. . welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." we could be in the final hours of the writer's strike as both sides will return to the negotiating table today. but the news out of washington isn't as promising, where a government shutdown is looking more likely as lawmakers have yet to reach a deal. and later, president biden is reaching out to young people worried about the environment. we'll take a look at the newly created american climate corps. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. and we begin with new developments in two major strikes affecting thousands of u.s. workers. the hollywood writer's strike and the one by united auto workers, one could soon come to an end, while the other is expanding. so let's start with the writer's strike. a source tells cnn that the major film and television studios sent their best and final offer to the striking writers on saturday. it comes after four straight days of intense negotiations, both sides will meet again in the coming hours, but some on the picket lines are already hopeful the end is in sight. listen to this. >> i'm, you know, guardedly optimistic. seems to be a good sign. seems to be that they're both finally sitting down in good faith and speaking with each other. >> with the ceos there, actually in negotiations, i feel like they realize, i actually need to be present and actually hear what the writers and our workers are saying, because i don't think they've really thought that we were serious. i don't think they thought they valued our voices at first. like, they'll get tired, no, we won't. >> the writer's guild of america which has over 11,000 americans has been on strike for nearly five months over wages, worker protections, and the use of artificial intelligence. cnn's camilla bernal has been following developments and has more from los angeles. >> reporter: this is what writers have been waiting to hear for about five months now. wga negotiators and hollywood studios are in the final phase of negotiations. and according to my colleague, oliver darcy, this deal could come by the end of the weekend. the two parties spent saturday negotiating for the fourth quarter consecutive day, and sources telling cnn that while the heads of the four major steroids, including warner brothers discovery, cnn's parent company, nbc universal, disney, and netflix were no longer in the room on saturday, they were engaged in this whole process. now, this strike that has paralyzed the entertainment industry and has had a major impact when it comes to the economy, some estimates indicate a $5 billion economic impact. and this has affected not just hollywood, but many, many other industries. a lot of the writers that i have talked to said that they were ready to return to work after a deal was reached between the two parties. but wga members still have to ratify the new contract, and furthermore, because the actors are also on strike, a deal doesn't necessarily mean that all productions will go back to normal. but some in the industry do believe that a deal with the writers could speed up the process for s.aag-aftra negotiations. overall, it's been a very difficult few months for those in the industry, but certainly hope is now in the horizon. camilla bernal, cnn, los angeles. >> and joining me now is cnn media critic, brian lowry. thanks so much for being here. so what do you make of the fact that there seems to have been substantial progress made here? enough hope that we're close to the end? >> well, by all accounts, cnn's reporting and other outlets, they are very close. they've made progress on most of the key issues, there were reports of basically the lawyers were in the room today, finalizing some of the key language on some of these points, which can be a little thorny, but i think the expectation is that if you were putting in football terms, they would be somewhere down inside the 20-yard line. >> okay, so near the goal line here. but this is dragged on and on. why has it taken so long? you mentioned key issues. what have been the main sticking points here, do you think? >> bell, there's several things. i think the writers and the actors were also out, really felt like this was sort of an inflection point for the industry. and there's been a dramatic change in the business with a shift towards streaming. there's been a lot of concern about residuals tied to streaming, work for writers specifically in terms of the number of writers employed on these shorter order streaming shows. and also, the kind of -- the really hard-to-peg issue is artificial intelligence and what ai could mean and what it could mean to production going forward. and i think there's a lot of uncertainty and a lot of fear that it will be used to replace people, digitally replace actors, use digitally written pieces, so there's al of issues that needed to be resolved. and i think the writers felt that they had to dig their heels in or they'd be doing this again in three years or six years. >> interesting. this is about more than just money. an existential battle when you're talking about ai. it's hard to know, but do you think if they do get a settlement on this, it might affect other people in the entertainment industry or other industries even pabased on what happens here? >> i think you've seen -- one of the things the studios may have misread, there's been this sort of rising labor tide, which goes beyond the entertainment industry. but, you know, you're seeing it with the autoworkers now. but the media sector has been undergoing a fairly significant radical changes for years. you've seen it in newspapers, now you've seen it reaching into movies and television and just the way that programming is getting delivered has changed and the real fear of the people that work on them and make them is that they're being left behind. that the technology is changing, and that they're not keeping up in terms of cashing in and sharing in it. and of course, the studios -- their business has taken a