Hello from CNN, I'm Anna Sturla with the five things you need to know for Friday, September 22nd.

Democratic and GOP leaders in the Senate are putting their heads together on their own government spending bill.

With Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer telling CNN, quote, we may now have to go first.

Here's what Schumer had to say about the talks this week.

Leader McCullen and I are talking and we have a great deal of agreement on many parts of this.

It's never easy to get a big bill, a CR bill done, but I am very, very optimistic that McConnell and I can find a way

and get a large number of votes both Democratic and Republican in the Senate.

It comes as House Speaker Republican Kevin McCarthy has been trying to rally his own party to pass a bill

and avoid a government shutdown. The problem, he can only afford to lose four GOP

House members on any party-line vote and he's already gotten a lot of pushback.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled today he'd be willing to normalize

relations with Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu spoke with CNN's Caitlin Collins and said working with the kingdom would offer a huge

economic boon.

Do you feel that a deal is likely?

I think it's possible. I think it's likely because I think it's possible I think it's likely because I think Israel, Saudi Arabia and the

United States share a common goal to change history to make this quantum leap and

we now have an opportunity with the United States

to change the Middle East forever. A deal between the two countries would be a

massive foreign policy shift for both sides. The White House has been in talks with Saudi Arabia

about normalization for months, but currently Saudi Arabia, like many Arab

states, doesn't recognize Israel. President Joe Biden said that next week he'll walk the picket line with members of the United Auto Workers Union as they continue to strike against the big three automakers.

Presidents usually don't want to be seen as taking sides and labor disputes, but Biden has already

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