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world. i'm kim brunhuber. >> we're close. >> it doesn't have to happen. leadership can to us with a conservative budget. >> house republicans are responsible for the failure if the government shuts down. >> i am not the president's lawyer. i will add i'm not congress' prosecutor. >> he picks the one guy, the one guy he knows will protect joe biden, he picks david weiss. >> like ronald ray began before me, i believe in the three exceptions for rape, incest and of will of the mother. i believe in that. s it is thursday, september 21, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we're tracking several major stories. in the hours ahead ukrainian president will meet with members of the u.s. congress and the president to ask for more

ammunition and weaponry in the war against russia. we're told the white house is planning to offer a new aid package but some republicans are pushing back against the growing costs. and after in-fighting moonk house republicans, they are planning votes on a new short term spending plan. those votes scheduled for friday and saturday. republican hardliners have revolted over a previous agreement. >> i think that we made tremendous progress as an entire conference. we hooded a great discussion. we're very close there. i feel i just got a little more movement to go there. >> meanwhile donald trump has come out against a shorts term spending bill. he urged republicans to, quote, use the power of the purse and defend the country, but many want to get a deal done. >> we got to stop lying to the american public. washington politicians are failing america. president biden is responsible

for the failure. the senate is spoblg. and house republicans are responsible for the failure if the government shuts down. we're not having serious conversations, it is always somebody else's fault but oirs's. and it is absolutely dangerous to the american public if we have this hit. after months of delay due to a lone republican senator, senate wednesday confirmed u.s. air force general charles q. browns as next joint chiefs of staff. two other posts are expected to be confirmed today. brown's confirmation signal as small but significant break on tommy tuberville's hold on more than 300 military promotions because he objects to current pentagon abortion policies. >> finally came to a bit of a conclusion, but it is about time. we should have done these a long time ago. but we're making progress. again, i still have my holds and we'll continue do that. we might bring some more up

ourselves through our petition that we're able to get now, but it is -- i'm glad we're making some progress. >> defense secretary llo austin welcomed e confirmation but he said that the senator's unilateral holds were endangering u.s. security and military readiness. and said it was well past time to think comconfirm the rest. and wednesday there was a testy committee hearing. republicans peppered garland with questions about the justice department investigation into hunter biden among other topics. the attorney general pushed back against the criticism saying he didn't interfere in the probe. sara murray has more from washington. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland squaring off against his toughest republican critics on capitol hill today. >> the fix is in. even with the face saving indictment last week of hunter

biden, everyone knows the fix is in. >> i am not the president's lawyer. i will add i am not congress' prosecutor. >> reporter: republicans on the house judiciary committee hounding him for details about the criminal investigation into hunter biden after his plea deal imploded in july and he was indicted last week in connection with a 2018 gun purchase. >> after five years, are we in the beginning stage, middle stage, end stage, each keep hiding the ball stage? >> i'm not permitted to discuss -- >> isn't that convenient. >> reporter: garland rebuffing the questions and kdeferring to difd davi david-wise. >> i left it to david weiss whether to bring charges or not. whether there was sufficient evidence or not. whether there were better cases

to bring or not. >> reporter: the attorney general reiterating that he stayed out of the hunter biden investigation. >> i promised the senate when i came before it for confirmation that i would leave mr. weiss in place and i would not interfere with his investigation. >> has anyone at the department told president biden to knock it off? with hunter. >> no one that i know of has spoken to the white house about the hunter biden case. >> reporter: and insisting that no one ordered him to bring federal charges against former president trump. >> no one has told me to indict and in this case a decision to indict was made by the special counsel. >> reporter: but the political interference accusations are sure to reemerge as the gop controlled house proceeds with an impeachment inquiry into president biden. >> these are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption. >> reporter: leaving garland to fend off threats of being held in contempt. >> aren't you in contempt of congress when you refuse to answer? >> congressmen, i have the

greatest respect for congress. >> reporter: and democrats to a

jordan's refusal to comply with a january of subpoena. >> that is quite rich because mr. jordan is about 500 days into evading his subpoena. >> reporter: garland beating back criticism of the department and career civil servants. some of whom have been named by

