9 AM ET: 11 bill in 8 days, border crossing deaths, obesity rise & more

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🗓️ 22 September 2023

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The House will need to pass eleven bills in just eight days to avoid a government shutdown. The bodies of two people, including a three year old child, have been recovered from the Rio Grande at the US southern border. The US, Russia and China have all been expanding their nuclear testing sites. Ukraine has launched a missile strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters. Plus, obesity is getting more common in a number of states. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, September 22nd.
0:08.0	11 spending bills in the next eight days.
0:11.0	That's what House Republicans will have to pass to avoid a government shutdown.
0:14.9	And it's not looking good. Yesterday, hardliners killed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plan to
0:20.4	avoid the shutdown yet again by tanking a military spending bill.
0:24.7	That bill typically gets widespread bipartisan support, a sign of how even usually uncontroversial issues
0:31.4	have gotten stuck in Republican infighting.
0:33.7	And now GOP leaders have sent lawmakers home for the weekend.
0:37.6	Take a listen to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's advice for McCarthy.
0:41.3	The only way, underline only, way to avoid a shutdown is to make sure you work in a bipartisan way.
0:49.0	McCarthy is now under intense pressure and facing the threat of losing his job.
0:55.0	Two bodies have been recovered from the Rio Grande at the US southern border this week,
1:00.0	as 5,000 migrants have crossed into Texas from Mexico in just the last few days.
1:05.9	A three-year-old boy was swept away by the current while he was trying to cross the river with
1:10.1	his family, and the body of a man believed to be a migrant was found yesterday.
1:14.9	The mayor of Eagle Past Texas says he hasn't heard anything from the Biden administration
1:19.6	about the spike in the number of migrants crossing into the US.
1:23.0	Nobody has bothered to call me anyone in the city staff saying,
1:27.0	hey, this is the federal government.
1:29.0	We know what you're going through.
1:30.0	We're worried about you.
1:31.0	This is our plan of action. Nothing.
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