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Three Killed in NC Bar Shooting; Two Tropical Threats; Trump Plans to Deploy Troops to Portland, Oregon; Outrage Over ICE Incidents; Heavy Air Attack in Ukraine; Gaza Strikes Intensify Ahead of WH Talks; WH Threats as U.S. Shutdown Looms. Aired 4-5a ET

Aired September 28, 2025 - 04:00   ET

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KIM BRUNHUBER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, Canada, and around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber. This CNN Newsroom.

Two storms are churning in the Atlantic, including a rare Category 5 hurricane. We'll have details on what the Southeastern U.S. can expect. Outrage and concern as ICE detains the school superintendent. We'll speak with a journalist in Iowa about how that and other immigration crackdowns are being viewed in this reliably red state. Plus, President Trump's campaign and Prime Minister Netanyahu are striking different tones over ending the war in Gaza. We'll have a live report ahead of their high-stakes meeting.

ANNOUNCER: Live from Atlanta, this CNN Newsroom with Kim Brunhuber.

BRUNHUBER: We'll have those stories in a moment, but first, investigators say three people are dead and at least eight injured after a gunman in a boat opened fire on a waterfront bar in North Carolina. The attack happened Saturday night at the American Fish Company in Southport. The city's public information officer says a suspect is in custody. A motive hasn't been determined, but authorities say there's no known further credible threat to the public. Now, the condition of those who were injured hasn't been made public. We'll have more on this story as soon as details become available.

Well, we're keeping an eye on two weather systems that could intensify in the coming hours. Hurricane Humberto is now the second category five storm of the Atlantic hurricane season with maximum sustained winds nearly 160 miles per hour in the ocean, and it's not considered a direct threat to the U.S., but it is generating dangerous swells that have begun to affect parts of the Caribbean and are expected to impact the U.S. East Coast beginning Monday. Now, forecasters say Humberto will likely remain a powerful major hurricane for several days.

Forecasters are also monitoring Tropical Depression 9, between Cuba and the Bahamas, that could become Tropical Storm Imelda in the coming hours. Now, Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for portions of Florida's East Coast. CNN Meteorologist Chris Warren walks us through the possible outcomes of these weather systems. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CHRIS WARREN, CNN METEOROLOGIST: All along much of the Southeast Coast, everyone needs to pay attention with what's going on in the tropics. A couple areas we're watching, a strong hurricane, and then what is expected to eventually be a hurricane as it approaches the Southeast Coast.

Now, where exactly it goes? Everything's still on the table. During the day on Saturday, models were trending a little bit more offshore, but that's not a guarantee yet. Things can change. There's a lot of time between here and here, and it's likely to linger here a little bit longer. So, could it come into the coast? It's possible. Could it kind of hang out around here? Also, possible. And then, it's also possible that it goes out to sea.

There is going to be some impacts, whether it is going to be the heavy rain and wind in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina with what is, again, expected to be a hurricane. And with that, if it stalls, it could batter the coast and really make for a messy time, a dangerous time. Flash flooding is going to be a possibility. These two systems may interact, which could help push it away from shore. So, both of them may be going away.

But the tropical moisture, the tropical moisture that transport from here in southern latitudes up farther to the north is going to be getting into parts of South Carolina, North Carolina, and we'll have to continue to watch Georgia as well.

Flash flooding is going to be a big concern. Some surge of possibility depending on how strong the winds are, how long the hurricane hangs out close to the coast. But getting more than 10 inches of rain over a couple of days likely going to lead to some flash flooding.

Now, just offshore at this point, it looks like that more than 10-inch rainfall totals are going to stay. But if that gets a little bit closer or the system comes on shore, that's when we're looking at significant rainfall. So, still way too early to say exactly where it's going to be going, because we're looking at, you know, early next week and even into midweek for the time period of this.

And what we can say for sure as well, it is going to be dangerous at the beaches getting in the water. Rip current risk has increased for Sunday. It's looking high.

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BRUNHUBER: Four people are dead and an unknown number are missing after devastating flash floods hit Arizona. Three people died in the town of Globe, east of Phoenix. One other person was found dead in the Scottsdale area near a vehicle trapped in high waters.

