newsroom begins right now. >> are you coming back here soon? >> i'm coming back tonight. >> you are? >> yes. >> you're leaving on a jet plane and you'll be back. >> you did a great job down there in hotlanta. >> thanks, don. >> all right. see you back up here soon. >> okay. hello, everyone. top of the hour. thanks so much for joining us. the countdown is on and there is no deal insighted. there is just 31 hours to go until the first government shutdown in 17 years. we stayed up late last night to see the house approve amendments to avoid a spending bill. democrats insist that bill is doomed. and the senate won't even meet again until tomorrow afternoon. remember, the government starts running out of money tomorrow

night at midnight. tell us what happened in the last hour or so on capitol hill? >> we saw a number of house republicans gather on the senate steps. they were rallying and saying that the senate needs to act tonight. they were voting until early hours of the morning, so the senate should be here, too. now, also, house speaker john boehner also has said that he wants to see democrats work today. here's what he had to say. if the senate stalls until mo monday afternoon, it would be an act of breathtaking arrogance by the senate democratic leadership.

as you know, the bill that the republicans passed in the house, instead of totally defunding obama care, it delays the implement tagsz for one year. i asked him if he's happy with that. he's what he said to me. >> with this point, harry reid has conceded on nothing. he's willing to shut the federal government down. i think this's a mistake. i think it's unreasonable. and i think the only way it will change is if politicians in washington start listening to the american people. >> are you going to run for president to continue this fight? >> you know, my focus is on the u.s. senate and fighting the fight that is make a difference for the american people.

>> now, don, here's the thing about that. we learned that ted cruz cannot stand in the way of the vote anymore. that there will just be one vote tomorrow in the senate that will essentially strip out some of these amend. menteds that were passed in the house last night. we will be in much the same predicament tomorrow night. john boehner has a real choice to make. i can tell you right now that a number of lawmakers have suggested that we will probably go into a government shultdown. that second ranking member of the senate says he is afraed we will see one. >> and as you see the clock there on the screen, just under 31 hours. thank you, erin mcpike in

washington. we appreciate that. the spending stand turning into a massive wlam game. here is our senior white house correspondent. >> no questions that the white house are working out a compromise to avoid a goft shutdown. the senate isn't meeting until tomorrow where we expect that they will take that bill the house passed early morning hours today. now house speaker john boehner taking the floor. he says if the house take as

break today, it would be a huge display of arrogance. that is a position that democrats lob right back at house republicans. the bottom line is that a government shutdown is appearing to be more and more likely. and if that happens, what we will see monday night at midnight, going into tuesday, we will see hundreds of thousands of federal workers who will be furloughed. national parks will close and there could also be federally backed loans that are stalled. >> here we are, less than 31 hours away. steve israel of new york joins me now by phone. congressman, before i ask you this, it looks like there is going to be a government

shutdown. can we just say it's going to happen unless something drastic happens? >> well, done, it doesn't have to with drastic. it just has to be compromised. then we can avoid this shutdown. it is avoidable. >> yeah, you know, maybe i shouldn't have said drastic. unless something happen. it appears that the writing is on the wall. but no one is saying it. the senate has said they're not going to have it. the president said he's going to veto it. then it looks like a government shutdown. and obama care is going to go

into effect regardless? >> yeah, this is something i don't understand about the republican strategy. the affordable care act is going to go into effect. even if they shut down the government tomorrow, the affordable care act is still going into effect. what do they have at the end of the day? they shut down the government, they furloughed federal workers, they've hurt the economy. they eve hurt vet rans and the affordable care act is still operating. this my way or the highway strategy just isn't working for anybody. >> i want to talk about this parody that you wrote. here's a bit of it.

>> so, congress man, how are republicans reacting to your parody? j they're really not reacting. it's spending that they put on a credit card. don, the point i was making in this parody was simply this. the american people, if they get something on their credit card, they don't get to say i know i spent it, i don't want to pay it. why should the republican congress believe that they're entitled to anything different. why shouldn't th they be able t it. ? >> stooechl israel of new york.

