In the United States. The america i grew up in is a place where we dont put our political opponents in prison. We let the Voters Decide who is best to lead the nation. Nor did we criminalize political differences because thats what they do in repressive regimes. Russian opposition activist sinced to 19 years. Russian court finding him guilty of founding and funding an extremist organization. Laura now, after i read through this latest indictment of trump, i found myself asking how can we now really say that were any better than what were seeing in the old former soviet union . We will get to the legal farce that is this indictment in a few moment. But, right now all of you need to know something very important about this liberal Fulton County d. A. Fani willis. Now, after her unconscionablably dragging out her investigation of donald trump for about two and a half years, she was suddenly, last night, in this huge rush, desperate to get the indictment out there. So much so that she took
all right, we re just 16 days out from the midterm elections and in several competitive states early voting is under way right now in georgia, in fact, more than 740,000 people have already cast their ballots. a new nbc poll finds sky high interest and polarization ahead of the midterms. it shows about 80% of democrats and republicans believe their political opposition will destroy the country if they are not stopped. as campaign 22 is hitting the homes homestretch, democrats are facing economic head winds with poll after poll showing swing voters shifted toward republicans. today senator bernie sanders is sounding the alarm. he says democrats need to focus less on abortion rights and start touting their economic vision before it s too late. i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. and i think, again, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. joining me rig
the democrats have it now, but that could all change come november 8th. president biden says he s not going anywhere, at least he doesn t intend to. the reason i m not making a judgment about formally running or not running, once i make that judgment, a whole series of regulations kick in, and i have to be i have to treat myself as a candidate from that moment on. i have not made that formal decision, but it s my intention. my intention to run again, and we have time to make that decision. cnn s joe johns is joining me now from delaware. joe, that statement is coming less than three weeks ahead of the midterms where the president seems to be carefully crafting a midterm strategy in those very tight races. what is that strategy at the moment, joe? well, you know, you might also call it a practical approach, quite frankly, because what we re seeing from the president is he s going to a lot of fundraisers, sara. he s going to some closed receptions, but he hasn t been to
This afternoon . Reporter well, jim, President Biden said it is time for congress to get to work to avoid repeating this down to the wire talks that happened and ended yesterday as the house and senate both passed a bill to avert a Government Shutdown. But what the president has been pushing for them to do over the past few weeks and Going Forward is for House Republicans to adhere to the agreement that the white house had reached with House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy back in the spring during the debt ceiling fight. During that time, they had reached some agreements about what spending and budget levels should be in place and they had hoped that this was to avert a shutdown. But you had heard some House Republicans, the hardliners in the house really push for further spending cuts. And that is where the House Speaker ran into some issues between these two sides. But the president also lamented, the brinksmanship occurring between lawmakers up on capitol hill saying that American People ar
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, october 1. Im amara walker. Im omar jimenez. Good to be with you. Heres what were watching this morning. The shutdown may have been averted, about you now threats to Kevin Mccarthys speakership are growing. How a temporary victory could cost mccarthy the gavel. Plus, former President Donald Trump says he plans to attend his Civil Fraud Trial which starts tomorrow in new york. We will show you whats at stake for him and his organization. Plus, Ohio Stzempic is an u warning label. And there was no winner for the powerball overnight. The new recordbreaking jackpot and your odds do we got to talk about the odds . Lets just play it. It came down to the wire, but a shutdown has been avoided at the last hour, at least for now. With hours left on clock, House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy got a bipartisan deal together that would fund the government, but for 45 days. And with support from both sides of the aisle, both the house and th