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
And we are live on capitol hill, standing by for a discussion to get under way about political civility and bipartisanship with a series of lawmakers. It is the snacks and cocktails portion of the event hosted by georgetown. Well have live coverage when it gets under way here on cspan3. So were waiting for the discussion on political civility to get under way. A group of lawmakers coming by here on capitol hill, this just a day before President Trump is set to give his first state of the Union Address before a joint session of congress. Our state of the Union Coverage begins tomorrow night at 8 00 eastern with a preview. Well follow that with the president s speech at 9 00 and then get your reaction on the phone afterwards. All live on cspan. T also can watch at cspan. Org or listen on the free radio app. Earlier today we got a chance to preview his address from kellyanne conway. Lets take a look at what she had to say while we wait for this event to get started. Thank you for being he
Thank you all for coming, we are delighted to have you with us. Fromme is john carrr Georgetown University. Grateful to them for their help, the friends at the democracy department, who support our efforts at evil dialogue, at a time when it is more important than ever. We do large dialogues at the georgetown, and it would mention a couple of those at the end. Ido some convenient ones, probably the most important thing that we do, is reach out to Young Leaders here in washington. It is my experience, i am very old, as i am told by my children all the time my experience is that a lot of Young Leaders come to washington, many of them motivated to their faith. But they get pulled into the wars. The great temptation in washington is not corruption, i think, it is in this is in. Especially, it is cynicism. Thiswe are, i day before rate of the union, which is which is of the union, as close as you get to american liturgy. I am catholic. There is the entrance experience, a stand, they said, t
Director of initiative on catholic social night at Georgetown University. We are very grateful to the Chaplains Office for their help and our friends at the Democracy Fund who support our efforts at civil dialogue at a time when it is more important than ever. Atl dialogue, at a time when it is more important than ever. We do large dialogues at the georgetown, and it would mention a couple of those at the end. Ido some convenient ones, probably the most important thing that we do, is reach out to Young Leaders here in washington. It is my experience, i am very old, as i am told by my children all the time my experience is that a lot of Young Leaders come to washington, many of them motivated to their faith. But they get pulled into the wars. The great temptation in washington is not corruption, i think, it is in this is in. Especially, it is cynicism. Thiswe are, i day before rate of the union, which is which is of the union, as close as you get to american liturgy. I am catholic. Ther
This is the daily rundown. Lets get right to my first reads of the morning. Get ready for a three and a half month sprint to the finish. The 2014 midterms are just 99 days away. Voters nationwide will cast ballots in 36 senate races, 36 contests for governor and pick their representatives. In all 435 house districts. One thing thats striking so far, we still dont know for sure what this election will be about. Will republicans net six seats and win 2014s big prize, control of the u. S. Senate . For democrats, avoiding a gop wave and a total disaster might actually represent a small victory. Can democrats offset potential losses at the federal level by picking off some vulnerable republican governors . Given gop gains over the last few cycles it was always see as an advantage prospect but democrats have their own vulnerable incumbent governors to defend. Both the democrats and the republicans legitimately believe they are going to pick up a few seats in november. Somebody has got to be