suspend its entire police force and puts two officials on leave following the school shooting that left 19 children dead. how the families are reacting. and anger and confusion in florida as many left homeless by hurricane ian are stuck waiting in line for hours to get the help they need. we re going to take you there this morning. new day starts right now. amara, we made it. the weekend, saturday, october 8th. we re so grateful that you re with us. before we start, a heartfelt welcome is in order. i hope our viewers will join me in welcoming and congratulating amara walker, the new new day permanent host. i m so excited. truly, there s no one else i would rather be doing this than you especially during these dark and early morning hours, but you and me together, we ve got this. world, watch out. happy to be here. thank you so much, boris. of course. we re following breaking news out of crimea where there s been a breaking escalation in russia s war on ukraine
with monday being a holiday. joey jackson, appreciate you being an early riser for us. the jury deliberated very briefly yesterday, the full day. they had some requests. they wanted a dry erase sle, markers, and a copy of the jury instructions. is there anything to read there? yeah, boris. good morning to you. what is to read is they have a lot of work to do. remember, just to make everything clear about this, liability, that is the responsibility with regard to his false statements about sandy hook being a hoke, about crisis actors being the family members who were victims, that has already been determined. he s already found liable, boris, as it relates to that. the jurors job right now is toy a says the damages involved. what does that mean? that means the jury is not focused on his liability.