tied up, 11 seconds to go and the ball is picked off in the end zone. it's waved off for pass interference. the aggies get one more chance. high and wide, roll tide. they'll have a huge matchup next week versus undefeated tennessee. speaking of undefeated, how about that syracuse orange. and how about those usc trojans. >> what? yes, yes, you're right. >> thank you so much. the next hour of "new day" starts right now. good morning. welcome to your new day. i'm boris sanchez. >> and i'm amaral walker. >> russia is scrambling to repair a key strategic bridge

crippled by a mass explosion. what that could mean for putin's next move and strategy. >> with less than a month to go for election day, we'll tell you who is hitting the campaign trail and look at some key races to watch. >> and nearly two weeks after hurricane ian ripped through florida, residents from fort myers beach will finally being allowed to go back to home. >> and what does it mean for companies getting ready for hire for the holidays. happy sunday, everyone. it is october 9th. thank you so much for waking up with us.

hello, boris. >> good morning, amara. good to be with you. your first full weekend as the official new anchor of "new day." >> it's been wonderful. thank you for making me feel so welcomed, boris. we begin with a deadly rocket attack in ukraine. >> and dozens more were killed in zaporizhzhia last night. authorities actually revised the death toll down. earlier they said 17 had been killed. ukraine's air force says the city was hit by six russian cruise missiles and 16 anti-aircraft missiles. >> the attack comes a day after the only bridge and ukrainian officials celebrated the explosion without directly

claiming sfont. let get the latest now from ukraine. wnn international correspondent frederik pleitgen. what's the latest happening in kapzia? > >> -- zaporizhzhia? and as you look, can you see why, it was old soviet buildings, a lot of people, families, live in those buildings. these images are coming from the overnight hours. you could see some of the fires around those buildings. the ukrainians are saying some of those cruise missiles were launched from strategic bombers. you can see some of the ordinances that the russians fired at that city. at the same time, russians still

trying -- [ no audio ] >> a devastating blow to vladimir putin's to ukraine, strategically and symbolically. the bridge on fire and heavily damaged. mos mos moscow's investigating committee agreeing. >> reporter: the explosion caused several fires and two lanes partially collapsed. >> this video appears to show the moment of the blast. all of a sudden there's a

massive explosion, though it's no the clear whether it was the truck that actually blew up. riggs officials say several were killed in the attack. so far no claim of responsibility from kyiv's leadership. crimea, the bridge, everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to ukraine, occupied by russia must be expelled, an adviser to ukraine's president said. while food to fuel supplies arin shurd, this is just hours after the blast. the crimea bridge is a primary supply artery for russian forces fighting in ukraine but it's also a prestige project for russian president vladimir putin. putin personally grove a truck across the bridge when it was opened in 2018.

it came just a day after putin's 70th birthday. this video was tweeted apparently mocking russia's leader. ♪ happy birthday, mr. president ♪ >> ukraine's postal service was quick to issue a staff commemorating the bridge explosion. residents taking selfies in front of the main post office. >> reporter: i'm grve waited foe moment that the bridge burned. i think we're glad it finally happened. >> reporter: the damage to the road section is more extension, creating another bottle neck for russian forces in southern ukraine already struggling with logistics. forces in southern ukraine are suffering losses and have been around the kherson area. one of the big problems they've been having is resupplying their

troops. certainly that's not going to get any easier with this bridge not out of commission but certainly operating at a very diminished capacity. >> thank you very much. >> let's get some perspective from cnn national security analyst, steve hall, we're grateful that you're sharing part of your sunday morning with us. what are the implications. the first is the obvious one which is it's a into the pencely, which they annexed in 2014. we're seeing reports that the initial russian emergency response to try to repair that bridge and. >> the government is officially acknowledging the attack. it really is a successful

psychological and p.r. operation, smart on the part of the ukrainians who have struck something that is not only of military significance but perhaps even more importantly a psychological impact inside of russia which shows that russia continues to really struggle to fight the ukrainians. that's a messages that. >> let's dig in on that, steve. the ukrainians are not taking credit for the explosion yesterday but they are tount singing owe happy birthday," mr. president president. there's also this commemorative stamp that i you and, as you said, to vladimir putin's leadership. >> yeah, the stamp play was

