massive bridge linking russia to the annexed territory of crimea. why this is a big deal both strategically and symbolically and how ukrainian and russian officials are now reacting. also, a major shakeup in uvalde, texas. the school district suspends its entire police force and puts two officials on leave. how if families are reacting. plus hurricane ian blasted its way through florida, knocking out electricity to millions. one community in the storm s path never lost power. how they made it through relatively unscathed. hopeful news in the fight against breast cancer. new day starts right now. it s great to be with you this morning. it s saturday, october 8th. thank you so much for spending some of your morning with us. boris, sorry you re not. you re stuck with me now. that s right. we re grateful to have you, amara. i m so pumped that this is your new home. congratulations to amara walker, being named the new co-anchor of weekend new day. thank you. of
two teachers dead. superintendent hal harrell announced his plan to begin the process of retiring with a closed door school meeting set for monday to discuss the transition. this comes the same day the district suspended its entire police force and placed the acting district police chief on administrative leave. on thursday the school district fired a newly hired officer after cn reporting revealed she was actually go rmer texas state trooper under investigation for her actions on the day of the school shooting. cnn crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz has been leading the way on this story. he has more on the growing investigation of the uvalde police force. reporter: the uvalde school district suspending all of its officers, pulling them out of the school in uvalde and placing them in administrative roles. all of this comes after our reporting of a newly hired officer who came from the dps. she resigned from the department