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The threat posed by this new omicron variant? >> reporter: yeah, everyone being caught, particularly the people who were in southern african nations trying to get home given so many of them have been added to various international travel ban. maya ange nigeria has now been added to the uk list. only uk citizens are allowed to travel from there and on arrival in the uk they need to quarantine for ten days in a quarantine hotel at vast expense, $3,000. and, rosemary, i'm seeing reports that lots of people are on a wait list to stay longer while capacity is built for it. in addition to testing as...

The gas here. i'm confident the president will secure the votes necessary to pass this but again, we're going to keep the pressure up because these investments are historic and sorely needed and long over due. investments like home and community based services to address a wait list that is thousands long for services for the disabled and the elderly, expansion of medicare to include hearing, lowering of prescription drug costs. investments in universal prek, in child care and also ensuring that we're supporting that work force. what we've done with child care here is for most families, they w...

Activists were already at another nonviolent direct action outside the capitol which turned out to be a 24-hour vigil. for 24 hours, disability rights activists camped outside the capitol and talked about why so many lives depend on congress passing build back better, specifically the billions of dollars of support in that bill for home and community-based care for elderly and disabled people. so elderly and disabled people who need extra help don't have to be institutionalized if that's not otherwise in their interests, they can get help home. there's dollars for that in the build back better...

Find new drivers. you train people here every day. do you have a wait list of people or are you out there searching for drivers? >> we're working hard. our driving school is a huge competitive advantage. the velocity through which people moved through them, it was harder to do work in person. this year, we're going to graduate double the number of new drivers that we did in 2008. >> will that put a dent in this problem? the trucker shortage is part of the supply chain issue. there are cargo ships saying, we're ready to be unloaded. we need a truck to show up. >> it's beginning to do that. and ...

And effectiveness of the vaccine. so far, their report, their independent analysis looks very promising. i'm very hopeful they'll come out with a recommendation to the cdc, that's then going to be meeting the following tuesday and wednesday, november 2nd and 3rd, in order to officially authorize and recommend for the vaccine to be available. so we could be looking at the first week of november for the vaccine to be available for 5 to 11-year-olds. some pediatrician's offices may be able to deliver it at that time, and so if you're a parent who is very eager to have your kids be vaccinated, ask...