hello and a very warm welcome to or viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm isa soares in london here on "cnn newsroom." >> good-bye trump, hello vaccines. we're so glad to see you, joe biden. now people look at him in a

negative way. >> there's serious concern that the mandates themselves may be causing this backlash that may bring portions of an already fragile economy to its knees. >> some u.s. state officials push back against the president's vaccine mandates as democrats do their own policy and joe biden's economic agenda is on the brink. world of homicide. officials relesion details on how gabby petito was killed. william shatner, whose action to go where no one boldly goes is making his voyage to the stars a reality. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. it is wednesday, october 13, and we begin this hour with political tensions brewing in the united states. not just over president biden's

domestic agenda. the fight over how to handle the pandemic is deepening the political divide as republican leaders in texas and florida ramp up their attacks on covid vaccine mandates. now, those states have seen more covid cases and deaths than almost any other, and yet their governors are trying to enact blanket bans on mandates. the white house had some very sharp criticism on tuesday. take a listen. >> governor abbott's executive order banning mandates, and i would also note announcement by governor desantis this morning essentially banning the implementation of mandates fit a familiar pattern that we've seen putting politics ahead of public health. over 700,000 american lives have been lost due to covid-19, including more than 56,000 in florida and over 68,000 in texas. and every leader should be focused on supporting efforts to save lives and end the pandemic. why would you be taking steps that prevent the saving of lives?

>> well, in texas, governor greg abbott's ban on vaccine mandates extends to private companies as well. the many won't be going down really without a fight. dell technologies says its plans aren't changing. employees will be required to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. a county attorney called the ban shameful and encouraged business owners to sue. and this year the houston methodist hospital system said he is deeply disa point. the airline industry isn't backing down either. american and southwest, which are both headquartered in texas, say their vaccine mandates are staying in place. over in florida, governor ron desantis is saying he might follow texas lead by trying to pass a law against vaccine-related firings. listen to this. >> whether you're working for the police department, the sheriff's department, the fire department, whether you're working for a small business, a large business, i don't think

you should be fired over these shots. i just don't. i think you need to be protected. >> here's how mark davis, a conservative radio host based in texas, is explaining the vaccine mandate backlash. >> there's serious concern that the mandates themselves, well meaning though they may be and there's debate over that, may be causing this backlash and this serious full-on revolt that may bring portions of an already fragile economy to its knees, creating i believe a valid deba debate whether the mandates are counter intuitive if our goal is to get more people vaccinated. >> thats what texas. meanwhile other states are marking vaccine milestones. five states, all in new england, have fully vaccinated more than two-thirds of their residents. now, on this two years since covid turned our world upside down with nearly 5 million deaths worldwide, vital clues about the origins of the virus could be sitting in a chinese

hospital. as many as 200,000 blood samples taken in wuhan two years ago, china says it will start testing them soon, but when and how and critically how much will beijing actually reveal. here's our walsh. >> reporter: ground zero sparking global unease. >> it is likely a brand-new viral pneumonia. >> it is perhaps the last publicly known clue to where coronavirus came from. but will the world ever learn the truth of what it says? tens of thousands of tiny blood samples taken in wuhan in the last months of 2019 are still stored in a hospital there. >> the samples from the blood bank absolutely will contain vital clues. >> they could potentially be very revalatory. >> reporter: the samples might reveal when, even where

antibodies against the virus first appeared in humans in october or november two years ago. china says they had to be kept for legal reasons for two years in case of lawsuits over the blood transfusions they're from. but now that limit is almost up for the key months at the end of 2019, and a chinese official confirmed to cnn that china is preparing to test them. echoing a promise from july when they said they would share the results. >> reporter: institutions from the chinese side, he said, also expressed once they have the results, they will deliver them to both the chinese and foreign expert teams. the samples come from disposable tubes that carried donor blood into a donor bank and is something the w.h.o. team said earlier this year they wanted to examine. they could contain vital

detailed information. >> might also help us to follow the trajectory of the spread of the virus by tracking the individuals who may carry the virus. >> and we would like to go back to find out exactly during which months this virus started to leave fingerprints in the human population in china. >> it is common practice to de-identify the samples. so you could strip it down to basic demographics. age, gender, neighborhood where they lived, all of those data will be available. >> reporter: the same problem emerges again. it will be china and china alone doing the testing and reporting their results. the u.s.'s recent report into the origins of the coronavirus and statements from allies have all demanded greater transparency from china. for now, this key data is being examined a full two years later. there is no plan for outsiders

