But just so amazing to watch. This is a young team that came up through the farm system. Cant wait to see it in october. Thanks for joining us. Have a wonderful weekend. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Glad youre wir us. It is Friday September 29th and right now the government is open for now, but we are on the brink of a shutdown with no deal in sight to stop it after a night of failure on capitol hill. The clock is ticking away with less than two days left. Heres what happened while you were sleeping. This vote, the yea, 191, nays, 297. The motion is not passed and lays on the table. Chaos and division among House Republicans on full display. One of their own Spending Bills went down in flames after 27 lawmakers voted against it. Just hours from now Speaker Mccarthy trying to hold a lastditch vote on his stopgap bill to keep the government funded temporarily, but it does not look like he has enough votes in his own party for that. Facing rebellion and a threat of losing his job this morning. Why a shutdown matters for you. Nearly 4 million federal employees will stop being paid including more than 1 million active duty troops, Essential Workers will keep working without pay while others will be furloughed. The white house is warning a shutdown could lead to huge Travel Delays and training for desperate air Traffic Controllers will stop. The irs will stop processing most tax refunds and harder to get in touch with the agency if you need help with your taxes. Food stamps for millions of americans in danger along with Housing Assistance for the elderly, disable and other lowincome tenants who rely on that aid. A serious impact on health and safety. Fda could be forced to delay Food Safety Inspections across the country, and for students, federal loans and Financial Aid programs likely disrupted, a majority of National Parks expected to close if the government shuts down. In previous shutdowns, d. C. Has literally become a mess. Back in 2018 and 2019 we saw trash cans overflowing, garbage scattered across the National Mall right by the u. S. Capitol and washingtons iconic monument as the shutdown dragged on. Wont be able to enjoy social medias fat bear week supposed to start on wednesday and told the bears were keep getting fat. Thats a joke. A lot of serious stuff here. All right, phil . Poppy, the consequences fat bear week nothing to joke about, by wait. Very entertaining, but the consequencesen real. So, too, how we got here. This is important to underscore this is a very different level of dysfunction than weve seen. Keep in mind Kevin Mccarthy, Speaker Of The House, had control of his Conference Since january when elected speaker after this the honorable Kevin Mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. 203. 202. 201. 201. 201. 201. 201. 200. 200. 200. 213. 214. 216. Having received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected Speaker Of The House of representatives. Not one, not two, but 15 votes for mccarthy to secure the votes to become speaker. The longest contest in 164 years. If you want to understand whats really gotten capitol hill, gotten House Republicans towards this Government Shutdown, thats a good place to start. That ended with this, obviously. The speakers gavel, for Kevin Mccarthy underscoring that hes willing to grind it out to find an outcome. Something hes tried to do throughout the course of the last nine months. But this leadup and moment to this moment is important to understand why were in the place we are right now. First, of course, there was the problem mccarthy had counting the votes just in and of themselves. Take a listen. Do you think you have the votes to be elected speaker tonight . Yes, i do. Yes. Youll be able to flip rosendale and crane. Aislill have the votes. What were their concerns . Because i can count. He can count but not directly. Went on to fail several after because he said he could count. One issue. A very fluid conference, such a slim conference and slim majority complicated. This is important to a large degree. What mccarthy had to give. Hardline conservative republicans to secure their votes. Here are some of the concessions. I point out a few that really matter. One member can call for a motion to oust the speaker. Critical point. A pair of debt ceiling increases with spending cuts that led to another Critical Movement here. Move all Appropriation Billss Problem now. Half Discretionary Spending at 2022 levels impossible when you only control one of the houses. Why does that matter, think through how this actually works, this is the threat hanging over mccarthy, why hes been so willing to work with democrats. Debt ceiling increases with spending cuts has driven them to this moment. Inability to move 12 operation b Apope Oppropriations is why the here. What did a deal save, twoyear spending caps, a bunch of wins in mccarthys view for republicans to raise the debt ceiling. However, even as mccarthy called it historic, House Republicans hardline House Republicans, made clear they had serious problems. Take a listen. Were concerned that the fundamental commitments that allowed Kevin Mccarthy to assumes speakership have been violated as a consequence of the debt limit deal. Now, heres whats different. Obviously thats matt gaetz a thorn in mccarthys side to understate things to some degree over the course of his nine months as Speaker Of The House. There is conservatives raising concerns about bipartisan deals and then hardline conservatives actually doing something on the concerns. Less than a week later before you heard that gaetz sound, this happened after the debt deal. This was the first sign that things were about to get very bad. Inability to pass a procedural motion, failing, not a ton of attention, embarrassment at the time but a sign of what was to come including a multitude of failures over and over and over forward. September 18th, failing, 19th failing on a procedural motion. 