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Good morning to you all. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. And im victor black well. So good to be with you. Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect this morning as lee is downgraded from a hurricane to a post Tropical Cyclone. New england starting to feel the impact of the massive storm. Boston logan is experiencing a spike in Flight Cancellations. So far, 25 of flights leaving boston have been cancelled. Thats according to flight awe ware. Lee is not expected to make landfall, but coastal cities can can expect powerful 50 to 60 mile per hour winds from outer bands of the massive storm. Heavy rain and storm surge could cause flooding along the n nebraska coast. Authorities are telling people to prepare to hunker down as the storm pushes north through the day. Lee is also expected to cause dangerous rip currents along the Atlantic Coast with many states warning people to stay out of the ocean this weekend because of those dangerous surf conditions. We are cover canning all parts of the storm with Derek Van Dam and allison chinchar. Derek, lets start with you. How are the conditions to so far . Good morning. Hunker down we have done. Thats kind of the name of the game here in cape cod. They are familiar with this type of weather. They handle north easters and thats how they are handling this storm as well. Often these are a gim of miles. They have prepped for type of event. Im going to bring you down to show you a few of the Atlantic Ocean and Hurricane Lee several hundred miles over my shoulder. By the way, Nantucket Island is chose to where im standing here in the county. They just had a wind gust of 55 Miles Per Hour with sustained winds trorm force. Tomorrow force. I want to pan over the scene here. The clouds have been doing some interesting things. You see the undulations in the weather there. Thats showing some different kind of wind speeds at different the altitudes showing how this weather is. And this storm really ballooned over the past week. The impacts are being felt well outside of the center. We know that here in cape cod. Were over 400 miles from the center of Hurricane Lee. And thats important because all along the new england coastline, were going to continue to feel the impacts for the next 8 to 12 hours before this thing makes landfall. Zooming in closer to cape cod, massachusetts, and you Start Talking about the tides. We didnt receive the strongest winds coinciding with the high tides. So the timing is everything for these. So we havent seen or exp experienced the inundation from storm surge like we had hoped. So thats good. So were going to continue on with these coastal waves because the wave machine that was Hurricane Lee has just sent all that energy in from the Atlantic Ocean. So Nantucket Island had waves approaching 20 feet just a few hours ago. That will continue for the next fore seeable future. When we talk about the wind gusts, they have easily been topping Tropical Storm force occasionally here in cape cod, but certainly on these Outer Islands like nantucket, marthas vineyard, 48 Miles Per Hour right now in nantucket. That will be the case before the storm finally makes landfall in nova scotia. So really whats happened here is they have prepared for a noreaster. Thats what it feels like. If i start mentioning the word windchill and Hurricane Lee at the same time, that will be a first with this weatherman. I think you have a broader scope of where the storm is going. I know its pretty nasty. What are you seeing, allison . Yes, we are. Where you are located, youre seeing the kmakts, but its not the only location. This is a live look at maine. You can see the Water Droplets sticking to the camera from time to time. The rain bands are pushing in. All the trees in the distance, you can see them whipping around the 50 to 60 mile per hour range. Thats going to continue through the day today. You can see some of the heavier bands beginning to make their way into maine, but also portions of nova scotia. You have bands for boston. Those will be off and on. The storm itself has not changed. We got a brand new update at the top of the hour. Winds still at 80 Miles Per Hour. So its post Tropical Cyclone lee now. The main point of the storm has not changed. Sustained winds of 80 gusting up to 100 Miles Per Hour. It has picked up speed moving to the north at 25 Miles Per Hour. All that really means is those impacts that are going to arrive earlier than anticipated but will move out earlier than anticipated. We do expect that this will make landfall likely over southern nova scotia. Those wind gusts are going to continue not just from canada, but along the east coast. For Massachusetts Up To maine, still look ing at the wind gust at 50 to 60 mile per hour range. At that range, Power Outages are still possible. Youll have some of those trees come down. A lot of this area has been saturated. They have very wet summer. Now you add, 2 or 4 inches of rain on top of that. It may only take a 30 or 40mileperhour wind to bring some trees down. So Power Outages are still going to be a problem. Not just in maine, but for states like new hampshire, massachusetts. The bulk of the rain is going to push out by late this afternoon and early this evening. This is 1 00. You can see some of the light rain bands impacting areas of rhode island, massachusetts, most of the rain exits maine once we get to late this evening. And then by tomorrow morning, most of the rain is really just focused over portions of canada. In the shortterm, because of the amount of rain thats expected on top of the already saturated ground, from caribou through bar harbor and east of portland, we have the potential for some flooding. So you have a slight risk there through the overnight hours tonight and even into the Early Morning hours tomorrow. So do keep that in mind. The main take aways here is we are going to be looking at gusty winds and the poshl for very heavy rainfall, even though the center of the storm itself is likely going to make landfall over kcanada. We know youll be watching it. Thank