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With a potential 2020 rematch on the horizon, President Biden is targeting donald trump. On capitol hill, no deal on preventing a government shutdown. There is an Impeachment Inquiry Hearing into President Biden and sources are telling cnn, the republicans dont think it is going as planned. And one day after facing a j. Senator bob menendez faces his colleagues. All coming into cnn news central. President biden will issue a stark warning focused on the the republicans president ial front runner and his possible opponent next november. Specifically President Biden will focus on the danger he says donald trump poses to American Democracy. Also new today, a House Committee is holding its first Impeachment Inquiry Hearing for President Biden. Well have more on that in a moment. Lets begin with cnns reporter live in tempe, arizona. Thats where President Biden will speak at an event honoring his close friend, the late senator john mccain. The setting is very deliberate. Reporter yeah, it is. President biden will be here to talk about the late senator john mccain harkening back to an era of bipartisanship that the president has tried to promote in his own time in office. Hes delivering this speech in arizona, a critical Battleground State also at the center of Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. It is here where President Biden is preparing to lay out his starkest warning yet of this election cycle about the threats that the former president and his movement pose to democracy. Now, according to some experts, he is expected to say there is something dangerous happening in america. There is an Extremist Movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy. The Maga Movement. He knows not every republican is part of that Maga Movement but he adds, there is no question that Todays Republican Party is driven and intimidated by maga extremists. Their extreme agenda if carried out would fundamentally alter American Democracy as we know it. The president is expected to add, we have to stand up for americas values embodied in our declaration of independence because we know magas extremists have already proven they wont. We have to stand up for our constitution and the institutions of democracy because maga extremists have made clear they wont. History is watching. This is one in a series of speeches the president has delivered during his time in Office Warning about the threats posed to American Democracy by the former president. He did so also heading into the 2022 midterm elections. The president and his team have been taking a very careful and deliberate approach into how theyve been addressing the former president as these indictments and these trials are beginning to play out. But now, we have really seen the president lean in a bit further as he is trying to make this contrast heading into a possible General Election matchup. It was just a few weeks ago that the president in a closed door fundraiser warned donors that trump and maga republicans are determined to destroy democracy. So by speaking here in arizona, the president is hoping to elevate and further lay out the stakes of what a potential donald Trump Presidency could mean if he were to be reelected. It also comes at a time when President Bidens own reelection prospects are uncertain. Youve seen concerns in polling about the president s age and his handling of the economy and also, his handling of the job as president. One thing that bidens advisers believe is that these warnings about the threats to democracy, this is something that will resonate with voters and it is part of the reason the president is starting to make this case early as he could potentially be heading toward a General Election matchup against the former president. Live from tempe, arizona. Of course, we will bring those remarks to you as they come. Thank you so much. Again, right now, House Republicans are holding their first Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. Already some inside the Republican Party say they are frustrated. In fact, one senior republican aide calling the hearing a, quote, unmitigated disaster. With us now, cnn correspondent saraha murray. Todays hearing not really playing out how some republicans had hoped, especially given what their own witnesses have been saying. Yeah, its interesting. The republicans on the panel are showing up like there arent really outstanding questions when it comes to joe biden. Theyre saying he lied to the american people. Theyre taking it as a foregone conclusion that hunter biden profited off the family name and will joe biden knew about this and somehow benefitted from it as well. All these allegations related to joe biden are allegations. They have not been able to prove it or show that any of the money from Hunter Bidens Business Dealings or other Family Members Business Dealings went to joe biden. And i think what is causing republicans so much angst who are watching this play out is that the witnesses the republicans lined up for this hearing are saying, look, republicans have a lot of allegations. They have a lot of questions to ask. But they dont have hard facts to back it up. Take a listen to what two of the republican witnesses had to say today. I do that believe the Current