Right now on early start, Kevin Mccarthys hail mary pass. And the speaker moved the ball forward just days before the u. S. Government is set to shutdown. Plus, pressure grows on the democratic u. S. Senator under indictment, accused of taking gold bars and many other expensive glittery things as bribes. And new this morning, the big breakthrough in hollywood, writers just reached a tentative deal with studios to end their strike. Good day to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. Its monday, september 25th, shortly after 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, where a government shutdown, just five days away, its 2 00 a. M. Out west, where republican candidates are already starting to camp out ahead of wednesdays president ial debate at the reagan president ial library. And President Biden and former President Trump both preparing to head to detroit, where workers are on strike against the big three automakers. And we havent even gotten to the senator who was busted with wads of illgotten cash and monogrammed jacket pockets. Its a long way of saying this is going to be an incredibly consequential week for our country. Lets dig in. This morning, agencies across the country and americans across the country are bracing for a shutdown that could furlough workers, in addition to travel delays and even disrupt paychecks for u. S. Troops if it continues long enough. Im really concerned about next week, with the government shutting down. If theres a government shutdown, Border Patrol agents are not going to get paid. This is going to i mean, if we think its bad today, just think about what that looks like. Shutting down air Traffic Control training, at the exact moment when the country recognizes the need for more, not less, atc staffing and when we finally got cancellations at a low rate, and air Traffic Control, theyre at a risk doing that job. Its a grim deal. Mariana arfalo, a report for the Washington Post. Mariana, thank you so much for being with us. With the government shutdown, its infighting with the gop. They just cant get it together. In reality, there are consequences with the shutdown. All of my sources tell me it seems inevitable at this point. I mean, are you hearing the same is there any way that there isnt a shutdown this week . Yeah it seems like were heading that way. Kevin mccarthy hasnt been able to strike a deal, very much rebels within this conference. So it doesnt seem its going to happen this week, even if the senate does send one through, i think were headed that way, too. Yeah. Were already seeing these agencies kind of prepare for the shutdown. The reality is a lot of these Essential Workers would still be asked to show up to work. But they wouldnt be getting paychecks regardless. You saw the Transportation SecretaryPete Buttigieg talk a little bit about how this might affect flight delays. I know, ive certainly dealt with this in my life. I think a lot of americans have experienced those issues. Theyre likely to get worse. We saw during the last prolonged shutdown, yeah, they wanted tsa agents to show up, but a lot of called in sick. Some of them talked about driving uber and a lot of other things to make ends meet, just because they were forced to. What impact do you think this has on those people . But also politically, who gets blamed . Yeah, we saw with the last shutdown, it was chaos at the airports. I remember speaking to real americans saying i couldnt get my kids a birthday present. It draws away from that weeklyo biweekly paycheck. I think its been made clear that its not President Biden doing the negotiations. If anything, i think democrats are going to carry that message across and say this wasnt us that did this, it was a small group of Maga Republicans Agency the president has called them. I think theyre already getting the blame, even from republicans in their own party. Saying you guys are the ones working with democrats even if you shut the government down. Even Kevin Mccarthy is saying this is a really bad plan, well get blamed for this. Lets switch gears i want to talk about senator bob menendez, the new jersey senator under pressure. More and more congressional delegations are calling for him to resign after indicted for this. Any of hughes turned off the tv and havent watched over the weekend, if you havent seen the pictures they really speak for themselves. And theyre worth looking at. Even if you didnt see them before, wads of cash, gold bar, the senators monogram, a convertible that they bought for his wife. The allegations are he took the bribes in exchange as using his powerful role as chairman the Senate Relations committee to help Egypt Committee members that paid him for that and his fellow Democratic Senators seemed to squirm when asked about this over the weekend. Take a look. This is a very serious charge, no terms about it. In terms of resignation, thats a decision to be played by Senator Menendez and the people of new jersey. These are serious charges, ive never seen anything like this, Senator Menendez has to think long and hard about the cloud thats going to hang over his service in the United States senate. Cloud. And Senator Menendez, were expecting him to hold a Press Conference today. He cancelled an event over the weekend. What do you expect what hear from him. He has not backed down. He said hes not guilty and going to fight the allegations that are have been clearly laid out. I expect him to say im not backing down, im going to stay. And he could still say