massive bridge linking russia to the annexed territory of crimea. why this is a big deal both strategically and symbolically and how ukrainian and russian officials are now reacting. also, a major shakeup in uvalde, texas. the school district suspends its entire police force and puts two officials on leave. how if families are reacting. plus hurricane ian blasted its way through florida, knocking out electricity to millions. one community in the storm s path never lost power. how they made it through relatively unscathed. hopeful news in the fight against breast cancer. new day starts right now. it s great to be with you this morning. it s saturday, october 8th. thank you so much for spending some of your morning with us. boris, sorry you re not. you re stuck with me now. that s right. we re grateful to have you, amara. i m so pumped that this is your new home. congratulations to amara walker, being named the new co-anchor of weekend new day. thank you. of
that s the fastest job growth at any point of any president. our job market continues to show resilience as we navigate through this economic transition we re n.for for sometime i ve been saying what we need to do in this transition, we have to move from historically a strong economic recovery to a more stable recovery. you heard the president there. u.s. added 263,000 jobs in september, just slightly beating expectations. the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, back to where it was just before the pandemic hit. employers are hiring, but the labor market is slowing down. this is the lowest monthly jobs increase since april of last year. today s report may not be enough to keep the fed from raising interest rates again next month all in an effort to try to squash inflation. investors are not happy today. the dow, s&p 500, nasdaq all down. all right. with us now is senior white house correspondent phil mattingly, cnn reporter matt egan, cnn economics and political commentat
this job, trump s legal team is now ordered to prove his claims alleging the doj planted evidence in those many classified documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. also, we spoke with the ceo of one of the largest companies in the world, salesforce. you ll want to stick around for this one. there are surprises in store. let s begin, though, with the sham votes unfolding as we speak in eastern ukraine. cnn senior international correspo correspondent ben wedeman is north of the regions in kharkiv. this is straight out of the russian playbook. they ve done it before. they don t even hold free elections in their country. see how. the vote got off this morning. 50% of the population has fled. there are two armed men going door to door to collect votes. they called upon the residents of occupied territories. they say if strangers show up at your door, don t open them. we understand the polling is partially online, partially this door by door and partially in person at the vot
good morning and welcome to your new day. i m kristin fisher. good morning, kristen. i m boris sanchez. why one committee says their explanation doesn t make any sense. president biden is meeting with key leaders in saudi arabia saudi arabia. what he s hoping to achieve. and then the criticism over the meeting with the crown prince yesterday. truckers are struggling with diesel prices. their concerns as costs continue to climb, coming up. this may be my favorite of the day. the deep space discovery, the heartbeat sounds that have astronomers all aflutter. aflutter. i know. do you see what i did there? good morning and welcome to your new day. it is july 16th. you know, boris, it may be a saturday in the summer, but it s a busy saturday in the summer with the president s trip overseas and all these new revelations about the jan 67 committee. there is a lot going on. we re going to take you there. first there s concern over the text going add ups sent
video of atrocities, including this surveillance video obtained by cnn which shows russian soldiers shooting two unarmed civilians as they walked away from an encounter on the outskirts of kyiv. prosecutors say they are investigating this as a war crime. nic robertson is in finland this morning. s sara, tell us more. this camera stayed on, showing this all the way through from beginning to end. it is incredibly disturbing to watch but what it reveals are russian soldiers shooting two men as they walk away. this is a stark example of a potential war crime perspetrate by russian forces, an example the world has not yet seen, russian soldiers shooting two civilians in the back. cnn obtained the surveillance video taken from this dealership video. russians tried and failed to shell their way to the capitol. the fight along this road was clearly fierce. but what happened outside this business was not a battle between soldiers or even soldiers and armed civilians. it was a cowa