crippled by a mass explosion. what that could mean for putin s next move and strategy. with less than a month to go for election day, we ll tell you who is hitting the campaign trail and look at some key races to watch. and nearly two weeks after hurricane ian ripped through florida, residents from fort myers beach will finally being allowed to go back to home. and what does it mean for companies getting ready for hire for the holidays. happy sunday, everyone. it is october 9th. thank you so much for waking up with us. hello, boris. good morning, amara. good to be with you. your first full weekend as the official new anchor of new day. it s been wonderful. thank you for making me feel so welcomed, boris. we begin with a deadly rocket attack in ukraine. and dozens more were killed in zaporizhzhia last night. authorities actually revised the death toll down. earlier they said 17 had been killed. ukraine s air force says the city was hit by six russian cruise mis
openings. what seems to be happening is companies are reducing their head count growth goals and going into this holiday season very cautious because they are hearing from the fed that there will be a recession and that demand could fall. anticipating there might be a slowdown, companies don t want to be caught flat-footed and don t want to overhire. that said, there are many companies boldly moving ahead with holiday hiring plans. they understand this is a very supply constrained labor market and they have drastically changed their hiring situation, their hiring processes to meet this moment. for example, by shrinking their hiring time from three weeks to two weeks to one week, now to a 20-minute cell phone interview that ends with an on-the-spot offer. that is incredible. what did you make of the number of americans that stopped looking for work? i think it was like like 57,000. yes, and women. a huge decline in the amount of women in the labor force, and
pounds, it s the largest one grown in the entire state of illinois this year. joe atkins, the man behind the giant gourd said it grew at a rate of 40 pounds per day, needed 150 gallons of water every 24 hours for three months. his labor of love paid off and his front yard has turned into quite the fall attraction. thinking of my home state of california, that way you could grow a pup kin like that with the drought there. i m not a huge pumpkin person. i take some thing tropical. what do you think? more saab bore, yeah. i ll eat the seeds and carve it. that s about it. thanks for starting your morning with us. inside poll sunday with abby phillip is up next. here is a preview of stanley tucci searching for italy. don t miss it.