like the w.h.o. to be in on it. >> more to make it convincing and credible, the results, i mean, ideally you want to involve the w.h.o., you know, the foreign experts. >> i'm not completely certain that china has not done this testing and has not shared the results. >> what we always say is trust but verify. it truly would be better if the chinese scientists would permit external scientists to be with them to collaborate, to do this altogether. >> reporter: but instead, this vital remaining clue risks being mired in recriminations and uncertainty again. >> nick joins us now. nick, good morning to you. i mean, as some of your doctors in that piece, in your piece hinted at, no one, the fear is no one will believe any of the results that china reports, of course, unless qualified observers are allowed in.

is the w.h.o., nick, pushing to examine the samples? what are you hearing from them? >> reporter: it was a key part of their report in february -- in march stating these samples were of interest to them. as far as i understand, they haven't stopped being interested in them. in fact, there is likely that jobs being advertised for a follow-up committee of w.h.o. to look at possible further strands of this investigation. but there is a larger question that was touched on by one of the experts there, isa. this is a country, china, with millions invested every year in virus research, a huge curiosity and appetite for more information about any virus, frankly, let alone the pandemic's virus which has changed so much of our daily lives. so the question really is did they really permit legal sensitivities over blood transfusions to stop them from looking at these samples over the past two years. that's a question the answer to which we may never know.

we might get to know what they want to tell the world about the tests they say they're doing imminently in the months ahead. and as you heard there, that could be very revealing if, indeed, it is dealt with transparently. it could suggest clusters possibly of the first antibodies that got into humans. maybe a time, maybe a place. that could be revealing. that could also help clear up this, hate to say it, mess about whether this was a lab leak, of which there is minimal public evidence that is convincing at the moment, or the broader scientifically-backed theory this crossed naturally somehow from possibly bats to an intermediary animal into humans at some other time. it is important as the geopolitics pickup on this and the finger pointing is the only thing you can really see, reminding everybody finding out that answer is extremely important for the human race going forward as we push more into areas of natural habitat we haven't been before. this becomes a risk that it could happen again. and still, two years later there

is key evidence that is yet to be examined, china admits itself, and key questions we can't answer. isa? >> important context there from nick. like you said, the key to all this, nick, is really expecting the need for transparency here which has been lacking. nick payton walsh. nick, good to see you. now, more americans are quilting their jobs than ever before and analysts say it is about extra leverage workers because of the pandemic. a record 4.3 million people left their jobs in august. that is according to the labor department. that's just shy of 3% of the work force. it is the highest quit rate since the government began keeping track of this two decades ago. now, most of the people who left were in accommodation and food services, wholesale trade, and state and local government, education. now, the international monetary fund, the imf, says a supply chain disruption as well as inflation are slowing economic recovery from the

pandemic. the imf now expects the global economy to grow 5.9% this year. that's slightly lower than its july forecast. the 2022 outlook remains unchanged. the imf slarshed its foyrecast, the highest than any g 7 economy in this forecast. in all this news was a choppy day for forecasts. all three main indices rebounced before dropping a third straight session. dow jones down 3/10th of a percent. s&p 2/10 of a percent lower. third day of losses. investors are anxious and worried ahead of the consumer price reports and earnings from major banks. they are worried companies will cut forecasts due to supply chain problems and rising labor costs we've been bringing you on the show. this is how futures looked when trading begins in just a few

hours. really mixed day. dow futures pretty flat. we'll keep an eye on those numbers for you. now, the wyoming coroner who did gabby petito's autopsy is gathering details. it has gripped the country for weeks now. cnn's leyla santiago has the story for you. >> death by strangulation and manner is homicide. >> reporter: the teton county coroner releasing the autopsy results of 22-year-old gabby petito. the coroner initially determined the manner of death was a homicide, but the cause of her death had not been announced. dr. blue says he was limited in what he disclosed from his report. >> who committed the homicide is really to be determined by law enforcement. this autopsy included a whole body cat scan, a examination by

forensic pathologist, anthropologist, so it was pretty much covered all the bases. >> reporter: the coroner would only say the official autopsy report shows the body was out in the wilderness before the remains were examined. >> as far as the time of death, we are estimating three to four weeks from the time that the body was found. >> reporter: after an extensive search, petito's remains were found in wyoming's bridger teton forest. she was first reported missing by her parents september 11, more than a month ago. petito spent the summer traveling across the country in a van with boyfriend brian laundrie. documenting it on social media. the couple was stopped by moab police in utah mid august. someone told the dispatcher they saw a man hitting the woman. she was emotional during the stop. >> is he patient with you? >> it makes me upset.

he was upset with me a lot because i have a lot of anxiety. >> reporter: appearing to take some responsibility for the i think dent. >> we want to know the truth. >> i hit first. >> where did he hit you? be honest. >> reporter: weeks later when laundrie returned to the florida home they shared with his parents, petito wasn't with him, police said. now brian laundrie is missing. while he was indicted for allegedly using a debit card without permission just before returning home alone, he has not been named a suspect in petito's death. the fbi and local law enforcement have been searching the 25,000 acre carlton reserve near his florida home based on information from his parents who told authorities brian planned to hike there in mid september. now nearly a month later, investigators still don't know where laundrie is. and the teton county coroner was open to the fact that he's limited in what he can said

because of the investigation. he wouldn't answer questions about if the body had been moved or if the body had been buried. in fact, when he was asked if an item was used in strangulation, he wouldn't answer that either, but cnn obtained a public record that was signed by the coroner that indicates it was a manual strang strangulation throttling. that is what is listed as the cause. new details came after the coroner spoke to press. leyla santiago, cnn, north port, florida. let me give you an update on the story we were leading the show yesterday if you joined us yesterday. nfl watchers say the scandal that led to jon gruden's resignation may expose others in a league whose culture must change. if you remember the las vegas head coach stepped down. the green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers said the whole truth will eventually come out. take a listen.

>> that was probably the best decision for all parties involved, and hopefully we can all as a league learn and grow from this, and hopefully it puts people on notice who have some of those same opinions. it's going to grow and evolve and change and connect that [ bleep ] doesn't fly. >> the tampa bay buccaneers have removed gruden from their ring of honor and the company skechers has removed him from an endorsement deal. they say comments like that cannot be tolerated. >> the way women are asserting power, gaining power, and that makes a lot of people like jon gruden very uncomfortable. and you see a straight line between all these things in gruden's emails and most importantly to me how they parallel a lot of these things that the right-wing have been saying for a long time. >> jon gruden won the super bowl in 2002.

he remained in tampa for the next six years. he made the playoffs twice. that's it. after that comes to monday night football, completely removed from coaching for over a decade. and then signs on to take over the raiders at the price of $100 million over ten years with bonuses that would take his salary up to 118, 120 million. i bring that up to say this. is that happening for a black person? there's no way in hell it's happening for a black person and everybody knows it. >> we'll stay on top of this story, of course, for you. still ahead on the show, prepare for lift off, captain kirk. we're just a few hours away from william shatner's voyage into space. we'll have the details for you. plus from severe weather to winter storms, parts of u.s. bracing for extreme weather. a check the forecast after the break. you are watching "cnn newsroom." do stay right here.

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has gone before. 90-year-old william shatner is headed for space for real in a few hours. details from the blue origin launch site in texas. >> reporter: i don't think the original captain kirk had to deal with weather delays when he was commanding the star ship enterprise on star trek. the actor william shatner has had to deal with two wind delays at launch site one in texas. shatner said the delays have extended his feelings about this flight, which rocked from total excitement to sheer terror. and at 90 years old, he will become the oldest person to ever fly in space. he'll be joined by audrey powers, blue origin's, and two tech entrepreneurs. the four have been training together in the astronaut village since saturday. today if all goes according to plan they'll enjoy 11 minutes of weightlessness during the trip

to space. blue origin has had 17 successful flights so it has a track record. former blue origin employees complained about a toxic work environment where professional dissent is actively stifled. there is a lot of attention on blue origin both good and bad at the moment. sending the original captain kirk into space, that's something even "star wars" fans can get behind. kristen fisher, cnn, launch site 1. well, less than three weeks before the big u.n. climate change summit, tech companies are saying not to treat the conference as a photo op. he reminded them of the pledge in july to layout ambitious targets before the summit. australia, china, india and russia among the countries that have not boosted their carbon reduction commitments. on climate, the world will

