So glad you are with us. 8 00 a. M. On the east coast. Five things to know for this tuesday, september 26. Four days left until a possible Government Shutdown. Kevin mccarthy in standoff. Insisting gop threats to oust him are not influences negotiations. President biden will be in michigan joining members of the United Auto Workers on the picket line. He will not be involved in the talks, but the white house says he is lending his support. Police looking for this man in connection with a Fentanyl Death of a 1yearold at a bronx day care. Prosecutors say he was seen on video fleeing through a back alley carrying two bags. Cassidy hutchison out with a new book that paints the closing days of the Trump Administration more lawless than previously disclosed. Cities across the u. S. mexico border dealing with the recent influx of migrants. The border city at a Breaking Point. Thats live. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. We begin with news into cnn. President bidens son hunter biden is now suing former trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and others over the data obtained from his now infamous laptop left in a delaware repair shop. Katelyn polantz with more. What grounds is he suing him on . This is about data privacy and hunter biden is going to court here in federal court in california suing not just Rudy Giuliani, but also giulianis companies and a lawyer that was representing giuliani for some time, a close friend, Robert Costello. And what hunter biden is accusing Robert Costello and Rudy Giuliani of doing is getting access to data that was taken from his laptop. So that laptop was the laptop that he had given over to a Computer Repair shop in delaware and at some point Rudy Giuliani and Robert Costello got access to a drive of information that hunter biden says at least some of that was indeed from the laptop. He is not saying that everything was. There might be have manipulated data on there. What they are accusing giuliani and costello of doing here in this lawsuit is essentially unlawfulfully invading his privacy. Hacking into a computer. Thats some of the language that they use in this lawsuit. And one of the things that they say is that Defendant Statements suggest the unlawful hacking activities are ongoing today and unless stopped will continue into the future, thereby necessitating this action. So thats the reason that they are going to court on this. But its also just one of these moments where hunter biden is on the offensive bringing a case against Rudy Giuliani quite a well known figure in the world of people who were talking about hunter biden and at one point a person who held up the laptop or held up a drive on air and said, this is the hard drive that all of the Hunter Biden Material is on. To that point, there has been a lot of talk the last several months about Hunter Bidens legal team being more aggressive in these moments. Is this part of a counteroffensive strategy . Absolutely. And we see that because we see multiple lawsuits from hunter biden now. This is not the first time he has sued over some sort of invasion of his privacy. There has been another lawsuit against a man, garrett sigler, a researcher who had ties to the Republican Party who was working with a woman in arkansas. He sued that man. He is also suing the irs because of statements he believes were infringing on his tax privacy related to that republican investigation that is ongoing around him. So there is a couple of different lawsuits here. Rudy giuliani is just the latest at the same time he is facing his own criminal issue in the state of delaware. All right. Thank you. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy is facing a ticking clock. Four days left to avoid a Government Shutdown. Mccarthy has to get republicans to unite around a herm short term Spending Bill to strengthen leverage in talks with the democraticled senate. Now the promise he made in january are catching up with him. This as House Lawmakers are returning today to vote on a series of appropriations bills. Those bills, of course, Dead On Arrival in the u. S. Senate. The if the and former president are joining in the fire. Warning of dire consequences, saying the speaker has to do his job. Trump is encouraging republicans to let the government run out of money and shut down if all their demands are not met. Mccarthy faces the stark dilemma. Ken buck says he believes mccarthy can get through this. Do you think Speaker Mccarthy will weather this . I do. And i mentioned before, i dont think anybody wants his job. It is a horrible, you know, hurting cats is a very difficult process. When you have cats with big egos in in buildings it is very difficult. Interesting take from congressman buck, no one else wants the job. They dont want him to lose . No one else may want the job at this moment given how difficult it is, but the reality is that mccarthy potentially still does face potentially an ouster from some of his colleagues because of the pickle he is in when it comes to government funding. One of the things to be watching right now is there is a lot of drama that will play out in the house this week. They will try to move forward with oneyear individual Spending Bills while leadership is simultaneously trying to rally Members Around a shortterm Spending Package to get leverage with the senate that. Is largely going