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Department against the barrage of gop attacks. Also tonight, trump campaigns in iowa sharpening his focus on the first republican president ial contest. This as a brand new cnn poll now reveals whos on the ridse and whos sliding in another critical early battleground, talking about New Hampshire. And ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy facing a new disappointment during his u. S. Visit. Sources now say the Biden Administration is not expected to grant his request for longer range missiles when he visits the white house tomorrow. Zelenskyy telling me thats an area that would be a quote, loss for his country during our oneonone interview. Welcome to our viewers around the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Lets get right to our top story tonight. A verbal assault on the u. S. Attorney general by some of the most hard line republican critics of the u. S. Justice department. Lets go straight to cnns sara murray. Shes got all the fireworks. Some gop lawmakers laid into the Attorney General, Merrick Garland, and he pushed back rather hard. Reporter thats right, wolf, in many ways what we saw today is the preview of the Impeachment Inquiry, the republicans were embarking on, pressing the Attorney General for more specifics, particularly when it relates to a Criminal Investigation into the president s son, hunter biden, and they got what im sure to republicans are very unsatisfying answers as the Attorney General punted on several questions involving sensitive, ongoing investigations. Attorney general Merrick Garland squaring off against his toughest republican critics on capitol hill today. The fix is in. Even with the face saving indictment last week of hunter biden, everyone knows the fix is in. I am not the president s lawyer. I will add, i am not congresss prosecutor. Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee hounding garland for details about the Criminal Investigation into hunter biden. After his plea deal imploded in july, and he was indicted last week in connection with the 2018 gun purchase. After five years, what stage we in, the beginning stage, the middle stage, the keep hiding the ball stage, which stage are we in. Im not permitted to discuss ongoing investigations. Whistleblowers came guard and a judge called bs on the plea deal you tried to get pas. Reporter garland deferring to special counsel david weiss whos overseeing the hunter biden probe. I left it to mr. Weiss whether to bring charges or not, that would include whether to let statute of limitations expire or not, whether there was sufficient evidence to bring a case that was subject to the statute of limitations or not, whether there were better cases to bring or not. Reporter the Attorney General reiterating that he stayed out of the Hunter Biden Investigation. I promised senate when i came before it for confirmation that i would leave mr. Weiss in place and that i would not interfere with his investigation. Has anyone at the department told President Biden to knock it off with hunter . No one that i know of has spoken to the white house about the hunter biden case. Reporter and insisting no one ordered him to bring federal charges against former president trump. No one has told me to indict, and in this case, the decision to indict was made by the special counsel. Reporter the political Interference Accusations are sure to reemerge as the gop controlled cows proceeds with the Impeachment Inquiry leaving garland to fend off threats of being held contempt . Arent you in Contempt Of Congress when you refuse to answer . I have the greatest respect for congress. Reporter and democrats pointing out jim jordans refusal to comply with the january 6th subpoena. Thats quite rich because the guy leaving the hearing room right now, mr. Jordan, is about 500 days into evading his subpoena. Reporter garland beating Back Criticism of the department and career civil servants, some of whom have been named by republicans as they barrel ahead in their probe into alleged political bias into doj. Singling out individual career Public Servants who are just doing their jobs is dangerous. Particularly at a time of increased threats to the safety of Public Servants and their families. We will not be intimidated. Reporter now, when it comes to hunter biden and that gun charge, a judge said today that hunter biden will have to show up in court in person on october 3rd for his initial appearance. He had wanted to appear by video link but the judge said it was important that he not receive any special treatment in this case, wolf. Now to another major faceoff on capitol hill, this one within the ranks of the republican party. The House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy gathering his troops tonight as gop infighting threatens to shut down the u. S. Government ten days from now. Cnn capitol Hill Reporter Melanie Zanona is joining us right now. She has new information about the meeting. What are you learning, melanie . Reporter yeah, wolf, another day, another contentious meeting inside