hit also. they're undergoing changes, too. so it's not, you know, everyone has reason to be a little bit nervous, a little bit antsy about what the future holds and i think this deal will be welcomed by everyone in the industry, in terms of getting back to work. but i don't know that it necessarily solves some of these bigger issues that are going to play out over the next several years. >> absolutely. in the meantime, the effects of this. i mean, my friend in the industry, many of them are at the breaking point here. how are folks in the industry coping now that this has dragged on for so long. >> well, it's been very tough. i mean, because, again, this doesn't just affect writers and actors. this affects below-the-line people that works on cruises, affects restaurants and prop houses and all kinds of people that serve and service these industries and these productions. and we're talking billions of dollars. i think what the writers have seen is that actually with the compensation shrinking and with shorter orders on shows and a lot of them struggling to make the kind of living they used to make when they were working on network shows that would order, you know, 22 episodes of law and order, and now they're doing a six or eight-episode for netflix and not making enough to sustain them for the year, the strike actually -- they were sacrificing, but not sacrificing at the level that they might have been 10 or 15 years. >> let's hope this is resolved sooner than later. i know a lot of folks struggling there. brian lowry, thanks so much for speaking with us. thank you. >> united autoworkers are walking picket lines against ford, general motors, and stellantis facilities in 20 states, but there's a hint of progress in this increasingly contentious labor dispute. the uaw aexpanded its strike friday, talks continued saturday between the union and all three automakers. now, the strike is having an impact. one estimate indicates that through today, the cost of the economy could reach $5.6 billion. the strikers say they'll stay off the job until they get what they deserve. >> it's been, geez, how long as it been since we had a raise? >> we've gotten $3 in 12 years. basically 11%. and there's been records broken, as far as profits they've made $20 billion. and we just, you know, we want our fair share. >> the new strike locations didn't include ford facilities. the union president said ford appears serious about reaching a deal and they reportedly has been progress on some key issues. now to the looming deadline for funding the u.s. government. and house republicans' floundering efforts to work out a deal. gop leaders tried to find an agreement. house speaker kevin mccarthy admitted later, many hard liners were unmoved. the september 30th deadline is less than a week away, giving lawmakers just days to work out a deal. mccarthy plans to bring several individual spending bills to the floor next week, but they won't pass in the senate or avoid a shutdown. still, mccarthy says he hopes opposition will soften a zero-hour approach. here he is. >> crunch time. we're finally holding off on this time, finding everybody else. shutting down as far as not getting paid, i don't see how -- >> president biden slammed house republicans saturday evening in a congressional black caucus awards dinner. here he is. >> let's be clear. if the government shuts down, that means members of congress, members of the u.s. military are going to have to continue to work and not get paid. a government shutdown could impact everything from food safety to cancer research, to head start programs for children. funding the government is one of the most basic responsibilities of congress. and it's time for republicans to star doing the job america elected them to do. >> well, the federal government is preparing for potential disruption. cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez has that. >> the biden administration is preparing for a potential government shutdown next week, if a short-term funding bill is not passed in the coming days. now, on friday, the office of management and budget formally initiated the process, essentially telling federal agents they should dust off their plans in the event of a government shutdown. that includes, for example, how many employees would be furloughed. how many would be considered essential, and would have to work without pay, as far as what activities and services may be disrupted. there were some services that will continue, be it federal law enforcement activities, border protection, or air traffic control. but the white house making clear over the course of the last week, that it is incumbent on republicans to get these bills passed. now, we heard from republicans on saturday, who tried to lay out a path forward and also project some confidence, saying that the majority of their conference does not want to see a government shutdown happen, but the reality is that they just don't have enough votes. and for those bills that they do have enough votes, those are dead on arrival in the senate. so all of this raising the question about whether there will be a government shutdown a week from now. priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. >> bob menendez of new jersey is now facing calls to resign from within the senate itself. fellow democratic senate john fetterman became the first senator to say that menendez should step down following his indictment on corruption charges. other democratic lawmakers and officials have also called for his resignation. the justice department named menendez, his wife, and three other people in friday's indictment. all deny their wrongdoing. the senator faced similar charges in 2015, but that case was dropped after a mistrial. police won new jersey democrat andy kim has already announced his intention to run for menend menendez's seat next year. ophelia is still a post-tropical storm but is still bringing heavy rainfall to states. north carolina was inundated with up to 4 feet of