>> unless we get that phone call saying okay, we'll ak september your lower spending level, but we will not defund the affordable care act. i want them at the local va hopt helping veter rans in a shutdown. >> listen, if nothing changes between now and tomorrow, then, yes, there will be a government shutdown. thank you, sir. ralph nader and carlie spsz perarina are the geszs tonight. and the debate in congress over obama care has some members a little hot under the collar. straight ahead, a sampling of the name calling that's been taking place. >> they've been hijacked bill a small group of extreme folks who simply hate this president.

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the united nation's general assembly is wrapping up in new york. the world's gathering is especially memorable for two things, the brand new president of iran saying things no iranian leader has said in decades.

and this moment, the security council's rare greemt on syria. a unanimous vote to force syrian leaders to give up their chemical weapons. today, we have new details about what that u.n. mission might look like. nick, this is moving very quickly. a uchlt n. team heads to damascus in just a few days. where do they go first? certainly this won't be easy. >> they're en route as early as tomorrow. but one of the members i was speaking to said, look, we're going to have to go through revel-held areas to where those rebels are fighting. and the fear, really, is how can they establish security. they might even need to bring troops in from another country to help out at some point. there's another case of how can you dispose of these chemicals quickly enough? >> there was a syrian fighter jet that reportedly bombed a school.

how are can u.n. teams going to work safely in this type of environment. >> >> that's the issue. just going to one of the sighteds for the prooevious inspection. we're going to see a really complex series on the ground. or it may go very smoothly. some of these sights could raise the whole question of who was behind what bit of violence. and that could get really tricky. >> their ambassador to the uchlt n. speaks at the general assembly tomorrow. what will be his tone? defiance? cooperation? >> you'll get a mix of both, i think, probably. they agreed to get rid of their chemical weapons before. bd they're going to go along with what the u.n. has told them to do. you'll see a lot of them having a go at the israelis. they'll say the only reason they had these weapons was to defend themselves from israel's nuclear weapon program.

one of the things slipped in was a suggestion of a peace plan. that was endorsed by the security council. >> so what do you think -- what does he think of iran's headline-making new leader? >> israel says this is iran making time. they're going to try to relax. they're really closer to obama than they have been. this is about buying that extra year or whatever. nobody wants to bomb them when they're in the middle of trying to make a police deal. they're very cynical. they believe that iran has continued to try to break that peace. and he's going to come here and say, look, we're in the neighborhood. this is serious life and death for us. and well're not buying it.

that phone call is a huge deal in relations. but we haven't seen any con kreet steps so far actually laying out. >> right. so far, it's just a phone call. >> appreciate that. the fight is on over obama care and the government shutdown. just ahead, we'll take you inside the heated debate. >> he'll ne gaucoesauche ne gaut with foreign dictators, but not with us? >> what if democrats said we're going to shut down the government if we don't get immigration reform or gay rights or gun control? >> a news anchor's terrifying brush with death. if you're a long-time cnn viewer, his face may look very familiar. >> reporter: leon harris began

his television career 30 years ago as an intern and a ram ra man who rose to the number two spot before hissal entds in front of the camera were discovered a decade later. he was onset for many big news stories including the oklahoma city bombings. you are looking at the world trade center. >> in 2003, he moved to the d.c. area. all of the time, he was the picture of health department. but recently, harris had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> i woke up like i normally do. got out of bed. >> but, august 1st turned out to be anything but normal. >> had this incredible, sudden pain in my stomach. it felt like a horse had kicked me. and it literally knocked me to the floor. >> but, still, he thought it was indigestion. >> but then i sat there on the

floor with the worst pain in my life. you would think somebody with a college degree would think maybe i should get some help? but, no, it was the same thing i did that i always do. if she hnt come upstairs when she did, i wouldn't be here. >> my pancreas basically decided to start dying and taking my kidneys and my lungs and other internal organs along with it. >> it can often be natal. >> so i epded up dying twice that one week. fortunately for me, ifgs unconscious. i had no idea what was going on. >> in fact, harris spent the first nine days unconscious on a ventilator.

