good morning, i m erica hill, it is a busy tuesday at this hour. we are officially two weeks away from the midterms. a major focus on the senate battle in pennsylvania today, one of the most critical races this cycle. tonight republican mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman will face off for their first and only debate, and we are on the ground in harrisburg. overnight in florida incumbent republican governor ron desantis going toe to toe with his democratic challenger charlie crist. the two sparring on a number of topics, we will discuss with charlie crist in our next hour. plus new this morning, adidas officially severing ties with kanye west following a rash ant submit tick comments. a moscow regional court upholding the drug smuggling conviction of american basketball star brittney griner. she was sentenced to nine years behind bars in russia. cnn s kylie atwood is live at the state department for us this morning. kylie, what more are we hearing about what this coul
this dangerous spike in a common respiratory illness known as rsv among children. it s now really impacting hospitals. as we know, across the country in capacity, doctors concerned the health risk could worsen in the weeks to come as the flu and a possible covid surge loom. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins me now. in terms of the cases where do they stand this morning and are we starting to see an impact now beyond just children s hospital beds but on other emergency care services at these hospitals? so, erica, we are. they re being felt impacts throughout hospital systems. let s take a look at this numbers. you can see from this graph that cases have gone up dramatically. rsv cases always go up when the weather gets colder, but this is especially dramatic, especially early. so this is really unusual and i