infections in recent days. according to the world health organization, the week ending october 19th saw a 7% rise in cases right across the continent. now, right over to the english channel, the uk is coping with a surge in new cases, reporting more than 49,000 new infections on friday. and in italy, the new green pass to prove vaccination or testing status is getting a lot of pushback on the streets. a protest planned for this weekend were abruptly canceled at the last minute because of potential violence. for more on those canceled protests, i m joined by cnn contributor barbie na doe wa. good to see you. we did expect to have more people out on the streets. but what is happening now in terms of those protests against the so-called green pass? do you think they ll fizzle, or will this still be a lingering problem? well, you know, those protests were canceled because they had intelligence that, you know, mayhem was going to happen. in fact, they found a number of