Hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States and all around the world. The u. S. Government less than 4 hours away from shutting down ahead well look at the republican infighting thats making a deal nearly impossible. Plus, a State Of Emergency in New York City as highways, subways, and even Laguardia Airport are flooded. And a Murder Mystery nearly 30 years in the making. Police just arrested a suspect in the shooting death of rapper tupac shakur. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with leyla harrak. The u. S. Government is down to its final day of operation before it must shut down. On friday u. S. Republicans roundly rejected u. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthys latest attempt to gain their support. Unless theres a break through this weekend active duty troops and Border Agents may soon have to work without pay. Food assistance for millions could be at risk. Government loans to farmers, students, Small Businesses wouldnt be processed and air travel could be disrupted if unpaid tsa workers dont show up as has happened before. And the list keeps ongoing. Well, after his failed vote on friday, mccarthy emerged from his conference suggesting a new option. I think if we had a clean one without ukraine on it we could probably be able to move that through. I think if the senate puts ukraine on there and focuses ukraine over america, i think that could cause real problems. We get the latest from cnns manu raju on capitol hill. As congress is staring at a Government Shutdown if there is no deal by 11 59 p. M. On saturday night, Speaker Mccarthy is making a new demand. He is saying that the senate which is trying to move a bipartisan bill through its chamber, he said the senate must drop as part of that bill 6 billion included for aid to ukraine, its war against russia. He says if the Senate Continues to push for aid to ukraine the government will shut down. Thats a new threat mccarthy is making and suggesting that perhaps there could be a shortterm bill to keep the government open for about two weeks if ukraine is dropped. Theres still a lot of questions about whether or not mccarthy could get the votes to do that. If he relied on democratic votes to do that would be that be enough to push him out of the speakership. Thats been a warning thats been leveled by a number of conservative members saying that if maccarthy relies on democratc votes would be enough to kick him out of his job. Its a threat thats very real as there is growing tension within the gop ranks amid these divisions. Some more moderate members furious, the conservative hardliners, who have scuttled the speakers plans on friday afternoon, the speaker tried to get a bill through on republican votes alone with spending cuts, Border Security measures, that some democrats oppose, but also opposed by those who want deeper cuts. Some warning if political blowback, saying it would fall on their party. Its a dangerous tactic to take to say i want to shut the thing down. It does not benefit anything. Any final bill is going to be bipartisan. And if somebody doesnt realize that theyre truly clueless. I think its bad policy and its bad politics. They dont realize that, you know, that means not paying our Border Patrol agents, not paying our military, our veterans, and perhaps slowing down payment of medicare and Social Security benefits. That doesnt achieve the goal. Now, the senate and the house are coming into Session On Saturday, that rarely happens. But, there is some expectation that there will be votes in both chambers and in the senate there will be a procedural vote to move forward with that bipartisan proposal, well see if the Senate Leaders decide to change their plans in any way to meet mccarthys demands. In the meantime, mccarthy is going to assess whether or not he can get republican support for a shortterm bill that does not include ukraine aid but may not go far enough as many hardliners would like, all raising major questions about whether a shutdown will indeed happen, how long it would last, and the ramifications that would happen, both economically and politically if this were to play out, major questions as Congress Returns to Session On Saturday to see if they can find a way out of this. Maw you raju, cnn, capitol hill. Well, as mccarthy struggles to rein in the hardliners, the leaders are cheerily unhappy the u. S. Seems to be heading into an uncostly and unnecessary Government Shutdown. Take listen. Shutting down the government doesnt help anybody politically. It doesnt make any meaningful progress on policy. And it heaps unnecessary hardships on the American People as well as the brave men and women who keep us safe. The speaker needs to abandon his doomed mission of trying to please maga extremists and instead he needs to work across the aisle to keep the government open. Things seem to be getting worse for the speaker rather than better, and its time for him to try bipartisanship. Well, with us now from london is leslie the director of the u. S. And americas program. So good to have you with us. Its difficult to see what path forward. Do you see anything that could head off a shutdown at this late stage . It is very difficult to see especially with that failed vote on friday, and as we see, the far right, and that that very small but in this instance very powerful group of members from republicans from the house who are digging in their heels and making it very difficult