on america this morning, bracing for blackouts that dire new warning in ukraine today as russia targets power plants, new attacks caught on camera and now vladimir putin declaring martial law what's really behind his decision we hear exclusively from secretary of state antony blinken. breaking overnight by the january 6th committee is having trouble serving former president trump a subpoena and what vice president mike pence said last night when asked if he'll support trump if he's the nominee in 2024 health alert for parents, doctors seeing an unprecedented spike in respiratory illnesses in children, what's to blame and what to look out for daycare outrage the felony charges these daycare workers now face for dressing up and scaring young

children. parents saying the kids were left traumatized drawing delayed the glitch during the powerball lottery drawing overnight and what happens now and later forget the planes and trains the new way to travel in style for cheap. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good thursday morning, everyone we begin with the situation unfolding right now and ukraine widespread breath. widespread blackouts are expected today as russia targets power plants and other civilian infrastructure comes just hours after vladimir putin declared martial law move , experts say is aimed at escalating the war, mobilizing the civilian population and tightening his grip on power. abc's justin finch is here now with the very latest justin. good morning. andrew good morning, russian missiles have pounded ukrainian power plants and other infrastructure now for days, and now, everyone in ukraine is facing power cuts just as cold weather settles in

ukraine's national energy company is urging people to quote charge everything from battery packs two phones as four hour long blackouts began today across ukraine. the power supply shortage blamed on russian attacks. for more than a week. missiles and drones have hit ukraine's energy infrastructure , including this administrative building in southern ukraine, and overnight a massive fire breaking out at this electrical substation on the russian side of the border. a local official blames and overloaded transformer. it all comes after russian president vladimir putin declared martial law in the four border regions of ukraine that russia illegally annexed, giving authorities there more power to crack down on the pot. population. or even mobilized residents for the war effort. in one of those captured regions. yesterday russian backed authorities began moving 60,000 ukrainian civilians out of her son as ukrainian forces approach

that key city. putin also ordered new emergency powers for the heads of all regions within russia itself. putin's announcement is prompting a number of fears. firstly has been consistently expanding his power as his war flounders, mobilizing reservists rounding up conscripts, recruiting prisoners and now draconian new powers, the biggest durable is that if putin loses her son he could follow through on his threat to use a nuclear weapon here. in an exclusiveinterview with abc, george stephanopoulos , secretary of state antony blinken called putin's latest moves on an act of desperation. just in the last few weeks, he's tried to mobilize more forces. he's gone through with this. shame annexation of ukrainian territory now in saying that he's declaring martial law in places that he claims have people who somehow want to be part of russia that speaks to speak to his desperation but also in parts of russia. it seems like he's preparing for all out war. what we've seen

already in the steps that putin has taken going increasingly after the civilian population in ukraine, um indiscriminately bombing targeting even, uh, power plants, bombs falling on schools on hospitals. that's pretty close. ukraine says about one third of his power stations have been destroyed by russian forces in recent days. andrew justin, thank you sources say the january 6th committee could subpoena former president trump as early as today, but they tell abc news the committee has yet to find a trump lawyer who is authorized to accept the subpoena on his behalf. meanwhile trump is now accused of signing documents that he knew contained inaccurate voter fraud data, a federal judge says emails from trump's attorney john eastman shows trump continued to make the false claims publicly and even swore under oath that the data was true. former vice president mike pence, is not ruling out a run for the white house in 2024,

speaking at georgetown last night, pence said he has focused right now on next month's midterm elections, but a student pressed him on whether he would support his old boss if trump is nominated in 2024. if donald trump is the republican nominee for president in 2024, will you vote for him? well there might be somebody else. i'd prefer more. i have every confidence that the republican party is going to sort out leadership. pence also said he is optimistic his party will win control of the house and the senate next month. that is some troubling news for parents. hospitals across the country are seeing a big spike in respiratory illnesses among children, and in some cases, doctors are calling this unprecedented. the number of hospitals sounding the alarm about a spike in respiratory viruses and children is rising. we are feeling pretty overwhelmed these days, hospitals and at least 26 states are reporting a crush of pediatric patients earlier than usual, mostly suffering from

respiratory illnesses such as the common cold and enterovirus . seven week old gannon. sarah votto is hospitalized with a virus called r. s v. e is on a event right now, um and he's sedated. so really, that's the only thing that they say that theycan do besides like management for pain and just to keep him comfortable. now some children, hospitals are running out of beds and setting up tents for patients at connecticut, children's and hartford doctors% are planning towork with fema and the national guard on a field hospital. how many children are waiting for beds right now? right now in the emergency department. i believe we have about 14 waiting for inpatient beds. doctors say the surge is fueled by the lifting of covid restrictions when many children were masked, socially distanced and not exposed to these viruses. many people were masking. we do have a generation of children who have not seen many of these viruses. doctors say the current respiratory illnesses tend to be more severe

