Administration has started building a 20mile stretch of Donald Trumps wall . Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Congressman jim jordan, steve scalise, and kevin hern have all signed on for a televised debate monday night, as republicans struggle to find the next speaker of the house. Fox news is set to host the debate before the gops closed door forum on tuesday. It is a very unusual approach, especially following an unprecedented vote to remove Kevin Mccarthy and the decision to not air their dirty lenin in public. Donald trump threw his weight behind jim jordans pitch to become the speaker, calling him a star. But liz cheney, cochair of the january 6th committee, at which jordan, of course, refused to appear, says, jordan is part of the conspiracy. Jim jordan knew more about what donald trump had planned for january 6th than any other member of the house of representatives. There was a handful of people of which he was the leader, who knew what donald trump had pla
To kick mccarthy out of his job this week. Plus, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg will be live in studio as the president frames this whole episode on a fullon failure for republicans. Later, donald trump is expected to travel to new york today and attend the start of His Civil Fraud Trial tomorrow. Michael cohen today. Hes on the witness list for this trial and he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. Were waiting for remarks for President Biden at any moment from the white house and when hes ready well take that to you live. In the meantime, i want to level set on what weve seen in washington over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was like, quote, riding a Mechanical Bull, quite a visual but pretty accurate. President is going to weigh in after Congress Managed to pass a shortterm funding bill that will keep the government open for the next 47 days. Preventing a Government Shutdown is good news. So f
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Been a wild weekend on capitol hill. He is coming up first. Plus, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg will be live in the studio, with a view from the biden administration, as the president frames this whole episode as a full on failure for republicans. And later, donald trump is expected to travel to new york today, and attend the start of His Civil Fraud Trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to that former trump lawyer Michael Cohen. He blew the lid off trumps shady business dealings, he is on the witness list for this trial, and he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are awaiting remarks from President Biden, at any moment, from the white house. And when he is ready, we will take that you live. But in the meantime, i just want to level set on what weve seen washed, and over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was like, quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The pr
And good morning to you, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 30th. The last day of the month. Im amara walker. October is almost here. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. Amara, good to be with you, so close but so far away. I feel close to you. Same to you. Great to see you, omar. Were watching a lot of news this morning. In fact, here we are again. Just hours away from a Government Shutdown. Lawmakers still cant agree on a deal to fund the government past midnight. Were specifically talking about the house right now. The last ditch efforts are under way to keep that from happening. And the impact of a shutdown could have a huge impact from our National Security to clean drinking water. Well discuss. And flood waters ripped through parts of New York City, submerging cars, disrupting mass transit. Look at those images there. Prompting water rescues. Well show you the damage left behind and where were tracking more rain this morning. Police make an arre