Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin the hour with mounting political and policy challenges for President Biden. There is the threat of a looming Government Shutdown in a week, the widening strike by the United Auto Workers union and a growing Immigration Crisis at the u. S. Slmexico burr der. The Nations Capital is buzzing over a new abc News Washington post poll showing biden ten points behind former President Donald Trump in a headtohead matchup among registered voters. Even the Washington Post says it might be an outlier as a new poll shows them tied at 46 . Joining us is democratic dock woman Debbie Dingell of michigan. Congresswoman, thank you for sharing part of your sunday with us. We appreciate it. Youre in a key battleground state. There was a lot of fuss over michigan the last time around. Are you worried about these polls . First of all, jim, you were talking to the woman everybody said was crazy when i told people that donald trump could an
Will the former aide says donald trump told her just as a classified documents investigation was heating up. Im Charles Coleman jr, in for ayman mohyeldin. Lets get started, weve got a lot to talk about. But first, breaking news. Time is running out with just seven days away from a Government Shutdown. Most House Republicans or nowhere to be found. Literally. They have left washington to go home with no resolution insight. On thursday, for the second time this week, House Republicans failed to stop debate on a bill to fund the Defense Department after five farright members of speaker mccarthys own caucus blocked the measure and demand additional spending cuts. This marks yet another embarrassing moment for mccarthy, with the defeated theory telling members to go home, canceling all votes for the weekend. On friday, mccarthy told reporters that the next bullet could be held on tuesday. This time to take up a rule of a series of appropriations known as a mini bus. He says they believe th
Member of the Freedom Caucus why is going after Marjorie Taylor greene and speaking out against an Impeachment Inquiry against President Biden. Earlier, my congressman conversation with senator Amy Klobuchar. Talking about a rebrand of the term prolife. Something tells me that she does too. According to mark meadows, he was just doing his job, setting up a job so that they could into finding him some votes. So that is just typical runofthemill Chief Of Staff stuff, nothing to see here, just doing my job. At least thats been his argument to get his case moved to Federal Court, and if hed been successful he may have had a more favorable jury pool. So there were some stakes for him, or in the dreams narrow for meadows, it couldve meant dismissal of his case altogether. But, late on friday, a judge in atlanta flatly rejected his request to move his case. It turns out you cant just claim all of your alleged crime was under the big umbrella as politics as usual. The word for a talking point,
You do not know, what our middle terry leaders do in the pentagon every day . You think they are just about giving advice . The ignorance this guy . I have to bring in Claire Mccaskill here, general hurdle, a guy who knows what hes doing. General hurdling retweeting an interview that he had on fox news. Where tuberville said that the Navy Secretary has to get wokeness out of the navy because quote, we have got people doing on Aircraft Carriers. And general hurdling said what i wouldnt get for a real journalist to Say Something like what the f, are you talking about senator. Senator, you are on the air forces committee. You are on the committee in the house, it is not that hard to figure out what they are doing at the pentagon every day. And it has to do with protecting america from our enemies, and planning on keeping this country safe. And keeping our allies safe, and keeping freedom safe from tyranny. And also, i must say, from idiocy like that guy. I have to tell you the truth. When
Preparations for a shutdown have already begun across the country. One week before funding for the federal government runs out on September 30th at midnight. The White House Office of management and budget has already reached out to leaders of federal agencies to coordinate with them. About what they and their staff can expect if they are forced to shut down. Next week. Like the last time the government shutdown, which lasted for 35 days from the tail end of 2018, until the first weeks of the 2019. Millions of americans lives will be disrupted as various federal services will be shuttered, and work will be followed, and workers will be furloughed, and wont be paid for the direction of the shutdown. Workers who are considered essential, like Border Patrol agents, federal law enforcement, and air Traffic Controllers, will continue working. But also will not be paid until congress results the dispute. Federal employees will be eligible to be receiving back pay, but an impending shutdown p