with kim brunhuber. we begin in uvalde, texas, where frustration is growing as we learn more chilling details about the mass shooting at an elementary school. 19 young students and 2 teachers gunned down. we re getting more on 911 calls made from inside the classroom while the attack was under way and the pleas from a student as gunfire rang out. there s growing criticism of police actions and inactions and scrutiny of the company that made the murder weapon. and cnn is speaking with the attorney for a teacher s aide from robb elementary. she s sharing her side of the story after police falsely blamed her. omar jimenez begins our coverage. reporter: it was supposed to be an end of the year class party. before it became a nightmare. she saw everything from the time he recked to the time he was taken out of there. special education aide was meeting a co-worker with a food. she propped the door open, went back inside to get her phone and called 911. but to report the a
Today on Inside Politics, jim jordan abandons a vote. Jor deny will back someone else temporarily to get the government up and running after more than two weeks afwithout a house speaker. Plus a prime time test for joe biden. He will make an address to lay out the stakes for american support for two democracies under siege. Israel and ukraine. Plus the mccracken cracks, Sidney Powell admits she spread lie after conspiracy after lie about the 2020 election. She will testify at trial, including against donald trump. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics. Up first, best laid plans, scrapped. We entered today expecting a third vote right around this time to try once again to give jim jordan the gafl. That vote is no longer happening. Now we are told that jordan will get behind plan d or e or ive lost track of the letters at this point, but sources are telling us that jordan will back giving more power to a speaker place holder Patrick Mchenry, and that will happen
I like to call the situation room. Happening now, President Biden offering an unprecedented show of support for striking auto workers as the first sitting u. S. President to join a picket line. Well discuss the political impact of his michigan appearance and the Economic Impact of the strike with the uaw president , johshawn fain. Breaking news, a new york judge has found donald trump and his adult sons liable for fraud in a lawsuit by the states Attorney General. Well break down and it means for trump and the trial set to begin in a matter of days. January 6th star witness Cassidy Hutchinson sits down with cnn. Shes warning that trump remains the most grave threat, direct quote torks american democracy. Suggesting that trump knew his words might incite violence at the u. S. Capitol. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with President Biden going where no u. S. President has gone before. A picket line.
Explosions have been reported, not far from a Military Airbase in the province of isfahan and central around according to irans Fars News Agency Defense Systems on the base where activated in response to what may have been a drone attack targeting the basis radar, the city of this hand is believed to be home to around Illicit Nuclear Weapons Program as well as the countrys Biggest Nuclear research facility, which operates three Small Chinese supplied Research Reactors or flights to its for Hand Tehran Entrez have been, have resumed rather are doing suspended for several hours according to a spokesperson for around airports, one us official confirmed to cnn and israeli strike inside around adding the target was not nuclear and israel informed the white house on thursday and attack was just days away. Ready Officials Say air Defense Systems in several regions were activated and the Explosions Heard Isfahan were outgoing fire from those air defenses well, for the very latest, cnns Nic Rob
Morning. A very busy monday morning. Lets start with five things to know for september 18th. This breaking news. Five americans wrongfully detained in iran about to be free this morning. Right now theyre on their way to a plane that will take them to qatar and back to the United States by tonight, hopefully. And this just into cnn. Nine Juvenile Teenagers who esc a juvenile Detention Center are back in custody. And former President Donald Trump said, quote, it was my decision to try overturn the 2020 Election Results and legal Election Results say that could impact his defense with the special counsel. And hunter biden is suing the irs, alleging its agents illegally released his Tax Information. And the clock is still ticking towards a republican shutdown. It is likely dead on arrival. Well have more. Cnn this morning starts right now. Five prisoners who are citizens of the Islamic Republic will be freed from the prisons of the United States and in exchange, five prisoners who used to