Averting a shutdown. Congress gets back to work. And an old problem needs solving again. Muddy and messy. Deplorable conditions at the Burning Man Festival. Ukraine shakes up its military leadership. How a new Defense Minister could make a difference in the war with russia. The u. S. Senate returns To Washington Today Facing A Packed Schedule and a ticking clock. Pressure is building on the u. S. Capital, lawmakers a few weeks left to make a deal and avoid g shutdown. Members of the u. S. House arent back until next week, but conservative republican hardliners are already pressuring House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy to stick to strict guidelines on any deal. They dont want to make any concessions, but mccarthy and the white house are seeking a shortterm bill that would put a bandaid on the problem for now, moving the issue months down the road. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez has more details on those negotiations. Reporter as Congress Returns from recess this month, the white house is asking lawmak
Assignment with potty cornish. Listen wherever you get your podcasts when welcome back to our Special Coverage of Donald Trumps criminal trial. We are of course, staying on top of all of todays major elements. But right now, we have some major Breaking News coming out of the Middle East Hamas has agreed to a Ceasefire Agreement for opposed by both egypt and khader. We know israel help craft this deal. But its not fully agreed to it, at least not yet. We have reached out to Prime Minister benjamin, a tiny house to office in jerusalem. We are awaiting official response from the Israeli Government. Will have a live report from jerusalem adjusted moment, but i want to make sure that as everyone appreciates whats going on, hamas has announced that is had dea the head of its political euro, has told both cutlery and egyptian mediators that hamas has agreed to their proposal for a Ceasefire Agreement much more in this coming up a very Significant Development for right now, there we want to tr
In for alicia menendez. American voices will be back tomorrow. Welcome back to a Special Edition of velshi. We begin this hour with dysfunction in the house of representatives. The federal government will shut down one week from tonight, if House Republicans cannot figure out a path forward to perform their basic constitutionally assigned duties. This chaos and disorder is 100 avoidable in congress if they just do their job. Shut down now seems all but certain if speaker Kevin Mccarthy cannot find convince a faction of farright republicans to sign off on a deal from the government. Today on capitol hill, members of the Roads Committee discussed the path forward for Appropriation Bills that mccarthy plans to put on the house floor on tuesday. Speaker mccarthy is not relying on hope to somehow pull a rabbit out of a head for a solution. I always believe, when you get to the final deadlines, thats when the real crunch. Comes on believing in Human Behavior furthest that have been holding o
Intuitive sittostart in the allelectric id. 4. Its the little things, its a vw. Tonight, straight from the source. A new joint chiefs chairman finally confirmed, the republican senator, tommy tuberville, is still blocking hundreds of Military Confirmations, and military families are still caught in the middle. Plus, attorney general, Merrick Garland firing back at some of his fiercest republican critics today, declaring that hes not the president s lawyer or congresss prosecutor. And a new fight for number two in the republican president ial race, and it is not governor ron desantis. I am kaitlan collins, this is the source. Source. This attorney general grilled on capitol hill today for the republicans on the House Judiciary Committee its a preview of whats to come when it kicks off next week fixes in even with the face saving indictment last week of hunter biden, everyone knows the fix is. In here regionally offered hunter biden a sweetheart deal. Does anyone at the department told P
But the Biden Administration is receiving a lot of criticism for the deal that brought them home. Well go through all of that in just a moment. Also ahead wellbri you a preview of President Bidens busy day at the United Nations General Assembly here in new york where hes expected to push for continued support for ukraine. Plus the latest on capitol hill to avoid a shutdown as House Republicans are struggling to get all their members onboard with even a shortterm funding deal. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, september 19th. Im jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. Later on this morning President Joe Biden is set to address the United Nations General Assembly for the third time. A Senior Administration official tells nbc news that the president will lay out for the world the steps that he and his administration challenges. Those challenges range from the Largest Armed conflict in europe since world war ii to escalating tensions with global