no deal, at least for now. a short time ago hunter biden pleaded not guilty to two tax misdemeanors. a late audible, he was planning to plead guilty as part of the deal with the department. the two sides apparently revierevised the deal because it was not it the judge's liking and now all is in limbo. kara, this was quite a dramatic day in court. walk us through what happened. >> yeah, boris. not at all what we expected to happen. what we thought would have been a 30-minute hearing where hunter

biden would have pleaded guilty to two tax misdemeanors turned into a roller coaster. the first question came when the judge was questioning the scope of the agreement. she asked questions of prosecutors about exactly what was covered and that's when it was revealed that the prosecution and hunter biden's team had two different ideas about just what this agreement included and the prosecutor saying the deal was on and the hunter biden team saying the agreement was null and void. then they asked for time to work it out. they came back and said they had a deal. biden's team agreed. it could have covered no other charges related to taxes, guns or drug use but it left open the possibility of charges of other matters. that's because prosecutors said their investigation was ongoing. it seemed like things were back on track and the judge started to go through the normal course again of asking hunter biden

questions about the plea agreement and what he was pleading guilty to. she went line by line asking him to explain certain specific elements that he was pleading guilty to, and about being sober and how when he was sober, he didn't pay his taxes on time. he was questioning the constitutionality saying it was part of the deal that they wanted her to serve as a fact finder. the judge saying she didn't think it was her role, someone in the judicial branch to have a role in the executive branch's decision making on whether to bring charges. so she raised questions about that and said she wasn't able to make this decision on the fly. she said to hunter biden i'm just not ready to accept this plea deal, knowing he was eager to resolve this investigation, which had been ongoing for five

years that had been very wide ranging and finally had been negotiated into this deal just last month. she said to him i can't let him plea to something if he thinks it has protections. it doesn't. she really wanted to firm up exactly what he's pleading guilty to, what charges it covers and doesn't cover. now the judge is giving both sides to provide legal briefs on these issues, to resolve both the questions about the plea agreement. she had questioned about what her role was in this saying it was essentially a rubber stamp, not that she had a right to accept the plea deal, just that she was supposed to stamp it through and also the constitutionality issues on the gun diversions written. both sides will go back to the drawing board to come up with something. >> there was speculation we might hear from hunter biden today. we just watched the video of him leaving court, no public statement from the president's

son. what was he like as all of this was unfolding? did he show any signs of emotion? >> reporter: well, during the beginning of the hearing when things appeared to be on track, he was fairly, you know, congenial, responding calmly to the judge answering questions with "yes, your honor." but then when we hads f the fir hiccup and it seemed the deal was falling apart, he was walking around the courtroom talking to his attorneys, his brow was furrowed, he looked agitated and that was in contrast froe walked into the courtroom, he went over to the prosecution and shook their hand. very different when the deal was potentially falling apart. after he pleaded not guilty, he was escorted out of the courtroom to get processed and that means fingerprinting and those things. when he walked out of court today, he didn't have much of an

expression on his fate but certainly not the outcome he was expecting when he walked in this morning. >> thank you for the details from wilmington, delaware. let's get details from a former prosecutor. katie, moving forward, both sides have 30 days to file additional briefs, who has more work to do here, the d.o.j. prosecutors or hunter biden's legal team? how do you see it? >> well, i think hunter has a huge incentive to get to a place of agreement with the prosecutors but ultimately we have to remember that it's the judge who has to ensure that the deal is in the interest of justice, broadly speaking before it will be accepted. they both have to decide the contours of this deal. hunter is ultimately the one who has to agree with this, regardless of what attorneys on either side are saying. >> katy, one particular part of the agreement that the judge called into question, she called it unusual, was that gun charge,

