Epic selfie. How one tourist got to enjoy one of the worlds most amazing destinations all by himself. And sharing a laugh. Dont condescend me, zippy. Ill snap you like a butter bean. We remember one of tvs crudest but most beloved housekeepers. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. And im will reeve. We begin with judge Amy Coney Barrett getting grilled by democrats. She was confronted with several big issues including obamacare and abortion, and overnight President Trump weighed in during a rally in pennsylvania where he also insisted that were turning the corner on the pandemic. Under three weeks until the election, more states have started early voting. Some people waiting in line all day. In texas yesterday a record 128,000 people voted in Harris County alone. But lets begin with the Supreme Court confirmation hearings resuming today. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze has the latest. Good morning, elizabeth. Reporter mona and will, the 11 hours of questioning so far has been calm and cordial, but there were some tense moments when barrett was questioned about health care, womens rights and the upcoming election. This morning, judge Amy Coney Barrett insisting she gave no commitments to the white house pending her confirmation to the Supreme Court. I have no mission and no agenda. Judges dont have campaign promises. Reporter at a rally in pennsylvania last night, the president praising his nominee after her first day of questioning by senators. Amys made a great impression. [ crowd chanting fill that seat ] reporter at tuesdays hearing both democrats and republicans zeroed in on hot button issues including health care. The democrats claim that youre being put on the Supreme Court so you can vote to repeal the Affordable Care act. Is that your agenda . Absolutely not. Reporter the Supreme Court will hear a case on the Affordable Care act one week after the election. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris grilling barrett on obamacare which she has criticized. Would you consider the 135 Million People who gained protections under the Affordable Care act when deciding a case that challenges that law . I would consider all the protections that congress put in place. Reporter republicans pushing back on the questioning. This is all about their concern that a constitutionalist judge on the Supreme Court just might get in the way of their push to implement government run health care. Reporter on samesex marriage, barrett was forced to clarify this comment. I have never discriminated on the basis of sexual preference. Reporter barrett used the phrase sexual preference. Gay rights advocates say that term suggests Sexual Orientation is a choice. When you did use the term sexual preference earlier today rather than Sexual Orientation, is there a difference, and what is it . Senator, i really in using that word did not mean to imply that i think that, you know that its a matter that its not a that its not an immutable characteristic or that its solely a matter of preference. I honestly meant no offense. Reporter she listed several cases she believes cannot be challenged. Roe v. Wade is not one of them. Roe is not a super precedent because calls for its overruling have never ceased but that doesnt mean that roe should be overruled. It just means that it doesnt fall on the small handful of cases like marbury versus madison and brown versus the board that no one questions anymore. Reporter and with the president ial election now 20 days away, barrett was asked if it would be appropriate for her to be involved in a potential election dispute case. President trump has said hes counting on barrett and the court to, quote, look at the ballots. I certainly hope that all members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity than to think that i would allow myself to be used as a pawn to decide this election for the American People. Reporter perhaps the most charged moment of the hearing came when senator dick durbin asked barrett, the mother of two black children, about the fight for social justice. Have you seen the george floyd video . I have. What impact did it have on you . Senator, as you might imagine, given that i have two black children, that was very, very personal for my family. For vivian, you know, to understand that there would be a risk to her brother or the son she might have one day of that kind of brutality has been an ongoing conversation, and its a difficult one for us like it is for americans all over the country. Reporter now, more questioning is ahead today. The Senate Judiciary committee is expected to approve barrett tomorrow setting up her confirmation by the full senate before the election. Mona. Elizabeth, thank you. Now to the fight against the coronavirus. Another major trial has been put on hold. The news comes as hospitalizations rise in all but seven states. Meanwhile, were getting new insight on socalled superspreader events. This morning the fight against covid facing a new setback as another major drug trial was put on hold. Pharmaceutical giant eli lilly pausing phase 3 of its testing on its antibody cocktail citing undisclosed safety concerns. We have very little knowledge exactly what is the concern at this moment. Reporter the treatment is different than the one given to President Trump. This marks the second trial to be postponed in as many days. On monday Johnson Johnson paused its phase 3 vaccine trial because of an unexplained illness. The very fact that the trial has been paused and the data are being reviewed is a very good thing. It shows you that the system that we have in place to monitor the safety of the vaccines and the rigorous conduct of the trial is in place, and its working. Reporter it comes as 34 states report new increases in cases. Connecticut now seeing its highest level of infection since june. Officials in michigan now warning the state may be seeing a second wave, and hospitals in oklahoma on the brink. Doctors say every icu bed in Oklahoma City is taken. The states mask mandate has been extended through december while in wisconsin were seeing somewhat of a perfect storm. Reporter more than 3,000 new cases and a Record Number of deaths reported tuesday. Doctors warning everyone to keep their guard up. We see this cycle where cases go down a bit, and then people get complacent, institutions get complacent, and then cases rise back up as theres a loosening. Reporter but overnight a different message from President Trump. Whos had it . Whos had it here . Whos had it . Yeah, a lot of people. A lot of people. Well, youre the people i want to say hello to because you are right now immune. Reporter the president telling a jampacked crowd in pennsylvania that theyre immune if theyve had the virus, an unproven claim, which doctors warn could be dangerous. We shouldnt be cavalier. There are people who are going to get reinfected, and some people will get reinfected and be sicker the second time around. Reporter across the country cities are seeing new clusters linked to socalled superspreader events. We have not seen an event like this before at any time throughout this pandemic. Reporter near new york city at least 37 people were infected and hundreds are now in quarantine after a sweet 16 party. In Brooklyn School officials are accused of flouting safety restrictions that forced classrooms to close. Hundreds of students could be seen here leaving one school and piling onto buses. Meanwhile, Health Officials say new outbreaks in offices around boston could be linked to carpooling. And the venue that held that party in new york now faces a 20,000 fine. Theres still no break in the stalemate over a new coronavirus stimulus package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got into a Heated Exchange on cnn over her decision not to accept a 1. 8 trillion offer from the white house. She insisted the needs of americans are not addressed in that bill, especially when it comes to child care. Yesterday i spoke to andrew yang who says the same thing. Its not everything you want but theres a lot there. But you know what, okay, honest to god, i really cant get over it because andrew yang, hes lovely. Ro khanna, hes lovely. They are not negotiating this situation. They have no idea of the particulars. Why not call him and say, mr. President , lets work out a deal . What makes me amused, if it werent so sad, is how you all think that you know more about the suffering of the American People than those of us who are elected by them to represent them at that table. Republicans have scheduled a vote next week on a scaled back bill, but it is not expected to go anywhere. These are tough times for movie theaters. Amc now says it could run out of money by years end. New details about the alleged plot by a Militia Group to kidnap michigans governor. Prosecutors have revealed virginias governor was also a target. His spokesperson says the governor was never in danger. The suspects allegedly considered posing as a pizza deliveryman in michigan to reach the governors door. Time now for a look at your wednesday morning weather. Checking out the radar here, we can expect rain today from washington and oregon across the Northern Plains into the upper midwest. High elevations in the rockies could see more than a foot of snow, and looking at todays temperatures, the high heat from colorado to california along with strong winds, low humidity, those have triggered red flag fire warnings. Phoenix could set a record today for number of days this year over 100 degrees. Its near 70 degrees in the northeast today. Nice fall day. Coming up, the moment a world war ii era bomb was blown up underwater. Also ahead, a car share nightmare. How one man ended up losing his vehicle after using an app to make some extra cash. And later a Wild Police Chase turns violent and im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. We are back with a bang. Look at that. A world war ii era bomb exploding in poland. Underwater divers trying to defuse it. They were far enough away they werent injured, and the nearly sixton bomb was used during a british attack on a german ship. A marine commander has been fired after a deadly training accident. Seven marines and one sailor drowned near san diego in july. Another died later from his injuries. The marines say Lieutenant ColonelMichael Regner was relieved of duty because of a loss in trust. We turn now to a carsharing app becoming more popular during the pandemic. One mans experience using the app did not go as planned. Heres abcs megan tevrizian. Reporter this morning, a car share nightmare for a denver man. I was in denial for a long time. Reporter john listed his ford f150 on the carsharing app getaround, a kind of airbnb for vehicles that more people are using to make extra money during the pandemic. List the truck on the site. People in your neighborhood and your city rent it from you. Reporter but the renter of his truck had a runin with police. I got a call from Denver Police department, and they said, your trucks been involved in an incident. We found drugs, money and weapons in your vehicle, so we have to confiscate it. Reporter Police Arrested the man, seized johns truck and then sold it at an auction for 5,200. The police never called to tell john. Instead they sent a letter to his old address. At first the people at getaround said they would make it right, but after emailing back and forth, the company ultimately backed out of paying him for the truck. This is a Big Corporation using their lawyerspeak or fine print to write me off and say, sorry, you lost. Reporter but now after questions from our affiliate denver 7, getaround is getting to change its stance and paying john 10,000 for the lost truck. I mean i think theres people renting nice cars like teslas and porsches, and i dont think they realize the implications if the wrong person starts to use it, that it could just disappear. Reporter getaround released a statement saying its working to resolve the matter for good. Will, mona. All right, megan, thank you. Now, coming up, what we learned about the new iphone. Is it worth upgrading . Also, remembering a woman who made everyone laugh. Who made everyone laugh. Hd 4 after my heart attack, everything changed. But i got a Second Chance to be there for the people i love. When i had a heart attack, my doctor chose brilinta. Its for people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack. Brilinta is taken with a lowdose aspirin, no more than 100 milligrams as it affects how well brilinta works. Brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. Brilinta reduced the chance of having another heart attack or dying from one. 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And closer to home, a close call for a driver on i95 in florida. This huge chunk of metal came crashing through his windshield. It was actually a piece of a tow truck, if you can believe it. Yikes. Were getting an exclusive look this morning at the new iphone 12. Apples four new models are the first iphones with 5g, the next Generation Wireless Network which experts say is 100 times faster than the current technology. Abcs becky worley got an exclusive look at the devices. She also spoke with an expert about whether its worth getting a 5g phone now. Reporter this is the iphone 12 and the iphone 12 pro. The first thing i notice is the squared off edges. Hardly anybody can get it. Is it worth upgrading to this phone just for that . I dont think you really need to go get a 5g phone yet. You may not use it, but this is kind of a way to futureproof yourself. Another important note, unlike past models, the iphone 12 will not come with free air buds or a charging base. 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