going to find damage from the heavy equipment, from, you know, people not being able to procure their items and leave now trace. those a there s a restoration department here at burning man and they do a phenomenal job year in and year out and this year is going to be a really tough job. some people have trucked out on foot, including comedian chris rock, who up see in the blue coat and others hiking for six miles before they were able to hitch a ride from a fan. earlier i spoke with a different attendee who was able to make it back home to south carolina. she described how others were coping with the conditions. take a listen. most of the season folks that have been out there a number of times had really positive attitudes. i mean, we all know we re signing up for something that anything could happen. i ve been out there during a hail storm, i ve been out there during rain. i ve been out there when it was, like, too hot to function. so i felt like overall it was pretty
good morning, everyone, welcome to cnn this morning. it is the top of the hour, 8:00, i m sure you re all already awake. and i mara walker, and i m omar jimenez in for victor blakwell. you do have coffee. yeah. somewhere. i just happened to get a good night s sleep last night which is rare. you re glowing. i do my best. we have a lot to talk about. we start with lawmakers, getting ready to return to capitol hill. they re facing a critical deadline crunch. we ll break down everything on their plate. and a death at the burning m manfestival. and blistering heat is impacting millions. who will see the worst of it and whether relief is an owe the way. and covid cases are back an owe the rise. experts warn the number of cases could be higher than what the data shows. so, this week congress is heading back to d.c. with a lot on their plate. senators return from their august break on tuesday followed by the house next week and with the fiscal year ending on september
you are live in the cnn newsroom. good evening, tomorrow is labor day. that means this week, the presidential campaign will get a lot busier. the same for capitol hill as lawmakers begin to return from their biggest recess. big item, passing a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded. if a spending bill is not passed , four weeks from today on october 1, members of both parties say they want to avoid that. a government shutdown is not good for anybody. we want to avoid that. that means republicans and democrats are going to have to come together to get a consistency to avoid a government shutdown. let s begin the process of talking about our spending. joining us, commentator and democratic strategist maria cardona. ladies, happy labor day weekend, to have you both on. outlets, let me start with you. kevin mccarthy has urged fellow republicans to back the short- term spending deal to avoid a short-term shutdown. what do you think his chances are given what w
right now. hey, laura. i m going to listen again to that smith interview. i was on the phone listening to that. abby great. he had some great takes. i ve never seen him so call during an interview or so engaged. i was leaning in, he is leaning in for this entire interview, can t wait for that. if you have anything to spill just call me. okay? i will call you. have a good night laura. good evening, everyone, i m laura coast and this is cnn tonight. police are now searching at this very moment for a dangerous convicted murderer who escaped from pennsylvania. convicted of stabbing his girm friend to death, in front of her two young children. the question is where is this man heighting and where is this man heading? law enforcement believe that cabakante is in the general area outside of philadelphia and he may be headed south. when he murdered debra brandow in 2021 he headed toward brazil. we have evidence to suggest that he was captured in virginia but the ultimate
statement from the vice president of the richardson center for global engagement. it reads in part, governor richardson passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. he lived his entire life in the service of others, including both his time in government and his subsequent career helping to free people held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. cnn s wolf blitzer joins me on the phone. we appreciate you hopping on. you just spoke with the governor just over a week ago. i want to play a portion of that for our viewers. i know you ve been working closely with britney griner s family to help get her out. i know you went to russia recently, met with top officials there in that effort. what can you tell us about how this deal came together? all right. well, credit has to go to the biden administration, to john finer, the national security council and the president, who made this tough decision to get britney griner out in exchange for boot, who s a bad guy, an arms dealer.