you so much. Thanks to Derek Van Dam up on the cape. The uaw and car makers are expected to continue negotiations today. Targeted strike because thousands of the members are walking the picket line specific cities at very targeted locations. They are. And they are demanding pay increases, a return to traditional pensions and protections against job losses as the Industry Shifts to electric vehicles. President biden has not endorsed the strike explicitly, but the Big Auto Maker should do more to meet demands. No one wants a strike. Say it again. No one thes a strike, but i want respect Workers Rights to use the collective bargaining system. I believe they should go further than record corporate profits, meaning Record Contracts for the uaw. S this is the first time in history that it has struck at all three of americas unionized auto makers at the same time. Gabe cohen reports. Reporter besides the sides are headed back to the Bargaining Table today with the union telling cnn it sent each of the big three Auto Manufacturers a counteroffer and is now waiting for a response. Whats in that offer is unclear at this hour, but we know its going to take a lot to bridge the divide we have seen up to this point. In the meantime, until a deal is reached, youre going to see picket lines like the one behind me operating 24 hours a day here in toledo, outside this stellantis factory, where they build jeeps, as well as a ford factory in michigan and a General Motors factory in missouri. There are 13,000 auto workers currently on strike making 100 a day in strike pay. Yet so many here in toledo told me they are preparing for the long haul. Our members are willing to stay in for the long haul. We came out of bankruptcy, our starting pay was 15. 78. 14 years later, its 15. 78. Theres something wrong with that. The head of the Auto Workers Union told me on the pukt line it is possible that additional facilities could strike in the coming days depending on how long this lasts. Either way, were likely to start seeing more of a Ripple Effect to additional manufacturing facilities and factories that are struggling to get parts or even move their own materials and may have to shut down operation and even layoff workers. Gabe cohen, thank you for that. Joining me now is industry consultant jeff schuster, hes the global head of automative for global data. Jeff, appreciate you joining us this morning. This strike is different. Its very limited in scope. You have 14,000 uaw members who are walking out compared to the 145,000 members nationwide. Very specific plants. You say we could see widespread impacts. This impacting other plants as well as across the country, but also our economy. Yeah, no question about it. I think when with you look at this year and the negotiations, everything about it has really been unconventional. And i think the approach taken certainly is an approach to keep the auto makers guessing, but its keeping Everyone Else guessing as well. So as we look at the impact could be widespread depending on the duration. Were already starting to hear some other plants that would likely go down in the coming days. Because of the plants on strike already, as that moves into the next stage, which we would expect if there isnt a settlement over the weekend, early next week were likely to see the beginning of the next wave of these strikes, which each wave gets more severe and taking Additional Assembly down and ultimately cost ing the economy and the auto makers significant levels of money. How do you see the strategy with the Union Starting so limited in scope, but obviously, leaving the door open to expand the strike and affecting more and more plants. I suppose theres a couple tactics here. One, certainly, the limited strike initially is to send the signal they are willing to walk. And maybe get those new offers on the table. I think thats what were starting to see is movement on the auto makers to increase their offers. What we havent seen is a massive change from the union side in terms of finding that middle ground. I think this is likely the next stage well see as we see these additional offers come in. But it also gives them a lot of opportunity to navigate and adjust along the way and flexibility there. They have a significant strike fund. This is a way to protect that with the limited number of workers walking. Your job is in collecting data and also forecasting. So what is your sense of how long this could go on . 2019 the strike against gm went 40 days. But i think as we led in the segment, this is a very different period. And unprecedented negotiations when looking at going after all three of the auto makers at the same time. Essentially, getting them to compete with their offers and see who comes in first with the best offer and likely set the tone for the others. So this has the making because of the gap of going suggest cantly longer than that. The longer it goes, the more negative impact it is across the board. And ultimately, it affects consumers as well with availability and likely higherer prices. Because were all very much aware if youre in the market for a car during the pandemic, we saw just the Microchip Shortage Impacting car sales. They skyrocketed to points where even used cars became hyperunaffordable. Tell us about the Consumer Impact and at what point would consumers walking into a deal dealership, when they would see the impacts . This is limited so far. Its only going to impact the models assembled at those plants, but if you were to look at that across the industry, and if we were to see a more severe walkout, youre really looking at about 30 days before you see a Significant Impact at dealerships. The vehicle dealerships now, the situation with inventory, with vehicles on lot, its improved, but its nowhere near where it was prior to the pandemic. So the industry was in this period of recovery coming off the Chip Shortage and starting to really get some stride in getting vehicles back in dealers lots and the hope was to see prices start to come down. This puts this all in jeopardy at this stage. In terms of negotiations, im not asking you