next step, a showdown in the senate. jack smith now challenging former president trump s efforts to delay his criminal trial on the classified documents until after next year s election. raising the possibility he could pardon himself. jared kushner has spoken to prosecutors about trump s alleged attempts to overturn the election. we will check in on trump s republican rivals without him in iowa for the informal launch of the republican caucus campaign. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. hollywood comes to a standstill for the first time in more than six decades. sag-aftra, the union representing film and tv actors is now on strike after talks with studios collapsed following four weeks of negotiations. in a blow to the $134 billion industry, of course, the two sides clashing over residual payments in the age of streaming and the usual of artificial intelligence to replace actors. the union president blasting the studios yesterday. i am shocked by
today. see you back here monday, same time, same place, 10:00 a.m. eastern. until then, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now good morning it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific any minute now attorney general merrick garland is expected to make a major announcement about charges against dozens of mexican drug cartels leaders and members. also the suspect in the biggest leak of military intelligence in decades appeared in court last hour what we re learning about how the suspected leaker got access to the classified documents. and breaking just moments anegotiation the legal battle over the abortion pill headed to the supreme court. and we are live in south florida where officials are assessing millions of dollars in damage from massive flooding after historic 26-inch rainfall. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the department of justice. there you see the podium set up. two senior law enforcement
the russian leader. democrat saying we have not face the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the missile crisis. i don t think there s an ability to use a nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon. look what you just heard from the president, this is stark language. you do not normally hear this from u.s. presidents. not now. and it comes as the u.s. considers how to response to a range of potential scenarios. for more let s bring in jeremy diamond. has there been any escalation from russia that prompted these remarks? reporter: there s no question there is an elevated risk of nuclear war based on the language we ve heard from the russian president but u.s. officials say there is nothing that has changed that nothing that they have seen that has changed in russia s nuclear posture. last week we heard the russian president talking about any and all means necessary to defend russian territory as he talked about the use of nuclear weapons but what we haven t hea
and i don t think everyone was prepared for anything. my heart is broken for them. how do you recoup? we couldn t cross our fingers and hope for the best. we have listened and have listened. this is a huge defeat for moscow. this is not going well. he s facing an unprecedented amount of criticism from within. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. hello on this tuesday, october 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. it s been six days since hurricane ian made landfall. the number of people killed has climbed past 100. authorities are holding out hope they will find survivors. so far the governor says they ve made close to 2,000 rescues including this one here. incredible video shows the u.s. coast guard saving a man and his neighbors from flood waters on sanibel island. that s in heavily damaged lee county where recovery efforts have been very difficult. that region accounts for about half of the state s 450,000 powe
this before they head to the august recess on friday. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports, a slimmed down version of build back better estimated, listen to this, to raise taxes on millions of americans across every income bracket, including, yes, those making under $400,000 a year. this despite president biden repeatedly claiming that it would do no such thing. one thing we are trying to get done in congress, pass legislation that won t raise taxes a single penny for anybody making less than 400 grand. you make less than 400, you will not pay a penny in taxes. make sure we pay everything without any one making under 400,000 paying taxes. sandra: rebranded as a way to reduce inflation across the country. a new study claims it will do the exact opposite and make the inflation situation even worse. john: all of this comes amid a potential crisis in asia. tensions rising with china as reports circulate that house speaker nancy pelosi could arrive in ta