Bret im sorry. I couldnt help it. I will tune. In thank you. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, former President Donald Trump says the quarter billion dollars civil Fraud Lawsuit against him is a scam. The former president making the comment as he arrived at the Manhattan Courthouse where the trial began. He is accused of deceiving banks and insurers. No one is above the law. During opening statements, the state argued trump and his family routinely filed inflated financial statements. But trumps team disputes that. Arguing value is subjective. And determined by what someone is willing to pay. Trump argues his brand brings additional value. While Attorney General james claims the former president routinely lies about his net worth. This is disgraceful trial. Put forward by Attorney General who is corrupt. Were going to be here for months with a judge already made up his mind. Its ridiculous ruled trump and others including his adult sons eric and don
And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable 5g Mobile Network nationwide. Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible. Its happening. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 30th. Yes, the last day of the month. Im a. Mara walker. And the last day of the month going out with a bang. Im omar jimenez. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. Were watching a lot. We are hours away from a potential Government Shutdown. Lawmakers still cant agree on a deal to fund the government past midnight. The lastditch efforts are underway to keep that from happening. Submerging cars, Disrupting Mass Transit and opting water rescues. Well show you the damage left behind and where were tracking more rain this morning. Border security has become a major Sticking Point in the fight over a Government Funding deal. Were joined by one congressman who is seeing the impacts of the Migrant Surge firsthand and says the city is in d
Hello, everyone. Good morning. It is saturday, september 30th. Im amara walker. And im omar jimenez. Youre in the cnn newsroom. The government is barrelling towards a shutdown with no solution in sight. Today is the last day for congress to pass a funding bill to keep the government open. You see the count down. Now the clock is ticking. Right now House Republicans are in a closed door meeting to try and come up with a last minute solution. But just last night House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy once again failed to pass a Stop Gap Bill in his chamber and now he is warning that the senate bill wont pass either, calling their bipartisan bill Dead On Arrival. But Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell says there is only one path forward. The choice facing congress is pretty straightforward. We can take the Standard Approach and fund the government for six weeks at the current rate of operations, or we can shut the government down in exchange for zero meaningful progress on policy. Our team is o
And good morning to you, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 30th. The last day of the month. Im amara walker. October is almost here. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. Amara, good to be with you, so close but so far away. I feel close to you. Same to you. Great to see you, omar. Were watching a lot of news this morning. In fact, here we are again. Just hours away from a Government Shutdown. Lawmakers still cant agree on a deal to fund the government past midnight. Were specifically talking about the house right now. The last ditch efforts are under way to keep that from happening. And the impact of a shutdown could have a huge impact from our National Security to clean drinking water. Well discuss. And flood waters ripped through parts of New York City, submerging cars, disrupting mass transit. Look at those images there. Prompting water rescues. Well show you the damage left behind and where were tracking more rain this morning. Police make an arre
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