i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman.s is cnn "news central." ♪ ♪ >>> breaking just moments ago, a judge made a ruling in e. jean carroll's second civil case against donald trump. the judge ruled essentially that it is already settled that trump defamed and sexually assaulted carroll. the trial in january will be used to only determine damages. also, very soon an historic first in one of donald trump's criminal cases. cameras are about to be rolling inside an atlanta area courtroom in georgia. we will see and hear the judge overseeing the election sub version case and we will get our first look at these proceedings. let's get right to cnn's nick valencia who is outside the court. give us a preview of what we will, for the first time, see with our own eyes. >> good morning, john. today will be a big task for district attorney fani willis. will she be able to charge these 19 co-defendants together or will this case be divided and adding to the drama of today, as you mentioned, john, these will be broadcast live unlike the f

john berman here in for anderson. we begin this labor day evening with a picnic, presidential politics, and polling. they all came together in new hampshire. several republican candidates stumping at the same picnic, and new polling that's no picnic for all but donald trump. it matters, the experts say, because now is when voters really start paying attention. and this is attention getting. trump now has the race nearly to himself. 59% report support from republicans. his nearest rival, ron desantis, now 46 points behind. as for a potential trump-biden matchup in the general election, it's 40-39 and a large number, 17%, undied. head to head without third parties forced to choose, the two were tied at 46. jeff zeleny is in new hampshire tonight. how many of the republican candidates were there tonight, and what are they saying? >> reporter: john, about half the republican field was in new hampshire today holding a variety of parades and picnics, as you said. so, about four or five candidates. we just finished an event

. >>> welcome back, john berman.arking labor day by honoring america's workers and their labor unions. president biden preparing to speak in philadelphia this morning where he's also expected to tout his economic policies. >> millions of americans headed home as the holiday weekend wraps up. we will tell you if you will make it on time. kate and sara are off today, i'm john berman with rahel solomon and this is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> this morning tens of thousands of people, cars and campers are literally stuck in the mud and trapped at the popular burning manifest val. this after a rare rain event swamped nevada's black rock desert. for days thank ankle deep mud has made driving impossible. only 0.8 inches of rain, but that's three months' worth of rain for those parts that fell in just a few hours. good news, conditions may be dry enough for roads to open soon, some really, really good news. sanitation trucks are moving through the city ensuring that porta-potties are functional and clean. this morning giant tru

"ac 360" with john berman starts "ac 360" with john berman starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> tonight on "360," rudy giuliani does the wave, as in, waiving arraignment. another key development as georgia's rico case against him, the former president, and 17 more really gets rolling. >>> also tonight, how many health scares are too many health scares when you are the most powerful republican in the senate? the growing clash over mitch mcconnell and whether it is time to step aside. >>> plus a new reward if you know where this escaped murderer is. and new word on where he might be headed. >>> good evening, john berman here in for anderson. we begin with the latest maneuvering in the georgia election subversion case all jockeying for many, and start drifting apart from one another on the court calendar. rudy giuliani and six others waived arraignment, pleading not guilty in court filing. also today, pro trump attorney kenneth chesebro who asked for a speedy trial filed to sever his case from sidney powell. we're waiting for a federal judge to rule on removing mark meadows's c

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since you said that, i'll let you speak first, you're unintimidated by john berman. >> appreciate it.d trump is very much as i said in the beginning playing for the november election and not the short-term lobbying of conservative voters who are expecting their nominee to be as conservative and hardcore on anti-abortion as he can be? >> that he can read the polls. i mean, look, first off, he is who we thought he was on this issue. i think it's important to state. while he certainly had changed the trajectory of abortion and abortion rights in this country with the three supreme court nominees that were confirmed and ended up playing a critical role in overturning roe v. wade, he's been tough to pin down on this issue and largely driven on the issue in 2016 by advisers who said this is something that you have to do. put out the supreme court list because you have to get over the pro-choice position that you held as a businessman. he doesn't need to be that person anymore or try and hedge that way. the reality is the paradox of this race, where any other candidate who said what trump sa