storm surge. the coast guard rescued four people from an anchored sailboat after the conditions became too dangerous to stay aboard. thousands lost power as high winds downed power lines. polo sandoval is in new jersey where water was rising saturday afternoon. >> ophelia will continue to impact millions of americans, specifically throughout parts of the northeast into sunday, as the remnants of the storm will continue to affect states like new york, potentially up to maine, according to meteorologists, and even here in the state of new jersey, where on saturday, we saw businesses up and down the iconic border walk, actually shutter and close their doors because of the storm. officials hoping to deter any offi individuals from accessing the coastline here. if you look off in the distance, you can see some of those waves and what it really looked like on saturday here, as authorities do continue to expect these conditions, or at least similar conditions to continue into sunday, but they certainly are hopeful that they won't be as p bad as what we experience earlier in the weekend. >> russia's foreign minister rail against the u.s. and his allies in his speech at the u.n. he levels big accusations against the west, but offers nothing to back them up. we'll have that story ahead. and later, a special delivery from space. a nasa spacecraft is just hours away from delivering samples of an asteroid that could tell scientists how life on earth began. stay with us. porting schools by providing materials to teach healthy habits. keeping kids t together, here. 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are directly at war with us. you call this a hybrid war, but that doesn't change the reality. >> but, lavrov didn't stop there. he also shot down ukraine's peace proposal and railed against a u.n.-brokered grain deal which russia pulled out of in july. richard roth was at the united nations. >> on a wind-swept rainy day in new york city, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov swept through the hall waist of the u.n., speaking in the u.n. general assembly and the media at a press conference. he had strong words against washington and nato allies regarding how that side of the equation is handling the conflict in ukraine. he called ukrainian peace proposals, which have been out there for some time, completely unfeasible. he also commented on the plblac sea grain deal initiative, which russia withdrew from months ago. he was asked, has russia officially withdrawn from that deal? >> we are working with those who respect themselves and who will never trade their national interests because someone from washington has told them to. we know how american diplomats travel around the world and prohibit meetings with our diplomats and with representatives of russia and china. i'll say the following, the u.s. is a superpower, that's clear to everyone, but to run around like this, threatening everyone, only then to show one's obsession with domineering, well, it's simply embarrassing for a great nation to act this way. >> lavrov was asked why he didn't attend the security council meeting on ukraine, where he would have seen president zelenskyy. he said he has seen him before, he knows what he's going to say, he had 33 other meetings. he described zelenskyy as looking grim. richard ross, cnn, united nations. well, you see it there. that was the moment ukraine hit the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in crimea. kyiv says friday's attack left dozens of people killed or injured, including senior fleet commanders. cnn military analyst and retired u.s. air force colonel cedric layton explains the significance of the strike and why that target matters. here he is. >> when you look at the other things that happened on this street here in sebastopol, there's a lot of damage here. this right here is the headquarters of the russian black sea fleet and that, of course, is one of the main areas where they're actually looking at all of the different command and control aspects that the russians are running out of this building. and so this one -- one of the key things that you have here is, when you're looking at crimea, sebastopol is right about here, and you've got them running all of this -- all of the plaque sea operation black here and have them controlling what's going on in the southern front. so they're also looking at controlling what's going on in odessa, and that is of course important, because this is where ukraine is actually shipping its grain out of. anything that the ukrainians can do to attack this particular target, that is what is critical for the ukrainians from their war effort. >> and we're getting word of a ukrainian drone strike in a major city in western russia. about half an hour ago, a regional governor said a drone hit an administrative building in the city of kisk, causing damage. meanwhile, its air defenses struck 14 out of 15 targets in saturday. so what more are we learning about the latest attacks? >> look, these drone attacks against ukrainian positions by the russian armed forces are seemingly becoming a regular occurrence. as you mentioned, the vast majority of this latest round of attacks on saturday repelled by ukraine's air defenses, 14 out of 15 of those drones shot down. but it's not just drone attacks that we are seeing over the course of this weekend. we've seen dozens of areal attacks as well by the russian armed forces, rocket attacks launched against ukrainian positions, causing significant damage to civilian infrastructure, as well as, in fact, just in the last this hours, we have learned in the zaporizhzhia region of at least one person being killed by russian artillery fire. meanwhile, in kherson, another individual reportedly killed as a result of russian shelling. we are still seeing the really civilian impact of these russian attacks. but despite these attacks, ukrainian defense officials say they are making progress along the front lines. they are -- their units are holding