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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'm laila harrak. >> it's been a day full of twists and turns, but the american people can breathe a sigh of relief. there will be no government shutdown. >> the u.s. government still operating, but kevin mccarthy needed democrats to seal the deal. ahead, what could be next for the republican house speaker. plus, u.s. funding for ukraine not included in the spending bill. we'll take a look at how that might affect troops on the ground. and president jimmy carter turns 99 years old today. we'll take a look at birthday greetings for america's 39th president.

the united states waking up in the hours ahead to a fully functioning government. at least for now. deep anxiety over an impending government shutdown gave way to relief late saturday, when u.s. president joe biden signed a 45-day stopgap measure to keep the government running and the military paid. it includes more aid for natural disasters, but not additional funding for ukraine or border security. the president advised congress to use the extension wisely, saying there's plenty of time to pass government funding bills for the next fiscal year, and i strongly urge congress to get to work right away. the american people expect their government to work. well, u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy had to reach across the aisle to get the temporary spending bill through the house before sending it over to the senate. after the house vote, here's what he said about the gop

hardliners who had stalled the process. >> you have members in your conference that won't let you vote for appropriations bills, doesn't want an omnibus, and won't vote for a stopgap measure, so the only answer is to shut down and not pay our troops? i don't want to be a part of that team. i want to be a part of a conservative group that wants to get things done. >> u.s. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries had this reaction to the surprise turn ya turnaround in the house. >> the american people have won. the extreme maga republicans have lost. stafs victory for the american people and a complete and total surrender by right-wing extremists who throughout the year have tried to hijack the congress. >> well, kevin mccarthy practically daring hardline republicans to come after him, here he is after the vote.

>> if somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it. there has to be an adult in the room. i am going to govern with what is best for this country. >> well, of course, we don't know yet if there will be a motion to oust mccarthy but as one republican lawmaker told our dana bash, the speaker's problems are largely of his own making. >> we knew in january that we had to pass 12 appropriations bills. he and so many others wait until the very last minute to jam people with bad spending bills, with the excuse that the only option we had was to shut down government or spend too much money. that's not the option. he promised when he ran for speaker that we would have 12 votes on 12 separate bills. and he did not fulfill that promise. then he promised the president a very high number on spending, and he promised other republicans in the house lower

numbers. so he has made promises that conflict with each other. >> come monday, when you all come in, will there be a motion to vacate the chair, meaning, throw him out? >> well, i am not going to make that motion. matt gaetz may make it. some others may make it. but he's going to have to rely on democrats again to survive and to keep his speakership. >> partisanship, infighting, and dysfunction in congress have contributed to many americans feeling sour about the institution and politics in general. according to a recent pew survey, 65% of americans say they are exhausted while 55% say it makes them angry. only 10% view the situation with hope. and a whopping 86% of americans say they agree with this description. republicans and democrats are more focused on fighting each other than solving problems. with us now, is thomas gift, director of the center on u.s. politics at the university college of london.

always good to see you, thomas, glad that you could join us. they hashed out a deal at the 11th hour. what do you make of the compromise that was reached? >> well, it's good to see you, laila. thanks so much for having me. this certainly isn't an ideal bill for any measure. but i think for what kevin mccarthy to do what he did, compromise with democrats, and dare the right to rebel and make good on their promise to oust him is quite something. to my nind, it she's willing not to be held hostage by critics in his party. you have to ask yourself, compared to what? mccarthy is navigating an opposition senate, a hardline gop caucus that's ready to burn it all down. granted, he has emboldened that faction on occasion, but he department create it. and late last week, he put forward an extremely, extremely conservative stopgap spending bill and couldn't get 218 of his colleagues onboard. i think mccarthy achieved what

he could with the hand that he was dealt. that's true substantively in terms of what the bill looked like. but from a sheer political perspective, i think he preserved the interest of moderates in his party. that said, he's doing this at great personal risk to his own speakership, and we'll see soon enough if matt gaetz follows through on his pledge to advance a motion to vacate, whether that's real or it's just a bluff. >> and thomas, this keeps happening. the odds of a shutdown were initially, they looked pretty high, but it didn't happen. do they pay a price for these threats, even if in this case, the government shutdown was averted. >> absolutely, there's a huge cost to this. none of this improves america's reputation in the eyes of the world. and i think that's particularly troubling at a time when the u.s. is desperately trying to persuade other countries to ally with it over china. and also to secure support for ukraine against russia's invasion. but beyond foreign policy, it just speaks to a country that's