to weigh in on the negotiations and how they are going, but the question is what could the realsistic middle ground be . Were hearing from the union. They have quite ambitious demands. A 40 Wage Increase over the next 4 years,en colluding a 4day workweek at 40 hours a week pay. But on the flip side, we know as President Biden noted, the Auto Industry has raked in record profits in 2022. But you also hear the argument from the auto maker that despite these high profits, ween cant afford to meet these uniunions demands because its going to cost a lot of money to make this transition to electric vehicles. So what can the industry afford . Is that an accurate statement from the big three . I think theres accuracy on both sides of the negotiations right now. I dont think anyone that suggests that the uaw shouldnt participate in the profits that have happened in recent years. Certainly, the current environment as you look forward, part of this is looking at the investment required for electrify indication. Those are coming from the regulatory bodies that are saying the auto makers have to be electrified by a period of time. We look at 2030 and beyond. The numbers go up exponentially. Theres a massive shift taking place in the industry from a cost standen Point Retrofitting or changing factories over. Theres a lot at stake here. And certainly on the union side, theres likely less workers required for electrify indication because there are less parts involved, less moving parts. So theres certainly movement on both sides. If we look at it, were likely to see something in the mid20 range, maybe a little bit measure that. Were starting to see those offers get up close to that range. Thats like ily where well want up, but its going to come down to the union accept ing those offers as they come in. Lets hope this is resolved before that 30day period. Thank you. Still to come, Hunter Bidens lawyers speaking out on the new indictment against the president s son weeks after a plea deal fell apart. Why he says this is all just politics. Plus twitter gave at least 32 of trumps private mess. Well discuss what this means for the federal subversion case. The latest on the fight against southern ukraine. Where forces say they have achieved an important objective in their counteroffensivive. Ononce alexandra called me to let me know that bank ofof america had approved my loan. It was important to me. We not only just provide the financing piece, we do everything that we can to surround them with the right people. All you need is a perfect, amazing team that will guide you through the right steps to be successful. 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One of those years, the deadline to bring charges or the statute of limitations expires next month. Prosecutors with Special Counsel david weisss office said they may bring tax charges in washington, d. C. Or california, meaning charges could be announced within the next four weeks. The potential charges come on the heels of the federal indictment announced thursday charging hunter biden with lying on an atf form when he wasnt using or addicted to legal drugs and possess Ing The Firearm Whie being addicted to a controlled substance. Its a dramatic reversal when hunter biden had a deal to avoid prosecution on the gun charges if he abided by certain conditions for two years. He also agreed to plead guilty to tax misdemeanor charges, but that deal fell apart under scrutiny. Hunter bidens Attorney Says prosecutors cowed to political pressure from republicans. You have to ask what changed. What changed, you also just talked about. Its the Folks Like Chairman Comer and the republican maga crazies, who have been pressuring this u. S. Attorney to do something to vindicate their political position and, guess what, they succeeded. Lowell has vowed to fight the charges saying they maybe unconstitutional. Hunter biden is expected to be arraigned in court soon on the gun charges, and he now faces the prospect of going on trial in the middle of his fathers president ial campaign. Thank you so much. Joining me now is reporter for the Associated Press sung mae kim. The Press Secretary saying the president will not pardon his son if kwukted. Heavy not heard much. Is that how they will navigate this entire isaga as it continus through the courts and potentially more charges . Should we expect to hear anything from the president about this . I think thats the only way the president , the white house feels they can respond to this. Because in the eyes of republicans and this had overall case involving his son hunter has become s of separate and aw the legal issues. Its obviously his own justice department. Its a Special Counsel pursuing these charges. Its a personal, difficult issue for President Biden. When he has been asked a little bit about his sons legal troubles, he has said he loves his son, supports his son, put he doesnt weigh in further. Thats been sort of the standard, the mo of this administration when it comes to any pending criminals. They stay out of it and leave everything to the justice department. I think youll see that going forward. Lets turn to the uaw strike now. The president is on the side of the union, but is not endorsing the strike. He says record corporate profits should be Record Contracts. What should we know about this line the white house is walking . Hes not going as far as some other congressional cdemocrats are going in support of the union. Hes on their side, but not as far as others. Away do we need to know . Right. Like you said, he does have this very careful line to navigate. The white house is very aware how much a prolonged or targeted strike can have. One of those strikes is in the state of michigan. A very critical political state for the president. It was critical in 2020. It will be critical again for him in 2024. But his remarks yesterday, he really went as far as he could in support of the workers beyond taking an explicit side. He sort of noted, he referred to the offers that the companies have made and basically said you have to do more. You have to go further. You are making record profits