Good saturday morning to you. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 23rd. Im victor blackwell. Victor, its good to be with you. Im omar jimenez in for amara walker. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. So, i dont know if ive seen two men anchor a Network Cable network broadcast. Thats huge. At least the last 35 year. And then two brothers, anchoring the show. It is good to have you this morning. Come on. Come on. This is history right now. Its history. Good to have you, omar. Lets have a good show. Thousands of homes are without power as Tropical Storm ophelia lashes the east coast with strong winds and heavy rain. We have a look at the cities in the storms path and the impact well see throughout the day. Plus the country is quickly hurtling towards a shutdown talks among the republicans in the house have broken down over a deal to fund the government. How federal agencies are preparing and the talks to keep a shutdown from happening. The uaw is turning
Newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin with the breaking news and the surprise outcome of a republican versus republican political fight in the State Of Texas. Attorney general ken paxton is thanking his supporters and slamming what he calls the sham impeachment proceeding against him. Just a few hours ago the state senate voted to acquit paxton on 16 charges of abusing his office to help a donor. The Attorney General says now that the, quote, truth has prevailed he will get back to work defending the Constitutional Rights of texans, so he says. Ed lavandera joins me from the texas state house in austin. Ed, tell us more. Reporter hey, jim. The last few hours as reaction has been pouring in reacting to the acquittal of Attorney General ken paxton, it is exposing what can probably only be described as an allout civil war between various factions of the Republican Party here in texas. As weve mentioned just a short while ago, ken paxton was acquitted by the majority of republica
Situation, a key event is happening this evening. What do you expect to hear from the candidates tonight . Reporter we have a few thousand Iowa Republican activists who are here to see their field of candidates with the exception of the front runner, donald trump. You mentioned his legal woes. That has become part of the campaign. At least for a night, this will be a trumpfree evening in the sense that he will not be here. His rivals will be. When you talk to some Republican Voters here, some of his supporters are very much with him, of course. We know that his core base is strong. But several are saying that they are willing to turn the page, in fact, interested in turning the page. And the candidates are now trying to seize upon that. There is a sense of urgency among many of his rivals. Particularly ron desantis. Hes been trying to hit all 99 counties across iowa. Hes up to 56 counties. He was campaigning in the western part of the state before coming here to des moines. One thing i
Y. Auto workers are on strike against the big three. 12,700 members who will be walking out. I dont know how im going to survive, but im going to do it. Theres a fine line here that we wont go past. Shame on them. What theyre saying is complete bs. Three federal gun charges. It is the first criminal prosecution of a president s child in history. The prospect remains that this is not the end of these charges for hunter biden. The constitutionality of these charges are very much in doubt. Donald trump will not be in trial in october in georgia but two of his codefendants will be. What did i do wrong . I didnt do anything wrong. That gives him a preview of what the evidence will be. Its a big win. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Were glad youre here. That was a packed first hour. And theres so much breaking news, including several things that you and i are both deeply fascinated with because of how important and consequential they are at this moment. And because of wh
We are back following the Breaking News. President bidens son hunter indicted on federal gun charges today. Special counsel david weiss recently elevated to that role, brought this case tied to a 2018 firearm purchase, and were expecting the president to speak at any moment. That was previously scheduled. As he becomes the first sitting president to have his child indicted by the Justice Department, but thats not the only reason this is extraordinary. A few months ago this gun case was literally minutes away from being resolved, but the plea deal collapsed in court in front of a judge before questions from a judge, and this could mean a hunter biden trial in the middle of his fathers president ial election bid. Evan, walk us through the charges here and how this fiveyear investigation and lets reiterate five years got to this point. Reporter right, well, we have now the president s son, hunter biden has been charged with three counts. One of them relates to lying on the form back in 20