afliflicted by entrenched interest. it goes without saying that this hyperpolarization is the chief cause of why congress so rarely passes government spending bills on schedule. a lot of that does speak to the fact that we're in an era of unstable shifting majorities, where there's no one-party dominance, and that perpetual threat of power swings between the parties really disincentivizes compromise. but it's not just a democrat/republican divide. it's really within party splintering that's to blame for a lot of this dysfunction. you know, one of the benefits of these big tent modern parties is that they can coalesce very diverse interests, but right now, you have a huge gap between the far-right wing of the republican party and gop moderates. i think it's at least as wide as the gap between gop moderates and the median democrat. and that makes it really hard to govern, and that's especially true when you have, you know, the matt gaetz of the world, having almost blowing up the system. >> in conclusion, a final

thought from you. a few moments ago, we saw how little faith americans have in their lawmakers and how many of them are just angry about thinking about politics. what do episodes like this do to the divisions in america that you alluded to a moment ago? was mccarthy right in saying that there are no winners in moments like these? >> well, i think that there are certainly no winners in moments like this. and of course, this only entrenches partisan divisions. i think that we have to recognize that wherever you have the threat of a shutdown, it's always because one group actually wants it. it's a non-trivial faction of congress. i think there is value to that outcome. so there's a political agenda at play, always. in 2018 and 2019, it was trump wanting leverage over building the border wall. in 2014, it was to delay enactment of the affordable care act. this year, it's ukraine that

many hardline republicans seem to want. they don't even seem to want to win the funding battle. it's a real issue and i think we're in for more partisan divisions going forward. >> thomas gift, thank you. >> thank you. now, new details on a story we brought you last hour from turkey. ankara's chief prosecutor's office is launching an investigation after an explosion this front of the interior ministry. the interior minister said two terrorists carried out a bomb attack outside the building. he says one of the suspects has been, quote, neutralized, and the other blew himself up. two police officers are said to be slightly injured. the u.s. government avoids a shutdown in a process that went down to the wire. but u.s. aid for ukraine pays the price for it. we'll explain. plus, meeting the needs of migrants in new york city. how a former hotel became a refuge for hundreds of people seeking asylum.

ukraine is starting a new tradition today to honor military members who gave their lives for the country. president zelenskyy urged all

ukrainians to drop whatever they're doing at 9:00 a.m. local time, which was about three hours ago, and remember their fallen heroes. it's part of a holiday known as the day of defenders, which is usually in about two weeks for now, but for the first time is being celebrated on october 1st. well, additional military aid for ukraine will not be included in the latest u.s. spending bill as conservatives remain divided on the issue. earlier, senator rand paul tweeted that he will do everything he can to, quote, stop the u.s. government from being held hostage to ukraine. he added, we cannot continue to put the needs of other countries above our own. former representative liz cheney had a different take. she suggested that denying assistance to ukraine is comparable to the appeasement policies of british prime minister neville chamberlin in the run-up to world war ii. but according to a cnn poll, when americans were asked if congress should authorize more funding for ukraine, 55% of

respondents said "no." for more now, fred pleitgen joins us live from kyiv. fred, good to see you. your reporting has given us an up close and personal perspective into the grim realities on the battlefield. so what would a drop in u.s. military assistance mean for the war effort? >> i think it could be catastrophic for the ukrainians. one of the things we have to keep in mind is that the united states is by far the largest donor of military aid to ukraine. and you know, one of the things that we recently saw, very up close on the battle field here in ukraine is when the ukrainians go on the attack and use a lot of artillery and other heavy weapons, a lot of that is u.s. supplied, and they do need a lot of them. and if you have a nighttime battle, for instance, a lot of artillery shells are fired and obviously ufl that needs to be repl replenished. certainly, could have a big effect. but we also need to keep in mind that the quality of weapons that the u.s. supplies to ukraine really transcends pretty much

