hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, at least 10 people stabbed to death in canada. many more injured across multiple crime scenes. we will have the very latest on the hunt for these two men. it's beginning to look a lot like mid term season as the

candidates are crisscrossing the states. and extreme weather from coast to coast in the u.s., from flooding in georgia to deadly wildfires in california. we will have details from the cnn world weather center. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. and we begin in canada where a manhunt is underway for two suspects in connection with a deadly mass stabbing. police in sass katchewan say th attacks killed at least ten people in more than a dozen crime scenes in the province. at least 15 people were taken to hospitals for injuries and leaders of the james smith cree nation have declared a state of emergency. police have identified the two suspects as damien sanderson and

myles sanderson. they are considered armed and dangerous. they are in a black nissan rogue with a saskatchewan license plate. >> we are taking all steps possible to track these individuals and any information that comes in from public or other sources, we are following up on that information immediately. >> i think it's safe to say someone knows the whereabouts of these suspects. someone knows information that's helpful to police. this is a time where we're asking the public to reach out and help. canadian prime minister justin trudeau called the attacks horrific and heartbreaking. authorities are urging residents to shelter in place. i spoke with lisa joy. she says the attack has shaken the close knit community. >> reporter: the community is in

absolute shock. they're also living in fear, the shelter in place while they search for the suspects. they're bringing in trauma counselors. they are going door to door in searches and the nearby first nation's community have increased their community at their reserves. one young woman, she said that the two suspects broke into her home, kicked down the door of her younger sister's room and she said she was glad her younger sister wasn't home. she said they stole her brother's black nissan rogue. some members have named family members they have lost. they haven't confirmed names of the victims but families have said one victim was an older man who was the community bus driver for years. another resident said that an 11-year-old boy was stabbed trying to save his mother and, again, that isn't confirmed by

rcmp. there have been several reports that children were among the victims. >> our thanks to lisa joy for speaking with us. we will soon learn who will become brittain's next prime minister. in the coming hours the ruling conservative party is expected to announce the results of its leadership race. the party will be voting in either foreign secretary liz truss or foreign finance minister. this comes after boris johnson announced he would be leaving his post. nic robertson joins us now live from outside 10 downing street. good to see you, nick. brittain's conservative party voting very soon to decide who will be the next prime minister, liz truss or richie sinek. what's being said about the likely outcome and what do they each bring to the table?

>> >> reporter: the expectation is going to be liz truss. the whole campaign process has been hugely divisive. it will be a big job for them to reunite the conservative party. you may get a sense of that in the first couple of days of being in office of who is in the new cabinet, who is out of boris johnson's old cabinet. there are going to be much bigger issues to face, in particular, rising inflation. energy bills which are skyrocketing as in many other parts of the world and a real concern about how they're going to pay those bills. liz truss speaking to the bbc saying she understood their concerns and would be taking very swift measures to address them. >> if i'm elected as prime minister, within one week i will

make sure there is an announcement on how we are going to deal with the issue of energy bills and of long-term supply to put this country on the right footing for winter. >> reporter: she was pressed about how she would do that, and she said she didn't want to give away detail at the moment because it was too soon to say. the expectation is if it is liz truss, she would go in the opposite direction of boris johnson who was planning to raise taxes. she would go the opposite direction and lower taxes and borrow money and head off the increased costs of energy. while the question is will she just do that for the public in their homes or will she do that and help small businesses as sfwhel there are a lot of questions. a lot of questions as internal conservative ones, questions about improving the quality of health care. at the moment the quality of

schools. she's going to get all of these and there's an aggressive russia and she's going to have a rough time with the european union and brexit, northern ireland and northern irish protocols. she's taken quite a tough position from the european union's position. her plate and entry if it is her, it's expected to be her, is going to be very full with pressing issues, but it's going to be the energy issue, the cost of energy that's going to be the primary initial focus it appears. >> big challenges ahead. we'll see what happens. nic robertson joining us live from 10 downing street. we appreciate it. here in the united states we are nine weeks away from the critical mid-term elections when americans will head to the polls to decide who will lead

