morning, growing concern about a spike in the number of children being hospitalized for respiratory illnesses. some hospitals now overcapacity, one doctor telling us overnight. this is just the beginning, the warning signs and how parents can protect their kids. ukraine's president with an urgent new warnings, saying russia has planted explosives along a major dam that could flood hundreds of thousands of people. and this morning. the new video of children being fitted for body armor as ukraine and russia braced for a major battle in the south. us government forecasters out with a new prediction what we can expect this winter when it comes to temperatures and much needed rain and snow. tick tock in the spotlight. the new claim about its chinese parent company and

the surveillance of americans, the political turmoil across the pond that led to a head of lettuce being beamed under the houses of parliament overnight and from a legal battle over this pasta to the theory about a woman with red painted nails to taylor swift addressing engagement rumors in a new song it's friday, october, 21st. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good friday morning, everyone we want to begin with growing concern about the surge in the number of children being hospitalized for respiratory illnesses. hospitals are running out of room with pediatric beds filling up fast. we spoke with one pediatrician overnight, he said. this could be just the beginning. this morning. doctors believe the surge in cases of respiratory illnesses and children could get worse. start of cold and flu season. it's barely the end of

october right now so we could potentially see this going on through spring hospitals and at least 36 states and washington, d. c are now reporting a huge spike in children sick with respiratory illnesses such as rsv flu and other viruses, 71% of pediatric beds across the country are now filled myself and my colleagues are seeing full lice us urgent cares and we're having trouble actually finding open pizza icu beds for kids all across northern california. while it's not covid , causing the uptick. doctors do partially blamed the pandemic, saying kids are just now getting hit with respiratory viruses. they had little exposure to after years of masking and social distancing and make sure we can get you feeling. hospitals in connecticut are seeing some of the biggest surges at yale. new haven children's hospital rsv cases in the emergency department nearly doubled in the last week from 57 to 106 at connecticut children's hospital. every bed is full hospital officials were out with fema and the national guard

yesterday, too, survey sites for a possible field hospital. doctors say parents should have their kids checked out if they see signs of respiratory distress such as fast or labored breathing fever or blue. ooh or discolored skin on the face, signaling low oxygen. simply put . parents have heard this for the last couple of years. we have to make sure we keep up with handwashing staying home and have your kids stay home if they're sick, and as always, make sure you get those flu shots, preferably before halloween, do it now, and doctors at a hospital in rhode island say their beds are filling up with patients from southern massachusetts, where some hospitals are at capacity. developing story now from the war in ukraine word that russian forces have taken steps to sabotage a major. it comes as russia begins at large scale evacuation of thousands of civilians preparing for what could be a decisive battle. abc is justin finch is here now with the latest justin. good morning. good morning. president zelinsky is warning of a quote, large scale disaster, he says. the

russians have now packed a major dam with explosives. ukrainian president zelinsky delivered an ominous warning to european leaders, saying russia may be planning to blow up a major dam and hydroelectric plant and then blamed the ukrainians for it, jack or accused russia of already planting mines in the dam in southern ukraine. adding an attack could floyd 80 towns and villages along with the city of her son and zelinsky says destroying the dam could cause cooling issues at the zepa reza power plant, europe's largest nuclear power plant, more than 100, miles upriver, her son is the only regional capital russia controls lying in one of four regions. vladimir putin illegally annexed russian appointed authorities in that city evacuated an estimated 15,000 residents yesterday, with more expected in the coming days . experts say the evacuations

could be a sign the russian military will soon abandon her son. as the ukrainian military prepares for a major counter offensive ukrainians have regained large portions of land in recent weeks in the south and the north east. until a few weeks ago. this entire area was occupied by russia. today the ukrainian forces are pushing them ever closer back to their own border. for now, putin is failing to win the land war resorting increasingly targeting innocent civilian targets. meanwhile iran appears to have deepened its involvement in the war. the white house says the u. s has evidence that iranian troops are now in crimea training. russians on how to use drones to attack ukraine. yesterday putin made a rare visit to a military training ground, even taking target practice. pr move likely aimed at boosting support among families of troops worried about a lack of gear shorter at the same time ukrainian company revealed its new body armor for

children designed to wear as they evacuate the war zone. and people across ukraine are facing another day of power outages. the grid operator they're cutting back electricity due to previous missile strikes on energy infrastructure. rhiannon justin. thank you. dispute over sick time has derailed talks between the nation's freight railroads and their unions, setting the stage for a possible strike. next month, workers rejected a tentative contract deal. then they proposed adding up to 76 days per year, but management said no a walkout could trigger more supply chain problems. the supreme court has denied a request from a taxpayer's group trying to stop president biden student debt relief program. the program still faces more legal challenges. but for now, millions of borrowers will begin seeing up to $20,000 of debt. canceled. now to an abc news exclusive. the parents of a murdered his dormrevealingbout

eho is charged with the crime. they sat down with good morning america. the parents have produced student varun chetta are speaking out after their son was allegedly murdered by his roommate this month. never believe it in a million years, his mother telling good morning america's eva pilgrim, everything seemed normal on that morning when she drove him back after a long weekend at home. she texted him before bed that night. he had texted me. good night, mama. at 11 45. did he always text you? goodnight? yes. always it was that and morning, mom, which is what i miss every day but minutes later after varun sent that text, police got a disturbing call. second call you believe this will be legit. one roommate has attacked another with a knife shortly after midnight. officers responded to a 911 call at his dorm finding the 20 year old stabbed multiple times. police

