massive bridge linking russia to the annexed territory of crimea. why this is a big deal both strategically and symbolically and how ukrainian and russian officials are now reacting. also, a major shakeup in uvalde, texas. the school district suspends its entire police force and puts two officials on leave. how if families are reacting. plus hurricane ian blasted its way through florida, knocking out electricity to millions. one community in the storm s path never lost power. how they made it through relatively unscathed. hopeful news in the fight against breast cancer. new day starts right now. it s great to be with you this morning. it s saturday, october 8th. thank you so much for spending some of your morning with us. boris, sorry you re not. you re stuck with me now. that s right. we re grateful to have you, amara. i m so pumped that this is your new home. congratulations to amara walker, being named the new co-anchor of weekend new day. thank you. of
new job protecting some of the very same children who survived the shooting. plus, one thing the vast majority of americans can agree upon the nation is facing a mental health crisis. so what can we done about it? we will get some answers. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. her to have you with us. we begin with growing tensions around the korean peninsula. right now, a u.s. navy aircraft carrier is reportedly moving into waters off the korean peninsula after north korea fired two more missiles thursday. seale says pyongyang conducted two missile tests in less than two weeks. the latest came after the un security council held a meeting on pyongyang s weapons program, and the beijing indirectly accused russia and china of enabling north korea. for more on these developments, we turn to who joins us live from south korea. so what is the latest on these escalating tensions on the region? well, to start off with, that un security council
we are dying every moment. it is the young women and girls of iran who are paying the ultimate price for freedom, their lives. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, october 6th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington and 5 p.m. in seoul, south korea, where the u.s. is reportedly bringing in more fire power near the peninsula following a string of north korea s missile tests. a u.s. air craft carrier strike group is on its way off the korean peninsula. the move comes after they test fired two more nuclear missiles today. that is 25 this yearment the highest number since kim jong-un came to power. on wednesday the u.n. security met to discuss pyongyang s program and the u.s. accused russia and china, without naming them, of enabling north korea. as we all know, the dprk has enjoyed blanket protection from this council. they have gone out of their way to justify the dprk s provocations and block every attempt to update
however, if you go state by state, you could get a map that looks like that, which is a tough battle from now until november. nen who thinks, john, that this race is all sewn up in either direction, they are mistaken. it is wide open right now. it will be fierce. it will be intense. and it will be is ugly. i have no doubt about that. if you think some of the rhetoric was intense, if you think some of those negative ads were intense and ugly mopg the republicans, just wait. ashleigh, i ll get ready for the situation room in an hour, but i know you re getting ready to hear from the president of the united states this hour. but before i go there, i want to give you breaking news as well on this announcement. i just got off the phone with the national campaign spokesperson for rick santorum. he said they all had a conference call last night, all the senior visitor sors, and then just about 10 minutes before this news conference where rick santorum announced themp stepping d