republicans as they barrel ahead into alleged political bias at doj. >> singling out individual career pin servants who are just doing their jobs is dangerous. particularly at a time of increased threats to the safety of public servants and their families. we will not be intimidated. >> reporter: when it comes to hunter biden and those gun charges, a judge said that hunter biden will have to appear in federal court in delaware in person on october 3 for his initial appearance. hunter biden had wanted to appear via video link but the judge said it was important that hunter biden not receive any special treatment. sara murray, cnn, washington. former trump white house aid who provided key testimony to the house january 6 committee is now accusing rudy giuliani of groping her. cassidy hutchinson says in a new book that giuliani put his hands under her blazer and skirt back stage at the rally that preceded

the january of sninsurrection. she says john eastman witnessed it and he flashed a leering grin. she then broke away from giuliani and stormed out. giuliani's political adviser is vehemently denying this happened calling it a disgusting law and suspicious that she's making the accusation now when her book is coming out. giuliani faces legal issues including millions in mounting legal bills. ukrainian president zelenskyy will be in washington today to meet with u.s. president biden and with members of congress. he just wrapped up his first in-person meeting at the united nations since the war began. he called out a council that has been deadlocked since the war began just because russia has veto power. but zelenskyy says there is a solution. >> translator: in cases of mass

atrocities, veto power should be voluntarily suspended. but we can also observe that russia will not give up this stolen privilege voluntarily. therefore the u.n. general assembly should be given a real power to overcome the veto. this will be the first necessary step. it is impossible to stop the war because all efforts are vetoed by the aggressor. >> president zelenskyy spent his final night in new york meeting with wall street ceos and business leaders. he is hoping to line up support for efforts to eventually rebuild ukraine and its economy. zelenskyy could have a tougher time with members of congress as many republicans are calling for cuts to u.s. support. president biden has promised ukrainians they won't face russia alone and called for a global unity to end the war. he will be backing up the vow with a new military aid package when zelenskyy visits the white house today.

kayla tausche has the details. >> reporter: when ukraine's president zelenskyy visits the white house, the zus pu.s. is prepared to unveil a new security package including significant air defense capabilities that officials say will help the country ramp up its count at teroffensive and pt its skies. but a u.s. official tells me that keep strike missiles are not expected in this new security drawdown. john kirby, top national security official, told reporters that the government agencies are still weighing the possibility of sending these weapons to ukraine. the military in the u.s. believe that they are less critical than vehicles and mine clearing equipment that can breach russian troops on the ground. but this is as zelenskyy

prepares his pitch for skeptics in congress. zelenskyy tells cnn that his pitch to them will be we're near the finish line, i'm sure of it. kayla tausche, cnn, traveling with the president in new york. ukraine says thas air defenses sho 3of 43 russn missiles fired overnight. the strikes were deadly, at least two killed and fiv dein kherson. it was a terrible night of shelling on residential areas. in kharkiv officials warn residents to stay in shelters. and earlier thursday air raid sirens sounded. a number of russian missiles were intercepted. at least seven people wounded in the attack. katie polglase is joining me from london. so what is the latest?

>> another really devastating night for civilians in ukraine. unfortunately something we've heard many times before. you mentioned there kharkiv, there is also kherson, lviv, kyiv. this is widespread across ukraine and in some cases very far away from the front line. reminder that this is something that ukrainian civilians have been dealing with throughout this war. not just the attacks but the fear of the attacks happening at any moment in any area of ukraine. in kherson, two died and it was two men in a dorm story that was hit. and these are civilians, not soldiers so a reminder of what is continuing while the diplomacy is playing out in new york and zelenskyy going to d.c. this war is very much still happening and impacting civilians on a day to day basis. now, all of this, this news overnight, will be good ammunition really for zelenskyy while he is heading to d.c. to

