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Fast. >> i was on my front porch and cleaning up some water that was coming in. and i looked across the street and there was a big glowing orb. i thought it was aliens at first. then it exploded and sparks went everywhere, and about 10, 15 minutes later i could see a tree had fallen. >> officials in comanche county, oklahoma, advising residents to document the livestock that they lost to the wildfires burning. and in the upper midwest, this unprecedented threat of damaging wind remains. 58 million people are under wind alerts overnight. >> you know, in iowa there were reports the 911 call cent...

Disaster. it recommended ten to 15 years after completion instead of 40. the family of dr. martin luther king jr. taking a remarkable stand. they want no celebration of the holiday bearing his name before the passage of voting rights legislation. president biden and lawmakers are feeling pressure to act on these bills stalled in congress. yesterday biden called voting rights the single biggest domestic issue. all right. there is a perfect storm brewing as we've been discussing all morning for america's health care workers. rising omicron cases, delta cases and the not to be taken lightly f...

A record number of hurricane-force winds, parts of the u.s. blasted by another round of damaging storms. omicron, delta and the flu. the trio that has doctors facing a long winter. he's out, urban myers rocky tenure of the jacksonville jaguars ends after less than a year. it is thursday, december 16th. it's 5:00 a.m. in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we begin this morning with this wild weather, really historic weather blasting a broad swath of the u.s...

The next six to eight hours across the region and the plains. you noted one of the most remarkable weather events has all the makings of a spring element, summer element and a winter one all wrapped into one taking place in the span of 12 or so hours. but upwards of almost 400 severe wind reports. you noted historic amount of hurricane force gusts, up wards of 55 of them. and 20 tornado reports. now, if you think we've talked about tornadoes a lot in the last week or so across the united states, of course, you'd be absolutely correct. you look at the numbers, it is as incredible as it gets. so...

Surgeon at columbia university center. so good to see you. covid metrics, doctor, are up across the board. just the emails i get every day from the school, it used to be we have a case in the high school, we have a case in the middle school. now it's nine cases in the high school. reminding everybody stay safe and stay home if you're not feeling well. what are you looking for to see if we're in for a rough covid winter here? >> well, christine, there are really three things i'm looking for. first of all, i'm looking for the infection rate. so, for example, here in new york city we're up 109% i...