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Streets were turned into rushing rivers when heavy rains hit Friday night into Saturday. Rescue crews are working in the Scottsdale area near a vehicle trapped in high waters. Streets were turned into rushing rivers when heavy rains hit Friday night into Saturday. Rescue crews are working to find people who are unaccounted for. The governor has declared a state of emergency for Gila County where Globe is located.

Donald Trump is accusing former FBI director Christopher Wray of lying about FBI agents presence during the January 6, 2021 Capitol uprising. Now, the president claimed, without evidence, that the FBI secretly placed agents into the crowd to act as agitators and insurrectionists. Trump claimed this contradicts what Wray has repeatedly said and he called it, quote, "the January 6th hoax."

Now, CNN has previously reported that according to a Justice Department watchdog, no undercover FBI agents were at the Capitol during the January 6th riot. The allegation against Wray comes just days after charges were brought against another former FBI director, James Comey.

President Trump says he's deploying troops to Portland, Oregon to protect immigration and customs enforcement facilities that he claims are under siege by domestic terror groups. On social media, the president said he was directing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide troops to, quote, "protect war-ravaged Portland."

Now, this comes as an ICE facility near Portland has had nearby constant protests throughout the summer and after a shooting at an ICE compound in Dallas that killed one detainee and injured two others. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek called her state's communities safe and she said she hadn't been told why troops were being sent to Portland.

An Iowa school superintendent detained by ICE is now on administrative leave from his job. ICE detained Superintendent Ian Roberts on Friday. Authorities say he's in the U.S. illegally and faces weapon possession charges. But members of the school community have come to Roberts' defense, insisting he was a good leader for their school system, the biggest in Iowa. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones has more.

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JULIA VARGAS JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The decision to place the superintendent on a paid administrative leave came just a day after he was detained by ICE, what locals called a beloved superintendent that not only served the 30,000 children in his district, but also inspired them with his history of being a former Olympian, having competing for his country home of Guyana in the Sydney Olympics of 2000, but the Department of Homeland Security calling him a criminal alien, saying that he was a public safety threat, saying that Roberts entered the United States in 1999 on a student visa and then was given a final order of removal by an immigration judge in May of 2024.

They said that also Roberts was in a possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash, and a fixed blade hunting knife when he was arrested. It is a violation of federal law to be in possession of firearms and ammunition when you do not have status in the United States, but it is unclear what his status was at the time he was arrested. The Department of Homeland Security said, as part of a targeted enforcement operation, and he fled as immigration and custom enforcement officers approached him.

But then on Saturday afternoon, the school board chair, Jackie Norris, saying the school board was unaware of any order of removal, and they said, of course there was a background check that was conducted prior to his hiring as superintendent. She said that they hired a private firm to carry out the background check and that the state also certified him as superintendent in 2023.

She added that Roberts filled out all of the necessary paperwork, all the documents when he applied for the position, asserting that he was a U.S. citizen, and then an FBI background check raised no flags when he was being hired. She also nodded to his long career as an educator that included positions in New York City, in Baltimore, in Washington, D.C., and St. Louis, and she urged her community to push back against hateful rhetoric. Take a listen.

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JACKIE NORRIS, CHAIR DE MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD: DMPS is cooperating with requests for information from the state of Iowa authorities and will continue to do so. Finally, we all need to cool down the rhetoric. We should promote true discourse and facts, not spread misinformation meant to divide us.

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JONES: Earlier, the school board has said that they had been notified of a firearms offense when they hired Roberts, and that had to do with a hunting rifle violation. The Iowa governor, Kim Reynolds, also said that she was made aware of this arrest and that she is in contact with federal authorities. Now, the school district said that they still had not been formally notified of the arrest by ICE, and that they had not been able to speak to him since his detention on Friday morning.

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An attorney for Roberts, Alfredo Parrish, told CNN that he spoke with Roberts on Saturday morning and that he sounded good. They had a good conversation, but they still needed an opportunity to review all the documents in this case.

Julia Vargas Jones, CNN, Los Angeles.

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BRUNHUBER: There is also outrage in Iowa over the violent detention of Colombian immigrant Jorge Gonzalez Ochoa. Now, this video captured the arrest on Thursday, and you can see a plainclothes officer chasing Gonzalez Ochoa into a grocery store before pinning him down to arrest him. An immigrant advocacy group condemned the arrest, accusing immigration enforcement agents of excessive force. The agency said in a statement that it arrested Gonzalez Ochoa because he's in the country illegally. All right. Joining me now to discuss all this Nicole Grundmeier, editor at the Midwest Newsroom. Thank you so much for being here with us. So, as we just heard, Iowa's been making headlines this week. We've got the Des Moines school superintendent arrested by ICE and that dramatic arrest I just mentioned at the market in Iowa City. So, let's start with the superintendent's story.

