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week. just ahead -- >> this is a political stunt. >> i think that it would be very unusual to actually see a referral of impeachment. >> he looked as though he had been put through an awful lot. he looked tired. certainly clothing looked weathered from being out there. wet. >> they have lived their own personal nightmare. i can't underscore enough that the family sustained. we obviously don't want to see russia get anything that would help them kill more ukrainians. >> russia desperately needs ammunition, potentially from north korean sources as well. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is thursday, september 14, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where for the first time u.s. president biden is speaking out about the

republican impeachment inquiry. at a fund raising event, he said republicans want to impeach help because they want tohut down the government, referring to the looming shutdown in abouo weeks time. he add that he is not focused on impeachment because he has to deal with the issues that affect the american people every day. but house speaker kevin mccarthy and far right republicans are moving ahead with impeachment plans while offering no evidence that president biden committed high crimes and misdemeanors. manny manu raju has the story. >> reporter: it is unclear where the inquiry will go and whether or not president biden will actually face a charge of high crime or misdemeanor from the u.s. house and exactly what evidence they will glean as part of their problem. they are trying to prove that joe biden as vice president took official action to help hunter

biden his son during overseas business dealings and also allegations that joe biden enriched himself through his son's business activities. there is not proof yet to make that point. there are allegations about some of the issues. a lot unverified. and there is also allegations about hunter biden's actions. but republicans believe that there is enough to at least investigate this in the months ahead. the question is what could they find, whether they will have the extra votes to actually impeach joe biden making him the fourth president in american his other to face that charge before kevin mccarthy fully recognizes the challenges ahead. he has ar razor thin majority i the house. if he loses any party line vote, he will essentially lose that vote. that could happen if he actually had a vote to open up the inquiry. just less than two weeks ago, mccarthy promised that he would have a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry but he

changed course and simple will i instructed his committees to begin that inquiry. i asked him why and he wouldn't say. >> you never -- >> you changed your position. >> i never changed my position. you know what is interesting to me, so you don't care about any of the answers. >> but your word, why did you change your words? >> let me answer your question because i've answered it every day. you can ask me every day. nancy pelosi changed the president of this house. it doesn't -- nancy pelosi changed the president of this house on september 24th. it was withheld and good enough for every single democrat here, it was good enough for the judge, why does it have to be different today. >> reporter: mccarthy trying to point the finger back at nancy pelosi's handling of the impeachment matters during president trump's time in office. you will recall in the first trump impeachment over the issue of ukraine allegations that trump abused his power trying to push that country to initiate an

investigation into joe biden. during that time about a month in, democrats in the house voted to approve an impeachment inquiry. the second trump impeachment, different. that was a week after the january 6 attack and there was no investigation and no vote for impeachment inquiry before trump was actually charged with high crime or misdemeanor by house. trump later acquitted in both cases by the united states senate. but nevertheless mccarthy knows well that loot of his vulnerable members are not eager to take that contentious vote about impeachment and that raises the question about whether they will ultimately impeach joe biden and whether the party will get behind it. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. anderson cooper interviewed nancy pelosi and she is defending how she handled the first impeachment in 2019. the democrats say kevin mccarthy's claim that she changed prez cedent is just wro. >> when we had the impeachment

of president trump, it followed the phone call and all of the rest of that that was a blow of the old and i had a conversation with him and so we moved forward collecting information to be prepared to bring a bill to the floor. he is saying nancy didn't bring it bill. no, we did. we had a few weeks where we had to make our case and i had signed six committee chairs to get the information and the rest and that then prepared us to bring the bill to the floor. they have had, what, nine months of collecting information, they have nothing. >> pelosi says mccarthy did not take the peechlt inquiry to the house floor for a vote because he likely doesn't have the support to approve the measure. sydney powell wants the racketeering charges against her in georgia it is missed the fulton county judge scheduled a motions hear for today.missed t fulton county judge scheduled a motions hear for today.

