For several weeks while Congress Worked on long term spending plans. The republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are at a deadlock, with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging spending cuts. One of that groups main objections has been the white houses request for an additional 24 billion in aid to ukraine. Tonight, mr mccarthy urged the senate to drop that measure from its resolution. I think if we had a clean one without ukraine on it, we could probably be able to move that through. I think if the senate puts ukraine on there and focuses ukraine over america, i think that could cause real problems. Megan scully is Bloomberg Congress editor and shejoined me earlier. What is your initial reaction to this news there from Speaker Mccarthy that if ukraine was removed, a deal might be on the table . ,. ,. ,. , table . This is one of many ideas that table . This is one of many ideas that are table . This is one of many ideas that are percolating | table . This is one of many i ideas that are percolating this evening, the closer we get to the deadline, the more ideas seem to be given birth to by both sides of the aisle. This latest, somewhat offer, not quite an offer or proposal yet, this is something the speaker floated to republicans during a meeting of republicans which spanned for some two hours. There are hardline republicans who will not vote for any continuing resolution at all, and there are democrats who could not be on board with a bill that would not fund ukraine. This comes to be a big problem in the senate were a support for ukraine funding is quite high. Even if they get through this house, it is not the final Diaby Looking at. It the final Diaby Looking at. It is not the final bill be are looking at. Before we go much further, lets look now at what a shutdown would really mean. Firstly, hundreds of thousands of workers would be furloughed and without pay. Various federal services and programs would also be impacted. This includes the federal workforce of 2. 2 million who would either be working with pay, working but without pay or not working and not being paid. The 1. 3 million active duty servicemembers would continue to work but would not get a paycheck. Access to food would also be at risk for over 41 Million People through the snap Food Assistance program. And more than 420 National Parks across the country will be off limits to the public starting monday. Congressmanjuan ciscomani is a republican from arizona and he joined me earlier. Thanks forjoining us. We heard a few moments ago those remarks from Speaker Mccarthy who said if funding for ukraine was pulled from the continuing resolution from a temporary deal that perhaps that would make a difference. Do you think it would . At this point, we are in a time crunch. Everything makes a difference at this point. This has been a successful week. Thanks for having me on. Glad to spend some time with you and explain what is happening. I am in the Appropriations Committee, i have been heavily involved with this process from the beginning and also a freshman, i am in my ninth month in office and it is quite the experience. This week we have seen more progress than we saw in the last month for sure. We were able to get 3 more Appropriation Bills passed out of the house, we are now up to four bills. Within these four bills, it represents over 70 of spending the Appropriations Committee is responsible for. 0k, sorry, tojump in there. You might have made progress but nevertheless we find ourselves in a position where there still is no deal and about a day away from a government shutdown. That is right. As i was saying, we made the progress we were meant to do this week. The continuing resolution, the temporary Funding Solution we put at the table earlier today unfortunately did not pass. I voted for it. I dont love everything in it but we need to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown. That is my priority. I will continue. Can that happen in the next day . To be able to get something done. We did adjourn in terms of voting but meetings are happening and we have met, 32 republicans and democrats that we need to find Common Ground solutions. We are still working on this, were not giving up on it. Are you hopeful then . I am optimistic. There is no telling what will happen here in terms of every step in the next 2a hours. What i can tell you is there are others like me with the same focus of saying we have to do everything we can to avoid a shutdown. Nobody wins in a shutdown and it is my message from the beginning and i will work with whoever we need to work with in order to avoid that. You talk about doing everything you can to avoid a shutdown, some members of your party has said that should have meant being in town last weekend, being in town maybe in august as well to start the negotiations earlier. That falls back on the plate of speaker kevin mccarthy. What sort ofjob do you think he has done . He has done all that he can with what we have on the table. He has gotten us to this point, we passed good legislation throughout the entire year. We had a setback today, no question about it. I dont think anyone preferred the road we are on right now with the timeline we have but i have to tell you, i agree, we have to stay, we have a calendar of what we have coming up, to be back meeting with constituents. As important as that is, we need to stay here and get thejob done. Were going to work over the weekend and over the next two weeks to get it done. This is the number i focus