Newsroom starts right now. Live from washington, im paula reed in for pamela brown tonight. The top stories, surging cases of a respiratory illness are forcing some hospitals to create tent cities just to deal with all the patients as Health Officials say they have seen more cases now than in the past two years. Plus, an underground network sending Abortion Pills from mexico to women in states where the procedure is now illegal. And chinas former president seated right next to the current one is shockingly yanked from the room as the communist Party Congress party comes to an end. Youre in the cnn newsroom. First tonight, breaking news, a deadly shooting in a hospital in dallas, texas. Details are still coming in to cnn, but so far police are confirming that at least two people are dead, both employees at the hospital. I want to get right now to cnns camila bernal. What are you hearing so far . Reporter so this shooting took place at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. According to author
newsroom starts right now. live from washington, i m paula reed in for pamela brown tonight. the top stories, surging cases of a respiratory illness are forcing some hospitals to create tent cities just to deal with all the patients as health officials say they have seen more cases now than in the past two years. plus, an underground network sending abortion pills from mexico to women in states where the procedure is now illegal. and china s former president seated right next to the current one is shockingly yanked from the room as the communist party congress party comes to an end. you re in the cnn newsroom. first tonight, breaking news, a deadly shooting in a hospital in dallas, texas. details are still coming in to cnn, but so far police are confirming that at least two people are dead, both employees at the hospital. i want to get right now to cnn s camila bernal. what are you hearing so far? reporter: so this shooting took place at methodist dallas medical c
kids leaving pediatric wards overwhelmed and we ll tell you what s behind the spike and what kinds of things parentses can to keep their kids safe. russia targeting civilian infrastructure. we will take you live to ukraine for the latest on these new attacks. as the midterms get closer president biden is out pushing his new agenda. one of the talkers, the student loan forgiveness program and there s one problem. it is on pause. what happens now? there are new rules from the irs that could mean more money in your pocket. we ll tell you about changes being made to tax brackets and what it could mean for your paycheck. it is the weekend, saturday, october 22nd, we are so grateful that you are spending part of it with us. we are learning a lot about each other including a hand licking saga. amara, you want to bring us up to speed? i should not be putting my taught or blast because she might be watching so boris, i m going to put it on you. yes, she likes to lick her
good morning, everyone. it is saturday, october 22. i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we are grateful you are starting your weekend with us. there is a growing health concern this morning for parents of young children as cases of a common respiratory virus known as rsv are surging across the country. listen to this. 74% of u.s. pediatric hospital beds are currently in use with capacity filling up faster than at any other point in the last two years of the coronavirus pandemic. cases are rising fast. during the first week of october, more than 4,400 rsv infections were detected by pcr tests, more than triple the levels were just two months ago, and some states are already in crisis mode. illinois only has 6% of pediatric icu beds left, and space is running out so fast at the connecticut children s hospital that they have had to treat patients in the hallway and in the play rooms. cnn s brian todd has more. the drive to the emergency r
we begin with an alarming outbreak that has some u.s. hospitals struggling. the common but potentially deadly respiratory virus called rsv is spreading rapidly among children. doctors telling cnn the spike is unprecedented for this time of year. cnn s brian todd has more on this troubling surge. the drive to the emergency room was really scary and really intense. reporter: this mother of a 5-year-old who was hospitalized with difficulty breathing told us of an anxious drive to the emergency room. things eventually had gotten worse since we were admitted. i have seen starting last night that he is progressively having a harder time breathing. rsv is one of the scariest infections in a child, especially when it s in your baby. so you will see your baby breathing really, really fast and you feel like there is nothing that you can do. reporter: around the country doctors are reporting a spike in cases of rsv, respiratory syncytial virus, a common respiratory illness tha