Everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. You woke up, youre here. You didnt scare me off. It was intimidating but we made it. We want to start with, look, we have a lot to talk about. Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill. Will they be able to avoid a Government Shutdown . Plus, stranded in the desert. Tens of thousands of people stuck at the burning man festival in the Black Rock Desert after torrential rain in the area. They are being told to shelter in place and conserve food and water. And those scorching hot temperatures just wont let up. How hot its going to get if you are heading outside for labor day and when you could see relief. This week we will talk to an expert about the impact on the opioid crisis. Congress is getting ready to work and hit the ground running. Senators are back in d. C. On tuesday followed by the house the next week. Both chambers are facing a time crunch on a number of key issues. On octo
On air. Moments ago we just saw the Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell on the senate floor, the first public appearance with cameras since the recent freezing episode in front of reporters. Also right now, a Sentencing Hearing is Underwayer To T underway for the chairman of the proud boys, Enrique Tarrio, the last of the five to be sentenced for their convicted role in the january 6 attack on the capitol. Prosecutors are pushing for 33 years in prison for tarrio because he was convicted on Seditious Conspiracy charges. Defense attorneys are making their best arguments against that. Also a major show of force coming up on the lead. Secretaries from three branches of the milt calling on senator Tommy Tuberville to stop his hold on all Military Nominations because he objects to the pentagons abortion travel care policy. And in Washington Post oped, they call tubervilles actions, dangerous to national security. That from the secretaries of the navy and the air force and the army, all t
in. also, the storms moving in. the front set to collide with this record heat. tonight, severe thunderstorm watches in the northeast from washington, d.c., philadelphia, up through new york. damaging winds, large hail, lightning all possible. rob marciano standing by to time this out. news coming in, an eighth possible sighting now of this fugitive. the manhunt for an escaped killer, breaking free west of philadelphia, climbing up that wall with his hands and feet to get out. where they now believe he is. trevor ault on the ground. the emergency landing, the plane that took off from raleigh, headed to florida. the bird strike, losing an engine. the well-known actor, danny masterson from that 70s show, tonight sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women. his victims confronting him in court, and what they said. the verdict late today. former trump aide peter navarro found guilty of contempt of congress. pierre thomas with late reporting. the amer
expected. the new potential pathway just in. also, the storms moving in. the front set to collide with this record heat. tonight, severe thunderstorm watches in the northeast from washington, d.c., philadelphia, up through new york. damages winds, large hail, lightning. rob marciano standing by to tyke this out. news coming in, an eighth possible sighting now of this fugitive. the killer breaking free west of philadelphia, climbing up that wall with his hands and feet to get out. where they now believe he is. the emergency landing, the plane that took off from raleigh, headed to florida. the bird strike, losing an engine. the well-known actor, danny masterson from that 70s show sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for reigning two women. his victims confronting him in court, and what they said. the verdict late today. former trump aide peter navarro found guilty of contempt of congress. pierre thomas with late reporting. the american explorer now trapped more