robin? >> all right, stephanie, thank you. >>> joining us now live is the director of the national institutes of health, dr. francis collins. we always appreciate you giving us of your time, dr. collins. you said it will take two to three weeks until we have all the vital information about the new variant. what have you learned so far? >> well, we're collecting that information as rapidly as we can and much credit to our colleagues in south africa who have been totally transparent about this. we only learned about this one week ago from one of their sequencers and so we are quickly trying to figure out in south africa is this, in fact, more contagious than other variants? it does look like it's spreading quite quickly there. we don't know how that would play out in a country like ours where delta is already so dominant. would omicron be able to compete with delta? we don't know the answer to that. the big question, of course, for us as scientists is, will the vaccine protection that has work

. >> robin roberts loves. >> fan favorite and everything slashed in half that starts at $36 and as we said free shipping. >> from the skin to the teeth. >> yes, so this is gloscience. what's great bt about this is -- >> here, t.j., open wide. >> no sensitivity. well, it's been touched a lot so that's why. otherwise, it is a fabulous product to try. so what's great about this is no strips, no rinse, no mess. you get with it seven of these glo vials, fast eight-minute treatments, you get whiter, brighter teeth. it is clinically proven to work. it is phenomenal with great reviews, today $67 and free shipping. the same technology used in a lot of dental practices. for a then we get to a little beauty situation with butter. it's like butter. >> it's like butter. she does it for us. butter london. what's great here we have all kinds of options for your lips to your tips. all of their best nail polish products. tips, my nail tips, i'm pointing to that. look at these gift kits. this woman is going to drive me crazy. these little gift kits, how about that? so many amazing options including the

robin? >>> now to the thanksgiving travel rush. what you need to know if you're among the more than 50 million heading out. first to trevor ault with what to expect if you're hitting the road. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. aaa is expecting 48.3 million americans to drive somewhere this thanksgiving. that amount of travel would get pretty close to the numbers we saw prepandemic back in 2019. though, of course, we just heard from cecilia's report, americans who are driving this thanksgiving are going to be paying a lot more than they have in the past several years. despite those efforts from the biden administration, the gas price average for a gallon is about $3.40, about a buck and a quarter more than it was this time last year. if you are going to be driving this week, it's going to be quite difficult to avoid the traffic. so tomorrow through sunday your best times will be in the mornings, think before 11:00 a.m. or tomorrow night. you could go after 9:00 so long a

robin? >> alex, thank you. joining us now is matthew rude who was attending the parade with his family. matthew, our hearts go out to you and everybody there in waukesha. how are you doing this morning, matthew? >> i didn't get any sleep last night. i kept replaying what i witnessed, and what could have potentially happened to myself and my children, and just thinking about the families that were affected last night. their lives are forever changed. i just was replaying that over and over again last night. >> i can only imagine you doing that, and it's hard to imagine what you and so many others witnessed. can you please tell us what you saw yesterday? >> so just my two girls, harper and delilah, 5 and 2, took them there to have a wonderful experience. they were enjoying picking up the candy, seeing the floats. and just all of a sudden, i heard screams and chaos coming from my right, and that caught my attention. i looked over and i saw an suv coming towards us relatively quickly, and i knew

robin? >> whit, we could be seeing a preview of the feared combo of the flu and covid. >> reporter: yeah, robin, health officials are urging people to go ahead and get their seasonal flu shots as well worried about a crush of covid patients and flu patients overwhelming hospitals. at the university of michigan, for example, an influenza outbreak of more than 500 patients is being investigated just as covid cases are also surging in the state, robin. >> all right, whit, thanks so much. george? >> robin, thanks. >>> we go to my interview with vice president kamala harris. she weighed in on the sharp rise in inflation, the steep fall in the president's poll numbers, how the administration's build back better plan can address both problems. i pressed harris on claims that the president is not giving her a big enough role in his administration. madam vice president, thank you for doing this. >> thank you for having me, george. >> you know as americans are pretty sour at this point about the econo

robin's up. more time together, robin. >>> coming up here, we have our one-stop shop to rock the block for the holidays starting with the top christmas scams threatening to ruin your holiday. >>> going the extra mile, how to make sure your gifts arrive faster. >>> we have been telling you we are celebrating the golden anniversary of "soul train" right here in times square. go on with your bad self. we'll be right back. ♪ i love the night life i've got to boogie on the disco ♪ ople... e in 15,000 people... ...is born with smith magenis syndrome, also known as sms. sms is a complex developmental disorder... ...linked to chromosome 17... associated with severe sleep-wake cycle disturbance. people with sms may be awake when it's time to sleep... ...and asleep when it's time to be awake. visit smithmagenis.info or call (833) 433-4331... to learn more about sleep disturbances and sms and find out what options may be available to you. expecting someone else? it's the all-idays, and no matter how you

