to this morning. five things to know for this wednesday, september 20th. in just hours, attorney general merrick garland will testify before congress, and he will say he is not the president s lawyer, and not congress s prosecutor. and keeping our eyes on the capitol, republican dysfunction in the house, it continues. a handful of far right conservatives blocking debate on a pentagon spending bill as the clock ticks down to a government shutdown. and donald trump s ex-assistant says the former president told her to play dumb about classified documents according to reports. new federal charges in the fentanyl death of a 1-year-old child at a day care center in the bronx. investigators say they found a kilogram of the drug on top of play mats. writers will be back at the negotiating table today after five months of strike as the auto workers strike moves into day six. cnn this morning starts right now. wednesday can be a hard day, middle of the week, hump day, you k