keeps moving and moving and even friday, saturday, sunday. doesn t matter what day. aren t you exhausted? aren t you exhausted by the con constant of it all? look, i am 17 years old. look at me since i ve done this show. the past eight and a half years 17 again. good for you. it s been rough. the entire over the entire cycle with the administration, the entire news cycle has changed and you never know what s going to happen. you re rolling with it. you re doing a good job. it s fri-yay. she s like don, stop talking to me. i m ready to get out of here. enjoy your weekend. take care. you, too. this is don lemon tonight and we have a cnn exclusive because our sources are telling us here at cnn the former president s legal team is fighting a secret court battle to block a federal grand jury from getting information from his ex aides about his efforts to overturn the not a secret. we saw through of his lawyers coming out of court yesterday so more on that in a
hurricane. meantime, hundreds of thousands of people now without power in canada, as fiona makes landfall there. this powerful storm is not letting up after you may recall it left a wave of destruction in puerto rico. we re going to have the latest on that storm s track. and it sounds like something out of a sci-fi thriller. nasa gets ready to slam a refri refrigerator-size spacecraft into an asteroid. we ll tell you why and give you the latest details on this fascinating mission. it is finally here. the weekend. thank you so much for sharing part of it with us. saturday, september 24th. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you. and yes, everyone, thank you so much for waking up with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to. and a lot of storm coverage. two major storms to talk about this morning. first, hurricane fiona now a post-tropical cyclone making landfall in eastern canada. and we re seeing our first images of the storm as it make the landfall this m
tell you other than it shouldn t have been okay. i should not have allowed that to happen. when i knew the money was being used, i should have stopped it. reporter: davis agreed to cooperate with state and federal investigators and testify against others. we re still looking through records and text messages and continue to work authorities washington and miss issippi to continue to move forward. the letter continues to move up. reporter: text messages were released as part of the on going civil litigation by attorneys for a non-profit founded by nancy new already pleaded guilty in the connection to the scheme. they showed nancy, former mississippi government and brett favre working to obtain funds for a multi million dollar volleyball center at brett favre s alma mater university of southern mississippi where his daughter played the sport at the time. favre and new repeatedly referenced john davis and update each other on their meetings with him. in 2017 favre texting john
kro cooperate. we continue to work with federal authorities washington and mississippi to continue to move forward. john davis is critical. reporter: as part of the state s civil litigation for attorneys by a nonprofit who has pleaded guilty, nancy nah, the former mississippi governor phil bryant and brett favre working to maintain funds for a multimillion-dollar center at brett favre s alma mater, university of mississippi. favre new and repeatedly referenced john davis and updated in meetings. and favre texting john mentioned 4 million. i m not sure i heard him right. very big deal and can t thank him enough. earlier this year, the state filed suits against 38 entities including brett favre. however, favre does not face any criminal charges. his attorney told cnn the former quarterback did not know the money came from welfare funds.
with the league itself. at the end of the day, it s up to the owners. but there the post cites what it calls a cultural disconnect. the nfl has 31 majority team owners, 29 of them are white. i think it comes down to what you think a leader is, what a leader looks like and how that s going to work for your franchise. for a lot of the owners with that equation it doesn t add up to a black man being the guy. reporter: the nfl didn t react for comment. but troy vincent, the nfl s executive vice president of football operations told the post that the league has exhausted itself with programs to make sure that the owners know who the candidates are but at the end of the day, vincent says, the league itself doesn t make the hires. brian todd, cnn, washington. fascinating report. brian todd, thank you. and the conversation continues later this morning on cnn newsroom. we re going to speak with a former black nfl coach on what the league can do to increase diverse hires.