Collins showing off this water color painting made for her by feinstein. Feinsteins desk on the senate floor was draped in black with a vase of white flowers. Thats the senate tradition. She was the longest serving woman in senate history. She was 90 years old. She was 90 years old. Ac 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com tonight on 360, Breaking News on the Government Shutdown just days away. Also 27 years after Tupac Shakurs murder, the man who ordered his death, police say, is in custody. Some of the worst rain new york has ever seen and its not over. Breaking news. In the likelihood 24 hours from now, one minute past midnight, the federal government will shut down. In a moment, youll meet some of the men and women who will be left without paychecks if it does but still have the bills to pay. First, the man largely responsible for it, House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy. Its not what hes done thats led to all this. Its what hes been unable to do. Speaker mccarthy has not been able to get the right wing of his narrow majority to agree on Stopgap Funding to keep the government running. Nor has he been willing to work with democrats instead or grab onto a lifeline and take on a temporary measure in the senate. Instead he brought a bill to the floor that was resoundly rejected with republicans, many of them hardliners, joining democrats in defeating it. Speaker mccarthy was asked why he was pushing legislation that was dead on arrival. Mr. Speaker, you know full well you need to get support from the senate and the white house. So, why arent you doing that . And what do you say to people believe the reason youre not is because youre concerned about your own job . Really . So, lets see. What has the white house done and what has the senate done . They havent passed one appropriations bill. Theyve been trying to pass Appropriation Bill and they havent done that. Its easy to surrender. If you want to fight for the American Public to secure our borders and keep government open, how is that a problem . Its only for cnn that that becomes a problem that i dont p pander to the liberals. I dont recall advocating any surrender to anyone but i digress. And the government is about to shutdown. This is a twohour long meeting tonight. And during that meeting, Kevin Mccarthy laid out what their limited options are at this point, the first option being just accepting the senate deal. That includes money for ukraine and disaster aid. The other option is putting their shortterm bill on the floor that doesnt include ukraine money. And the third option is a Government Shutdown. After that meeting, Kevin Mccarthy emerged and he had a new message. He said that any bill to fund the government just needs to drop ukraine money. Lets take a listen. I think if we had a clean line without ukraine on it, we could probably be able to move that through. I think if the senate puts ukraine on there and focuses ukraine over america, i think that could cause real problems. So, anderson, this is a real change in tune from Kevin Mccarthy after republicans earlier today failed to advance a funding bill that included a number of other conservative priorities. Now Kevin Mccarthy unable to get the votes within his own conference moved off of those demands and is signaling he could be open more to working with the senate, something he was previously reluctant to do. Given the time constraints, its unclear if the two chambers can come together in time for tomorrow nights deadline. What exactly if anything is going to be voted on tomorrow . House gop leaders are going to whip those 21 republicans who voted against their own Spending Bill earlier today and try to gauge whether they could support a 14daylong cr, Continuing Resolution, that would fund the government temporarily. If they can support that, the hope is that leadership can put that bill on the floor tomorrow. Meanwhile in the senate, they have been moving through a bipartisan bill to fund the government that does include 6 billion for ukraine and 6 billion for disaster aid. Theyll take that vote tomorrow. But given the time constraints, they are likely not going to be able to vote on final passage until potentially as late as monday. So, The Big Picture here is that Congress Still has no plan to avert a Government Shutdown, which is now just almost 24 hours away. Melanie zanona, thank you. Much more now, joining us tonight, Washington Democratic congresswoman pernilla jayapal. Whats your understanding of where things stand at this hour . Anderson, its a sad situation that were in because we have a gop majority with a speaker that cannot get his own party to do the simple work of funding a Continuing Resolution. And the thing is, anderson, we have plenty of votes to avert a shutdown with a clean Continuing Resolution that keeps the government funded until the republicans can get their act together on appropriations bills. So, this is not a situation that has to happen. If it happens that we have a shutdown, it looks increasely likely, it is a republican shutdown. And it has tremendous consequences for people across the country, from