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i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan and this is "cnn news central." >>> some big questions lingering about the investigation in fulton county, georgia, over the 2020 election. they are about to be answered. next hour we expect to see the full and final unredacted report from the fulton county special grand jury. now, this was the grand jury that was brought together for the initial investigation that ultimately led to then the separate grand jury handing up indictments against form trump and 18 other co-defendants. back in february nine pages of this report were released to the public, you probably remember this, but a lot was missing, including who the jury thought should be charged with crimes. the judge overseeing that case held back portions the report over due process concerns. now obviously that charges have been filed those concerns are no longer, and this full report can definitely give a fuller picture of everything that jury saw in the seven months of investigating what happened in georgia. did they recommend more people should have been charged? we will soon see.

he is saying it's not his fault. >> john berman, it is not.discuss this when you get back into the studio at some point. it will take you all day. >>> all right. now we are coming back to the united states where there are some tensions. they're bum bubbling over at capitol hill over a bill that would fund the government for just one month. it has cleared at least one hurdle, however, there is no guarantee that the speaker of the house is going to be able to push that bill through the house, facing a deadline to avoid that government shutdown. one republican called competing proposals from his colleagues stupidity and a clown show. a funding measure must pass by the end of this month, but mccarthy can only afford to lose four votes without relying on democrats. >> it's hard to pass everything in this place. we start out with a five-seat majority. i have one member who's now resigned. i have a couple of members who are out as well. anything we do is pretty tough. >> all right. cnn's lauren fox is joining us now. lauren, i see that you are in the

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sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn "news central." >>> happening now for the first time ever, at least the first time anyone can remember, a sitting president is about to join a picket line. president biden is on the way to michigan the join the auto workers on strike. he boarded air force one, and cnn learned that the union is going to gift the president, as you can see him on force and the uaw polo will be worn by him. former president donald trump will be speaking tomorrow night, instead of attending the republican debate. arlette saenz is traveling with president, and vanessa yurkevich is on the picket line. and first to you, vanessa. >> sfrermt and as the pro union president try to oomt full display. the white house has not said where the president will be, but he will be walking a picket line and the first time that a president is believed to have done so. it is okay that they have thel but the there is going to be a remarkable split screen taking place over the next 24 hours. not just biden here toda

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is the cnn "news central." >> the president is leaving washington to go to michigan to join auto workers on strike. there no record as of now of a sitting president doing it before his biggest 2024 rivaling to ground so, biden is going back-to-back. up for grabs is the uwa endorsement. arlette signs and kristen holmes is above you, and give us a sense of the message that you hear from the president and he spoij to some of the union members? >> well, sara, the president is hoping to strike a show of solidarity with the striking workers. he is the first president to walk with that were pivotal of helping him to get into the white house. we are waiting to see where he is going to be in wayne county, and we are believing it is this area. he is going to appear with the shawn fain, and the endorsement of the union is yet to come, and that is part of the president's hopes as he is seeking to rally the labor union, but there is going to to be a remarkable split screen playing out over th

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i'm john berman with sara sidner. kate bolduan is off today. this is cnn "news central." >>> all right, in the next hour, all eyes are going to be on new jersey where the democratic senator bob menendez is going to deliver his first public remarks since he and his wife were indicted on federal bribery charges. we are standing by to bring you the remarks live when it begins. >> the list of democratic lawmakers and politicians calling on him to resign is getting longer. so when he gets before the cameras, what will he say? we are all over it, and we will begin with sara murray with the latest. sara? >> yeah, john. we are waiting to see the new jersey senator later on this morning and the first time in front of cameras reacting to the charges that he is facing as well as potentially addressing political future, and this is of course coming after senator menendez was indicted with corruption-related charges and his wife and a handful of new jersey businessmen. according to the indictment, they accepted bribes including cash, gold bars and even a lu

i'm john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >>> developing for you this morning, released by north korea, travis king, the u.s. army private who crossed into north korea two manages ago is now back in american custody. he had been held by north korea since july, but this morning they abruptly announced they were expelling him. orrin lieberman is at the pentagon for us this morning. can you give us a sense of how this all happened? >> that's still one of the unanswered questions at this point because essentially the last update we had in terms of conversations we had with the u.s. and north korea is there wasn't substantive dialogue with the u.s. acting as an intermediary and there were acknowledgements by north ckore that there were u.s. interests in releasing travis king and not much more than that. north korean state media kcna saying travis king had been expelled after a north korean investigation into him had been concluded, although what the conclusion of that investigation is, that wasn't stated

