what s the latest. chad: griff, good afternoon, the senate has met for more than 24 hours straight and voted for nearly 14 hours straight. exhaustion is setting in. senate chaplain barry black sought to calm freight tempers. our weekend work gently reminds us that freedom s price must be paid. as our senators provide the currency of perseverance to protect and defend this land we love. chad: there s gamesmanship, republicans controversial amendments to get vulnerable democrats on the spot especially on border issues and on energy. so the next time you see a mark kelly in arizona or a raphael warnock in georgia or a maggie hanson in new jersey or michael bennett in colorado or katherine cortez, hey, we want gas prices to be lower, you know they are lying because they stood up and voted, raised the gas taxes, stick it to the producers, make our consumers pay more at the pump. chad: democrats lashed out at gop for striking a provision to cap insulin at $35 a month in private
former advisor to hillary clinton. welcome to the programme. it s been one year since the taliban seized power in the afghan capital kabul. the world watched in shock, as the country s government collapsed. thousands of afghan citizens and foreigners fearing taliban rule descended onto kabul airport, hoping to leave, some clinging onto planes. for the taliban and its supporters, today is a national holiday and a day of celebration for them, but not for everyone. we know that for those left behind, the humanitarian situation is dire. 95% of the population do not have enough food to eat. and more than a million children under the age of five sufferfrom prolonged malnutrition. before the taliban takeover, international aid accounted for 80% of the afghan state budget. but countries don t want to legitimise taliban rule so that aid has been cut off. this is the un. we are talking about the chronically half of the population, 20 million people, in constant need of some sort
it s caught on video. mike: great to be with you, sandra. this is america reports, happened hours ago in new york. sandra: attack lasted nearly 20 seconds before the suspect was stopped. mike: all this coming more than 30 years after the ayatollah of iran issued calling for rushdie s death over his book satanic verses. sandra: it all just happened, brian, what are we learning about rushdie s condition at this time? we do not know much about his condition. we have not received an update on the condition of the novelist, salman rushdie. set the viewers up, an hour and 20 minutes south of buffalo. a place where people live, a community for arts and literary figures who come here and lecture. and that s exactly what was happening. the new york state police says at just about 11:00 a.m. today, salman rushdie was on stage when he suffered an apparent stab to his neck. a man rushed on stage while he s having a discussion with his interviewer on that stage. his conditio
Newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, the head first lady tested positive for covid19, all speak to a doctor about the new variant. Russia looks to north korea for arms, kim jongun may meet with Vladimir Putin to seal a weapon steel. And, another race to avoid a Government Shutdown. Lawmakers have just days to reach a deal about the federal budget. Live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. And we do begin here in the United States where First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for covid19. Now, the white house says she is currently experiencing only mild symptoms and will remain at bidens home in delaware. However, President Joe Biden has tested negative for the virus, both were in delaware for the Labor Day Weekend and an official tells cnn that there are no changes to the president s schedule at this time. The president is scheduled to depart for the g20 summit in india later this week. Meantime, this covid cases increase right across the United States, lab test indicate
That the president will come by. But he also try to figure out the worst Case Scenario that in case if the worst thing happens, you know, he has no war and people need not to worry about the situation. And there will not be a disruption in the country, which is the, i think the most important part of his remark. Now that the writing leadership has been criticized in the past with perhaps not being as transparent as it could have been when the crises as of happened. Im thinking of the, the accidental shooting down of ukraine in the lines a few years ago as a result of the misfiring of an ad defense system. Um, regarding the im looking at this time, how does it compare, do you think of as well, i think that was an exception, but lets not forget that the reading officials back then, they announced that there was a mistake and they claimed the responsibility for that. And so they didnt try to cover it up after their, you know, evaluations and they try to assess the situation. But in this c