boyle says candidates shouldn't be avoiding the president given his accomplishments. >> we elected democrats have a damn good record to run on. we shouldn't run away from it. >> reporter: now, while many democrats may be nervous about campaigning with president biden, they're quite eager to be seen with the first lady, jill biden, who's out on the trial. in the coming weeks, it's the former president, barack obama, who will the top headliner for democrats. norah. >> ed o'keefe in philadelphia for us tonight, thank you. overseas, ukrainians are facing another night of rolling blackouts following russia's targeting of its power grid. officials say there have been more than 300 missile and drone attacks on yolk's energy facilities in the past ten days. cbs's holly williams reports tonight from kyiv. >> how are you? >> i'm good. >> reporter: vitali klitschko is the mayor of kyiv. a former world heavyweight champion and a symbol of ukraine's resistance.

>> they tried to destroy our critical infrastructure. they want to make our citizens freezing in the winter, without heating, without electricity, water. >> reporter: he's talking about this, a new wave of russian strikes that ukraine says has targeted 45 energy facilities, destroying 30% of its power stations in just over a week. the government's warned of rolling blackouts as the frigid winter approaches. yet the people of this nation appear as stoic as ever. kyiv's subway has served as a bomb shelter for civilians during russian attacks. but this morning we found it packed with busy commuters getting on with life in the face of a vicious invasion. >> we will win soon. >> it's our dream. it must come true. >> this is a javelin anti-tank missile? >> yeah. >> reporter: mayor klitschko

says vladimir putin's strategy is backfiring. >> our people is angry. it's our future. it's our home. >> they're making you more determined? >> it's true. >> reporter: the u.s. says it has information that troops from iran are on the ground supporting russian drone attacks here in ukraine. as you know, norah, ukraine claims that russia has ordered nearly 2,500 so-called kamikaze drones from iran. >> holly williams, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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infected, and within a matter of days, hewitt was gone. >> jim came down out of the goodness of his heart to help people and ended up losing his life. >> yeah, it's -- it's been very, very difficult. he really wouldn't have preferred to go any other way, though. he was always helping people. >> reporter: so far this year in florida, there have been 65 reported cases and 11 deaths from the infection. officials say overall, 28 cases and 7 deaths are directly connected to the hurricane. there's debris scattered all around us. christine hollings worth is with the florida department of health in collier county, where jim hewitt contracted the bacteria. what's your message to the community about this bacteria? >> if you have an open cut, sore, or wound, first symptoms would be pain, soreness, and redness around the area. seek medical attention immediately. >> reporter: awareness about potential infections is

especially important here because there's still so much cleanup to be done. officials are reinforcing their message, urging people to stay out of the water and closing some beaches. norah. >> an important warning. manny bojorquez, thank you. turning now to the economy and your kitchen table. california produces about 90% of the nation's strawberries, but severe drought and worker shortages are now threatening the fruit. cbs's carter evans reports help has arrived on tonight's eye on america. >> reporter: picking strawberries can be backbreaking and tedious, but not here. >> someone will eat that in a couple days, so pretty exciting. >> and they had no idea it was picked by a robot. >> reporter: one that works in a hydroponic field, a method of farming that can use up to 90% less water. and in the midst of california's mega drought, that could be a game-changer. >> with increasing pressures on water, on labor, and on chemical regulation, innovative growers are now putting these in and

getting better and better at them. >> reporter: eric adams' company is behind a strawberry robotic revolution. >> people think robots, they've been around forever, but they're actually very, very new, especially robots that make decisions and are autonomous. >> reporter: yes, they're programmed to think on their own with cameras that sense texture and color. >> really wants the one in the middle. >> he got it. >> that's a beautiful pick. >> reporter: but as good as they are -- >> no, this is actually a fatal. >> reporter: they're hardly fool proof. >> we expect we'll make mistakes and we expect things will break. >> reporter: but adams says the robots now pick with 95% accuracy. >> we're designing them to be co-robots. these aren't just replacing people's jobs. actually we're teaching people, some of them even farmworkers themselves. >> did you know anything about robots before? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: jean paul rodriguez used t in the fields. >> your back hurts really bad. >> reporter: today he manages the robots picking strawberries. >> the robots doing their job.