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman, this is cnn "news central." >>> this morning we knowho mike pence is sleeping with, because he told us. but what else have we learned from the republican debate? seven candidates not named donald trump were on stage in what may have been the last best chance to derail his runaway cond candidacy. according to the poll, donald trump is leading the candidates on stage combined by 21 points. all of them combined. he's beating the field by 21. this morning we get our first sense of who the pundits and the fund-raisers and the voters think might have changed that dynamic, if any of them did at all. we're at the debate site in california. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. we're hearing a lot of spin from the various pundits, campaigns. we're not hearing of any change from any of the candidates. all of them basically saying what they did before. but what we did notice during the debate is that there were a few more pointed attacks at that front runner. the front runner who has this tremendous gulf between the seven inside the debat

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn "news central." >>> any moment now, the house republicans are getting ready to launch into an effort that some republicans are calling essential, and some republicans are calling it relying on the imagined history, and the first step of the impeachment inquiry. >> so for months they have been relying and the hunter biden business dealings, and finding ties that president biden benefitted from the deals, but they have not released any evidence of that so far. >> this is coming as congress has just two days to negotiate a deal and avert a government shutdown. we are joined by cnn's sara murray and jeremy diamond. and sara, i will start with you, and what are we expected to start with the hearing? >> we will not expect new facts, and we will see, and i could be surprised, but they are going to set out the basis of the impeachment framework and they gave out a framework last night of what the parameters of the impeachment parameters are, and it is four questions. the first thr

i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn "news central." >> oomph, problematic poll numbers for president biden, the approval numbers are sinking to 39%, and democrats are on notice as a 2024 race for the white house is heating up. among the voters' concerns, age. they are worried about the physical and mental competence along with how well he understands the concerns ofuture generations of americans. another big issue, the economy. 58% say that biden's policies have made economic conditions worse. all right. with me now, cnn political director david chalian and welcome back once again. for you, what stands out? there is a lot here. >> there is a lot here, and none of it good for the white house. this is a sort of the alarm bells are going off to sort of spell out to them the task ahead in the next few months. and the approval rating is hovering in that range here since the range, but that is how it is stacking up to the modern day predecessors at this stage in the presidency. so biden is sort of hanging in this

i'm john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner here at cnn "news central." >> all right. happening right now, ukrainian president zelenskyy is in washington, and he is making the rounds. he is going to be leaving capitol hill for the pentagon where he is going to be lay a wreath at 9/11 memorial. you see him walking in where the democratic leaders of the house and senate. and then he satdown with the house members, and specifically no meeting with the house republicans which is critical, because zelenskyy is urging more aid in funding in congress as some hardline republicans are pushing back, and essentially sag there is no money here for you are right now, and this is as russia is launching a new wave of attacks on ukraine, and five major ukrainian cities were targeted overnight. the new images of the utter devastation is coming in which is a grim reminder of zelenskyy's urgent and desperate pleas for assistance for his people. ahead of the meeting later today with president biden. oren liebermann is there at the pentagon, and zelenskyy is headed there this hour, and wha

i'm john berman with sara sidner and indicate bolduan. "cnn central" starts now. ♪ ♪ >>> breaking homtmoments ago th annou announcement hunter biden is suing rudy giuliani for allegations of hacking and tampering with data biden's team says was taken or stolen. the move is the latest of hunter biden going on offense as he faces new criminal charges. . >> reporter: this is the latest lawsuit that hunter biden has filed in recent weeks. he has been suing essentially over invasion of his privacy. in this case he is suing rudy giuliani, rudy giuliani's companies and a man who worked with him this summer named robert costello. he is suing those two entities and men for invading his data. essentially what hunter biden lays out is he says rudy giuliani and robert costello got access to a hard drive data taken from a laptop that hunter biden won't admit is his laptop but some of the date you he says is or was his. he says rudy giuliani and robert costello proceeded to get into that laptop in a way that he alleges is against the law, at least for

i'm kate bolduan along with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn "news central." >>> happening as we speak, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is on capitol hill meeting with the lawmakers behind closed doors and pleading for more aid as russia unleases on his country in ukraine. five cities were targeted in a deadly wave of russian attacks including the capital kyiv where the officials say that over 1,000 hours of air raid sirens have now been logged since russia's initial invasion in february. just south of kyiv, this is a ter fig scene as the rescuers were pulling out the victims from the fiery scene. this as zelenskyy is hoping to leave washington with the promising effort to ease this war. we saw system of zelenskyy going down the walls there. lauren, who is zelenskyy meeting with as we speak? we are looking at him and jeffries walking through the halls of congress. >> yes, that meeting with the house members are breaking up. i spoke with house leader kevin mccarthy how the meeting with zelenskyy went, and he said well, bu

