her policies led to economic turmoil. cbs ramy inocencio with the familiar face that could replace her. and a record drought and worker shortage has one company turning to a different source of labor. reporter: picking strawberries is backbreaking work, but not for these robots. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. we want to begin with some important health news for families. in recent weeks across the country, there has been an alarming increase in illness among young children. and it s not covid. it s something called r.s.v. hospitals in at least 33 states are seeing a dramatic rise in cases of children suffering from the respiratory virus. cases have more than doubled in 25 states over the last month, and it s putting a strain on hospitals. some healthcare facilities are so overwhelmed, that they re running
british prime minister liz truss quits in just six weeks after her policies led to economic turmoil. cbs ramy inocencio with the familiar face that could replace her. and a record drought and worker shortage have one company turning to a different source of labor. reporter: picking strawberries is backbreaking work, but not for these robots. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: we want to begin with some important health news for families. in recent weeks across the country there has been an alarming increase in illness among young children. and it s not covid. it s something called r.s.v.tiin cases of children suffering from the respiratory virus. cases have more than doubled in 25 states over the last month, and it s putting a strain on hospitals. some healthcare facilities are so overwhelmed, that they re running out of beds. the state of connecticut is even thinking about bringing in the national guard
Corobotseplacing people s jobs. we re teaching people, some of them farm workers themselves. reporter: did you know anything about robots before? no, not at all. reporter: jeanpol rodriguez used to work in the fields. back hurts. reporter: today, he manages the robots picking strawberries. they re always doing the job. i m like, i m cool. that way we can create jobs with higher wages and with higher skill development. reporter: all as the robots themselves are getting more highly skilled, and not just in picking strawberries. we hope to have hundreds and hundreds of robots around the world s leading farms, picking table grapes, peppers, cucumbers, black berries, raspberries. reporter: robots taught to think. incredible, if not a bit unsettling. you ll watch it picking and you re like, no, no, no, why are you doing that? okay, no, you knew better than