In his car. There was so much rain a sea lion at the Central Park Zoo managed to escape her pool when it flooded. The zoo says that she roamed around for a bit but she was eventually returned safely to her exhibit tonight. Thank you for joining me on this friday night. Cnn primetime with abby phillip starts right now. This is americas debt. More than 33 trillion. And the first time that clock has reached that grim milestone. That is more than a quarter Million Dollars per taxpayer. Tax cuts, stimulus programs, defense spending, pandemic unemployment, all of them to blame. And any fair person would agree that that is unsustainable. So the republican mission to lower that number makes some sense. The problem is their method of drawing attention to it is about to shut the American Economy down. The government down. And negatively impact americans who dont have the time or frankly the money for the poison of todays politics. Good evening. Im abby phillip. And in just 24 hours the clock wil
The c. R. Didnt pass, its just like in life, if you quit after the first time, its only a failure if you quit. Were in the middle of the republican civil war that has been ongoing for months, and now it threatens catastrophic Government Shutdown. Got to stop the spending. Its bankrupting this great country of ours. Any more time the speaker spends trying to cobble together farright wish lists that cant even pass the house would be a grievous mistake. Its tame for republicans to top playing these games what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are doing with blank checks, more borrowing, more taxing, for more spending, destroying the future of this country. That stops now. Neil shutdown on. Well, the Government Shutdown is looking pretty inevitable right now, just 14 hours away potentially. Right after midnight tonight, 3. 5 million workers could be off the Government Payroll unless or until congress can pass a spending plan. Heres what we know right now though, House Speaker Ke
Before we go, there has been a lot of choice language in American Politics this week. Weve heard scumbag, f off, stuck on stupid. We just talked at length about shitter being used in a congressional hearing. Tonight the former president of the United States decided to top them all off with quite the addition to the swear jar tonight. Just a warning, seriously, this is not safe for kids. If somebodys beating you by 10, 15, or 20 points like were doing with crooked joe biden, lets indict the motherfucker. Lets indict. And on that note, i will turn it over to you, pam brown, and cnn tonight. Thats quite the turnover there, abby. Sorry. It really happened. Had to do it. I understand. You cant bleep it out. Hes the leading republican president ial candidate. Totally get it. Have a great weekend. Good evening, everyone. Im pamela brown. Great to have you with us on this friday night, this late friday night. And theres some news happening. Donald trump telling reporters tonight he may be in c
And an auto workers strike just revving up. Tox on top of twin jolts that could have consumers hitting the brakes. Sellers on wall street, well, hitting in mass. First to capitol hill where the clock is running out and now fear of a prolonged shut down is beginning to set in. Is there anything that d. C. Can do to stop it . South Carolina Republican senator president ial candidate tim scott is here. Bipartisan texas duo, mike mccaul and henry cuellar. Your world is now. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. We begin with chad pergram on capitol hill on a countdown to a shut down. I guess right now, chad, is looking more and more likely. What can you tell us . Neil, good afternoon. The government is all that shut down right now. Theres no rescue plan out of this culdesac. The house cant approve its own bill to fund the government for a month and bolster Border Security. The vote 232 to 198 with 21 gop nos. One group wants to be more extreme than the other group. So even their effort to pa
Is a time for heightened alertness and extreme caution. If you are home, stay home. If you are at work or school, shelter in place for now. Some of our subways are flooded and its extremely difficult to move around the city. John a warning from eric adams as heavy rain continues to pound the city and surrounding region creating dangerous, even lifethreatening flooding. John roberts in washington, Stock Brokers were seen walking two by two to a big wooden boat. Sandra it is a mess out there, john. This is america reports. New york Governor Hochul has declared a State Of Emergency over the ongoing storm. It is still coming down outside as we speak. This after a months worth of rainfall over part of the big apple in just a threehour time span, more intense rainfall expected for the rest of the day. John precipitation of biblical proportions. National Weather Service warning all new yorkers to stay home, subways are badly flooded and drivers stranded on the roads in brooklyn. Sandra it is