congress. president biden is heading to wisconsin and then pennsylvania days after delivering a fiery speech where he warned donald trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine u.s. democracy. meantime, the former president made a trip to pennsylvania. he was in the state saturday to promote doug mastriano and dr. mehmet oz. joe johns has more on mr. biden's key visits ahead of the mid terms. >> reporter: the president heading out to labor day celebrationness pittsburgh, pennsylvania as well as milwaukee, wisconsin. he's expected to talk about his infrastructure act and inflation reduction act talked last week. later in the month he's going to fly over to central ohio to

promote a ground breaking. what they have in common is they are battleground states and labor day is traditionally when campaigns start bearing down. joe biden is not on the ballot but all of this travel might indicate what the biden people may be thinking as we were heading into the elections. it was originally thought the president wouldn't be doing much travel including the issues of inflation and the president's approval ratings. still, now that people look at it more closely, there have been some changes to the challenges that eased up just a bit and there is some hope among democrats that this election will not be as bad for them as first thought. still, democrats are well aware of the fact that first term presidents tend to lose seats in

their first mid-term election. joe johns, cnn, the white house. joining me now is ron brownstein, cnn's senior political analyst and a senior editor with "the atlantic." always good to have you with us. >> hi, rosemary. >> president joe biden called president trump's make america great semi-fascism. and then saturday night donald trump called president biden enemy of the state. is this a choice between democracy or trump? >> it will resonate if this mid-term election is choice. whether they see it a choice between democracy and anti-semitism. they've had trouble convincing

enough swing voters to conceptualize that idea, but i do think what clearly has happened that's changed the electoral landscape in the u.s. was earlier this summer is we have gone from what has been for most of our history the traditional framework of a mid term as purely a referendum on the party in power, up or down vote on how you think the representatives in the white house are doing into a choice. voters are focusing on what democrats have or have not done over their 18 months or so in power but what republicans would do if returned to power. part of that is the increased visibility of trump in all of his legal troubles. >> let's talk about that. mid-term elections are usually a measure of the president but joe biden is trying to make this about the former president. is that smart or could it

backfire? >> no, that's clearly smart politics. the party in power always wants to make the mid-term a choice, not a referendum but it's usually hard to do. in fact, over the last generation in the u. s-1 of the most powerful patterns in our politics has been a growing correlation between the way people assess the way they feel about the incoming president and whether they will vote for congressional candidates. if you go back from the '80s, '90s, 2000s, the people who vote against the party's candidates in congress has gone up from somewhere to 75% to as high as 90% in 2018. that number is going back down in 2022 in polling. for the first time in decades, republicans are winning a much smaller share of voters who disapprove from biden than we've

been seeing that. , i think, clearly reflects the success of democrats and the events like the supreme court overturning roe causing voters not only to express their intention solely by how they feel about what biden is doing and what republicans will do if they're returned to power. >> certainly interesting to see what they can do. meantime, donald trump is using the fbi search of his mar-a-lago home saying we will not be silenced. it will not help him legally but what about politically? >> well, look, that has been his argument on every controversy that has faced him. it has been, they are attacking me to silence you. there is a piece of the republican coalition that very much responds to that message. his super power is to juice turnout among the voters who i said many times are the most

uneasy about the way the country is changing demographically, culturally, nonurban, noncollege, evangelical whites. on the other hand, trump resurfacing in this way and broadcasting his grievances so loudly is a reminder, is kind of a wake-up call to the coalition that turned out in such large numbers to beat him in 2020. there are democrats that have calculated that there are over 90 million separate individuals who came out to vote against trump in 2016, 2018, 2020, if they can activate half of that, by and large while they would welcome the increased turnout trump can generate, i think republicans would like a world in which trump was receding