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finally tonight, america's national parks are considered some of the most beautiful places on earth. cbs's meg oliver introduced us to a grand duo that just had to see for themselves. >> this is beautiful around here. >> reporter: joy ryan and her grandson, brad ryan, are on the adventure of a lifetime. >> our journey began when i found out that my grandma, in her 80s, had never been to the mountains. >> reporter: so ryan set out to bring his grandma from southeast ohio to visit all 63 national parks. >> it seemed like an impossible dream once, but after everything that i've done with her, whitewater rafting, she was 91 when we did class 3 rapids in alaska. >> how was the whitewater rafting? >> oh, it was fun. i had the best time. it was just like being on a

roller coasters. i love roller coasters. >> reporter: it started with a trip to the great smoky mountains, sleeping on air mattresses. there aren't too many 92-year-olds, i think, sleeping on air mattresses. how does it feel? >> well, i didn't sleep on it. i kept falling off, so i said the heck with it, i'm going to sleep on the ground. >> reporter: after seven years of excursions, they will complete their mission next april at the national park of american samoa. >> what does this journey mean to you? >> well, it meant to go out and broaden my horizons and see all the beautiful things that i only dreamed about. >> reporter: a dream come true. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. and that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in our nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. bs news gilletten new.

steve bannon is scheduled to be sentenced friday for contempt of congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. he could face up to two years in prison, but the department of justice is recommending a lesser sentence of six months and a $200,000 fine. a jury found actor kevin spacey not liable for battery in a $40 million civil lawsuit, and the case was dismissed. it took jurors just over an hour to decide spacey did not molest anthony rap when he was a teen. and joni mitchell will take the stage with brandi carlile for concerts in washington state in june. this will be her first headline

concert in over two decades. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette. cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin with some important health news for families. in recent weeks across the country, there has been an alarming increase of illness among young children, and it's not covid. it's something called rsv. hospitals in at least 33 states are seeing a dramatic rise in cases of children suffering from the respiratory virus. cases have more than doubled in 25 states over the last month, and it's putting a strain on hospitals. some health care facilities are so overwhelmed that they're running out of beds. the state of connecticut is even thinking about bringing in the national guard. we have a lot of news to get to

tonight, and cbs's omar villafranca will start us off. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. tonight hospitals from texas to connecticut are sounding the alarm. their emergency rooms are filling up with rsv patients. there's no vaccine, and doctors are bracing for a rough winter. at connecticut children's medical center, doctors are slammed with a surge in rsv cases. dr. john brancato says every inch of the emergency room is filled. >> we are having patients in hall beds. we're using our orthopedic room. we're using other treatment rooms as much as possible. >> reporter: rsv cases typically peak in december to mid-february, but this month, the hospital has more rsv cases than any other respiratory illness, including covid. >> a lot of the patients that we're seeing now are sicker, so they need immediate assessment. >> reporter: further south, almost half of the icu beds at cook children's hospital in fort worth, texas, are filled with rsv patients.

dr. daniel guzman is treating them. >> it's going to be a rough winter. i mean we're already seeing our numbers spike over the last few weeks with over 550 e.r. visits per day. >> reporter: 4-month-old lindy is in the icu. her parents zoe and jeff green took her to an urgent care clinic, concerned she had more than just a common cold. >> i was like something -- something's not right. this isn't normal. she feels hot and kind of already lethargic and, you know, that's from the fever. >> reporter: rsv symptoms are similar to a cold, but doctors say parents should watch for signs of respiratory distress. if their child's nostrils are flaring are breathing or if their skin is pulling in towards their ribs. >> when your child transitions into where they're bread breathing harder, breathing faster, head bobbing, take some more action. call your pediatrician. >> jeri akers brought her 19-month-old son nash back to the e.r. after his rsv symptoms got worse. >> you any your kid. trust your mom instinct because

we were here on monday, but my instinct this morning was i need to go back. >> omar villafranca is back with us. it is hard to watch those kids who are suffering. so what should parents do? >> reporter: well, doctors are urging them to get the flu shot for themselves and their kids because the flu shot, it won't prevent you from getting the flu, but it could make your symptoms milder, which means you may not have to make a visit to an already busy emergency room. norah. >> everybody on alert. omar villafranca, thanks so much. well, political shock waves across the pond tonight after british prime minister liz truss resigned suddenly. just six weeks into her term, truss is stepping down after her economic policies sent shock waves through the financial markets. cbs's ramy inocencio reports the next leader will be the fifth prime minister in just over six years. >> i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. >> reporter: today liz truss sealed her fate as britain's shortest-serving prime minister in history. just 44 days after the queen appointed her and 2 days before

the monarch died. in parliament and in public the past month, truss' political life imploded. >> i will deliver a bold plan. >> reporter: the biggest tax cut plan in half a century would have ballooned the deficit. that spooked the markets and sent the pound plunging. she sacked her finance minister, then made a massive u-turn on campaign promises. >> 20p tax kuts, gone. two-year energy freeze, gone. tax-free shopping, gone. economic credibility, gone. >> reporter: just yesterday, she vowed to carry on. >> mr. speaker, i am a fighter and not a quitter. >> reporter: but today she did just that, stepped down. this head of lettuce outlasting the premier in a tabloid stunt streamed online. president biden thanked truss. >> look, she was a good partner on russia and ukraine, and the british are going to solve their problems. >> reporter: but britain's problems, including inflation over 10% and at a 40-year high,

