plush. [cheers and applause] right now on "america this morning," breaking news, a new deal to avoid a government shutdown at midnight tonight. but this morning a far bigger drama playing out that could affect all americans. democrats now threatening to sink president biden's economic agenda. the battle over $3.5 trillion in spending on everything from education to child care. why one senator calls it insanity. the urgent warning to pregnant women. the new message from the cdc about their risk from covid. plus, the story of a 10-year-old who died after her parents said she took sick classmates to the nurse's office. britney's big win.

a closer look at the judge's decision. what's next in the pop star's battle to regain control of her life. new mystery surrounding brian laundrie, the missing fiance of murdered 22-year-old gbby petito. what we're learning about the phone laundrie bought this month. plus, the man found dead with a winning lottery ticket in his pocket. and the battle over this iconic billboard outside macy's to the rising cost of bringing home the bacon to one congressman's legislative home run, it's thursday, september 30th. good thursday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm elizabeth schulze. mona is off. we begin with breaking news from washington. a possible deal to avoid a government shutdown tomorrow. >> in addition to the looming shutdown, there's lots of other drama unfolding in washington that could affect every american family. members of congress gathered for a charity baseball game

last night with president biden's infrastructure bill hanging in the balance because of what's being described as a revolt. >> the $3.5 trillion spending plan, and one key senator calls the plan insanity. >> alex presha has the latest on both issues, the looming shutdown and battle over infrastructure. alex, good morning. >> reporter: yes, today could be decisive. president biden last night well aware making a last-minute effort to drum up support at a baseball game. ahead of what happens of most critical votes of the biden administration, baseball, ice cream and politics all converging in washington. intense negotiations during last night's congressional baseball game just hours before potential government shutdown and a crucial infrastructure bill vote. esseen visiting ncy pelosi in with democrats and republicans.

the game a warm-up for the big showdown later today. lawmakers expected to first vote on funding to avoid a government shutdown. they reached a deal overnight and will vote today. >> that will supply the result that we all expect, which is to keep the lights on. >> reporter: the house also scheduled to vote on president biden's $1 trillion infrastructure package. it already passed the senate and would create an estimated 500,000 jobs and rebuild the roads and bridges. >> i'm a hard no tomorrow. i'm an absolute to. >> reporter: house progressive threatening to vote no unless congress passes a separate $3.5 trillion package covering everything from early childhood education for funding for efforts to combat climate change. progressives are frustrated at two mod yacht authorities who won't support the larger package. one of them kyrsten sinema of arizona had three meetings at the white house in one day alone this week. the other, west virginia's joe manchin who in a

statement said, spending trillions on new program was as a definition of fiscal insanity and he cannot support an all or nothing approach that ignores the brutal fiscal realities our nations faces and the fight over the debt lim. ther suspend it or raise it by october 18th, treasury secretary janet yellen warns the government could face a financial crisis and possible recession. andrew. >> alex presha breaking down the latest in washington, d.c., thank you. and turning to the pandemic, an urgent new warning from the cdc for pregnant women. urges pregnant women or those e- planning to start a women to get vaccinated. the cdc says pregnant women are twice as likely to end up in the icu with covid and they're 70% more likely to die from the virus than other patients and only about 30% of pregnant women are vaccinated. two parents from virginia are using their daughter's death from covid as a warning to other families. 10-year-old teresa sperry died monday less than a week after reporting symptoms.

her parents are both vaccinated had and they say teresa was healthy but say she often walked her sick classmates to the sick nurse's office. >> she came home and was telling me her class job. her class job was she was class nurse and it was her job to take the sick kids from her class to the office. >> her mother says teresa's death should be a remainder to others to get vaccinated, wear a mask and keep your social distance. klete keller is the latest to plead guilty to a felony in connection with january's attack on the u.s. capitol. keller was spotted wearing his team usa jacket during the riot. he could face two years in prison. meanwhile, an air force veteran has now been sentenced to 45 days in jail for his role in the riot. congresswoman liz cheney reflected on the capitol riot as she slammed her fellow republicans for attacking joint chiefs chairman mark milley. he and other top military leaders grilled on capitol hill for a second day yesterday, this time at a

politically charged house hearing. cheney blasted lawmakers for questioning general milley's loyalty. >> many of them today are still attempting to obstruct the investigation into that attack, attempting to whitewash what happened. general milley, you found yourself in your constitutionally prescribed role standing in the breach. i want to apologize for those members who have done so and for standing in the breach when so many including many in this room failed to do so. >> milley was criticized for reassuring the chinese that the u.s. was not planning to attack them in the final days of the trump administration. we turn now to britney's big win. the pop star scoring a major victory in court as she tries to regain control of her life and finances. abc's kaylee hartung has reaction from los angeles. >> it's a really big deal. a really big deal. >> reporter: this is the moment britney spears and her fans had been waiting for. a los angeles judge suspending

britney's father jamie spears as head of her conservatorship and saying the toxic environment required it. >> this is the goal and britney is very happy and therefore, i'm very happy. >> reporter: since 2008 when she suffered a public meltdown her father, jamie, has been in charge of the $60 million estate. the judge did not dissolve the conservatorship entirely instead appointing a temporary conservator recommended by the singer and her attorney. and her supporters like kevin wu say that's a win. >> it just feels great to know that we were able to effect positive change, both for britney and for everyone else who is trapped in the system. >> reporter: wu joined the free britney army in 2019. they're a group of super fans who built a movement around freeing britney from the conservatorship. this court hearing coming just days after bombshell allegations made in the new documentary "the new york times" presents "controlling britney spears." >> her own phone and her own private conversations were used so often to control her.