Evidence would support articles of impeachment. That is something an inquiry would have to establish. I am not whoer to even suggest that there was corruption, fraud or wrongdoing. In my opinion, more information needs to be gathered before i would make such an assessment. And again, these are the republican witnesses today. So this is the kind of hurdle the House Oversight chairman james comer will face. Hes trying to produce evidence to prove that joe biden was somehow involved in this. Something hes been unable to do so far and hes doing it all against the back drop of this looming government shutdown. Thats something that democrats on the panel have not allowed republicans to forget throughout the course of the hearing today, boris. Well keep an eye on it and get back to sara murray. A busy day on capitol hill. It certainly is. Were getting busier. Bob menendez told his colleagues he will not resign, which is what he has been saying. He continues to repeat that. We have cnns lauren fox on the hill. He just met them. It was a lunch. He had to face these 30 senators in his own party who vl calling on him to resign. Tell us more about what youre learning. Reporter yeah. 30 senators who were skeptical of what they would hear from their democratic colleague when Senator Menendez addressed them. Going into the meeting i talked to one of the members, peter welch, who said what can he tell us . There was cash and gold bars at his home. We are told according to senator joe manchin who just left this meeting that Senator Menendez vowed he would not resign. He did not address his political future. Hes up for reelection in 2024. Our colleague also caught up with menendez as he left this meeting with his colleagues. He told reporters, quote, i will continue to cast votes on behalf of the people in new jersey. As i have for 18 years and im sure when you need those votes, theyll be looking forward to me to cast those votes. You can hear there some defiance coming from Senator Menendez as he has said over and over again, he will not step aside from his post. He will continue to serve the people of new jersey and this comes, as you noted, there are 30 democratic colleagues, including the democratic whip calling for him to be removed. Senator ben cardin who is taking over as the interim chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He told a colleague earlier today that he was still weighing whether or not he was comfortable with Senator Menendez remaining on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee given the Sensitive Information that that committee has to handle. Yeah, because one of the allegations is that he took sensitive, not classified but Sensitive Information about u. S. Embassy staff in cairo and shared that through his wife with Egyptian Government officials. Do we know if anyone said, hey, whats up with that . Reporter we asked if there was an exchange back and forth between Senator Menendez and his colleagues. Senator manchin said no, there were not questions asked. It was simply Senator Menendez gave a statement and then left. And he actually stepped out for this portion of the democratic lunch. Just to keep in mind, Democratic Senators have a lot of other issues to deal with besides Senator Menendez. The senator went back in. That gives you a sense of how serious democratic colleagues are taking this. Thank you for the details of that. Still to come, as he leads in the polls with a wide margin, former President Trump is sticking to his strategy and will not attend the third republican primary debate. Its a threepeat, sort of. Donald trump will not attend the next gop primary debate. The front runner skipped the first and second debates, instead taking his campaign to michigan where he attempted to cast himself as a fighter for union workers, despite a history of siding against unions, and he spent a lot of time griping about his legal troubles. Listen. Just like youre fighting for your rights and your american dream, im fighting for my rights and fighting for my freedom against the coordinated, corrupt, very politicized forces of evil. Ive never seen anything like it. It is weaponized justice. We have a weaponized justice system. Notably his visit come a day after President Biden made history in michigan, becoming the first sitting president to join a Picket Line Walking alongside striking uaw members. Joining us now, cnn reporter elaina, it seems like the General Election has started before the primary has even ended. Thats exactly right. Michigan is not one of the early primary states that republican contenders are focused on. It shows donald trump is very focused on michigan. He knows it is a state that he needs to win over in order to be successful in 2024. Of course, donald trump won michigan in 2016 thanks to the support of many people in the room last night. He lost it to joe biden in 2020. Hes really trying to court these Working Class Voters in states like michigan and wisconsin, ohio, in order to give off that General Election perception, but also he knows he needs them to win in 2024. Last night during that speech, he did try to show that he stands on the side of autoworkers. He said that he opposes the swift transition to electric vehicles. Something that biden has called for and that many workers worry could