I mean, it's pretty jaw-dropping. We heard the school board there say, we all need to cool down the rhetoric. So, what has the rhetoric been like? What are parents and residents there making of all this?

NICOLE GRUNDMEIER, EDITOR, THE MIDWEST NEWSROOM: Sure. I think like the rest of the United States, Iowa is deeply divided. And Des Moines public schools, employees, families, students right now are experiencing deep grief and confusion. There's a lot of anger, there's a lot of tension. Emotions are high. There are people who believe 100 percent and back Mr. Roberts. There are also members of the larger community who believe that ICE is doing its job and that this was the right move. So, I think a lot of people are jumping to conclusions before all the facts are known.

BRUNHUBER: Right. You said that -- I mean, Iowa's divided. Do you get the sense that it's basically divided along party lines?

GRUNDMEIER: Very much so. However, if you look at maps of Iowa, Des Moines tends to be a large blue dot on the map. So, does Iowa City where Mr. Gonzalez was arrested.

BRUNHUBER: Right. That makes sense. So, let's talk about that case. I mean, how are folks in Iowa City reacting to seeing, you know, immigration enforcement play out like this in broad daylight?

GRUNDMEIER: I had a colleague cover that, and that case was very unusual in that the officers were in plainclothes, they were not wearing masks. It was extremely, extremely public. And with the video, you could hear the individual saying, ayudame, ayudame, help me, help me in Spanish. So, it was very intense. I think there's a lot of anger, a lot of huge emotions of concern in Iowa right now.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. All right. So, looking more broadly at the political issue at play here, immigration, we saw the governor direct some of the Iowa National Guard to help ICE officials in the state. On the other hand, we had President Trump promise farmers during the campaign he wouldn't target their workers, but then we saw the administration kind of flip-flop on that policy a couple of times this year. So, how are people in Iowa, especially farmers feeling about this sort of whiplash, especially with harvest season coming up?

GRUNDMEIER: You know, I have parents who farm in Western Iowa, and I think that a lot of them go out of their way not to talk about politics. But generally speaking, it seems that there are concerns over issues like tariffs. There are concerns over issues about workers, but generally speaking, I would say the majority of Iowa farmers are still backing the Trump administration.

BRUNHUBER: Interesting. There's an interesting sort of twist here. Last month, a Democrat won a special election for an Iowa State Senate seat in a district that President Trump carried by double digits. Do you feel that these ICE raids and the way they're being handled, are they becoming a political liability for the Republicans in the state, or, you know, as you've been saying, basically it breaks into two camps and Republicans are supporting this no matter what?

GRUNDMEIER: Yes, I'm not sure on that. I don't typically cover politics. I think that's a possibility. I think we'll have to wait and see what plays out.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. All right. we'll leave it there. I really appreciate getting your take on the ground there in Iowa. Nicole Grundmeier, editor at the Midwest Newsroom. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.

GRUNDMEIER: Thank you for having me, Kim.

BRUNHUBER: All right. At least 39 people have been killed as a crowd surged to see the actor turned politician Vijay at a political rally in Southern India. Saturday's event was held in support of next year's elections in the state of Tamil Nadu. Vijay was already a hugely popular movie star before starting a political party in 2024 and has drawn massive crowds since entering politics.

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Now, dozens of doctors from nearby areas arrived to treat victims. Officials say at least 93 people were injured in the crush. The City of Karur faces an extensive cleanup operation in the aftermath of the tragedy. An investigation into the cause of the incident is underway.

Russia launches a massive aerial attack in Ukraine. Ahead, the damage it caused and the emergency measures it prompted in Poland.

Plus, Israel ramps up deadly strikes in Gaza ahead of talks with Donald Trump about a new U.S. peace plan. Stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: Ukraine says Russia has carried out a massive aerial attack overnight, launching nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles across the country. In Zaporizhzhia, a multi-story building was struck, setting several apartments on fire. At least 27 people were wounded in the city, including three children. And in Kyiv, at least four people had been killed, including a 12-year-old girl. Anti-aircraft fire has been heard throughout the capital since early morning.