are not disappearing. >> this was about people's mortgages, how much it cost to fill the grocery trolley. that's why the british people are pretty angry. >> reporter: and fed up with their political leaders. >> it's just a cycle of rubbish. >> we're basically the laughingstock of the entire world as per usual. >> reporter: and now the race to replace liz truss is on, and the conservative party is aiming to have a successor in place as early as monday. there are even reports that boris johnson may throw his hat back into the ring. meanwhile, as for the opposition labor party, they are just clamoring for a general election. polls show that if that were to be held today, they would win in a landslide. norah. >> wow. quite a day there. ramy inocencio, thank you so much. back here at home, president biden is on the campaign trail in the battleground state of pennsylvania. with 19 days before the critical midterm elections. the president reminded voters of his administration's legislative victories, including the

bipartisan infrastructure deal. cbs's ed o'keefe is in philadelphia. >> my staff said to me, you realize how many times you've been to pittsburgh? >> reporter: the president on the stump and on the hunt today for democratic votes in the key battleground state of pennsylvania. lunching with democratic senate candidate john fetterman, who's neck and neck with republican mehmet oz. fetterman one of the few contenders willing to be seen with the president given his sagging poll numbers. >> i think so. it ain't over till it's over. >> reporter: in the six key senate races across the country that will decide control of the chamber, the economy and inflation are among the top concerns. and nearly 7 in 10 voters in a new cbs news poll think the president isn't doing enough. > the biden administration's failed policies that have created this crisis that we're in. >> reporter: polls are beginning to break in favor of republicans, so the president has spent the week pushing issues that might resonate with voters -- forgiving student loans, protecting abortion rights, and lowering gas prices. but many democratic candidates

in close races don't want to be seen with the president, including senate candidate tim ryan in ohio, who's trailing republican j.d. vance. >> i'm not relying on chuck schumer or the president or anybody to come in here and, like, you know, boost me or give me money. we're doing it on our own. >> reporter: the president has done most of his campaigning behind closed doors at party fund-raisers as he will tonight with fetterman. brendan boyle said candidates shouldn't be avoiding the president given his accomplishments. >> we elected democrats have a damn good record to run on. we haven't run away from it. >> reporter: while many democrats may be nervous about campaigning with president biden, they're quite eager to be seen with the first lady, jill biden, who has been out on the trial. and in the coming weeks in four key battleground states, it's the former president, barack obama, who will be the top headliner for democrats. norah. >> ed o'keefe in philadelphia for us tonight, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm catherine herridge in washington. thanks for staying with us. in china, the communist party's national congress wraps up this weekend and is expected to bestow sweeping new powers on president xi jinping. x has already changed party rules to allow him to remain in office for the rest of his life, and he's shown little sign of backing away from his zero-tolerance covid policy. his threatening stance towards taiwan or his crackdown in hong kong. that city has seen major upheavals in recent years with police attacking pro-democracy demonstrators and hauling hundreds off to jail. elizabeth palmer is there.

>> reporter: not so long ago, hong kong was a british territory, and as such it had a vibrant civil society and media. but one high-profile, recent legal case shows just how much that's changed. this hooded prisoner's crime was publishing three children's books about a village full of sheep. the books were seized by hong kong police's evidence of, believe it or not, sedition. >> some of the material -- which bring the hatred against the government. >> reporter: hong kong used to have some of the liveliest, freest speech in the world, until china took over. and in 2020, imposed a national security law that, in effect, bans all criticism of beijing's policies and its governance. soon after pro-democracy protests erupted in 2019, the hong kong government, under chinese pressure, moved to shut down almost all independent news

outlets, including the respected apple daily newspaper, whose senior staff were sent to jail. and when hong kong's huge book fair returned in 2021 as the pandemic ebbed, it looked like business as usual. but a year later, any political book with edge was gone. keith richburg is the head of journalism at hong kong university. >> they don't want journalism to be a check on government. they don't want anyone to be a check on government. >> how severe are the penalties for those who have crossed the red line? >> penalties can range up to life in prison. life in prison, no possibility of parole. you can't really defend yourself against these things. >> reporter: the publishers did try to defend themselves. their lawyers argued the books would help kids understand systemic injustice. but authorities recognized the sheep as not so thinly disguised pro-democracy hong kongers, and

the predatory wolves -- you guessed it -- the chinese. a definite red line. the sentence for each of the publishers, just over a year and a half in jail. as we worked on this story, i was struck by how many people would talk to us but not on camera. that includes lawyers, activists, and publishers. there's a chill in the air, and anyone who's critical is keeping a very low profile. >> that was elizabeth palmer when up to the minute returns, we'll take you out on the we'll take you out on the campaign men put their skin through a lot. day-in, day-out that's why dove men body wash has skin-strengthening nutrients and moisturizers that help rebuild your skin. dove men+care. smoother, healthier skin with every shower. one prilosec otc each morning blocks heartburn all day and all night. prilosec otc reduces excess acid for 24 hours, blocking heartburn before it starts.