people not being able to get the assistance they need to make sure that the Social Security is working properly, Cafeteria Workers not being able to get their paychecks. It has tremendous consequences, and its all because, anderson, the republicans have been trying to pass this extreme agenda, a nationwide abortion ban, severe cuts to Social Security. They cant get it through. So now theyre holding the Government Funding Hostage and the American People hostage. So, there a realistic scenario under which House Democrats team up with House Republicans in the next 24 hours to pass the stopgap Senate Measure that would be able to get signed into law by the president . Thats exactly what should happen. If the senate sends something over to us, we can use either Kevin Mccarthy can put it on the floor and allow republicans to vote with us because i think we would have enough republicans to pass that. Feel is that Kevin Mccarthy has led us into this shutdown. Kevin mccarthy has turned the gavel over to Marjorie Taylor greene and matt gaetz, depending on the day. And we have no interest in saving Kevin Mccarthy. We do have an interest in making sure that government continues to function, that people can get the services that they need. And at the end of the day, we are not going to save republicans, we are not going to save the speaker because he has been a completely untrustworthy negotiator. Democratic congressman James Clyburn said today that there are circumstances under which he could vote for mccarthy to remain speaker. Can you see a scenario in which you and the rest of the Progressive Caucus could help mccarthy keep his job . The Problem Anderson is that hes not a reliable negotiator. He made a deal with the president , then he immediately broke it. For us, i think we would need to write in Power Sharing into the rules of the house. But, listen, were not even going there right now. What were focused on is, lets get through this shutdown. Lets make sure that Government Functions because republicans have shown they cant govern. Theres a civil war going on over on that side. We have said we are willing to fund the government with a clean Continuing Resolution, ideally with the Disaster Relief and the ukraine money. But theyre not even willing to do that. So, we have to get through this situation. And then i think the republicans have got to get it together and figure out if theyve got a majority, do they have a speaker that can actually control that majority . That is what governing is about. Congresswoman jayapal, thank you so much. Much more now on the Human Consequences because for the people directly affected by a Government Shutdown, especially men and women doing essential jobs, none of whats happening is academic. Reporter on the last military pay day before a looming Government Shutdown, this woman is worried about the unknown. We have child care costs. We have student loans. We have bills to pay. We have a mortgage to pay. Where is that money going to come from . Reporter the shutdown will leave the family and 1. 3 million other Service Members without pay, even as they have to keep working. A recent Family Emergency makes it even harder. We were not anticipating this on top of an already financially challenging time. Ginger lost her husbands paycheck during the last shutdown. At the Time Congress made sure the military got paid, except for the cost guard, where her husband serves, which falls under the department of homeland security. This time, theres no such measure for the troops. Its difficult when you cant count on your Government Officials to protect you when youre literally protecting them and your country. Reporter some Defense DepartmentChild Care Centers will close and on base commissaries could close if this goes on too long. A quarter of active duty Service Members already experienced Food Insecurity in recent years. A shutdown will only make things harder, especially for junior enlisted. Organizations like the Armed Services ymca are ready to offer more help now. Making sure that if we need to, we are adding Food Distribution events through our branches or through our Partner Organizations to ensure that at least once a week there would be a Food Distribution in those areas where possible. This woman says Service Members in her husbands unit have put on a brave face about a potential shutdown, but the concern is real. Over the last 24 hours in particular, weve had a chat thread going with many of the families in our unit. Theyre choosing to be optimistic. Theyre choosing to hope for the best and plan for the worst. Reporter a Military Life requires the willingness to make sacrifices for the country, like facing the challenges of deployments and moves. But a shutdown is different, not a threat from an enemy but a selfinflicted wound. Its always a sacrifice, and this is just another way that we are potentially being forced to sacrifice so that my spouse and family can serve. In previous shutdowns congress has acted to make sure the military gets paid even if and when the government stops functioning in the shutdown. But congress hasnt done that, at least not yet in this case, which means we are a very short time away from 1. 