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Hoping to pull out of a serious political slump, the President heads to New Hampshire to tout the bipartisan trillion-dollar infrastructure overhaul he signed into law yesterday. Plus: Does Mark Meadows want to go to jail? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been charged with two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after he openly defied a subpoena from the January 6 committee. The charges are putting others, like former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, on notice. Plus, new polls show Biden's approval numbers at record lows. Will the infrastructure package and a new message on rising prices resonate with voters? And violent rhetoric is becoming the norm on the right — even in the halls of Congress. On today’s panel: CNN’s Paula Reid, Paul Kane of the Washington Post, Jackie Kucinich of the Daily Beast, Astead Herndon of the New York Times, Tarini Parti of the Wall Street Journal, former economic advisor to President Obama Austan Goolsbee. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After losing again in U.S. district court, the former President asks an appeals court to stop the release of White House records to the House committee investigating the Jan 6 insurrection. Plus: an up-close look at pocketbook pressure on American families. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All are for close Trump associates. Why what Merrick Garland does next could make or break the Jan 6 investigation. Plus: GOP reps who voted for Biden’s infrastructure plan face disgusting threats. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN’s just-released poll shows a deepening Biden slump. Many Americans think the President is not focusing enough on the issues that matter most to them. Plus: Obama throws some shade at Donald Trump. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After weeks of intense negotiations, the House approved the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure in a late Friday night vote. President Biden touted the key legislative win as a "once-in-a-generation investment" that rebuilds roads, bridges, railways and water pipes. Now, Democrats must sell the bill to the country ahead of next year's midterm elections. Plus, after wins in Virginia and a closer-than-expected race in New Jersey, Republicans say education and parents' rights are winning issues for 2022. And the unemployment rate is down, the stock market is up and employers added more than half a million new jobs last month - but why do Americans think the country is in bad economic shape? On today’s panel: CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, Margaret Talev of Axios, NPR’s Asma Khalid, John Bresnahan of Punchbowl News and Neil Irwin of the New York Times. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A judge decides whether to give lawmakers access to materials the former President wants to keep secret … Pelosi pushes to vote on social safety net tonight, and infrastructure tomorrow … Biden administration delays vaccine mandates. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Republican Glenn Youngkin beat Terry McAuliffe for governor of Virginia – a state Joe Biden won handily just a year ago – and what it means for the Democratic Party. Plus: The crucial New Jersey governor’s race is still too close to call. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From crucial governor’s races to big city mayoral contests, today’s results are a referendum on the President’s first-year performance and a test of whether the Trump brand is still toxic for Republicans in the suburbs. Plus: the Dems’ Joe Manchin problem, and Mike Pence explains why he said no to Donald Trump’s plan to subvert democracy. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the President attends a crucial climate conference overseas, negotiations at home on his Build Back Better agenda may scramble a plan to vote on everything tomorrow. Plus, the Supreme Court hears arguments on the biggest issue of this term: a challenge to Texas’ restrictive abortion law. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After President Biden won Virginia by 10 points a year ago, polls show a tight race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. If Youngkin wins, it will be the first time since 2009 that a Republican occupies the governor's mansion. Plus, are Democratic lawmakers any closer to passing their legislative agenda? Progressives and moderates indicate they've reached a deal to support the bipartisan infrastructure deal and the $1.75 trillion economic plan and could vote on it as soon as Tuesday. And Biden notches key economic wins at the G20 conference in Rome. Next, he hopes to persuade world leaders to adopt new climate plans at the COP26 climate summit in Glasglow. On today’s panel: Politico’s Rachael Bade, Jonathan Martin of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal’s Sabrina Siddiqui, Julie Pace of the Associated Press, CNN’s Eva McKend and Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy Katharine Hayhoe. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Act 1 of the President’s European trip featured meetings with the Pope and French President Macron -- the latter following last month’s big dustup over a controversial submarine deal. The early reviews are in. Plus, another Republican critic heads for the exits. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN experts dissect President Biden’s just-completed East Room speech promoting what he called a “consequential” framework with Congress on his massive spending agenda. What he doesn’t have is a deal. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At a press conference carried live on CNN, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza confirmed a lead bullet fired by Alec Baldwin killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, and he believes more of the rounds taken from the scene are live rounds. Hear the complete press conference, followed by expert analysis. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least five former Trump White House officials have talked to the Jan 6 committee. Also: decision day at the FDA as experts meet to decide how Pfizer’s COVID vaccine works in kids. And: Zuckerberg fires back. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden hopes to have an infrastructure vote and a framework of a broader spending plan cemented before he heads overseas. Plus: COVID kids’ shots in two weeks? And, more on the Facebook documents leak. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin are set to meet in Delaware with President Biden today to hammer out the final details of the Democrats' sprawling social spending bill. The White House aims to hold a vote in the coming days before Biden travels abroad for a climate conference. Plus, Virginia voters say jobs and education are among their top priorities. Republicans believe that means momentum is on their side, but Democrats are bringing in their heavy hitter- former President Obama, Vice President Harris and Stacey Abrams.in the final stretch of the Virginia governor race. And younger kids may be eligible for the Covid vaccine within weeks. How many will get the shot? On today's panel: The Cook Political Report's Amy Walter, Zolan Kanno-Youngs of the New York Times, the Washington Post's Seung Min Kim, Molly Ball of Time Magazine, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden put just about everything on the table at last night’s CNN Town Hall. He believes a deal on “build back better” will get done, but big obstacles remain. Plus: Pfizer says its COVID vaccine for kids is safe and 90% effective. And, a shouting match on the House floor. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What to expect at the President’s live CNN town hall tonight in Baltimore. Plus, Pelosi says “great progress” has been made toward agreement on Biden's “build back better” agenda. And the FDA greenlights mixing and matching COVID vaccines. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President dramatically narrows his agenda to try to force a deal. Universal Pre-K is in. Free two-year college is out. Plus: Congress moves another step closer to holding a key Trump ally in contempt, while the Republican leading the Jan 6 committee suggests the former Prez was perhaps personally responsible for planning the Capitol riots. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The committee investigating the Jan 6 insurrection plans to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt, as the former President sues to stop that committee from getting access to his records. Plus, America’s first 4-star transgender woman. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An in-depth look at the remarkable trailblazer, who was the first African-American to serve as National Security Adviser, then the first African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and then the first African-American Secretary of State. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a crossroads moment for Joe Biden -- these next few weeks could make or break his presidency as he tries to fix a broken supply chain, prevent a new Covid surge, and pass his domestic agenda through a divided Congress. Plus, the January 6 select committee moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for defying a congressional subpoena. And all eyes on the Virginia gubernatorial election as Democrats call in the heavy hitters to make the case for Terry McAuliffe -- but will it be enough to get him over the finish line? CNN’s Phil Mattingly anchors. On today’s show: CNN’s Melanie Zanona, Jeff Mason of Reuters, Jackie Kucinich of The Daily Beast, Toluse Olorunnipa of The Washington Post, and Kimberly Adams of Marketplace To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The January 6 Select Committee flexes its legal muscles, seeking criminal charges against top Trump adviser Steve Bannon after he failed to attend his deposition, with the chairman saying he has not ruled out a subpoena for Donald Trump himself. The FDA meets today to decide whether to authorize a booster shot for Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine with a new study showing mixing and matching vaccines and boosters between the three different brands can increase their efficacy. Bill Clinton is admitted to hospital following a urinary tract infection which has spread to his bloodstream. A spokesman for the former president says he is ‘on the mend’. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FDA meets this week to discuss boosters for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, and the efficacy of mixing boosters from different vaccine brands. Later, President Biden speaks from the White House on the significant progress America has made in tackling Covid-19, and the challenges which still remain. In a bizarre new ultimatum, former President Trump says unless the 2020 election results are changed to his liking by the GOP ‘fixing’ his claims of election ‘fraud’, Republican voters should stay at home in 2022 and 2024. That, as we see defiance from two key Trump allies with Steve Bannon and Kash Patel failing to appear before the January 6 Select Committee, and possibly facing legal repercussions. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s a subpoena showdown as the January 6 Select Committee investigating the insurrection warns that for Trump allies who refuse to cooperate, criminal referrals will come fast. As Biden faces the challenge of selling his ambitious agenda, new CNN polling shows that while 50% of Americans approve of Biden’s job as President, only 25% see his safety net and climate change proposals actually helping them. William Shatner boldly goes to the edge of space as a tourist. Now back on Earth, the 90-year-old actor reflects on the historic journey he took with Jeff Bezos. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Gruden of the Las Vegas Raiders, has resigned following a New York Times report detailing his use of homophobic, misogynistic & racist language in professional emails sent over seven years. Gruden, who opposed supporting those who kneeled for racial injustice and criticized the drafting of gay players, also shared naked photos of an NFL cheerleader with an NFL executive. Texas Governor Greg Abbott bans any and all businesses in the state from mandating the Covid-19 vaccine after recently saying government should not tell private business what to do. But with Abbott up for up for re-election next year and the Republican also considering a national run in 2024, this new executive order puts him in sync with the anti-mandate right. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Members of Trump’s top team are to give closed-door depositions to the January 6 Select Committee today. With some of his allies still defying subpoenas and open support from leading Republicans, Trump continues to sell his big lie, making the search for the truth about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election even more essential. Will the Committee use every power available to them to ensure those avoiding scrutiny cooperate? A new study shows that Democratic-led states have seen a slower spread of Covid-19, thought to be because of their Governors’ proactive roles in upholding mask mandates, promoting testing, and keeping their states closed for relatively long periods of time. That, as pharmaceutical company Merck seeks emergency use authorization from the FDA for its pill which treats severe Covid-19 symptoms. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The next presidential election is still three years away, but former President Trump is making sure ambitious Republicans know he's not yet leaving the political stage. Still, Trump--and his core supporters-- remain fixated on 2020 election lies. Plus, what's in and what's out? Democrats debate what programs to include in a slimmer economic plan. And decreasing cases, hospitalizations and deaths suggest the worst of the Delta-fueled summer surge may be behind us. On today's panel: CNN's Lauren Fox, CNN's Michael Warren, Jeff Stein of the Washington Post, CNN's Eva McKend, Tamara Keith of NPR, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Predictions of a hiring boom falter, as a weak jobs report worries the Biden White House, with just 194,000 new workers added to the economy in September. Many Americans stopped looking for employment as the delta variant raged across the country. President Biden speaks live from the White House on the issue. Donald Trump tells his former aides to defy the January 6 Select Committee subpoenas as Democratic Majority Whip Dick Durbin urges Trump's former to team to ‘follow the law’ as he ‘doesn't have the power to pardon you anymore’. The panel has also served a new round of subpoenas on ‘Stop the Steal’ rally organizers. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pfizer is seeking FDA approval for its Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. The FDA vaccine committee meets later this month, meaning 28 million children should be eligible for a rapid rollout of shots at convenient places for parents and kids to get vaccinated, including pediatricians' offices and community sites. With the deadline for Trump allies to comply with the January 6 subpoenas upon us, a new Senate report and brand-new review of court documents details how Trump installed a loyalist at the DOJ to attempt a coup. The former president continues to escalate the big lie, publicly stating the ‘real insurrection’ was the 2020 Election Day. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BREAKING NEWS: The FBI investigates reports of an active shooter situation at Timber View High School, Arlington. It is believed there was an altercation between a student and another individual in a class, in which a gun was used, leaving three hospitalized. Timothy George Simpkins has been identified as a person of interest by the authorities and is considered armed and dangerous. As White House economists warn of a global shock and job losses in the millions, President Biden meets with business leaders to make the case that unless Congress acts soon to raise the debt ceiling, there will be devastating consequences. With just 12 days to go to the default deadline, Senator Manchin is now ‘imploring’ leaders to work out the debt standoff. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Pence begins to wrap his arms around the narrative of the big lie. The former Vice President, who is aware that rioters were building gallows outside the Capitol and chanting "hang Mike Pence", now says the media is hyping what happened on January 6 in an attempt to ‘demean’ Republican supporters. Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen tells Senators the social media giant knowingly and repeatedly put profit over safety, harming children and inciting hate and violence. Haugen, who equates social media to cigarettes for teens, says the company hides evidence of the damaging impact of its platforms. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A whistleblower claims Facebook prioritized profit over public good and accuses the company of enabling the Capitol Riot by allowing its platforms to be used to spread hate, violence and misinformation. Facebook say they continue to make significant improvements to tackle the spread of misinformation and harmful content, and to suggest they encourage bad content is just not true. So, what is the truth? CNN’s Donnie O’Sullivan joins to give his perspective. The Washington Post reports that Trump asked his advisers whether he should announce his 2024 bid for the White House after the chaotic exit in Afghanistan. They urged Trump, who is taking legal action to reinstate his twitter account, to be patient over concerns that an announcement now may help the Democratic turnout in the 2022 midterms. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Progressives are holding firm and demanding a vote on a bill full of liberal priorities before also voting on the bipartisan infrastructure plan. President Biden admits that "everybody is frustrated," but still expects both parts of his expansive agenda to eventually land on his desk. Plus, Democrats aim to continue their winning streak in Virginia in next month's gubernatorial election. But Republicans are betting that a Biden backlash could power them to an upset win. And what does Sen. Kyrsten Sinema want and why is she so eager to buck her party? On today's panel: CNN's Jeff Zeleny, Lisa Lerer of the New York Times, Politico's Laura Barron Lopez, John Bresnahan of Punchbowl News. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a major Covid-19 breakthrough, the pharmaceutical company Merck says their pill could cut the risk of hospitalization or death from the virus by 50%. That, as Government statistics show the unvaccinated are 8x more likely to test positive, 41 times more likely to be hospitalized and 57x more likely to die compared to the vaccinated. There is new optimism that the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Biden’s economic agenda can be agreed as a House Democrats meeting intensifies negotiations. However, the $2 trillion divide over the dramatic expansion of the social safety net still remains. Hosted by Dana Bash, in for John King. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s decision day for the President’s spending plan, but at this moment no deal and no apparent progress is in sight. The House will however proceed with a vote on a smaller infrastructure bill, as liberals want that bigger agreement finalised before they vote yes on Biden’s Agenda. Senator Joe Manchin speaks from Captitol Hill on the infrastructure vote and the $1.5 trillion price tag he has floated to the President for the Democrat’s package. Another major vaccine mandate takes effect. California health care workers must be vaccinated by today or lose their jobs. That as the CDC puts pregnant women on alert, strongly recommending they get the Covid-19 vaccine. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Testimony at the Senate continues from America's top military officials, who say they recommended President Biden keep Afghanistan troop levels at 2,500 not, as he later decided, zero. After the messy withdrawal and a number of Americans still in left Afghanistan, should Biden have had a better plan? The New York City Mayor says their numbers definitively prove city and state vaccine mandates are working. 92% of NYC health workers are now vaccinated with a 45% rise in daily NYC vaccinations since the mandates were announced. The pace of national vaccinations however, is slowing. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is no new episode of the Inside Politics showcast today due to CNN's ongoing coverage of the Afghanistan withdrawal hearing live from the Senate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden gets his booster shot live on national TV, his third dose of the Pfizer vaccine. That, as New York State's vaccine mandate for health care workers comes into effect - officials are bracing for the possibility of significant staff shortages, with the NY Governor considering activating the National Guard or bringing in workers from overseas to help. Liz Cheney says her fight for re-election in Wyoming is the test case of Donald Trump's hold on the Republican Party. After making an enemy of Trump by voting to impeach him, her Republican primary challenger now has the backing of the former President. Trump has told GOP candidates they need to ‘embrace MAGA’ to win. After the President spent the weekend on the phone with lawmakers pushing his Agenda, the Democrats remain at a spending plan impasse, with Nancy Pelosi saying it is ‘self-evident’ that Biden’s Agenda won’t be $3.5 trillion. Government funding is due to run out Thursday. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democrats are split as they head into a critical week on Capitol Hill: moderates and progressives can't agree on the scope or price tag of the reconciliation bill that addresses everything from climate change to paid family leave. And progressives say they'll vote down the bipartisan infrastructure bill until the reconciliation bill gets a vote. Meanwhile, the country is barreling towards a government shutdown at the end of the month. Plus, a sham election audit led by Republicans in Arizona's largest county once again confirmed President Biden's victory. So why are some Republicans calling for similar audits in other states? And the White House faces bipartisan outrage at chaos on the Southern border. On today's panel: CNN's Jeremy Diamond, Julie Hirschfeld Davis of the New York Times, Politico's Burgess Everett, Seung Min Kim of the Washington Post, CNN's Pricilla Alvarez, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company Republicans paid $6 million to find 2020 election fraud in Arizona, has found no evidence. The draft report from Cyber Ninjas, shows President Biden received 99 more votes than Maricopa County had initially reported, while Trump received 261 fewer votes. The January 6 White House Committee has subpoenaed four of Trump's closest advisers. Investigators seek information on what was known by Trump and his team about the plan leading up to the insurrection and the attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election. New CDC guidelines recommend the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine booster shot for adults aged 65 and older, adults in long-term care, any adult with underlying health conditions and workers whose jobs might put them at a higher risk of Covid infection. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Special Envoy to Haiti has resigned in anger following the mistreatment of Haitian migrants by U.S. Border Patrol Agents, when crossing into Del Rio, Texas from Mexico, calling the ‘Title 42 Policy’ used to send people back to Haiti 'counterproductive and inhumane'. The White House, House of Representatives and Senate have reached agreement on a framework that will pay for any final negotiated agreement on Biden’s massive spending package. Specifics on any tax hikes the Democrats have agreed to support and an agreement on the final price tag are still up for debate. A CDC group meets today to determine who gets Covid-19 vaccine booster shots first and when, but definition is still needed on what ‘high-risk’ conditions means across the American population. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pressure mounts, as the Government runs out of money in October and will shut down if there is not a debt ceiling. With giant differences among Democrats on their first year spending plan, President Biden will spend today meeting with key progressive and moderate members of his party to strike a way forward. Old feuds continue as George W. Bush organizes a re-election fundraiser for Liz Cheney in Wyoming, while Trump backs a Cheney challenger who questioned the 2020 election results. Cheney is also now the co-chair of the committee investigating the January 6th insurrection, including Trump's role in the attack. 2,000 Americans are dying of Covid-19 each day, but new cases are leveling off. Is the delta surge finally giving way or is more pain around the corner? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A memo from a Trump lawyer titled ‘January 6 Scenario’ outlines six steps to have the then Vice President Mike Pence throw chaos into the electoral college certification process and find a way to ignore the 2020 election results. Part of the memo outlines a scenario in which the Republicans could have invalidated votes from several States including Pennsylvania, ensuring Biden wouldn't have had the 270 minimum threshold required. The Biden agenda hangs by a thread. A government shutdown looms, as just nine days remain until current funding runs out. Progressive and moderate Democrats are trying to address their big divide over the $3.5 trillion price tag and the policies it pays for, after failing to strike a bipartisan deal on a stopgap funding bill. 676,286 Americans have now been killed by Covid-19, more than the 1918 Flu pandemic. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pfizer releases trial results it says, show its Covid vaccine is safe and highly effective in children ages 5 to 11. Subject to emergency authorization from the FDA, 28 million children could be eligible for vaccination by Halloween. 25% of parents say they will not vaccinate their children. The Governor of Texas requests an emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border as 12,000 migrants now live underneath the Del Rio National Bridge, hoping to be processed. CNN‘s Priscilla Alvarez joins to discuss the situation which sees many living in makeshift tents trying to shield themselves from the brutal Texas sun. The White House announces it will lift Covid travel restrictions and allow fully vaccinated international visitors into the United States starting in November. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunday, September 19: Eight months out of office, Trump still dominates Republican party Former President Trump's hold on the Republican party remains strong as Rep. Anthony Gonzalez retires and Rep. Adam Kinzinger calls on fellow Republicans to denounce Trump's divisive rhetoric, saying "The time for hiding is over, the stakes are too high." Plus, Democrats are coming up against their self-imposed deadline for passing President Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending package. Can the progressive and moderate wings of the party come together to push it over the finish line? On today's panel: Rachael Bade of Politico, Jonathan Martin of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal's Sabrina Siddiqui and Margaret Talev of Axios. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Department of Homeland security issues an alert, warning of possible violence in Washington as early as today, in relation to this Saturday’s Far-Right Rally by supporters of Donald Trump and those who stormed the Capitol on January 6. The Department of Defense has approved 100 members of the National Guard to serve as a quick reaction force. Mike Pence inches closer to a possible 2024 Presidential candidate run. With Trump viewing him as a traitor, what are his chances of succeeding? 63% of Republican leaning voters want Trump leading the GOP. An FDA committee is debating Covid booster shots. The White House wants a green light. But is that guided by science or by politics? An FDA adviser publicly blasts the Biden Administration over rushing the booster approval process. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do we need Covid-19 vaccine booster shots? New data suggests yes as a key FDA panel meets tomorrow. The hope is they will prevent asymptomatic carriers in the vaccinated population, but the FDA needs to be clear on its message on who needs boosters, and when, amid growing public confusion. The fencing around the Capitol returns as law enforcement officials worry about a violent repeat of the January 6 insurrection at a right-wing rally this coming Saturday. 77% of Republicans believe that Biden did not win the 2020 election legitimately, with 54% of this group believing there is solid evidence of voter fraud where none has been found. Five senior Senators, four of them Republicans are to decide if they will seek re-election. Their retirements could reshape the Senate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is no new episode of the Inside Politics showcast today due to CNN's continuing coverage of the U.S. gymnasts testifying on the FBI's handling of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse case. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices