that i m fit to be serving and that s what i believe is where i m standing. democrats are seizing on dr. oz already on defense for criticism of discredited theories he promoted on television saying this when asked whether aside from exceptions should abortion be banned in america. i ve been in the room when there s some difficult conversations happening. i don t want the federal government involved with that at all. i want women, doctors, local political leaders leading the democracy that s allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves. we ll get reaction here as well as reports from other key contests across the nation. and we ll take a closer look at threats to election workers undermining access to the vote and election security in georgia, two years after former president trump tried to change the 2020 results. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell here in pittsburgh and the big question in pennsylvania this morning
weinstein sequel. the disgraced movie mogul returns to los angeles, facing a new sex crimes trial. and later, carly simon s sorrow. the singer pays tribute to her two sisters, both women dying from cancer one day apart. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with the fast-approaching midterm elections. both parties are pressing hard to show why they deserve your vote. democrats focused on their legislative accomplishments, republicans on the economy and crime. at stake, both houses of congress. votes are already being cast in many states across the country in person and by mail. cbs s christina ruffini leads us off tonight from the white house. christina, good evening. reporter: good evening, jericka. well, after a quiet weekend at home in delaware, president biden will head to pennsylvania this week and florida the next as we come into the home stretch of thi
In the south and west. For the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. But the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 18th october. Theres been International Condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. The blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for President Biden, whos currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. Hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments says the Al Ahli Hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. But israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but its denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. Wyre davies has the latest. Pictures from Gaza Last Night showed scenes of utter chaos. Bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. Videos many too graphic to broadcast showed the broken
Summit injordan with arab leaders has been cancelled. We can bring you live pictures of gaza, where it is just after seven in the morning with more on tuesdays Hospital Explosion, heres our international editorjeremy bowen. Loud blast. The missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts. You can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed al ahli hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Very soon video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. So many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. The wounded were taken across gaza city to Shifa Hospital. The israeli armys First Response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organization. That statement will not be believe