all forms and shapes of the battle field here. it starts with small weapons, machine guns, machine gun ammunitions, to anti-aircraft systems, which are extremely important, but very expensive for u.s. taxpayers, as well. those are things that directly keep ukrainians alive. you have the high march system that has made a huge impact, that has helped the crayon ukrainians turn the tide. that in itself would have a massive impact on the ukrainians as far as their mobility is concerned, as far as their firepower is concerned, farce their soldiers staying alive and in many cases, their civilians staying alive as well. one of the things we've been talking about here in ukraine, we've been talking to ukrainian soldiers and people fighting on the battle field, obviously they're very concerned about some of the things going on in the u.s. and whether or not the funding for their military campaign and for their defense is going to continue, but they also say, whether or not it

continues, they will have to keep on fighting because they believe that the assistance of their country is at take. and you mentioned the fact that the ukrainians today are memorializing the people who have been killed on the battlefield. volodymyr zelenskyy, the president of this country, had a message that catered to that, and also included a part where he said, look, the ukrainians defending their country is not dependent on other countries. it will continue no matter what. i want to listen in to some of what he had to say. >> no one should or will be able to turn off our resilience, endurance, grit, and fortitude, either on a regular or an emergency basis. none of them have the expiration date and end date or a final point after which we will stop resisting and fighting. there is only one such point, our victory, as we bring it closer every day, we say we will fight for as long as it takes. >> reporter: there's volodymyr

zelenskyy saying they will fight for as long as it takes but the reality on the battle field is if the ukrainians want to continue to make gains against the russians, and certainly we can see in their counteroffensive, both in the south and in the east where we are, that they have been making some more gains than they have over the past couple of months, they will need a lot of ammunition, and they will need a lot of weapons, and they'll need that supply to continue. certainly, a lot of ukrainians very concerned about some of the things that they've been seeing out of the u.s. in the past couple of days, laila. >> so you partially answered this next question, but i was wondering if you could plush it out a bit. can anyone make up for a degrees in u.s. aid to ukraine? >> reporter: it's a really important and really interesting question. first of all, there is no single country that could make up for the aid that the united states supplies. but a lot of it goes deeper than even that. there are countries who are stepping up and who are giving more. if you look at for instance the ge germans who started out when the russian first fully invaded ukraine offering 5,000 helmets,

and they're putting up main battle tanks, how itzers, and other defense weapons, but they're doing a lot of that because the u.s. is doing it. and if the u.s. stops doing that, that could have a chilling effect on other countries, as well. if you look at two examples that i think are really important, the germans, for instance, are giving multiple rocket-launching systems to the ukrainians. they're called mars, the united states, of course, has the himars that vz been really official. but the germans cut a deal with the americans saying, we'll supply these things as long as you are supplying these things. they want to know that the americans are in the fight as long as they are in the fight. the same goes for main battle tanks. when the german supplied leopard 2 battle tanks, a lot of other companies also gave main battle tanks. but the germans, again, only doing that after the biden administration said that they would offer up abrams battle tanks to the ukrainians, which, by the way, have also just now

arrived in ukraine, as well. the u.s., if the aid that the u.s. is giving would significantly drop or dry up altogether, it could certainly and most probably would have a chill effect on many other countries that are willing to give, but only if that security umbrella from the united states is up for them, would they be willing to continue to do that, l laila. >> fred pleitgen in kyiv, thank you so much. now to slovakia where a party headed for a pro-kremlin leader is headed for a win. preliminary results show former prime minister robert fico's party has won nearly 23% of the vote while a significant number, he will need a coalition partner to form the government. let's go now to cnn's scott mclean to live in london. scott, slovakia, an eu and nato member, what does this outcome signal? >> hey, laila. i think for the west, there's going to be plenty of concern that slovakia may turn into a

hungary when it comes to the eu and nato, and president victor or orban who's been seeking to water down its policies on russia, the eu has one of those countries to contend with it. it certainly doesn't want to have two. also from a ukrainian standpoint, they need all the help they can get. and one less country providing military aid surely will be detrimental, though sleeovakia obviously a small country. the message from robert fico, the mayor of the party, a former prime minister twice over, has proven to be more popular than polls predicted it to be. he's won by a more comfortable margin. and his message, i mean, though he's taken the russian line and blamed ukrainian nazis and fascists in his words for provoking russia into war. his message, he sort of framed it as one of peace. look, the longer we supply weapons and ammunition to ukraine, the longer this war will drag on. and he believes that it's a war that ukraine can't win, because