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Now, this video captured by CNN shows a projectile being intercepted a few hours ago. Residents have sought shelter in a metro station to ride out the attack. Independent monitors say it's one of the largest strikes since the full-scale war began and it prompted Poland to scramble fighter jets in its airspace as a precaution.

More European nations are reporting unidentified drone sightings over airports and military bases. On Saturday, police in Denmark say they spotted drones near the country's largest military base and around other military installations. Officials in Norway are investigating potential drone activity near its main base for F-35 jet fighters. And flights at Lithuania's main airport were delayed on Friday due to possible drone sightings.

NATO member nations are on high alert after verified incursions of Russian drones into Polish and Romanian airspace. Ukraine's president said Moscow is, quote, "testing Europe's capabilities." Volodymyr Zelenskyy also says his air force helped shoot down dozens of Russian drones headed for Poland earlier this month.

And Germany's government says it will look into amending laws to allow its military to shoot down suspicious drones in certain cases. The country's interior minister says it will do what it takes to protect people and critical infrastructure. Here he is.

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ALEXANDER DOBRINDT, GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER (through translator): There is a threat that can be classified as high as far as drones are concerned. This an abstract threat, but very concrete in individual cases.

We are witnessing an armament race, an arms race between drone threats and drone defense. We must prepare ourselves for this, a race that we must not lose. And this why we need to upgrade our technology.

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BRUNHUBER: Russia says it won't tolerate what it calls aggression from adversaries. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claims that Russia has never targeted E.U. or NATO countries with drones or missiles. During the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday, Lavrov insisted Moscow will act if there are attempts to shoot down anything in Russian airspace. Here he is.

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SERGEY LAVROV, RUSSIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER (through translator): Threats of force against Russia accused of practically planning an attack on the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union, are becoming increasingly common. President Putin has repeatedly debunked such provocations. Russia has never had and does not have such intentions. But any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response.

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BRUNHUBER: Whether Moldova moves closer to Russia or the European Union is at the heart of parliamentary elections taking place right now. Voters are casting ballots for 101 members of the legislature. The pro-European PAS Party has a governing majority but is facing a challenge from the opposition, including the pro-Russian patriotic bloc. The polls will close at 9:00 p.m. local time.

Political pressure is mounting on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as his military push into Gaza City shows no sign of letting up. Palestinians say at least 96 people were killed in the latest round of Israeli strikes on Saturday. Netanyahu has pledged to keep his offensive in Gaza City going. But he's meeting U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, who's pushing his peace plan. As he heads into these talks, the prime minister is under the gun from both supporters and opponents of the plan.

So, for more on all this, Barbie Latza Nadeau joins us from Rome. So, Barbie, let's start with those latest strikes. What more are we learning?

BARBIE LATZA NADEAU, CNN REPORTER: Yes, you know, 96 people reported dead on a Saturday on these strikes. Now, we're understanding from the Israeli military that they're doing these strikes to sort of neutralize the area before they send in more ground troops. But, of course, you know, there's a lot of concern for those remaining hostages, for the innocent people, for the children, for the people who are in refugee centers that were apparently hit. But, you know, we understand that there are still some hostages who are alive. And let's listen to what the mother of one of those hostages said on Saturday.

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EINAV ZANGAUKER, MOTHER OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES MATAN ZANGAUKER (through translator): The whole world sees who Netanyahu is. The whole world, including U.S. President Donald Trump, is determined to stop him from sabotaging again. I'm looking you in the eyes, Netanyahu. If you come back without an agreement, a hell awaits you here that you can't even imagine. The protests and the strikes of the past weeks will seem like child's play compared to what I'm preparing for you. If you sabotage the agreement again, we will chase you until the end of time. You will not have a single moment of peace.

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NADEAU: And, you know, when you listen to sort of, you know, just the emotion of people whose loved ones are still being held hostage and those who are losing their loved ones in the region, it's just -- it seems like, you know, this a really important moment for these talks and agreements going forward, Kim.

BRUNHUBER: Yes, absolutely. And on those talks and agreements, Barbie, let's pivot then toward that meeting between Netanyahu and Trump on Monday. So, take us through what we're expecting and what the stakes are here.

