i wanted to protect him. that's what mothers do. >> reporter: as the trial continues, the focus will be on kim potter's own testimony. a father and son are under arrest, accused of starting a wildfire that destroyed 1,000 homes and other buildings near lake tahoe this year. the caldor fire caused thousands to evacuate. a homeless man in new york is facing arson and several other charges after police say he set a christmas tree outside fox news channel on fire. the suspect's troubled past

includes three prior arrests. time, now, for a look at your thursday weather. some fresh snow made for tricky travel in parts of new york, from buffalo to oswego. some areas got six inches. there's more snow in the mountains in the west. up to two feet could fall in some areas. the meantime, people in southern california, to las vegas, and phoenix, could see some rain today. checking today's temperatures, the highs, only 57 in los angeles. around 40 near the great lakes. it feels like summer in texas, which could be in the 80s today. coming up, the new planet discovered unlike any other. >> first, a 45-year mystery surrounding the disappearance of a college student is solved. this morning, the lingering questions. and later, the scientific benefits of

the bronze statue of confederate general robert e. lee that sat in charlottesville, virginia, for nearly a century will now be melted down. an african american museum will turn it into a new piece of public art. new details about the water crisis near pearl harbor. hawaii health officials say samples from a navy water facility have tested positive for diesel fuel at levels more than twice the safe drinking water limit. as a result, some state run wells which supply water to hundreds of thousands are being shut down as a precaution. the navy is halting operations at a fuel shortage facility until it investigates how the fuel got into the water. investigators have answers in a decades old cas after police recovered an old ford pinto from a creek in alabama. the car belonged to 22-year-old

kyle clinkscales. he went missing and and and andd recently called 911 after seeing his submerged vehicle. kyle's mother died earlier this year never knowing what happened to her son. >> it was always her hope that he would come home. it was always our hope that we would find him before she passed away. so just the fact that we have hopefully found him and the car brings me a big sigh of relief. >> and they tell us kyle's i.d. was found in the car along with human remains. police are investigating whether foul play was involved. senators from both parties grilled the ceo of instagram wednesday about some of the platform's harmful content and they're especially concerned about the impact on young girls. senator mike lee asked ceo adam mosseri to explain why a teen was recommended x-rated content. >> why did following instagram's

top recommended account for a 13-year-old girl cause her explore page to go from showing really innocuous things like hairstyling videos to content that promotes bodie dysmorphia, sexualization of women? >> senator, respectfully i don't think you can take one or two examples and indicate that's indicative of what happens on the platformer broadly. >> two clicks, it only took two clicks. >> instagram will soon release new parental controls. it's also planning to give users the option of a chronological feed instead of one based on an algorithm. scientists say they have discovered one of the biggest planets ever found. the planet which they say is orbiting two extremely hot stars is believed to be ten times bigger than jupiter. its stars are said to be six times larger than our sun. all this 325 light-years from earth. >> incredible. coming up, another shooting

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getting personal, revealing something she has never shared out loud. here's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, an emotional hillary clinton, sharing what would have been her 2016 acceptance speech. >> i have never shared this with anybody. i never read it out loud. >> reporter: excerpts of the speech were made public, part of an online class providing insights and lessons. clinton choking up speaking about her mother, who had a difficult childhood, sent away by her parents at age 8, on a train to live with her grandparents and finding work at age 14 as a maid. >> i dream of going up to her and sitting down next to her, taking her in my arms, and saying, look at me. listen to me. you will survive. you will have a good family of your own, and three children. and as hard as it might be to

imagine, your daughter will grow up and become the president of the united states. >> reporter: dorothy rodham would campaign with her daughter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> reporter: seeing her become secretary of state in 2009, after losing the presidential nomination to barack obama. clinton's mother died in 2011, five years before her daughtr would run again, nearly becoming the country's first female president. in her would-be acceptance speech, she wrote about her hopes for america. >> through a long, hard campaign, we were challenged to choose between two very different visions for america. how we grow together, how we live together, and how we face a world full of peril and promise together. >> hillary clinton has said she doesn't plan on running for office again. she released her first novel, a

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security guard and former police officer killed in oakland. the public memorial for kevin nishita. kumasi: scott peterson resentenced. the message for his family and former mother-in-law. reggie: covid cases up more than 80% nationwide. some hospitals are overwhelmed. the threat as we head into the winter and the pushback to the president's vaccine mandate. >> we are still seeing lingering showers this morning. mike is tracking that and the atmospheric river that is said to drench our area in a few days. reggie: good morning. you are watching abc seven mornings on who and wherever you stream. kumasi: we have to hear about this drench. so dramatic. mike: sunday, yes. monday, tuesday, for sure. we could get some snow, some thunder, some hail.