we have in congress. Speaking back to going back to your district, you are a congressman from arizona. The issue of what we call agencies is a big one for you. Those folks are going to have to come to work without any pay if the governments shutdown. What do you say to them . That is a tragedy. Exactly why inviting every single day to avoid that happening. These men and women are facing the worst crisis we have seen in our southern border ever with the highest numbers, they already feel unprotected and under represented by this administration with the biden team and now theyre being told theyre not going to get paid and have to go home and tell spouses they wont have a paycheck and cannot pay their mortgage. That is not the position we want to put our agents in. That is one of the number one reasons i am fighting so hard against this shutdown. Worst time for a shutdown, never a good time but with this border crisis, in my Home District is suffering, it is even worse of a time. Are you frustrated with your party colleagues, the member of the Freedom Caucus and a couple others who just seem to be putting up barriers to getting a deal done . I am frustrated with washington overall. I am an outsider, this is my ninth month in thejob, i learned a lot of things dont go well because people are unwilling to find consensus and they have this attitude of it is my way or the highway. It is not how you do things, although republicans won the house and proud of being a part of that by flipping the district, we control one third of government. We have to work with this in and work with the white house and get something passed. We have the power of the purse, want to advance our most conservative priorities and that is what we have done with the Appropriation Bills. That is the frustrating part, we put in all this work to pass good conservative bills out of the appropriations process but for some, not enough. Not only is it not enough, disagreeing is not the problem is how you disagree and go about it. That really puts us in a bad position and we have not been able to find unity within the republican side. That is the problem and pretty frustrating. How are you going to go about agreeing in the next few hours . All you folks locked up in that room on capitol hill . The fact that it is hard does not mean it is impossible. We have to continue to work on this. Again, were all on the same team and have to find some solution here. I do have to believe and also going to be a Glass Half Full kind of guy that were going to a solution here. Were going to work with whoever we need to work with in order to avoid a shutdown. Anyone that wants to work towards avoiding a shutdown, i will work with them to make sure that happens. Thank you so much forjoining us. You get back to broker of trying to find a consensus there on capitol hill. Tributes are pouring in, for the longest serving female senator in us history. Dianne feinstein of california died at the age of 90 after casting her last vote in congress on thursday. Her passing comes after months of health issues. A short while ago, i spoke with former california congresswomanjane harman, a longtime friend and supporter of senator dianne feinstein. Thanks forjoining us and our condolences on the loss of your friend and colleague. We appreciate you talking under the circumstances. You went back quite a number of years. He saw herjust yesterday he saw her just yesterday and took a fabulous photograph. Took a fabulous photograph. You saw her yesterday. Took a fabulous photograph. You saw her yesterday. She i took a fabulous photograph. I you saw her yesterday. She was wonderful you saw her yesterday. She was wonderful. The you saw her yesterday. She was wonderful. The predictions you saw her yesterday. She was wonderful. The predictions of i wonderful. The predictions of her demise were very premature until she actually left us. Yesterday she was vibrant and beautiful, in that picture, we were standing together, however long conversation together was what she wanted to a accomplish in the senate, and what friendship means, especially friendship among women, and i am just so lucky that i had may have been the last person to have been the last person to have hugged her and told her that i love her. She have hugged her and told her that i love her. Have hugged her and told her that i love her. She really was such a lead that i love her. She really was such a lead for that i love her. She really was such a lead for women, that i love her. She really was such a lead for women, so that i love her. She really was i such a lead for women, so many of the tributes today have been about the doors that she broke down but the doors that she held open as well. Down but the doors that she held open as well. Well said. She broke held open as well. Well said. She broke them held open as well. Well said. She broke them down, held open as well. Well said. She broke them down, she i held open as well. Well said. I she broke them down, she was held open as well. Well said. She broke them down, she was a pioneer in many respects but she embraced women and wanted other women to succeed, she didnt hug all the credit, and even yesterday, she was begging me to reconsider and run again for the United States congress. I rarely ever turned her down, and i said no thank you, but the point is, she was thinking about me, notjust her, and she was thinking about what she could do, what can i do to bring the country together . She was very active in her office, reading her daily schedule, what