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NADEAU: Yes. You know, this 21-point plan that's being presented by U.S. President Donald Trump is interesting on many levels because it sort of takes a few steps back from things that President Trump had said earlier. One of them is, you know, that there will be no forced displacement of people from Gaza. Another is that the United States will not recognize the Palestinian State, but will recognize the aspiration for such an independent state. There's also -- beyond the no forced displacement, there are some new sort of measures in this 21-point plan that seem a little bit more forgiving to the Palestinian people from what the language that we've heard President Trump say in the past. But what's interesting is, on Saturday, the Hamas leadership said that they had not yet seen the plan, which would indicate or imply, certainly, that it's still sort of a work in progress. So, we'll see what this meeting brings on Monday. It's really unclear, too, what the response will be in Israel for this plan if, in fact, it comes to fruition. Kim.

BRUNHUBER: Yes, absolutely. All right. Barbie Latza Nadeau, thank you so much. Well, Israel's offensive has forced a vital medical care organization to suspend activities in Gaza City. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, says the offensive is putting its staff and patients at risk. The group says this the last thing they want, given the enormous needs of vulnerable people in the city.

Just last week, MSF said it carried out more than 3,600 consultations and treated more than 1,600 people for malnutrition. Earlier, CNN discussed the matter with Joan Tubau, the head of mission for Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. And here's what he said when asked how dire the situation is on the ground.

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JOAN TUBAU, HEAD OF MISSION, MSF IN GAZA: If we focus on Gaza City, this a place where a million people a week ago or two weeks ago had been enduring two years of war, the constant bombing, the shortages in food, the very -- the precarious, I would say, medical care. And over the last couple of weeks, that situation has intensified in a quite horrendous way.

Some of these people will try to leave or are leaving. That is still not a great prospect. The trip down is a difficult one. People have difficulties to find transportation to get down to the south of the Gaza Strip. And when they get there, they find an extremely crowded area where it's difficult to find space. And despite the words of the Israeli State, there is a humanitarian zone that we see. They will not find the necessary services. They will not find the necessary health services and probably not space and food for everyone. So, it is a very dire situation.

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BRUNHUBER: And he went on to say he hopes the window of opportunity opens for their teams to return to Gaza City, but says the only way that's possible is with a ceasefire.

European powers have reimposed sanctions on Iran a decade after they were suspended under a landmark nuclear deal. The U.K., France, and Germany say Iran hasn't met its obligations under the agreement, a claim Tehran has rejected. The move restores U.N. sanctions, including an arms embargo and a ban on Iran getting technology for its ballistic missile program. Iran has warned that it would stop participating in nuclear inspections if the sanctions were reintroduced. The White House is threatening mass layoffs of federal workers if Democrats don't pass the Republicans' spending plan. We'll look at why Democrats are standing firm in the face of a government shutdown, that's coming up.

Plus, Donald Trump has gone to great lengths to keep TikTok in the U.S. The numbers feeding the app's significance. We'll share that after the break. Stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: Welcome back to all of you watching us here in the United States, Canada, and around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber. This CNN Newsroom.

As the clock ticks down on a possible U.S. federal government shutdown, Senate Democrats are planning to hold a conference call Sunday for a strategy discussion. Leaders of both parties are expected to visit the White House Monday, hoping to strike a deal before the Tuesday deadline. U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a Thursday meeting with congressional Democrats. It's led to a stalemate over the Republicans' current government funding plan.

Federal workers are bracing for a possible shutdown that could lead to mass layoffs. CNN's Jenn Sullivan explains what's at stake.

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JENN SULLIVAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Time is running out for lawmakers to pass a spending plan and avoid a government shutdown. They have until 11:59 Tuesday night where the government will shut down on Wednesday.

DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: The Democrats want to shut it down. If it has to shut down, it'll have to shut down. But they're the ones that are shutting down the government.

SULLIVAN (voice-over): The Republican-dominated House passed a temporary plan to fund the government, but it stalled in the Senate where Republicans have a six-seat majority.

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY), U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER: Mr. President, if you're watching television, shut it off and come sit down and negotiate with us.

SULLIVAN (voice-over): Many Democrats are refusing to back down unless lawmakers extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that lower the cost of health insurance for millions of Americans.

REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY), U.S. HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER: We will not support this partisan Republican spending bill because it continues to gut the health care of the American people.