succeed or fail as one. he's taking aim at the use of -- take a listen. >> i was delighted to cochair the g 7 climate at the environmental ministers meeting in july where we delivered a historic agreement that no g 7 nation would finance any coal projects internationally. south korea has made the same commitment. and with china's recent announcement, we are well on the way to -- financing for new coal power as we ramp up support. for renewables. we still need the g20 to tackle domestic unabated coal power use. at the g20 meeting i urge lead toerz kick coal in the past where it belongs. >> well, a new study is painting a dire picture of what our world could look like if global temperatures just keep rising. researchers from climate central say rising sea levels will impact more than 800 million people if the earth warmed just a few degrees, and 50 major

coastal cities will be under water unless they take unprecedented measures to prevent flooding. i want to put this into perspective. this is the tower of london. and this is what researchers say it would look like under water in the future. similar scenes in san francisco, california. where you can see buildings as well as high rises really immersed in water. very, very dire picture that they are painting about rising sea levels. meanwhile, we are tracking a severe weather outbreak across the u.s. including an early winter storm impacting the grate plains. tyler maldonado joins me from the weather center. good morning, tyler. you and i were talking about severe weather storms i think it was yesterday, before yesterday. are these the same or additional ones? >> so, we were talking about it yesterday and the day before. it's like we're in the movie groundhog day. every time i see you there is ongoing severe weather across the plains. right now we have severe weather across the plains, isa.

these thunderstorms are up here across oklahoma, kansas, stretching into nebraska. on the backside we have the winter storm dropping a lot of snowfall across the northern rockies. on the warm side, the severe side, this storm has led to four tornado reports and 30 severe wind reports. of those wind reports, some of the winds have been above 75 miles per hour. that's above hurricane force conditions. that storm threat is now moving up to the north. it's impacting the northern plains, portions of the mid west, and the great lakes. later on today, we'll continue with that mountain snow, though because, look at these contrast in temperatures across the eastern third of the country. we could get up to 90 degrees fahrenheit. but behind the system, temperatures are going to be in the 30s and 40s in some areas. you just take a little bit of moisture and, presto, you're going to get some wintry mischief. again, we're going to continue

to see that in the inter mountain west. likely in the couple of days, too, because of the energy rolling over. you can see the severe thunderstorms moving into the northern plains and the great lakes here. something else i want you to notice is that the snowfall totals out there across the intra-mountain west have just been crazy for october. montana picked up 21 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. we're going to add to that in the days to come. then you factor in some strong winds, up to 60, 70 miles per hour. that's going to lead to blizzard conditions. we do have a blizzard in the eastern part of wyoming. that's something we're going to have to watch over the next 24 hours there, too. >> i'm sure you will keep an eye on this and you'll keep us posted, tyler. good to see you. thanks very much. tyler morgan there. a wildfire in california has expl exploded. the fire has grown to 35,000

acres. evacuation orders have expanded and parts of a major highway has been closed. st strong winds pushed the flames. it is 5% contained. just ahead right here on the show, joe biden sees his domestic jebd stall. what can the white house say about plans to pare down a key social policy bill? plus. we had all the research. they'll pick you up. we do it for free here at the clinic. yeah, i'll go, i'll go. >> they never did? >> never did. >> now her father has received a coronavirus vaccine. how one group is convincing skeptics to finally get that shot.

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welcome to "cnn newsroom," everyone. i'm isa soares. if you're just joining us let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. a coroner has determined gabby petito's death was by strangulation. americans are quitting job at a record rate. 4.3 million people left their jobs in august, the highest rate since late 2000. now, the u.s. house gave final approval to a measure that temporarily raises the nation's debt limit. the vote came down along party lines with republicans voting no. they think democrats should take sole responsibility for raising the debt limit. the democrats argue more money is needed to pay for the trump administration's tax cuts as well as spending programs.