to be a distraction because most of those options, all of those options would not avoid a Government Shutdown at this point. Right now the focus is in the senate where you have republican and democratic negotiators and leadership trying to find a path forward on a shortterm Spending Package that source ares sayin would be around 45 days long. Thats not a lot of time. One of the reasons for that shorter timeline is because they may not be able to include the full 24 billion in ukraine funding that the white house has requested, nor will they necessarily be able to include disaster aid. Those conversations are fluid right now and there is a lot of things that could change in the next several hours as they try to get members of their respective caucuses behind this shortterm spending plan. But the senate is trying to find a way forward and they need to move quickly so that they can send it over to the House Of Representatives and then it will be up to House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy to decide what to do. Depending when the bill goes over to the House Of Representatives, its possible there may not be enough final for mccarthy to have any option other than deciding whether or not to put the bill on the floor in the house. Its possible that the house may find some way to come together, that republicans may try to change that bill that comes from the senate. But so many moving pieces here. Because we have such a short timeline, that these leaders are trying to work within, that is the challenge and that that is why mccarthy certainly does not have any good ochgss left on the menu right now. To that point, i mean, he does, right . There is an option that always ends these types of issues, which is a bipartisan vote with half of the republican conference gets whatever the senate jams them with across the finish line. Is there any indication in your reporting that this is becoming a real option now or are we just going to play this game for calm of days . Reporter every single day we push House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy on that question. Would you put the senate pass bill on the floor of the house . Every single day his response is, that is a hypothetical and if we get to that point, give me a call. But, obviously, that is becoming more and more of a potential reality for the speaker. Again, it assumes that the senate can associate a shortterm Spending Package, can pass it out of their chamber in short order and volley it over to the House Of Representatives. A lot of things have to happen for that to be a choice mccarthy has to make. If it happens, that is, obviously, the easiest path forward if you forget about the fact that any one member could call to oust the speaker at any moment. Certainly working with democrats could trigger that from some you have his hardliner. Just one. Thank you. For more on the negotiations to avert a shutdown republican congressman from new york, he helped bring some House Republicans around a plan to pass individual Spending Bills. Congressman, i appreciate your time, particularly because you have been in the room trying to navigate a path forward at this point. You have helped spearhead the idea of moving fullyear bills that will start at least procedurally today s that enough to unlock enough republican support to move a republican stopgap bill . You know, i think, you know, we have been engaged in this conversation and there are deeply held beliefs from both ends of the idealogical spectrum. The goal is to show good faith that we mean business about shrinking the size of the federal government and by moving those billings which by the way the speaker committed to. House Appropriations Committee was moving those individual bills showing. Getting them on the floor and debating them, amending them, we are hopeful that unlocks support for shortterm funding. Its critical that the house and House Republicans present something that respects taxpayers, presents to the senate our best offer, which is we hope to drive down federal spending, secure the border and ensure that we respect the people paying the bills. Yeah. Understand kind of the plan, the proposal. But at this point you dont have any assurances that you guys have 218 vets on a shortterm bill . I think that the movement will produce more time to continue moving down the path of adopting appropriations bills. So i am not, obviously, the speaker nor in a position to say there is a final agreement. What we came together is an ernst effort, move the bills forward, have the debate, try to move forward a proposal that respects taxpayers and with that brings Forward Support for shortterm funding. There has to be listen, a Government Shutdown is in no ones interest, the people that work for the government, not in the best interest of the american people, not in the best interest of the people we respect. So we think that by pushing forward earnestly with this effort we hope to garner the support necessary to move a cr. The reason i ask is you are a member of the problem solvers caucus. You expressed openness if there is no path forward inside the conference to consider a Discharge Petition working with democrats. What are the triggers to break off from your path and work with democrats or move forward or push the problem sofrs proposal out sted . Its a bit of a hypothetical. I think it