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i want you to pay dloes attention to that little clock. that's when the government is going to shut down. less than 31 hours from a possible government shutdown as we look at live pictures now of the capital. all is quiet. meeting rooms are empty and locked. the senate not meeting, so there will be no vote today on a house spending plan that would delay parts of obama care for a year. senate majority leader harry reid says the house plan will fail in the senate. house speaker john boehner says the failure is an act of breathtaking arrogance. president obama has vowed to veto any plan that undercuts obama care. and, as a matter of fact, we just received a statement from harry reid. here's what it reads.

but the senate's clean funding bill on the floor and let it pass or force a republican government shutdown. that statement from harry reed's office. you know, it's been 17 years since the last government shutdown. that one didn't end well for republicans. this one might not end well for anyone. christine romans looked back at the last time the feds closed up shop. >> welcome to washington. a city where politicians agree on one thing. disagreeing. >> i cannot remember a time when

one party promises economic chaos if it can't get a hundred percent of what it wants. >> without an agreement on spending, the federal government shuts down mid night on october 1st. >> it's hard for the making how anything positive comes out in this. >> so what's driving washington to the brink of a shutdown. again. >> obama care is shutting down america. >> some republicans pushing for a repeal of president obama's affordable care act. the president says he won't negotiate. the last federal government shutdown started in 19 9d 5, well before obama care and the tea party.

he has to try to make a phony argument about problems that aren't real. >> federal offices and national parks closed. >> that just really makes us mad. real mad. >> reporter: the government shut down again in december. that shutdown lasted 21 days. the final cost? $1.4 billion. senator john mccain warns the government who the voters hold responsible. >> we've seen the mu slee before. it's just somg of them weren't around, i was. >> history is likely to repeat itself. 51% of americans say congressional republicans will be most to blame for a shutdown. 33% would blame president obama. with the world's biggest business operating without a budget since 2009, there's not much optimism on iert side.

>> the debate was heated. you will matly, republican leaders remain defiant in their effort to bury obama care. here's some of the most compelling moments of the night from both sides of the aisle. >> you're bowing to the extremists, the tea parties, who really don't want to see this process move forwards. we know that the affordable care act is the law of the land. we know it's been affirmed by the supreme court of the united states. let's move on. >> it's not like the president says there will be no negotiations. he'll negotiate with foreign dictators before he'll ne gauche yat with us. >> what if democrats said we're going to shut down the goft if

we don't get immigration reform, gay rights or gun control. the truth? you can't handle the truth. mr. speaker, we have shown the other side. our premiums have gone up 200, 300%. we told them about the loss of jobs. they just don't hear it. but mr. speaker, the american people, they're not going to follow them off the cliff. >> you've been hijacked by a small group of extreme folks who simply hate this president. >> shake your head if you want to, you cannot separate obama care from the president. you're the ones that are offering the shutdown.

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there's no criminal history, we should add and the moment is still a mystery. the question is why? why would they do this? >> it sounds like a crime of passion when you have someone that can do that. i don't know. what's next? assuming that he's going to be in court soon, correct? >> yeah, i know, that's absolutely right. i asked. he's definitely in jail tonight. and from what i understand, it's all going to happen in the jails through video conference and, again, bond set at $1 million. it's been more than four years since michael jackson died and his life is still making headlines. his mom and kids are making a decision in a wrongful death lawsuit that could bring them million, millions, maybe a billion coming up. we're pulling back the curtain on private home videos that show a rare side of the king of pop. ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power.

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>> four years since the death of michael jackson, now his family members are fighting the wrongful death case. the jackson claims aeg hired and supervised dr. conrad murray who was convicted in jackson's death. here in our preview, michael jackson, the final days. >> it was a side of michael jackson the world had rarely seen until now. for months, a jury inside this courtroom has watched private home videos. >> seen personal photos and

listened to testimony from experts, friends and family. now, it's up to jurors to decide whether concert promoter aeg live is responsible for the death of michael jackson. michael jackson's mother, catherine, and his children filed an 18 page complaint against aeg live. before the trial began, i spoke to jackson family attorney kevin boyle about the family's lawsuit. >> why is mrs. jackson and the kids suing aeg? >> what i can tell you about the lawsuit is it's very simple. and it's that aeg defendants are negligent in their hiring, retaining or supervising of dr. conrad murray which led to the death of michael jackson. >> guilty. of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >> conrad murray, the doctor found guilty in the pop icon's

death, is appealing his voluntary manslaughter con vixz. >> he was convicted of giving michael jackson a deadly doze of propofol. a powerful, surgical an sthetic. >> if a jury decides that murray isn't solely responsible and that aeg live is also liable, it could cost the concert promotion company a lot of money. >> this is his final days. >> he believes this is about one thing and one thing only. did aeg nengtgligently hire dr. conrad murray. >> even had he been hired, he wasn't hired negligently. there were no indications in any measure that there was a problem. you have to hire knowing there was a problem. and aeg live had no indication at any point that there was a problem with dr. conrad murray.