. >> somewhere john berman is shedding a tear. >>> speaks of g.o.a.t.s, novak djokovic gets another crownings loss in the u.s. open outworking outlasting world number three daniil medvedev there three straight wins over margaret court. djokovic giving a huge hug to his daughter tara who just turned 6 last week. he told our carolyn manno, that his biggest inspiration came from his littlest fan. >> when i was struggling the most, actually, physically, being under huge tension and stress, particularly in the second set, every time i would look at my daughter she was sitting courtside, facing me, facing the bench where i was seated, she would give me a smile and fist pump. that would swell my heart and give me the energy and strength and playfulness that i needed in that moment. >> absolute legend, omar, he plays so strong, how many more is he going to win? >> all he says needs a smile and fist bump, that's all i need too. appreciate you. look, that's it for us this morning. i'm omar jimenez. "cnn this morning" is next with new details on the man hunt for a murderer who escaped a pennsylvania pr

i'm kate bolduan with john berman, and this is cnn "news central." >>> this morning, the manhunt expanding for a escaped killer. the area is expanding. the police were previously searching a two-mile area where da knee low kcavakavl -- danilo cavalcante has been on the run. what have we been learning? >> this is where the new manhunt area has been. now, new information is that the manhunt area is expanding. the police believed emphatically that he was in a two-mile radius two miles south of the prison, but this morning we have learned that it is expanding further south. we are now five miles south of the prison. what is particularly important is that they are searching this area near longwood gardens and it is a popular tourist destination, and the reason they are searching this area is because last night at 9:00 and 8:30, they captured dane will, o cavalcante on the trail cameras on the trail cameras. he is not wearing a shirt on one camera, and still carrying a duffle bag and still wearing the prison-issued pant, and in one, he has a hood ed shirt of some kind, and he has been in a car o

i'm john berman with kate bol bolduan. this is "cnn news central." >>> some big moves in that already huge search for the escaped killer in pennsylvania. that's where we begin this morning. we just learned moments ago from state police that the escaped killer is on the move, and the search area is now expanding. they released new security cam images of how he was spotted overnight. the photos are coming from an area of a vast botanical gardens, pushing the search area to move and forcing authorities also to close area schools as a result. let's get over to cnn's danny freeman there with the latest. we just we're hearing from the press conference. tell us what it means. >> reporter: this press conference just wrapped up with pennsylvania state police and chester county officials. what we have learned is, as you said, this manhunt has expanded. initially over the weekend, we were told by law enforcement officials that it the bulk of the search operations were centered two miles south of the chester county prison where that i

i'm sara sidner with john berman, kate bolduan is off. this is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> they have a deal, but it's tentative, after 146 days on strike the writers guild of america has agreed to terms with major studios but the deal is not quite put to bed yet. if they can finalize it popular tv shows and films could soon be returning. for months now most of hollywood has been shut down as the writers union and another union representing actors have been striking. but more than 11,000 writers may get the green light to return to work as soon as tomorrow. that is if the tentative deal is ratified by union members. still the actors union, sag-aftra remains on the picket line and it represents more than 160,000 actors and economists say the combination of the two strikes has left a $5 billion impact on the nation's economy. cnn's camila bernal is in los angeles for us. can you give us some sense of the deal that has been made tentatively between the writers and the studios? >> reporter: well, they have not released any details, sara, so ever

along with kate bolduan and john berman, i'm sara sidner, and this is cnn "news central." >>> this morning, an approval rating stuck in the mud, and growing concerns about age and stamina, and his own party is looking for someone else, and some of the new take a ways from the current snapshot for the white house. president biden's approval rating is 39%, and nearly 70% of democrats say they want someone else running for president in 2024. and the poll shows that voters have widespread concern about his handling of to economy. and now, harry eden is there at the familiar spot. so we have the approval ratingsh and talk to me about how he matches up? >> well, the numbers are on the screen right now, and within the margin of error, and no clear leader, and donald trump is 47%, and joe biden is 46%, and basically in a statistical tie, but not a single poll conducted by cnn the entire 2020 poll that donald trump got a higher poll than joe biden and this is vastly different picture. >> and so that is a new context, and so tell me what this is what the voters feeling here about these two options?

