feel any significant relief at the grocery store or gas pump. fuel costs just hit another new high, $4.40 a gallon on average for the first time ever. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is traveling with the president. jeremy, the president gave a speech about inflation yesterday. today it s supposed to be more about food supply. what can we expect? reporter: yeah, victor, but inflation will still be very much top of mind for the president as he addresses this dueling issue of rising food prices, as well as this global food shortage. part of it sparked by the war in ukraine. ukraine/russia, key suppliers of wheat around the world. we ll hear the president address both of those. and the fact that he s talking about inflation for the second day in a row, a reflection of the extent to which he s facing serious political pressure on this issue, a top issue for voters heading into the midterms. today we ll hear the president announce several new steps to help farmers
You just know there are more great things to come. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im Michael Holmes in atlanta. Appreciate your company. With just hours to spare, the u. S. Senate late saturday averted a Government Shutdown by a vote of 889. Senators passed the house bill that will keep the money flowing for another 45 days. The white house sent out a photo of President Biden signing the shortterm measure into law shortly before the med night deadline. The deal came together with surprising speed in the end with u. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy abruptly changing course and asking democrats for help. The result was a resounding bipartisan passage of a shortterm bill. But many lawmakers on both sides are very unhappy the final bill did not contain additional aid to ukraine, especially at such a critical moment in the war. Still, Senate Leaders were relieved to have brought this showdown to an end. Its been a day full of twists and turns
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States and all around the world. Im laila harrak. Its been a day full of twists and turns, but the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no Government Shutdown. The u. S. Government still operating, but Kevin Mccarthy needed democrats to seal the deal. Ahead, what could be next for the Republican House speaker. Plus, u. S. Funding for ukraine not included in the Spending Bill. Well take a look at how that might affect troops on the ground. And president jimmy carter turns 99 years old today. Well take a look at Birthday Greetings for americas 39th president. The United States waking up in the hours ahead to a fully functioning government. At least for now. Deep anxiety over an impending Government Shutdown gave way to relief late saturday, when u. S. President joe biden signed a 45day Stopgap Measure to keep the government running and the military paid. It includes more aid for natural disasters, but not
Lis on to this story out of florida. A 200mile joyride ended with a highrisk traffic stop. Also, a huge surprise. Deputies say that they were stunned to find a 10yearold boy and his 11yearold sister hop out of the stolen car near gainesville as they surrounded it. Those are the kids with their hands up. Look, the Sheriffs Office says the pair stole their mothers car after she took away their electronic devices. The mom drove three hours from her northport home to pick them up. Police say mom didnt pursue criminal charges. They are not behind bars. Im trying to think what my mom would do. I almost want to be behind bars. Right. Yeah, exactly. I cant imagine. 200 miles away. Why didnt they just go around the corner . It could have been two miles for me. It would have been the same result once i got home, right . Next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Whats going on . Welcome to cnn this morning. Sunday, september 24th. Im omar jimenez. Im victor blackwell. Thank you for joining
hopefully. thank you chris. thank you at home for joining us this hour. alex has the night off. if you are someone who is concerned about donald trump becoming the president united states, as a lot of people are, then this weeks been a real rollercoaster. just go back to the beginning of the week, with polling from the new york times showing donald trump leading joe biden in five out of six cuban ground states. that sent a lot of people into a panic. but the democratic presidents chances. but by tuesday, things have changed. voters in ohio, kentucky, and virginia went out to the polls, and they delivered a resounding defeat to the republican party on many issues. those results prove that access to abortion is still a key issue for voters. more than a year after the supreme courts dobbs decision, which was, of course, bad news for donald trump, the man who is singularly responsible for overturning roe v. wade, so much so that he regularly boasts about it to his supporters. h