21st not even getting to that bill underscoring the moment theyre in particularly because it happened about a month before a spending deadline just to overcome a Shutdown Threat and had nothing to do with addressing that Shutdown Threat. So where does that actually leave things now . This San Pont Point here. Look at the stopgap Bill Mccarthy is trying to put on the floor today, theres a reality. He doesnt have the votes. Going into this day where their one proposal, not even to keep the government open just to start negotiations with the senate, with the white house, they dont have the votes. Hard no votes from at least six, seven, eight republicans likely no votes from an additional four and why does this connect to those speaker votes back in january of this year . Well, matt gaetz never voted for mccarthy. Rosendale never voted for gaetz. Crane, never, Lauren Boebert never voted for mccarthy. Connects and see it coming from back in january. Back in january when it ended mccarthy had this to say about the process. Take a listen. So its better that we go through this process right now so we can achieve the things we want to achieve for the american public. What our commitment was. So if this takes a little longer and doesnt meet your deadline, thats okay. Because its not how you start its how you finish. If we finish well well be very successful. That was the optimistic and not isolated view of what that 15 vote speaker battle would actually mean for this conference going forward. Flashforward to yesterday where republican, still struggling just to pass their own stopgap resolution. This is What Mccarthy said. Actually gave a plan b if this falls apart . Yeah. Why do i tell you . What do you mean . In this job you got to have a, b, c, d, e, f, g. What letter are you on now . I havent spelled my name out completely. Maintaining humor underscoring how you finish framed back in january, right now success, which is what he was pointing towards, is a long way away. Poppy . Phil, thank you for all that. A lot happening on capitol hill. Lets Fwling Our Lauren Fox with more. Is there a plan b, c, d, e, f, g, this morning or just plan a and it looks like its going to fail . Reporter i dont know what letter of the alphabet we are on at this point. What you can expect today in house of representatives. Rules committee Recon Convenience around 8 00 a. M. This morning trying to finish up the rule that would have a shortterm Spending Bill head to the house floor. The problem with this shortterm Spending Bill as phil laid out beautifully is the reality the votes are not there at this moment. Then around 11 15, 11 30 this morning the house will move a procedural vote to put that bill on the floor. Heres where things get dicey for House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy. Its a procedural vote, majority puts up the votes, they pass and larger question on the underlying bill. In this case and as has been the case over the last several weeks as hardliners have dug in, those procedural votes are getting harder and harder for Kevin Mccarthy. So expect that if the votes dont pass on that procedural vote you cant move to the next step. Putting the final bill on the floor. A very big day for House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy. He knows he likely does not have the votes for this shortterm bill and meaning basically choosing what does he do next . Turn to democrats . Try to work with them knowing that if he does that likely means end of his speakership. Poppy . Thats the question. Do you believe there will be a vote to vacate him . A motion to vacate the vote . Reporter all indications from hardliners, they are preparing for that. One of the challenges for them, though, poppy, is that who are they going to run to replace Kevin Mccarthy . Who actually wants this job of corralling this very divided republican conference right now . And one of the key things that you can look to is, there have been some names floated. Republican whip tom emmer told our colleagues he doesnt want the job. Dont look at him. Dont think he would take the job. He doesnt want the job. There are other names floating out there. Mark green, someone else he says he doesnt want the job. And leader of Republican Study Committee has an influence in this conference, but does he want the job . This is a very hard position because at any moment any member can turn on you and bring a motion to try and oust you from your job, poppy. The deal they immediate. Well see what happens. Thank you for your reporting. Back to you. Over to the white house preparations