You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good afternoon. A major new deadline hangs over washington and the heads of federal employees across country. Just one week from today the federal government face as midnight shutdown and unless a funding bill can be passed and signed by the president. With every passing hour that looks more unlikely. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy sent lawmakers home for a long weekend after federal agencies becoming a formal process preparing for a shutdown of Military Personnel. Their paychecks could be delayed for weeks as a crisis grows at the Southern Board Perp federal officials sending more resources to help with this weeks surge of migrants crossing into the u. S. Today House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy conceded he has to win over republicans hardliners but hopeful theyll fall in line to pass a Stopgap Spending Measure and prevent a shutdown. Finally agree on this, and shutting down i dont see and cnn chief Congress Correspondent manu raj
also on the programme tonight. pressure grows on the first minister nicola sturgeon. it s understood the holyrood committee investigating the handling of harassment claims against alex salmond believes she misled their inquiry. the duke and duchess of sussex condemn the predatory practices of the british tabloids, after the sun paid a us private investigator to gather information about meghan markle. he says he then acted illegally. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery inflicted on a nation we look at the role of president assad during this brutal conflict. and coming up in sport on bbc news trouble at tottenham, as spurs are knocked out of the europa league late in extra time by dynamo zagreb. good evening. most of the european countries that suspended the use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine have said they will start using it again, after the eu s medical regulator declared it safe and effective . italy, germany, france and spain are among those resumin
Sam shepard dies at the age of 73. And one of french cinemas biggest stars, jeanne moreau, has passed away at her home in paris at the age of 89. White House Communications director Anthony Scaramucci who was appointed just ten days ago by President Trump, has been fired, according to us media. The former financier took the job last friday, replacing Spokesman Sean Spicer who left his post. The New York Times is reporting that scaramucci was fired at the request of new Chief Of Staffjohn kelly, who was sworn in today. Lets try and get some clarity on this. We can speak to our american reporter in washington. I think these reports first appeared in the New York Times. The New York Times and politico, all reporting the same thing, that anthony s cara mcshane was effectively forced out by president donald trump. This was also at the request ofjohn kerry, the new Chief Of Staff who was sworn in this Morning Scaramucci came in about ten days ago, Sean Spicer Resort and shortly after he was
Sam shepard dies at the age of 73. And one of french cinemas biggest stars, jeanne moreau, has passed away at her home in paris at the age of 89. White House Communications director Anthony Scaramucci who was appointed just ten days ago by President Trump, has been fired, according to us media. The former financier took the job last friday, replacing Spokesman Sean Spicer who left his post. The New York Times is reporting that scaramucci was fired at the request of new Chief Of Staffjohn kelly, who was sworn in today. Lets try and get some clarity on this. We can speak to our american reporter in washington. I think these reports first appeared in the New York Times. The New York Times and politico, all reporting the same thing, that anthony s cara mcshane was effectively forced out by president donald trump. This was also at the request ofjohn kerry, the new Chief Of Staff who was sworn in this Morning Scaramucci came in about ten days ago, Sean Spicer Resort and shortly after he was
Sam shepard dies at the age of 73. And one of french cinemas biggest stars, jeanne moreau, has passed away at her home in paris at the age of 89. White House Communications director Anthony Scaramucci who was appointed just ten days ago by President Trump, has been fired, according to us media. The former financier took the job last friday, replacing Spokesman Sean Spicer who left his post. The New York Times is reporting that scaramucci was fired at the request of new Chief Of Staffjohn kelly, who was sworn in today. Lets try and get some clarity on this. We can speak to our american reporter in washington. I think these reports first appeared in the New York Times. The New York Times and politico, all reporting the same thing, that anthony s cara mcshane was effectively forced out by president donald trump. This was also at the request ofjohn kerry, the new Chief Of Staff who was sworn in this Morning Scaramucci came in about ten days ago, Sean Spicer Resort and shortly after he was