victims of violent crime in manhattan field hearing is still happening. it started about two hours ago and ongoing with many witnesses now stepping up and telling the horrifying stories of both the crime that they ve experienced in the city but also the shut-out that they ve experienced by alvin bragg s office. lawmakers there directly hearing from victims impacted. a bodega worker charged with murder for defending himself. a friend of his had to step in for him today because jose alba fears for retaliation if he speaks up. his mom, whose son was murdered, also on the list the next person is madeleine, her son, a military veteran, a victim s right advocate and more heart rending stories of pain and suffering across the board. those are a few of the people speaking today. the chairman of the judiciary, jim jordan. our waft necessarys today have felt the effects of crime up close and personal. they ve been victimized by a justice system that cares more about political corre
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta. At any minute the United States senate could vote on a stopgap measure to prevent the shutdown that was going to take place just after midnight. This afternoon the house passed an 11th hour shortterm Spending Bill. Now it has to be signed by the senate and then signed by the president. All within the next six hours. Manu raju is on capitol hill for us. I guess its on the senate side right now, and thats where you are, if memory serves me correct. Youre tracking the latest. What do we know at this point . Reporter yeah, ive been talking to them this afternoon and its very clear. The senate will accept and will vote to give final approval in this house bill that would keep the government open past midnight for another 45 days. It would include money to help deal with natural disasters but does not include what many senators on both sides of the aisle wanted. 6. 2 billion in aid to ukraine. The senate was voting on its own plan as the house
we re in a whole new space, senator. when you hear a number 55% of people don t agree what do you say? first i m surprised they are looking at polls. the republicans to determine policy. they would be focus on supporting pro-choice positions around this country. let s put that aside. two issues you saw in the debate. the first was you shouldn t impugn a congresswoman is wrong on this. you shouldn t impugn the character of someone debating the issue. you should have the debate. on the beer issue i don t care. i think most americans don t care who is promoting what beer or beverage. if you don t like the beer, don t buy the beer. there are two separate issues. we should have great debate over these issues especially in regard to trans. but i will tell you that it is somewhat amazing to me to watch this debate because between fox and npr. sorry to compare you for a second. this is all you guys talk about.