GOP Senator Tim Scott drops out of the 2024 presidential race in a sudden announcement that has stung his own staff, and donors. Our panel discusses the reasons behind his exit. Plus, House lawmakers return DC to consider Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avert a shutdown, as major questions remain with just four-days left until funding runs out. And, Gaza's health system crumbles as fighting rages nearby, with one hospital chief telling CNN that at all essential units have collapsed. Also this morning: The Pentagon says it carried out new deadly airstrikes against facilities in Syria, there’s a “significant likelihood” of a volcanic eruption in Iceland, and Trump’s team begins his legal defense in his civil fraud case - the first witness to the stand? Donald Trump Jr.

For information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast ‘Tug of War: Attack on Israel’.

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