trickly it's really no surprise the ukrainians are not officially taking credit for this. it looks more like a paramilitary operation, sabotage con didn't the intelligence services. perhaps, not to confirm or deny the attack. again, it's a trausk which, you know, we can sit around and sr ug there's a good deal of emotional satisfaction from this. when you poke at the eye of vladimir putin and it gets out to the raugs people, they and why were all of these young men

trying toes tap because of russian sanctions. why are so many russians being killed and so infrastructure that putin associated himself with he built this bridge and drove a truck across it. imand psychologically i have to of the rose burning, i don't know what that's a reference to. i'd rather ask you. what do you think the response is going to to be short it. >> sure, no coincidence at all. you can fwook request go basically we're going to level

them and send them back into the stone age. there is no doubt that russia would continue to try to reply in the way that it did in zaporizhzhia yesterday or earlier today, i suppose, with these missile attacks. they've said at much but the ukrainians have said this is war, we understand there's a price to pay for this. they served notice in a crimea is if to the crimean peninsula annexed in 2014. that's also a significant message that the russians will continue to true to respond to it. because this week cnn reported that dozens of cia you their investigation into the

mysterious ailment. what are your thoughts on that report? >> well, you know, this is a did and i think that the medical community seems to say that this is not like finding cancer or something like that, but the russians have of course had a long history of doing various and sundry sort of irregular moment uk serving not just in russia, our course quite understandably so and we just hope that the u.s. government and the cia and other members of pt intelligence community are taking this i don't we'll see where it you a end pup. >> goo. >> appreciate the time, sir.

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this wook president biden will make a campaign swing t ttrue through western states. >> he's going to try to highlight his party's efforts to tamper rising inflation. let's take you to wilmington, delaware where president biden is spending the weekend. kevin, what do we know about the president's upcoming trip? >> reporter: well, it's an interesting trip because the president isn't going to some of these states with a marquee races that we've been talking about this mid term cycle, your pennsy pennsylvanias, your georgiass bt he is going to states with tighter races. it was an open question whether

president biden would be a help or hindrance to democrats. his poll numbers are ticking up and he certainly has a lot he wants to talk about, but this trip really does show how the white house is calibrating his travel. so on wednesday he will head to colorado. while he's there, he plans to designate a new national monument. it's actually a world war ii training site high up in the rocky mountains. that had been a key priority for michael bennett, the democratic incumbent in colorado. he's facing a reelection battle in november. certainly the president wants to boost his democratic colleague there. from colorado the president will head to southern california. of course los angeles is always ripe fund-raising ground for democrats. and i'm told by sources that the president will hold a fund-raiser on the west side of los angeles for house democrats this week. from there he'll head to oregon, the democratic governor's race in that state is close. president biden certainly wants to help the democratic candidate there.

on all of these stops the white house says that the white house will talk about the infrastructure law, the inflation reduction act and he is expected to ramp up his travel ahead of the mid-term elections in november. boris and amara. >> kevin, thank you so much. in georgia, herschel walker still trying to find a new campaign director after denials that he paid for an abortion for the mother of his child. his opponent has not addressed these allegations directly but yesterday he did have this to say about his rival. >> it's up to georgia voters. it's not up to him, it's not up to me, it's up to them. my opponent has trouble with the truth and we'll see how this playing out but i am focused squarely on the health care needs of my constituents, including reproductive health care. >> and on tuesday florida

senator rick scott will travel to georgia to rally for walker. scott leads the senate republican campaign committee. now, it is the latest sign that republicans continue to view the contest as a critical race that could determine control of the u.s. senate. another tight race also shaping up in utah, incumbent senator mike lee is being challenged not by a democrat but an independent. his rival is looking to appeal to voters on both sides of the aisle. >> and how republican could be at risk of losing a seat in deep, deep red utah. >> we have to be willing to stand up to the broken politics of division and extremism. >> he's no longer a republican and he's never been a democrat but evan mcmullen is asking voters from both parties to join his insurgent campaign to win a senate seat as an independent

