republican, and democratic lieutenant governor governor john fetterman. georgia s candidates met in a live debate last night. raphael warnock faced off against republican herschel walker after weeks of bombshell allegations leveled at the former football star. cnn s eva mckend has more. reporter: democratic senator yell war knock and republican challenger herschel walker are in a contentious georgia senate race with u.s. senate controlling. it is time to get under way. reporter: they debated friday night. walker, running on a family values platform currently involved in a scandal over allegedly pressuring the mother of one of his children to get an abortion. a week before this debate a former girlfriend said you paid for an abortion and encouraged her to have another. in an abc news interview this week, you said that the accusations are, quote, all lies. for the voters watching tonight, can you explain the circumstances surrounding these claims. you have 60 seconds.
[ speaking non-english ] that looks delicious. an all new episode of stanley tucci: searching for italy airs tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. we are just over two weeks from the midterm elections. new numbers show nearly six million ballots have been cast already in 39 states. we re talking did more than 660,000 people across the state of georgia who have already voted. record voter turnout that started monday. our vote does count. women s rights are on the line. we are seeing an uptick in rsv nationwide, and in particular when it comes to kids having to go to the hospital. reporter: they are taking drastic measures to deal with the surge that they re seeing. you re see something institutions putting up tents. things have actually gotten worse since we were admitted. [ applause ] it was just about six weeks ago that boris johnson was leaving downing street in disgrace. i want you to know how sad i am to be
i m amara walker. in the dark, intensified attacks by russia leave more than a half a million people without power in ukraine and this morning there are no signs that the attacks are letting pup we ll have the latest. plus, full speed ahead on student debt relief. the white house doubling down against the legal challenges facing a signature program for the biden administration. what it means for millions across the country. a shooting at a hospital in dallas leaves two people dead. we re going to have the latest on the investigation and tell you what we know about the suspect. nasa getting ready to launch a new study on ufos. what could their research reveal? we ll talk about that ahead. it is the start of a new week. happy sunday, everyone. it is october 23rd. thank you so much for waking up with us. we are awake, right, boris? how are you doing? we re awake. we re getting there. warming up. we are warming up. that s right. great to be with you. we re followi
i ve been asking for syracuse orange highlights for weeks. this wascustomized for you. they are who we thought they were and we let them off the hook. you almost had them. keep the head up, big man. thank you so much. the next hour of new day starts now. good morning. welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. doubling down, the biden administration says they will fight in court to keep the student debt relief program alive. what does that mean for thousands of applicants and how long could that legal fight last? we ll also have the latest on the brutal attacks in ukraine as russia continues to hammer the country s infrastructure. we ll take you inside a secret workshop where ukrainian soldiers are building weapons against russia. residents in jackson, mississippi, still facing problems with the city s water and the epa is opening up a federal civil rights investigation. we ll tell you exactly what and who is getting investigated.
good morning. buenos dias and welcome to your new day. i m boris sanchez. good morning, boris. i m amara walker. with the final push to election day till the midterms, president biden makes a final pitch and now the student debt relief program has hit a roadblock. we ll tell you what it can mean for millions of people across the country. plus, an alarming surge in respiratory viruses among kids leaving pediatric wards overwhelmed. what is behind the spike and what does it mean heading into flu season. and the january 6th committee hands over a s&p to former president donald trump. will he comply and what s next. ukraine s infrastructure and forcing rolling blackouts. we re going to take you to ukraine for the very latest. take a nice big deep breath. it is the weekend. saturday, october 22nd. we re so grateful you are starting it with us. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you as well, boris. good morning and happy weekend. as we were saying this mo