russia will simply never concede. but politically, laila, robert fico is not the prime minister of slovakia quite yet. he still needs to go through and find a coalition partner. and we have just heard this morning from his primary opposition party, the leader of that party, the progressive slovakia or ps party, has said that look, he will do everything in his power to try to prevent robert fico from actually forming government. he thinks that it is bad for his country and bad for slovakia's international standing. now, if you look at the results that we have thus far, fico's party is taking home about 23% of the vote right now. you have the republic party down there at the bottom. they are a far-right party that shares fico's views of russia and ukraine, and he hadn't ruled out working with them in a coalition, but they haven't reached the minimum 5% threshold that is required in slovakia to get seats in parliament. so more likely, they'll be trying to pair with the third-place halas party with 15%

or so of the vote. that's an offshoot of robert fico's own party. they've been rather vague on the ukraine issue. they say that, look -- or that the slovaks have given all they have to give to ukraine, but also support continuing to send ammunition to ukraine, because much of it is actually manufactured in slovakia, and they figure that it is -- it's good for the economy. so, there's still a lot to shake out here. this could take several weeks before we figure out who's in this coalition and if robert fico, is, in fact, the next prime minister of the country. laila? >> scott mclean reporting in london. thank you, scott. still ahead this hour, new york city drying out after record flooding. a report on the day after and the day ahead, coming up.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and canada and all around the world. i'm laila harrak and you're watching "cnn newsroom." washington has approved a last-ditch plan to avert a government shutdown, while president joe biden has signed the spending measure, which will keep federal agencies running through mid-november. it includes more aid for natural disasters, but not additional funding for ukraine. the house approved a continuing resolution earlier in the day. 90 republicans voted against it and so did a single democrat. earlier, he spoke with cnn about the lack of unity in congress. >> i saw people patting each other on the back and clapping and saying this was a bipartisan victory. let's look at the record recently. we came within an inch of defaulting on our debt. we just now came within inches of a shutdown. this is not how the most important democracy in the world

should function. our dysfunction, our inability to govern is a national security threat beyond all the other reasons we shouldn't shut down. it's a scary time. >> the white house may rest a little easier after avoiding a shutdown, but mj lee tells us there are still questions that need to be answered. >> just hours ahead of a midnight deadline for a government shutdown, president biden signing into law a government funding bill that would fund the government for 45 days. the white house had made a deliberate decision some time ago to take a hands-off approach. as the process unfolded on capitol hill, the message we've been hearing from the white house over the past few days has really been, this is a house republicans' problem to solve. they made a political calculation that if the government were to shut down at midnight, that house republicans would end up shouldering much of that political blame.

of course, there is a sigh of relief tonight here at the white house that a government shutdown has been averted, but there are two very big outstanding questions. first is how the government is going to potentially secure more funding for ukraine. that has been a big priority for many democrats and white house officials as well. and it's also just not clear whether or not a situation like this is again going to unfold, exactly 45 days from now. but again, there is a huge sigh of relief that a government shutdown, that the white house had been bracing for and had been preparing for has now been averted. cnn, mj lee, the white house. well, the new u.s. spending bill will not include additional funding for border security, despite a surge in immigration. according to recent government data, there have been more than 2 million migrant encounters at the u.s. border in the fiscal year 2023, while thousands of asylum seekers have been bused

to new york. that many have been received at a former hotel that's become a refuge for those in need. cnn's shimon prokupecz reports. we're going to offer you food and water right away. a hot meal can go a long way. >> reporter: dr. ted long from new york city's health and hospital is proud of the operation the city has established here. >> everything that we've developed in new york city is to meet the needs that were not met for people coming to us from texas so far. so here, whether it's screening for communicable disease to giving a pregnant woman prenatal care or screening you for mental health conditions like you have like depression, we do it all here because it's not done before. >> reporter: it really catches you all to see so many kids running through the halls of the roosevelt hotel, almost like a playground. so many kids. the city says 20,000 migrant children have come through new york so far. >> why did you come to america? >> reporter: lady casa is 23

years old and escaping violence in ecuador. she said she came here for her daughter, mia, who was born with a physical disability. >> how are you feeling? she says she's happy that she's here now and scared to go back to ecuador. i'm afraid that my daughter will die there if she can't get medical attention. i need a place to stay. i think they're going to help me. >> reporter: good luck, okay? it's good news for lady and maya, they're being moved out of the intake center to a shelter. as this group leaves, another is already shuffling in behind them. 116,000 have come to new york city since the spring of 2022, city officials say. and it's a reminder that the flow of migrants doesn't stop. >> the burden on new york city is too much, quite honestly. we are past our breaking point. >> reporter: among those just arriving, luis flories.