from utah. >> our democracy is a the great risk right now. we will decide over in cycle and the next whether we are a democracy or whether we're going to head down the road of authoritarianism. >> he is going against the grain to challenge mike lee and take on the entrenched two-party system in washington. it's become one of the most unique senate races of the fall after democrat here decided to stand down and not field a candidate. ben mcadams is a former democratic congressman and mayor of salt lake county who is supporting mcmullen. >> we've been calling on republicans to put politics aside and do what's right for the country and it's time for the democrats to do the same. >> reporter: he talks about his service as an undercover cia officer. >> my experience in the agency shaped the way i look ot our

country. >> and why he left the republican party in protest of drath, even nousing a presidential campaign for 2016. lee, who was first elected during the tea party wave of 2010 cast himself as a fighter, but his close ties to trump and helping craft a legal strategy to overturn the 2020 election still infuriates voters like andrew mayfield. >> peaceful transfer of power and fee and fair elections are the bed thereto rock, fundamental government and i would expect at a minimum that he act like an adult and he showed good faith in the principals who and a former republican member of congress who is backing lee questioned whether voters know enough about mcmullen.

>> he is an unknown and really want to get himself to washington how. >> it is the math. he needs almost all of the democrats. he need most of the unaffiliated and independents and a chunk of the moderates. >> mcmullen says he understand the challenge but urges voters to see his allegiance is to utah, not look. i will work with anyone to get things done for our state and country but at the same time, it's my job to hold they accountable. >> thanks to jeff zell any for that report. >> iran's official is attacked. we're live with very late

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credit for this in a message last night. this was quite a remarkable and very public show of defiance against the iranian regime, as you laid out there. this is a real show of protest against the hard line regime, that photograph, featuring front and center a military interruption of iran's state board. that would have been around 9 p.m. local time, many sitting down to watch the state board around that time with the graphic of a target super imposed on his face. the message there, "rise up and join us" of course in reference to the protest we've seen taking place across the country. as you laid out, there were these four key photographs at the bottom, quite a message that the photograph of the 22-year-old woman whose death has sparked protests we've

seen, but also the photos of three other women who also come to represent this movement and we see continued violence at the hands of iran's forces and morality police but this was really quite a public message showing really the sentiment there, the dissent that is growing across the country. >> more on the protests, nada, if you will. you mentioned the brutality from the government. we know there were at least two more people who were killed in terms of the at this up, has any of that changed in terms of momentum or size? >> reporter: well, look, despite the violence we are seeing and

this is really heavy handed tactics being used by the security forces, we continue to see those demonstrations taking place up and down the country. over the weekend we p in kurdish cities we saw at least two people being killed according to one human rights group after security forces opened fire on protesters and we are continuing to see the crackdown by the security forces. we've heard from human writes watch, am nexty, and successful -- we're talking about bother that has been hard to independently hard to stand up and verify and we've heard from one person at least 154

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welcome back, everyone. cnn has learned that top biden officials met in person with the taliban saturday. the first meeting since the u.s. killed the leader in kabul late july. >> the talks were held in doha and the u.s. state department official responsible for afghanistan attended. they accused them of a clear violation of the doha agreement. they said the united states would not harbor terrorists if the u.s. withdrew forces from afghanistan. a 17-year-old parked at a fast food restaurant apparently just eating a burger is now in critical condition, fighting for

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bus driver then called 911. >> the bus driver radioed other bus drivers to be on the lookout and another bus driver found the toddler near where the bus was stolen. you see them picking up thele child and keeping him safe. it's thanks to their quick thinking that the child was returned safely to his parents. >> this hour in fort myers beach, florida, evacuees who left their homes after hurricane ian are finally returning there. it means for the first time since the hurricane hit they're seeing for themselves the damage that was done to their homes and businesses. >> it's got to be a very difficult moment for them. as the clean-up efforts continue in florida, they are being helped by a vital workforce in that state and so many others. >> reporter: there's going to be far more work than workers here for two, maybe three maybe four

years. >> all you have to do is walk down these streets. >> reporter: all you have to do is walk down these streets and look at it. a national nonprofit advocating for workers who descend on disaster stricken communities helping fill demand for essential recovery and clean-up jobs. >> they're earning money for their families but the cost to this work is enormous, costs to their health and safety. >> reporter: he says a significant chunk of that workforce are migrants. many, not all, are unducocument. >> we are not a sanctuary state. >> migrants are flocking to florida just months after the governor sent migrants to other states. >> we've worked on innovative ways to be able to protect the

state of florida from the impact of biden's border policies. >> reporter: governor desantis needs these immigrant workers. he is now presiding over a recovery and is also aspiring to higher office and is going to be evaluated on house of representatives -- how he leads this recovery and the one thing he cannot do without is workers. >> reporter: this group of venezuelan men made the trip from states in which their status is pending. when he heard there were opportunities to make money in the clean-up effort, he spent the little he had to make his way down south.