3 million active duty Service Members having to work without pay. Cnn in the pentagon. Next tonight, more Breaking News, the first plea deal in the case against the former president and 18 other codefendants. Later the remarkable chain of events that turned one of americas longest running cold cases, the murder of tupac shakur, hot. Welcome back. Theres more Breaking News tonight and a first. The First Defendant in georgia rico case against the former president to plead guilty. His name is scott hall. Hes one of 18 other codefendants entering a plea and agreeing to cooperate with prose prosecutors. This was part of an impromptu hearing that went down earlier today, with scott hall pleading guilty to five misdemeanor charges. He was facing seven charges, including racketeering by the District Attorneys Office in fulton county. With that guilty plea, he becomes the first of the 19 codefendants to cut a deal with the District Attorneys Office. Listen to part of what happened earlier today in court. How do you plead to the five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of Election Duties . Guilty. And is this guilty plea being freely given with the full knowledge of the charges against you . Yes, maam, it is. There he is in his own words, anderson. As part of this sentencing, its five years probation, a 5,000 fine, 200 Hours Community service. But most importantly, as you mentioned, hes going to have to cooperate. Hes going to testify at any future proceedings or trials in this case. And jennifer, how cig nif deter cant is it for the case against the former president and also more directly to Sidney Powell . Its really significant, anderson, because hes the first one. This starts what should be a rush to fani Willis Office to cut deals from the other defendants. Not everyone will get a cooperation deal. And i think the Cooperation Piece is why he ended up pleading to misdemeanors with an agreement there be no prison time. This really ought to start this process, which will strengthen their case and also thin the number of defendants. They cant try 17 defendants together, so theyre going to need to get more out of the case. I think this will help that process along too. What do we know about this guys role about the efforts in Coffee County . How does a bond baelsman get into subverting democracy . Really bizarre. He was a Pro Trump Poll Watcher in atlanta in 2020. He was also a supporter of this conspiracy that there was widespread voter fraud in the state during the 2020 election when there wasnt. And as a result they tried to prove this conspiracy. He along with other trump operatives, according to the District Attorneys Office and through halls own admission, by illegally accessing Voting Equipment in rural Coffee County. Hes the first of the 19 codefendants to take a plea. Earlier today during a procedural hearing involving Sidney Powell and ken chesebro, their trial is expected to start october 20th. The d. A. s office seemed to signal they were going to offer plea deals to those two codefendants. You said for prosecutors, this is the beginning of the thinning of the herd. Exactly. They really need to get down to six to eight if they dont want to try this more than once or twice, if the Powell Chesebro trial does go forward next month. But of course strengthening their case. This guy can testify directly against Sidney Powell. And any testimony he gives goes to all the defendants because theyre charged with rk tiering and conspiracy. Its important evidence, its an important thing that happened today. Well see more people coming in, some to cooperate, some to plead out of the case. Its important for kprus investors to get these deals done. You said that hall was given a pretty good plea deal, no prison time. Not every subsequent defendant whos interested in a plea deal is going to get the same treatment. Exactly. It will depend on the person, how involved they were. Other things that we dont necessarily know about, like their criminal history. But, you know, as we go along and as they get more and more cooperators, they dont need as many. It will depend on what they know. It will be really interesting when we get into more of that mid level and top level defendants who are the most culpable, ones who planned the scheme, created the scheme. Thats when well see what kind of deals theyll be offering for people. Thats when it will get interesting. Thanks so much. One other quick trump related note. Federal prosecutors announcing charges against an irs contractor who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high ranking government official. A source familiar told the official is the former president. The suspect, Charles Edward littlejohn is accused of stealing irs information on thousands of other wealthy americans. Tupac shakur, the legendary rapper murdered in 1996. Plus a city underwater, new york city endured months of rain in just one 24hour period, producing massive floods like this. Gary tuchman joins us ahead with why some of the danger is yet to subside. Welcome back. After 27 years and numerous