their positions, holding ground across several key front line areas. over the weekend, we have learned there ukrainian officials that their units in both leman and marineka have repelled attacks. meanwhile, eight air strikes also have been conducted by ukraine's forces. so clearly, some signs of progress along the front lines in eastern ukraine. >> appreciate the update, nadia bashir in london. texas officials say one city is at its breaking point as it sees a dramatic increase in migrants crossing the u.s. border from mexico. a look at what officials are doing to slow down the surge. that's coming 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world. this is a "cnn newsroom." mexico says it has a plan to depressurize the migrant surge at its border with the u.s. mexican officials have agreed to implement 15 actions in the cities that border el paso and eagle pass, texas, wells san diego, california. the plan is to prevent migrants to use their railway system to reach the border. an international railway bridge that migrants use in eagle pass, texas, has been using -- they've been using that to reach the border, it's reopened on saturday. on the same day the city of el paso, texas, opened an overflow shelter to deal with its surge of migrants. el paso claims to be receiving more than 2,000 migrants every day. and the governor of texas is pledging to send more buses, transport the migrants to other cities. cnn's rafael romo reports. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott is railing against the biden administration, saying border communities are overwhelmed and overrun by the large number of migrants arriving there and calling the situation a crisis. governor abbott announced that he had erected the texas division of emergency management to deploy additional buses to the border cities of eagle pass and el paso. the purpose is transporting immigrants to what abbott calls self-declared sanctuary cities, which are municipalities mostly run by democrats. in a statement, abbott says texas has bused nearly 12,000 migrants to our nation's capital, nearly 15,000 to new york, and an additional 8,700 to chi chicago. in a statement, abbott says that texas will continue to deploy as many buses needed to relief the strain caused by the surge of illegal crossings. meanwhile, the biden administration has announced several steps being taken to address the situation, including the deployment of 800 active duty military personnel, adding capacity to border facilities. and continuing to conduct deportation flights. the problem goes beyond the migrants who have already made it to the u.s. southern border. take a look at how these migrants are traveling through mexico on cargo trains, using bed sheets as tents to protect themselves from the sun during the long trip north. there may also be tens of thousands of others on their way north. on tuesday, federal mexico, texas's largest railway operator suspended service of northbound trail lines after reporting half a dozen injuries and deaths of migrants. we reached out to the governor of panama, a central america country that serves as a transit point for many immigrants coming from south america and many parts of the world. they told us during the month of august, nearly 82,000 migrants crossed through their territory. and so far this month, more than 55,000 have done the same. so far this year, nearly 400,000 migrants have traveled through p panamaian territory. the president of venezuelans has regained control of one of the largest prisons in the country, which had been run by an international criminal gang for years. the government says it took 11,000 troops and other personnel to take back the prison. the government says this video shows the operation in progress on wednesday. authorities say that wile the gang ran the prison, they installed a type of amenities you would expect at a resort. >> reporter: on saturday, the venezuelan government invited members of the media to tour a prison just days after security forces regained control of the structure from the inmates who had been running it for years. the penitentiary center in the center of the venezuelan state is one of the largest in the country, and according to the venezuelaen information ministry, it was run by criminal gangs. but on last wednesday, the government deployed over 11,000 security forces, including members of the national guard to take control of the prison. and when the cameras were allowed in on saturday, the journalists, including a crew of cnn ands espanol were able to e where they had built a recreational center, a swimming pool, several restaurants, one of them a steakhouse all inside the prison walls. the government has dubbed the operation a success, but relatives of some of the inmate who is spoke with cnn said that they had no idea where their loved ones had been taken following the takeover. >> what really worries me is that they've transferred my son just today, the last group, four days since the takeover. and right now, they haven't told us where they've taken him. we don't know what's happened to him. >> when the security forces took back control of the prison, they seized the heavy weaponry, including machine guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. on saturday, the venezuelan minister of the interior, denied the allegations that the takeover was in some way negotiated with the criminal gangs. he said that the operation had been a total success and dismantled the leadership group of a powerful criminal gang who was known to operate from i inside. the largest-ever asian games are underway in china. they opened saturday with a massive light show and digital fireworks. more than 12,000 athletes from 4,500 countries and territories have participating. china has already claimed the first gold medals. the two-week event is showing how much the country has opened up its since draconian covid-19 lockdowns. chinese leader xi jinping has been hosting other leaders and dignitaries from