Newsroom starts right now. Live from washington, im paula reed in for pamela brown tonight. The top stories, surging cases of a respiratory illness are forcing some hospitals to create tent cities just to deal with all the patients as Health Officials say they have seen more cases now than in the past two years. Plus, an underground network sending Abortion Pills from mexico to women in states where the procedure is now illegal. And chinas former president seated right next to the current one is shockingly yanked from the room as the communist Party Congress party comes to an end. Youre in the cnn newsroom. First tonight, breaking news, a deadly shooting in a hospital in dallas, texas. Details are still coming in to cnn, but so far police are confirming that at least two people are dead, both employees at the hospital. I want to get right now to cnns camila bernal. What are you hearing so far . Reporter so this shooting took place at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. According to author
You, republicans, yes, they could win the house. A new poll shows voters in Battleground States prefer Republican House candidates to democrats by six percentage points. Now, we are not saying this to gin up fear. We are saying this because it is important for us, and you, the viewer, to understand what a republicanled house would look like. Youre going to have minority leader Kevin Mccarthy, whos at the top of the list, to become the speaker in a gopcontrolled house, laying out his partys first order of business should they win. Any guesses on what that might be . Perhaps a plan to address inflation that theyre complaining about all the time, or maybe a policy to combat rising crime rates . No, neither one of those. Mccarthy plans to repeal funding that was approved by democrats to increase the number of irs employees. Republicans want to use their newfound power to push tens of thousands of americans into unemployment lines. All right on the gop to do list, taking the Debt Ceiling Ho
Welcome to a new week. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. Many celebryes wearing black on the red carpet. Some also wearing pins that read times up. Thats the name of a new coalition to fight Sexual Harassment and assault in hollywood. Something host seth meyers didnt hesitate to address. Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen. Its 2018. Marijuana is finally allowed and Sexual Harassment finally isnt. Strong female leads and their stories were honored right off the bat with Nicole Kidman and Elizabeth Moss winning awards in the first half hour of the show. Natalie portman pointedly copresented the award for best director saying this is all the male nominees. One of the highlights was Oprah Winfrey honored with the Lifetime Achievement award. Open with a is one of the first africanamerican women to receive the prestigious award. And another first sterling k. Brown was the first black man to win best actor in a tv series, this is us. Reporter the after party is in full swing an
After an atv crash. Police responded to the crash at 100 shiloh drive around 12 30 a. M. The crash reports that the driver, 20yearold alex part of iowa city lost control of the atv on private property was taken to uihc. The crash is still under investigation. Now continuing our vote 2016. Coverage. Whether you doorknocking for democrats or rallying against republicans the clinton canvassing continued today in the corridor. Or rallying against republicans, the clinton convincing continue to gain the corridor. Leaders from the state and National Education association stop in marian to show support for an allfemale slate of democratic candidates. Education was the driving force behind the event with speakers Molly Donahue who is running for state house. And educator in a Political Office is an advantage. A lot of times there lawyers, business people, we need more educators. We need more people to know families and no children. Nothing more real in the world. Spoke with only 64 days until
bob banick, ocean city, md its a shame because we were looking forward to a good weekend the National Weather service is calling for maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, and even higher gusts, in parts of long island and massachusetts. Combined with rain and surging tides. Treacherous conditions are possible. Officials are taking no chances gov. Dannel malloy, connecticut there is a possibility that there could i repeat could be significant challenges, but not limited to loss of power, flooding, and transportation issues the storm caused significant damage latea made landfall as a hurricane in florida, eventually making its way through the carolinas minerva campbell, new hanover co. , nc resident i saw my grille get pushed across the porch, then i seen my trampoline go over the porch and thats when i knew i had to shut that door new Jersey Governor Chris Christie said sunday he believes his state will dodge a bullet. But still urges caution. gov, chris christie, new jersey the current mo