No deal and potentially no paycheck. While House Republicans clash over a potential Government Shutdown, the financial future of federal employ crease, key programs, military members and their families, all of that and more is at stake. Well take you live to capitol hill. Also, menendez is facing the music, addressing the colleagues calling for his resignation right now. Publicly he has been defiant. Will he strike a different tone with his party Behind Closed Doors . Its a short message and blunt warning. President trump with an address about major threats to u. S. Democracy. All of these are coming in right to cnn news central. We are following several big stories this afternoon playing out on capitol hill. The one topping them all is the impending Government Shutdown. Just three days left for lawmakers to prevent it. The outlook is not great. Chambers are talking past each other. The senate is pushing a bipartisan deal, that the House Speaker wont even put up for a vote. In the meantime, theyre being to vote on a zero chance, and hanging in the balance, the livelihoods of close to 4 million federal workers, who, starting next week, wont lets take you live to capitol hill with lawrence flauren fox. Reporter theres no shortage of effort, but theres no effort where the two chambers are right now working together. Instead, what you have is the House Of Representatives and House Republicans rushing to try to pass four individual Spending Bills, tonight none of which would prevent a Government Shutdown. It will only fund a fraction of the government. Then house leadership telling membership today in a closeddoor meeting that the expectation is tomorrow they will still try to vote on a Spending Bill to give them more time too negotiate on a longer Spending Bill down the line. Neither of those proposals are expected to get support in the United States senate. On the senate side of the capitol, what you have right now is a frantic effort to try and push through a senatenegotiated plan that has democratic and republican support, but theres a potential where they could be voting well into the weekend, because senator rand paul has warned he is going to slowwalk this process, because the bill inclusive ukraine aid funding. Thats where things stand right now. There are other efforts to try to put a Border Patrol resolution, and theres growing concern from republicans and democrats that, at this point, a shutdown may be unavoid aable. Lauren fox, thank you so much. Happening right now, indicted democratic senator bob menendez is phasing members of his own party. The majority are calling for him to resign over the new charges that he took bribes and risked national security. Among the 21 who have not urged him to resign is senator chuck schumer. What are you hearing about this, manu . Theres a lot of anticipation for this meeting. Ive tried to ask bob menendez a question as he walked into the lunch. He refused to answer any question. He spoke a couple days ago saying he would not resign. So the question is, to the extent to which he detailed the allegations, what evidence does he give to the senators to ease their concerns. Right now, 30 of his colleagues want him to step aside. Others, including the new chairman of the Foreign Relations committee. And theres some, like senator f fetterman, saying its a distraction for his party. Hes got to go. You know, the arrogance, where hes now saying im not going anywhere, my dude, you are going somewhere. Its either an election or conviction, or you have the opportunity for an honorable exit. The time for that to choose is really starting to go stop being a major distraction here. Are you a challenger . Uh, sure, sure, absolutely. Reporter when does bob menendez decide to run for reelection. Its a seat that should be safe for the democrats, but he would not say when i asked him whether he would in fact run for his seat again. He declined, saying hes serving the people of new jersey, but the fear among democrats, if he does continue, he would jeopardize that seat, so how he deals with these questions will be one of the things that members already listening to, and whether theyll take any action to punish him further. Those things have not been discussed, but if that changes after this meeting remains to be seen. Manu, well be checking in. Thank you so much. Boris . Also happen on capitol hill, republicans are holding their Impeachment Inquiry to joe biden, as they try to tie him to his sons Business Dealings they have yesterday to provide concrete evidence, but they argue this Impeachment Inquiry will give them the power to find that evidence. Listen. There is ten times joe biden lied to the American People that he never spoke to his family about their big dealings. He lied saying there was an absolute wall between his official government duties and his personal life. Lets be clear, there was no wall. Were 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the United States of america, and republicans are launching an Impeachment Drive based on a long, debunked and discredited lie. No foreign enemy has ever shut down the United States, but maga republicans are about to do just that. Cnn has also learned that some inside the Republican Party are already showing frustration after todays hearing after some of their own witnesses undercut the efforts. Joining us now is jimmy gomez of california. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. Id first like to get your thoughts. This is jonathan turley, he was talking about the lack of a direct evidence connecting joe biden to wrongdoing. Lets listen. I do not believe the Current Evidence would support always of impeachment. Thats something that an inquiry has to establish. I also do believe that the house has passed the threshold for an Impeachment Inquiry. Congressman, what do you make of this argument that they need this inquiry to gather evidence, and President Biden shouldnt have to worry if theres no evidence of wrongdoing. Whats your response . My responsible is if its that simple, if they have the evidence, they should proceed with an actual impeachment, but an inquiry with help poison the publics mind that joe biden committed some type of crime, which he did not. They have zero evidence when it comes to Joe Biden Committings in wrongdoing. Here talking about hunter biden and his Business Dealings, about his gun possessions, but nothing has not ever connected joe biden to any wrongdoing, zero. Theyre going to throw out facts that are sort of related, and then say the biden family, in order to connect biden to some wrongdoing that he had nothing to do with. So i think this has been a sham. They had a narrative from the very beginning in their minds when trump lost the election, and theyre going to cherry pick facts to support that theory. When they dont have the facts, theyll just make them up. Congressman, i want to explore that point with you. There were two Wire Transfers from chinese nationals to hunter biden, that as the Beneficiary Address had listed joe bidens home in delaware. Republicans are pointing to that as a connection between the two. What do you make of it . First, that it was to hunter biden. He lived at his dads house. I know a lot of kids who live at their parents house, especially when theyre having a tough time in life. That happens, but they showed no connection that the money was connected to anything that joe biden did. It also was never when he was during when joe biden has been president. So this is something that theyre trying to spin and connect where theres no connection. I could send a Wire Transfer to an individual, using a different address. The only thing that matters is if that account exists. Thats it. I think theyre trying to connect facts that dont say anything, and honestly, theyre trying to poison the publics mind when theres zero evidence. What about the allegations in those 700 pails released yesterday that prosecutors put up road blocks to try to protect President Biden. I see you laughing, but theyre alleging, for example, that they took joe bidens name off a warrant. What do you make of all of that . First, i havent seen that, but i know the information released by Ways And Means was refuted by one question of a particular reporter. The documents that they have i believe probably has nothing to do with joe biden. I dont think it does. In the end, if there is clear evidence, let the doj investigate. Let them follow the facts. Heres the thing the facts dont lead to joe biden. They lead to hunter biden, and hunter biden is not an elected officials. We just want to point out for our viewers, were looking at live images from the hearing right now. Lets explore that point a bit further. Theres pretty clear evidence that hunter biden tried to leverage his name for business deals. As you pointed out, hes not a government official, but is the ill illusion, selling the illusion of access to a Vice President or president , is that appropriate in your eyes . Is that ethical . I dont believe it is, but this is also one thing, hunter biden, what i was told, was doing that during that time when joe biden wasnt even in office. So if youre no longer in office, do you have that kind of influence . Yes, he was a former Vice President , but you know what they say, being Vice President isnt worth a warm bucket of spit so that was during a drift time. He has clear ethical lapses. He has indictments, and people should look at that. Does that mean his dad committed any wrongdoing that reaches the level of high crimes and misdemeanors . No. In fact, officials in the Obama Administration raised concerns, because they were worried about the way it would l look ethically. If there was something that proved that joe biden did something wrong, the doj should look into it, but there was never was anything that clearly impacted joe biden. I think that, you know, when it comes to hunter biden, thats a different story. If he did anything wrong, then he should be held accountable. Congressman, do you think this inquiry would be happening now, were it not for President Biden putting pressure on House Republicans, and also the fact theres a Government Shutdown thats looming . No, i do not. I think this was always a goal of the republican majority. Kevin mccarthy cut deals in order to get become speaker. Remember, 15 rounds he cut all sorts of deals, and when donald trump speaks, the republicans listen. Though hes no longer the president , hes the de facto head of the Republican Party. When he says shut down the government, thats what theyre going to do. When he sis try to find information to impeach joe biden, thats what theyre going to do. This is all