in paris, arkansas, some people still do not have power, following strong storm under ant warning. it was miserably hot. all ud down all night because it was too hot. i sweat so bad. the heat also building in the northeast, new york, philadelphia, and boston are expected to see a heat index around 100 degrees today. this is serious heat and we re really concerned about those, particularly with pre-existing respiratory conditions. heat is the number one cause of weather related deaths in the u.s. one heat expert says if you have air conditioning, stay inside. but if you don t if they don t, to have windows open with a fan. to cool off their extremities, their feet, their hands in cool ice baths. put cold towels on the back of their necks. and to check on their friends, family, and neighbors. and there is no relief in sight. around 275 million americans expecting to see a high above 90 degrees. and more than 60 million people are expected to see a high at o
Hopefully they get a day game for you. I might buy a Jason Kelce Jersey to make the guy feel better. Right . Thank you, andy. Thank you for joining us. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. So glad you are with us. Theres a lot of news to get to this morning. Lets start with five things to know for this tuesday, september 26th. President biden hits the autoworkers picket line today an historic first for a sitting president. Also trump will be there tomorrow as he skips a Republican Debate to also speak with Union Autoworkers in the motor city. Breaking overnight the debate stage is now set for the second gop primary debate the one trump will not attend. Desantis, scott, haley, rama ramaswamy, burgum. Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson painting a chaotic picture of the last days of the trump presidency. This all in her new book where she says trump told his Chief Of Staff, quote, i dont want people to know we lost. This
excruciating for chinese and health workers working outside in head to toe protective gear. scorching temperatures sweep over china. turning mass covid testing into a dangerous task. state media shows covid workers collapsing on the job, due to what the videos say are heat stroke. in eastern china, a covid worker vomits on the ground as colleagues rush to tear off her hazmat suit. unable to stand, she s carried away. it s a scene playing out across china. fainting, falling, crumpling on the ground. lying motionless. struggling to breathe. the covid workers long hours in the suffocating heat made worse by their head to toe full body protective gear. that is not water, according to state media. it s sweat. gushing out of this worker s hazmat suit. the sweat pools inside the
killed 1,400 people. now one of the nation s top doctors, head of the cdc says the epidemic is worse than we first thought. abc s dr. richard besser is in africa on the front lines. reporter: the head of the cdc traveling in liberia announced the world is losing the fight against ebola. standing in the pouring rain outside one clinic, you can see why, as we witnessed something terrifying. these men in head to toe protective gear, heaving the body of one victim, still highly contagious, in a flatbed truck, piled high with others. afterwards, spraying him down with bleach. patients through the window watching it all. this is incredible, seeing a truck cart away ten bodies who died from ebola. i can t imagine what someone is thinking who arrived there for treatment. it s the gates of hell going into that treatment warding knowing you re more than likely coming out in a body bag. losing health care workers, just devastating.
there s no question that we have our work cut out for us. but this say public health crisis and we re responding. reporter: on capitol hill, drug makers testified over regulation is partly to blame for drug shortages, not greed. manufacturers do not and would never deliberately reduce the supply of essential medicines. reporter: for this family and those like this, political finger pointing will do little good the next time their loved one needs an ambulance. she s an integral part of our family. we wouldn t be the same without her. reporter: president obama supports bipartisan legislation requiring drug companies to report drug shortages to the fda. but so far, congress has failed to act. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. a top world diplomat asked syria s president to stop the carnage in his country. the secretary-general is in damascus meeting president assad. more than 06 people were killed today in fighting across syria. israel launched air strikes against su