powell says they can't prove the charges against her. most surround her alleged role in the breach of voting machines. trump and 17 others are accused of a sprawling scheme to overturn the state's 2020 election results. we're learning new details about the dwra matt tech capture of the convicted murderer in pennsylvania after he escaped prison. according to law enforcement officials, danelo cavalcante told police that he had been planning to hijack a car and head towards canada. he also said search teams were so close at times that they almost stepped on him. brian todd has more on wednesday morning's capture. >> the subject in cussdy. >> reporter: danelo cavalcante captured after nearly two weeks on the run. >> our nightmare is finally over and the good guys won. >> reporter: a burglar alarm overnight led to a heat signal

spotted by aerial infrared. wednesday morning tactical teams converged on the search zone. >> they could move in quietly, they had the element of surprise. cavalcante did not realize that he was surrounded until that had occurred. that did not stoopp him from trying to escape, he began to crawl through thick underbrush taking his rifle with him. >> reporter: but he did not have an opportunity to shoot. a k-9 officer released a police dog. >> the dog subdued him and team members from both teams immediately moved in. he continued to resist but was forcibly taken into custody. >> reporter: within five minutes, it was over. >> right back in there. >> behind the wood pile? >> yeah. >> reporter: police say the rifle cavalcante had with him was within his reach as he was struggling to get free from the dog. deadly force was not used despite being authorized. >> the gun was a factor in the threat. the dog is quick, has the ability to disable someone and take them off guard so that they

are not able to do something like fire a gun or use a knife or escape even. >> reporter: authorities say cavalcante was bleeding from a scalp wound caused by the dog but it was not significant. >> he looked as though he had been put through an awful lot. he looked tired. wet. and stressed. which is exactly what we were trying to do all along. >> reporter: police say there were people who wanted to help him but were prevented from doing so including his sister who has been referred for deportation proceedings. cavalcante was serving life in prison for killing his former girlfriend in 2021. for the family of the victim -- >> they have been barricaded inside their homes not feeling safe anywhere. so this is a tremendous relief. >> reporter: and same for many residents. >> definitely relieving. scary for people around here. >> nice to be able to come back out and make a living. >> reporter: could he have been caught sooner? >> they didn't get a lot of lucky breaks. he slipped out of their perimeters a couple times.

but they really ran this thing from an incredibly well organized kind of disciplined perspective. >> reporter: while authorities say that cavalcante's sister and others intended to help him while he was on the run, the chester county d.a. told us that the sister did not communicate with her brother during the manhunt. she said the sister was not helpful to investigators and is about to be deported. danelo cavalcante meanwhile has been charged with felony escape for this episode. brian todd, cnn, chester county, pennsylvania. >> cavalcante spoke freely with police about his two weeks on the run after he was captured. the chief detective recounted some of what he had to say. >> he did the things that he knew he could do. he wanted to shelter in the woods he had done that before when he was in brazil. and he did things that he was comfortable with. you know, he moveded a night. bedded down during the day. he told our investigators that at some points he stayed still

for a day, a day and a half. yes, he told us that at some points the tactical teams walked past him. >> police dog named yoda was instrumental in bringing the saga to an end. an officer explained how yoda and the other k-9s were invaluable in tracking and finally capturing the suspect. >> he is part of the tactical team stationed out of michigan. i believe he is three years old. he was just central as far as the tracking and searching as for other numerous k-9s. we had other malinois, german shepherds. so all were utilized and they were an incredible resource. outer bands of hurricane lee will start sweeping over bermuda in the coming hours as part of the northeastern u.s. and

canada. there are hurricane and tropical storm watches. lee is forecasted to keep heading north potentially making landfall in new england or the canadian maritimes this weekend. and this is a monster storm. hurricane-force winds extend up to 115 miles per hour or 185 kilometers from its center with tropical storm-force winds extending 265 miles or 425 kilometers. right now bermuda is under a tropical storm warning as lee approaches. this is currently category 2 but its large size is the most concerning. we expect another update at the top of the hour. the united autoworkers are planning for targeted strikes at a number of plants if they don't reach a deal with the big three automakers before midnight tonight. some have already held practice pickets. they are asking for an immediate 25% pay raise with additional 5% raises. and they want to bring back cost of living adjustments.

