Thanks to you for joining me at home at this hour. Unless republicans in congress do something about it, this Saturday Night, at one minute past midnight, the federal government will shut down. And while the House Freedom caucus making radical demands and treating this like a political stunt, that Saturday Night deadline very real in terms of the harm it can cause for Hundreds Of Thousands of americans. I am old enough to remember the last time that the Government Shutdown because republicans wanted something ridiculous. Its right around christmas of 2018. The federal government shut down because President Trump demanded funding for a border wall that he never ended up finishing. And on capitol hill, it was a but for 100,000 Government Workers, these antics and 35 days without a paycheck. That new life for ships enter in Capitol Heights its opening its doors to furloughed workers, providing donating food from Grocery Stores and church members. Im with the Department Of Commerce in four
While the House Freedom caucus is making radical demands and treating this like a political stunt, that saturday night deadline very real in terms of the harm it can cause for Hundreds Of Thousands of americans. I am old enough to remember the last time that the Government Shutdown because republicans wanted something ridiculous. It was right around christmas of 2018. The federal government shut down because President Trump demanded funding for a border wall that he never ended up finishing. And on capitol hill, it was a spectacle. But for 80,000 Government Workers, these antics and 35 days without a paycheck. That new life for ships enter in Capitol Heights its opening its doors to furloughed workers, providing donating food from Grocery Stores and church members. Im with the Department Of Commerce and yeah, four weeks, no check. Many of the folks in this line have worked for the federal government for decades. 30 something years. And dont know what it is like to go without a check. T
Years in the making. Five americans wrongfully detained in iran are now on a plane and its just taken off from tehran on their way to freedom. Were there headed just next, details on all this and the deal that was made that led to their release. Also this hour, one of Donald Trumps codefendants heads to court. Jeffrey clark, the former Justice Department official, now arguing why his case should move out of georgia and into federal court. A sheriffs deputy ambushed and killed. A reward now offered to help find the suspect as a clue emerges they hope will lead to an arrest. Im john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. Just moments ago, a qatari jet carrying Five Americans imprisoned in iran took off from tehran and is tet to arrive in doha, qatar. Three have all been imprisoned for more than five years. The identities of two other americans in the deal have not yet been released. Its all part of a complex u. S. iran deal involving the release of 6 billion
democracy. now, there s an outstanding question of whether jeffrey clark, the former justice official, will he comply? so far, he has really not been willing to do what he has been asked. but at this point, we ve learned from a source familiar that he is likely to testify in some form, because as we ve seen other top justice officials have been complying and he doesn t have a lot of other option at this point. carrie, kind of back on this topic of do congressional subpoenas have teeth, adam schiff said this showdown over subpoenas from the committee, he sees it, the way he put it, as an early test of whether our democracy is recovering. do you see the stakes at being that high? i think the stakes are high, and i understand why the congressman used it that way. congress, as you know, is an independent branch of government, and it has a legitimate investigation to conduct here. and there really is no basis upon which these individuals are not complying with these