again. >> ron brownstein, many thanks. always like to get your analysis on all things political. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. we turn now to catastrophic flooding here in the u.s. state of georgia. this was the scene northwest of atlanta where flash floods overwhelmed roads, homes, and businesses. this gas station was completely flooded and it's not over yet. more rain is expected through tuesday. georgia governor, brian kemp, has issued a state of emergency. and in northern california a raging wildfire has killed two people. officials say they died as a result of the mill fire in the town of weed on sunday. the size of the fire has almost doubled since friday burning through more than 4,000 acres or about 1600 hectares. at least 50 structures have been destroyed and about 1,00people have been forced to evacuate. suffocating heat wave is

making fires in california and other parts of the western u.s. even worse. right now nearly 50 million people are under heat alert as dangerous temperatures grip the area. and it be could get even hotter. chris nguyen has more on the heat wave and the fires. >> reporter: as california deals with the longest heat wave of the year, state officials are issuing a flex alert once again urging the public to conserve energy between the hours of 4 and 9 p.m. that means turning up the thermostat between 78 degrees or higher. avoiding the use of major appliances and turning off the lights as much as possible. it sounds basic but it's meant to help with the state's power grid. they believe sunday and monday could be the most challenging for the grid. here at santa monica pier,

people came out early to beat the heat. >> i needed to get out here to the beach area before it got smoldering hot. i'm going to enjoy myself, get into this nice, cool water. >> find anything we can do to stay cool. come out here, it's hot. beach or no beach, it's hot. >> oh, my gosh, you walk out of the store with an ice cream cone and it melts in your hand. it was ridiculous. it was 108 going through mohave. >> reporter: with extreme heat, fire dangers are up. cal fire officials say because the conditions are so dry, they're asking the public to be considerate, especially when it comes to doing naig could potentially spark another wildfire. chris nguyen, cnn, santa monica, california. let's bring in meteorologist gene norman. nearly 50 million people under

watch? are you seeing any relief? >> reporter: unfortunately, no. another example of the fingerprint of climate change. a warmer atmosphere and dealing with some flooding due to that warmer atmosphere. want to focus in on salt lake city because for the first four days of this month, they've gone over 100. they've never done that before in the month of september. sunday's record of 102 beats the previous record set just two years ago. yes, these heat advisories and excessive heat warnings will continue for the next couple of days. in fact, wednesday and thursday could be the hottest days, the hottest stretch this longest heat wave. everybody in the triple digits, salt lake city, death valley, vegas, bakersfield, sacramento, california, it will be

dangerously hot. in the east, the opposite problem. a train of moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico allowing for heavy rain to develop. flood watch continues across the central part of the ohio river valley. the showers will move to the north and east. unfortunately looks like a soggy labor day. could use the rain. rosemary, flooding, we'll be watching for that. >> gene norman, many thanks. appreciate it. still to come, ukraine says it's liberated multiple settlements as it works to drive russia out of the kherson region. a live report from kyiv. plus, a shooting in the west bank puts an israeli soldier and six others in the hospital. we'll have the latest fromom jerusalem.

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u kkrainian forces say they are gaining ground in the southern offensive region. they are gaining ground in kherson. this shows ukrainian soldiers raising a flag on a building though cnn has not independently

verified the location. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says two settlements in the south and one in eastern donetsk have been liberated. cnn's melissa bell joins us live from kyiv. melissa, what more can you tell us about this? >> reporter: well that flag being raised tweeted last night by an aide to president zelenskyy. remember until now the authorities, ukrainian authorities, have not given much away in terms of how the counter offensive is going. we hear fairly vague information about weapon depots. i think the fact they tweeted this a week after this counter offensive began important also to boost the morale of ukrainians who are desperate to news marking the turning point that kyiv hopes it will. we've heard more from the president himself, not just that town of vysokopillya that you

see and they're reporting to ukrainian authorities, not just that settlement of some 5,000 people but another in the south as well as part of that counter offensive. perhaps most interestingly, a settlement in eastern donetsk being taken. that's something new. the counter offensive is focused on the south of the country. if they are making progress around the donetsk region, that will be an important development in this attempt to try to gain back some of the lost grouped for the ukrainians, rosemary. >> melissa, storm issues over the zaporizhzhia plant. >> reporter: this was on saturday that shelling led to the shutting down of number 5 with 6 left opening.

the damage to the last external power line. there were four before the war and they were down to one. that was damaged in the shelling. there's only one line that allows electricity get out. that's worrying. when grossi was here, there were two warnings, for the workers and for the question of the power supply, too. the fact that they are down to a single reserve line, clearly an extreme concern. hugely important to ensuring that these things can be fixed and quickly, rosemary. >> melissa bell bringing us up to date. many thanks. several israelis sent to the hospital after a gunman opened fire. at least six israeli soldiers

and one citizen were on board that bus. one soldier was severely injured. several of those shot were released and only three remain in the hospital. cnn's hadas gold has more. >> reporter: this took place on route 90 near the border of jordan in an area that doesn't see these types of attacks very often. the last type of attack that happened like this was more than 10 years ago. these soldiers are driving on a soft sided civilian bus, had no markings as being part of the military when a pickup truck with three men on it overtook them. they threw explosives at the bus and cut the bus off and began shooting at the people in the bus. several people injured. the one civilian injured was the bus driver. it is unusual where it took place. it is unusual the type of attack

that took place. the men then drove off and actually their truck caught on fire, israeli officials believe, because of explosives. two men were apprehended, severely burned, one is still on the loose. the other is a palestinian man from danin and another a palestinian from israel. there have been several attacks in israel proper that have killed at least 19 people. there have been dozens of attacks against israelis and israeli soldiers. it's been an incredibly deadly year for palestinians. 86 palestinians have been killed this year. the israeli military have been launching nearly nightly raids. they say most of the palestinians killed have been militants but there have been some civilians killed as well. there has been a violent year

for the west bank and israel. something the israelis say they're very worried about. >> haddas, we just learned they will release the findings into the death of an al-jazeera journalist. on monday they should do that. >> reporter: we are learning that the israeli defense services will release how the world famous al-jazeera correspondent was killed during that israeli correspondent was killed. several media organizations including cnn have already determined, have already found that they believe it was an israeli soldier that ultimately fired that fatal shot. also, the americans after reviewing both israeli and palestinian reports have also come to that same conclusion. since the incident israeli officials have said they have not yet been able to determine whether it was an israeli or

palestinian gunfire that killed shireen. she was wearing a flak jacket and helmet when she was shot and killed. all eyes will be on the israeli military and what their report will say. >> hadas gold with that update. many thanks. still to come, pope francis vows to rid the catholic church of sexual abuse. excerpts from an exclusive interview with the pontiff ahead in a live report. sosoothes for . when you need it most. moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch.

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in an exclusive interview with our partner channel cnn portugal, the pontiff said, quote, a priest cannot remain a priest if he is an abuser. for more on the interview, cnn's vatican correspondent delia gallagher joins us live from rome. good to see you, delia. pope francis again addressing the church sex abuse scandal. what all did he say? >> reporter: rosemary, the pope covered a number of topics in this interview, including sexual abuse in the catholic church which he called diabolical. let's take a listen to some more of what he had to say about that. >> translator: if he is a priest, he is there to lead men to god, not to destroy men in the name of god. zero tolerance and we cannot stop on that. in every case of abuse that ab appears hurts me. hurts me. we have to face it. >> reporter: rosemary, the pope also said that he didn't think

the catholic church would rule on celibacy for priests had anything to do with it in the past. sexual abuse occurs in all sectors of society where obviously celibacy is not an issue. rosemary? >> delia, the pope also spoke out on russia's war in ukraine and his kfgss with the leaders of those two countries. what did he say about that? >> reporter: so we know, rosemary, since the beginning of the war pope francis has spoken several times on the phone with president zelenskyy, however, there's been no indication he's had similar conversations with president putin. let's take a listen to that part of the interview. >> translator: what is it possible for a pope to say to president putin and president zelenskyy? >> translator: i don't know. i don't know. i had a dialogue with both. they both visited me here before

the war and i always believe that in dialogue we always have to move forward. >> reporter: and the pope also said that a trip to kyiv and moscow is, quote, up in the air. we know that he has been invited on several occasions to visit kyiv, he would like to do that, but he would also like to visit moscow. for the moment, moscow has not extended that invitation to the pope. rosemary? >> delia gallagher. the very latest from rome. many thanks. well, authorities in pakistan drove 100,000 people from their homes in an effort to save other areas from even more flooding. the drastic measures they're taking. that's just ahead. plus, how a scientific break through could save endangered coral reefs from ravages of climate change.