the short-term fix will end in december, teeing up another fight to avoid a potential financial crisis. well, the nation's debt limit is just one of the many mounting issues facing president joe biden. from the pandemic to rising gas prices as well as supply chain disruptions. but perhaps most frustrating is democratic stalemate over his domestic agenda, and here's how the white house is handling it. take a listen. >> we don't get too glum around here. even if things look challenging, our view and his view is he was elected to continue to press forward and address the challenges the american people are facing. well, and democrats will now have to decide how to address key priorities as they try to shrink the size of a social policy bill amid opposition from some inside the party. house speaker nancy pelosi expressed her disappointment and said important decisions will have to be made in the next few days. >> i'm very disappointed that

we're not going with the original $3.5 trillion which was very transformative. well, let me just say that $3.5 trillion, we were doing everything well. so, not a question of now we're doing it well because it's less money. but the fact is that if there is fewer dollars to spend, there are choices to be made. >> well, cnn political commentator van jones said there is still time for mr. biden and the democrats to get back on the right track. >> he's doing a lot of good stuff. the problem is that he put himself in a position where he made big bold claims about the rest of the agenda. you think this great stuff that we did is good? it's nothing. wait until the summer when you're going to get all this other stuff. then he steps on a rake, then he slips on a banana peel and falls downstairs with marbles and people are looking at him in a negative light. can they recover? yes, they can recover.

if this time next year if gas prices have come down, if cases are going down, jobs going up, you're going to be in a different situation. but right now the democratic party is looking over the edge of a cliff and there is a lot of fear and concern. you're not seeing that strong joe biden leadership i think people were expecting to get stuff done. >> thanks to van jones putting it into context for us. meantime democrats are pressing ahead with the investigation into the january 6 incident at the capitol. trump allies will drag out the process. democrats want it done before next year's midterm elections when they risk losing control of congress. take a listen. >> we're not messing around. if people don't show up, people don't provide the documents they're compelled to, we intend to take up criminal contempt and defer to the justice department and we expect it will be prosecuted. unlike the last administration,

no one is above the law and so we intend to move quickly. >> now, mainland china says military exercises in the taiwan str strait are necessary to, quote, defend national sovereignty. this comes amid tensions between beijing and taipei and they call the actions toward taiwan destabilizing. >> we do remain concerned by the prc's provocative military activity. we are your honoring beijing to cease this military diplomatic and economic pressure in the coercion against taiwan. we have an abiding interest in peace and stability across the taiwan strait and that is why we'll continue to assist taiwan in maintaining sufficient self-defense capability. >> cnn's will ripley is following developments and has more on the strained relations between mainland china and taiwan. >> reporter: worse for worse, the head of the one party state, china's president saying a

reunification of china and taiwan will, quote, definitely be achieved. taiwan's president firing back, pledging not to bow to pressure. this as the island shows its military might days after taiwan's defense ministry said nearly 150 chinese war planes flew over four days in its air defense zone. tensions between the two governments may be reaching a boiling point, but they have been brewing for decades. in a complex relationship that began with war. in 1949, the previous chinese government fled to taiwan after a brutal civil war with the communists. those communists set up what is now the people's republic of china. both sides claim they were the true authority of the island. then came decades of hostility. with no travel, trade, or even communication between the two sides. in the 1990s, relations between beijing and taipei began to thaw. authorities put aside the issue

of sovereignty in favor of more economic and cultural cooperation. still, china insisted taiwan was a break away province that must eventually be reunited with the mainland, even if that means by force. in taiwan, two parties began to form. one that was more aligned with the people's republic of china. another in favor of complete independence. in 2016, the pro independence party nominee was elected president of taiwan. since then, relations started to deteriorate again. china started using its massive economic power against the much smaller democratic island of about 24 million people. in 2018 they pressured international companies to consider taiwan part of china, and threatened to crackdown on the business of anyone that didn't comply. meanwhile, the u.s. which has no formal diplomatic relations with taiwan showed commitment to the island's defense, and to preserving peace in the western

pacific. that has been incensing beijing which believes taiwan has no right to its own diplomacy. in the past china had stopped short of a full-scale military invasion, but every chinese leader since the current government's founder may say tong, has vowed to take control of taiwan. now, with china's president xi jinping renewing his vows to bring the two together. taiwan's fate hangs in the balance. will ripley, cnn, taipei. now, the u.s. is set to ease some of its covid travel restrictions with canada and mexico, starting early next month fully vaccinated travelers will be allowed to cross u.s. land borders for nonessential visits. by january, vaccinations will be required for all visitors, even for essential travel. now we take you to texas where the governor has banned vaccine mandates. despite that institution obstacle, a group there is managing to win over some