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olay. face anything. the midterm elections are now just 18 days away and a few key races could determine control of congress. one of those races is in nevada where the latest cbs news battleground tracker shows democratic senator catherine cortez masto locked in a close re-election race with republican adam laxalt. both candidates are reaching out to the state's growning number of latino voters. >> reporter: stakes in the nevada midterm races are high, and odds are latinos will decide. making up 20% of the state's electorate, governor, house, and senate candidates are reaching out to secure votes among the fastest-growing minority. few groups are more powerful and

effective in eliciting those votes than the state's culinary union. knocking on more than a million doors ahead of this election. >> why are you doing this? >> i'm doing this because i think one of the issues i'm most concerned about is the housing right now. i wish it wasn't so expensive. >> they're trying to take away the freedom. >> reporter: this year the union endorsed incumbent democratic senator catherine cortez masto, who made history as the first latina ever in the senate. but the cbs news battleground tracker shows her statistically tied with her opponent, former nevada attorney general adam la laxalt. so even after hours, cortez masto is making the rounds. >> my focus is on nevadans. that's always been my priority. whether it's a small business owner like you have here or it's families that want every opportunity to succeed for themselves and their kids, that's what it's about for me. that's the work i get to do in the senate every day. >> reporter: for a state hit hard by covid closures, with inflation and gas prices among

the highest in the country, voting in this election is about nothing more than making ends meet. >> i can only tell you, yeah, what i hear from nevadans and latinos. it really is the same story for all of us, which is that american dream. you know, it is the opportunity to succeed. >> reporter: but her opponent has a fierce finger pointed at democrats as to why that dream is out of reach. >> tell them to look outside and everything they're experiencing is a direct result of joe biden and senator catherine cortez masto. all the pain they're feeling today at the pump, at the grocery store, in their family budgets, is a direct result of policy. they're killing the american dream. >> there's work that i've been able to do with -- in conjunction with them to start figuring out how we lower those costs. i think the inflation reduction act was a great first start, but i do think absolutely there's more we can do together. >> reporter: that focus on cost of living is something that

we're seeing not just here in nevada but across the country. but i'll tell you something about voters here. they know the high stakes of this senate race. according to our cbs news battleground tracker, 8 in 10 voters here see their vote as gaining their party control of the senate in washington. >> that was lilia luciano reporting in las vegas. another state in place this election season is arizona. ed o'keefe took the temperature of voters there over three meals and three different parts of the grand canyon state. ♪ >> reporter: to size up the growing gulf in the grand canyon state, we started our day at harlow's cafe, a tempe, arizona, institution. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> i'm ed. nice to meet you. >> reporter: owns by the es effs since 1980. regulars fuel up on breakfast

favorites -- coffee. >> this is like my third cup. so good. >> reporter: and oh kccasionall something even stronger. >> what's your favorite item on the menu? >> bloody mary. >> reporter: that's friends jeff and brians politics also bleed red. >> i think joe biden is the worst president ever, man. >> why? >> first of all, look at gas. we got fentanyl. he doesn't care about americans. >> to run again, all you have to do is say are you better off now than you were four years ago when i was in office, and the answer would be a resounding no. >> hello, phoenix. >> reporter: former president trump endorsed republican blake masters to unseat arizona senator mark kelly, a democrat. >> mark kelly does nothing for the state. >> what do you know about blake masters? >> i don't know anything about him. he's just not mark kelly. >> okay. >> he's endorsed by trump. i'm good with that. >> yeah. >> trump can do my vetting for me. >> trump can do your vetting for

you? >> yeah. if trump likes him, i'm good to like him. >> reporter: the state's new near total ban on abortion -- >> it's scary. >> reporter: -- has the 22-year-old finally ready to register to vote here. >> i thought that my government has failed me. i thought that this system no longer works for its people. >> reporter:shire lien samuels, on her way to the grand canyon, shares karen's concerns. >> abortion, that's a big issue for me because i thought we were past that. that's unbelievable that we're here now. >> what do you think of the president? >> i don't think you want my opinion. i voted for him, but -- >> but? >> um, there's a lot of work to be done. >> reporter: from there, we headed east on highway 60, leaving behind all the sprawl. maricopa county, which includes phoenix, added more new residents last year than any other county in the country. it's gotten so big here they had

to redraw the congressional lines in way a that made about three or four of the districts far more competitive than they would have been in the past. one of those districts is here in copper mining country, where we found more signs of the election. and in superior, los her mannos run by these dos her mannos, anthony and richard. >> you are two of the original six brothers, you said? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: owner richard tamarone's team still makes the tortillas by hand but not like they used to. >> we used to go through about 400 pounds of flour a day, five and six days a week. now we go 100 pounds four days a week. >> reporter: still, talk of politics sizzles. like their signature chimichangas. >> if one of those candidates walked in here right now to have lunch, what would you say to him? >> get rid of all the bull [ bleep ]. the trump bull [ bleep ]. >> what do you mean by that.