robin? >>> back here at home president biden signing that bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill saying the message is america is moving again. let's go to our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega. cecilia, when will communities start to see the impact of the bill that was just signed? good morning. >> reporter: hi, robin. that is the big question right now. officials say some money will go immediately out to ports and airports and roads to start projects. this is a big one. the governor of new york says residents in that state won't have to see increases in fare hikes on the subway or cuts in services because they're expecting such a big windfall in this infrastructure cash. let me give you a sense of where the white house is focused. president biden is traveling to new hampshire today. he will be visiting a bridge that's been on a red list because it's in such horrible condition. you can see it there. tomorrow he's headed to detroit visiting gm's electric vehicle assembly pla

robin? >> all right, kayna. thank you. >>> we turn now to our expedition "gma" live from antarctica where amy has made landfall with our team after a long, long, long journey over the ocean, and you're on the continent we rarely get to see. good morning there, amy. >> reporter: oh, good morning, robin. what a beautiful sunny day it is here. we have something even more beautiful and incredibly rare behind me. we have a cluster of emperor penguins, a group of 12 and a group of 18. they're right over my shoulder right here. this is incredibly rare because typically they mate early and disperse by mid november. we heard an announcement as we woke up saying they had never seen this many emperor penguins in this area before. we're excited to see them waddling aover the ice. they're taking rests between diving and they're the largest species, and the deepest divers. they can go as low as 1,800 feet below the surface looking for food. they will make their way back to the rookery, but what a majestic view to see here abo

but there were sightings of robin williams and tupac rising from the dead in dallas. this must piss off jesus, right? [ laughter ] you can't just go around saying everybody's coming back, that's my thing! [ laughter ] we have a new world series champion. the atlanta braves won their first title in 26 years last night. the game was played in houston, but braves fans came from all over to witness history in the making. >> i can't believe it! i can't believe it! >> tell me about it, tell me about it. >> it's my 16th game of the year! >> yeah? >> i live over 100 miles away! and i'm -- i -- i just -- i stood in line by myself, my family's at home, and this is -- i have to take off the next couple of days from work! [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: that is a man who knows he's about to be arrested. things are changing at the company formerly known as facebook. they're shaking things up. last week, they changed their name to meta world peace. or something. [ laughter ] and now they've decided to shut down their facial recognition system out of concern the technology could

robin? >> all right, alex, thank you so much. we bring in our abc news legal analyst, dan abrams. there's a lot to unpack here. your reaction to rittenhouse taking the stand? >> his attorney promised he would take the witness stand so we expected him to take the stand. people started to wonder because the case has not been going well for prosecutors so some started to question, well, maybe he doesn't need to take the stand at all. look, he didn't hurt himself. he didn't come across as arrogant. whether you believe his tears or not -- and that's the big debate. people watched that and some people say i think those were phony tears. others say i think it was real. it almost doesn't matter because it's about all the other facts of the case in conjunction with exactly what he's saying happened and, remember, the prosecution has the burden here to effectively disprove this beyond a reasonable doubt and you have to keep that in mind when evaluating what may happen here about that burden for the pr

robin? >>> we turn to aaron rodgers and the packers. the quarterback and the team have been fined for violating covid protocols as rodgers says he takes full responsibility for misleading anyone with satements about his vaccine status. will reeve joins us with more on this. good morning, willing. >> good morning, robin. aaron rodgers had an ugly off season with the packers. there were contract squabbles and a fear he'd quit football rather than return to the team. ultimately he did come back to green bay where he earns a reported $1.6 million per game. the fine he received for breaking nfl protocols in covid is the designated amount collectively bargained between the league and the players union. almost $15,000. he should be able to cover it. overnight, green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers fined nearly $15,000 for attending a party unmasked and his team fined $300,000 for covid protocol violations, including allowing rodgers to go maskless at press conferences. >> rodgers tosses in th

. >> reporr:te robin, odgo rnmoing. famiesli here ardee manding answers d anaccountalibity after is trage.dy ere's a lot weon d't know this moinrng, but ware eet gting some clarity about what happeden in the momesnt before the cceonrt d also somef othe plans in ace, but something clearly went terribly wrong. cr[ owd chanting ] >> reporter: new video shows those chaotic moments that had fans pleading for travis scott to end his astroworld muc si festival aits turned deadly. ese wne images taken under a crhiusng, tanedgl pilef o falnle fans showing conrtce goers crying out for help. one seen dialing 911 as the concerrat ged on around them. eight peop wleere killed and dozens of others seriouslyur ht as the crowd surged at friday's hip-hop stfeival in houston with ene teafr scene fofans eading f horelp. d even tinryg to takmae tters to theirwn o hands tsto op the owsh. -y18ear-old deayn cruz c bane seener he climbi ang camera plfoatrm pleadg inwith there cw stotop the owsh. >> e inded up ttgeing on tt ha stagane d tryingo

