intentional. it is not random. we know that. we know that. we re learning more about the man accused of attacking the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, details on both sides of the political divide. plus from gunfire to government buildings destroyed by fire, unrest in iran is intensified after yet another protester is laid to rest. we ll have a live report. and pediatric emergency rooms are being flooded with races of rsv. we ll take you live inside a st. louis hospital fighting the crisis. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the husband of u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi is recovering from serious injuries this hour after being violently attacked in his san francisco home. police say paul pelosi was struck with a hammer by a man who broke into the residence early friday. authorities still haven t determined a motive. but a source says the intruder was looking for the speaker. politicians from both sides from condemned the atta
they re extreme positions, out of touch with the value of pennsylvanians. here s what we need to fight about inflation because it s a tax on working families. and dr. oz can t possibly understand what that is like. he has ten mansions. pennsylvania s senate race, it took center stage on debate night in america last night. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt. such a pleasure to be back with you. john fetterman and mehmet oz trading attacks in their first and only debate. they sparred over abortion, inflation, and fracking. issues that are the most important to pennsylvania voters. fetterman s health has been a question in this campaign and the debate highlighted the recovery from his stroke. he used closed captioning for assistance. in new york, fighting crime was front and center between kathy hochul and lee zeldin. recent polls show the governor s race is tightening in the final weeks of the campaign. in michigan, gretchen whitmer and tudor dixen clashes over
Tonight, several breaking developments involving the coronavirus here in the u. S. The first Containment Zone in the u. S. Now in effect tonight. The National Guard moving in. In new york city, a State Of Emergency now declared. Across the country, the number of cases growing. The chaos overseas tonight, as americans frantically try to get on flights home after President Trump announced overnight travel from europe to the u. S. Would end for 30 days. Tonight, the scare on board a jet blue flight from jfk to west palm beach, when a passenger revealed upon landing he had just learned he tested positive. Doctors in this country growing more concerned over the lac of tests. The president saying today its going very smoothly, but tonight, what dr. Anthony fauci acknowledged in front of congress. On wall street tonight, the
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the highest number of people hospitalized with the flu in more than a decade. health officials estimate 360 deaths from the flu with the first death of a child this week. and a spike in case of the respiratory virus rsv is taking hospitals so busy some are setting up tents to handle patient overflow. the numbers bear out the surge, as of second week in october there s more than 7,000 rsv cases. a 13% jump in seven days. positivity rates have jumped 17%, many facilities are plagued by staffing shortages reporting full capacity. cnn s adrienne broaddus has more on the story. reporter: hospital staffing has been a challenge and this level 1 trauma center is no exception, but doctors here issue that doing their best to manage staffing. it just means when patients show up here, they will have to pack
see. tell us as we wait for that hopeful thing tell us about the conditions at the hospital where you are, jacqueline. reporter: yeah, here at children s health care of atlanta, they are seeing an uptick in flu. it s interesting, brianna, just last week, the majority of the respiratory illnesses at this hospital were rsv. now that s switched and flu is really what s dominating here. and so much so that their patient volume is now two to three times what is normally seen. and the hospital also has set up a tent incase it needs that space for patient overflow. there s a tent available for patients with less severe illness and injuries, so they could be seen more quickly. as now at the hospital, the wait time is more than three hours. this is something that many children s hospitals across the country are seeing due to the rise in respiratory illness.