Everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. You woke up, youre here. You didnt scare me off. It was intimidating but we made it. We want to start with, look, we have a lot to talk about. Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill. Will they be able to avoid a Government Shutdown . Plus, stranded in the desert. Tens of thousands of people stuck at the burning man festival in the Black Rock Desert after torrential rain in the area. They are being told to shelter in place and conserve food and water. And those scorching hot temperatures just wont let up. How hot its going to get if you are heading outside for labor day and when you could see relief. This week we will talk to an expert about the impact on the opioid crisis. Congress is getting ready to work and hit the ground running. Senators are back in d. C. On tuesday followed by the house the next week. Both chambers are facing a time crunch on a number of key issues. On octo
Plus, putin calling in backup, the russian president may soon meet with north Koreas Kim Jongun to make a plea for more weapons. What does it mean for the war in ukraine . And on the run, the convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania Prison is believed to have been spotted four times now. The District Attorney involved in the search is my guest. Lets go out front. Good evening, welcome to a Special Edition of out front. Im Brianna Keilar in for erin burnett. Tonight bidens battleground pitch, in what is quickly becoming the center piece of bidens camcampaign, the presid celebrating an upbeat job market in the must win state of pennsylvania. Job satisfaction is higher than its been in 36 years. While unemployment is down, inflation is down as well, bidenomics is a Blue Collar Blueprint for america. Its for you, my plan for the country is to make the economy work for people like you because when it works for people like you, it works for everybody. Yeah, not everybody is sold on
After days of being stuck in ankledeep mud, people at burning man could soon be headed home. Tens of thousands left stranded in the Nevada Desert after an inch of rain made it impossible to be able to get out. President Biden Spending labor day in the Battleground State Of Pennsylvania taking shots at donald trump and the comparisons to give us a preview of what is to come in the president ial run for 2024. And now, who putin is blaming for the collapse of a grain deal as he meets with president erdogan. Kate and sara are off. Im Rahel Solomon with john berman. This is cnn news central. Right now, the road in and out of the annual Burning Man Festival is not ready for mass exodus of people, because it is still a muddy mess. Literally Tens Of Thousands of people, cars, campers are stuck and really needing to get out soon. They have been trapped for days after 0. 8 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours. Now, it might not seem like lot, but for that area, that is typically what falls i
September 4. 70,000 people are stranded in the Nevada Desert for the Third Straight day, but roads could reopen today. People at the burning Manifest Value are stuck in mud too thick to drive on forcing organizers to impose shelterinplace o orders. And a manhunt in pennsylvania, this convicted killer less than two miles from where he escaped. And hes still on the run this morning. And donald trump dominates the 2024 republican field and pulls even further ahead in a new Wall Street Journal poll. He is the top choice for almost 60 of Republican Voters. In fact 78 of them say trumps actions after the 2020 election were legitimate. And the Ukraine Defense minister fired by the nations president who says ukraine needs, quote, new approaches as the war with russia enters its 19th month. And workers at the Big Three Automakers prepare to walk off the job in less than two weeks if the unions and companies cant reach a deal on a new labor contract. A strike against all three at once has never