the house gop, and this one comes as House Republicans have been struggling to coalesce around their own plan to fund the government. Leadership was forced to cancel a planned vote yesterday. It was back to the drawing board. They spent the last two days in and out of meetings, trying to come up with a compromise that will get the support of their entire gop conference, including hard liners that would oppose the plan. Wolf, it might all be for nothing. In todays meeting, matt gaetz stood up and said he knows of seven republican colleagues who would not vote for any shortterm Spending Bill under any circumstances. Its unclear if that number is true. After that, another member, randy weber stood up and said all of those seven people please stand up and identify yourself. One of them did, corey mills of florida. It really speaks to the challenges that leadership is facing because they cant afford to lose seven members. If they do, that means theyre going to need to look to democrats to try to fund the government and that could be a risky proposition for Kevin Mccarthy whos being warned by his right flank not to work with democrats or he could be ousted as speaker. Lets take a listening to congressman matt gaetz and what he had to say about the idea of republicans and democrats working together. Now, if republican moderates want to go team up with democrats and sign a Discharge Petition to take over the floor with democrats, well, theyll be signing their own political death warrant, and theyll be handing it to their executioner because it will be the very democrats they act in concert with who will hunt them during the upcoming election season. Reporter so the bottom line here, wolf, is that we are less than two weeks away towards a Government Shutdown, and as of right now, there is no clear solution in sight. Melanie zanona, up on capitol hill, thank you very much. Lets get more on all of these showdowns on capitol hill. Were joined by representative pramila jayapal, chair of the progressal conference. Congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us. As you know, House Republicans spent much of the day today grilling the Attorney General of the United States over the hunter biden probe. Are you satisfied with the way garland answered these questions, and is the white house doing enough, do you believe, to push back on the allegations that the president benefitted directly from Hunter Bidens Business Dealings . Wolf, its good to see you. Look, i think the Attorney General did an excellent job today. He was very calm. He did not take their bait. You know, frankly, he was asked over and over and over again about the hunter biden case, about david weiss. He reminded people of the simple fact that mr. Weiss was actually appointed as u. S. Attorney by donald trump, and he had full latitude from Attorney General garland to conduct whatever investigation he wanted to conduct. And that is consistent with mr. Weisss testimony as well. And so i think that republicans came away with absolutely nothing, but it was sad to me, wolf. I have been on the Judiciary Committee for seven years, and i have just seen it increasingly being transformed into this soap box for absurd, baseless Conspiracy Theories, and i think it is unfortunate because it is undermining government institutions. Its feeding lies to the American Public, and i do think that is detrimental to our democracy. The Attorney General had a lot of good work that he could have talked about, about issues that americans really care about, like gun violence, and, you know, fentanyl, and Abortion Rights, which was what i focused my questioning on. But unfortunately republicans, it was just another wasted soap box for absurd Conspiracy Theories. Congresswoman jayapal, i want to get your reaction to what the Judiciary Committee chairman, jim jordan said about the now special counsel david weiss, what he said earlier this year, versus what he said today. Watch in. Do you think its time for a special counsel in the Hunter Biden Investigation . This was the biggest take away, right, the biggest take away is the u. S. Attorney, weiss, asked for Special Counsel Status, and garlands Justice Department says no. If a special counsel is not warranted here, when is it . He picks the one guy, the one guy he knows will protect joe biden, he picks david weiss. So what do you think changed, congresswoman . S i heard that questioning and i couldnt hear the question. What Merrick Garland said over and over again, which is consistent with what mr. Weiss said, he gave him whatever latitude he wanted and when david weiss said i would now like Special Counsel Status and if you ask me, i think its because republicans were continuing to attack him, and he wanted to, again, be clear, as clear could be, that he had everything he needed from the Attorney General. And the Attorney General immediately said, sure, you can have Special Counsel Status, and that is, i think, whats ridiculous here. These are a bunch of lies, and unfortunately they get attention, and they may confuse some people, but i want to be very clear. The