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
This crisis that we re in. reporter: polls are beginning to break in favor of republicans, so the president has spnt the week pushing issues that might resonate with vertz forgiving student loans, and lower gas prices. many democratic candidates in close races tonight want to be seen with the president, including senate candidate tim ryan in ohio, who is trailing republican j.d. vance. i m not relying on chuck schumer or the president or anybody to come in here and boost me or give me money. we re doing it on our own. reporter: the president has done most of his campaigning behind closed doors at party fund-raisers, as we will tonight with federer. brendan boyle said candidates shouldn t be avoiding the president given his accomplishments. we elected democrats have a damn good record to run on. we shouldn t run away from it. reporter: now, while many democrats may be nervous about campaigning with miami beach, they re quite eager to be seen
American values. reporter: and privately sources say she has not completely ruled out another run. bernie sanders seems more likely to attempt one though much to the chagrin of party fund-raisers. sanders has not shared his voter contact information with them, perhaps saving it for himself, but there s a problem. how do we say this politely? the democratic party has to be careful that it doesn t present the image of a nursing home. some of these candidates are going to be in their upper 70s, real hailing distance of 80. younger candidates will have an opportunity to present a contrast. reporter: and so that gives an opening to fresher faces in the senate like cory booker or maybe kamala harris or governors like john hickenlooper and andrew cuomo, even a governor would hasn t been elected yet, and, of course, jake do not forget about oprah. how could i forget about oprah. reporter: see s indicated she may be open to running.
Key battleground states. so i asked people about michael castle. he today said he would not endorse her. so i said to michael steele, what is your message to those questioning her? i don t know if she can win until we try. how can you claim defeat before you attempt victory? this makes no sense. it makes no sense, so stop it. stop it. that s your message to them, stop. it let s get behind our nominees. and win the election. then we can have a meeting and sit down and talk about all that stuff. let me tell you, victory is going to be a sweet thing and i don t think you want to have that meeting where you re going to start parsing out who s up, who s down, who wins, who loses. michael steele says he s asked party fund-raisers to will she get the independent expenditure money.