she was going to do today and in the future and one other thing she fought for was appropriations were california, and im sure in the world now knows our government made clothes because we cannot find our budget, and there was appropriations are in the budget our government may close. If something went past, i would love to pass in her honour, i think that would be so fitting. Honour, i think that would be so fitting so fitting. Speaking of her lea , so fitting. Speaking of her legacy. She so fitting. Speaking of her legacy, she did so fitting. Speaking of her legacy, she did so so fitting. Speaking of her legacy, she did so much l so fitting. Speaking of her legacy, she did so much there, becoming mayor of San Francisco at a time when the city was in at a time when the city was in a very bad place. At a time when the city was in a very bad place. Yes, she did, she was chairman a very bad place. Yes, she did, she was chairman of a very bad place. Yes, she did, she was chairman of the a very bad place. Yes, she did, she was Chairman Of The Board| she was Chairman Of The Board of supervisors at San Francisco when there were two major assassinations of the man hour and one other person on the city council, and she relayed the fact that she was the one who put her fingers through the bullet hole in one of them acts to try and staunch the bleeding, which she could not do, and she became a because of that, in that horrible nightmare of a day and one of her passions was to restrict the use of assault weapons, and she was successful in her first term of senator, she also had a bill that passed in San Francisco but to her credit, no one was at fierce as diane, she had total credibility, and she had total credibility, and she got it done. She she had total credibility, and she got it done. She got it done. She was the first mount she got it done. She was the first mount of she got it done. She was the First Mount Of San she got it done. She was the first mount of San Francisco, the first chair of the digital committee, what you think a legacy was more broadly in that intelligence or Foreign Policy field . Intelligence or foreignpolicy field . ,. , field . She would say dont think about field . She would say dont think about her field . She would say dont think about her as field . She would say dont think about her as first field . She would say dont think about her as first woman, think about her as first woman, think about her as first woman, think about her as a competent human being, occupying those positions, i love that, because when i am asked what you have to do is a woman, might answer is be excellent and diane never use those work words to me but she was excellent. What is a legacy in intelligence . I was the ranking democrat on the House Intelligence Committee when she was appointed to the Senate Intelligence committee, and i left that committee in 2006, she continued and became chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, but what she did there was not only accomplish more for the intelligence community, but point out the big mistakes that were made in the first part of the bush administration, after 9 11. That administration went 9 ii. That administration went broke, it did not consult congress, i know that because i was there when its designed Guantanamo Bay prison and designed the detention and Interrogation Techniques that were used on some of the prisoners, and she did an investigation in the senate committee, which came up with a bipartisan investigation, and when the report was ready to republicans refused to release it, but she did, on behalf of the committee, and obviously the committee, and obviously the democrats are supported out, it was searing and appropriate to tell the real story and the good news is, it has made a huge difference, america has not repeated that chapter and i hope we never will. ~ chapter and i hope we never will. ~ ,. , chapter and i hope we never will. ~. , will. Thank you so much for talkin will. Thank you so much for talking to will. Thank you so much for talking to us will. Thank you so much for talking to us about will. Thank you so much for talking to us about your will. Thank you so much for i talking to us about your friend and your former colleague, jane harman, former congresswoman for california, thank you. Former President Donald Trump plans to attend at least the first day of his upcoming civil trial in new york thats according to sources speaking to our us media partner cbs news. Mr trump and three of his eldest children are expected to be called as witnesses in the case, which begins on monday. New York Attorney general Letitia James has accused them and the Trump Organization of illegally inflating the value of their properties to obtain more favourable loans from banks. Meanwhile, one of the 18 Co Defendants in mr trumps Georgia Election interference case pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges on friday. Scott hall, a bail bondsman, pleaded guilty to five misdemeanour counts in the 2020 Election Subversion Case in georgia. He will serve five years of probation, pay a fine and write a letter of apology to georgia voters. The other Co Defendants in the case have pleaded not guilty. Sarah krissoff is a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of new york, and shejoined me a short time ago. Scott hall has pleaded guilty to five Misdemeanour Charges under deal with the prosecution as he had faced charge of racketeering and six other felonies. What is the difference there . He felonies. What