Attorney General and mr. Weiss have been very clear that he had everything he needed. He conducted his investigation in the way that he thought was appropriate and the Attorney General did not have anything to do with any of that. I want to move on to the looming Government Shutdown while i have you, congresswoman. Sources are telling cnn that republican congressman matt gaetz told his fellow republicans during a closed door meeting today that there are seven gop votes to oppose any shortterm Spending Bill that would keep the government going. Whats your reaction to that, and are we actually right now headed toward a Government Shutdown . Well, unfortunately, at this rate, we are headed to a republican shutdown, and that gives me no pleasure to say because a shutdown has terrible consequences for the american people. But the reality is republicans cannot govern. They are in chaos. They are in ruin. They have not been able to govern from the day that Speaker Mccarthy got his speakership, and handed the gavel over to Marjorie Taylor green. He negotiated a deal with President Biden and then he immediately broke the deal. Then he started an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden to try and preserve his House Speakership. That didnt work, and the reality is now, he cant even pass the eleven bills for funding the government with a majority in the party. He cant get agreement to bring those bills to the floor from his own majority. And they are loaded with extremist, right wing provisions, and so i think, you know, listen, democrats have the same tiny majority in the last term. We governed, democrats in the senate have governed, they have passed all of their bipartisan Spending Bills. It is House Republicans that are unable to govern. Representative pramila jayapal, thanks as usual for joining us. Thanks, wolf. Just ahead, as donald trump ramps up his campaign in iowa, cnn now has an exclusive brand new poll from the first gop primary state, New Hampshire. Were going to break down the new numbers for you. Stand by. 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I think its very important. Without the exceptions, it is very difficult to win elections. We would probably lose the majorities in 2024, without the exceptions, and perhaps the presidency itself. Reporter and, wolf, i want to note one thing, i think you could hear it in the sound bite from the former president , there were loud cheers when he said he supported these exceptions, which i thought was very interesting. I want to note, it wasnt just conservatives and people that he was running against like ron desantis who pushed back on his remarks from over the weekend when he hit that sixweek abortion ban, it was also the governor here in ohio, kim reynolds, who went on twitter saying essentially its never a terrible thing to protect an innocent life, which is a direct hit on Donald Trumps comments over the weekend. One thing to watch carefully is how exactly he continues to walk this tight rope. Its not something he wants to talk about. He doesnt believe abortion is a winning issue but wants to take credit of being the architecture of overturning roe v. Wade, so, again, a very narrow walkway as he runs for president. Thank you very much. Lets bring in our political experts to talk a little bit more about trump. The republican president ial race and our brand new exclusive cnn poll in the critical Battleground State of New Hampshire. Were watching it all unfold. Who better than our political director David Chalian to share some of the numbers from the brand new exclusive poll in New Hampshire. We do this in partnership with the university of New Hampshire, this is our first state specific look at the 2024 look for the cycle. Heres the state of the race, primary currently stands among likely republican primary voters up in New Hampshire, you see donald trump is the dominant front runner. Hes got 39 support. Thats three times as much support as his closest competitor. You see there ramaswamy at 13. Nikki haley at 12. Chris christie at 11, and ron desantis at 10. That is a fourway tie, if you will, given the margin of error. A fourway Battle For Second Place there. Down in the single digits, tim scott, mike pence, and others. I wanted to show you the movement in this race from julys university of New Hampshire poll. Donald trump remains pretty much the same, 37 in july, 39 now. Look at this, ramaswamy up a lot from 5 to 13. Nikki haley, way up, from 5 to 12. Chris christie way up from 6 to 11, and ron desantis way down, 13 points from 23 support in july to 10 support now. And, wolf, as you know, independent voters are critical in a New Hampshire primary, especially when we know theres no real action on the democratic side, a lot of the independent voters are going to choose to participate in the republican primary. And look at this divide that we see in these numbers by party registration. Among registered republicans, donald trump is at 48 support. No one is even close. When you look at the undeclareds, thats what independents are called in New Hampshire, you see a much