meet with biden, but also crucially to meet with lawmakers that might have doubts about continuing to fund ukraine's counteroffensive. this is why. these kinds of attacks russia is continuing, this is what zelenskyy will be showing as the reason why they continue to need aid and continue to need help in this counteroffensive. and you mentioned this aid package that the white house is now planning to give. notably not the long range missiles. again something that is likely to be on the agenda when zelenskyy meets with biden today. why not these missiles. this is what he has been specifically asking for. and they have a very long range and can reach behind enemy lines. clearly the u.s. is offering a lot of other things including anti-aircraft capabilities that will be crucial for protecting against exactly this kind of russian shelling that we've seen overnight. and that is very important particularly as we go into the winter months. but the long range missiles are crucial for a counteroffensive, pushing back into russian infrastructure in this war.

clearly that is something that zelenskyy will be asking about today. >> and so ukraine getting more u.s. support -- less support now from poland. take us through this surprising development. >> yeah, this has escalated perhaps more than people would have expected. now poland is announcing that they will no longer be giving military weapons to ukraine for this counteroffensive. something that perhaps was not expected even a few days ago and it actually started do with grain. it there has been increasing debate, controversy around the fact that poland and several other european countries as well have decided to ban the import of ukrainian grain because ukrainian grain has been cheaper than their local grain and as a result it undercuts effectively polish farmers. that is why the ban was in place. last week the european union announced that they would be lifting that embargo, but poland

and several other countries are now saying that they will defy the ban and continue to not import ukrainian grain. understandably that has not gone down very well with the ukrainian side. they said that this is unacceptable and it has escalated to poland saying that they will no longer deliver weaponry to ukraine, they say because they need to defend themselves, a poll tesch national security issue, but clearly concerning as all the support ukraine can get at the moment is clearly very needed. >> thank you so much katie polglase. u.s. defense department is sending 800 active duty service members to the border with mexico. they will assusupport the 2500 already at the border dealing with the recent surge of migrants. about 3,000 crossed into the u.s. and surrendered to the authorities in eagle pass, texas wednesday. officials are trying to determine what prompted the latest surge. they continue to claim disinformation from smuggler,

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least 200 deaths and hundreds more injured during the offensive which lasted about 24 hours. azerbaijan's president announced that the military operation was over. >> translator: as the result of the start and successful completion of the anti-terrorist measures, azerbaijan restored sovereignty in just one day. >> and the sudden collapse quickly led to an degree protests in the armenian capital. nic robertson has more on the story from london. >> reporter: casualties from azerbaijan deadly assault rushed

to the hospital. armenian death toll growing as historic foes fragile piece explodes in to dangerous warfare with potentially disastrous consequences. >> we are concerned and it is important that both parties now deescalate. >> reporter: a ceasefire agreed wednesday, but they have been here before. two wars in the past 30 years over the disputed region. but in june, addresser by january began blocking the corridor and the 120,000 people living in the enclave.by january began blocking the corridor and the 120,000 people living in the enclave. and humanitarian aid convoys denied access. russian peacekeepers couldn't or wouldn't get them through. food and fuel were in short

supply. >> blocking the corridor -- >> reporter: a respected international lawyer wrote a legal opinion calling the blockade genocide. azerbaijan disputes his analysis. and in recent weeks, armenians claimed assiforces were readyinr a new offensive. tuesday their fears were realized. enc enclave's de facto capital echoing the gun and artillery fire. frightened women and children in the streets. >> translator: we don't know how to live in such a situation. how to raise your children. when you constantly live in stress, tension and no one wants to help you. >> reporter: civilian homes smashed as officials claim that

they have launched an offensive against terrorists. demanded the armenian army leave and government disbanned and depart. armenian denies it is the aggressor. eu politicians while calling for calm also calling out russia's peacekeepers in action. and the intransigence. the fear for many is that azerbaijan's terms for the ceasefire will be so tough they will feel forced to leave and that they say would be ethnic cleansing. nic robertson, cnn, london. india is urging its citizens in canada to be careful. without providing any evidence, their external affairs ministry warned that they could face anti-indian sentiment and politically condoned hate crimes. this is just days after the

