welcome to all of our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. thanks so much for joining me this hour. i m robyn curnow. coming up on cnn, much of the u.s. is getting back to normal. but concerns about a new covid variant in asia and soaring cases in argentina show the world isn t yet out of the woods. meanwhile, benjamin netanyahu s time as israeli prime minister could be coming to an end as his political opponents work on a deal to oust him from power. the midterm elections are a week away in mexico, but it s not just fake news or election fraud most people are worried about, it s that dozens of their politicians are being murdered .