good evening welcome to washington, i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. border crossings set another record. officials report the highest monthly total ever recorded for december. with the new year comes new laws. we ll tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier looks at the reece of internet use and how they re impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country s in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid a year of low approval numbers criticism of the us handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family s scheduled to return to, wa ton tomorrow after a week-long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike, the wh
Plus, one of Donald Trumps codefendants in georgia has just pleaded guilty, striking a plea deal with prosecutors. The question is, could more deals be on the horizon . What it all means for the former president. Also, the joint chiefs chairman did not mince words in his retirement speech today, Calling Trump A Wannabe dictator without naming him. Former Vice President mike pence is here to respond to that in moments. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. The u. S. Is on the brink of a Government Shutdown tonight, with really no plan in sight. With all the infighting, all the f bombs, all the votes that have been happening and also not happening on capitol hill, right now there is still no deal to keep the government open after tomorrow at midnight. House speaker Kevin Mccarthys own conference sank his last ditch plan earlier today, and tonight he emerged with this mes message for the senate. I think if we had a clean one without ukraine on it, we could probably be able to move t
Hello, everyone. Good morning. It is saturday, september 30th. Im amara walker. And im omar jimenez. Youre in the cnn newsroom. The government is barrelling towards a shutdown with no solution in sight. Today is the last day for congress to pass a funding bill to keep the government open. You see the count down. Now the clock is ticking. Right now House Republicans are in a closed door meeting to try and come up with a last minute solution. But just last night House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy once again failed to pass a Stop Gap Bill in his chamber and now he is warning that the senate bill wont pass either, calling their bipartisan bill Dead On Arrival. But Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell says there is only one path forward. The choice facing congress is pretty straightforward. We can take the Standard Approach and fund the government for six weeks at the current rate of operations, or we can shut the government down in exchange for zero meaningful progress on policy. Our team is o
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
Just in, the first guilty plea in the trump election interference case in georgia. A Surprise Arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur. Why now after 30 years . The uaw expanding its strike against ford and gm as talks stall. Fight over electric cars. And harry smith on whether a new Grocery Store could help Feed One American Town and heal old wounds. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening and welcome. As we come on the air, a Nightmare Commute home is underway here in the nations biggest Metropolitan Area virtually paralyzed today by flooding rains. New york city under a State Of Emergency tonight with 23 Million People under flood watches across new york, new jersey, and connecticut. New yorks governor saying this is not an ordinary rainfall calling it historic. Numerous cars have been stranded on flooded urban streets and roads. Some drivers in need of rescue. Subways and suburban rail trains stopped after water flooded tracks and Flight Disruptions at t