more close contest here. Donald trump in 23. Ramaswamy at 22. Chris christie at 18 support. That is much closer contest for the undeclared. They may make up 40 of the electorate in the primary. So you can see where the nontrump candidates want to go fishing. Yes, they need to peel some of his more conservative, reliably republican support, but they see real opportunity in those inde independent numbers. Trumps numbers in New Hampshire are strong, not as strong as his overall numbers in the National Poll among likely Republican Voters. Were talking about new england, so its a slightly Different Group than if youre talking about evangelicals in iowa or even south carolina. I do think this is also why youre hearing a conversation about abortion thats probably more nuanced than some of the other people in the race, other than nikki haley who i think has also staked out some ground that will appeal in the general election. Democrats have been over performing, and you can tell me if im wrong in some special elections where Abortion Rights are being discussed. I think the former president knows that, and hes speaking accordingly. He certainly does understand that. He keeps making those points. Its interesting that Ron Desantiss numbers in New Hampshire have dropped some 13 points. Whats going on . Well, hes collapsing is whats going on, and our poll also shows that the dropoff is with moderates and its with conservatives. Now, with moderates, hes down 20 points. With conservatives hes down 8 points. So you see that hes losing both sides here, and, you know, the New Hampshire primary is open. So the moderate support is very interesting. I mean, i think what weve seen ron desantis do is go for the conservative support which may do well for him, say in iowa. We dont know, but in New Hampshire, that might not work as well. I mean, look at the fact that Chris Christie has risen so dramatically. So Chris Christie is probably taking some of those moderates away from desantis. You know, gloria, i think it actually might be vivek in some respects. Could be. Because New Hampshire, im from new england, people love a good libertarian streak. The love the conversation about woke versus not woke, not the obsession with immigration, those things arent helpful in New Hampshire. I did notice that figure, that 13 , it felt like that was a 13 that ramaswamy was able to gain because there are very particular things about his platform that would appeal in that environment specifically. Hes also new, and hes not regarded as a politician per se, and so people look at him as this shiny new person out there on the field, and that, you know, is good for him, i guess. Thats interesting. In this new cnn poll, likely Republican Voters how they felt about a potential 15week abortion ban. Federal abortion ban in the United States. Wolf, you just heard from Kristen Holmes what a narrow path trump has to wrote. A majority of likely voters in New Hampshire, 15 , Support A Federal Ban at 15 weeks, 27 opposed. We look at Trump Supporters, versus those supporting candidates not named trump. 78 . 3 4 of the former president s supporters support a 15week abortion ban. That is something he has not yet come out to firmly support. You heard him over the weekend in that interview saying, a lot of conversation is around that. I can bring all the sides together. He, as kristen was reporting, does not want to be pinned down here into one particular thing and yet what were seeing is his supporters overwhelmingly are in favor of a fifteenweek national ban. It will be interesting to see if he comes around to that as a position throughout the course of the campaign. Theres being in favor and then your litmus test for a vote. I think that the overturning of roe v. Wade, i would think, has taken off pressure from it being the only that youre going to go and pull a ballot for and maybe trump knows that, and thats why he can keep pointing at the court while not saying, look, no matter what, this is the one thing you need to vote for. Trump talks about this like hes negotiating a real estate deal, which hes done many times. People in hey dont see this as negotiating a real estate deal. People who support the sixweek ban are very emotional about it and very personal about it. And donald trump may have some problem with those voters because hes like, oh, maybe well work something out, and that, you know, that doesnt work with some of those others. Problems in the primary or the general. In the primaries. Guys, thank you very much. Coming up, well take a closer look ahead to ukrainian president zelenskyys trip to washington, d. C. Tomorrow. As u. S. Officials now tell cnn he wont necessarily be getting one of the top items on his weapons wish list. Fisher Investments in this market, youll find Fisher Investments is different than other Money Managers. other Money Manager different how . Arent we all just looking for the hottest stocks . Fisher Investments nope. We use diversified strategies to position our clients portfolios for their longterm goals. other Money Manager but you still sell investments that generate high commissions for you, right . Fisher Investments no, we dont sell commission products. 