for Kevin Mccarthy to make that decision to bring a bill to the house that could actually be passed and i think that is, you know, the crux of the problem. We know that there is a Problem Solvers Caucus working to come up with a bill that could potentially be taiken forward in the senate first but again theres no guarantee that that would then go to the house. The house is now saying it wants to focus on longerterm Spending Bills rather than a Shortstop Gap Measure than what is really needed and we just heard that focus on ukraine aid, but the other really big issue here are two things, one is that its very difficult to get a broad enough number of people to vote for what would have been very extreme cuts across very important welfare programs. That was what was in that bill yesterday, thats why democrats opposed it, and many republicans for Different Reasons come together to really block mccarthy. And the second thing is that in that Stopgap Measure that the senate is mulling over, Border Security would need to go into that in order to get enough republicans on board and getting that agreed fast enough to prevent a shutdown will be quite difficult. Quite difficult. Want to talk about president biden. I mean, hes keeping a very low profile. What kind of leverage do the democrats have in all this . Well, again, this is if you look at this is really something for congress, congress has to appropriate the money, and if you look across both the senate and the house, the majority of the members of congress and senators would like to see a deal, are willing to work very, very hard across the aisles to forge, it is not easy, the u. S. Government has faced this before, but the situation that were in right now is of having this radical Partisan Polarization where youve got a very small, very vocal number of republicans in the house, about 20, 21 that mccarthy is beholden to, ask theyre not really looking at the interests of certainly not of the country, not of congress, and not even of their own party. These are individuals who are making a name for themselves, who are raising money on the back of taking very extreme positions. So how do you bring those individuals into some sort of notion of a broader collective interest . Thats really the problem. It comes down to very hard deals. And, you know, at the far end there is a question of whether or not the Specker Mccarthy can all eyes are on the house speaker, i mean, he is literally in the eye of the storm. Describe his position right now. I mean, a lot is riding for him on this, can he professionally survive this . Well, again, he is beholden to because of the if you go to back to how he got his position, a very large number of compromises and hes come up through and with, necessarily, the support of House Republicans who simply are not demonstrating any willingness to strike the kind of bipartisan compromises or even compromises within their party that have been the bread and butter of congressional politics for a very long time, even prior to this period of radical Partisan Polarization. So hes in a extremely difficult position and he has not so far demonstrated that he is willing to bring bills to the house that can get a broader number of votes. And so it is very difficult to see the path forward right now. Very difficult to see the path forward. You know, were going into the election next year. What kind of ramifications could this have . It is the big question, pew has done a study recently showing that fewer than two in ten americans have trust in their government, this was just around clearly significant part of this is linked to and americans tend to ignore for a very long time this conversation that tends to bubble up about whether there will be a shutdown in the government with the assumption always that in the ninth inning that something will be passed and the government will remain open. There are sometimes temporary shutdowns of a few days. But this is different. Not only this congress, but this particular moment, the question then is do people blame the president . Do they blame congress . Which party do they claim . And in the short term, certainly those republicans that have gained office in seats that really and districts that really went for biden are the most vulnerable. Theyre certainly very concerned. They can see that they will take the blame if the government is closed for certainly for an extended period of time. It doesnt in the medium term, if a shutdown continues it doesnt reflect well on anybody. It hurts the democrats. It hurts the republicans, and it certainly hurts the president. All in all, and most members of congress, most members of the senate, they understand this. They know this, theyve been around the block, and they are working hard under extremely difficult circumstances. Leslie, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. A Surprise Development in the Georgia Elections Subversion case, one of former u. S. President Donald Trumps codefendants has taken a plea deal to avoid jail time, in exchange hell have to testify against the others. Cnns kaitlan po lantz reports. Reporter pieces are falling into place as first trial related to january 6 and accusations against donald trump is set to go forward in a little less than a month and the first piece that fell into place on friday is that a defendant in that 19defendant case in fulton county, georgia has pleaded guilty. His name is scott hall. Hes a Bail