accused of indian government of possibly playing a role in the as assassination in canada. >> reporter: and it was father's day when he left the temple, got into his truck and called home to say that he would be there soon for a family dinner. but within minutes canadian police say he was shot several times and lay bleeding in his driver's seat. by any measure a gruesome killing carried out on the stre. police say at least two masked men described as heaviest set fled on foot and then into a silver toyota. they were last spotted blocks away from the temple and there hasn't been a trace of them since. canada has implicated india in the killing and that has led to more fear in this community, more questions about police protection here given

authorities warned nijjar his life was nettthreatened. his son says there is a message for justin trudeau. >> sikhs believe this is not the end. we expect more from you. >> reporter: many are asking why this crime has yet to be solved and want more evidence to be made public. the leader of the new democratic opposition party is a member of the sikh community and he has received an intelligence briefing on the evidence. >> i received a briefing that outlined some of what information we have and i trust the work of our security forces that these are very, very serious intelligence reports that have come forward and now require us a serious response. >> reporter: despite canada's allegations, it has had little influence on the indian government. both countries have traded travel advisories, diplomatic expulsion, but neither the murder case nor this political issue is any closer to being resolved. >> my question is this, if you

know india made it happen, then you must know who pulled the trigger. if you know who pulled the trigger, who are they and why are they not arrested. >> reporter: the former premier and former federal cabinet minister says canada needs to disclose more evidence because without it, he says, this incident could set relations back decades. >> the government of india rightly discuss mr. trudeau and mr. trudeau obviously talks about freedom of expression, but i think separatists in this country have gone beyond exercising freedom of expression. >> reporter: xancanada's allies sticking firmly on the sidelines. to that end india and the united states are sponsoring a military conference in india next week. and an indian military commander

says canada is set to be there too. paula newton, cnn, ottawa. still ahead, new polling on the state of the u.s. presidential race. the field appears to be shifting for some republican candidates. who is on the ridesse, who is falling behind. that is next.

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i'm kim brunhuber in for max and bianca. we'll hear from max later this hour. but if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date with the top stories. kevin mccarthy is trying to avoid a government shutdown by proposing a budget with deeper spending cuts and new border security measures. the deadline for a deal is september 30. volodymyr zelenskyy will be at the white house today for talks with joe biden. the u.s. president is expected to announce a package of military aid despite objections from some republican lawmakers. latest update on the cnn poll of polls shows former president donald trump expanding will his lead over the republican field running for the 2024 nomination. support for the twice impeached four time indicted one term

president averages 58%. the lead is solidifying at least in part due to falling support for ron desantis. so take a look at new hampshire. 39% of likely republican primary voters there say trump is their first choice. desantis is at 10% in fifth place. and 51% of republican voters say trump has the best chance to win a general election. abortion is of course a key election issue for many republican voters and frontrunner donald trump appears to be walking a very fine line with it. on the one hand speaking to supporters in dubuque, iowa, trump took full record for overturning roe v. wade because then he veered into part of the debate that put his at odds. >> reporter: former president trump appearing to respond to the backlash from conservatives over his comments over the weekend in which he criticized

the six week abortion ban. he taking credit for roe v. wade saying that he was able to do what no one else was able to do in 52 years adding that now because of him, pro-lifers had a voice, they had negotiating power. and he also said thats need to learn how to talk about abortion. particularly when it comes to exceptions which they said he supported. >> like ron rald reagan before , i believe in the exceptions for rape, life of the mother. without exceptions, we'd probably lose the majorities in 2024 and prograerhaps the presi itself. >> reporter: and there were cheers that rang out when he talked about the exceptions.

and this tight rope he continues to walk going back and forth when it comes to abortion. we know he does not want to campaign on it, but clearly felt like he had to respond. again now taking full credit for roe v. wade over and over again and talking about all he had done for the movement. kristen holmes, cnn. americans are safer than ever from climate disasters at least according to ron desantis. the republican presidential candidate made that claim wednesday as he unveiled his energy agenda. he called recent wildfires and hurricanes problematic but ultimately accused of federal government of overreacting. jessica dean has the details. >> today it is great to be back in west texas. >> reporter: florida governor and 2024 gop presidential today ron desantis unveiling his energy policy in the heart of oil country. >> i will restore our freedom to fuel.