is the difference there . , , difference there . He has pled uuil to difference there . He has pled guilty to these difference there . He has pled guilty to these lesser difference there . He has pled guilty to these lesser charges| guilty to these lesser charges in exchange for his testimony so it looks like the Attorneys Office is gearing up for the october trial against the two 0ctober trial against the two lawyers were scheduled for trial i think on october 23 and they are figuring out what they will do in the trial, what is the case they will put on and i think this plea is the first indication of who some of the witnesses are going to be. Mr hall certainly looks like will be a witness in the case. He agreed to testify against other defendants we dont know which ones. How will that strengthen the case for the da by having a co defendant telling tales, giving evidence on the others involved . It is an important part of most cases to have witnesses who were part of the conspiracy, part of the crime, testifying against the people on trial and so, this will certainly help to strengthen the case by the da office and i expect more defendants to follow in mr halls footsteps in this case and in the other cases against the former president. On that exact note, when other codefendants will have seen what has happened here, the type of deal that he got, in general, does that encourage others to do the same . I think it does. I mean, frankly, many of trumps allies have held strong thus far and they have not openly been cooperating. We have not seen that i heard that coming out of these cases. But with mr hall going first here and breaking ground, i expect others to follow particularly when they see the benefit to them. Right, so they see that mr hall will not go to prison, he is facing this probation and a fine and this letter of apology but seeing that as an option thats on the table will likely influence some of the other defendants. For those viewers who are not familiar with us charges, what is the difference between six Felony Charges which is what mr hall was originally facing and the five misdemeanours he has pled guilty to . So, the charges against him are very serious and carried significant jail time, fines and repercussions. These are much less serious charges which seem to be in exchange for his testimony, he is allowed to plead due to these lesser charges, the Misdemeanour Charges which is a lower level charge in the us system, usually punishable by under a year in prison in exchange for his testimony. We do not know the exact details here but in general, if a prosecutor is going to downgrade charges so significantly like that, does that mean that they put a particular value on the evidence that that person can provide . So, each Prosecutors Office really handles that differently. So, in exchange for the testimony from folks each office, even each us attorney offers across the country handles that a little differently. What benefit does the defendant get for an exchange for testimony . Here, i think the georgia district attorney, the Fulham County has signalled to all of the other 17 or 18 defendants in the case what benefit they could get if they choose to do the same path. Do you think this might give pause for concern to some of the other codefendants . Certainly, those who are heading to trial ms powell and mr cheseboro, who heading to trial on october 23 they are seeing the case against them strengthen each day as we approach trial, so that may put the pressure on them to make a similar decision like that of mr hall. And what about perhaps within the advisors and the team around the former president himself, donald trump . Perhaps they have the benefit of seeing this trial, this first trial against the lawyers go first, so they will have opportunity to see the evidence presented by the state, evaluate it and make a judgement call on how they should go forward. But, frankly, i think the former president is unlikely to resolve any of these cases short of trial. He appears to be very bent on persevering until the end in these matters. Sarah krissoff, thank you very much for your insights. Officials in the us state of nevada have charged a former gang leader in the murder of tupac shakur. The rap icon was gunned down in a Drive By Shooting in las vegas in 1996. Barbara plett usher has the details. Tupac shakur is still one of the best selling and most influential rappers of all time. He took off after the release of his debut album in 1991. Just five years, later he was gunned down, his career cut short shot on the Las Vegas Strip while waiting at a red light. Hit by bullets fired from a passing cadillac, he died six days later. Now, after 27 years, police have finally arrested a suspect. 27 years. For 27 years, the family of tupac shakur have been waiting for justice. We are here today to announce the arrest of 60 year old duane keith davis, aka keefe d, for the murder of tupac shakur. Keefe d was the leader of a gang that was feuding with tupac� s record label, death row records. Police said the whole thing started with this fight at a las vegas hotel. Tupac and record executive suge knight punched and kicked a rival gang member. Keefe d is accused of then hatching a plan to retaliate. Put your hands up sir, put your phone down fast forward to july this year, police raided keefe ds home in a Los Angeles Suburb hes the man on the right. The case had been revived in recent years using his own words about the incident published in a memoir. Cheering. Tupac� s musical legacy was honoured at the Hollywood Walk Of Fame earlier this year. The questions surrounding his death have also gripped his fans. They may soon get their answers. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. A State Of Emergency has been declared in new york city after heavy rainfall caused flooding in the streets. Subways were flooded and highways became rivers after as much as 8 inches or more than 20cm of water fell in some areas. The states governor called it a dangerous, life threatening storm. Heres nada tawfik from new york. A morning of chaos in new york as torrential rain caused flash flooding. Commuters became trapped as major roads and expressways turned into rivers. New york officials, declaring a State Of Emergency, warned residents the situation was dangerous and life threatening and urged them to stay home. Every one of the citys subways was impacted with Service Suspended on 17 lines in brooklyn, where gushing water inundated the tracks and turned stairs at the Grand Army Plaza station into a waterfall. Low lying areas here were already saturated by days of steady rainfall and an additional seven inches are expected in some parts of the region, remnants of Tropical Storm 0phelia. Oh, my god. New York City Emergency Services are responding to calls of people trapped in flooded basements and so far, six people have been rescued. No deaths have been reported. The water has begun to recede in some areas but with the downpour expected to continue into saturday, relief will be slow. Nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. And before we go, we have an update on a story the bbc has been covering for the past day or so. Police in the uk have arrested a man in his 60s in connection to the cutting down of the world famous sycamore gap tree. The landmark was cut down overnight on wednesday. The tree was beloved by locals and visitors alike, and featured in the film robin hood prince of thieves, starring kevin costner. A 16 year old boy was arrested on thursday and has since been released on bail. Thats all from us here in washington. Im caitriona perry. Well leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. Thank you so much for watching. Stay with us on bbc news. Take care. Hello. We may be officially into autumn but a little dose of summer on the way for some of us over the next few days notjust here in the uk, but widely across europe. And, in fact, temperatures are expected to reach the 30s in spain, france, in the uk even mid 20s expected in the south in the days ahead. Now, at the moment, there is a little Weather Front heading our way. That is going to bring a bit of a mixed bag for some of us. Now, the early hours will be clear, generally speaking, across most of the country and it will be quite a nippy morning in fact, in the glens of scotland, it could be around four degrees, but i think for most of us, in the range of around 7 10 celsius. So, it starts off quite sunny and bright, at the very least, for most of us but out towards the west, this Rain Crosses Ireland and you can see Thickening Cloud there from the south west across wales, the irish sea, Northern Ireland and into South Western Scotland so here, a very different picture to other parts of the country. Outbreaks of rain, at times heavy, in belfast and also gusty winds around coasts. The north of scotland, most of the north sea coast and further south, the weathers looking fine, sunny. I think sunshine for plymouth, for the Isle Of Wight and also for london, where highs will reach 20 celsius. Now, notice that rain never reaches the south. It veers off towards the north and with that also comes relatively humid air to the south of that Weather Front, and that humid and also quite warm air will spread across many parts of the country. That means that early in the morning on sunday, it will be very warm. Look at that i6, 17 degrees celsius at eight oclock in the south. Now, there will be a little bit of rain around in the morning, i think across parts of wales and the midlands, but eventually, the sun should come out in most areas and were talking about the mid 20s in the south east on sunday. A little bit fresher in scotland and Northern Ireland here of around 16 or 17 celsius. Now, the outlook for the rest of europe shows a large area of High Pressure building across the continent. Thats basically going to allow the warm air to spread all the way to Eastern Parts of europe. Therell be a bit of a blip because this Weather Front will introduce temporarily some slightly fresher air to some parts of europe but i think overall, its going to stay on the warm side. Lets have a look at a snapshot, then, for some of our cities into the week ahead and, generally speaking, really quite warm. Hey, imjulia with the catch up. A 14 Year Old Girl and a coach driver have died after their school bus overturned on the m53 in merseyside. Police say that 58 people were involved. A 14 year old boy also suffered life changing injuries. Pupils at the schools are getting special support. Some other stories now from sunday. A new law will ban shops and takeaways from selling single use plastic like cutlery and polystyrene cups. The thing is, some businesses are saying they have no idea about the ban, and havent prepared at all. Facing financial stress, more than half of uni students are balancing their studies with paid jobs. The Higher Education policy institute, which did the research, is worried it makes inequalities between students worse. People born using sperm or egg donors in the uk who turn 18