>> >> you know what i mean. you see it on tv all the time. it's all of them, you know. i can't trust a democrat, and i'm a democrat, you know, because you put them in washington. they do the same thing. >> reporter: russell kitchener, a registered independent, here with his wife lorraine, saw that in president biden's decision to forgive some student loans. >> i got student loans. my wife got student loans. millions of people got student loans and we paid them back. that's strictly a case of catering to a population that already leans toward his party. so, you know, i see through that, and i hope he pays for it politically. i hope he does. >> action. >> reporter: for dinner, we drove south towards the border and el charo cafe in tucson, celebrating its 100th birthday. they say that makes it the country's oldest family-owned mexican restaurant. 90-year-old barbara madison has been around almost as long. >> i'm a democrat, so i'm voting

for the democrats although we've had some pretty good republicans in this state. john mccain, barry goldwater. >> reporter: just a table away -- you have a preferred candidate? >> i do but i won't tell you who it is. >> okay. >> reporter: danielle taylor didn't hold back on her top issues. >>urrs firstanremost. nothin mnt to me i' amall binowner,nd so keeping in mind that the inflation is a real problem. >> reporter: for the mom, making this election personal. >> how personal do you want me to be? >> it's up to you. >> i would like to see this country turn around for the better, and voting is the only way to make that happen. >> reporter: it was a lot to digest, if you will, but one thing we kept hearing over and over again from people we met with is they basically just want their elected leaders to hear them, to understand there's a

lot of pain and concern and confusion out there, and they want people all the way here in washington or there in phoenix to do something about it. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. jim mansfield: my job was more important to me than my family, and i started drinking a lot, staying out of town. it took a toll on me. dr. charles stanley: you may be as low as the prodigal, but you are not hopelessly, helplessly lost if you will listen to what i'm about to say. jim: sitting on that couch, watching that sermon,

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the race that's been designed for you. marathon swimming across the open ocean is one of the most difficult sports you can try, but one young lady in california is braving the cold water and strong currents, making waves for a good cause. carter evans has her story. >> reporter: as a child, maya used to despise swimming. >> i hated it, my least favorite thing to do. >> reporter: but now at the wise old age of 15 -- >> that is cold. >> it's not horrible. >> reporter: she'll happily dive into the frigid waters off san ciscoy, sinroes o t pas six yese raised $50,000. >> reporter: the money goes to cancer research. maya started fund-raising when she was 9, competing in open-water events with swim

across america. by the time she was 13, she was crossing lake tahoe at night, no less, to avoid the harsh sun. last summer while swimming the 20 miles of open ocean between catalina island in california, maya realized she wasn't alone in the water. >> i looked to the side and just saw this giant eye, and that was the only thing that i saw. and i got so terrified, and the entire swim i thought it was a shark. >> wait. you thought there was a spark swimming along with you, and you kept going? >> yeah. >> reporter: when maya gets scared or tired, she just thinks of the names on her swim cap, people battling cancer who face a much bigger challenge. >> just having that is such a good thing to keep me going, is that these people, i'm swimming for them. i'm doing it for them, and that's why i do these swims. >> reporter: carter evans, cbs news, san francisco. and that's the overnight news for this friday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge.

this is cbs news flash. i'm wendy gillette in new york. steve bannon is scheduled to be sentenced friday for contempt of congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. he could face up to two years in prison, but the department of justice is recommending a lesser sentence of six months and a $200,000 fine. a jury found actor kevin spacey not liable for battery in a $40 million civil lawsuit, and the case was dismissed. it took jurors just over an hour to decide spacey did not molest anthony rapp when he was a teen. and joni mitchell will take the stage with brandi carlile for concerts in washington state in june. this will be her first headline concert in over two decades.

for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. the scary respiratory illness on the rise in children here in the u.s. has hospitals in more than 30 states see cases of rsv skyrocket. tonight, the parents bringing their young children to the emergency room. >> something's not right. this isn't normal. >> we'll show you the one state considering bringing in the national guard. >> we're having patients in hall beds. president biden hits the campaign trail to tout his infrastructure law after brushing off questions about candidates not wanting to be seen with him. >> there haven't been that many candidates campaigning with you. >> that's not true. there's been 15. count. >> cbs's ed o'keefe is in philadelphia. british prime minister liz truss quits in just six weeks

after her policies led to economic turmoil. cbs's ramy inocencio with the familiar face that could replace her. and a record drought and turning a drent source of >> picking strawberries is backbreaking work, but not for these robots. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin with some important health news for families. in recent weeks across the country, there has been an alarming increase of illness among young children, and it's not covid. it's something called rsv. hospitals in at least 33 states are seeing a dramatic rise in cases of children suffering from the respiratory virus. cases have more than doubled in 25 states over the last month, and it's putting a strain on hospitals. some health care facilities are