a teenager whoad h a large knife and aagger officer enid tce sotg sif t kuma: stock trading at form robin hood said it was hit by a data breach that exposed information on millions of customers. hackers demanded a ransom payment but it says no social security numbers, bank account numbers, or debit card numbers were exposed. doordash is betting people want authentic barbecue from texas or new york city pastrami sandwiches as much as a neighborhood meal. they announced nationwide delivery of food, fresh produce, and flowers. aside from food, the company is moving to become a gift delivery service by offering free delivery from anywhere in the nation. the food will arrive in a few days. a stick at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway. we are down by about 90 points. reggie: facebook whistleblower, frances haugen, is expressing concern about the company's sheai sd she fes arthe impact of the me-vtaerse. she sa tyshis virtl uareality world would force people to give upor me of the pirersonal inrmfoation. stla mthon, she teifstied about faceokbo's harulmf effects. she says thco

robin? >>> to the high stakes trial of three men facing charges in the killing of ahmaud arbery who was unarmed, shot to death while jogging. steve osunsami is tracking the latest for us. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. prosecutors argue that the three white men accused of murdering ahmaud arbery cannot claim self-defense and cannot be shielded by an old citizen's arrest law that was the law at the time here in georgia when arbery was killed. the special prosecutor describes the 25-year-old victim as being under attack, but defense lawyers describe the victim as a plunderer or an intruder when the truth is that this young black man is never seen stealing anything on camera and was merely wandering around an unsecured home construction site where there were also other people wandering around that same site who were not seen as suspicious. travis mcmichael, his father gregory mcmichael and their neighbor william "roddie" bryan have pleaded not guilty, and 9 prosec

we wouldn't do this segment without it, robin. best buy is doing 10% cash back on top of its top deal products. forever 21, 20% cash back online purchases sitewide. gap, 15% cash back online purchases sitewide and i told you about adidas in the tease, 20% cash back online purchases sitewide so that is cash you will be sent $20 and spend $100 on their site you get sent $20 by retail me not. >> that does add up. >> it does add up, of course, the bottom line to keep in mind is those savings are savings as long as you're not going deep into credit card debt. if you're taking advantage of this with a credit card, that could end up costing you way more money down the road so be careful. make sure you're spending this money based on the fact that you're making these purchases already and you have the money in your account to cover it. >> good of you to say that at the end. that's very important as always, rebecca, great to see you. >> you too. >> michael. >>> all right, robin, now to the moment we've been waiting for. is t. ve above new

robin? >> all right, stephanie, thank you. >>> we turn now to janai norman who is in south orange, new jersey, tracking the latest on the race for governor there. still too close to call. good morning, janai. >> reporter: robin, good morning. it has been a long night here in new jersey. the election night parties went on as planned, but no one able to declare victory just yet in this hotly contested race for new jersey governor. way closer than expected. there's still quite a bit of the vote that needs to be counted but a massive upset could be brewing with republican challenger jack ciattarelli hanging on to a less than 1% lead over heavily favored democratic incumbent phil murphy. now, registered democrats out number registered republicans in the state of new jersey by over 1 million. voter turnout, we know, looks to be low especially compared with virginia. murphy who campaigned on a progressive platform is fighting to become the first democratic governor to win re-election in this state

nothing is fireproof, robin. i mean, this thing will eventually come down but you can see the differences between this home and that home and there are steps we can take with the home you're currently living in to protect yourself. >> easy steps we can take. rob, thank you, and thank everybody there for the demonstration. we have some embers here, simulated embers. you think about that. how he showed the demonstration how they go flying and they're in different sizes like that but if you can do some things around your home as he demonstrated-- >> the results, i didn't expect those results. what a difference. great job by rob there. >>> coming up next, we have our "play of the day." so stay right there. we'll be right back with more "gma." ♪ ♪ wow, we're crunching tons of polygons here! what's going on? where's regina? hi, i'm ladonna. i invest in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to the nasdaq-100 innovations, like real time cgi. okay... yeah... oh. don't worry i got it! become an agent of innovation w

as you know, robin, we're back. the first american network to get access to that country to fly into the south. more than just heart breaking, robin, it really signals to everyone around the world that global warming isn't something we worry about a couple years, a decade from now. it is here. these children, the faces of these children, and their eyes, it will tell you we need to act now. >> i look forward to your report in our next half hour. david, thank you. george? >>> president biden has touched down in edinborough. he's hoping his plan to battle climate change will affect other leaders. cecilia vega is traveling with the president. she joins us now. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: good morning from windy scotland this morning here. president biden just touched down, and we've got that video coming in right now. he's got a tough sell here. that's the reality for him this morning. he needs to convince the other countries that america can actually lead on climate. you mentioned that domestic program back hom