i will ensure that the united states of america is the dominant energy producer in the entire world. >> reporter: desantis' plan includes ramping up domestic oil and gas good explore race and production, removing the united states from the paris climate accords and other net zero commissions. allowing more poipelines. desantis also pledged to get gas prices to $2 a gallon. though presidents have limited tools at their disposal to control prices at the pump. >> i think that we can definitely get under $3 and towards $2. reality is that we'll have a very favorable environment for this. >> reporter: while desantis said that climate disasters are problem matt if i can, but it is fearmongering. >> you can judge the climate i think objectively. the question is what policy

posture are we going to take from that. >> reporter: as governor of florida, desantis finds himself confronting some of the top concerns posed by climate change from rising sea levels to more intense hurricanes. >> we've seen things just recently like the flooding this summer, the smoke that came in from the canadian wildfire, how concerned are you about climate change, where do you prioritize that and what do you say to americans who are concerned about that primarily parents who are worried about their kids can't go play out when it is smoky like that? >> in a major instance like that, those are things that we have to deal with and those are problematic. we deal with hurricanes in florida and fires too. but what i would say is when joe biden says that he is more worried like in ten years with the climate than a nuclear war, i mean, sorry, that is just not true. >> reporter: despite all of the climate disasters we've seen just within the last several months in the u.s. and around the world, desantis made the case that americans are actually

safer than they have been in the past thanks to oil and gas production. he gave the example of the recent hurricane in florida and he said it was because of oil and gas that they could get the power back so for so many floridians. jessica dean, cnn. and the up next, king charles on a state visit to france and max foster is there. max. >> yeah, about to have the rare honor of addressing the senate floor. we'll bring it to you live.

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president biden is working to improve relations with israel inviting benjamin netanyahu to washington later this year. they met on the side lines of the u.n. general assembly wednesday for the first time since netanyahu returned to office in december. hadas gold reports. >> reporter: after nine long months the israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu finally got his face-to-face meeting with president biden. not in the white house like he would have hoped, instead on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly in new york. regardless of meeting went about as well as he could have hoped. the two used each other's first names, and while they both acknowledged that there have been issues between them that soured the relationship, namely netanyahu's government crusade to reshape israel's supreme court, it seems the prospects of normalization is keeping things afloat. >> under your leadership, mr. president, we can forge historic peace between israel and saudi arabia. and i think such a peace would go a long way first to advance the end of the arab/israeli conflict, achieve reconciliation between the islamic world and jewish state and advance genuine peace between israel and palestinians. >> reporter: but huge gaps to bridge including what the

palestinians will be offered as part of this deal. and whether whatever they are overed would even pass muster in netanyahu's far right wing government that includes ministers who say they don't think the palestinian authority should exist. even though it only got sort of a passing mention in public, the concerns over the judicial overhaul were loud and clear. protestors could be heard from inside the hotel where the meeting was taking place according to reporters who were there. although president biden addressed what he called the hard issues of upholding democratic values including checks and balances in the systems, he stressed that even where they have some differences, that his commitment to israel is ironclad. thats tod hadas gold, cnn, jerusalem. the fed won't raise interest rates right now, but could very welcome so one more time at least this year. jerome powell also warns that the strong economy and strong

job growth means interest rates could stay relatively high well into next year as the fed tries to lower inflation even more. matt egan explains what it means for american consumers. >> reporter: the fed is almost done but not quite. that is the message from fed chair jerome powell. the fed voted unanimously to keep interest rates at 22 year highs. but officials are still penciling in at least one more rate like this year in their quest to get inflation back down to healthy levels. and the fed does not plan to dial back its inflation fighting medicine very much at all next year. fed officials previously projected four rate cuts in 2024. now they only see two rate cuts. so what does all this mean? first, it suggests that borrowing costs will stay relatively high for the foreseeable future. we're talking about credit cards, car loans and of course mortgages. that means that further pressure

