refusal to testify before the january 6th select committee and his failure to turn over documents. let s 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 counts for refusing to show up for a subpoena to testify before congress and refusing to hand over documents. the government has asked that he spend six months behind bars and they said he should pay a $200,000 fine. now, bannon s team has said, look, at the most he should get probation, he listened to his attorneys advice and if you are going to put him behind bars it should be house arrest only. they are also saying bannon plans to appeal his conviction and they re saying that any punishment he
president biden, democratic senate candidate john fetterman is getting an assist from former president barack obama. will it make a difference in the high-stakes pennsylvania race? and we ll also go inside children s hospitals overwhelmed right now by the surge in respiratory illness as more and more kids are getting sick and beds are running out. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the new response from the former president, former president trump s lawyer to the most aggressive move yet by the january 6th select committee. cnn political correspondent sara murray is joining us with details. so, what is the trump team saying about this new subpoena from the select committee delivered to trump today? well, it s now up to his legal team to grapple with how they want to respond. in a statement from one of these law firms, they slammed the select committee for making
hello, everyone. thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a country in mourning. heart broken and searching for answers after a halloween celebration in south korea turned deadly. the crowd tusurging in a nightcb district, killing at least 153 people. at least two americans were among those killed. authorities are trying to determine what triggered the crush. witnesses say people were trapped and panicked. world leaders are offering their contdolence condolences. joe biden saying he grieves with the south korean people. reporting now from the scene, cnn s correspondent will ripley. reporter: halloween horror and heartbreak. in seoul s popular night life district, nightmare scenes. the narrow alleys lined with lifeless bodies, many in costume. first responders trying to save them. this is a row of stretchers that we initially thought were waiting for potential survivors of this incident at halloween party where thousands of people we
the capitol. the deadline they gave him to hand over documents and testify. will he comply? and mr. trump s long-time ally steve bannon sentenced for defying the same committee. how long will he serve behind bars? miami dolphin s qb tua tagovailoa. he went one-on-one after he prepares for the first game back after the frightening hit on the field. how he feels about returning and the changes to the nfl concussion protocol after his injury. the mighty mississippi plunging to historic lows. how it is causing more chaos for america s supply chain. and taylor swift is back. all of the surprises for fans on her new album, released at the stroke of midnight. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. there is more evidence tonight of just how badly the nation s hospitals have been impacted by that surge in childress practice torrey illnesses we told you about last night. three out of four pediatric hospitals are now reported to be full as po
tonight, we have learned the mother had been charged before. how did the system fail these children? overseas tonight, the stunning turn in london. she lasted just 45 days as prime minister. british prime minister liz truss resigning. with the uk facing inflation worse than the u.s., she enacted tax cuts for the rich. which sent markets tumbling. and now the question tonight, is the man she replaced, boris johnson, now planning an attempted comeback? james longman live in london. 19 days until the midterms here at home. president biden in pennsylvania tonight, where the senate race could determine which party controls the senate. biden there to support lieutenant governor john fetterman, recovering from a stroke, locked in a very tight race with dr. mehmet oz. what the president said about democrat john fetterman and this race. mary bruce is there. the war in ukraine tonight, and we have new images of the mass exodus in the key ukrainian city of kherson. russia trying t