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sanctioned leaders of russia and north korea have made plans to meet again possibly on north korean soil. state media report vladimir putin has accepted an invitation to visit kim jung-un in pyongyang at a time that is convenient. for now it is believed that the north korean leader is still in russia. according to president putin and russia state media, kim will visit the key military sites you see here and observe russia's pacific fleet as well. none of that doing anything to reduce fears of a possible arms agreement. they have met before most recently in 2019, but never like this. there are many carefully choreographed photo opportunities, but the rest of the world has little or no idea what went on behind closed doors. will ripley explains. >> reporter: at a remote space center in russia's far east, the

bizarre new world order got even weirder on wednesday. north korean leader kim jung-un and russian president vladimir putin becoming allies against the west. >> translator: we are certain that the russian people and it military will emerge victorious in the fight to punish the evil forces that am bir issuesly pursue hedge money any and expansion. >> reporter: putin and kim vowing stronger ties, a long standing strategic relationship, joining forces to find a way around crippling u.n. sanctions leaving the u.s. and west with even less leverage. the putin/kim summit packed with made for tv moments just like kim's first summit in singapore with former president trump. a lavish state dinner lasting more than five hours. twice as long as trump's. putin and kim dining on crab dumplings, fish soup and sorbet. kim's sister often seen by his side. send cond most powerful person

north korea attending to every detail. an aid even wiping down kim's chair before he sits. putin showed off his presidential limousine. kim has been seen driving around in a million dollar mercedes back home. something new in 2023? for the first time ever, north korea launched two short range ballistic missiles while the supreme leader was out of the country. an unexpected plot twist. and one step closer to kim's goal of becoming a full-fledged nuclear power. in the frontline of anti-imperialism and independence, i will always be standing with russia. i'm using this opportunity to make it clear. >> reporter: back in 2018, kim and trump were discussing a deal to denuclearize north korea. giving up nukes to build beach front condos.

>> how bad is that, right? it is great. >> reporter: but it wasn't meant to be. five years later denuclearization is dead, u.s. cast aside for a new partnership with the russian military. north korea bringing a lot of interesting color to summits with world leader, now both trump and putin. kim jung-un will head to another destination not known at this time, but before he left, he invited president putin to pyongyang, an invitation that putin happily accepted. when the trip might happen? we just don't know. will ripley, cnn, taipei. to beijing now and steven jiang standing by for us there. interesting for beijing to watch all this play out because they traditionally had the closer relationship with north korea. >> reporter: that's right. so far they have not said much publically about the meeting between kim and putin other than saying that both are neighbors and beijing keeps -- maintains

strong ties with both governments. but of course they are watching this carefully. as we mentioned for decades china has been north korea's most important trading partner, biggest supporter on the international stage and really providing pyongyang with an economic life line. so from kim ear perspective, he could use some options and russia has now become this natural choice. but so far we have not seen much detail or concrete information being revealed about this much anticipated arms deal. we may never find out of detail because they may decide to keep the secret for good reason for russia which is still a permanent member of the u.n. security council. they have signed up to all the restrictive sanctions against pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program. so at least for now putin is still paying lip services to those sanctions and either buying ammunition from pyongyang or giving them nuclear technology would be a violation of those sanctions. but of course that is why they are keeping things ambiguous.

but putin definitely leaves the door open. but one thing thoo they see eye eye, they are careful not to cross beijing because they still need their support on the international stage politically and economically. >> steven, thank you. katie here as well looking at it from a russian perspective. >> absolutely. this is one of the key topics that everyone is wondering about, has ukraine been discussed. it was widely hinted at. putin was asked by reporters if they are discussing military cooperation with north korea for the war in ukraine presumably and he said there are prospects, that it is something to discuss. this is a him mid any sanctions on any deal that would entail this. about this is something that the u.s. have warned about for some weeks now.

