out of the woods yet. yes, rishi sunak is going to have to fight on multiple fronts here. tim bale, great to have your thoughts, thank you for joining us. and much more from london in our next hour. right now, let s toss it back to rosemary church at cnn center in atlanta, rosemary? wonderful, thank you so much, christina. we ll look forward to seeing you at the top of the hour. more now on the upcoming u.s. midterm elections. we re just over two weeks from a deciding vote that could shift the balance of power in congress. early voting is under way across the nation, and many democrats are worried that republicans could win both the house and senate, as inflation becomes the top issue for many voters. senator bernie sanders says democrats should take cues from the republicans on economic policy, take a listen. i am worried about the level
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m christina macfarlane in london where the country is waiting to see who will become the nation s third prime minister in less than two months. i m rosemary church in atlanta where we are following the latest developments in the u.s. midterms. voter turnout already hitting record highs, but political divisions running deep . well, here in london we could soon learn who will be the next leader of the ruling conservative party and the new prime minister. one thing is clear, it won t be boris johnson. he announced on sunday he won t be entering the tory leadership race, though he claimed he had enough support to move forward. that narrows the field to former
thank you, both. more from london in a few minutes. first let s get back to rosemary church in atlanta to check in on some of the other news headlines. rose mary? thank you so much, becky. we ll see you soon. russia s missiles are flying as its ground forces retreat in eastern ukraine. the damage from russian strikes and a live report from kharkiv. that s coming up. our shipping process was painfully slow. then we found shipstation. now we re shipping out orders 5 times faster and thanks to shipstation s discounted rates we re saving a ton. honestly, we couldn t do it without shipstation join over 100,000 online sellers who get ship done with shipstation go to shipstation.com /tv and get 2 months free.
do you agree with that prediction? and what do people need to be doing right now to avoid infection, hospitalization, or perhaps worse? right. well, if we learn anything, as you know, rosemary, this virus is quite unpredictable. the 100 million cases in the late fall or winter is certainly possible. we saw almost twice as many in the worst monstrous omicron wave which really hit us the first part of this year. right now, though, we re seeing a significant increase in cases and we re starting to see some substantial increase in hospitalizations. it s because of this variant that s about to become dominant, the so-called ba-2.1-2-1, which is a subvariant of omicron, but it s a lot more transmissible than omicron or the ba.2. we are likely to see a substantial number of cases. recent days, today was 85,000.
it trice in much of the u.s. a fourth dose of moderna or pfizer is safe and provides a substantial immunity boost. i asked if he thought there might be a big surge in covid cases later this year. take a listen. as you know, rosemary, this virus is quite unpredictable. we saw only twice as many in the wurz monstrous omicron wave. right now, we noticed an increase in prices. that s become dominant. and which is a subvariant.