Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, september 24th. Thanks for spending part of your morning with us. Heres what we are watching for you. Its time for them to do job america elected them to do. Lawmakers up against a clock and working on a deal to fund the government ahead of a looming shutdown. The real world impacts a shutdown would have on everything from air travel to members of the military. Ophelia has moved inland after bringing heavy rain and flooding to parts of the east coast. The areas we are watching for more flooding and the threat of severe storms today. Its a cosmic delivery hyeas in the making. A Space Capsule full of Asteroid Pieces set to land on earth this morning. What scientists are hoping to learn from it. The fires that you dont hear about in the news is the greatest success. It could be a game changer when it comes to firefighting. How they are using a. I. To snuff out wildfires before they explode. Plus, a 10 and 11yearold steal their moms
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
Good saturday morning to you. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 23rd. Im victor blackwell. Victor, its good to be with you. Im omar jimenez in for amara walker. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. So, i dont know if ive seen two men anchor a Network Cable network broadcast. Thats huge. At least the last 35 year. And then two brothers, anchoring the show. It is good to have you this morning. Come on. Come on. This is history right now. Its history. Good to have you, omar. Lets have a good show. Thousands of homes are without power as Tropical Storm ophelia lashes the east coast with strong winds and heavy rain. We have a look at the cities in the storms path and the impact well see throughout the day. Plus the country is quickly hurtling towards a shutdown talks among the republicans in the house have broken down over a deal to fund the government. How federal agencies are preparing and the talks to keep a shutdown from happening. The uaw is turning
Cnn primetime with abby philips starts right now. Objectively american democracy is in perilous condition. The nations politics are poisoned. Truth has become optional. Instead of desired or even required. The republic has of course always faced threats to it even before Rupert Murdoch. But so much of the current state of our democracy can be traced back to the beast of his creation. Good evening everyone. Im abby philip. Rupert murdoch is stepping down as ceo of fox news tonight. His legacy is outrage porn. Partisan red meat. Stoking relentless culture wars. But it all started with what you could argue is a noble vision to create a center right news network to elevate more perspectives that arent based in gotham or in washington. But instead, Stoking Division seemed to become murdochs mission. So did power and so did the money. Fox became a mouth piece for republican administrations, a mouth piece really for donald trump and eventually a vehicle for his baseless conspiracies. It is im