i'm kate snow. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, friday, october 21st, 2022. warning for parents, cases of a dangerous respiratory virus are surging among children nationwide. what you need to know to keep your kids safe. relief is on the way. millions prepare to apply for the biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan. how much money you could be eligible for. power struggle -- ukraine's

president says russian attacks have taken out nearly half of the country's energy infrastructure. the ukrainians now rushing to leave the country as winter approaches. >> and head in the game. nfl teams putting renewed focus on players. what the chargers are doing to try to break the stigma. we begin with growing concern for families across the country. >> doctors are seeing an alarming rise in a potentially serious respiratory virus called rsv. over the last month alone 32 states have seen an increase in cases. it's now putting a strain on children's hospitals and even causing some to reach near capacity. >> leading us off this hour nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez and dr. john torres. gabe, i'll go to you first. you're outside a hospital here in new york city now. i know you were up in connecticut at a hospital there where cases are really overwhelming. what challenges are you hearing about? >> reporter: hi there, kate. yes, hospitals in connecticut are dealing with what some are calling an unprecedented rise in

rsv cases. we were at the yale new haven children's hospital where that one in particular basically had its pediatric icu completely full, every bed filled. 90% of the beds filled with patients with respiratory illnesses and we spoke with some of those health care workers there about what they've been seeing and they tell us this is something they've been working there for 10, 15 years and have never seen something like this. take a listen. have you ever seen numbers like this before? >> definitely not as high as we've been seeing them now, and i would also say from over the years the acuity and how sick the kids are is much higher than much in the past. >> reporter: and that's one hospital in connecticut. another one, connecticut children's in hartford, that one is dealing with a similar rise in cases and is even in talks

with fema and the national guard about potentially putting up a medical tent in its parking lot to try and keep up and really quickly just at this hospital here in queens run by northwell health, cohen children's medical center, above capacity as well. across the country, kate, according to the department of health and human services, about 75% of pediatric hospital beds or 40,000 of them nationwide are full. kate? >> let's bring in dr. john here. what can you tell us about rsv and why the hospitals are seeing such an increase in cases right now? >> reporter: aaron, rsv is a common childhood. most get it by the year of 2. there haven't been that many cases because of the social masking because of the pandemic. there's a larger pool of people both at risk and could get it and spread to other people. one of the things we are noticing, too, rsv is impacting

them but they're having a lot of flu cases, a lot of respiratory illness and children in particular and that's what's overwhelming the hospital systems. the other thing, like gabe mentioned we are seeing the surge right now. the surge will increase possibly december to february which is when we at this pointly see the surge. that's a big concern, aaron. >> dr. john, what are the symptoms parents should be watching out for? what does treatment look like as well? >> reporter: the biggest symptoms are cold like symptoms. for most people you get just that, runny nose, fever, coughing, sneezing, that type of thing. concerns come in if you start getting worse symptoms. decrease in appetite meaning they just don't want to eat. the wheezing, which is that sound you can hear if you notice their tummy breathing or breathing in with their ribs really hard or their nose flaring out trying to get the breath in there. if they're irritable just not acting normal. you know your child better than anyone. if you are concerned about them,

call a health care provider and pass it by to make sure they will be okay. >> dr. john torres, gabe gutierrez as well, thank you both. breaking news out of capitol hill, the january 6th committee has officially issued a subpoena to former president donald trump. >> this is a rare and hypely controversial move. trump railed against the house committee since it was formed. allie raffa joins us now. >> reporter: it's been more than a week now since the january 6th committee unanimously voted to issue this subpoena to former president trump, and now we're seeing not only this subpoena but this ten-page letter by bennie thompson, vice chair liz cheney laying out all the reasons they want to speak with trump in person by november 14th and review a whole list of requested documents by november 4th. this letter, as we've seen in the committee's hearings, directly putting the blame for the attack on the capitol on january 6 at trump's feet.

