Pushing for a speedy trial,s others are asking to move venue to federal court, in washington d. C. And then thursday, Fulton Countys district attorney, fani willis, faces jim jordans deadline to submit documents about her case to congress. As weve reported, she is now the target in the investigation by their public and lead house judiciary committee. And then on friday, the dea will finally release the Special Grand Jury report. And, while georgia is just one of four pending trials for trump, his campaign for president carries on. That has many people on both sides of the aisle wondering if the 14th amendment can, and should, be used to bar trump from running. Here is what former impeachment manager adam schiff said about that, earlier today. Well you know, the 14th amendment, and Section Three is pretty clear. If you engage in action of insurrection or rebellion against the government, or you give aid and comfort to those who do, you are disqualified from running. It doesnt require fo
Acosta right now. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. Up on capitol hill, a shutdown is averted but a showdown is looming. While there was a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, Republican Dysfunction In The House is ramping up this week. Maga hardliners there are expected to try to oust House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy and outraged over his deal with the democrats to keep the government funded and from capitol hill to the wouse were following all of the fallout from yesterdays dramatic turn of events melanie zanona, on set here with me in washington and Arlette Saenz is over at the white house. Let me go to you first. President biden spoke on this deal today and commented on the ugly politics of it all. Sensing that there is a large measure of disgust across the country on the part of the American People after all of this. What was his message. Reporter well, jim, President Biden said it is good news that a Government Shutdown was averted but said it
Confrontation with a homeowner during which shots were fired. Kim jongun has arrived in russia. We are waiting to see where and when he meets with Vladimir Putin to discuss a potential arms deal. The war on ukraine. And who. Weighing in on the trump indictments. He says it shows the u. S. Political system is rotten. Congress is back. Speaker Kevin Mccarthy has his work cut out for him. He is juggling a potential Government Shutdown and pressure from the hard right to impeach President Biden. And after all the hype, quarterback Aaron Rodgers debut with the New York Jets lasted less than five minutes. Cnn this morning starts right now. Here is where we begin. Scary developments in this ongoing manhunt for an escaped murderer in pennsylvania. Sources tell kyw that a man matching Danelo Cavalcantes description stole a rifle with a scope in a violent confrontation with a homeowner last night. That homeowner opened fire but its not known if the fugitive was hit. Police rushed to the area. It
Kevin mccarthys marching orders, the House Speaker directs his committees to open an Impeachment Inquiry of President Biden and the white house is already pushing back. Were going to tell you what the administration is saying. Also ahead, the manhunt in pennsylvania taking on a new sense of urgency with the fugitive now armed. Police say a homeowner fired shots at the escaped killer as he was stealing a rifle with a scope on it. Were live in chester county. And Fulton Countys District Attorney up against a deadline to explain how she plans to prosecute donald trump and his 18 codefendants all at the same time. Were following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy just raised the political stakes in washington this morning. He officially kicked off the process to begin an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. Today, i am directing our House Committee to open a formal Impeachment Inquiry into president joe b
campaign can do to win back those votes. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the latest out of fulton county, georgia. we ve learned that former president donald trump might try to move his pending election interference trial out-of-state court and into a federal one. in a court filing yesterday trump s attorneys formally notified the judge of the possible effort to make that move explaining that any decision must be filed within 30 days of trump s arraignment. that would give the former president until the end of the month to decide how to proceed. now, trump s former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, has already pushed to try to move his case to federal court and had a hearing on the matter last week. the judge is expected to make a ruling on the meadows request in the near future. meanwhile, fulton county d.a. fani willis is accusing o