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despite a row best boast september jobs report, there are still mixed signals in the economy. 263,000 jobs were added last month. the hospitality industry seeing the bulk of that. ahead of the holidays, many companies are holding back on seasonal hiring. walmart, the nation's largest retailer says it would only be adding 40,000 workers this holiday. it may sound like a lot. it's actually a 27% decrease

from last year's seasonal hiring. let's discuss further with chief economist at zip recruiter, julia pollack. we're grateful to have you this sunday morning. what was your take from the jobs report and what does that mean for the economy going into the holidays? >> this report contained two things the fed wanted to see, moderating job growth and slowing wage growth. but still a very, very strong number. it's 60% more than the average monthly job gain in 2019 and job gains were still very broadly spread across the economy. american workers are still finding lots of new jobs and good jobs. >> how about going into the holidays with retailers like walmart perhaps not being so bullish on hiring seasonal employees? >> so we did see earlier in the week in that jolts report that companies have reduced their job

openings. what seems to be happening is companies are reducing their head count growth goals and going into this holiday season very cautious because they are hearing from the fed that there will be a recession and that demand could fall. anticipating there might be a slowdown, companies don't want to be caught flat-footed and don't want to overhire. that said, there are many companies boldly moving ahead with holiday hiring plans. they understand this is a very supply constrained labor market and they have drastically changed their hiring situation, their hiring processes to meet this moment. for example, by shrinking their hiring time from three weeks to two weeks to one week, now to a 20-minute cell phone interview that ends with an on-the-spot offer. >> that is incredible. what did you make of the number of americans that stopped looking for work? i think it was like like 57,000. >> yes, and women. a huge decline in the amount of women in the labor force, and

that is very concerning. one reason is that child day care services have 100,000 fewer employees than before covid and public schools have more than 300,000 fewer teachers and support staff. with reduced quality and access to education and child care, it makes sense a lot of that burden is failing on women putting their careers aside to meet the gap. >> some of the concern is if the labor market remains this hot, the fed is going to continue to race interest rates and that could unintentionally harm the economy. do you share that concern? >> well, we're already seeing high interest rates take a toll in parts of the labor market. whenever there's this kind of uncertainty, one of the first things businesses do is cut advertising spend. we saw advertising agencies shed almost 5,000 jobs in this report. we or also seeing a huge slow down in the housing market.

that's showing up in a number of places. building supply stores lost a lot of o jobs. we're seeing that in many industries, mostly mortgage lending. that industry gained 50% more workers during the pandemic because everyone was rushing to refinance their house. that is dried up because there isn't that much of a need in the industry. there are fears that could spill over into other industries as well, construction could slow down. so far it's pretty much held stead different there are risks ahead certainly. if the fed has to hold interest rates higher for longer, that will certainly take a toll. >> julia pollak, got to leave the conversation there. thank you for your expertise. appreciate it. before we go, it's prime pumpkin season. an illinois man is carving out a place in the history books. this isn't your average pumpkin. weighing in at more than 1700

pounds, it's the largest one grown in the entire state of illinois this year. joe atkins, the man behind the giant gourd said it grew at a rate of 40 pounds per day, needed 150 gallons of water every 24 hours for three months. his labor of love paid off and his front yard has turned into quite the fall attraction. thinking of my home state of california, that way you could grow a pup kin like that with the drought there. >> i'm not a huge pumpkin person. i take some thing tropical. what do you think? >> more saab bore, yeah. i'll eat the seeds and carve it. that's about it. thanks for starting your morning with us. inside poll sunday with abby phillip is up next. here is a preview of stanley tucci searching for italy. don't miss it.

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