also saying this is not an unprecedented move, that former presidents have been subpoenaed by congress before and have complied, saying that former president trump is not above the law and he should also comply as well. the reality check here is that while this is historic, this move is largely symbolic. this is likely a check off of the committee's to-do list to show in the historical record that they did give former president trump a chance to speak to all of the evidence in the january 6 hearings. we do expect him and his legal team to delay this for as long as possible, and weep nope the committee's -- time is not on the committee's side. this team is dissolving in january at the end of this congress. >> allie raffa on capitol hill, thank you. the punishment has been handed down for one of former president trump's top supporters. steve bannon has been sentenced to four months in prison for refusing to testify before the

house committee that's investigating the capitol riots. he made comments like the one you are about to hear, the day before trump supporters stormed the capitol. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. all converging and now we're on at the point of attack. right? the point of attack tomorrow. i'll tell you this, it's not going to happen like you think it's going to happen. it will be quite extraordinarily different. >> let's bring in ken dilanian now in d.c. explain the judge's ruling. >> reporter: today was a day where we saw the consequences of denying a subpoena. steve bannon was convicted by a jury in just under three hours. today he was sentenced to four months in prison just short of the maximum called for in federal sentencing guide lines. a smaller fine than prosecutors

asked for, $6,500. a victory for prosecutors. steve bannon is a convicted criminal. the fly in the ointment as far as the justice department is concerned the judge will not impose the sentence until bannon appeals his conviction to the appeals court and he will argue that he should have been allowed to argue the advice of counsel defense, that he defied the subpoena on advice of his lawyers who said he was subject to executive privilege. he remained exceedingly defiant on his way out of court. take a listen. >> on november 8, the american people will be resilient. and let me -- one other thing. the department of justice, merrick garland, will be the first attorney general brought up on charges of impeachment and will be removed from office.

>> reporter: this case will remain in place and bannon has another legal case against him in the state of new york. the trial date for that is next november. >> ken dilanian in washington, thank you. president biden is expected to speak in delaware about his student debt relief program and set to roll out this weekend. the white house says this will impact more than 40 million borrowers. mr. biden's remarks come fresh off the supreme court's victory for his administration. justice amy coney barrett blocked a group's emergency application request to undo the program altogether. let's bring in white house correspondent kelly o'donnell who is with us this friday. remind us what this program is and what it will do. what do we expect from the president? >> reporter: president biden is using this as one way to try to get money back in people's pockets. given the inflation situation we're dealing with and the limited things to try to ease

those financial pressures. student loan forgiveness based on income levels. you could have $10,000 or $20,000 in federal student loans forgiven and those loans people have will have to begin the repayment process that was put on hold during covid that will start again in january. people who want to get this program have to apply that is now active online. the president will be talking about this in delaware that has a very large number of students who have the pell grant, subject to $20,000 forgiveness. they are putting it back on all taxpayers, shifting that to people who chose not to go to college or in some cases paid their debts off. so there's political controversy to it. president biden says he believes this is a way where the government can try to give some relief to people who are not

high earners and they will stimulate the economy by having more flexibility in their budgets. kate? >> all right, kelly o'donnell there, thank you. the process to find the next british prime minister is moving full speed ahead now. the first official candidate to replace liz truss has thrown her name into the ring. but speculation is swirling about a possible comeback for former prime minister boris johnson. nbc news senior digital reporter alexander smith joins me now from london. alexander, penny mordaunt is the person we're talking about, announced she is running to become the conservative party's next leader. that's a name our viewers probably are not very familiar with. so educate us a little bit here. >> well, frankly, many british people who don't follow british politics won't be that familiar with her or that familiar with her until this summer when she ran against rishi sunak and liz truss to replace boris johnson. that's when she came into the public eye. a far lower profile than sunak

and of course johnson, having served in the government of cameron and theresa may, she was able to steer clear of the scandal of boris johnson. she came back in as leader of the house of commons and people may remember that role enabled her to be participate of the ceremony for king charles iii. >> i want to talk about boris johnson, too. he hasn't announced whether he's interested in getting his old job back, but what kind of support does he have/need among party leaders and the british people? >> the idea boris johnson could come back as prime minister just so quickly after he resigned in disgrace in july. it was absolutely unthinkable this could happen. and what he needs is 100 fellow lawmakers to back his bid. that would put him into the next round that would allow him to

make the case to lawmakers amongst whom he is incredibly popular, believe it or not, despite everything that's happened. yes, we could see those amazing fireworks. >> british politics just got a lot more interesting across the pond. you can read more of alexander's reporting now on nbcnews.com. alexander smith, thank you. far from clear of trouble legally, what's next for actor kevin spacey? i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. ♪things are getting clearer♪ ♪i feel free to bare my skin♪ ♪yeah, that's all me♪ ♪nothing and me go hand in hand♪ ♪nothing on my skin♪ ♪that's my new plan♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ achieve clearer skin with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. in another study, most people had 90% clearer skin, even at 4 years. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses.

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