because donald trump lost the 2020 election and he was impeached twice, based on evidence that shows he did wrongdoing when it came to ukraine and when he incited an insurrection against the United States constitution and the House Of Representatives and congress itself. Congressman, it strikes me that House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy hasnt put this inquiry up for a vote on the house floor. Would you encourage him to . Yes, i would want to see where his members are. You know, democrats, were going to vote no. I would love to see where his front line or moderate members, where theyre at. Where does mr. Lawler falls . Theres even some hardcore maga republicans, i want them Tea Party Republicans that says theres no evidence to have an Impeachment Vote no. I would love to see how it plays out. Congressman jimmy gomez, i think i caught a dropping some spanglish words in your comments. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Still to come, were following breaking news. Former President Trump and his Adult Children could be called to stand in a new york civil fraud case. We have details ahead. Plus its not officially a rematch just yesterday, but President Biden is sure acting like it. Hes said to issue a blunt warning why donald trump is a threat to democracy. Were on it. The fda is slapping a new Warning Label on ozempic. Well explain why, in just moments. Stay with us. Donald trump, his two adult sons and closest Business Advisers could be cause called to testify in the Civil Fraud Trial thats scheduled to begin next week, kara, what are you learning here . Reporter the witness lists are out. 28 witnesses in the prosecution case, including donald trump, donald trump, jr. , ivanka trump and the former fixer. He said the trump family had inflated the value of their assets. Thats exactly what she sued and what a judge earlier this week said what they did. The trump side says they plan to call 127 winces, including donald trump. Hes already testified in a deposition. When it comes down to it, well see if he provides live testimony. In a Civil Ways You Cannot case and have that held against you, but sources say hes eager to take the stand. The trial is set to begin on monday. For now were waiting for a an peals court ruling the issue Going Forward is going to be both one of damages as well as the individual culpability of some of these defendants, including former President Trump. Kara scannell, thank you for that report. Of course, all of this unfolding as House Republicans are holding their inquiry hearing. Lets discuss 2024 with Gloria Borger and cnn president ial historian. Literally im being choked by my Microphone Cord that full off high back. Oh, no. I have recovered, but first, your reaction to what were seeing on capitol hill. This is the first time in u. S. History were having an impeachment without a predicate. With Nixon The First Trump Impeachant was the socalled perfect call. The second was because offian wear 6th. What is the evidence of bribery, treason or a high crime or misdemeanor by President Biden . None so far. They have already started an inquire. Its unprecedented. Gloria, it is curie his and he probably doesnt want to inch hes under pressure. He needs them, its all related in this crazy world here. He needs to find ways to placate the right. However, the fact he launched an inquiry, particularly without a vote, means the democrats may be less willing to bail them out if he needs their votes on a continuing resolution to keep the government open. Its all a tangled web. This is just part of it, as tim was saying, theyre starting this inquiry sort of backwards without any evidence to say that joe biden has benefited financially in any way from his sons Business Dealings. What you see is a Fishen Expedition here, and no vote to have it proceed in the first place. Theyre seeking to justify that or basically say thats okay. We saw the investigation from jonathan turley. He says as much. So far, there is nothing here, but hes making the case that republicans want him to make, that the Impeachment Inquiry is necessary to see if there is something more. You know, to tims point, gloria, its sort of resetting the threshold for where you go with these things. I just wonder what the longterm effect is. Well, you lower the bar. The impeachment becomes just another thing you can do to aggravate a sitting president. These are serious things, impeachments. People should not take them lightly. Politicians should not take them lightly. They could not occur just when people are angry at a president. I think what we are seeing is the lowering of that bar, and a committee bound to do it, and a House Speaker that decided he couldnt stop them for other reasons, other political reasons. So, you know, i think its just a moment in american political his tore when something that used to be very serious is now kind of just becoming run of the mill. You heard donald trump say, well, you know, they did it to me, they should do it to joe biden. Well, those are two completely Different Things and different reasons, you know. From a cynical point of view, though, tim, part of the reasons donald trump wants an irquery of joe biden is because he felt it hurt him politically, and hes going into a tough reelection battle. How much of this has to do with 202