you don t own pads like that, do you? i was a basketball guy. i couldn t take hits like those in football. it s not my game. you are still tough. i want someone to call foul if i get hit. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. we have lot to talk with. so glad you are back. it is back to work this week for lawmakers on capitol hill and with the dwindling number of days, their to-do list is quite long. can they avoid a government shutdown? a major question. also, right now tens of thousands of people are stuck in the desert at the burning man festival after a rainstorm turned the site into a mud pit. people are being told to shelter in place. amazon s ceo tells employees to get back in the office or their days may be numbered. they are not alone. we talk to an expert about whether whizzes and their employees can find some common ground. and college sports before to look a whole lot different.
in for fredricka whitfield. president biden and the first lady are set to depart the white house, they re going to have a full day visiting areas of northwest florida hit by category 3 hurricane idalia last wednesday. they ll be taking a helicopter tour and meting with residents impacted by those flash floods and powerful winds. aerials like suwannee county included in the president s disaster declaration. residents rf access to federal funding, president biden is calling on congress for additional money to replenish fema s disaster relief fund and as costs mount from natural disasters from florida to hawaii, cnn s isabel rosales is in live oak where we expect to see the president and first lady jill biden in a couple of hours. isabel, morning. the people you have been speaking to, what do they tell you is their greatest need right now? reporter: they re telling me that power is a huge concern. now, in this area of the big bend live oak, suwannee county, it wasn t necessari
the white house pushing israel to adjust rules of engagement after the idea of accidentally killing three hostages the idf. new gripping accounts from hostages formerly held by hamas, their horror while in a captivity including dodging airstrikes from israeli forces, plus in america targeted again, more than 200 eight bomb threats and swat calls, swatting calls in one week alone. what law enforcement sources are telling cnn about what is being done to track down those responsible. as donald trump claims immigrants are poisoning the blood of america, cnn s underthings trumps defense of a man convicted in election interference crimes once best known on twitter for racism, anti-semitism, homophobia and worse. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start, top biden administrators suggesting israel needs to change its approach, more than 10 weeks into the war. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin met with his counterpart and israeli prime ministers benjamin netanyahu d
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. a massive storm churning along the east coast. this storm is getting stronger. rudy giuliani is ordered to pay $148 million to two former election workers he defamed after the 2020 election, but these women may never see a dime of the money awarded to them. new this morning, the israeli military just announced a tactical pause in fighting in one gaza neighborhood so people there can get desperately needed food and water, but this won t last long. new information about the death of matthew perry. the powerful drug found in his system when he died. we re starting with the severe weather that s threatening millions of people. this powerful storm system bearing down on florida right now, really up the entire east coast. the possibility of flooding and severe winds has prompted florida s governor to activate the national guard. tens of thousands of
gop leaders going forward with another house spending vote that is probably going nowhere. lawmakers scrambling with the government hurdling toward a shutdown this weekend. good day to our viers here in the united states and a around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, september 29, thank you for getting an early start with us. 5:00 a.m. here in washington where the weeks ticked down to days and now hours. there are 43 of them left before the u.s. government shuts down. and leaders you ve elected to at the very least keep the government open, keep paying federal workers, you know, the very basics, they are falling down on the job. now house republicans are trying to distract by their own in-fighting by making it a battle over border security provisions that are nonstarters it seems in the senate. it is kevin mccarthy s last ditch effort to get enough house republicans to support a short term funding bill which he still plans to bring to the floor despite opposition from