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I just understand that there are some people dying, there will a loss for us if we wont be able to get that type of weapon. Which will protect us. But its a disappointment. It would be just our loss. Our senior White House Correspondent Kayla Tausche is in new york. Shes joining us right now. Shes got details. What does this mean for president zelenskyys visit to the white house tomorrow . Reporter wolf, it means hell likely be leaving washington disappointed. A u. S. Official tells me those deep Strike Missiles are not expected to be in a new aid drawdown unveiled tomorrow, but the u. S. Will in that new Security Package include additional artillery, antiarmor, antiaircraft and what this official calls significant air defense capabilities. John kirby told reporters this afternoon the government continues to evaluate the possibility of sending attack ems, but that no decision has been made. I have learned the u. S. Military, however, believes that those weapons are less critical for a successful Counter Offensive than, say, vehicles and mine clearing equipment that can breach Russian Troops on the ground. But it all comes as you know as zelenskyy prepares to Pitch Washington skeptics on why they should green Light Tens Of Billions of dollars in more aid. There is confidence, though, among Administration Officials that republicans will eventually get on board with that, but that they need to get beyond their own Shutdown Politics first, wolf. At the same time, President Biden met today with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and he says they discussed some, quote, hard issues. Tell us about those issues. Reporter well, those are the hard issues that almost kept this meeting from happening. President Biden Reiterating his concerns about netanyahus controversial plans to overhaul the countrys judiciary. A Senior Administration official telling reporters that in the meeting the u. S. Got the sense that the way forward would include some sort of compromise. The two leaders also discussed other issues where they share more Common Ground like normalization of relations between israel and saudi arabia, and keeping iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The u. S. Calling it a constructive and candid meeting, enough for biden to extend the invitation for netanyahu to Visit Washington after declining to hold todays meeting at the white house. Very interesting, very significant. Kayla tausche reporting. Thank you. Lets discuss the latest developments with the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, william taylor, and former Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for ukraine and eurasia evelyn, you heard it would be a loss without securing these long range missiles. Why is the u. S. Delaying this decision right now as its repeatedly done for other Weapons Systems that ultimately eventually did provide . Yeah, wolf, i cant really say. Youre absolutely right that this kind of delay has happened often, and for months now, i have been hearing, and you have probably been hearing that they have been discussing this inside the u. S. Government. Having said that, in your interview, im sure you remember, president zelenskyy also said were making progress in the east, and even in the south where its very heavily mined, there is slow progress which means with every, you know, kilometer that they take, they extend the range of their weapons, so it may be that the u. S. Government is thinking, well, eventually, soon enough, you know, they wont need that range. Im not sure. Having said that, you know, no one weapon is going to change the course of the war. I mean, maybe the Fighter Aircraft will be more decisive than anything else. But its everything combined that they need, and it sounds like we are continuing to give them meaningful packages of assistance. Ambassador taylor, not only is president zelenskyy coming to washington without a Firm Commitment on the attackems, but also up against serious skepticism against Many Republican lawmakers about more funding for ukraine. What message does all of this send . Well, wolf, president zelenskyy clearly wants to get some reassurance, and he wants to be able to make the case. His first message is thank you very much. Its clearly going to be an appreciation. The second message is we continue to need these longrange weapons. I mean, i think that hes going to still make the case for these missiles. They can help right away. They can go into the fight tomorrow. They can have an effect on this Counter Offensive, and that is going to be an important, important aspect that hell make. Thank you very much, i need more, and hell make that case to the republicans and to the democrats, and they will be listening. He made the point to me yesterday that if the u. S. Were to provide these advanced Weapons Systems to ukraine, it would save a lot of ukrainian lives, men, women and children, who are still being killed by these russian assaults. Evelyn, how urgent is zelenskyys mission here in washington as ukraine tries to make gains in its own military Counter Offensive before tough Winter Weather eventually sets in in the coming weeks . Yeah, wolf, i mean, the ukrainians have been clear that the winter wont stop them. They will keep fighting, but of course it will be a lot harder, and the urgency is probably more political. And then moral. You know, if youre the president of ukraine, he said, these are lives that were going to lose. If i dont have the best weaponry possible, he also talked about air defense and patriot systems, if he doesnt have these things, more civilians will die and more military will die fighting the russians, so for him its a moral issue, as the leader, he has to try to get the best and the most equipment that he can. And at the same time, politically, certainly the west, we can be fickle and thats what Vladimir Putins counting on. Ambassador taylor, as you know, some republican lawmakers are saying they want more answers on how far u. S. Aid is actually going in ukraine. How much pressure is ukraine under right now to show success on the battlefield . Well, wolf, as evelyn just said, theyre making progress, and president zelenskyy makes that exact point. Theyre grinding it out. Theyre moving forward. Theyve got momentum, and that will be on the table tomorrow. Hell make that case. Hell make the case to republicans and democrats, theyll want to know that all of this assistance, these weapons, the support is going to the right place. No one wants it more than the ukrainians to go to exactly the right place. Hell make that case, i think, very convincingly. But hes going to have the opportunity to make his point that we appreciate what youre doing. We need more. Its going, and were making progress. 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He didnt call us back, but he did post on his social media, and this is what he had to say in part saying, quote, i have no idea why im being asked to testify at trial. Ive had no discussions with the d. A. s office since i testified before the Special Grand Jury several months ago, and we should remind our viewers that the special purpose grand jury actually recommended lin wood to be charged by the District Attorneys Office but they chose not to. This Big Revelation today here related to this case, wolf. Nick, what can you tell us about the fake electors now trying to move their case from state to federal court, do they have a shot . Reporter well, its a long shot if they have any shot at all. This same judge struck down a similar motion from the former chief of staff, mark meadows, and this hearing was intended to address that motion from the fake electors to try to move their case from State Court To Federal court, but quickly derailed into Pitch Clashes between Defense Attorneys and the state over whether or not this case was political in nature. One of the Defense Attorneys for david shaffer, one of the fake electors trying to get his case moved said it was a sad State Of Affairs in this country when Trump Supporters who participate in the political process are at risk or in the danger zone, he says, of being indicted by the Fulton County District Attorneys Office. The Defense Attorney went on to say the fake electors were doing their civic duty, and trying to preserve trumps right to contest the 2020 election. The state pushed back on the claims calling them borderline oe offensive, any claims this was political in nature is 100 true. Anyone who signed fake elector certificates, republican or democrat, anyone else would have faced similar charges. Wolf. Nick valencia reporting from atlanta. Thank you. Coming up, the u. S. Senate is now set to vote on three key Military Promotions amid a months long blockade by republican senator Tommy Tuberville, but hundreds of nominations are still being held up. Our live report from capitol hill is next. Having triplets is. Amazing expensive. So, we switched to the bargain detergent, but we ended up using three times as much anthe clothes still werent as clean as with tide. So were back with tide, and the clothes are clean again. Dox the laundry and get a tide clean. Its got to be tide. This is not just a shot. This is wellness made easy. For those whove got plans. Get your flu shot and other vaccines in one trip. Schedule online today. Did we just get hustled . Theres no way they were 70. Interesting. Hm . Its both an electric and a gas car. Yeap. Quite the paradox. Hmmmm . 