The court’s new term begins Monday. Source
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, creating 100 foot lava fountains
The U.S. Geological Survey says the eruption is in “full swing,” but local officials says no homes are in danger at the moment. Source
Ex-president Sarkozy guilty of breaking French campaign finance laws
Months after he was convicted on corruption charges, court finds Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of spending far more on last election campaign than permitted under French law. Source
9/29: Red and Blue
Deadline looms for Congress to avoid a government shutdown; Candidates for Virginia governor face off in debate Source
CBS Evening News, September 29, 2021
Congressional infighting delays Biden agenda; Korean War hero finally gets his homecoming. Source
Sunday on 60 Minutes: The Facebook whistleblower
She left Facebook with concerns and copies of thousands of pages of research. Sunday, 60 Minutes talks to the Facebook whistleblower. Source
Biden attends Congressional Baseball Game amid legislative chaos
President Biden is attending the Congressional Baseball game during the biggest legislative week of his presidency thus far. Source
Montana hospital ICU reaches 150% capacity amid COVID surge
In the past week, Montana averaged about 108 COVID-19 patients in hospital ICUs — breaking the record seen during the winter of 2020. Source
House votes to suspend debt ceiling through 2022 as Congress works to avert government shutdown
The House has voted to pass a measure that would suspend the debt ceiling through mid-December of 2022, and the bill now goes to the Senate. Meanwhile, time is running out to avert a government shutdown. Failure to do so would impact multiple agencies and leave thousands of federal employees furloughed. CBS News congressional correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on the latest from Capitol Hill. Then Siobhan Hughes, a congressional reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss that and more. Source
CDC predicts COVID-19 deaths will likely decrease in coming weeks
The CDC is predicting deaths from COVID-19 will likely decrease in the coming weeks. It comes as Pfizer and BioNTech submits their data to the FDA on a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Adam Brown, an emergency physician and the COVID national task force chair at Envision Healthcare, joined CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss the rest of the day’s COVID-19 headlines. Source