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California and the pacific northwest. about 86% of the west is in a severe drought and the concern is for dry lightning sparking additional fires. linsey? >> fires that are said to be getting harder to fight. brittany, thank you so much. tonight, two headlines coming out of washington, d.c. millions of americans at risk of eviction after the federal moratorium expired at midnight. and senators are now hoping to move the massive bipartisan infrastructure measure closer to a vote. heres maryalic...

Shortage of officers amid funding cuts. police say one person is in custody as police continue to investigate. and in chicago, 44 people were shot and four killed as the city sees a rise in shooting incidents. 461 so far this year, thats compared to 402 at this time last year. but interesting to note, homicides slightly down, 105 in july of 2021, compared to 107 the same month in 2020. now, cpd superintendent david brown met with president biden in early july to address the rising crime and the ...

Going to twitter and around them. we have no rights in this whole sham. its horrible. its really horrible. >> democrats are gearing up for a busy week of public hearings. pivotal testimony. >> this week youre going to hear more direct knowledge and actual real time evidence that this president conducted foreign policy to benefit himself by trying to pressure the ukrainian government to start bogus investigations on his rivals. >> other drama on the hill saturday, new closed door deposition in a ...

And add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call 1-800-501-6000. florida lawmakers under pressure to do something following the parkland school massacre, have been on the job this weekend, holding a rare weekend session. and under consideration, a plan to arm teachers. already rejected, a ban on assault weapons. the florida lawmakers are working against the clock, hoping to have something by the time their legislative session ends this coming friday. cnns athena jones joins us now

Do we have a deal? well, heres how republican senator bob corker described the situation this morning. >> well, there was some movement a couple days ago. i think things are not moving now. i think were in a status quo. i do think we will see our way through this. but the last 24 hours have not been good. >> talks on a bipartisan plan apparently broke down over the length of the debt limit increase and whether to lock in additional sequester cuts that are set to start in the beginning of next ye...

Employees back to work. of course, this is at the top of everybodys mind as well. this is coming after both houses of congress gathered today for a special weekend session. in that time, the house passing a bill that would entitle furloughed federal workers to get back pay. the senate was expected to do the same, but at the last minute, apparently decided not even to take up the issue. molly henneberg live on capitol hill. molly, it appears that would have been an easy one for them to take on, b...

Weapons. if syria does not comply, the resolution opens the door to potential military action. iranian president hassan rowhani is back in tehran after his historic phone conversation with president obama. theres already been pushback on that gesture. congressman mike rogers is urging caution on any deal that would relax sanctions on the iranian government. well go live to tehran in our next hour. meanwhile, back here, the battle over same-sex marriage is headed to new jerseys highest court....

Ffweekend. let us know. weve dug through the video archives this morning and well find really embarrassing moments to show you. >> it shouldnt be hard. >> all we had to do is look at every weekend. >> thats great. >> it was golden. >> all right, well look forward to that at the end of the show. meanwhile lets get to the top story, that is, a few hours from now house lawmakers will gather for a special weekend session to decide what to do about the budget bill. of course, the clock is ticking a...

Brinksmanship unless youre on the brink. so they have time, but the problem is the house and senate are scheduled to be out of session next week, theres rashannah next week as well, and they want to try to wrap this up. the majority leader or, eric cantor, put members on notice that they could have a weekend session this weekend, perhaps to work this out. they have to work with the senate, the house and the senate have to be in many alignment here, and boehner when asked if he thought theyd have...

but overall that idea that the fed thinks that there are still significant downside risks, kyra, that has people unnerved. stocks are down. oil is down big. gold is down, as well. so, youre seeing a real movement out of some of these commodities and stocks today on this idea that the economy is not out of the woods yet, kyra? >> well look for the numbers in 28 1/2 minutes, thanks so much. the threat of a new government shutdown an intense round of voting rejected a spending bill and ...