SULLIVAN (voice-over): Further complicating the looming shutdown, the White House Budget Office has directed federal agencies to use this opportunity to prepare sweeping new layoffs according to a memo obtained by CNN. Earlier this year, the Trump administration and Elon Musk's back government efficiency team, known as DOGE, fired thousands of federal workers to help cut spending. The directive is spreading widespread fear. One federal employee telling CNN, quote, "This kind of treatment is inhumane. I don't even know how to prepare for the complete unknown."

Since Trump took office in January, out of more than 2 million federal employees, more than 51,000 have been cut as of July. Hundreds of thousands of more workers are expected to drop off the federal payroll in October as part of the Trump administration's deferred resignation program.

I'm Jen Sullivan reporting.

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BRUNHUBER: Earlier we heard from Shelby Talcott, White House reporter for the news website Semafor, and she explained how each party is trying to blame the other. Here she is.

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SHELBY TALCOTT, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, SEMAFOR: There's two sides to this, right? Democrats argue that if the government shuts down, the White House is going to be blamed because Republicans, of course, control all three levers right now. And so, they're saying you're the majority, and so you are going to be blamed by the American public. When I talk to White House officials, they argue that that's not going to happen.

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I just spoke with a senior White House official the other day who said that the aggressor is ultimately blamed by the American public for a shutdown and argued that Democrats are the aggressor because Republicans have put down a clear proposal. And so, it really is going to be an interesting test to see who does get blamed if the government does shut down. And I think it's going to be an insight into what might happen in the midterms.

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BRUNHUBER: Now, you may remember the last U.S. federal government shutdown was in December 2018 during President Trump's first term, and it lasted 35 days.

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over his false 2020 election- rigging claims. Dominion, one of the top voting machine makers, sued Giuliani back in 2021 for $1.3 billion because he tried to cast doubt on the 2020 election results. On Friday, the two parties agreed to dismiss the lawsuit, and terms haven't been made public.

The Trump administration is clearing the way to complete the TikTok sale. The purchase will transfer control of the company's U.S. operations to a new joint venture based in the U.S. CNN's Harry Enten examines how TikTok is so popular with Americans.

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HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: With Donald Trump signing an executive order paving the way for TikTok in America to be owned by Americans, I think it's so important to point out why policymakers in America want to ensure that TikTok is owned by Americans. And it's because TikTok has taken America by storm.

What are we talking about? Look at these trend lines. My goodness gracious, Americans who have ever used TikTok, it's been a massive rise. Back in 2019, it was just 3 percent. Look at that number now in 2025. It has gone up 12-fold, 12-fold to 36 percent. Holy cow. We're talking about three in eight Americans being on TikTok approximately.

Now, it's not just that Americans are on TikTok, right, it's that they're getting their news from TikTok. Of course, TikTok played such a big role in the 2024 election, and there's a reason why. Look at this. Take a look here. Regularly get news from TikTok, it has climbed every year since 2020. Back in 2020, it was 3 percent. Now, 20 percent, 20 percent of Americans regularly get their news from TikTok. We're talking about an increase. This an increase of six-fold, six- fold. I never would have thought it.

Of course, TikTok -- when you think of TikTok, at least when I think of TikTok, I don't just think about my phone, right, I'm not just thinking about my phone. I'm thinking about the youth of America who, of course, always seem to be, just their heads are always in their phone. And that, of course, is where TikTok has had the greatest impact.

And it's not just that those under the age of 30 are using TikTok, they are using TikTok to regularly get their news. What are we talking about? Take a look here. Age 18 to 29 who regularly get news from TikTok, back in 2020, it was 9 percent. Look at where that number is now in 2025. We're talking about nearly half, nearly half of Americans under the age of 30, adults under the age of 30, 43 percent who regularly get their news from TikTok.

And more than that, you know, there are all those apps out there. There's Facebook, right? There's YouTube. There's Instagram. There's X or Twitter, depending on your political persuasion, perhaps. And yet, of all of those apps, yet of all those apps, the one in which 18 to 29-year-olds prefer the most for news or use it the most for news regularly, it's TikTok. It is TikTok. So, that's the big reason why the news of the week that Donald Trump signed an executive order for TikTok in America to be owned by Americans is so important is because TikTok has really got a real hold on Americans, especially those under the age of 30.