will gorn garner support for shortterm funding. I like many of my other colleagues recognize two important things. We dont want to see a Government Shutdown. We want avert giving that authority to the president. It never ends am well. Its not good for america or the american people. We recognize there is a slim House Republican majority and a democrat senate. Even if the senate comes forward with something, there needs to be agreement between both parties in both houses and that by default or design is what america has elected. Its a great point because there is no outcome here, there is no end game that doesnt involve democratic votes, yet members of your conference are saying if the speaker allows diction votes on a proposal they are threatening his job. Yeah, with all due respect, the senate is in the same boat, assuming they will pass something and we are forced to accept it. At the end of the day, what i think is in our best interest as a nation and certainly in the house is to present a conservative offer that respects taxpayers. We know this. When the democrats controlled both houses they forced trillions of dollars into the economy that fueled inflation, gas to groceries on the rise, and by the way, i represent people in Upstate New York who know their government and this you know, with all due respect, this president living in some kind of fog, expecting people to believe something they know isnt true. The economy is certainly at risk. There are folks paying too much to get too little in return and they want a government to respect them. So irrespective of where we end in a bipartisan agreement, its in the best interest of america we come forward with a conservative offer and negotiate from there. We are hopeful, and i think the negotiations and conversations which i have been very much a part of will generate that support. Before i let you go, you have run tough races. You are a front line member. You are kind of in you are in the room right now. What is the political effect, do you think, on the fact that this Intraparty Warfare has broke out and continued over nine months . We dont want to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The people that sent us here expect us to govern. While we cant make those choices based on politics, i recognize the people i respect want me to be pragmatic and at the end of the day if i can bring people together and be a part of a strategy that strengthens the american economy, supports the people we serve and respects taxpayers, i will be at the table. Thank you. Appreciate your time, is ir. Thank you. Former white house aide Cassidy Hutchison is painting an even more chaotic picture of the final days of the Trump Presidency who was previously known our own jake tapper has some of those claims in her new book. Before he talks to her, he is going to join us. So were hearing new stories of dysfunction, chaos, lawless alleged behavior in the final weeks of the Trump White House from former aide Cassidy Hutchison. Including Chief Of Staff mark meadows burning so many documents in his office that his suits smelled like a bonfire. That one of the claims. Jake tapper has read the book. You are going to talk to her later today. Pretty stunning claims she makes. Indeed. She was the star witness at the January 6th Hearings Last Year and now she is back on the scene with a book telling her story from childhood to her courageous testimony, including all those years when she was loyal to the man she is now warning the country about, donald trump. It was just last summer that Cassidy Hutchison, a former aide to white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows, became a star witness in the january 6th committees hearing. And in her new book, enough, hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than described in that shocking testimony. Quote, cass, if i could get through this job and manage to keep trump out of jail, ill have done a good job, meadows tells her. Its a Front Row Seat to madness. At a maskfree trump rally during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, former president ial candidate herman cain contracts the virus and later dies. We killed herman cain, meadows tells her. But this does not change the white houses mask policy. In fact, during a visit to an n95 manufacturing plant, hutchinson advises President Trump to remove his mask because his bronzer is smearing it. Time and again reporter at one point on the 2020 campaign trail, meadows asks hutchinson if she would take a bullet for President Trump. Yeah, sure, she responds. But could it be to the leg . I would do anything to get him reelected, meadows tells her. And after the election, in the wild scramble to overturn its results, hutchinson says meadows was constantly burning documents in the Chief Of Staffs fireplace. And at one point leaked classified documents to farright wing media figures. Meadows constantly reassures his boss he will work to overturn the election that trump clearly lost. Quote, i was irritated that mark gave the president false hope, hutchinson writes. Of course, thats what the president wanted to hear, but he was damaging the country, but concocting false rationales. This is a theme in the book. Soon to be House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy and director of National IntelligenceJohn Ratcliffe both expressed concern to hutchin