so overwhelmed that they're running out of beds. the state of connecticut is even thinking about bringing in the national guard. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs's omar villafranca will start us off. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. tonight hospitals from texas to connecticut are sounding the alarm. their emergency rooms are filling up with rsv patients. uge brg erres medicaer, doctors amd wiurses. dr. john brancato says every inch of the emergency room is filled. >> we are having patients in hall beds. we're using our orthopedic room. we're using other treatment rooms as much as possible. >> reporter: rsv cases typically peak in december to mid-february. but this month, the hospital has more rsv cases than any other respiratory illness, including covid. >> a lot of the patients that we're seeing now are sicker, so they need immediate assessment. >> reporter: further south,

almost half of the icu beds at cook children's hospital in fort worth, texas, are filled with rsv patients. dr. daniel guzman is treating them. >> it's going to be a rough winter. i mean we're already seeing our numbers spike over the last few weeks with over 550 e.r. visits per day. >> reporter: 4-month-old lindy is in the icu. her parents zoe and jeff green took her to an urgent care clinic, concerned that she had more than just a common cold. >> i was like something -- something's not right. this isn't normal. she feels hot and kind of already lethargic, and, you know, that's from the fever. >> reporter: rsv symptoms are similar to a cold, but doctors say parents should watch for signs of respiratory distress. if their child's nostrils are flaring while breathing or if their skin is pulling in towards their ribs. >> when your child transitions into where they're breathing harder or breathing faster, head bobbing, take some action. call your pediatrician. >> jeri akers brought her 19-month-old son nash back to the e.r. after his rsv symptoms

got worse. >> you know your kid. trust your mom instinct because we were here on monday, but my instinct this morning was like, i need to go back. >> omar villafranca is back with us. it is hard to watch those kids who are suffering. so what should parents do? >> reporter: doctors are urging them to get the flu shot for themselves and their kids because the flu shot -- it won't prevent you from getting the flu, but it could make your symptoms milder, which means you may not have to make a visit to an already busy emergency room. >> everybody on alert. omar villafranca, thanks so much. political shock waves across the pond tonight after british prime minister liz truss resigned suddenly. just six weeks into her term, truss is stepping down after her economic policies sent shock waves through the financial markets. cbs's ramy inocencio reports the next leader will be the fifth prime minister in just over six years. >> i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. >> reporter: today liz truss sealed her fate as britain's

shortest-serving prime minister in history, just 44 days after the queen appointed her and 2 days before the monarch died. in parliament and in public the past month, truss' political life imploded. >> i will deliver a bold plan. >> reporter: the biggest tax cut plan in half a century would have ballooned the deficit. that spooked the markets and sent the pound plunging. she sacked her finance minister, then made a massive u-turn on campaign promises. >> 20p tax cut, gone. two-year energy freeze, gone. tax-free shopping, gone. economic credibility, gone. >> reporter: just yesterday, she vowed to carry on. >> mr. speaker, i am a fighter and not a quitter. >> reporter: but today she did just that, stepped down. this head of lettuce outlasting the premier in a tabloid stunt streamed online. president biden thanked truss. >> look, she was a good partner on russia and ukraine, and the british are going to solve their

problems. >> reporter: but britain's problems, including inflation over 10% and at a 40-year high, are not disappearing. >> this was about people's mortgages, how much it cost to fill the grocery trolley. that's why the british people are pretty angry. >> reporter: and fed up with their political leaders. >> it's just a cycle of rubbish. >> we're basically the laughingstock of the entire world as per usual. >> reporter: now the race to replace liz truss is on, and the conservative party is aiming to have a successor in place as early as monday. there are even reports that boris johnson may throw his hat back into the ring. meanwhile, as for the opposition labor party, they are just clamoring for a general election. polls show that if that were to be held today, they would win in a landslide. norah. >> wow, quite a day there. ramy inocencio, thank you so much. well, there is shock and sadness tonight at princeton university after a worker at the school made a tragic discovery.

the body of missing st misrach ewunetie was found behind the campus tennis courts. officials say there were no obvious signs of injury or foul play. the 20-year-old from ethiopia was reported missing nearly a week ago after she didn't show up for an appointment for her u.s. citizenship application. there are new details tonight in the deadly shooting of a u.s. customs agent at a gun range in south florida. law enforcement sources tell cbs miami news partner "the miami herald" jorge arias was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow agent while they were role-playing during a training class wednesday. sources tell the paper the agent who shot arias in the chest had mistakenly replaced his training pistol with his loaded handgun. well, tonight the epa is investigating whether officials in mississippi discriminated against black people by refusing to improve the water system in the state capital. more than 150,000 people in jackson were under a boil water alert for nearly two months this

summer after a harmful bacteria was found in the tap water. then in august, floods knocked out one of the city's water treatment plants. there's a lot more n s