they are very concerned about what would happen if north korea and russia made a deal. have a listen to what the pentagon spokesman john kirby had to say. >> we've been long concerned about potential arms deal between north korea and russia, that is why a few weeks ago we sanctioned three entities that we know were involved with trying to broker the deal. but it remains to be seen what each side intends to get out of this. we obviously don't want to see russia get anything that would help them kill more ukraines and we know at the very least mr. putin is interested in artillery shells. we'll see what else they try to broker for. >> obviously this is something that is not yet confirmed. we don't know if there is an arms deal. but ukraine taking it one step further, they are saying that ooik d defense intelligence say that they already have intelligence that north korea is supplying russia. this is not something that the west is saying. but ukraine is saying that they

have seen ammunition specifically projectiles for artillery and for mlrs, the multiple launch rocket systems, that russia has been receiving from north korea. again, we can't currently confirm that. but this is the fear here that ukraine is worried about, that if russia receives more even withry, more ammunition for its machinery already engaged on the battlefield in ukraine, that prolong the conflict and the civilian harm. a lot of the systems, for example the multiple launch rocket systems, they are launched in areas that we've seen devastating attacks. this is the impact russia having this kind of weaponry and what ukraine is most afraid of. >> i spoke to an analyst yesterday who was pointing out that the counter argument is that ukraine is getting weapons from south korea. so a bit of a debate about the rights and wrongs of all of this. but in terms of the counteroffensive as it is moving right now, how would you describe it? >> clearly there is significant

progress. we discussed this yesterday. there was a major attack for ukraine and major success in terms of how difficult it is to achieve the long range missiles that must have been involved. but both sides are receiving support and really there is a question of who will last longer. a war of attrition if you will in the sense that clearly ukraine is receiving support from the u.s. they received this $1 billion assistance. that was alarming to russia. even a heavily sanctioned deal would also be heavily concerning to ukraine and it is a question of how long these supply chains will lost, how long ukraine and russia will have ammunition to continue this war. >> katie, thank you so much. a meeting of minds on capitol hill as titans of tech told u.s. senators how they think artificial intelligence should be regulated. but how is a difficult question. we'll explain why coming up.

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that is despite not having the full backing of all house republicans. the inquiry will look into whether the president financially benefitted from his son hunter's business dealings. uaw is preparing to strike at targeted individual u.s. auto plants if contract agreements are not reached by late thursday night. this would be the union's first simultaneous strike against the big three. and there was a senate hearing wednesday to talk about how to regulate artificial intelligence. but there was little consensus on exactly how to do it. and some senators questioned why congress is even taking regulatory advice from the very companies that they need to regulate. >> reporter: there is broad agreement government should have some role in regulating ai, but still no consensus on how. that is the big takeaway from a day long summit on capitol hill involving some of the wealthiest

and most powerful people in the woorld. bill gates spoke of how ai could help end world hunger. others talked about its potential to cure cancer. elon musk said the meeting, quote, may go down in history as being very important for the future of civilization. but questions are still swirling about how the u.s. might approach ai regulation. does it need a new federal agency, what about bans on ai in political advertising? how should not could congress come up with a comprehensive bill? many of these questions are still unresolved after gates, musk and others like mark zuckerberg descended on washington to offer their views. meanwhile officials in the meeting from the entertainment industry and labor and civil rights groups called for protecting workers, writers and minorities from some of the harms that ai could cause. senators said that most everyone agreed that the united states should remain a leader in ai development while also trying to protect people. but outside of the meeting room? lawmakers took issue with how the sessions were closed to the

public. senator josh hawley called the event a, quote, cocktail party for the tech industry and he sharply criticized what he said was an opportunity for big tech mine on monday on that list to regulations for they might prefer.on that list to regulations for they might prefer. still chuck schumer who hosted the event said to allowed lawmakers to hear from key stakeholders in an unvarnished way. how that gets reflected in u.s. policy though is still very much unclear. brian fung, cnn, washington. never mind donald trump's current dominance in the polls amongst republican voters, governor ron desantis says a felony conviction would probably make trump unelectable. here is what he told cbs news. >> i didn't think even before aim this that former president should run again.