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BRUNHUBER: Protesters clashed with police in Lima, Peru on Saturday. The protesters are said to be upset over corruption scandals, economic insecurity and rising crime. They're also angry with the country's political leaders. Peru's president has an approval rating of 2.5 percent. The country's Congress is at 3 percent. More than a dozen police officers, protesters and journalists were injured in similar clashes last week.

The wife of an ICE detainee is speaking out after her husband was shot during the attack on the Dallas ICE facility. Coming up, we'll look at why she says her husband is nearly unrecognizable. Stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: U.S. officials have transferred Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a detention center in Virginia to one in Pennsylvania. Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported by the Trump administration to his native El Salvador before he was brought back to face criminal charges. His lawyers warn that he faces dangerous conditions at the Pennsylvania facility, including assaults, inadequate medical care and insufficient food.

We're also learning more about the victims of a sniper shooting at an ICE field office in Dallas, Texas. One detainee was killed, two others were injured. One of those victims in hospital is a father whose wife is expecting another child. CNN's Ed Lavandera spoke with her about his injuries and the ordeal they're facing.

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ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We have heard very little about the victims in the shooting that took place at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, but we did sit down and speak with the wife of one of those victims. 31-year-old Miguel Angel Garcia was brought to the United States as a 13-year-old by his family. He spent almost 20 years working as a painter and in construction as a handyman. His wife tells us that nurses have told him that they believe that Garcia was struck as many as eight times by bullets on that Wednesday morning attack here in Dallas, and he is fighting for his life.

STEPHANY GAUFFENY, WIFE OF DETAINEE SHOT AT DALLAS ICE FACILITY: I just want everyone to know he was a human being, you know, besides the fact, you know, where he was born, he was a good father, good husband, hard worker, wanted to do things the right way.

LAVANDERA: How did you find out what had happened Wednesday morning at that ICE facility?

GAUFFENY: I did receive a call, from an ICE deputy officer or someone, and all they told me was, all I can tell you is he is alive, you know, right now. We did have to do CPR on him, and he's in the hospital. So, you need to get down there.

LAVANDERA: When you saw him for the first time, can you describe that emotion? GAUFFENY: It's the worst feeling ever. You know, you never imagine you're going to see anyone like that, much less my husband. He's all swollen, staples on his head, you know, tubes, a bunch of tubes going down his throat. I just started crying immediately as I walked into the room.

LAVANDERA: You told me that he was handcuffed to the hospital bed?

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GAUFFENY: So, his -- both his arms were restrained to the bed. I don't know if that was the hospital or ICE doing that, but his -- both his feet were handcuffed together. They had handcuffs on them. You know, him being unconscious and can't move, can't talk, and still treated like a criminal. I made a comment like, it's not like he's going to get up and walk away, you know.

Just seeing him like that, you know, all tubed up and unconscious and -- but, you know, handcuffs on him, it did make me feel upset. He does have them off now. So, I'm happy about that, but I feel it was only because I made a comment.

LAVANDERA: You don't get a time with him, from what I understand.

GAUFFENY: No. They allow me two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon.

LAVANDERA: Why is that?

GAUFFENY: I believe due to ICE's policies. You know, and right when I walk in, they start counting the time and they tell me, OK, your time's up or it's time to leave.

LAVANDERA: So, he's still technically in ICE custody.

GAUFFENY: Yes. ICE is in there 24/7 with him in the room. I mean, I've never get a little bit of privacy, you know, alone. Even if they wait outside the room, a little bit of alone time, just me and him. there's always someone there, you know, with him 24/7.

LAVANDERA: What do you tell him when you're next to him in the hospital?

GAUFFENY: Every day that I see him, I hold his hand. I talked to him. I tell him, I know you can hear me, you know, keep fighting. You know, your kids miss you. Your kids love you. I miss you. You know, I just tell him, don't give up. You know, it's not your fault this happened.

LAVANDERA: Do you spend any time thinking about the guy who did this?

GAUFFENY: I try not to. I don't see the point of thinking about him. Definitely don't like to see his face all over everywhere. Like I try not to open social media. So, I don't want to see his picture, you know. i don't want to see my husband, you know, he was a victim. He did nothing wrong. Yes, he might have not been an American citizen, but he still didn't deserve this. You know, no one does. LAVANDERA: The Department of Homeland Security says that Miguel Angel Garcia was targeted for deportation because he is, quote, "a criminal illegal alien with charges, including a DWI." The family says that Garcia was arrested on August 8th on that DWI charge and had been held in a Tarrant County jail nearby Dallas since then. And he was turned over to immigration authorities early Wednesday morning. And that is what brought him to that Dallas ICE field office.