around the world, including syrian president bashar al asad, and as president xi puts on a glamorous show for the world to see, there are questions about whether cracks are beginning to emerge among his hand-picked ruling elite. that comes after the sudden disappearance of two senior chinese cabinet members in recent months. cnn's will ripley reports. >> reporter: away from the great hall's glare lights, in the shadows of xi jinping's china, a silent storm is brewing, trouble at the top of the communist party. two high-profile senior officials, once trusted members of xi's inner circle, abruptly vanished from public view with little explanation. first, it was foreign minister quing don, china's most powerful diplomat. >> we are fully justified to do what we lost. >> reporter: a close aide of the chinese leader, winning favor with the help of his wife's homemade moon cakes. just seven months into the job, a dramatic fall. in june, he disappeared, in july, he was dismissed. the foreign ministry in beijing refusing to address reporting by the wall street. saying they were not aware of claims that qing was ousted for an extramarital affair during his stint as a u.s. ambassador in washington. citing sources familiar with a communist party investigation. the journal claims that qing's affair led to the birth of an american-born child, a potential problem for china's national security. >> there's a question as to, well, are there such people in china still who he can trust and rely upon to be his closest aids and associates. >> palace intrigue at a fever pitch. speculation swirling over another apparent disappearance. china's defense minister,ly sh shangfu, last seen in late august, more than three weeks ago. back in june, he briefly shook hands, but refused to meet with u.s. defense minister lloyd austin in singapore. now li is under investigation, reuters said last week. a government probe reportedly over the purchase of military equipment. last month, a surprise shake up in the people's liberation army rocket force. two leaders suddenly replaced without explanation. beijing notoriously nebulous when it comes to bad-behaveing senior leaders. this setting china's heavily censored social media on fire. from the foreign ministry -- >> i'm not aware of the situation. >> reporter: a familiar response. no answers, but plenty of questions about instability at the top. and the potential danger it brings. >> i do think there's more to it. xi jinping, he would not take these measures against such high-level military and diplomatic figures, unless he felt some kind of genuine risk. >> this raises the question about president xi's judgment, because they were both considered loyalists. they were hand-picked by the president himself, and their removal from such visible positions so abruptly, it raises questions in the international community about the stability of the chinese system. and you know, chinese leaders have long said that their stability makes their system superior to democracies. president xi, however, might be sending a message to the world that no matter who he has put by his side, if they fall out of favor, no one is indispensable. no one is irreplaceable under his one-man rule will ripley, cnn, taipei. coming up, activists in the u.s. have been demanding the white house take decisive action against climate change. well, now the biden administration has a new initiative it hopes will energize and equip young americans to do just that. stay with us. now that every load of laundry could be worth as much as $300? really? and your clothes just keep getting more damaged the 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inspiration from decades ago. have a look. >> i want to create a civilian climate corps. i've been pushing that for a long time, similar to the conservation corps that president roosevelt created during the great depression, putting a new generation of americans to work, helping us to protect and serve our public lands and becoming resilient in the process. >> the american climate corps is a job training and service program meant to prepare young americans to work in clean energy. civilians will plant trees, install solar panels and perform conservation work. alexandria ocasio-cortez explains why the initiative is so significant. >> 20,000 americorps positions for young people to specifically engage in work combatting the climate crisis. it's going to be across the country. it's going to be focused if front line communities, which means it's going to be focused in low-income communities, communities where land is especially at risk during the climate crisis. it's going to be urban, rural, diverse. this is a major, major step. >> joining me now is aryu shiny ajay, the executive director of the sunrise movement. thanks so much for being here with us. it seems like what's old is new, repurposing an, fdr approach an turning it into a plank of the green new deal. why a climate corps? i know your organize was sort of a driving force behind this. what led to this? >> the climate corps for us was an idea inspired, as you mentioned, by fdr's civilian conservation corps, and it's roadway imagining of the way government should work, saying that government should take a leading role in addressing the climate crisis, not just leave it to market-based mechanisms and creating a government wide program that puts thousands of young people to work, stopping the climate crisis is actually one of the most important things you can do, not only to carry out the incredible amount of work that it's going to be to build renewable energy and restore ecosystems and protect our lands skand our homes, but also to build a new type of society that can actually be invested in the great crisis that humiliate has ever seen. >> this is really broad . it will involve lots of moving pieces, plenty of folks. but if we were to isolate one or who priorities and how it will concretely make a difference, what would you sort of pick up? >> to me the biggest