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn "news central." >>> all right. tot pennsylvania and dramatic developments in the search for the escaped convicted killer who is a step ahead of those chasing him, and all of the authorities. danelo cavalcante was seen thursday, and by friday he had stolen a van from a deairy and then had tried to make contact with two former acquaintances. he was spotted on a ring camera. on sunday morning, the police found the van he had abandoned that had run out of gas more than 20 miles from where the authorities had been focusing the search efforts and he had changed the appearance. he shaved beard and cut the hair and wearing different clothing. danny freeman is joining us from chester county, pennsylvania. a lot the unpack here, and looking very different from the person who initially escaped from jail. >> certainly looking like a very different person, and frankly, this is an incredibly busy weekend when it is coming to this particular manhunt and investigation, and frankly, it is one where there were a number of setbacks w

with kate bolduan and sara sidner, i'm john berman and this is cnn "news central." >>> five prisoners in iran wrongfully detained are expected to arrive in qatar by jet. and talking ging about siamak , emad sharghi, morad tahbaz and two other unidentified americans will be headed to america. and now $6 billion will be available to iran for humanitarian reason, and five iranian held prisoners will be released as well. becky anderson is in doha, and what is the very latest that you are hearing from here, and what are these next steps? >> well, within the hour, the flights, the qatar airline flight carrying five american citizens, and siamak's wife will be on the plane and land in an airport in doha and processed here and greeted by the americans who have been part of this in direct negotiation and then headed home free at last, and what a feeling that must be after what has been years' long incarceration, wrongfully detained in iran for so long. sigh siamak namazi has been wrongfully in prison on charges that he colluded with a hostile government and charges america and americans are sa

i'm john berman in for anderson, the scene today on capitol hill was one for the history books. president zelenskyy of ukraine was in washington working around the clock and around the world to save his country from the russian invasion. staking hands and shaking the bipartisan trees for crucial aid. so with freedom on the line in ukraine, house speaker kevin mccarthy decided to send congress home. but only after a spectacular miscalculation in failure. it is arcane procedural stuff at the bottom line is mccarthy thought he had the votes to pass defense spending bill. the proverbial optimism in the morning. it turns out he was wrong. way wrong. he did not even have the votes to get it on the floor. that doesn't happen in d. c.. and now what's happening in mccarthy twice in just days. the speaker was visibly frustrated. >> it's frustrating in the sense that i don't understand why anyone is bringing the idea. you have all of the -- this is a whole new concept they want to bring the whole place down. >> burn the whole place down. keeping them honest there were signs of smoke for mc

i'm kate bolduan and john berman. "news central." >>> we have breaking news, and a federal indictment, and new jersey senator bob menendez and his wife have been indicted on corruption charges. he is on the foreign relations committee and he and his wife are accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of bribes in exchange for the senator's bribes, and this is the second time he has faced channels like this. and we are getting new details and new pictures from this indictment including gold bars. cnn's kara scannell is outside of the courthouse in new york, and what are you learning? >> yes, john. as you say the senator and his wife and three new jersey businessmen are indicted on corruption-related charges. what the authorities are alleging is that menendez and his wife had accepted hundreds of thousands of bribes and used that to affect influence. these are some of the details that we are learning from indictment. authorities had executed a search warrant on the senator's home in new jersey in june of 2022 and on saf

i'm rahel solomon with john berman. this is cnn "news central." right now, the road in and out of the annual burning man festival is not ready for mass exodus of people, because it is still a muddy mess. literally tens of thousands of people, cars, campers are stuck and really needing to get out soon. they have been trapped for days after 0.8 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours. now, it might not seem like lot, but for that area, that is typically what falls in about two to three months. each year, more than 70,000 people who call themselves burners, they descend upon the nevada desert, and this is a festival that thego goers won't soon forget. camila bernal has the latest. >> reporter: we are waiting to hear from the officials here whether the shelter in place is going be lifted, but we are starting to see some people exiting the festival. they call the exit the exodus. so what you are seeing here is some of the rvs and the cars that are making their way out of the festival, and if that shelter in place is lifted. we could see thousands of p