we met him outside and his wife. they now have seats inside. it's a dream come true, he says. it took him two and a half months to come to this country through the border and now he's just hoping to give his family a better life. and they've been sitting here now for several days, waiting for the next steps, and the next process. and this is your wife, yes? years you've been married. how are you doing? >> reporter: erma linda tells us it was their dream to come to the united states and she doesn't want to lose her husband. now that they've finally made it. as we have leave, luis speaks directly into our camera. i just want to work, he says. these are the hands of a worker. >> the last-minute vote wasn't the only drama on capitol hill

on saturday. just before the house was scheduled to vote on the stopgap spending bill, jamaal bowman pulled a fire alarm in a congressional office building. the new york democrat says that it was an accidental, telling reporters that he was trying to get through a closed door and mistook the alarm for a way to open it. bowman is facing backlash. republican lawmakers are calling for his censure, accusing him of right to stall the vote. bowman says that accusation is, quote, complete bs. and a developing story from illinois. residents there are being allowed to return home after a deadly crash involving a vehicle carrying thousands of gallons of ammonia. five people were killed when the semi truck crashed in a village a couple of hundred miles south of chicago. hundreds of residents were forced to flee and the fire department now says testing indicates that the danger from the ammonia has dissipated. to spain where the mercury has rebounded after a

post-summer cooldown. in madrid, forecasters say that temperatures are far above normal for this time of year. spaniards have reached for their summer wardrobes again after a period of cooler, rainy weather. the outlook is calling for temps in the mid-30-degree celsius range or low 90 degrees fahrenheit in madrid and even hotter further south. this comes after a blazing hot summer of extreme heat across the region. while the calendar may -- the calendar may now say october, but parts of the u.s. will see record-high temperatures until at least mid-week, as meteorologist allison chinchar shows us, there is a change coming after that. >> in total, more than 30 potential records could be tied or broken starting sunday all the way through wednesday of this week. and you'll notice it's several different regions of the u.s. that are looking at those potential records. now, for some portions of the central u.s., those records

actually began on saturday, including the area around brownsville, texas, which means that they could end up breaking records three or even four days in a row before we finally start to see those temperatures dropping back down towards normal. take, for example, sioux falls. going from a high on sunday of 93 degrees back to 76 on tuesday. keeping in mind that that 76 is still actually above normal for this time of year, just not quite as extreme as the high temperature will be on sunday. another location looking at that big drop, st. louis going from a high of 91 on sunday down to the low 80s thursday before dropping back below average into the low-to-mid-70s once we finish out the rest of this week. farther down to the south, dallas also looking at several more hot days. looking at highs in the mid-90s once all the way through tuesday of the upcoming week, before finally dropping back into the 80s by the end of the week, and possibly down even into the low 70s once we get some rain back

into the forecast next weekend. now, this heat is going to stick around. it's just going to start to shift, as we head into the latter portion of the upcoming week. so you'll notice, it starts to recede from the central u.s., really starting to focus more across the northeast and the mid-atlantic, as cooler air begins to push into the central u.s. by wednesday and thursday of this week. that means into the northeast, those temperatures are actually going to be warming. look at albany going from 78 on sunday back into the mid-80s by tuesday. similar scenario for boston, going from 73 on sunday up to the 80s once we get to the middle portion of this week. well, two days after historic flooding hit new york city, the region is beginning to dry out. friday's storm dropped the most rain ever recorded at jfk airport, and a state of emergency is in effect now for the next six days. and why some flooding warnings are still in effect, what a difference a day makes. cnn's polo sandoval reports now from new york. >> well, there's certainly a