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we turn now to the latest in the flood ravaged pakistan. authorities breached the fresh water lake. it is a move they hope will save it from more flooding. meanwhile, two members of congress are on the ground from pakistan. sheila jackson lee of texas and thomas swaz zee of new york are on the ground. this as the death toll keeps rising with children accounting for 1/3 of the victims. cnn's anna koran has the latest. >> reporter: as rushing flood waters turn stagnant, the nightmare for pakistani citizens now displaced by one of the worst flooding events in the country's history has only just begun. >> villagers have been submerged one after another.

in 30 minutes our village was there no more. >> reporter: with an estimated more than 1/3 of the country under water, make shift shelters are overrun with no home to return to. >> translator: there are too many people and very few rooms. the bathrooms are clogged and there is no water. >> reporter: hunger, lack of sanitation and disease now threaten to extend the monumental suffering for the more than 33 million people affected. >> translator: i can see a very big famine looming very close. very soon. i can see its initial stages. right now there are people who are hungry for a week or even ten days. this is a very alarming situation. >> reporter: doctors also sounding the alarm about a system struggling to cope. >> translator: before the floods we used to see 50 to 60 patients

during my night duty now we're seeing 120, 130 due to unsanitary conditions. >> reporter: while it's almost impossible to imagine, this one district a little less than a month ago compared with now gives a glimpse into just how dire the situation is. for some fortunate enough to see flood waters recede. >> translator: the town has been turned to ruins. before it was a lively place and hundreds of tourists would come and go, but now everything is turned to ruins. >> reporter: aid agencies alongside the pakistan military, are doing its best to reach those cut off by roads with herculean rescue efforts. as the death toll continues to rise, more rains are expected for much of september.

that forecast, an ominous warning that it may be far from over. scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in the fight to save a species under threat in the caribbean. it is the elk horn coral which could also offer protection from hurricanes. cnn's isabel rosales explains in the cnn exclusive report. >> reporter: they're deadly, violent and unleash mass destruction. year after year we pay the price in dollars and lives when hurricane season strikes. but under the waters the storms gain their strength from, there's an unexpected layer of protection. coral reefs. they act as a buffer. spanning about 3 60 miles, florida has the third largest barrier reef and right now it's

at risk from stressors like pollution. >> they're dying around the world. >> reporter: caused by the climate crisis. >> i would say the problems facing coral reefs are human. you can't have the ocean running a fever every summer and not expect there to be impacts. >> reporter: in this chain a sign hope is not lost for florida's reeves. elk horn floral spawning. it is the first in the world to reproduce this threatened coral using this technology. >> when it finally happened, we were just -- the first sense is just sheer relief. >> reporter: kerry o'neill is a senior coral scientist. she's been dubbed the coral whisperer. she lives up to her name. this spawning produced a couple,000 baby elk horn corals. she says her team expects 1,000

to live. >> this is a critical step. >> reporter: named for its resemblance to elk antlers, it lives at the top of the reef crest meaning it plays a big role in protecting florida's coast line from devastating storm surge which climate change is making it. >> now there's so few left there are a few scattered colonies. >> reporter: only a few are left. >> makes me emotional. i've seen the destruction of this species in my career. >> reporter: getting them to reproduce isn't as easy as you think. >> ter rest treeal animals do this, the first thing you do is starting a breeding program. coral reef production is super weird. >> reporter: o'neill tells me in the wild they're not successfully reproducing. they're notoriously difficult to keep alive in aquariums.