vaccine skeptics. cnn has the story for you. >> reporter: she considered getting vaccinated for months. finally he is taking the plunge. now more worried about the virus than vaccine side effects. the coronavirus is more dangerous, he says, because it can affect everything, even your mental capacity. the 63-year-old retired laborer is diabetic, has high blood pressure and no health insurance. getting the shot in his arm, not easy. >> he would always tell me, i'll be back. i'll come back. i'm not ready. >> reporter: and this is over how long? >> i guess about -- i talked to him about three, four months ago. >> reporter: a familiar problem here at the clinic. vaccinating those needing it most. hhs estimates half the unvaccinated are willing to get it, like 55-year-old horse race trainer juan manuel salinas. i wanted to see the reaction of other people before i got it,

he says. if they were okay, then i'd do it, too. he was tough to convince. and his daughter works at the clinic. >> he had all the resources. we pick you up. we do it for free here at the clinic. he's like, i'll go, i'll go. >> reporter: never did? >> never did. >> reporter: her long effort paying off and hope for more success ahead. the clinic is now getting help from project finish line. >> what we hope to achieve is to get vaccine access to those that may be on the fence. i call them the unvaccinated but willing. >> reporter: project finish line now working with free and charitable clinics like milagro in 16 states. providing money for pop-up vaccinations in rural places like muniz, texas. phone lines for community outreach, even helping organize free rides provided by uber. >> individuals take the bus to and from work every day. they cannot take a day off from work. they really need help with actually that transportation barrier. >> reporter: he says

transportation translation and a trusted source of vaccine information are the biggest barriers. above all, persistence and lots of patience for those on the front line. >> it gets to the point that staff thinks they're sounding like a broken record. they will come around. there are a lot of people willing. they just don't have the tools, the information, the resources. >> reporter: miguel marques, cnn, mccallen, texas. >> still ahead on the show, it seems like one threat after another for people in la palma. now three rivers of lava endangering there. we'll have the latest in a live report next. you are watching "cnn newsroom."

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it is daybreak now in spain, and they may allow officials to assess the lava damage in the canary islands. you can see there thousands of people in la palma are wondering

if and when they'll be able to return home. authorities are now tracking three main lava floes from the volcano, one of which is moving quickly toward the atlantic ocean. if molten lava, of course, reaches the sea, that creates the danger of chemical reactions and toxic gas. lava is also advancing on a neighborhood, forcing hundreds more evacuations. al goodman joins me now from madrid. al, you and i have gone from speaking about lockdown to evacuation. paint us a picture of what you're hearing in la palma. >> reporter: hi, isa. it's the northern flow of the lava that's causing the problems right now. it' it's running the most fluid. that's what prompted the evacuation order for 700 people on tuesday. authorities said to leave their homes, take their pets, take their property deeds, but leave. that leads to 6700 people who have been evacuated since the eruptions began three weeks ago here on the island. and that's on an island of 80,000 people.

it's the northern flow of lava that also caused that fire at the cement factory on monday that prompted a lockdown of 3,000 people for about a day. when that was lifted, the evacuation order came in. the authorities trying to stay a step ahead of the lava on this island that's accustomed to these volcanos, and so far there have been no reported deaths or serious injuries on la palma, which is one of the smaller of spain's canary islands in the atlantic ocean here in madrid. they earmarked $260 million in aid to rebuild la palma, homes, highways, but none of that can get going until the eruption stops and the lava stops flowing. >> and we don't know how long it will last. it's been going three weeks. al goodman joining us. thank you. still to come, taking the world by storm, the biggest ever series launched by netflix.

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to the national league championship series a second straight season. isa, with that, right back to you. >> thank you very much. now, move over, "bridgerton." tiger king and one of my favorites, south korea's squid game is the biggest series launch ever for netflix. the streaming service says more than 110 million subscribers have watched the survival drama since its debut last month. the nine-episode series is number one on netflix bringing top 10 in 94 countries. netflix says the series success says there is a global market for foreign production. so, we have 205 million members globally, which means this 111 million more than half of our subscribers globally have loved and enjoyed the squid game. we have slowly realized that a global content doesn't have to

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