with these stories and more, i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan is off. this is cnn "news central." >>> and shortly, we will see new jersey senator bob menendez appear before the cameras, and his remarks in union city, new jersey, are the first since he was federally indicted on bribery charges late last week, and it should be noted that as a defendant, menendez has the right to remain silent, but minutes from now, he won't. he is going to speak, and we will bring you what he says live. kara scannell is live at the location where this press conference is going to take place. and carkar kara, we can see the microphones set up behind you, and what is the expectation? >> well, john, we expect the senator to give the first remarks since he was indicted on the bribery charges friday. they will begin in a half hour from now, and the senator has been defiant since he was indicted, and other democrats including senator phil murray said he should resign, but he said this he is not going anywher anywhere, and we expect he going to give those remarks similarly today

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan.his is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> let's start with the new information coming out of north korea. state media there is now reporting the country has decided to expel the u.s. soldier who has been in north korean custody since july. now, the circumstances around what happened to army private travis king have really always been somewhat strange since this happened. king seemed to willingly cross into north korea during a civilian tour of the demilitarized zone and the questions have mounted since then. cnn's alex marquardt is at the state department with the latest. alex, do we know where private king is right now? >> reporter: we don't, kate. these are -- we're expecting to get details soon from the biden administration. at this point all we have is the information that has been provided by north korea and north korean state media and what they've said is that they are expelling private travis king from north korea. now, what that means exactly, how soon, where, these are all questions t

i'm kate bolduan alongside john berman and sara sidner.oday the nation marks the somber anniversary of the day america will never forget. the nation is commemorating 22 years since the attacks of september 11th. across the country americans are pausing to remember and reflect. it remains the deadliest terror attack on u.s. soil, it's also an important moment to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on that day. >> right now what you are seeing is the names of the fallen being read out loud at the world trade center here in new york. we are just minutes away from a moment of silence at 9:03 a.m. eastern, 17 minutes after the first plane struck, a second hijacked plane, flight 175, it hit the south tower. >> we will also be taking you live this morning to commemoration ceremonies at the pentagon and shanksville, president. as for president biden he's observing the anniversary? alaska in anchorage as he travels back from washington, d.c. from his trip in asia. let's go to brynn gingras live standing by at the 9/11 memorial plaza. brynn? >> report

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. "cnn news central" starts right now. ♪ >>> in just a few minutes a moment on capitol hill that has been months in the making, attorney general merrick garland will testify before some of his toughest critics in congress, his first testimony since the indictments against former president trump, his first testimony since the indictment against hunter biden, not to mention the plea deal implosion. republicans on the house judiciary committee have signaled this could be tense and confrontational. some have even called for garland's impeachment. cnn obtained excerpts of garland's prepared testimony and the attorney general's message is clear, quote, i am not the president's lawyer and i am not congress' prosecutor. we are going to bring you this hearing live. cnn's melanie zanona and evan perez is standing by. melanie, what are the plans from the judiciary committee today? >> reporter: this is going to be a very crucial moment for the doj and merrick garland. this is the first time that ga

kate and sara are off, and i'm john berman with rahel solomon. this is cnn "news central." >>> so this is the last day off before congress, at least some of them, return back to work, and the senate goes work. looming is a possible government shutdown. they need to pass funding for the agencies by september 30th when the fiscal year ends, and yet again, speaker kevin mccarthy is facing pressure from freedom caucus who is demanding policy changes in exchange for short term funding. melanie zanona is joining with us the latest. >> yes, and this is because congress is not completing work on the spending bills and a short term patch is needed, and yet they have yet to decide whether to attach the white house request for disaster aid and ukraine funding and a request of $40 billion and the problem is that conservatives said they want to de-link the two, and support the disaster aid, but not with the ukraine money attached and this is one of the several demands that the conservatives are laying out in the spending fight. they want to start a biden impe

