Policies that drove people of color to the polls either dead or in the balance, the rising majority will have a keen high on what congress will get done as we look at a quickly approaching midterm cycle, that, my friends, is a part of the reason why were here in the purple fact state of florida. Hispanic heritage month says if culturely ethnically geographically and ideology diverse, not only harnesss 2 trillion in buying power, also the numbers to drive how this democracy functions. Now, you guys know, we dont need a designated month on this show. The center vices of the rising majority. Were not new to this. Were true to this. But for those that have fellow curiosity of our countrymen, we have a lot to cover. You dont want to miss a minute of it. Lets kick it off with latinas. They understood the assignment at the ballot box and the boardroom. You may have hearse the phrase the future is latina, joining me now is a familiar thing, journalist marianna is on set with me, marianna atenc
[ 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
and a host of other chilling halloween activities all on the xfinity app. explore your rewards today. xfinity rewards. our thanks, your rewards. good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. good morning, amara. i m boris sanchez. on edge and on alert. an alarming surge on respiratory viruses among kids overwhelming pediatric hospitals across the country. now they re bracing for what could be a rough winter. we re going to hear from a medical expert about what counseled be behind the spike. nearly 6 million ballots have been cast as president biden and candidates make their final pitch to voters. we re going to have the latest as the republicans and dep caratsca democrats vie for power. and the january 6th committee is issuing a subpoena for president trump to testify. storms rollinging in could possibly bring severe weather to several parts of the country. what to expect, and what states could see the first significant snow. yes, we re talki
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
the democrats have it now, but that could all change come november 8th. president biden says he s not going anywhere, at least he doesn t intend to. the reason i m not making a judgment about formally running or not running, once i make that judgment, a whole series of regulations kick in, and i have to be i have to treat myself as a candidate from that moment on. i have not made that formal decision, but it s my intention. my intention to run again, and we have time to make that decision. cnn s joe johns is joining me now from delaware. joe, that statement is coming less than three weeks ahead of the midterms where the president seems to be carefully crafting a midterm strategy in those very tight races. what is that strategy at the moment, joe? well, you know, you might also call it a practical approach, quite frankly, because what we re seeing from the president is he s going to a lot of fundraisers, sara. he s going to some closed receptions, but he hasn t been to