Bondsman in georgia, pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor charges, conspiracy counts related to interfering in elections, and scott hall, you might not have heard his name before, he isnt a minor player, though, he is a person in georgia that was very well connected after the 2020 election. He was in touch with a top official at Donald TrumpsJustice Department named Jeffrey Clark whos now also a codefendant with him, he was also in touch with people who were leaders in the Republican Party who became fake electors for donald trump, additional codefendants, and he was part of that effort where people are accused of hacking into Voting Machines or systems in coffee county, georgia, a rural county, after the election. So scott halls plea deal, it does include him already being sentenced, getting five years of probation, community service, and a few thousand dollars in fines. But on top of that he must testify at upcoming trials if hes called by prosecutors. And that trial that is set to go in october when Jury Selection will begin in fulton county, georgia, that is currently against two of the 19 defendants in this case, Sidney Powell and ken chesebro, both attorneys who worked around donald trump after the election. Donald trump is not set to be a defendant at that trial but both powell and chesebro as they get ready for trial theyre also going to have to make decisions just like other defendants in this case. There were attorneys, prosecutors in this case in Georgia On Friday who indicated that they are going to be offering plea deals to them and to potentially other people in this case. Thats very expected, and there is very likely to be others that would be taking plea deals just as scott hall did in this case. But ken chesebro and Sidney Powell will have to make their decisions first since theyre going to trial first. At the same time there are other pieces coming into play here where the case is not being moved, not being split up further after several people who had affiliations with the federal government in some way, the fake electors, jeff clark, the Justice Department official, they tried to move their case to Federal Court and the trial judge said, no, thats not going to happen, its all staying together in state court. We have two sets of people going to trial, first in october and then the rest later on and were going to be watching for more possible guilty pleas in the near future. Caitlin poe lantz, cnn, washington. People in the northeastern u. S. Will be trying to dry out and checking for possible damage after fridays recordsetting rainstorms that overwhelmed the region. Theres more rain in the forecast in the coming hours but nothing like the torrential downpours that brought life threatening flooding on friday, overwhelming homes, businesses, streets and subways across new york and surrounding areas. While more rain fell in one single day at new yorks Kennedy Airport than any other day on record. According to flight aware. Com 512 flights into or out of the citys three major airports were cancelled on friday. And the governors of new york and new jersey declared states of emergency because of the storm. Cnns Polo Sandoval has more on the story. Reporter chaos in New York City as heavy rain pounded the five boroughs in the surrounding areas, and more is yet to come. Brooklyn saw 4 1 2 inches in only three hours. Wow, this is unbelievable, ive never seen this situation happen. This is crazy. I dont know how theyre going to get this water up. Reporter knee deep water flooded streets. Within, i guess, about ten minutes it was waist high water. Reporter forcing some residents to abandon their cars, and others to create makeshift barriers to protect their homes and businesses, flooded Subway Stations in brooklyn with at least ten lines suspended, and even buses taking on water while still in service. Oh, my goodness. Reporter as they tried to wade through the floods, the airports werent spared either. Laguardias historic Marine Air Terminal flooded, the National Weather service saying the bronx reached major flood stage. Mayor eric adams declaring a State Of Emergency for the city. This is time for heightened alertness, and extreme caution. If you are home, stay home. If you are at work or school, shelter in place for now. Reporter the mayor facing criticism for taking so long to declare the State Of Emergency, and to address the public. This administration operates as a team, and i want my commissioners, my deputy commissioners, the leaders of this team who are closest to the ground of the situation, to communicate throughout this administration. We have good team leaders that are competent, that understand the subject matter, and they know how to lead. The leadership is not only the mayor, it is all of those who are placed in those positions, thats what you saw. Reporter according to New York Times adams attended a Campaign Fundraiser thursday to celebrate his 63rd birthday earlier this month. He did not declare a State Of Emergency until shortly before noon on friday, just before the press conference, and hours after the deluge of rain had gun. Officials said friday marked the wettest day on record in the city since Hurricane Ida two years ago and warned its not over yet. Our priority, once the immediate in the immediate aftermath of this first wave of the storm, it could come back again. Reporter through the height of the storm one New York City official said that wha