developing stories right here on cnn "news central" with sara sidner alongside kate bolduan and john berman. >> the breaking news this morning is the convicted killer on the run in pennsylvania is armed. he stole a .22 caliber gun with a scope and flashlight from a garage and the homeowner was in the garage and actually fired on cavalcante as he ran away. >> at 10:10 p.m., a call was received from a resident on coventry road indicating a short hispanic male wears no shirt and dark pants entered the garage while the homeowner was in it, and he grabbed a .22 rifle in the garage. the homeowner drew a pistol, and he fired at cavalcante while he grabbed a rifle, but we have no reason the believe he is injured in the shooting. >> so now, heavily armed vehicles and officers are going to the scene. the officers are warning residents to stay inside and lock the doors. we go to danny freeman who is on the ground in that part of pennsylvania where this search is really entering the new level, danny. >> that is absolutely right, john. to put a finer note on what you are describing, we are seeing this i

i'm kate bolduan alongside john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >>> an incumbent democratic president losing support among democrats. voters including democrats with concerns about his age, his handling of the economy, and his son's alleged criminal activity. that is what president biden faces this morning as he prepares to leave for a major trip abroad. his approval rating is near an all-time low at 39%. nearly 70% of democrats say they want someone else running for president. 58% say biden's policies are making economic conditions worse. and that is just a small snapshot. with me now, cnn political director david chalian. these are tough numbers. >> it's a snapshot of this moment, 14 months out. it shows the work ahead that president biden and his team have if he's to be successful in re-election. you mentioned the approval rating at 39%. i want to put that in context of where that stacks up against his modern era predecessors. i want you to see here. biden is hanging down here with trump and carter. guess what? trump a

good evening, john berman here in for anderson.n impeachment inquiry. i was also day one of many in their confrontation with attorney general merrick garland over the justice department handling of the hunter biden investigation. he department prosecution of january six defendants

i'm kate bolduan with john berman. this is cnn "news central." a historic strike this morning with the union workers coordinating a walkout against the big three u.s. automakers and walking out at the same time for the first time ever, the united auto workers union is using a new strategy in this and it is called targeted streaks, with workers at all three numbers will grow, and likely will go if the demands did goward. with the owners of ford, gm and jeep and dodge are on strike. so president biden is going to weigh in on the strike today, and vanessa yurkevich is live at the head quarters in detroit, and earlier, you spoke to the ceo of gm, and now that, you know, the threats are reality, and the contract negotiations are falling apart, and the strike is under way, what is she saying? >> yeah. the big three autoworkers are watching these strikes very, very closely. they are very disappointed shawn fain is speaking out, and i spoke to mary berra the ceo of ford asking about the demand of the 40% increase over four years, and they are tying it to

good evening, john berman here in for anderson, we begin this labor day evening with a picnic presidentialpolling. they all came together today and new hampshire. some republican candidates all something at the same picnic, and new polling that's no picnic for all but donald trump. it matters, the experts say, because that's when voters really start paying attention. this is attention getting. trump now has the race nearly two himself. 59 support, 59% suppt from republicans. his nearest rival, ron desantis, now 46 points behind. as for a potential trump, biden, matchup in the general election, it is 40 39 with 3% for two third party candidates, and a large number 17% undecided. head to head without third parties and voters forced to choose, the two are tied at 46. cnn's -- is in new hampshire for us tonight. jeff, how many of the republican candidates were there tonight and what are they saying? >> about half the republican field was in new hampshire today, holding a variety of parades, and picnics as you said. . four or five candidates and we just finished in events here in new hampshire

i'm john berman with kate bolduan, and cnn news central starts now. >>> all right. this is is the breaking news. any minute, we will hear from the federal prosecutors who just moments ago issued an indictment for new jersey democratic senator bob menendez on bribery charges. you can see the live picture, there and the news conference begins in any minute. >> we will learn a lot more, but what we know so far is that there a lot already, and menendez and his wife have been accused of accepting bribes from three business men, and the indictment details bribes coming in the forms of cash, mortgage payments, and the luxury vehicle, and as john as pointed out, gold bars, and images of this throughout the indictment. and here is another thing to remember, this is the second time in the past decade that bob menendez has faced corruption-related charges. evan perez, and lauren fox and elliot williams are standing by to follow along with us once we hear from the press conference, but evan, what are you learning about this? what are you seeing in the indictment? >> well, this

