House Speaker Mike Johnson joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss the looming government shutdown and President Trump's pressure campaign on the Justice Department to go after his political opponents. Former FBI Deputy Director and CNN Senior Law Enforcement Analyst Andrew McCabe joins CNN's Jake Tapper to respond to the indictment of his former boss James Comey. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss his party's strategy ahead of a looming government shutdown. CNN Political Commentators Kate Bedingfield, Bakari Sellers, Kristen Soltis Anderson, and CNN Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings spar over government weaponization fears in the wake of the Comey indictment. 

Senator Mark Kelly joins Dana Bash to discuss the impending hostage release in Gaza and the Trump administration firing 4,000 federal workers as the shutdown closes in on 2 weeks. CNN Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings, CNN Political Commentator Jamal Simmons, former State Department official Nayyera Haq, and foreign policy analyst Rebeccah Heinrichs discuss the hostage release and ceasefire deal in Gaza.