on the economy. of course this is an economy already grappling with plenty of headwinds including worker strikes, return of student loan payments, and rising energy prices. still, there are clear signs of progress on the inflation front. fed officials marked down their core inflation forecast for this year and they simultaneously marked up their views on both gdp and unemployment. this is reminder of how the war on inflation has progressed much better than feared. the most aggressive rate hikes in four decades have helped cool inflation, all without wrecking the economy. at least so far. now the question is whether or not the fed can finish the job and pull off a soft landing. matt egan, cnn, new york. talks between members of the writer's guild of america and major hollywood studios are set to continue later today, hoping to reach a deal to end the strike that has frozen hollywood for more than 140 days.

representatives from the guild met with executives from warn awarner brothers discovery and others. attendees left the meeting feeling encouraged. today could be a pivotal day of negotiations for striking autoworkers. the union held talks with two of the three automakers, ford and general motors, on wednesday. stellantis is expected to sit down with the union in the coming hours after sending new proposals to the union on wednesday. stellantis and gm have temporarily laid off dozens of employees due to the strike and notices more idle at several plants. the union is demanding better pay and benefits and more time off. the companies say they can't afford those demands. britain's king charles is getting ready to address french lawmakers in the senate. this is the second day of a three day royal visit. they attended a lavish state banquet at the palace of

versailles wednesday. expected talks with president macron are expected. and we'll go live now to our royal correspondent max foster. max, how is king charles' first official state visit going so far? >> reporter: it is going pretty smoothly. and i think the french are pretty grateful for that because obviously this is a delayed trip. it couldn't happen earlier in the year because there were the demonstrations over the pension reforms and they really have rolled out the red carpet to make sure that everything is going really smoothly. and emphasizing the deep relationship between britain and france which has come under huge amounts of pressure. and it was interesting watching them together yesterday on the red carpet. and they were getting on really well. i think that is what everyone involved in this trip was hoping to see. and in terms of, you know, the level of sort of honor that is

being rolled out for king charles, we've just heard that he's arrived at the senate and for the first time british king or queen is being allowed to address the senate from the senate floor. and that is a very rare honor. and we're expecting to hear from king charles speaking to a speech that was written partly with the government's help to really show that britain and france are two countries that are very important to each other and they have a lasting relationship despite the ups and downs politically. he will also speak some french as well which he did last night. pretty good i understand it. and we'll wait to see how good it is today because it is a big pressure moment for the king, one of his early state visits of his monarchy. and there is a hugem amount riding on it. it is easy to make a mistake and damage relations, but so far it has been going pretty well.

and afterwards he will be coming up here and playing table tennis, and you about promoting the sport. >> interesting. and i'm curious to hear more about sort of what they will be talking about and certainly a big theme that they have been discussing has been climate change among other issues. just take us through a bit more substantively sort of what the king will be talking about with the french. >> reporter: at the palace yesterday, there was a one-on-one meeting that lasted quite a while. and we were told that the king is keen to hear the president's views on international affairs. what is different between the king and the queen is she never got involved in any sort of politics but the king is interested in hearing about politics. and he has strong views on ukraine. so i'm sure that would have come

up, but we will never hear about it because it will be private. but he has met many leaders around the world before and just as the queen was useful to heads of state, so is the king because he meets people, he listens to different views without taking a view. and therefore president macron could also ask him what charles reads as the state of international affairs as well. so these meetings are very useful for both sides and both, you know, diplomacies are really talking to that as well. so i think it is interesting to see how charles is stepping up as a global statesman as much as the british king. >> interesting. and we're showing you live pictures there of the french senate. he will address the senate and then going maybe 45 minutes outside of paris proper where you are, max. thank you so much and we'll continue our coverage of that during the coming hours. all right. ahead, big scare for major league soccer and messlionel me.

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