way it makes a difference is it actually signals a new approach for our government to say that fighting climate change should be one of the most major priorities of the federal government in this moment. and we will use an fdr-style, world war ii style all out of our natural resources s and it' an important first step pip see it as a series of actions that president biden could take in order to tackle the climate crisis, including declaring a climate emergency and stopping the leasing of public lands and stopping oil and dgas. that's what i see, shifting the conversation around what can be do done. >> just like during his conservatives, we don't know the exact cost of this. the democrats have proposed some $10 billion in the initial bill. republicans argue it's a waste of money, it could actually take jobs away from other workers who might be displaced by the covid-19 pandemic. so how would you respond. why is this the way to prioritize those taxpayer dol dollars. >> i think one thing that feels really clear is that young people is looking for a meaningful way to participate in the society. and to repair is really popular. it turns out over half of young people would take a job with something like the american climate corps. i think it's actually a really popular proposal that voters want across the political spectrum and it is facing one of the costliest crises. >> voters, that's key, getting young people helping to fight climate change, a laudable goal in our own right, but there are political considerations here, especially heading into an election. president biden's biggest vulnerability is that he's considered too old by many and that might alienate a very important voter base, young americans. so will this help activate them politically, make them feel more connected to democrats and the president, possibly? >> this is an important first step for president biden to be taking. and if he continues to act on policies like these that are widely popular and are responsive to issues that young voters care about, like the climate crisis, that he could very well see rewards pay off in 2024. >> aru shiny-ajay, we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us. we really appreciate it. the farm aid food festival is still going strong since its first concert in 1985. saturday's sold-out event in noblesville, kindiana, is the first time it's been held in the state since 2001. nearly a dozen acts were on the bill. young explained the philosophy behind the farm aid movement. >> people need to support the farmers. that's not just a phrase. you need to think about the world 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(soft music) - [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don't know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. a $4 billion mile journey is posed for a dramatic highlight in the coming hours as a nasa space capsule brings home samples from an asteroid. the capsule will separate from a spacecraft is due to touch down in the utah desert sunday just before 11:00 a.m. eastern time. its voyage has been nothing short of extraordinary. michael holmes takes us aboard. >> three, two, one. and liftoff of osiris rex. >> reporter: more than seven years ago, nasa set out on a mission to visit an asteroid, collect samples, and return them to earth. it took more than two years for asirius re-election to reach the asteroid named benu that's roughly the height of the empire state building. it circled benu for more than two years, mapping and studying its rough terrain. then in a brief touchdown in 2020, when the spacecraft attempted to extract rock samples from benu, something unexpected happened. as the spacecraft swooped if to garth some samples, it landed with such force that it set off an explosion of loose materials. the asteroid's surface was softer and looser than expected. then after collecting rock materials from the asteroid, osirius-rex departed benu in 2021 and has since been on its way back to earth. scientists believe that k carbon-rich asteroids like benu could hold the mysteries to the formation of the earth and the solar system. >> we're looking for clues sas why earth is a habitable world. it has oceans, a protective atmosphere. we think all of those material were brought by these carbon-rich asteroids very early in our planetary system formation. >> nasa says the asteroid holds the leftover materials from 4.5 billion years ago, back when the solar system was first forming. the spacecraft already found traces of water embedded within benu's rocky surface in 2018. so, nasa scientists say the samples could take us back to the dawn of the solar system. >> we believe we're bringing back that kind of material. literally, maybe representatives of the seeds of life that these asteroids delivered at the beginning of our planet, that led to this amazing biosphere, biological evolution, and to us being here today to look back on that amazing history. >> reporter: on sunday, the spacecraft is expected to send a capsule containing the pieces of benu to a desert in utah, slowed for a soft landing by a parachute. the next morning, the samples will be transported to nasa's johnson space center in houston, but the journey isn't over yet for the mother ship, osiris-rex, renamed as osiris-apex, the spacecraft will embark on its next mission, to chase down and investigate an thanother astero. there's no jackpot winner in the powerball drawing on saturday, so that means the prize rolls over and the next drawing will be on monday. right now, that jackpot stands at $78 5. the site of a black suv carrying former u.s. president jimmy carter and first lady rosalind carter at the annual peanut festival. carter was a well-known peanut farmer in plains before entering politics. the carter center noted that the former president who has been in hospice care since february turns 99 next sunday. i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back with more "cnn newsroom" in just a moment. please do stay with us.