john berman here for anderson.nesday and the atlanta fulton county courthouse. the former president today waved arraignment pleading not guilty to 13 counts including a rico charge connected to his effort to overturn his defeat in that state. his attorneys filed a also motion to sever the case, -- sever

good evening, john berman here in for anderson.today was essentially day one of house republicans biden impeachment inquiry. i was also day one of many in their confrontation with attorney general merrick garland over the justice department handling of the hunter biden investigation. he department prosecution of january six defendants, including former president trump. and the weaponization of the doj. republican lawmakers calling what they are doing oversight. and oversight is important nobody who's in charge. those changes like this that raise questions about their definition of the term. >> do you support more crime? >> do i support more? crime >> no i don't. >> attorney garland today before the house judiciary committee, it was not the only confrontation or the sharpest more now from cnn's sara murray. >> 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, everybody knows the fixes. in >> i

i'm kate bolduan with john berman.his is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> let's start with the big news out of ukraine that still is really unfolding as we speak. a missile strike on the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet. we now have new video coming in that shows the scenes afterward. you can see plumes of smoke coming out of a building there. at least one russian soldier is reported missing. that's right now. this is sebastopol, this is one of the largest cities in russian-controlled crimea and state media say debris scattered hundreds of feet from the point of impact. ukraine has been ramping up its attacks on russian military bases and other sites in and around crimea as part of their counteroffensive and this looks to be a big move today. ka k >> reporter: we're learning that clearly this was quite a big target for the ukrainians, potentially the biggest one so far in this area. this is the headquarters for the black sea naval fleet. in terms of what hit it, we're reporting currently it's a missile. again, we are

i'm sara sidner with john berman. kate bolduan is on assignment. this is cnn "news central." >>> all right. breaking news out of fulton county, georgia. and by the way, you are looking at live pictures from inside of the courtroom before judge george mcafee and the subversion court case. and now, two of the defendants are about to appear before the judge. you are seeing the live pictures there before our eyes, but donald trump and the rest of the co-defendants will be tried separately and later. we will get to zach cohen, and the details of what we are learning so far, zach. >> yeah, john, the top line is that donald trump will not be starting his trial in georgia in five weeks alongside at least two of the co-defendants sidney powell and ken chesebro and trump and two others who said they don't want a speedy trial, and the judge said they can prolong it out longer than the other two who did request a speedy trial. this is the first break of this sprawling conspiracy case in georgia. the district attorney fani willis has held the position that she

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn "news central." >>> happening now.n extraordinary split screen. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in d.c. visiting the capitol, the white house for a series of critical closed door meetings asking for more in help to push back against russia's invasion. at this moment russia is launching missile attacks across the entire breadth of ukraine. this morning five cities across the entire nation targeted as officials describe a, quote, terrible night of shelling. ukraine said it shot down 36 out of 43 missiles fired but several deaths and injuries are being reported. this is what zelenskyy has left at home as he faces u.s. lawmakers today, including republicans in the house, some of whom are threatening a shutdown over the u.s. government if congress tries to give him any more financial help. we are seeing live pictures of zelenskyy -- see if i can see on the screen somewhere. zelenskyy arriving at the u.s. capitol, with the democratic leader hakeem jeffries there. which is notable because the republican house speak

i'm sara sidner with the masterful kate bolduan and john berman.his is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> later today a historic first in the various criminal cases against donald trump. cameras will be on in the courtroom. so we can all see the proceedings inside and that means voters can see. this will be in georgia where a judge will hear arguments about whether a trial should start as soon as next month, october 23rd, and whether trump's case should be severed from some or all of his 18 co-defendants. that's what trump wants, along with a much later trial as speculation swirls over whether any of his co-defendants might turn on him. with us now cnn's paula reid who has been following all this. paula, what are we going to see in just a few hours? >> reporter: well, it's significant. we're going to be able to see this entire hearing, and while it's about scheduling and logistics, not necessarily the most exciting topics, here in this case they take on a true significance because we know that the central tension in all of the trump-related criminal cases i

i'm kate bolduan alongside john berman and sara sidner. commemorating 22 years since the attacks of september 11th. across the country americans are pausing to remember and reflect. it remains the deadliest terror attack on u.s. soil, it's also an important moment to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on that day. >> right now what you are seeing is the names of the fallen being