the diversion deal between prosecutors and biden's team. she at one point wondered if it was even constitutional. explain what you think she meant by that. >> well, the judge pointed out in this case that the plea deal had some unusual provisions and sometimes counsel from both sides try to come up with agreement to essentially achieve goals that they see as being possible but they try to get a little too creative with it. so i think the judge here was concerned that because the diversion agreement, which essentially means that hunter biden will not be convicted. gun charge if he successfully completes probation, is tied to these other charges. and the reason that that's a problem is because he has a couple of years of probation to complete to essentially wipe that charge from his record. if there's an allegation that he actually violated the terms of his probation, the way the agreement was worded was the parties would have to go back to

this judge and have her decide whether he should then be charged with that charge officially instead of having the charge diverted and the judge feld that charging decision would be a usurpation of an executive decision and prosecutorial decision and she couldn't be in the position to actually make that decision because the way it was worded had her playing that role. it is an uncommon provision they tried to put in there. >> it seems like there are a lot of hurdles left for these two sides left to overcome. do you ultimately see a deal getting finalized? >> well, i think they can actually reach a deal. however, i think from hunter biden's perspective, this deal is far more limited than i think what some people were thinking or he was probably hoping for because this will not shield him from any other charges, including charges potentially related to foreign agent registration and things of that sort and the big charges related

to tax and gun charges is how much will this protect him and where would double jeopardy come in where he wouldn't be able to chajd with things looked into. the judge has to be very clear about that and hunter biden himself should want to be very clear about what does this protect him from and what is still open game? there's an open investigation now that's been confirmed by the prosecutors today. so he has a lo -- any deal that's going to let somebody get away with something but it has significant limitations. so hunter biden is go. some important questions ahead for the praesz son. thanks so much for your time katie cherkasky. >> senate minority leader's son

said he's fine after a truly unnerving moment. mcconnell stopped seeking for some 30 seconds right in the middle of remarks at his regularly scheduled news conference. here is that moment. >> after finishing the nda this week, there's been good bipartisan cooperation in a string of -- >> are you okay, mitch? mitch? do you want to say anything else to the press? >> let's go back. >> go ahead, john.

>> quite a concerning moment there. cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. i understand you spoke to the senator himself afterwards. what did he say to you? >> he didn't really get into the details about what happened. i tried to ask him about that very unnerving moment that alarmed his colleagues, that sent senator mcconnell away from his weekly press conference. he walked over to his office, which was a short walk to where that press conference was. then he later returned and answered questions about reporters like me. when i asked him whether he could continue to do his job, he indicated he could. >> could you address what happened here at the start of the press conference? what was related to your injury from earlier this year where you suffered a concussion? >> i'm fine. >> you're fully able to do your job? >> reporter: now a mcconnell

aide told me that the leader at that moment felt light-headed and came back and answered about five questions or so on issues ranging from impeachment to the hun hunter biden plea deal that collapsed. there has been a question about his health after falling and hitting his head at an event and he suffered a concussion and sustained fractures to his ribs. he was out of the senate and he has returned. he tends to walk gingerly. he sufd polio as a kid. he walks with a slight limp. he has had times when he has fallen and the most recent one causing concern about his help. a couple weeks ago he couldn't hear reporters' questions who were clearly audible, the questions were very audible, they were nearby.

he had a difficult time hearing. and in another situation that's raising questions about his health. now mcconnell indicating he's not going anywhere, that he plans to serve out at least through the end of this congress. he's not up for reelection again until 2026. he has not made any announcements about whether he'll try to become leader again notice next congress or whether he'll run to are reelection again. this will only add to questions about his future in this moment. >> let's put some of those questions to dr. sanjay gupta. i always hesitate to ask you to diagnose from afar but this is your field and i wonder as you saw that really heartwrenching 30-some seconds there of that pause, freezing up, what struck you as significant? >> that was concerning. there's no question about it. and i think he's going to need a thorough examination and workup and i'm sure his doctors will probably look at that clip just