they face so much doubt from the scientific community that they can make this moment happen. >> we've faced a lot of criticism. you can't keep those in an aquarium. that's impossible. >> reporter: in the race to restore the reefs, there's more work to be done. >> we're buying time. we're buying time for the reef, for the corals. >> reporter: it's a breeding program where they could breed morey sill yent coral capable of with stabbeding threats like pollution, warming waters and disease. >> 3, 2, 1, dive. >> reporter: nature can then pick up the rest. >> there is hope for coral reefs. don't give up hope. all is not lost. however, we need to make serious changes in our behavior to save this planet. >> i'm isabel rosales reporting. students across the united states are heading back to the

classroom, but in many school districts teachers are not. we will speak with a principal about what's driving educators out of the classroom. back in just a moment. e winner . onone and done. bounty. the quicker picker upper.r.

school is back in session across the united states, but many districts face a critical teacher shortage. rising teacher burnout and retirement have left them scrambling to fill walls. burnout among teachers from kindergarten through the 12th grade is higher than in any u.s. industry right now. it's been made worse by the politicizing of schools, worsening student behavior during covid, stagnant wages and concerns about school safety. nevada's clark county school district resumed classes with 1300 school vacancies, some of them for teachers. we have the principal of the school in clark county. he joins us from las vegas. >> thank you, rosemary. it's good to be on.

>> i want to start by looking eight couple of relevant and shocking numbers. according to a survey by the american federation of teachers, america's second largest teacher's union, 79% of educators were dissatisfied with their jobs back in june and in february a survey by the national education association, that's america's largest labor union, estimated that 55% of teachers were considering leaving. so, lou, why do you think teachers are so unhappy with their jobs, this year particularly? and why are so many of them considering changing to a different career path? >> well, we could all agree that the pandemic has had a terrible impact on many families, many professions throughout the world and of course, educators in particular we've had to pivot and adjust several versions of the teaching style from face to

face to hybrid which is a blended half in school, half at home to fully in school dealing with a lot of the connectivity issues and technology issues that some of our most disenfranchised families have and stressors that went along with that. mental health and social emotional health not only of our teachers but family and students played a tremendous impact on teachers. it's truly made them feel this way and administrators as well. >> so it's really mainly the pandemic rather than, perhaps, gun violence, fear of school shootings and other possible issues? your sense is the pandemic is the overriding reason? >> most definitely the pandemic has certainly surfaced a lot of the issues to the forefront. clearly there are some other prevailing issues that we've had in the u.s. education system, you know, rising increase of

violence in our schools and clearly when you turn on the news, there are unfortunately examples of gun violence, too, that playing the profession. however, you know, all of this was exacerbated definitely because of the pandemic. >> with so many shortages in te teachers in your state and across the united states, what would get many of these teachers back into the classroom and what would it take to keep them in their jobs should they decide to walk away? >> yeah. i don't want to over simplify it. it comes down to money and work conditions. the salaries, we need to start increasing the teachers' base salary. i know we've made some big strides in our state. our superintendent here in clark county took strides to offer incentives and bonuses but, you know, that's just kind of scratching the surface. with inflation at a little over

9%. some of these bonuses essentially become awash but there has to be changes in salaries. and work conditions. we're having to deal with a lot of the students' issues, not just disciplinary issues, a lot of students are coming in with social emotional baggage and teachers are having to pivot and adjust with that with the demands of of course always increasing student achievement and ensure the students are mastering the appropriate grade level content. these demands are greater than ever before on our teachers. it is time to truly start addressing the not only dollar amount but looking to improve the overall system of how we can make this work condition one in which the next generation comes in. >> with these startling teacher shortages in your state and across the country, how will some of these teacher positions be filled? will you have to consider taking on some people who will be

experts in a particular field but perhaps are not trained teachers? >> yeah. we've, you know, not only in our state but in states across the united states we have obviously used licensures, people with practical experience in the field, whether they might be a writer, they might be an accountant and we're looking at making them english teachers, math teachers or a scientist that works at the water district. they might want to become a biology teacher, a scientist. these are just band aids masking these problems. it takes a systemic approach for young people who want to come in and pay them accordingly. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome. it was my pleasure.

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