Announcer live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. Hello, everyone. Welcome. It is friday, october 15th, and we begin with News Breaking overnight where former president bill clinton is recovering in a California Hospital now. Hes been there since tuesday, being treated for an infection in his bloodstream. Doctors say hes in good spirits and is responding well. Cnns Chief Medical correspondent sanjay gupta has all the details for you. Reporter what we know is that on tuesday, the president , who is in Southern California for a foundation event, he was not feeling well. The former president said he was sort of fatigued, not feeling well, but it was concerning enough to him and his staff that they took him to the hospital, university of californiairvine, where he was admitted to the hospital and subsequently diagnosed with a Blood Infection. As they investigated further, they found that this was something known as uro sepsis. That means a Urinary Tract Infection that then
Big lie, the former Acting Attorney General. The big question today, will any witnesses show up . The former president urged aides to ignore subpoenas. One said overnight he wont show, effectively daring lawmakers to hold him in contempt. Cnns ryan nobles has more from capitol hill. Reporter laura, christine, thursday is a crucial day for the january 6 select committee. Today is the day where they are expected to have those first round of closed door depositions from two key trump associates. Steve bannon and kash patel. Patel the former d. O. D. Official, bannon a former white house counselor, someone working outside the administration in the lead up to january 6. The big question is whether either of these men will comply with the subpoena request, and the committee has made it clear that if they dont show up, that theyre ready to take serious action to force them to comply, including up to Criminal Contempt referral which could happen before the end of this week if they feel like th
United states and Around The World. Brandnew this morning, an urgent push to fix the tangled Global Supply chain, what the white house is calling a 90day sprint to unchoke the bottlenecks that are feeding into inflation. A Senior Administration official said the Port Of Los Angeles would move to 24 7 service. The Port Of Long Beach has already been working around the clock. Those two ports, they handle 40 of the Container Traffic in the u. S. The white house also said walmart, fedex and ups, three the largest Goods Companies in the country will move to 24 7 operations. The Supply Chain Nightmare is slowing the economic recovery. Banks have been slashing their Growth Forecast and moodys analytics warns these disruptions will get worse before they get better. Obviously its a problem. It all goes back to the pandemic. I mean, the pandemic is disrupted all markets, you know. We can see in the Global Supply chains. Its not going to be next month, next quarter. I think this Time Next Year we
With less than 48 hours to resolve multiple disputes. Patience wearing thin among democrats who want moderate hold outs Kirsten Sinema and joe manchin. Hardly anyone knows where either of them stands. So far neither is saying much. What needs to be done, i keep telling yall, were going to work and work in good faith. So, why did these two senators matter . Why do they always get all the attention . Well, four big issues have to be solved in the next 48 hours. Hard infrastructure, thats roads and bridges. Human infrastructure, thats expanding the Social Safety Net. Funding so that the government doesnt shutdown and and lifting the debt ceiling to avoid a government defaults. It is unclear how much to raise the debt ceiling without knowing how much the government is spending. So it all leaves democrats struggling to find a path forward in all four issues. American families frankly in limbo. We should point out this is about families. Child care, health care, about funding the government.
to be handled first. let s talk about new details surrounding trump administration. lawmakers suggesting that president trump former security advisor michael flip broke u.s. laws it appears he violated federal law when failed to seek permission or inform united states government from receiving tens of thousands from a trip in 2015 according to house overnight committee. white house slaming a federal judge decision to block executive order that blocks funding for so-called sanctuary cities and i the san francisco based judge in a statement last night the ruling under mipz faith in our legal system but the move is step as victory for others. the executive order was riddled with constitutional problems and we knew the president of the united states cannot usurp spending powers of congress. this is the latest blow on the immigration travel bans have been blocked twice by federal judges. and retaliating against canada slapping a tariff on lumber blaming cap aidians for