to sort of try and figure out what exactly happened there. i think, you know, there's all sorts of things that come to mind but as you correctly point out, jim, some of those things will become clearer once he gets a more thorough examination. common things being common, u have to wonder if someone dehydrated, is this some kind of medication side effect, but also more seriously was this a petit mal seizure. or a mini stroke. that's speculation. manu asked that question. i was just looking at the clock. for about 23 seconds he was standing at the lectern before someone asked if he was okay and then it was 32 seconds when he sort of walked off. when he walked off, he was moving his arms and legs okay so that was a good sign that what had happened seemed like it had started to resolve and i think

it was about 12 minutes later when manu asked him that question and he sort of said he was doing okay. but clearly something happened there. you have to assume common things are common, first of all, but you do have to also rule out potentially more serious things. he needs an exam. he says he's fine but he needs to get checked out clearly. >> i asked manu if he got an immediate exam and to his knowledge he did not. when i'm thinking of older american, the acronym, be fast, balance, eye movement but a key part it have is a quick assessment. if a relative or patient of your exhibited such symptoms you would recommend they seek medical care and an assessment right away? >> absolutely. i mean, time is critically important. again, i don't want to overstate

there there was clearly some sort of neurological event that happened there. whether it was just because of dehydration or medication or something like that , perhaps. that was 23 seconds before he was asked if he was okay. 32 seconds before he left the lectern. he was doing it and it appeared he had strength on the left and right side of his body. a mini seizure or mini stroke, so i'm hoping that his staff is getting him to the hospital to get that checked out. >> i do want to ask you about mother medical story we've been following closely and that the cardiac arrest that lebron james' weekend bronny suffered over the weekend. we had learned that he had, bronny james, a cardiac

screening several months ago, part of a program for perspective nba include does it always catch issues that might lead to cardiac arrest later? or what does this tell you? >> these are pretty good screening tests. so the two tests that we're talking about here is a transthoracic, looking for any structural and atomic. he also had what's known as a screening ekg, which for a snapshot in time look at the electrical tarn were and they're good tests. and these were a couple of months ago so there's no reason to assume much had changed overs last couple of months. you can probably start to say

anatomical preexisting problems probably not the situation he's going to have his rhythm checked for a longer people. i imagine what they're doing, leaving them on a halter monitor to monitor his heart rhythm and see does he have these and that's normal as well. then i think you're feeling a lo it wasn't more related to significant deoo, which can happen. that's something that can also lead to a problem with like. but just like we're workand it sound like the fact that he had that screen a couple of months ago was a good sign.

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reverberating everywhere, a huge loss for the music industry but it has been a very tough past year for sinead o'connor, a mother of four. she lost one of her children, shane, to suicide last year, and she was hospitalized shortly after and it was a devastating moment. and for all parents out there, we can all relate to just how awful that was for her. and she has been open about her mental health struggles and all of the issues that she has had over the years. and she's tried to help people by sharing what she's gone through. and she has made music to help people, but she's also shared that, whether it's on social media, in the book that she put out. there was a movie about her life that came out last year. and, you know, she's entered rehab. she had talked about those things. obviously besides talking about mental health issues to help others to know they're not alone, she never shied away from controversy. i want to tell you she told the "new york times" and i really

loved reading this in 2021 when asked about that famous, infamous moment on "saturday night live" when she ripped up that photo of pope john paul ii, they asked her about that. she said i am not sorry i did it, it was brilliant. and i think that speaks to who sinead was. she was not afraid to be herself and not afraid to stand up to those in power and for what she believed in. >> and, chloe, you mentioned the passing of her son, some 18 months ago, dying by suicide. one of her final posts on social media was about him. it seemed like it was something that, as you noted, tormented her. >> she writes -- there were a bunch of tweets that came out on an unverified twitter account that cnn wrote about at the time. in that she talked about how her son had taken his life and how

she didn't want to live anymore and how hard this was for her and how she wanted to follow in his footsteps. later we were able to report that she was hospitalized and she came out on this twitter account and she said, i'm sorry, i didn't mean those things, i'm going to seek help. but as any parent, as i said, can understand, that was a tremendous loss for her and it has been a very tough year. we don't know the circumstances of sinead's death but her family there asking for privacy right now as they deal with this tragic loss. >> mark malkin to you now, sinead o'connor unafraid of controversy and of the backlash of taking a stand on issues she was passionate about would bring. reflect for us on her life, her art and her legacy. i think her legacy obviously first and foremost is going to be her voice. she wasn't just a singer, she was a vocalist.