there are just too many voters who he is a deal breaker for them. >> nikki haley says americans won't vote for a convicted criminal. do you agree with that? >> i think the chance of getting elected president after being convicted of a felony is close to zero as you can get. vivek ramaswamy is working hard to keep his name in the news. now he is detailing his plans to dissolve federal agencies including the fbi department of education and for thousands to be fired. eva mckend has the details. >> we'll get a lot of pushback, i have no doubt. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy vowing to go further than donald trump in reducing the size of the federal government. >> this vision is not an original vision. excellent presidents from reagan to trump have spoken to the same

ideal and i give credit to donald trump for taking more steps than have been taken in a generation. >> reporter: during his 2016 campaign for the white house, trump made a rallying cry out of cutting the federal bureaucracy. >> it is time to drain the swamp in washington, d.c. >> reporter: now ramaswamy who is attempting to seize the label of political outsider is making the case that he would be the presidential hopeful best able to accomplish that task. >> i do think it takes an outsider who has, if i may say, complete and total disregard for the norms of washington, d.c. and i'm guilty as charged on that. >> reporter: speaking at a trump aligned think tank in washington, ramaswamy unveiling his proposal to eliminate at least five major government agencies including the department of education, the fbi, and the nuclear regulatory commission. it is part of a push by the political newcomer to reduce the federal workforce by 75%. >> the people who we elect to

run the government ought to be the ones who actually run the government. not the managerial bureaucracy in three letter government agencies. >> reporter: past republican presidents have proposed sweeping cuts only to encounter significant obstacles. ronald reagan called for eliminating departments of education and energy but both still exist. >> presidents can't just willy-nilly fire a million employees, abolish agencies and do it without involvement by congress. and frankly, no congress would go along with a crazy plan like this. >> reporter: trump has said he wants to move the department of education responsibilities to the states. and ron desantis has discussed closing agencies too. the irs and departments of commerce, energy and education. but ramaswamy goes further.

>> do we want incremental r reform? or do we want revolution? >> reporter: this marks another radical policy proposal from the 38-year-old ohio entrepreneur who has shaken up the political field with pronouncements like raising the voting age to 25 and eliminating automatic citizenship to american born children of undocumented immigrants. running to the right of his opponents, ramaswamy is convinced if elected his latest plan can survive legal challenges given the current make july of the supreme court. in washington, eva mckend, cnn. mitt romney is calling for a new generation of leaders as he announce he will not run for re-election next year. >> i considered my age and the fact that at the end of a second

term i'd be in my mid-80s and i think that it is time for guys like me to get out of the way and have the next generation step forward. >> romney is 76 and one of the former president donald trump's few outspoken republican critics. in his announcement wedding who, he criticized trump and joe biden for failing to provide solutions to critical issues such as the rising debt, national debt and climate change as well. seattle police department police accountability is investigating comments made by an officer record order his body camera. the officer was discussing a woman killed after being struck by a police vehicle responding to a call at a high speed. here is part of that tape. >> but she is dead. [ laughter ] no, a regular person.

yeah, just write a check. $11,000. she was 26 anyway. she had limited value. >> the 23-year-old was walking in a crosswalk when she was hit by the police car in january. a conservative radio station claims to have obtained the statement saying that he was mocking what a lawyer for the city might say about the case. vice president of the seattle police officer's union, cnn has reached out to the union for comment. death toll from catastrophic flooding is on the rise in eastern libya. and now authorities are facing a new threat. details next on "cnn newsroom."

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time is running out in eastern libya to find survivors from the catastrophic flooding which has claimed more than 6,000 lives. search and rescue crews from around the world are arriving to help with the grim task of recovering bodies. the u.n. estimates more than 30,000 people have been displaced. many of the images and stories from the region are absolutely horrifying and graphic. hospitals are too overwhelmed to treat all the victims. morgues are overflowing and there is no access to clean water or sanitation. all of this leading to fears that water born diseases will start to spread making the disaster even worse. ben we'd man has reported extensively from libya and his report contains graphic content extensively from libya and his report contains graphic content. >> reporter: bodies are

everywhere, dozens of the dead covered in blankets awaiting identification and burial. the dead number in the thousands, but so far no one really knows how many were taken by storm daniel. survivors are finding more and more bodies. rescue workers and volunteers have retrieved the body of a boy wrapped in a blanket and prepare to put him in a body bag when his father arrives. doctors fear so many dead left in the open could lead to an outbreak of disease. we aren't able to identify all the bodies and buries them says this doctor. we want to provide a humane place, freezers where loved ones can identify them. access remains difficult. the flood destroyed many of the