made for that Government Shutdown now seems all but inevitable. Priscilla alvarez is there for us. The white house made clear they feel like they have a deal. Right . The deal signed for the debt limit. Should not even be a question right now, but republicans on capitol hill theyve been focused on Border Security, senators trying to figure out some time of Border Security measure to really thread the needle here. Does the white house feel they have to respond on the border, which is a real issue . Reporter responding by noting what exactly a shutdown means for the Border Patrol agents that republicans are talking about. That means thousands of Border Patrol agents are going without pay and will continue to carry out their Law Enforcement duties but wont get paid for it. The other note the white house is making is that the cities in the interior as well as the border wont get the federal funds they need to shelter migrants. So the white house is taking the opportunity here to note the consequences of what a shutdown would look like for the border, but, of course, phil, this is a delicate time for the white house what it comes to the u. S. Mexico border. Border crossings going up, a political fraught issue at forefront and caused concern within the white house, but the opportunity theyre seeing now is noting that the gop proposals could potentially result in eliminated cbp personnel as well as the fact that in the event of a shutdown a lot of these folks have to work without pay. Great point. In terms of the white house itself having covered a lot of these interesting to see how staff is trying to prepare. Seen my email inbox shown from a communications perspective, certainly fully engaged on Rapid Response to frame this. How are they preparing for what now seems like a inevitability . Reporter a steady drumbeat of press releases all focused on what would happen in the event of the shutdown and what does it mean for americans . Today, for example, the focus is on Small Businesses and the fact that the Small Business administration would stop processing new business loans, but then theres also the very real impacts of theyre not being enough funds for recovery efforts. Fema funds we talked about before. Focus right now is simply on any sort of response in the event of a natural disaster. Not so much the Recovery Projects because theyre so slim on funds. Then, too, the risk of millions of women and children going without Food Assistance and, of course, phil, millions of federal workers not getting paid. To give awe glimpse what that looks likeness the white house, phil, senior aides having to learn jobs of junior aides to get by in the event of a shutdown when those workers are furloughed. Learning that the junior aides actually work on a lot of stuff and use computers and technology, can be complicated for us older people sometimes. Appreciate your reporting as always. Poppy . Security preparations under way as former president trumps 250 Million Dollar civil lawsuit. That trial begins here in new york monday. Talk about key witnesses who could take the stand. And mind blowing. An unmitigated disaster, how one republican source described the first Impeachment Inquiry against republican. Well play the testimony that clearly undercut the republicans own argument. Stay with us. Look at the nations capitol currently open for now. Look at that. Less than two days away from a Government Shutdown yet yesterday House Republicans spent six of those precious hours leading an Impeachment Inquiry against President Biden. Republicans attempting to make the case the president profited from his son hunters business dealings. Heres a bit of what their own republican witnesses said on the stand. Are you presenting any firsthand witness account of crimes committed by the president of the United States . No, im not. I am not. I have not. I do not believe that the Current Evidence would support articles of impeachment. Im not here today to even suggest there was corruption, fraud or any wrongdoing. One senior republican aide described the hearing as an unmitigated disaster. Saying you want witnesses that support your case. This is mindblowing. House oversight chair comer will issue subpoenas for Hunter Bidens bank records. Joining us, senior Political Analyst and editor and senior cnn analyst. Start with you. The opening hearing of an Impeachment Inquiry is not necessarily laying out the smoking guns and have everyone decide that everyones guilty. Republicans control the witnesses, framing of the hearing and they got run over yesterday. Thats not my saying that. Thats members of House Republican leadership, their advisers, saying that repeatedly. How . What a complete disaster and embarrassment. Right, phil. The first one is not where you make the case but you have to have something. You dont want your own witnesses essentially turning on you, as you just saw. For contrast. In the Impeachment Inquiry stage for Donald Trumps first Impeachment Hearing during that process we first firstperson testimony from marie y yovanovitch, bill taylor, people who became familiar giving you direct evidence that was relevant to impeachment. Here, theyre still looking, and, god bless them. You have, they have the house majority. Do wa you want. Subpoena