her voice just haunting. just listening to right here on cnn, hearing that voice, it brings back such memories for me. i mean, this was my sweet spot of growing up in the 80s and 90s and this was a woman who said, you know what, i have a problem with people in power and i'm going to show it. to what chloe said to the snl performance where she ripped up pope john paul ii's vote owe, this was ground breaking at the time. this was long before investigations were going on notice catholic church. she said i'm not going to take it anymore and we need to do something about it. and i think one of her legacies is going to be her openness about her struggles with drug addiction, substance abuse, mental illness, seeking help. you know, sadly we would see a lot of her struggles play out in realtime on social media. and i know there were many times

in my vision people were wondering what was going on, what was she trying to tell people? i worked with someone who worked with her closely and they just said she was like a fragile bird, which is so interesting, this fragile bird that had this voice not only musically but politically and socially. >> marc and chloe, thank you for being with us. we still have plenty of more news to get to on a busy afternoon on cnn central. we're back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you need. that's my boy. ♪ stay off the freeways! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ struggling with the highs and lows of bipolar 1? ask about vraylar. because you are greater th your bipolar 1,

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gas prices were basically going nowhere all summer and then, boom, this week we see the biggest increase in more than a year. the national average is now at $3.69 a gallon, up by 12 cents over the past week. now, i want to stress it is still a lot cheaper than it was last summer. gas prices are well below that peak of 5:02 a gallon last june. still they are going higher. oil prices are at three month highs as saudi arabia, russia and opec at large hold back supply. they are trying to boost prices and it is starting to work. also believe it or not, extreme weather plays a role here. refineries, just like humans don't work so well when it's 100, 115 degrees out. we've seen multiple refineries have to limit their production of gasoline, jet fuel and gas

g buddy told me if there's a major hurricane that hits the gulf coast, we could see gas prices go to $4 or $4.25 a gallon. this plays a big role of what happens with the federal reserve, some thinking that today's rate hike could be the last but that's not going to be the case if the progress on inflation starts to unravel, if gas prices still continue to go up. that's what officials at the fed and consumers are rooting for. >> especially with a big travel holiday of labor day coming up. a routine courtroom hearing ended with a big plea deal in disarray. we're talking about the hunter

biden hearing. the president's son was set to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors today but the deal he worked out with the prosecutors fell apart and the judge putting it on hold. evan perez is here. tell us what went down. how did this break down? >> reporter: well, the judge started asking some questions and the two sides couldn't actually agree on what they had agreed to. that's the basic story of what happened today. certainly we began the day hunter biden arrived in court expecting that he was going to plead guilty to two misdemeanors for failing to file his taxes on time in 2017 and 2018 and then the judge asked a simple question about whether -- what all this deal covered, whether there was anything that was not covered by this as part of the broader investigation and that's where things seemed to go awry. certainly his team wanted to

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today on capitol hill a first of its kind hearing involving firsthand accounts of ufo sightings that are officially called unidentified anonymous phenomena. a former fighter pilot and a retired naval commander who said they saw uap with their own eyes when erp on they were on the hi. and a whistleblower has been tracking years of uap accounts from members of the military. a retired commander said he believed that uap posed a potential threat to national security. >> yes. and here's why. the technology that we faced was far superior than anything that

