Here's what you Need2Know for September 28, 2022. 

Hurricane Ian Intensifies, Jan. 6 Hearing Postponed: Your Need2Know Headlines for Sept. 28

the final hearing on the january 6th committee scheduled for today has been postponed due to Hurricane Ian. Now. Meanwhile, in a case connected to the january 6th insurrection jury selection began Tuesday and the sedition trial of five members of the far right oath keepers, including its founder Stewart Rhodes. Now they face charges that they conspired together to oppose by force the lawful transition of presidential power in january of 2021. Meanwhile, last night the Senate advanced a stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown on saturday that after Senator joe Manchin had agreed to remove his proposal to combine that funding fix with his energy package and that bill could keep the government funded through december 16th. The Senate scheduled to officially clear that bill with a final passage vote later today before sending it to the House of Representatives. The bill also provides Ukraine with over $12 billion in emergency funding as well as a billion dollars with heating assistance for low income families stateside and also 20 million to address the water crisis that's happening in Jackson Mississippi and the world of politics is waking up this morning. So let's get to the top political headlines that should need to know yesterday. Senate Minority Leader mitch McConnell said he supported bipartisan legislation to prevent another january six. This is a big deal. Now the bill is all about blocking election subversion and it puts McConnell directly at odds with former President donald trump with the Senate minority leader support. I mean, the bill definitely has a better chance and you know, breaking the filibuster. Absolutely, because you just need those 10 republicans than to cross over the bill known as the electoral count reform and Presidential Tradition Improvement Act was actually approved by vote of 14 to 1 by the rules committee. The only opponent there was Republican senator ted cruz of texas, that's the background here. The legislation was crafted after january 6th when rioters stormed the capitol. Former president trump insisted that former Vice President mike Pence had the power to subvert that vote and experts overwhelmingly disagreed with that. Now this new bill has four goals, one to confirm that the vice president's role counting the votes is limited to push for an easy presidential transition, even if there's contested results. Three strengthen the laws certifying elections for the rightful winner and four raise the threshold to object to certain electors to about 1/5 of each chamber Shannon. Well, negotiations were led by republicans. Senator Susan Collins and Democratic Senator joe Manchin, a spokesperson for a Senate majority leader chuck Schumer claims that he was happy to see the bill make it through the rules committee and looks forward to having bipartisan discussions to sign it into law. And this new lawsuit puts a spotlight back on president trump's student loan. Excuse me, President biden student loan forgiveness program. Let's break into that. Yeah, that's right. You know, it is the first major challenge to biden student loan forgiveness program by in an indiana based Lawyer filed a 26 page complaint arguing that the plan violates the constitution and federal law as the Congress has the ultimate power to make laws related to student loan forgiveness and response. The White House shut it down, shut down the legal challenge, claiming that those who oppose it want to stop it because it will provide much needed relief for working families. And the White House also claims that anyone that doesn't want debt relief or they can just opt out. I don't think they're gonna do that. Alright, now, onto this texas, Attorney general ken paxton ran out of his house and into a truck driven by his wife to avoid being served a subpoena and an abortion access case. That's according to court documents, A processor server says that he tried to deliver the subpoena for the Republican to testify in a federal court hearing. Paxson suggested he dug the server because it was out of safety concerns. Now, the subpoena was part of a lawsuit seeking to block texas officials from bringing cases under texas, abortion bans for conduct that happened out of the state or before world v wade was overturned. Now, a judge eventually ruled that paxton would not have to appear for the hearing after all. Meanwhile, some other headlines were falling for the officials in europe investigating possible sabotage of gas pipelines from Russia, suspicious leaks into pipelines running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic have caused a sudden drop in pressure. Sweden's National seismic network said monday that they detected two large undersea explosions. Monday near the location of those leaks and footage as you see right there, released by the danish Defense Command showed a swirling mass of methane bubbling under the surface of the Baltic sea. The danish prime minister says her government views the leaks as a quote deliberate action. Now Russian officials are denying any involvement here necessary spectacular collision with an amorphous asteroid seven million miles away was captured by telescope right here on Earth. You gotta check this out. Video from the Hawaii based Hawaii based asteroid terrestrial impact last alert system shows the asteroid brightening at the moment of impact. Then a massive shell blast away from the asteroid. And Nasa says they won't know for about another month after asteroid was knocked off course or not. Either way, it's still cool to get that visual right there.