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refusal to testify before the january 6th select committee and his failure to turn over documents. lets begin this morning outside the u.s. district court in washington, d.c. cnn political correspondent sara murray is there. how is all of this expected to play out today? >> reporter: well, you know, look, steve bannon is here in court, we expect this could take a couple of hours. what we know is that steve bannon is trying to get out of any kind of jail time. he was convicted on two co...

a committee member joins us with more on that. and russia and chichinas leaders are meeting face to face. and speak with foreign relations committee chair bob menendez about it. today is day one of hispanic heritage month. well talk about efforts to address mental health access for latinos. plus thousands of people lining up for hours to pay their respects as the queen lies in state. well go live to london. we begin this hour with two buss with people who had crossed the border...

And turning now to new data from the department of health and human services showing the new 988 suicide hotline is already reaching more americans in distress than the ten-digit lifeline in july. in august the first full month of operations, npr reports calls for help in english and spanish were made up by more than50% compared to the old line at the same time last year. the average response time went from over two minutes on the old line to under 45 seconds on the new one. with us now is the s...

That were seeing on hospitals overwhelmed by covid. hhs data shows a report 155,000 hospitalizations from covid-19 nationwide. that is over an 80% increase in the last couple weeks. of course, that puts pressure on the nations hospitals. were glad to be joined by a pentagon spokesman, john kirby. great to have you with us, sir. great to see you. >> thank you. >> martha: it comes down according to what we have here. 7 to 25 military medical workers spread across the hospitals. when did the -- whe...

Many countries tighten up their visa mandates. paula hancocks in melbourne, scott mclean in belgrade. a big thanks to you on the ground reporting for us. now, updating you on the pandemic, with any luck waiting in those long tiresome covid testing lines, and ill stressful as well could hopefully be a thing of the past. beginning next wednesday, americans will be allowed to order home covid tests. the program will allow four free tests requested per address. available at covidtest.gov beginning...

Are reaching new highs. new states and guards persons are calling in national guard personnel to help fill gaps as workers call out sick. according to the hhs data, more than 156,000 people in the united states are hospitalized with covid. and 19 states report their intensive care units are now more than 85% full. to europe now, where france says a record number of case -- classes were cancelled on friday due to soaring cases among students and teachers. now, the country has seen record high n...

County. the positivity rates creeping back up to 20, maybe even 30% as of yesterday here. that was what the site manager told me. if theres a silver lining to all this, its hospitalizations as you were just discussing with kathy a second ago, nbc news conducted an analysis of hhs data to show what states are in high stress. half the country is. 10 % to 19% of their beds are dedicated to covid-19 patients. in florida the figure is 3.5%. its green on your screen. that means we are low stress. the ...

Hallways and conference rooms and waiting areas. our emergency rooms and our urgent care centers are seeing higher volumes than theyve seen throughout this pandemic. >> reporter: with covid-19 numbers still soaring, states with low vaccination rates are struggling the most. georgia, alabama, texas, florida, and arkansas have less than 10% of their i.c.u. capacity left according to hhs data. idahos governor after touring a history facility in boise, announcing there were only four available i.c.u...

Pandemic. and georgia is not alone. >> reporter: running out of room. >> were looking to add space in hallways and conference rooms and waiting areas. our emergency rooms and our urgent care centers are seeing higher volume than theyve seen throughout this pandemic. >> reporter: with covid-19 numbers still soaring states with low vaccination rates are struggling the most. georgia, alabama, texas, florida and arkansas have less than 10% of their icu capacity left, according to hhs data. idahos go...

Want. that is our commitment. that runs across the board. >> let me be clear paired birth control is an essential part of womens healthcare, and if you are confirmed, i will be holding you accountable for that. i also wanted to ask you -- i am deeply concerned about the impact of your policies, what they would have on women obviously, and in particular women who often face barriers to access in the healthcare they need. according to hhs data, since the aca became law, the percentage of black wom...