Morning. A very busy monday morning. Lets start with five things to know for september 18th. This breaking news. Five americans wrongfully detained in iran about to be free this morning. Right now theyre on their way to a plane that will take them to qatar and back to the United States by tonight, hopefully. And this just into cnn. Nine Juvenile Teenagers who esc a juvenile Detention Center are back in custody. And former President Donald Trump said, quote, it was my decision to try overturn the 2020 Election Results and legal Election Results say that could impact his defense with the special counsel. And hunter biden is suing the irs, alleging its agents illegally released his Tax Information. And the clock is still ticking towards a republican shutdown. It is likely dead on arrival. Well have more. Cnn this morning starts right now. Five prisoners who are citizens of the Islamic Republic will be freed from the prisons of the United States and in exchange, five prisoners who used to
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. tonight, west virginia senator joe manchin says he will not run for reelection, delivering a major throw to democrats hope to keep control of the senate in 2024. melanie zanona is up on capitol hill. does this open a seat that republicans could potential pick up next year? reporter: yeah, absolutely, wolf. this is a huge blow for the democrats. they were waiting on pins and needle to see what joe manchin was going to do. that s because west virginia will be one of the toughest seats for the democrats to defend next year. donald trump won the state by double-digit points. without an bandy there, it will be easier for republicans to flip that seat. even manchin was likely going to face a tough time winning the election. jim justice, the popular republican governor is running on the gop side. he s also endorsed by donald trump. so rpg are feeling quite confidence in a statement ahead of the senate gop arm said, we like our odds in an
but three taylor swift shows before he was born. sarah s a big fan. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. a new twist in donald trump s classified documents case. kind of sounds like a game of clue. the lead starts right now. a plumber, a maid, and even a chauffeur. the names from mar-a-lago who could soon be key witnesses in the criminal case against the former president. and a cnn exclusive, kevin mccarthy one month after his fall as speaker of the house and not holding back on the so-called crazy eight who voted him out. they care a lot about press, not about policy, so they seem to just want the press and the personality. plus, a political stunner. democratic senator joe manchin says he won t run for re-election, so will he run for higher office? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we start with our law and justice lead and brand new exclusive cnn reporting about who could be called to testify in donald trump s classified docu
victories for veterans go to dab.org. i m gustavo valdes in mexico city, and this is cnn here on the cnn newsroom. hi everyone, i m jessica dean in washington convicted felon and former president donald trump is still six weeks away from finding out what he his sentence will be and his history, historic hush money, conviction. but trump says he d be okay with serving prison time this morning. and the lander view he s done since being convicted. the current republican candidate for president warn fox news a harsh sentence could lead to anger from his supporters judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. it could face what that okay with it, i saw one of my lawyers. he had today on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that to the i don t know. beg for anything you ve just the way it is. i don t know that the public would stand it. you know, i don t i m not sure that the public would stand for with a house arrest for i think i think it would be tough
for the first time since hamas attacked israel, the rafah crossing in gaza is opening up to civilians to cross through. what israel, egypt and hamas all had to agree to and who is now making their move through the crossing. israel acknowledges an air strike on a refugee camp in northern gaza. israeli officials say they killed a hamas terror leader there, but the pictures show many, many dead. one israeli official told me he did not know how many civilians, but hospital officials say that there are hundreds of casualties including dead and wounded. this morning, new reaction from countries around the world. also donald trump s children set to testify starting today in new york. what they potentially have to lose. i m john berman with kate bolduan, sara is on assignment and this is cnn news central. a big development in gaza. many developments including this. civilians finally allowed to move through the rafah crossing into egypt for the first time in three we