Good evening, everyone. I'm Pam LaBrown. Great to have you with us on this Friday night, this late Friday night.

And there's some news happening. Donald Trump telling reporters tonight he may be in court on Monday.

Are you going to your trial on Monday?

Choose where you're going to go to your trial on Monday.

That's for the $250 million civil fraud suit the New York Attorney General is bringing against the former president and his business empire.

While in Georgia, one of Trump's co-defendants pleading guilty today, flipping for the prosecution agreeing to testify.

Plus, historic flooding in New York City. I mean, these pictures. Wow.

A month worth of rain falling in just a short few hours today, surging floodwaters overwhelming streets, the subway system, and basement apartments, even schools.

And the looming question tonight, will there be a shutdown? We are now just 25 hours away from the shutdown of the federal government.

If there is no deal made in at this hour, the prospects, well, they are looking grim.

We're going to tell you what leader McCarthy is saying tonight.

But let's begin this hour ahead with CNN legal analyst Michael Moore, the former US Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, and Chris Timmons, a former Georgia prosecutor.

Great to have you both on. Michael, let's kick it off with you.

So the first guilty plea in the Georgia election subversion case tonight is from this bail bondsman, Scott Hall.

He has fled. You will testify in any future hearings or trials.

What does that mean for Trump or other co-defendants like Sydney Powell help us put this into context?

Well, I'm glad to be with both of you tonight. You know, it's interesting when you look at this guilty plea.

Remember that Mr. Hall was charged with the grandest election stealing an effort in the history of the world, basically.

And now they've come down to five Mr. Manor charges and no jail time. He doesn't even lose his right to vote because he won't be a convicted felon.

So it's curious to me why the government needed him and the state wanted to use him in this way.

I mean, I know that part of his plea deal is that he will cooperate.

He used to give truthful testimony. It may be important in the power case, and it may not be.

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