a dirty bomb double bluff? russia's latest accusations have the west worried our cal perry is on the ground in ukraine where their infrastructure is being hammered a teacher and 16-year-old student were gunned down in a st. louis high school. a former student stormed the building with a long gun before being taken down by law

enforcement. in florida, the candidates for governor squared off with questions about a white house run in 2024 front and center plus the pulse of the hispanic voter. the new push to identify dangerous blind spots in popular pickups and suvs our vicky nguyen's report finds that cameras will save lives and another changing of the guard,s a as the as the uk ins third prime minister in three months' time we begin this morning with students and family and faculty at a st. louis high school still reeling after a gunman broke into the school and owned fire two people were killed, jean

kucza and a 16-year-old girl students rushed to escape by any means necessary. some even leaping from the roof. >> when the intruder broke into her room, then the intruder said "get ready to die" >> according to authorities, police ran toward the gunfire, striking the suspect in a gunfight 19-year-old orlando harris, ay c a recent graduate was take nn io custody and later died missile and drone attracts against critical infrastructure in ukraine are said to deliberate by the kremlin. >> reporter: eight months into the war and ukraine continues to make gains on the battlefield

while putin extracts a big price. the power went out for millions all at once, and for many it remains off. while in mickykolaiv, people qud for water. meanwhile, major infrastructure points are held hostage and more threats of a dirty bomb. this time russia saying ukraine will do the unthinkable. these so-called dirty bombs are easier to deploy the delivery system could be in the form of a backpack, not a rocket the united states for years feared groups like isis would use these crude devices. the ukrainian foreign minister calling this absurd and dangerous saying russians often blame others for what they plan themselves officials are watching closely there is growing concern over

europe's largest nuclear power plant here in ukraine but under russian occupation officials telling us the staff inside is being tortured, working under impossible conditions the concern is not just for disaster but that russia could decide to divert power away from ukraine into russia, that the light k lights could go off here and just not come back on. the midterm elections are just 14 days away but in florida, they were focussed on the race for governor. charlie crist asked ron desantis if he would continue to serve a four-year term as governor or would he be focussed on the white house. desantis said his only focus right now is defeating crist were there any other big moments that might sway voters in the sunshine state >> reporter: these candidates were trading insults and

one-liners in front of a very enthusiastic crowd two big tonpics they discussed were the economy ap0nd immigration. >> i'm not the governor who attacked walt disney world i'm not the governor who i a tacked the cruise industry because they just wanted to make sure that their customers weren't sick before they got on the boat, that's you you're the most anti-business governor i've ever seen. >> that's time, congressman. governor >> except for all the businesses that are moving down here. >> we need to secure the border, i agree with all that, but it doesn't mean you use taxpayer dollars to charter two jets, go to texas, lie to peep people tt them on the planes and fly them to the northern part of the country? >> it's okay when the elites want to impose policies on you

but don't want to suffer the same consequences you may have to in your community >> reporter: a new poll shows desantis leading crist, 51% to 44% among hispanic voters in florida. and a recent poll shows desantis with a comfortable lead among all likely florida voters. tonight the focus turns to the pennsylvania senate race and the only debate between john fetterman and republican mehmet oz fetterman, who is recovering from a stroke, will use closed captioning his campaign says his progress is going remarkably well, but there are lingering auditory issue. his campaign is lowering expectations, saying that this format favors dr. oz because of his experience on television >> you have what's happening in georgia and the senate race there. a handful we're watching closely. the stakes are at an

all-time high and democratic strongholds are at risk with the latino community while democrats have a 27-point advantage with voter whose identify as hispanic, the number is down from 40 points in 2018 latinos are expected to account for 14% of all eligible voters next month, that is 34.5 million voters but whether we talk about latino voters, it's not just one group, it's a mixed bag 57% have cuban ancestry and favor republicans, while those with puerto rican descent favor democrats, those with mexican heritage also go blue. what is uniting them, and perhaps all americans, the economy and inflation remain the top issues the justice department has announced charges against 13 suspected chinese spies in three different cases. at a press conference, attorney

general merrick garland accused beijing of trying to undermine rule of law in the united states one of the cases charges them with trying to bring a dissident back to china. and a third charge accuses them of disrupting a probe into huawei an amazon delivery driver was found dead after a suspected animal attack in missouri. police in excelsior springs arrived to the scene after being notified of an unattended vehicle parked in front of a home for several hours they found the victim lying unconscious and were confronted by two, quote, aggressive dogs who were later euthanized. the ray county sheriff's office has not release d a cause of death but say the injuries are

consistent with an animal mauling. supreme court justice thomas is temporarily blocking a state grand jury subpoena for lindsey graham justice thomas has also faced skr scrutiny over cases voflinvolvi the election now to monday night football and for some a pretty shocking development at quarterback bailey zappe replaced matt jones under center for the patriots, leading new england on a pair of first-half touchdown drives, but the night in new england belonged to justin fields. the bears' quarterback wheeled and dealed, rushing for a touchdown and throwing for another. chicago led wire-to-wire in this one and take home the lopsided win, 33-14 that's the most points the bears have scored in a game in the

last two seasons and we've got stunning shots of an early-season snowfall. thick snow covered mountains and trees near the idaho/montana state line they saw icy conditions sunday it's beautiful, but i don't flow know if people are ready for that quite yet. >> all sorts of things going on. michelle grossmann has been busy good morning, michelle >> good morning, guys. we busy today. it's due to a cold front moving through the middle of the nation ahead of front we're looking at heavy rain, the chance for severe storms and warm temperatures we have rain falling this morning, even strong storms. you see lightning, darker colors indicating heavy downpours, and that's going to be the theme as we move through this tuesday

this cold front is moving off to the east keeping thes and upper 60s. cool in the south, temperatures in the 60s in oklahoma city, 50s in new mexico. big temperature divide across the area, across the country we'll have more about that coming up. in just a few hours, britain will usher in their third prime minister in just a hn just a ho t short time. and a new study in whether we are long overdue on adding front cameras to suvs and pickup trucks t cameras to suvs and picp trucks help take you from 9 to none.

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