Everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. You woke up, youre here. You didnt scare me off. It was intimidating but we made it. We want to start with, look, we have a lot to talk about. Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill. Will they be able to avoid a Government Shutdown . Plus, stranded in the desert. Tens of thousands of people stuck at the burning man festival in the Black Rock Desert after torrential rain in the area. They are being told to shelter in place and conserve food and water. And those scorching hot temperatures just wont let up. How hot its going to get if you are heading outside for labor day and when you could see relief. This week we will talk to an expert about the impact on the opioid crisis. Congress is getting ready to work and hit the ground running. Senators are back in d. C. On tuesday followed by the house the next week. Both chambers are facing a time crunch on a number of key issues. On octo
Misdemeanors. So here is my ask. We want to work with you to restore this relationship. We have replaced secure communities with a new program for the benefit of Public Safety, but i need a partner. Those in this room and governors and mayors and county commissions and so forth, we have done our part to end the controversial secure communities program. And now i ask that you and others get with your city attorney, your city council, you are Police Commissioner your chief, get a hold of the policy document i issued in see november 2 how we replaced the secure communities program, for the benefit of all those we serve. And if you are one of those 177 jurisdictions, you will get a knock on the door from me. Because we want to work with you to rebuild this relationship. In my view, this is a Public Safety imperative. Elsewhere in our department, we are moving forward on our Cyber Security mission, and late last year at legislation was passed the administration has a new , proposal for Cybe
Agreement, at least we can feel like we understood where the other person is coming from even if we dont agree where it. I would like to see more happiness among american people. My wish for american is a couple gold medals in the luge. We can achieve that. No limit to what we can achieve as a country. We can vote against each other but we dont have to hate each other. I think my wish for america for 2018 would be to be a bit nicer on social media. My wish for next year is for world peace and harmony. And an absolutely blistering report on the rush is that investigation. This interview is over. This is the rest of the interview. So is our show. We would like to say thanks to our guests and for you for watching. On behalf of everyone at Anderson Cooper 360 and the cnn family worldwide, im tom foreman wish you all the best and none of the worst in 2018. This american carnage stops right now. Sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts. Regardless of recommendation, i was goi
I regret that our efforts were simply not enough. [ bleep ] paranoid schizophrenic. We have come so far and the people of alabama have spoken. Rocketman is on a Suicide Mission for himself. The deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. Isis collapsing. We are experiencing a new trend in the threat we face. We are disrespecting our flag and our country. I dont think we should be judged as unamerican because we believe in equality. Powerful men falling like dominos after stories of sexual misconduct. No more. Name it. Shame it. Call it out. Its a watershed moment. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Happy new year to you and yours. Welcome to this special new years day edition of new day. Chris cuomo along with alisyn camerota. We have a big show for you this morning as we look ahead to 2018. Its going to be a big year in politics, thats for sure. Lets give you an inside look at whats coming up on capitol hill, what congress may look like after these midterm elections a