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watching in the united states, canada and around the world. im kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," former president trump now facing a subpoena from the january 6 committee. well break it down. and plus were live in london with a look at the top contenders for the next prime minister and whether boris johnson could attempt a comeback. and ukraine warns russia is setting its sights on a critical dam. well have a live report from kyiv ahead . the select committee has made good ...

good morning, everyone. it is saturday, october 22. im amara walker. >> im boris sanchez. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we are grateful you are starting your weekend with us. there is a growing health concern this morning for parents of young children as cases of a common respiratory virus known as rsv are surging across the country. listen to this. 74% of u.s. pediatric hospital beds are currently in use with capacity filling up faster than at any other point in the last two years...

Energy infrastructure was the main target once again. the strikes come as ukraine sounds the alarm over an alleged russian plot to blow up a major river dam. if its destroyed, that would cause not only major flooding downstream, but possible safety risks at ukraines zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. >> lets go to cnn editor knick robertson who is live in kyiv. how is ukraine responding to the latest attacks? >> reporter: ukraine has responded to these attacks by focusing its air defenses on the major,...

Dams or if the dams give way in any way, they will have to do something they call an emergency release of water which will automatically bring flooding downstream, but it would be far less catastrophic than if the dams gave way. for the people of houston, this storm is only just getting started. back to you in new york. >> so well said. now to corpus christi, not far from where stephanie was at, where "new york times" reporter manny fernandez is on the ground for us. what are you seeing and he...

More expansive flooding downstream, when you look at these numbers as we get into may, may 20, may 22, may 23rd, from vicksburg, looks like its going to be 14.5 feet above flood stage. all these above flood stage. nearly 18 feet along the red river landing and baton rouge about 12.5. as we wrap things up, one thing to share with you, we have a frontal boundary pulling from the west that may bring some rainfall in the days to come, but todays shower activity along the mississippi river should be ...