>> reporter: in the film a former employee of the firm hired by britney's father, black box security, says they monitored her communications even putting an audio recording device in her bedroom. in june, britney testifying against the conservatorship publicly for the first time calling it abusive saying her father should be put in jail passionately telling a judge, i just want my life back. >> britney spears in her own words said not only that she wanted out of this conservatorship but how unfair it had been. obviously the judge has given credence to at least some of britney spears' allegations. >> reporter: i spoke to britney's attorney mathew rosengart just as he lefted courtroom who told me, i left it out on the field and the judge did the right thing. what the judge did he believes is what's in the best interest of britney spears.

kaylee hartung, abc news, los angeles. >> the next court hearing is in november when the judge could end the conservatorship altogether. spears herself has not commented on the news but overnight she posted this video of her flying on a plane with the caption, on cloud nine. and breaking overnight hawaii's kilauea volcano is erupting once again. it started yesterday sending lava to the crater's surface. officials say there's no threat to any nearby communities. the previous eruption lasted five months. about 89,000 miles away, lava from the volcano erupting in the spanish canary islands is spilling into the atlantic and residents are sheltering in place sealing windows and doors with tape and wet towels. the mixture of lava and saltwater can form acid rain and toxic gases. time now for at look at your thursday weather. heavy thunderstorms pounded parts of northeast texas. hail about the size of golf balls bounced along the roadside about 80 miles from ft. worth.

in west texas, slow-moving are expected to drop up to 6 inches of rain today. aalso new into the pacific northwest bringing more than an inch of rain to parts of washington and oregon. below normal high temperatures expected in the northeast today, nly in the 50s and 60s but 70s and 80s across much of the midwest, 87 in miami. coming up, the man who jumped out of a plane and onto the wing in miami. the latest on the search for brian laundrie, the fiance to run a growing business, is to be on a journey. and along the ride, you'll have many questions. challenges. and a few surprises. but wherever you are on your journey.

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airline passenger who police say opened an emergency door and jumped on to the wing of the plane, as it taxied to the gate at miami's airport. pla police say the man is a u.s. citizen that arrived from colombia. he was arrested without incident. now, to the gabby petito case, the 22-year-old that was found murdered in wisconsin. the fbi is looking for her fiance, brian dralun laundrie. surveillance video from where laundrie went camping has been turned over to the fbi. authority says brian went to the campsite with his parents, not far from their florida home, after he returned from a cross country trip without his fiancee, gabby petito. the fbi has obtained surveillance video from an at&t store, where brian purj purchased a phone three days after returning home. he left that at home on september 14th, when he went for

a hike, the last time he was seen. the fbi also in possession of that phone. >> i would not want to be brian right now because if he's out here, we're going to find him. >> reporter: and joining the manhunt, dog the bounty hunter. wednesday night, the tv personality was seen with canines searching an ireland not far from the laundrie's campsite. >> we found nothing that he was out there recently. this is how you hunt. >> reporter: brian has not been charged in petito's death, only named a person of interest. it comes as more protesters gather outside of the laundrie home, demanding answers from brian's parents regarding liz whereabouts. on friday night, some support for laundrie's family. a pastor was seen speaking to the family from the front door. he tells the news, he is praying for both families. >> it's been quite some time since someone was praying for

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northeast. and some flash flooding in parts of texas. and finally, the man, the garbge can, florida and the alligator. >> will ganss has the story. >> reporter: it's the showdown between a gator, a guy, and a garbage can. >> watch out. watch out. >> reporter: eugene's kids playing outside of his florida home on tuesday -- >> on skates. they are having a good time. they hear hissing. >> reporter: they knew the noise was coming from the bushes in a neighbor's yard. >> i couldn't see it. i got close up on it. and he moved. man, he's big. >> reporter: dad, who is a u.s. army veteran jumping into action immediately. >> i was going to put my shoes on. i had flip-flops on. >> reporter: that's right. eugene going toe-to-toe with an angry alligator in flip-flops. armed with the best thing he could find. >> i'll get the trash can. ill run up over there. >> reporter: backing the gator up and flipping the lid until --

>> got him. >> reporter: eugene, still in flip-flops walking the gator across the street and down the hill. >> i feel bad. he reminded me of a 15-year-old boy locked in a cage. damn, what's going on? >> reporter: finally, making it to the edge of the water. were you nervous or scared? >> when i got down to the hill. there might be three more in the damn bushes. >> reporter: his neighbors and many of the millions who have seen the now-viral video, calling eugene a hero. but he's just happy no one was hurt. gator included. >> how vicious they are, how cunning they are. how small. i love animals. we are all connected. we're on this planet. it was my duty to protect everybody. >> reporter: before you make any florida man jokes, eugene is a native of philadelphia and only lived in florida for a year. he says, next time, though, he

will probably call animal control to handle grumpy gators in the neighborhood. >> just another day in the sunshine state. right now on "america this morning," breaking news, a new deal to avoid a government shutdown at midnight tonight. but this morning a far bigger drama playing out that could affect all americans. democrats now threatening to sink president biden's economic agenda. the battle over $3.5 trillion in spending on everything from education to child care. why one senator calls it insanity. the urgent warning to pregnant women. the new message from the cdc about their risk from covid. plus, the story of a 10-year-old who died after her parents said she took sick classmates to the nurse's office. britney's big win.

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