top of the hour. nice to have you have us, i m eric hill. on this very busy monday morning. election day, if you re not counting, just 15 days away. early voting already breaking records in at least one battleground state and this week there will be a number of major debates in key match-ups around the country. first up is florida where ron desantis is set to scare off with charlie crist tonight. we ll have more on that in just a moment. we re also following this unprecedented rise in rsv cases among children and why it is putting pressure on hospitals, some states in crisis mode. we ll take you inside one texas hospital. and happening right now, jury selection is underway here in new york city for the trump organization facing several felony charges. we re going to be live outside of the courthouse with an update on that for you. let s start this hour with reporter dan america. and 15 days until election day. we re seeing some impressive turnout numbers when it comes to
we begin with an alarming outbreak that has some u.s. hospitals struggling. the common but potentially deadly respiratory virus called rsv is spreading rapidly among children. doctors telling cnn the spike is unprecedented for this time of year. cnn s brian todd has more on this troubling surge. the drive to the emergency room was really scary and really intense. reporter: this mother of a 5-year-old who was hospitalized with difficulty breathing told us of an anxious drive to the emergency room. things eventually had gotten worse since we were admitted. i have seen starting last night that he is progressively having a harder time breathing. rsv is one of the scariest infections in a child, especially when it s in your baby. so you will see your baby breathing really, really fast and you feel like there is nothing that you can do. reporter: around the country doctors are reporting a spike in cases of rsv, respiratory syncytial virus, a common respiratory illness tha
the first lady will travel to delaware after events today in michigan and georgia. this morning outside of an event in detroit, she gave reporters an update on her husband s condition. my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he is doing fine. he is feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i m keeping masked. kamala harris landing in charlotte minutes ago. a white house official says she tested negative this morning and was last with the president on tuesday. today at 2:00 eastern, we expect to hear from dr. shaw and white house press secretary for a briefing on the president s condition. let s go to the host of this show, andrea mitchell at the aspen security forum in colorado, peter alexander and kristin welker, yamiche alcindor and dr. zeke emanuel, a member of the president s covid advisory board during the transition. thank you for being here. zeke, let s star
in september. ali is following the latest developments from us, also joined by cynthia, a former federal prosecutor and an msnbc analyst. welcome to both of you ladies. [inaudible] as they are still looking [inaudible] this upcoming for every lawmaker in this committee because they say it s a matter of this tie up any loose ends already know what s they still need to they say they already have [inaudible] ginni thomas, if she doesn t cooperate voluntarily. they say they ll delve deeper into the suns deleted text messages by the secret service. there is now a federal probe into. one big piece that they want to know more about is really wet members of the secret service, those agents who are with former president trump on january 6th, what they know, and what they witnessed. remember, anonymous sources disputed cassidy hutchinson s account when she testified about what she saw secret service agency that day, you know, the committee use some accounts at that hearing to coo