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Reporter they are voting tonight on the final confirmation of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff cq brown. But this all came as a surprise today when Chuck Schumer, the majority leader went down to the senate floor to try to stop a move from Tommy Tuberville that was expected later in the afternoon. Schumer set up votes on some of the top brass in the military after saying for months that he did not want to do these nominations one by one. The argument from schumer was that he had no other choice because tuberville later today was supposed to go to the floor and use a rarely deployed tactic to try to bring these nominations to force them on the floor. And what happened was schumer basically said he did not want to put his democratic colleagues in the position of potentially having to vote against tubervilles procedural move. Because, doing so could make democrats look like they were the ones holding up these nominations. So, schumer arguing this was a final step that he had to take despite the fact he argues it is dangerous for the senate to begin this precedent where you have these nominations that any one senator can hold them up that they can politicize the military. These are typically nominations, wolf, that are just advanced by voice vote or by a simple Consent Agreement among senators. We should also note, as you did at the top here, there are a number, hundreds, of Military Nominees whose nominations are still in limbo because of Tommy Tubervilles holds. The expectation is that after the vote is final on the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, there will then be a procedural vote for the army, then tomorrow a final vote. Three of the militarys top brass expected to be confirmed in just the next 24 hours, wolf, after months of delay. All right, very important indeed, lauren fox reporting from capitol hill. Still ahead, one of the most hallowed institutions in the u. S. 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A suspect has now been charged in connection with the murder of a Los Angeles County sheriffs deputy. The District Attorney alleges Kevin Salazar intentionally killed Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer waiting for him and discharging a firearm from the car. The suspect is being held without bail, a preliminary hearing has now been scheduled for november. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer recently relaxed the unwritten dress code for what u. S. Senators can or cant wear inside the senate chamber. That rule change is being criticized by congressional republicans. Brian todd is covering the story for us. Reporter John Fetterman gave us a jarring image. He presided over the senate wearing a short sleeve shirt and shorts which republican senator rick scott told me he thought was inappropriate. Tonight a senate knowned for its buttonedup image is in an uproar over this change. Hes 68, weighs about 270 and walks around the senate halls with a hoodie and shorts on, and he didnt a tourist. John fetterman of pennsylvania. Today was seen proudly wearing those casuals while presiding over the senate. The senator from texas. Reporter now that majority leader Chuck Schumer has relaxed the dress code. Almost every republican senator has signed a letter spearheaded by florida senator rick scott, Calling On Schumer to keep enforcing the code. This has got to change back. Weve got to have decorum. Weve got to address the way the American Public would expect their u. S. Senators to address. Reporter republican senator Chuck Grassley saying it stinks. Senator john kennedy saying i dont like it. Reporter and republican senator Susan Collins joking, quote, i plan to wear a bikini tomorrow to the senate floor. Some democrats seem reluctant to criticize the change. Do you think it should be changed . I just think theres a whole lot more important things for us to worry about. So, im fine, you know, as long as people cover all the private parts. I think you can have respect for the institution without a formal dress code so long as individual members take personal responsibility for upholding decorum. Reporter but republicans are pressing even on the house side. Youre going to change all the senate rules simply so someone can wear gym clothes onto the floor . I mean, thats embarrassing. Reporter fetterman today firing back saying, quote, if they stop trying to shut our government down and fully support ukraine, then i will save democracy by wearing a suit on the senate floor next week. And telling Msnbc On Monday the right have been, like, losing their mind, just, like, oh, my god, arent there more important things we should be talking about rather than if i had dressed like a slob. Reporter while some senators like Kyrsten Sinema often dress with flair, the senate has expected Business Attire for centuries, with men understood to wear a suit and tie and women covering their arms. A senator without a tie would immediately leave the floor and fix the mistake. And Ronald Reagan famously would rarely set foot in the oval Office Without a coat and tie. One analyst says decorum has its place but right now were heading headlong into what may be a sustained Government Shutdown. This is a distraction. This is a tempest in a hoodie. Reporter now, even senator fetterman says hes not sure if hell always take advantage of the new rules. Fetterman was recently quoted as saying its nice to have the option, but that hes planning on using the new dress code sparingly and not overusing it. Wolf . Brian todd, thanks for that report. And to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront next, explosive ne