Good morning to viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is thursday, september 30th. And nine months into his presidency, the fate of joe bidens agenda is on the line today. Will Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a vote on an Infrastructure Plan, a bipartisan one, as her own parties threatens to shoot it down . And will manchin blow up the agenda. Tonight there will be an aaron sorkin like narrative or a laugh riot joke. Well, this is why we all came to washington. Its like an episode of a tv show. Which tv show . Maybe the west wing if something good happens. Heres where things stand this morning. The good news for americans is that hours before the government is set to shutdown, lawmakers reached a deal to keep it open. For now a senate vote is expected to fail, pushing the u. S. Closer to defaulting for the first time ever. On top of this, the house scheduled to vote on the 1. 2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. But democratic infighting is standing in president bi
hello and welcome. coming to you live from studio 4 at the cnn center in atlanta, i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up on cnn newsroom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. the u.s. has shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon after it traveled across america for days. recovery efforts now under way. china says the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident, heightening already tense relations between washington and beijing. live in hong kong with the latest from there. it s not the only one. the pentagon says a second balloon is flying over latin america. a report ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. we br to show you the dramatic moment a u.s. sidewinder missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that has caused so much havoc this week. the balloon was so high up, nearly 12 miles or 20 kilometers, that it took a few seconds for the shockwave to reach the grou
Aircraft. and when it comes to implications going forward, what might the chinese do now to avoid losing face? would you expect a response perhaps in other parts of the world where the american military operate? yes, i think that s quite possible. what you could see is the chinese responding essentially asim mat trickily or indirectly in other parts of the world. particularly south china sea where the u.s. undertake freedom of navigation operations, fonops as they re called. we ve had incidents of u.s. aircraft harassed by chinese fighter aircraft, australian aircraft in that area. ships at sea have been harassed. these are international waters and international air space. they are not chinese territory. and so the chinese will go into that international air space and harass u.s. flights. that s a possibility that we
Into the defund the police debate for obviously candidates like you but also for the governor, which could affect candidates like you? i don t think everybody has to make the decision based on the demographic makeup of their districts. in my district, it is clear when we re gnawing on doors, it is an issue not just top of mind but that people are passionate about. what do we really mean when we are talking about women s reproductive rights? the two are not mutually exclusive. you can believe that we want to support women s reproductive rights. and we can believe and feel very strongly we want to help reimagine or resort of reform policing and public safety. they re not die mat trickily opposed. i think my decision was made on the demographics of my district. every cad has to decide based on their district.