U.S. braces for government shutdown as deadline looms

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 29 September 2023

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House Speaker McCarthy was unable to deliver a spending bill to deliver to the Senate in order to avoid a shutdown. Will he risk his job by cutting a deal with Democrats in order to get the government up and running? Plus, New York City is under a state of emergency as a month’s worth of rain is expected to fall in just hours. Also, an arrest has been made in the decades long case of the murder of rap artist Tupac Shakur. 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	It is not a question of will a federal U.S. government shutdown happen?
0:06.4	It is how long will the shutdown last?
0:10.1	The lead starts right now.
0:12.7	So House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could not even deliver a spending bill to be rejected
0:16.6	by the Senate.
0:17.6	This afternoon, 21 House Republicans voted against the bill he put forward and now McCarthy's
0:21.6	dilemma.
0:22.6	Will he cut a deal with Democrats to get the government up and running and risk losing
0:27.7	his job or will he make a sacrifice to prevent the government shutdown and help federal
0:31.9	workers keep their paychecks and New York City under a state of emergency more than
0:36.9	a month worth of rain in a few hours, creating a life threatening situation.
0:41.3	Plus, a major arrest in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, 27 years after he was gunned
0:48.2	down on the biggest strip.
0:54.3	Welcome to the lead-unjected.
0:55.3	We're going to start today with our politics lead.
0:57.2	Other dysfunction among House Republicans means the United States is likely headed for
1:01.5	another government shutdown.
1:02.5	This afternoon, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suffered another embarrassing loss as his
1:06.9	caucus failed to pass a short-term spending bill to keep the government open.
1:10.2	There are now just under 32 hours left for any kind of deal and frankly, the reality
1:15.4	is bleak because any deal has to pass both the Republican-controlled House and the Democratic
1:21.4	-controlled Senate.
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