watching in the united states, and around the world, i m anna coren. this hour on cnn newsroom, we are seeing millions of people across america casting their vote in the midterms and election day is more than two weeks away. coming up, why so many are voting early this year. and former british prime minister boris johnson could be vying for his old job. ahead, why the tories may support the boris or bust campaign. we re live from london. and later the symptoms of the viral respiratory illness known as rsv that parents need to be aware of and what to do if their child has it. in just over two weeks u.s. voters will head to the polls and determine which party will control the house and senate. with so much at stake politicians have been hitting the campaign trail with urgency trying to clinch dozens of seats up for grabs. 218 seats are needed to control the house. right now it looks like republicans have a slight lead with 212 likely wins. in the senate three seats are
of donald trump s top allies now says he s ready to testify. plus, president zelensky message to russia on a deadly strike in an apartment building in ukraine. live from cnn, this is cnn newsroom. thank you for joining us, japan is preparing to form a leader just hours after his party won big in parliamentary elections. a private wake will be held about three hours from now, followed by funeral service tuesday afternoon. u.s. secretary of state anthony lincoln made an unscheduled trip to tokyo to pay his respects. during his time in office, he really took the relationship between our countries to new heights. as i share with our colleagues we saw in him something rare. a man who had the vision and the ability to realize that vision. but mostly, i came because more than allies, we are friends. and when a friend is hurting, other friends show up. in the meantime we are learning new details about the suspect and his anger over an unnamed group he thought they were conn
The now muddy nevada desert. Plus, an escaped killer on the loose. The search intensifying after a convict was caught on a home surveillance video. And ukraines fired Defense Minister, president zelenskyy sacking him in the middle of crucial counteroffenses. Hi there, welcome to a special Holiday Edition of early start. Im david culver. We start with what is anything but a relaxing Holiday Weekend for Tens Of Thousands of people at the burning Manifest Value in the nevada desert. They are trapped in a sea of mud out there this morning. What a mess out there. Theyre waiting for organizers to give the allclear to exit the site. That is expected to happen sometime today. Amid a downpour friday and saturday transformed the Dry Desert Dirt into thick claylike mud that traps bikes and organizers alike. Organizers asked the attendees to shelter in place and shelter and food. And also plans to set fire to the iconic Burning Man Effigy in tonight. Police out there are investigating one death at
Vietnam's National Assembly, on Wednesday morning, approved To Lam, the Minister of Public Security, as the country's next President following a vote at its headquarters in Hanoi.The appointment comes nearly two months after Vietnam's former .