politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
was a 65% increase of homelessness in new york city. the streets not surprisingly got visibly dirtier. the smell got much stronger. been there this month? public was criminalized by bill de blasio and many people took advantage of their new freedoms and it was a lot more crime. after local politicians plan to cut to law enforcement by a billion dollars a year, many cops decided it was not worth enforcing the law, too much risk, not enough award. so it declined by 19%. so would have been a burglar? jumped 30%, car steps by 40%, shootings doubled. so what would it be like to live in a place for that? for many a new york life was intolerable and many people left, not that anyone in the mayor s office seem to notice their departure. average new yorkers notice, city government had no interest in their well-being. but that did not mean that local politician stopped caring. they cared more than ever, they just cared about different people. new york s political class shifted its focu
supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and top ranking senate republicans demanded to know why the justice department has yet to arrest or prosecute any demonstrators. anger tonight is the biden administration is set to punish those horseback border patrol agents were falsely accused of whipping migrants as they illegally crossed into del rio last year, they have been cleared of any wrongdoing but our bill melugin is at the border and is going to explain. the first state in the country to decriminalize drugs is turning into a disaster pickle fentanyl deaths are up and drug-related crime is soaring. we begin tonight with the white house blame game over the record high gas prices you are finding every single time you go to fill up. kevin corke, i think even posted a tweet about it today, good to see you. the president as you probably heard right now at with the speaker the house nancy pelosi along with senate majority leader chuck schumer, that meeting is meant to unpack the i
Honeymoon. The honey homoon is other. We had a really nice time. Thank you so much for saying that. Its a honeymoon for us when ever youre on. Feels like a vacation. Its easy, great. Congrats. You made a beautiful bride. Thank you. The next hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 30th. The end of the month. Im amara walker. I mean, it officially means fall at this point. Almost to october, its fall. Im omar jimenez. Those are the first words i chose to say this morning before the show. Im in for victor blackwell. Thanks for joining us. Here is what were watching for you this morning. The clock is ticking. And the u. S. Is creeping closer to a Government Shutdown as lawmakers work on a lastditch effort to hammer out a deal to fund the government. What we expect to happen today and the impacts a shutdown could have on everything from child care to air travel. A deluge of rain sparks flash flooding across parts of
This is cnn Breaking News. Hello, again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on what is seriously a marathon saturday. On capitol hill and wherever you are. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin with this Breaking News from capitol hill, where were watching an 11th hour Stopgap Spending Bill potentially come to reality. The house is yet to vote on it, but there are so many moving parts today, youre seeing the minority House Minority leader, hakeem jeffries, who has been using his magic minute to speak to the chamber there, imploring that all of this was avoidable, there could have been some bipartisan effort to keep Government Spending well before this juncture, but here we all are. Lets get to cnns lauren fox on capitol hill. Brand new reporting that you have about not just whats going on in the house, but apparently whats happening in the senate, and how all of this is coming together. Whats going on . Reporter let me paint a picture for viewers at home. Basically theres been a del