>> watch our special report, michael jackson the final days tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. a man's death is ruled an accident. but his mother never believed it. next, how her love and determination led police to the truth agt years later. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters.

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now to the story about a moermg's mother's love and a cold case. a florida woman never believed her son died in 2008 and never gave up. now the sheriff's department credits her testimony eight years after the killing. >> reporter: jason brian gail is charged with second degree murder because judy wheeler wouldn't let it go. her son died in 2005. witnesses told orange county sheriff deputies that johnson fell off his bike and hit he has head. a tragic accident. according to witnesses he tried riding on one wheel a and lost his balance. but the story didn't add up for wheeler. >> they brushed it off as, well it was an accident. everybody said the same thing. and that's it. it's done. well it wasn't done. >> so judy weaver began telling folks in the neighborhood that her son was very much alive and

talking, spilling the beans, that it was no accident. when in fact, he was not talking at all. he was briefly in a coma before passing away nine days later. but weaver's yarn was so convincing she said within days, a key person came forward, jayly gaily. >> he wants to tell me he accidentally hit ronnie with his first. >> she takes the information to the sheriff's office. the sheriff's department said the detective was assigned to the case but couldn't get the witnesses to tell the truth. gaily is not pick had up and for seven years it remains a cold case. then just by chance last year, judy weaver is chatting at the restaurant where she works with a lieutenant. >> i was telling him how bad after job that the sheriff's department had done and that i wish i could have met this police officer that was there. >> turns out the lieutenant was a sergeant back in '05. and was on the scene. >> i told her i was going to do

what i could to right this. if we didn't anything wrong, we were going to fix it. >> detectives reinterviewed witnesses were four of whom change had their stories. saying they were scared to tell the trublg before. based on information, jason gaily is picked up and charged with murder and a mother's intuition made it happen. john zarrella, cnn, miami. >> we are taking you on a trip but one like you've never seen before. he were taking flight with this guy. a daredevil flying through a crack in a mountain. get ready, we're going to take off right after this break. but first, as season two of "parts unknown" rolls on, anthony bore dane in s in new mexico. he is hoping to find the perfect taco. >> what does freedom mean? it's different to everybody. something about this place manages to catch the overlap between a whole hell after lot of different cultures.

old route 66 runs through new mexico, right through santa fe, and albuquerque. it must have seemed like magic once. families loaded in a massive chrome and steel chariots with chrome engines, and took off down that plaque top highway. they slept in musical motor lodges and bungalows and swam in tv shaped pools. they music 66 was decommissioned, chopped up, largely forgoton. except by desperate travel showers. >> drive around like 10:15 at night looking for tacos? >> yeah, probably. >> now i want tacos. thank you, anthony. catch what else anthony eats besides tacos besides "anthony bourdain: parts unknown" tonight at 9:00 eastern.

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even for base jumpers, this next act tests the nerves. american daredevil slid through a sliver space where a maneuver to the left or right could have been fatal wp we caught up with him yesterday. here is his story in his own words. >> i didn't really what i was getting myself into until i got here and started jumping out of the helicopter. you don't know what you're facing until you try to fly it. i could see it was an incred ibe challenge. i didn't know how nature could create such a strange formation. on stunt day, the weather was

horrible weather the entire day. we weren't going to get to do it. stunt was cancelled. it was shut down. then all of a sudden, someone runs and said, they need you right now. i stepped out of the helicopter and started flying. the feeling was so overwhelming, i never felt such joy. and for me, it is not about feeling of, you know, adrenaline or any of that. the concept it try to push myself as far as i possibly can, and you know, i just see what i'm capable of. angles are are at such a way that when you went they're crack, all of a sudden you do a side slip. so you're inside and you're side slipping as you're falling in. otherwise you will impact the wall and my hands came within, you know, feet of contact at over, you know, i'm doing 120 miles an hour when you're jumping out of a helicopters and