Our economy. Heres a snapshot of the last Government Shutdown. This occurred between the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 on trumps watch. A stretfo 34 days, 300,000 Government Workers were furloughed and. It costs our economy 11 billion dollars. Its not Monopoly Money, folks. Its not Monopoly Money to republicans who think that we have too much debt in the country, 11 Trillion Dollars for no particular reason, seems foolhardy. I should not be complicated. Funding the government is a basic power given to congress in the constitution. Its one of the few things that the United States constitution actually says that congress has to do it, its not optional. They have what you commonly here as the power of the house under the leadership of the speaker, Kevin Mccarthy, tenuously the ship though it is. He is choosing chaos over governing. For a party that touts fiscal responsibility, its just not responsible to hold the Economy Hostage over hard line policy requests that stand zero chanc
Price. If you move that to where you are, where i am, i mean, were talking 10 plus. It is a fantastic reno job. Im envious. That price will get me about 30 square feet. Different markets. Different markets. But maybe ill visit one day. The next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. If youre just joining us, saturday september 23rd, im omar jimenez in for amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. Here is what were watching for you this morning. Tropical storm ophelia is moving up the east coast this morning and its bringing strong winds and heavy rains. And now thousands of people are without power as this storm is hit the carolinas. We have the track for you and the potential impacts. Plus, the clock is ticking. And the country is quickly barrelling toward a shutdown as talks among republicans to fund the government have broken down. What were learning about the talks happening today to try to
Well, good evening, im laura coates. A week that began with Merrick Garland being accused of weaponizing the Department Of Justice against republicans ends with one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now indicted for corruption. The chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, new jersey senator bob menendez stands accused of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight, we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and, of course, the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day, after seeing all the reports ive cut through all of it, here are the real questions, number one, did he do it . Right did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial for conspiracy, bribery and Honest Services fraud, sound familiar, led to
Phillip starts now. Tonight, a sitting United States senator is accused of using his official position to help a foreign power in exchange for sxrichz rewards. And while the allegations of cash, the gold bars, even the convertibles are getting all the attention, the other end of those alleged bribes is downright chilling. Geeng. Im abby phillip. The Justice Department indicting democratic senator bob menendez and his wife and his wife. That he sought and received Sensitive Information about u. S. Diplomats in egypt. Information that eventually made its way to people with ties to the government there. Now, in Addition Prosecutors say that he gave nonpublic information about u. S. Military aid. Hes also accused of ghostwriting a pitch to senators on behalf of a foreign government. Now, that would ease restrictions on arms and ammunition to egypt. Those restrictions were in place in part due to concerns about human rights and democracy. All of this as he is chairing the Senate Foreign rel
And more, allegedly trading his influence to benefit business associates, and egypt. Also tonight, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes his appeal for western aid to canada after getting a mixed reception from top officials here in washington. This, as Ukrainian Forces target russianoccupied crimea with new attacks. And President Biden leads donald trump in cnns exclusive new poll from New Hampshire. Well break down the numbers and signs that anger at trump that outweigh concerns about bidens age in a potential rematch. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States, and around the world, im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. We begin with the federal Criminal Indictment of a powerful senate democrat, democrat bob menendez temporarily giving up his post as Foreign Relations Committee Chair as he faces corruptionrelated charges for the second time in ten years. Cnns Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez is working to support the