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 friday. compelling the former president to testify under oath is extremely rare and it could test the limits of the law as it applies to trump in this circumstance, but the committee says it need to say hear from him to bring its long investigation to a close. the panel writes, quote, we have assembled overwhelming evidence that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn
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 than 4,400 rsv infections were detected by pcr tests, more than triple the levels were just two months ago, and some states are already in crisis mode. illinois only has 6% of pediatric icu beds left, and space is running out so fast at the connecticut children s hospital that they have had to treat patients in the hallway and in the play rooms. cnn s brian todd has more. the drive to the emergency r
the past two years. 74% of pediatric hospital beds are full across the country. cnn s brian todd has more on this troubling surge. the drive to the emergency room was really scary and really intense. this mother of a 5-year-old, who was hospitalized with difficulty breathing told us of an anxious drive to the emergency room. things eventually got worse since we were admitted. i see starting last night he is progressively having a harder time breathing. rsv is one of the scariest infections in a child, especially when it s in your baby. you feel the baby breathing really, really fast, and you feel there s nothing you can do. reporter: around the country, a spike in rsv, a common respiratory illness that is occasionally severe in babies and young children. pediatric hospital beds are more full now than the past two years. some children s hospitals are overwhelmed, scrambling to make tents. one key reason is because kids are back in school after the pandemic. many chil
cast with 17 days to go until election day. at stake, control of both champ pwers of congress. the democrats have control now, but whether they can hold onto power is still in question. president biden says he s not going anywhere. at least he doesn t intend to. the reason i m not making a judgment about formally running or not running, as soon as i make that announcement, a whole series of regulations kick in and i have to treat myself as a candidate from that point on. i have not made that my formal decision, but it is my intention to run again. and we have time to make that decision. before that, his party needs to weather the midterms while acknowledging many are on shaky political ground. here s what i think. it s been back and forth with them ahead, us ahead, them ahead. pwaorlgt. and the polls have been all over the place. i think that we re going to see one more shift back to our side the closing days. part of his carefully crafted midterm strategy, tactically
emergency room when your child is having what we call respiratory distress. and that is characterized by breathing really fast and a difficulty catching their breath. that should be an alarm for any parent. we can see this disease rapidly progress and children need attention quickly. reporter: there is no vaccine and no specific remedy, but severe cases can be treated in a hospital with fluids, oxygen or even a vent later. and ice packs to bring down the fever.later. and ice packs to bring down the fever. this four month old was admitted at cook hospital in houston. started running a fever, not eating as much. reporter: doctors say to avoid rsv, clean surfaces in your home, have kids wash hands, cover their mouth when coughing or sneezing, don t share things like toys or cups and avoid kissing or cuddling. and keep a child hydrated and give tylenol if they have a fever. day five is the peak of