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watching in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," former president trump now facing a subpoena from the january 6 committee. we'll break it down. and plus we're 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. we'll have a live report from kyiv ahead . the select committee has made good on its promise to subpoena former president donald trump. that subpoena was formally served on f...

good morning, everyone. it is saturday, october 22. i'm amara walker. >> i'm 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 of the coronavirus pandemic. >> cases are rising fast. during the first week of october, more tha...

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 it's destroyed, that would cause not only major flooding downstream, but possible safety risks at ukraine's zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. >> let's 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, major cities, kyiv, odesa in you south, lviv and the far west of the country. when the strikes c...

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 hearing right now? >> reporter: things are a lot calmer than they were, you know, a couple hours ago. ...

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 it's 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 today's shower activity along the mississippi river should be confined farther to the north and thankfully towards the great lakes. things relatively dry in the...