members of the far right extremist group talking about bringing weapons to the capitol to, quote, fight for former president trump. this was months before the insurrection. and the fbi was alerted. we ve got it all covered, but we begin in florida where the race to find the missing is entering a desperate critical phase. let s go first to boris sanchez in fort myers. and boris, update us on the search efforts. reporter: ana, this is an arduous process for this community. it is still classified as search and rescue, but it is slowly becoming a search and recovery operation. we heard from the sheriff of lee county just a short time earlier today and he shared with us the difficulty that his crews are having as they comb through communities that are now unrecognizable, sifting through debris and uncovering bodies. here in lee county there are at least 55 fatalities because of hurricane ian. this county makes up the bulk of all fatalities for the state of florida. still the she
unpredictable, consequential events and passionate issues that caused the political football to bounce, the one big question remains. who s going to win? history would suggest that the incumbent president and his party will lose their majority in the house, especially with president biden s overall job approval number among likely voters at just 39%. when you look at strong approval and strong disapproval, signs of passion, you see the real trouble for democrats. 18% strongly approve of the job joe biden is doing. two and a half times that number, 45% strongly disapprove. yet the numbers are still too close to say it s a done deal. cnn s latest projection map of the house races has 18 labeled toss-up, which means it s still possible for democrats to control the house of representatives. the conventional wisdom is that republicans will take control. and in the senate, according to cnn, it s 49 republican, 48 democrat with three toss-up. according to real clear politics, the mo
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
good morning, everyone. this just in. president biden speaking to reporters just moments ago as he departed the white house for a multiday west coast tour. m.j., what did the president just say? reporter: the president just departed the white house to go on this west coast swing. he actually stopped for a few minutes to take a number of questions from reporters. we asked him whether he had a reaction to the herschel walker controversy unfolding in georgia, and if democrats could keep that seat. he also got a number of follow-up questions with jake s interviews on issues relating to ukraine and vladimir putin. take a listen. reporter: do you think democrats can hold that seat? yes. reporter: they re calling for a stopping of armed sale for saudi arabia. will you support that? well will take action. [ inaudible question ] reporter: in ukraine? same ago always. beyond the pale. [ inaudible question ] reporter: to discuss brittney griner? any moment on that fr
master to review the materials including classified and top secret government documents that the fbi seized from trump s mar-a-lago resort. trump s lawyers and justice department prosecutors now have until friday to submit a list of potential candidates to be named as that special master. let s bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. just walk us through the ruling. what will this special master now do? alisyn, the special master that the judge says needs to be appointed is going to be responsible for looking at everything, everything that was taken from the search of mar-a-lago that happened a month ago. one of the things she talks about in her ruling, she says that essentially this person, this special master that the justice department and the trump team need to come together and find this person, is going to be essentially looking at all of the things while the justice department is going to have to pause its investigation, essentially, not being able to u