the white house pushing israel to adjust rules of engagement after the idea of accidentally killing three hostages the idf. new gripping accounts from hostages formerly held by hamas, their horror while in a captivity including dodging airstrikes from israeli forces, plus in america targeted again, more than 200 eight bomb threats and swat calls, swatting calls in one week alone. what law enforcement sources are telling cnn about what is being done to track down those responsible. as donald trump claims immigrants are poisoning the blood of america, cnn s underthings trumps defense of a man convicted in election interference crimes once best known on twitter for racism, anti-semitism, homophobia and worse. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start, top biden administrators suggesting israel needs to change its approach, more than 10 weeks into the war. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin met with his counterpart and israeli prime ministers benjamin netanyahu d
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. a massive storm churning along the east coast. this storm is getting stronger. rudy giuliani is ordered to pay $148 million to two former election workers he defamed after the 2020 election, but these women may never see a dime of the money awarded to them. new this morning, the israeli military just announced a tactical pause in fighting in one gaza neighborhood so people there can get desperately needed food and water, but this won t last long. new information about the death of matthew perry. the powerful drug found in his system when he died. we re starting with the severe weather that s threatening millions of people. this powerful storm system bearing down on florida right now, really up the entire east coast. the possibility of flooding and severe winds has prompted florida s governor to activate the national guard. tens of thousands of
Gop leaders Going Forward with another House Spending Vote that is probably going nowhere. Lawmakers scrambling with the government hurdling toward a shutdown this weekend. Good day to our viers here in the United States and a around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is friday, september 29, thank you for getting an early start with us. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington where the weeks ticked down to days and now hours. There are 43 of them left before the u. S. Government shuts down. And leaders youve elected to at the very least keep the government open, keep paying federal workers, you know, the very basics, they are falling down on the job. Now House Republicans are trying to distract by their own infighting by making it a battle over Border Security provisions that are nonstarters it seems in the senate. It is Kevin Mccarthys last ditch effort to get enough House Republicans to support a short term funding bill which he still plans to bring to the floor despite opposition from his gop hard
Judge jeanine i absolutely do, yes, yes, yes. Bret you think its fake . I have to tune in to jesse . Judge jeanine its real. Bret good evening. Im wreath baier. Breaking tonight the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden is underway. The first session held today on capitol hill. The head of the House Oversight committee accusing the president of abusing his office for his familys financial gain. The top democrat on that panel calling the procedure scandalous. Correspondent david spunt starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. Good evening, david. Good evening to you, bret. Right out of the gate, tempers flared. The hearing lasted about six hours and the white house may not like it, but a new era of the biden presidency is underway. Chairman, there is already a motion. Democrats and republicans, both frustrated while finding no Common Ground. We had a box of all the foreign money the bidens took it would have reached to the ceiling. We found no evidence of wrongdoing by President
On their way to the u. S. Right now five americans held hostage in iran are free after the Biden Administration unfreezes 6 billion of iranian oil money, but the u. S. Is imposing new sanctions on iranian agencies and officials with connections to another detained american. We have details. Hunter biden now suing the irs. The president s son says agents illegally released his personal information. He claims the agency failed to protect his private records. Plus, a former Department Of Justice official and donald trump ally asking a federal judge to move his Georgia Election subversion case to federal court. How the judge is now reacting. We are following thinks major developing stories and more coming in here to cnn news central. Here in a few hours five americans who were wrongfully detained in iran will be back on u. S. Soil for the first time in years. Their plane in the air as we speak. It left from qatar a bit ago and President Biden has spoken to each of their families, families