sense of normalcy that's been restored in new york city after friday made for an absolutely nightmarish day for millions of people in america's largest city, with record rainfall soaking the region. here underground at the entrance to the new york city subway system, at least one of them, there is also that sense of normalcy. new york governor kathy hochul confirming on saturday that the transit system is back up and running after parts of it were essentially paralyzed by friday's weather event. the governor also taking the time to commend not just the responders, but even the people themselves, many of whom were actually listened to some of those warnings and many of them staying off the streets. >> and i want to say this. because new yorkers heeded our warning. and when they could, they stayed home. and most importantly, they staid off the roads, what had been described by myself as a potentially life-threatening

event ended up being a time when people listened, they reacted properly, they took precautions. and no lives were lost. >> and so this weekend, there's certainly a sense of pride coming from officials and some relief, but also some serious questions that are being asked about what can be done to limit the impact the next time we see an event of this magnitude. as we heard from new york city officials say on friday and again on saturday, they believe that climate change is certainly a factor here, that we are likely going see these kinds of weather events. and they hope that infrastructure will be able to keep up, which is why they are calling on more investment in that system. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. coming up, rental prices are soaring across the united kingdom and there's no relief in sight. we'll hear how families are coping with the stress.

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functioning federal government that's no longer threatened with a shutdown. at least not for the next 45 days. president biden quickly signed the extension into law soon after it cleared the senate late last night. for now, millions of government employees and active military members will continue getting paid. well, earlier, cnn economics and political commentator katherine rampel says it does not inspire confidence abroad about america's future. >> it just feels like over and over and over, we replay these dramas, these completely unnecessary dramas. and we look like a basketcase, frankly, before the rest of the world. even if it doesn't directly affect economic outcomes, it does drag on confidence and drag on confidence specifically in the united states as a responsible player on the global stage. >> well, the u.s. autoworkers' strike still going strong on

saturday. shawn fain joined a picket line in ohio and rallied his troops. >> just like the jeep they make, it's been there since world war ii. they will stand be here and be here until the end. >> on friday, the uaw announced it was expanding the walkout by one more assembly plant, each for ford and general motors. but the union said talks with the last of the big three companies, stellantis, are progressing. the uk is grappling with a cost of living crisis that's throwing millions of people into financial insecurity. according to recent data, rent prices are soaring, leaving many struggling to keep up with payments. isa soares spoke to one family who's feeling the pressure. >> it's been a really, really tough six months. i've lost sleep over it, because you wonder where the next bill's

coming from. >> it's been a year of constant stress for the greenwood family. >> you see the cost on your electric just trickling up and up and up, and it's not like you're doing anything different on the day-to-day. >> and with that, the anxiety sets in. it's a cycle that has left matthew, a 34-year-old primary school teacher struggling. he lost his job as schools cut budgets, and his wife who works 12-hour shifts is training to be a nurse. in between participating and job searching, he's counting the pennies as the cost of living crisis squeezes the middle class. >> did you ever consider, i mean, have you considered with rental prices going up and inflation, food inflation moving in, with family members -- >> i think this was something that was on the cards last year. we really sort of put it not board that it would be something that we have to do, because we

didn't know where the extra money was going to come from to k cover the increasing rent. >> matthew's rent went up last year like others around the uk facing a similar problem. since july of 2022, private rental costs increased here by 5.3% and now more than a third of adults are finding it difficult to afford their rent or mortgage payments. the charity "turn to us" which advises people in financial difficulty is seeing firsthand the scale of the problem. >> they're seeing people get into debt, let alone holiday funds or saving for their children's university, they've already been spent. they're borrowing from family members. so people are making really hard choices about not only their long-term future, but even months away. >> takeout. >> that's the case for matthew, who's dreading another rent hi hike. >> if it did work, there's no guarantee i would be able to afford that extra 50 pounds a

month. people say, it's only 50 pounds a month, you can cut back on things. but there's nothing else to cut back on. >> what would you put in your ice cream? >> just a few days after our interview, matthew tells us that his worst fears have become a reality. matthew, we saw your text message. give us a sense of what your landlord has told you? >> so we had a message of him a couple of days after you left, basically saying that he's really sorry and he's going to put the rent up, so that's going up another 50 pounds. >> another stressful news for you. >> worst-case scenario is we'll have to move out, but, realis realistically, i don't know, i don't have words at moment. >> isa soares, cnn, london. commemorations have been taking place to mark the founding of the peoples republic of china 74 years ago. a flag-raising ceremony was held in tinman square in beijing earlier.