we had, and you could put that anywhere. if you had one, you captured one, you reverse engineered it and got it to work, you're talking go into space, drop down in a matter of seconds, do whatever it wants and it leaves and there's nothing we can do about it, nothing. >> joining me is add manam fran professor of astro physics at the university of rochester. you read these reports as i have done and they give a range of possible explanations, ranging to the outside of this distant possibility of alien life but also the possibility that this is advanced technology by, say, a u.s. adversary, russia or china. you've been deep into this for some time. what is in your view based on the evidence the most likely explanation? >> it's hard to say what the

most likely explanation is without doing more science. the fact is the science we have, the actual data we have, is pretty sparse and it doesn't lead anywhere. it's not good enough to make any kind of decent scientific explanation. the nasa panel that was convened recently found only 6% of these ones actually didn't have an explanation. and they even some of the cases like that video, that video you're looking at right now, when that came out, people were like oh my god, that thing is moving in things we can't understand. the nasa panel showed that things is moving at 40 miles an hour. i can go that past rolling down the hill on my bicycle. so there's a lot of big questions here and we need good science to be done including to see, yeah, do they have anything to do with life somewhere else. i think that's a real long shot. but when you do science, you do it agnostically.

>> saying 6% don't have explanations, that means 94% have explanations. it could be sensor noise in effect. you have a lot of highly sensitive instruments in the cockpits of airplanes that they're picking up and reading something different? is that something that is considered a likely explanation for some of these? and again, like you noted, they don't have an explanation for absolutely every one. >> and the telescopes that my colleagues and i were looking at alien worlds and looked for the possibilities of life, we know everything at those instruments. we know what they're like at 40 degrees and 60 degrees. and the cameras taking pictures, we don't know if they had a

software updates, are these glitches, is it the way the camera respond? we need more science to be able to move along these lines. and with the idea that we captured a space ship and we have them, that's -- as a guy from new jersey, i'm like -- >> i'm from across the river in new york, i had a similar reaction. i suppose what they're asking is more study and science is about what you can prove. professor adam frank, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> coming up, kevin spacey openly weeping in court as a jury acquits him as sexual assault charges. we'll go live to london where the actor is speaking out next. ♪ stay off the freeways! ononly pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ the all-new tempur-pedic breeze makes sleep feel cool.

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ken spacey said he is humbled after a london jury found him not guilty on all charges of sexual assault. the oscar-winning acor was emotional an he spoke outside of the courthouse following the verdict. >> i would like to say that i'm enormously grateful to the jury for having taken the time to examine all of the evidence and all of the facts carefully before they reached their decision and i'm humbled by the outcome today. >> the jury deliberated more than 12 hours across three days before reaching its decision. a verdict that brought spacey to tears.

selma is live in london. so walk us through how the jury reached this decision? >> reporter: well not easily. as you mentioned, it took several days, 12 1/2 hours. in fact, they were required to come to a unanimous decision but when it was clear to the judge that that wasn't going to take place, he lowered the bar. he said a majority decision 10 out of 12 was enough and then the jury was able to make a decision in under an hour but it shows you one or two people were holding out. look, there youout this trial, kevin spacey has maintained his innocence. this is for him a day of victory. but these were very serious charges brought against kevin spacey by four men dating back to the early 2000s, in 2010, that means some incidents are nearly two decades old. and the prosecution tried in this case to paint a picture of a kevin spacey who took

advantage of his power and influence. at one point describing him to the courtroom as a sexual bully, saying that he delighted in making others feel uncomfortable. but kevin spacey, as you could imagine, and his lawyers hitting back at that in court describing himself as, yes, a big flirt in his own words, yes, some what promiscuous, but not as a bad person. he recalled some of the incidents as romantic and flirtation and in his mind consensual. this ultimately did turn into a he said, he said situation in court. many allegations surfaced after the me-too movement many years after the alleged incidents took place. there were questions over the recollection, and the memory and the timing of when the incidents took place and when you're talking about the bar of beyond a reasonable doubt, quite simply the jury didn't see that that bar was met. >> pager news for the actor out of that london room, selma,

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