This as cnn has exclusively reported on the Special Counsels 2020 election probe. Also tonight, the u. S. Warns north korea it will pay a price if kim jongun arms, helps arm Vladimir Putins war in ukraine. Ill ask key white house official john kirby about that and the prospect of a kim putin being in russia. The manhunt for a Fugitive Killer expanding right now after a Security Camera catches a glimpse of the escaped convict in pennsylvania. Outside the original search area. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. We begin with Breaking News right now. The former chairman of the proud boys was just sentenced moments ago in connection with the january 6th attack. Cnn senior justice Cover Ant Evan Perez is outside the federal courthouse here in washington. Evan, enrico dario got 22 years, 22 years in prison. Tell us more about this very significant sentence. Reporter thats right, wolf.
On air. Moments ago we just saw the Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell on the senate floor, the first public appearance with cameras since the recent freezing episode in front of reporters. Also right now, a Sentencing Hearing is Underwayer To T underway for the chairman of the proud boys, Enrique Tarrio, the last of the five to be sentenced for their convicted role in the january 6 attack on the capitol. Prosecutors are pushing for 33 years in prison for tarrio because he was convicted on Seditious Conspiracy charges. Defense attorneys are making their best arguments against that. Also a major show of force coming up on the lead. Secretaries from three branches of the milt calling on senator Tommy Tuberville to stop his hold on all Military Nominations because he objects to the pentagons abortion travel care policy. And in Washington Post oped, they call tubervilles actions, dangerous to national security. That from the secretaries of the navy and the air force and the army, all t
World. Im paula newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, a budget battle brewing on capitol hill. Congress set to return tuesday. It will face the potential of a Government Shutdown if congress cant reach a deal on spending by the end of the month. A major shakeup in kyiv after more than 18 months of war. President zelenskyy announces plans to replace his Defense Minister. Burning man chaos continues. Thousands still trapped in the Nevada Desert after heavy rain turned the Festival Site into a mud pit. It is back to business this week for the u. S. Senate as its august recess comes to an end. Now washington is set to become a Pressure Cooker in the coming weeks as lawmakers attempt to avoid a Government Shutdown yet again. They only have until october 1st to come to an agreement. A little shall we say that it will not be easy. Members of the u. S. House arent back until next week, in fact. Conservative republican hardliners are already pressuring House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy to stick to strict g
Today on this special labor day edition of inside politics. Tries to earn his nickname. Joe biden spends labor day in philadelphia making the case to the union Rank And File he is still their man in washington and deserves another it turn in the white house. A 2024 snapshot makes clear the republican primary is Donald Trumps to lose, but are the four criminal indictments a sugar high, putting the former president on a course crash. A mess of their own making. Reporting from cnns Capitol Hill Team underline the Mountain Congress needs to climb and climb quickly to avoid a shutdown. Im manu raju in for dana bash. Behind the headlines and inside politics. Joe biden this labor day who hes talking to and what it tells us about 2024. The current president s team sees shaky ground. Mr. Biden is in philadelphia home turf, the audience is what we would think of as reliably blue voters, union workers. But how organized the labor vote is behind the incumbent is simply not a lock. Polling and just
Stuff. Seven republicans swear it off tonight at the Ronald Reagan library in california. And of course, you know, just one a basic political level, two questions coming out of tonights debate, the obvious one, anything that happened in the second debate, will it have impacts on their standing in race. We had one debate already that first debate last month appear to have no major effect on the polls at all. There was only one candidate who got a significant polling bump, and that was the guy who did not attend. Donald trump got the largest bump of all the candidates out of the first debate. Again, he was not there. The stakes are higher this time around, candidates fundraising boost out of this debate to get their campaigns to keep going. And also to qualify for the next debate. They all have to get momentum out of this. Previous years, republican president ial primaries, by this time in the calendar highprofile candidates had already started dropping out. So, if past is prologue, its