that he will listen to the Many Democrats in new jersey, but it doesnt seem like thats the case so far. And his outliers have also said have said shes incident. Hes done that before. Hes talked through the allegations and succeeded. And i think that he probably thinks that will work for him again. Youre referring to the last time he was indicted. And a mistrial was ultimately declared there. Hes still there. But the reality is democrats in the congressional delegation, many of them would like to sit in the seat. Youve already got one primary opponent. It does seem like this time the folks over at the Justice Department took their time. They marshaled that evidence and, well, the pictures speak for themselves. Mariana alfaro, thank you for being with us. I appreciate your time. Breaking overnight, the strike that had Paralyzed Hollywood for months could be ending the Writers Guild of america say theyve reached a sensitive agreement with Major Television and film studies to end the strike. It could have workers go back to worth as early as tomorrow. The agreement has to be officially ratified. Trump skipping the second gop primary debate. Hes going to the motor city instead. Plus, President Biden heads to michigan this week. Helling doing something no other sitting president has done before. Well tell you that. And the u. S. Has now weighed into the diplomatic showdown between canada and indiaia. vo trade in any iphone in anyny condition for a new iphone 15 pro on us. Only on verizon. Okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. Woo hoo ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. And ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. The golden hour of cold and flu symptoms. Im feeling better. 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The United States takes very seriously these allegations. And, you know, if they prove to be true, it is a potentially very serious breach of the rulesbased International Order in which we like to function. This is something of which were treating we take very seriously and we think its important to get to the bottom of. Cnns max foster joins us now from london with more, max, always good to see you, i hope had you a wonderful weekend. Thank you. Lets dig in here. How could this relation affect the u. S. Relationship with india . This is an incredibly significant thing. Ive got to tell you, its not really something that happens on this continent. Its interesting because the five eyes is a very established mechanism. And its of huge benefit to all five countries involved. Normally, theyre seeing the same bintelligence, thats basically what canada was saying, information came not necessarily from us, perhaps from america, put into the system and thats what theyre basing the views on and thats what Justin Trudeau is saying. Then you ask the question, why arent the other five eyes members coming out in support of canada and accusing india of the same. I think that just speaks to the Global Dynamics right now. All of those countries see india as the counterbalance, the best counterbalance to china terms of global dominance. And that relationship just matters so much to america. The uk, by the way is trying to sign a treaty with india. Unless she see Firm Evidence that this actually happened that india was behind the murder, its very difficult for them to come out. Take your point, its a counterbalance 0 china. From the american perspective, historically, its been a democracy, and the u. S. Has been able to kind of identify with india on that footing. But obviously, the Prime Minister has, you know, shared some authoritarian tendencies that weve seen with donald trump here. Trump identified with him in a way that the current government identifies with a little less. And President Biden identifies with him a little bit less. How does that complicate, you know, how we should be thinking about it, and the action thats the u. S. May or may not take in this context . Well, how the judge of u. S. Will see the nature that allies should be supporting canada. But on the other level, realistic, india is the one way of counterbalancing china. You know, there are many issues that you and i wouldnt agree with, which is blowing up in india. I speak to indian journalists quite regularly. They didnt get about access to modi. And its a big challenge. Economically, india is growing. Its set to become the Third Largest economy in the world. America needs another economy to work with. It also needs a diplomatic ally, a conduit, between china and the u. S. , for example. And theyre all sitting there in washington right now trying to work out how to handle this. They dont want to upset india. They dont want to upset canada. What theyre saying its really important for canada to investigate this. Lets see what the evidence is, theyre not actually coming out and backing canada, even though it might be all based on u. S. Intelligence. Right. I do think it was pretty interesting that david cohen was willing to say this publicly. It does speak to the commitment, anyway, that the u. S. Has, that the information would transfer this way. Because, lets be honest, as we said at the top, this is a pretty remarkable event to take place just over the border. Not something thats terribly common, to make an understatement, shall we say max foster, thank you for being up with us. Thank you. Coming up, Cassidy Hutchinson opening up about the fallout from her january 6 testimony. 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