And good morning to you, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 30th. The last day of the month. Im amara walker. October is almost here. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. Amara, good to be with you, so close but so far away. I feel close to you. Same to you. Great to see you, omar. Were watching a lot of news this morning. In fact, here we are again. Just hours away from a Government Shutdown. Lawmakers still cant agree on a deal to fund the government past midnight. Were specifically talking about the house right now. The last ditch efforts are under way to keep that from happening. And the impact of a shutdown could have a huge impact from our National Security to clean drinking water. Well discuss. And flood waters ripped through parts of New York City, submerging cars, disrupting mass transit. Look at those images there. Prompting water rescues. Well show you the damage left behind and where were tracking more rain this morning. Police make an arre
This is cnn Breaking News. Youre live in cnn newsroom, im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. It is 5 00 p. M. Up on capitol hill. Just seven hours to go to avert a midnight shutdown of the federal government that would hurt millions of americans. A short time ago, lawmakers in the house took a step back from the brink. The yays are 335, the nays are 91. Twothirds being in the affirmative. The rules are suspended. The bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The house surprisingly passed a bipartisan shortterm spending bill. The Stop Gap Measure would provide 45 days of Government Funding and includes federal Disaster Relief assistance as the white house had requested, but it does not include aid to ukraine, which has been a top priority for president biden. All but one House Democrat supported the measure, along with more than 120 republicans. It now heads over to the senate, and cnns man ewe are you is live Up On Capitol Hill. Manu, you
Indict. And on that note, i will turn it over to you, pam brown, and cnn tonight. Thats quite the turnover there, abby. Sorry. It really happened. Had to do it i understand. You cant bleep it out. He is the leading republican president Democratic Convention candidate. Totally get it. Have a great weekend. Good evening everyone. Im pamela brown. Great to have you with us thon late friday night. There is news happening. Donald trump telling reporters tonight he may be in court on monday. Are you going to your trial on monday . I may, yeah. That is for the 250 million civil fraud suit. The new York Attorney general is bringing that against the former president and his business empire. While in georgia one of trumps codefendants pleaded guilty today, flipping for the prosecution agreeing to testify. Plus historic flooding in new york city. I mean, these pictures, wow. A months worth of rain falling in a few short hours today. Surging flood waters, overwhelming streets. The Subway System an
Time. That matters. Oh, yeah, and we are expecting high tide again later tonight, around 9 00. So thats the next time well see the water inch up. The mornings high tide around 9 00 a. M. In the heat of this, so that made matters worse for people across the northeast dealing with the rain trying to get to work or drop their kids at school. Sandra thank you, katie. John joining us again by phone, onika williams, she works at a daycare in coney island, she was on a bus earlier today and took amazing video, when we spoke with you last hour you were trying to make your way home as we watch your video here. Are you there yet . No, im Down The Street from my house. Im almost home. John whats it been like trying to get home . Its been better. Its still raining but the road is clear, its not as bad as this morning. Which tells me the trucks the drains are being cleared so its making going home a little easier. Sandra onika, you dont sound as energetic as you did before. Youve had a long commute
They fail to stand up or condemn the threats to democracy. That was part of President Bidens speech yesterday in arizona focused on the threats to our democracy, the former president and the Maga Movement. Well have much more on his remarks including his most forceful and direct criticisms yet of donald trump. Speaking of the former president , his defense team made a Surprise Move in the Georgia Election interference case. Well explain that, and well have the latest from capitol hill on any last ditch efforts to prevent a Government Shutdown before sundays deadline. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 29th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. A busy day, and well begin this morning with President Bidens speech on defending the nations democracy. The president delivered the address in tempe, arizona, to celebrate a Library Being built in honor of the late republican senator, his friend john mccain. It came just one day after the sec