cost them fewer jobs. He also tried to recast a lot of his record from when he was in office. Something Many Union Leaders argue was antiunion, pro business. And donald trump as well had a message for a specific leader, shawn fain. Lets listen to what he had to say. If you could speak to him, hes listening right now, im sure. Endorse trump and you can take a nice twomonth vacation, come back. You guys will be better than you ever were. The other way, you wont have a vacation, and in a short period of time you wont have a union. You wont have jobs. You wont have anything. So a few things here, boris. One is that the uaw has not yet endorsed in 2024. They did endorse biden in 2020. As you mentioned, shawn fain was there on tuesday with President Biden. He walked the picket line with him and hes had only really negative things to say about donald trump since then. Trump advisers do tell us that they think there is a divide between the Union Leaders and Union Members in their support for donald trump. We should point out, some of those members were very frustrated when trump was president and told him not to move away from youngstown, ohio, because he would save their Jobs Sxult Matly that didnt come to fruition. How is his message received last night . Its interesting. If you look at the people in the room, it was an inviteonly crowd. Thats why you heard the cheering. It was trump supporters. Some autoworkers, some current and former Union Members, including some who are on strike. But it was a crowd that they wanted to have there. As for outside the room, i talked with many people, gop strategists, trump allies, and they told me they think that this event that he held last night was far more of an effective Counter Programming Event to the debate than his first in august when he sat down with tucker carlson. They said it is good to see him talking to voters they know he needs to win over. They think that was a good strategy on his part. He remains head and shoulders above the competition when it comes to polling. Thank you. So. Thank you. Still to come, the u. S. Soldier who ran across the dmz into north korea. He is back on american soil. We have details on his return, straight ahead. The nation is on the brink and congress is failing to come together in these final days. The federal government going to shut down here in less than three days if lawmakers do not pass a Spending Bill by 11 59 p. M. Eastern on saturday when the current funding expires. The closure would mean nearly 4 million federal workers will get no paycheck after this weekend. Many would still work. They would just not get paid. The fda and osha would limit or delay inspections. Disaster relief funds could be halted. Food assistant programs would be impacted and right now the louse and senate are pushing separate bills, neither of which has a chance of getting passed through congress at this point. Joining us now is the democratic governor of new york, kathy hochul. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. We do appreciate it. Thank you. So this is obviously a big concern for states. What are your biggest concerns in new york about a shutdown . We have many concerns about this impending extreme republican shutdown. First of all, we have thousands of Military Members in our state. People who are literally willing to put their lives on the line to protect our democracy. At the same time, their own elected representatives are undermining the foundations of our very country. Im concerned about 400,000 children who will not get the Food Assistance that they need to fill their little bellies. Im concerned about the safety of our passengers at our three regional airports. New york city is a major hub. We dont have the tsa and the air Traffic Controllers being paid. So theres just chaos. I have Disaster Projects that are not going to be worked on during this time of the shutdown. So we are very concerned here in new york. And what is so disingenuous, a lot of talk about the republicans but their plan actually cuts over 800 Border Patrol agents who are doing the job we want them to do. So theyre so disingenuous. Theyre so detached from reality. And states like new york and the nine republican governors i have in new york, their own constituents will be hurt by this. They need to know that. Are you talking about wick or snap . Both. I want to ask you about that. When it come to wick, we heard from the secretary of ag. He said there is really only a day or two for wick. Snap will be, that is what people know i think colloquially as food stamps. That will be funded for much longer federally. I think it goes into october. When youre talking about wick, it really depends on what the State Funding Level is. How long does new york have before it is impacted . How many days, how many weeks do you have before those benefits stop going out to women, infants and children . Well, this is what were deeply concerned about. They have gone as long as 35 days. Im asking because the federal funds only have like a day or two. We can continue a little longer but ill talk to my team. I dont think it will go a lot longer than the federal Government Resources are there. And why do they even have to bring us to this point where i have to worry about whether or not well have programs in place to take