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." back here at home, president biden is on the campaign trail in the battleground state of pennsylvania. with 19 days before the critical midterm elections. the president reminded voters of his administration's legislative victories, including the bipartisan infrastructure deal. cbs's ed o'keefe is in philadelphia. >> my staff said to me, you realize how many times you've been to pittsburgh? >> reporter: the president on the stump and on the hunt today for democratic votes in the key battleground state of pennsylvania. lunching with democratic senate candidate john fetterman, who's neck and neck with republican mehmet oz. fetterman one of the few contenders willing to be seen with the president given his

sagging poll numbers. >> i think so. it ain't over till it's over. >> reporter: in the six key senate races across the country that will decide control of the chamber, the economy and inflation are among the top concerns. and nearly 7 in 10 voters in a new cbs news poll think the president isn't doing enough. >> the biden administration's failed policies have created this crisis that we're in. >> reporter: polls are beginning to break in favor of republicans, so the president has spent the week pushing issues that might resonate with voters -- forgiving student loans, protecting abortion rights, and lowering gas prices. but many democratic candidates in close races don't want to be seen with the president, including senate candidate tim ryan in ohio, who is trailing republican j.d. vance. >> i'm not relying on chuck schumer or the president or anybody to come in here and, like, you know, boost me or give me money. we're doing it on our own. >> reporter: the president has done most of his campaigning behind closed doors at party fund-raisers as he will tonight with fetterman. democratic congressman brendan

boyle said candidates shouldn't be avoiding the president given his accomplishments. >> we elected democrats have a damn good record to run on. we shouldn't run away from it. >> reporter: now, while many democrats may be nervous about campaigning with president biden, they're quite eager to be seen with the first lady, jill biden, who's been out on the trail. and in the coming weeks in four key battleground states, it's the former president, barack obama, who will be the top headliner for democrats. norah. >> ed o'keefe in philadelphia for us tonight, thank you. overseas, ukrainians are facing another night of rolling blackouts following russia's targeting of its power grid. officials say there have been more than 300 missile and drone attacks on ukraine's energy facilities in the past ten days. cbs's holly williams reports tonight from kyiv. >> how are you? >> i'm good. >> reporter: vitali klitschko is the mayor of kyiv, a former world heavyweight champion and a symbol of ukraine's resistance.

>> they tried to destroy our critical infrastructure. they want to make our citizens freezing in the winter, without heating, without electricity, water. >> reporter: he's talking about this, a new wave of russian strikes that ukraine says has targeted 45 energy facilities, destroying 30% of its power stations in just over a week. the government's warned of rolling blackouts as the frigid winter approaches. yet the people of this nation appear as stoic as ever. kyiv's subway has served as a bomb shelter for civilians during russian attacks. but this morning we found it packed with busy commuters getting on with life in the face of a vicious invasion. >> we will win soon. >> it's our dream. it must come true. >> this is a javelin anti-tank missile? >> yeah. >> reporter: mayor klitschko says vladimir putin's strategy

is backfiring. >> our people is angry. it's our future. it's our home. >> they're making you more determined? >> it's true. >> reporter: the u.s. says it has information that troops from iran are on the ground supporting russian drone attacks here in ukraine. as you know, norah, ukraine claims that russia has ordered nearly 2,500 so-called kamikaze drones from iran. >> holly williams, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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storm victims in southwest florida are facing a new health hazard in the aftermath of hurricane ian. there are warnings of a potentially deadly bacteria in the water. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports tonight from the storm zone. >> reporter: more than three weeks after hurricane ian devastated parts of southwest florida, its dangers persist. this time in the form of a bacteria called vibrio vulnificus, which lives in brackish waters and can enter the skin through open wounds, causing the skin to break down, which is why some call it a flesh-eating bacteria. it can be treated with antibiotics but spreads quickly and causes death in 1 of every 5 people infected. leah delano's fiancé, jim hewitt, traveled from michigan to naples, florida, to help a friend after the storm. but a wound to his leg after falling into water became

infected, and within a matter of days, hewitt was gone. >> jim came down out of the goodness of his heart to help people and ended up losing his life. >> yeah, it's -- it's been very, very difficult. he really wouldn't have preferred to go any other way, though. he was always helping people. >> reporter: so far this year in florida, there have been 65 reported cases and 11 deaths from the infection. officials say overall, 28 cases and 7 deaths are directly connected to the hurricane. there's debris scattered all around us. kristine hollingsworth is with the florida department of health in collier county, where jim hewitt contracted the bacteria. >> what's your message to the community about this bacteria? >> if you have an open cut, sore, or wound, first symptoms would be pain, soreness, and redness around the area. seek medical attention immediately. >> reporter: awareness about potential infections is especially important here

