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
attempt to claim crimea from ukraine. russia claims at least three people were killed. a russian investigative committee arrived this morning to inspect the damage and so far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. cnn s fred pleitgen is live for us from kyiv with the very latest on this. fred, russian officials are now saying traffic has resumed on the bridge? how is that happening? reporter: well, they are saying that the traffic is in reverse on that bridge. they are trying to clear the cars off that bridge but trying to get the traffic moving again as fast as possible. essentially, what they are saying is that all of this happened, this explosion happened in the early morning hours of this morning. when the lacey latest that they have is a struck they say exploded, even though it s not exactly clear whether or not that is the case, that a truck blew up. we have some of that video of that explosion taking place, which seems to have been massive. as a result ther
its highest level since the 1962 cuban missile crisis. biden saying about putin, quote, he s not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapon as he continues to lose ground in ukraine. we also have an important snapshot of the u.s. economy that we must discuss. u.s. employers have added 263,000 jobs this september. a modest slowdown from august. a slowdown that could actually be good news, though. the federal reserve looking for the jobs market to cool off to help fight stush stubborn inflation. and arlette saenz is live. the president laid out this warning last night. should people be expecting another walk back from the white house then today? reporter: well, kate, so far no official walk-back from the white house. but u.s. officials have said that they have not seen any evidence that russian president vladimir putin has decided to move forward with using a nuclear weapon. but still, the president s comments that he
panels and hurricanes don t mix. that it would turn them into projectiles. but you didn t lose any? no. that s the beautiful thing about engineering, right, is that you understand the wind loads and you understand the stress and the strain and you design to that. reporter: this place is the brainchild of sid kitsen, an nfl lineman turned developer, who bought a massive cattle ranch, sold most of it to florida as a nature preserve, and set out to build the cleanest, most resilient town in america. there s the elementary school in the field house, which is house lg ing people. i guess it s fitting that the mascot of babcock high are the trailblazers. trailblazers. everything is very well thought out here. i have to say, my heart still breaks. i feel a little guilty seeing the damage, but it s a relief to come to a place unscathed like this. we re feeling the guilt too.
understand the wind loads and you understand the stress and strain and you design to that. reporter: this place is the brainchild of cyd kissen, an nfl player, set out to be the cleanest most resilient town in america. there s the elementary school, we have a fieldhouse over there now housing people. it s a shelter. i guess it s fitting that the mascot of babcock high are the trail blazers. trail blazers. everything is very well thought out here. reporter: i ve got to say, my heart still breaks, i feel a little guilty leaving the damage. right. reporter: but it s a relief to come to a place unscathed. yeah, we re feeling the guilt, too. reporter: are you? absolutely. we certainly got it really good out here. it s unfortunate to feel guilty about it. i feel relieved that we re not adding to what first responders have to deal with. and that we re able to help the