than in previous years. they say parents should look out for high fever and difficulty breathing. missouri senator is asking president biden to declare a federal emergency after radioactive waste was found at an elementary school near st louis. tests show the contamination from a nearby river is everywhere from the classrooms to the cafeteria. the school is now being shut down, but some parents are accusing the school board of waiting too long to inform them of the potential danger. a new warning for parents about fentanyl disguised as candy. investigators say a suspect tried going through screening at l. a x with bags of what appeared to be sweet, tart, skittles and whoppers. instead they found 12,000 fentanyl pills . the suspect took off running but has now been identified. a group of taxpayers from wisconsin is now asking the supreme court to block president biden student loan relief program, saying it would add more than $1 trillion to the national debt. the emergency filing accuses biden of overstepping his authority. the case is now in the hands of

justice amy coney barrett, who could act on her own or could refer the matter to the full court. news. signs of progress in parts of florida devastated by hurricane ian. three weeks ago, the causeway to sanibel island, which was destroyed in the storm is now open to traffic . it was repaired, using more than 8000 loads of dirt and 4000 tons of asphalt. clean up. crews can now access the island for the first time, and they're fighting tons of debris that needs to be removed a bcs matt gutman, is there. florida officials tell me that debris is their biggest challenge right now. so many streets look like this. in fact, they say that there are millions of cubic yards of debris enough to fill dump trucks. end to end for 430 miles. nearly 500 people are reportedlystill living in shelters after the storm. part of interstate five in oregon has reopened after this a deadly pile up in the fog there, more than 60 cars and trucks slammed into each other, scattering debris for more than a mile. one

person died. time now for a look at your thursday, weather forecast. okay take a look at the polar opposites between the west and the east. the west is seeing record warmth and air quality alerts, while record cold hits the east as far south as florida windchills this morning will make it feel like 38 degrees in tallahassee that is just 1 degrees warmer than boston, and it's feeling even colder around the great lakes. but the east sees a warm up this weekend. let's check your low your high temperatures. 87 in los angeles seventies and the rockies atlanta warms up to 63. coming up the new lawsuit over the jfk assassination first the charges now being filed against these daycare workers accused of using a screen mask to scare young kids and the woman who used thousands of bees to protest an eviction.

happened live only on g m. a. charges have now been filed in connection with this video showing a mississippi daycare worker in a scary mask terrorizing toddlers for employees were fired after the incident are now facing felony child abuse charges. another worker was charged with failing to report the abuse. parents say the children are traumatized and they want the workers held accountable. details this morning about the impact that inflation is having on americans . the typical household is now spending $445 more per month on expenses than last. year. as a result, a new survey finds 38% of workers have looked for a second job. many cities are also seeing more evictions, triggering protests. abc s injury, fuji reports on one protest that swarmed out of

control. this morning, skyrocketing loan payments and rising rents have some residents buzzing came out, uh, unleashed and swarming, angry and they started stinging everybody there in western massachusetts, one woman unleashed a swarm of bees trying to stop sheriff's deputies from enforcing an eviction notice. hundreds of bees described as aggressive began stinging deputies one had to go to the emergency room. investigators say the woman arrested does not appear to know the man being evicted but is known to travel from outside the area to protest these cases. that's not protesting that is not demonstrating that is breaking the law officials say. there's a dispute over ownership of the home in regards to a bankruptcy case. it comes as homeowners and tenants across the country faced growing pressure in this post pandemic economy, with interest rates on loans rising along with rents.

nationally rents are up 20% from early 2020 eviction moratoriums put in place during the pandemic have long since expired, and federal aid programs are winding down. eviction filings in 11. major cities are up significantly in some areas more than 20% back in massachusetts, authorities say emotions often run high during evictions, but this protester took it too far. instead of looking at four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent, she could have been looking at manslaughter. the woman accused of unleashing the bees was released on bail and the sheriff says the next day she was out again pro testing but this time without the bees andrew rhiannon , andrea. thank you. president biden is facing a lawsuit over records connected to jfk's assassination. a group wants a judge to overthrow biden's decision last year to postpone the release of thousands of documents, the lawsuit argues the government has not followed

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