now revealing varun had been gaming online with friends when they say his roommate 22 year old gm insa from south korea attacked him called 911 himself. he's now charge edged with murder. police say it was an unprovoked and senseless attack later claimed he was blackmailed , but he did not elaborate as maroons family there now waiting for answers, saying they knew of no previous issues between the two there any sense that there were problems with his roommate. no. you never even hardly ever talked about him. and later on good morning america. however runes parents learned about the murder and how they plan to honor their son oversees. the british government is in turmoil searching for the country's fifth prime minister in six years. a successor to list trust is expected to be named next week. she resigned yesterday after just 45 days in office due to her tax cut policies that wreaked havoc on the economy. abc is james longman says she

could be replaced by her predecessor, boris johnson. despite the fact that boris johnson was forced out of office for lying, he remains a hugely popular figure with massive name recognition. he probably won't be a unifying figure, which is what the badly fractured conservative party needs. whoever though, comes into office has had their lives made that much more difficult. by liz truss. they're gonna have to get rocketing inflation under control and calm the markets. and there's this british tabloids set up a live feed to track whether liz truss, his time in office could outlast a head of lettuce, wearing a blond wig and the lettuce one, and last night, the lettuces image was projected onto parliament. it is time now for a look at your friday forecast. noah is out with its forecast for this winter, and it is predicting below normal temperatures across the north and above normal for the south and east coast. northern areas can look forward to above normal rain and snow,

but the areas that actually needed the most across the south will see below normal rain on the radar right now is storm system is moving into the northwest, bringing heavy rain and mountain snow checking today's high temperatures, the south warms up. dallas hits 90 sixties in the northeast 81 in new orleans. coming up new plans for the world's biggest cruise ship, but first what's nextfor actor kevin spacey after being found not liable in a sex abuse case why he's not out of the woods just yet. warning about security o coach dion

sanders straight. we're ready for you. back now with an avocado giveaway. people in philadelphia scooped up 300,000 of them and just three hours

they were given away by a nonprofit in response to a huge surplus of avocados from south america. a new report is raising more national security concerns around tiktok, according to forbes, that china based team with the apps parent company was planning to use tiktok to monitor the location of some americans have spokesperson tells forbes the app collects data for and targeting purposes. but forbes reports the information was for surveillance. elon musk is reportedly planning major job cuts if he has purchased of twitter has completed. the washington post says musk plans to slash twitter's workforce by 75% of former executive says the cuts would jeopardize the user security now to the legal victory for actor kevin spacey. but he's not out of the legal woods just yet. abc s injury, fuji explains. this morning, actor kevin spacey found not liable in a sexual battery case dating back to the 19 eighties. mr spacey is deeply grateful for

the jury system and for this jury in particular, it took the jury less than 90 minutes to agree. spacey did not molest fellow actor anthony rapp, who was seeking $40 million in damages. wrap accused of assaulting him when he was 14 years old and spacey was 26 spaces. new york apartment wraps. attorney claims spacey's story was inconsistent and not worthy of your belief. spacey denied the accusations, pointing to the fact that he had a studio apartment at the time, not a one bedroom as rap alleged. this was a highly intelligent, highly educated jury. very very bright people and they could see right through this the first among several against spacey at the beginning of the me two era. there's no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt than with a flood of naked truth career was soaring at the time with the hit netflix show house of cards, and he was dropped from the series and his acting career has stalled. wrap best known for his role on tv star trek. discovery did not speak

after the verdict, but tweeted in part. bringing this lawsuit was always about shining a light as part of the larger movement to stand up against all forms of sexual violence. this wasn't the only sexual assault allegation against spacey in 2019. he faced charges of groping a man at a massachusetts bar. prosecutors later dropped the charges, and three months ago he pleaded not guilty in london to charges he sexually assaulted three men. that criminal trial is due to start next year. spacey was also ordered to pay nearly $31 million to the makers of house of cards for violating his contract by allegedly sexually harassing crew members. andrew rhiannon. andrea. thank you coming up why thousands of pets are getting sick with something they've never experienced also ahead, the message to parents having trouble finding having trouble finding childcare. ♪ ♪ this is the moment.

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could carry nearly 10,000 people . royal caribbean is building icon of the seeds that will be the world's biggest cruise ship 20 decks high and nearly 1200 ft. long it will feature the largest water park at sea, along with the suspended infinity pool increase in legalized marijuana is sending more pets to the hospital. poison control center reports 6200 cases of apparent marijuana poisoning of pets in the last year. that's advise people not to leave. we'd laying around, saying pets don't ingest marijuana like people do. we turn now to america's childcare crisis, a growing problem for both parents and educators? abc s karen travers reports. there are no easy solutions. the u. s job market continues to bounce back from the covid pandemic. despite that good news. one key industry is still struggling childcare. we continue to have a staffing shortages were about 22% short staffed right now, this is unheard of the childcare

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and the worldwide manhunt tonight on nbc. time to check the pulse and we begin with taylor swift addressing engagement rumors in her new song overnight, she released her 10th album, it's called midnights and one track titled lavender haze. she seems to sing about her boyfriend, actor joe alwyn, detailing their decision to keep their relationship out of the spotlight. take a listen having a basking me? yes. gonna be your bride. girl. nice. so she mentions the speculation in the song, but she does not outright answer if she's getting married. in addition to the

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a car buried in the backyard. how investigators say that a man has been there since the 90's. cadaver dogs on site to see what else has been buried there. kumasi: two dogs rescued as a business when up in flames. by the fire may have spread mark lewis -- quickly. daycare workers now facing charges for this video. you can see them scaring these young kids and wearing these pretty scary masks. reggie: i would've been out of there, risking the street. i already did not want to be at daycare. >> who scares little kids like that? reggie: good morning on this friday, october 21. kumasi: