ABC Washington Correspondent Katherine Faulders tells the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered the FBI and prosecutors around the country to address the disturbing rise in threats against school officials and teachers. Also, Senate hearing looking into the dangers of social media with the Facebook whistleblower testifying. Callers share their thoughts on if social needs government regulation.

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On the heels of the Facebook whistleblower exposing internal documents showing they value profit over facts, ABC News Correspondent Aaron Katersky updates the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro about yesterday’s Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp outage and its effect on business worldwide.

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The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro discusses planning for holiday gatherings in the next few months with the CDC issuing its guidelines for family get-togethers. Will you be traveling to see relatives for the holidays? Will you dine inside or outside? Also, former Trumpers make the national TV rounds.

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The court, which is dominated by six Republican appointees, will confront a charged docket, including a case asking it to overrule Roe v. Wade. Abortion rights activists marched Saturday, voicing opposition to a Texas law that heavily restricts abortion access.

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As a huge oil spill threatens Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and other cities along the Orange County coast, officials say they’re investigating the possibility that a ship’s anchor might have struck a pipeline, causing the leak.  Amplify Energy Chief Executive Martyn Willsher said during a news conference Monday that a ship’s anchor striking the pipeline is “one of the distinct possibilities” for the cause of the massive oil spill.

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Biden said: "Republicans say they will not do their part to avoid this needless calamity. So be it. But they need to stop playing Russian roulette with the US economy."

President Joe Biden on Monday said he couldn't guarantee the debt ceiling would be raised in two weeks as he slammed Republicans for opposing efforts to keep the nation from being unable to pay its debts for the first time in history. Biden said they should vote on a bipartisan basis to pay for bills for which both parties are responsible. "Not only are Republicans refusing to do their job, but they're threatening to use their power to prevent us from doing our job -- saving the economy from a catastrophic event. I think quite frankly it's hypocritical, dangerous and disgraceful," Biden said.

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Were you inconvenienced by the social media outage today?

The outage came the morning after "60 Minutes" aired a segment in which Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen claimed the company is aware of how its platforms are used to spread hate, violence and misinformation, and that Facebook has tried to hide that evidence. Facebook has pushed back on those claims.

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Model from Robin Thicke's video on what happenned during the shoot.

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Anastasia Boden, Senior Attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation argues that while well intended, this is governmental overstepping.

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ABC’s Brian Clark has the details on the social media giant's outtage. Plus - more of your Covid Calls.

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