because there's still so much cleanup to be done. officials are reinforcing their message, urging people to stay out of the water and closing some beaches. norah. >> an important warning. manny bojorquez, thank you. turning now to the economy and your kitchen table. california produces about 90% of the nation's strawberries, but severe drought and worker shortages are now threatening the fruit. cbs's carter evans reports help has arrived in tonight's "eye on america." >> reporter: picking strawberries c be babreakiand tu >> someone will eat that in a couple days, so pretty exciting. >> and they had no idea it was picked by a robot. >> reporter: one that works in less water. and in the midst of california's mega drought, that could be a game-changer. >> with increasing pressures on water, on labor, and on chemical regulation, innovative growers are now putting these in and getting better and better at

them. >> reporter: eric adams' company is behind a strawberry robotic revolution. >> people think robots, they've been around forever, but they're actually very, very new, especially robots that make decisions and are autonomous. >> reporter: yes, they're programmed to think on their own with cameras that sense texture and color. >> it really wants the one in the middle. >> it got it. >> that's a beautiful pick. >> reporter: but as good as they are -- >> no, this is actually a fatal. >> reporter: they're hardly foolproof. >> we expect we'll make mistakes, and we expect things will break. >> reporter: but adamson says the robots now pick with 95% accuracy. >> we're designing them to be co-robots. these aren't just replacing people's jobs. actually we're teaching people, some of them even farmworkers themselves. >> did you know anything about robots before? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: jean paul rodriguez used to work in the fields. >> your back hurts really bad. >> reporter: today he manages the robots pic >> theot

i'm like, cool. >> that way we can create jobs with higher wages and with higher skill development. >> reporter: all as the robots themselves are getting more highly skilled and not just in picking strawberries. >> we hope to have hundreds and hundreds of robots around the world's leading farms, picking table grapes, peppers, cucumbers, blackberries, raspberries. >> reporter: robots taught to think. incredible if not a bit unsettling. >> you'll watch it picking and you're like, "no, no, no, no. why are you doing that? and then nope, okay. you knew better than me, so well done." >> reporter: for "eye on america," i'm carter evans in santa maria, california. there's a new warning for parents to check their children's halloween candy after a disturbing discovery at a major u.s. airport. major u.s. airport. that story when we return. want to wake up to smoother, brighter skin day 1? olay retinol 24 recharges my skin while i sleep. no wonder it was awarded best night cream! night mode...activated. olay. face anything.

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the seizure of the deadly drugs prompted officials to warn parents to check their children's halloween candy after trick-or-treating this year. and we will be right back

finally tonight, america's national parks are considered some of the most beautiful places on earth. cbs's meg oliver introduces us to a grand duo that just had to see for themselves. >> this is beautiful around here. >> reporter: joy ryan and her grandson, brad ryan, are on the adventure of a lifetime. >> our journey began when i found out that my grandma, in her 80s, had never been to the mountains. >> reporter: so ryan set out to bring his grandma from southeast ohio to visit all 63 national parks. >> it seemed like an impossible dream once, but after everything that i've done with her, whitewater rafting, she was 91 when we did class 3 rapids in >>as thehitewater rafting? >> oh, it was fun. i had the best time. it was just like being on a roller coasters.oller coasters.

>> reporter: it started with a trip to the great smoky mountains, sleeping on air mattresses. >> there aren't too many 92-year-olds, i think, sleeping on air mattresses. how does it feel? >> well, i didn't sleep on it. i kept falling off. so i said the heck with it. i'm going to sleep on the ground. >> reporter: after seven years of excursions, they will complete their mission next april at the national park of american samoa. >> what does this journey mean to you? >> well, it meant to go out and broaden my horizons and see all the beautiful things that i only dreamed about. >> reporter: a dream come true. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. and that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in our nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm wendy gillette in new york. steve bannon is scheduled to be sentenced friday for contempt of congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. he could face up to two years in prison, but the department of justice is recommending a lesser sentence of six months and a $200,000 fine. a jury found found actor ke spacey not liable for battery in a $40 million civil lawsuit, and the case was dismissed. it took jurors just over an hour to decide spacey did not molest anthony rapp when he was a teen. and joni mitchell will take the stage with brandi carlile for concerts in washington state in june. this will be her first headline concert in over two decades. for more news, download the

cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette. cbs news, new york. it's friday, october 21st, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." alarming surge. rsv cases spike around the country among young people as some hospitals become overwhelmed by patients. what symptoms parents should look out for. drone outrage. u.s. officials say they have credible evidence of russia's use of iranian-made drones in the latest strikes in ukraine. how countries are responding. truss resigned. liz truss steps down as the uk's prime minister after just 44 days on the job. when a replacement will be announced. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin this morning with an