thousands of people from all over the country gathered at the square in the early hours of the day. a similar ceremony was held in hong kong attended by senior officials. there will be a massive fireworks display over victoria harbor tonight. the playoffs are set and time for some october baseball and the rangers just one of five teams to clinch a spot in the post-season on saturday.

well, after 161 regular season games, the major league baseball playoff field is now set. cnn's sports anchor coy wire joins us now with more, coy. the teams still have a lot to play for. >> yes, we know who is in, we just don't know the matchups yet, but that will all become crystal clear by the end of sunday. the texas rangers, check out what they did, clinching their first playoff versus 2016. it was a 6-1 win over seattle mariners on saturday, just two years ago, this team lost 102 games and finished in last place in their division. now they'll have a chance to win the american league west title with either a win or a loss by the houston astros. in just a few minutes later in arizona, the reigning world

series champs astros, they punched their playoff ticket with a 1-0 win over the diamondbacks. this will be their seventh straight year that they've advanced to the post-season, and have been to the world series four times in the last six seasons and won it twice. even though they just lost this game, laila, the d-backs are still throwing a pool party out there in the outfield, where the fans are usually getting drenched. they clinched a wild card in the playoff spot thanks to a loss by the cincinnati reds. this is arizona's first playoff appearance in six years. now, the miami marlins, meantime, booked a spot for the fourth time in team history, as a 7-3 win over the pittsburgh pirates, and this is miami's first post-season appearance since the shortened 2020 season and the franchise's first in a 162-game season since 2003. that's when they won the world series. let's get a little college football action, where a week after losing on a last-second touchdown to number four ohio state, 11th ranked notre dame

come up with their own clutch win against number 16 duke. they were down by 1 with time running out and oddric broke free with 31 seconds to go. that was a 55-yard drive they had to go to pull this off. the irish improved to 5-1 this season with a 21-14 win and they keep themselves in contention for a coveted college football playoff spot. now, the two-time defending national champs, the georgia bulldogs, they were given a big-time scare by the auburn tigers in the south's oeldest riv rivalry. the game was tied at 20 with minutes to go, but their best player barreled his way for a 40-yard go ahead touchdown. and with about a minute 30 left, the georgia defense would seal the deal. malkai outfighting. georgia now has a 22-game unbeaten streak, all the way back to 2021. finally, tensions were

running high at the end of saturday's ryder cup in rome, italy. in the last match of the day, u.s.'s patrick cantlay, he sank that putt there on 18. but check out his caddie here. joe lacava celebrating for what they thought was a bit too long, so they're getting heated there as rory is getting set up for a putt that would have tied the match. look at this caddie, still getting after him. you rarely see that. check this out, it was like a volcano waiting to erupt. rio couldn't hold it back any longer. he was about to get in his car and drive away, but he was caught getting into it again before he was ushered away by his own teammate. that's shane lowry going over and saying, hey, bro, war you doing, man, this is golf. we're not supposed to do that sort of thing, laila. >> i know, it's really out of scale, but still, tempers flare. >> good to see you. >> thank you so much. we should do this again. coy, thanks a lot.

now, birthday greetings keep rolling in for former u.s. president jimmy carter. he served at the white house between 1977 and 1981 and the residents marked the occasion with this display on the lawn. carter turns 99 today. well, in his home state of georgia, a party at the carter library with children making birthday cards, well wishers celebrated with cake, games, trivia, and fond memories. >> it's important to celebrate president carter, because he's an honest, honorable man with a lot of character. he brought so much to america. he values the american people. he values peace. he exemplifies everything that a president should exemplify. that is so missing in today's society. >> i would say 99 years is a great life. i love that he was -- he's been so open about his illness. >> and we thank god for you,

president carter. >> meantime, the carter center arranged for 14,000 people around the world to send their messages and birthday wishes to president carter. so, what happens when a shark shows up in the middle of a fever of stingrays? just take a look at video captured off the coast of florida. and you can see one shark approaching hundreds of stingrays, then suddenly, the shark starts chasing them. a drone operator says he planned to capture videos of dolphins and sharks for his video blog, but his jaw dropped when he saw this many stingrays. well, according to local news reports, the footage has already racked up nearly 1.5 million views and counting. thank you so much for watching, i'm laila harrak, i'll see you next time.

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