[ speaking non-english ] that looks delicious. an all new episode of stanley tucci: searching for italy airs tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. we are just over two weeks from the midterm elections. new numbers show nearly six million ballots have been cast already in 39 states. we re talking did more than 660,000 people across the state of georgia who have already voted. record voter turnout that started monday. our vote does count. women s rights are on the line. we are seeing an uptick in rsv nationwide, and in particular when it comes to kids having to go to the hospital. reporter: they are taking drastic measures to deal with the surge that they re seeing. you re see something institutions putting up tents. things have actually gotten worse since we were admitted. [ applause ] it was just about six weeks ago that boris johnson was leaving downing street in disgrace. i want you to know how sad i am to be
issue is that lake is a polished personality. she s spent decades doing what we do, talking on television. it s an acquired skill that she has. i think kate ind katy hobbs mad mistake by that. you look like you re running from that. you look like you don t feel like you can stands on the stage with kari lake. i don t think that s working in katie hobbs favor. we ll find out in 17 days. i would circle fair, honest, and transparent. that used to be something we could all nod our head, shake hands and agree on. that s really in the eye of the beholder. and to yvonne s point, i think kari lake is very likely if she doesn t win to contest this election and not concede. there s nothing that she s done in the past that would indicate anything else. interesting. yvonne, you have so many critical races in the state of arizona. the governor s race, as we mentioned, the senate race, secretary of state. what are voters telling you about their confidence in the system, that is going to tomorrow
state issues, there s federal issues. yep. here, yvonne, in arizona they ve sent to the justice department three complaints of voter intimidation includesing this one, quote, there is a group of people hanging out near the ballot drop box filming and photographing my wife and i as we approach the drop box and accusing us of being a mule, end quote. so how worried are election officials that these so-called activist observers will try to intimidate voters who go to these drop boxes? they re so worried that last night they called local authorities and asked them to come out to a voting location in mesa. this is something that folks here in maricopa county have been bracing for. it very clearly is coming to fruition, and you know, they are really trying to sort out how do we balance people s rights of observing these drop boxes within 75 feet, and voters ability to cast their votes without fear. and clearly this is something
passing through their uk port every year. don t just connect your business. right on time. make it even smarter. we call this enterprise intelligence. democracy in action and possibly under attack. across the country there were reports of voters and election officials being harassed and intimidated and even the system itself is under attack with election deniers undermining confidence in the election process. i want to bring in yvonne winget sanchez from the washington post, she holds the newly created position of democracy reporter for arizona. here in studios is cnn s politics reporter and editor at large chris salizza. chris, days before voting gets under way this texas, the secretary of state in austin notified harris county, the largest in the state, that it
denigrating the system, sowing mistrust, distrust in the system. and people are going to respond to that. we have voter turnout especially on the republican side that is pretty low right now. the ballot returns are not as high as they have been in previous years. this reflects likely voters mistrust in the system. they are probably going to show up on election day in bigger numbers than we have seen in previous years. interesting. we ll be watching and reporting. yvonne and chris, thank you. don t miss chris new podcast down side up, where she speaks with journalists, experts, and forward-thinking futurists to help us envision what might have been and how even a small shift in the status quo could change our world completely. and still ahead, we had three years to fix passwords,