roadss leading to the city. this port in eastern libya has been transformed in to a wasteland of mud, rubble and ruin. the raging waters that tore through the city spared no one. and nothing. ben wedeman, cnn, rome. help slowly making its way to hard hit mountain villages after friday's devastating earthquake in morocco as the death toll approaches 3,000. u.s. agency for international development is the latest to pledge assistance saying that it will provide an initial $1 million in humanitarian support to morocco. >> the united states agency for international development has deployed a small assessment team to morocco to assess the situation and identify humanitarian needs. and we're exchanging specialized

technical expertise through the united states geological survey. >> larry madowo is following the developments and is joining us from nairobi. still covering this story because so much attention is going justifiably to libya, but the challenge in morocco is still enormous. >> reporter: it is because the most affected regions were in the high atlas mountains not easy to get to even in the best of times. and now after the earthquake, some of the roads are damaged, there have been after shocks which have damaged even more homes. so that makes it difficult to reach all the people. and in the absence of a bigger international effort to have them, the government has stepped in, but also neighbors have stepped in to help, a lot of other moroccans have been in big convoys, hired trucks and brought food and water and temporary shelter which has been necessary even as search and rescue operations it in-. we're now past the 72 hour

deadline when chances of survivors is most likely, but south of marrakech where some of the worst damage has been seen, they are still searching. for many whose homes flattened because they were not made of the most sturdy material, rebuilding won't be easy. >> translator: gone back to the time 6 our ancestors. we just want cement and earth to rebuild. just want two bedrooms and a kitchen, that is all. >> reporter: he is thinking of the most basic tools just to rebuild their life because they know government support could be coming but it could be a long way off. getting help to all of the people could be a long time off considering that morocco only he accepted international aid from a small number of countries from britain, qatar, spain, and from the uae even though many more

countries that have the capacity and the funding to do so have offered support, but so far moroccan development has not accepted it. explanation is that it could be counter productive, but if they see the need, they could ask for more. >> larry, thank you for the update. cruise ship stuck in the mud literally has to wait until friday for a possible rescue. we'll tell you how the passengers are doing, after the break.

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that it is spreading. i think the crew is doing a great job. people who have covid have been confined. and most people have been vaccinated three, four, five times. >> passengers are remaining pretty upbeat for the time being despite some items becoming more scarce as they await rescue. >> at some point there is the biggest worry is going to be that you will run out of alcohol. >> that is the biggest concern i have. i had swimming lessons before i came and i'm a good swimmer. so look out, i could be swimming back to iceland. >> anna stewart has more details on what the officials plan to do. >> reporter: it has been stuck off the east coast of greenland since monday sitting on a bed of sand and mud according to the danish armed forces. initial attempts have failed as it deterred from a fishing research vessel owned by greenland on wednesday.

help is on the way, but it could take a while. according to the joint arctic command, a royal danish naval ship is en route but it is taking time. it has hit bad weather and currently expected to arrive friday evening. troops from a day fuss military dog sled oiare also in the area. and operator of the ship released a statementfuss milita dog sled are also in the area. and operator of the ship released a statement saying that all passengers and crew are safe and there is no immediate danger to themselves, investigational or the surrounding environment. hopefully that continues. perhaps passengers could enjoy the luxury cruise ship, hot tubs, its gym, its spa and the views aren't too bad either. anna stewart, cnn, london. aaron rodgers may be down but he is not out for good. the new york jets quarterback

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when thieves grabbed it during a covid lockdown. the director of the museum says it was scratched but can be restored. the painting is worth nearly $6.5 million. it was returned on monday and it came in a blue ikea pack. if you're ever wanted to own a picasso and you have a spare million lying around, sotheby's is putting this painting up for auction considered one of his finest. it depicts the 17-year-old mistress wearing a watch. and $100 million is actually a modest estimate. apparently it could fetch more than $120 million. you never know when it comes to bidding. and lawmakers in mexico are left wondering whether we're not alone after an unusual congressional hearing. politicians viewed two alleged

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