Hello, everyone. Good morning. It is saturday, september 30th. Im amara walker. And im omar jimenez. Youre in the cnn newsroom. The government is barrelling towards a shutdown with no solution in sight. Today is the last day for congress to pass a funding bill to keep the government open. You see the count down. Now the clock is ticking. Right now House Republicans are in a closed door meeting to try and come up with a last minute solution. But just last night House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy once again failed to pass a Stop Gap Bill in his chamber and now he is warning that the senate bill wont pass either, calling their bipartisan bill Dead On Arrival. But Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell says there is only one path forward. The choice facing congress is pretty straightforward. We can take the Standard Approach and fund the government for six weeks at the current rate of operations, or we can shut the government down in exchange for zero meaningful progress on policy. Our team is o
Cuts to spending. They dont want to spend a dime on ukraine, they want to spend it on the work, instead. If there was a shutdown, while all this plays out, its a reminder of real life consequences, your flights would be delayed, thousands of Airport Workers are without pay. Border agents wont get paid either. The United States is left vulnerable. If pentagon workers are furloughed, Small Businesses will get new loans. Food inspections wont happen. Museums, national parks, forests will close, Student Loans will be disrupted, and so will the money for school districts. Kids who had access to programs disrupted, it all happened at links. Issues from the environment to cancer will be paused. We will speak to someone who is in the commit overrun capital hill. Congressman, thank you for being here. We are 24 hours away from the shutdown. What is the path out of this to avoid a shutdown . What are you hearing from leadership about what we might see in the next 24 hours . Let me comment on som
And good morning to you, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 30th. The last day of the month. Im amara walker. October is almost here. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. Amara, good to be with you, so close but so far away. I feel close to you. Same to you. Great to see you, omar. Were watching a lot of news this morning. In fact, here we are again. Just hours away from a Government Shutdown. Lawmakers still cant agree on a deal to fund the government past midnight. Were specifically talking about the house right now. The last ditch efforts are under way to keep that from happening. And the impact of a shutdown could have a huge impact from our National Security to clean drinking water. Well discuss. And flood waters ripped through parts of New York City, submerging cars, disrupting mass transit. Look at those images there. Prompting water rescues. Well show you the damage left behind and where were tracking more rain this morning. Police make an arre
And good evening to you. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. A bay area and American Icon being remembered tonight. Dianne feinstein served 31 years in congress. Her legacy goes far beyond paving a pathway for women in politics or gun control. And her place on the senates judiciary committee. It all started here in the bay area as she rose through the ranks of San Francisco politics, becoming the citys mayor following the assassination of George Moscone. We begin our coverage tonight with abc7 News Reporter tim jonze. Tim yeah, dan, as you can imagine, tributes have been pouring in since senator feinsteins passing. That includes political leaders here in the bay area as well as around the nation. Tonight. I talked to several people who worked with and knew the late senator to hear what they think her legacy will be. Almost immediately after news broke of the passing of senator Dianne Feinstein, an tributes began pouring in from her Congressional Colleagues in was
A bunch on the and a warm welcome to help you is around the world on michael locus. Voting is underway in closely watch parliamentary elections in slovakia that could see the country radically changed course on ukraine. People have been casting their ballots following an Election Campaign thats resulted in a neck and neck race between a former left his Prime Minister and pro western liberals. Both sides have about 20 percent support and would require Coalition Partners to form a govern former Prime Minister of robert feats. So has campaigned on a populace platform calling for an end to slovakia as robust military support for ukraine and for closer ties to moscow. With a new in with the old thats what slovakia is, a former Prime Minister robert seats. So hopes voters will choose when they go to the polls. Hes already let the country twice and hes promising major changes if he wants a 3rd term in office. No weapons for ukraine, a veto fun ukrainian needle membership and a weakening of an