But despite that, the family and his lawyers were hopeful that he would avoid being deported because the family had been in the process of trying to get him legal status. As his wife, Stephanie, had been sponsoring him to get legal status. The couple says they were in the midst of doing all of that. But that future now is very much in doubt and very much a long way off because, right now, Miguel Angel Garcia is fighting for his life and it's not clear whether or not he'll be able to survive these injuries.

Ed Lavandera, CNN Dallas.

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BRUNHUBER: All right. still to come. Tensions are running high at the Ryder Cup in New York as players entered the last day of competition. We'll have the latest on the tournament that's coming up. Please stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: NFL fans will soon find out if the luck of the Irish favors the Minnesota Vikings or hopefully the Pittsburgh Steelers. Two of American football's most storied franchises will face off in Dublin at 930 on the East Coast. It's the second of seven international matchups of this NFL season and the first ever regular season game on the Emerald Isle.

Now, the game marks the Steelers first overseas game since 2013 where they lost the Vikings 34 to 27 at London's Wembley Stadium. The Vikings will face off against the Cleveland Browns in London next week. They'll become the first team to play in two different foreign countries in a single season.

Well, Team Europe is within touching distance of victory at the Ryder Cup as Team USA collapsed on Friday. The competition pits the best golfers from the United States and Europe against each other every two years. Now, the final round this year is just hours away. But as CNN's Don Riddell reports, the defending champs, Europe, could do nothing wrong while the Americans could do nothing right.

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DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Ryder Cup is basically over. Europe's record seven-point lead is surely insurmountable. The Sunday singles will be a coronation for the away team. Saturday's action was certainly eventful and emotional tensions really bubbling to the surface at various points. We had players and caddies getting into a pretty heated argument and some of the European players complained that they were receiving some pretty rude and offensive insults from some of the American fans. All in all, it left a pretty bitter taste in the mouth.

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LUKE DONALD, TEAM EUROPE CAPTAIN: What I consider crossing line is personal insults and, you know, making sounds, you know, when they're trying to hit on their backswings or, you know, very close to when they're trying to go into their routines. That did happen a little bit. It's happened to other Ryder Cups too.

KEEGAN BRADLEY, TEAM USA CAPTAIN: You're always going to have a few people that cross the line and that's unfortunate. I really was happy to see our players trying to quiet down some people that were like that, but, you know, part of it is our fault. You know we're not playing up to the standards that they want to see and they're angry and they should be.

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RIDDELL: It has just been an extraordinary day and the European players have been incredible. Some of their biggest stars rose to the occasion and then some. Players like Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Tyrrell Hatton, John Rahm were incredible and they have further cemented their legacies as European Ryder Cup legends.

On the other hand, it's been an absolute nightmare for the American team. Seemingly nothing has gone right for them and it couldn't have been any worse for their world number one Scottie Sheffler who has dominated World Golf over the last four years but he has gone 0-4 in this Ryder Cup. He has finished on the losing side in all four of his matches so far. The first time that's ever happened to an American player. And the rest of the team must be thinking, if he can't get it done, what hope have we got? The Americans have been totally outclassed and outplayed. Back to you.

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BRUNHUBER: All right now to a big matchup in college football between number six ranked Oregon Ducks and number three ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. Oregon came out on top with a touchdown in double overtime with only one play left to go and then that final play the Ducks caught an interception ending the game. Final score 30 to 24 Oregon.

Well, now, the kind of upset that college football fans will talk about for years to come. Alabama ended Georgia's home turf dominance in their first visit to Athens since 2015. Crimson Tide ranked 17th held on late to beat the number five Bulldogs. That was Georgia's first home loss in six years. Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer called the 24 to 21 win a step in the right direction. In Mississippi there was another upset as lower ranked Ole Miss defeated number four LSU in a competitive matchup. The Rebels were led by quarterback Trinidad Chambliss who recorded his third straight 300- yard game with the 24-19 victory. Ole Miss remains undefeated while the Tigers fall to four and one.

All right. That wraps this hour of CNN Newsroom. I'm Kim Brunhuber. I'll be back with more news in just a moment.

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