and the companies and workers should be allowed to share in that. But you see some unhappiness come ing from the union. You have the uaw president yesterday saying after those remarks that the white house is afraid. Im not quite sure thats what the white house wanted to hear at that moment, but they do have a fine line to walk here. The unions have been disappointed when the president was in philly around labor day. He said i dont think theres going to be a strike. I dont feel there will be a strike. He had strong reaction from other democrats. Does the white house envision there is some role for the president , for the administration in mediating a conclusion, some agreement here, and does his putting the finger on the scale impede that ability . In terms of mediating, no. The white house has made it clear that the negotiations are between the companies and the unions and the workers. And its not like some of the other strikes we have seen in the past, where the white house does have a role where the president or his people can step in. So what they are doing is they are sending two top advisers to President Biden. So you have an adviser in the white house, and acting labor secretary, they are going to be dispatched to michigan to sort of be there to help. They are there to provide information, to keep an eye on things, but they are not the negotiators here. The white house doesnt want to get involved in negotiations. They really want to just do whatever they can to encourage both sides to get a deal. Up early for us on a saturday morning, we appreciate it. Thank you. Still to come, Lauren Boebert was booted from booet the juice. She was vaping in the theater disturbing others, and then she was etc. Escorted out. She denied the vaping. Well tell you what shes saying now. Were not t an airline, but our Network Connecects global businesses across nearly 160 0 markets. Were not a startutup, but our r Innovation Labs use new technologies to help keep your information secure. Were not architects, but we help build stronger communities. Were not just any bank. We are citi. 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Troops ousted the russians from two villages on the Eastern Front in the past few days. One of the units involved releasing this video reportedly showing one of their drones hit ing a russian vehicle carrying an officer. Ukraine attacking from the sea and air as well. This Video Showing unmanned sea drones trying to ramp a warship just hours after the ukrainians say they hit a russian sub and a landing ship in the key port as well as a sophisticated surface to air Missile System all in occupied crimea. Thank you for todays triumph, the ukrainian president says. The invaders air Defense Systems was destroyed v. Very significant. Well done. Some residents seem increasingly concerned about ukraines attacks both on the peninsula and the bridge that links to the mainland. When it was attacked for the first time, i was worried so much, this man says. Nevertheless, russia is still strong. And he says times are turbulent now. Of course, im worried, but in general, driving over the bridge is okay. Under pressure, Vladimir Putin continues to court kim jongun. Kim vuting a plant that makes fighter jets during his ongoing trip to russia. While the russians claim no deals have been signed for the North Koreans to provide ammo, he wants to deepen ties with pyongyang. We are not going to violate anything, putin says, but we will look for opportunities to develop relations. The russians touting their own military industry. The Defense Minister on a visit to a shipyard for Nuclear Submarines saying russia will not develop new Nuclear Submarines, but underwater drones as well. While the russians showcase their strategic weapons manufacturing, the ukraines say the forces are the ones with the initiative on almost all battle fronts. I was speaking earlier today to a president ial adviser here in kyiv. He said they understand that the counteroffensive they have launched is going somewhat slower than ukrainians had anticipated and slow than they want it to go, but the fact of the matter is right now the ukrainians have the initiative on all front lines. And the russians arent advancing pretty much anywhere. So they say there is that. And Small Victories like the ones the ukrainians are talking about, those are important for the president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he heads to the u. S. Next week. But also heis meeting with President Biden. The ukrainians wanting that u. S. Support to continue. Small victories also important for moral on the ground. Appreciate you staying on top of this. Thank you very much. Still to come, lee is now a post Tropical Cyclone as it hits the northeast and the Flight Cancellations are piling up. Theres challenges, and i love overcoming challenges. 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We want to make sure were collecting data in sparse areas where theres no Data Available, or little Data Available for the Weather Models to use to make forecasts. This aircraft flies between 41 and 45,000 feet. It travels around 500 Miles Per Hour. This is essentially a flying Weather Station, a Weather Station that goes to the weather. For the next eight hours, the men and women of the noaa core will had fly in this Recognizance Jet around Hurricane Lee. After the jet leaves florida, skies are clear. At this high altitude, you can see white caps in the ocean. It doesnt take long for the sunshine to disappear. The flight gets turbulent as Hurricane Lee lurks below us. All the while scientists taking place. 34 locations where a tube will be dropped out of the plane. This is the next drop zone. What is in the drop zone . The drop zone consists of a sensor and a Circuit Board and a battery. And the sensor is picking up humidity, air temperature, pressure, Wind Direction and wind speed. Reporter and about every ten minutes, another drop box is launched to the ground. Along with the sounds, the plane has radar in its nose, Doppler Radar on its tail and two pilots flying with a deep sense of purpose. I joined the noaa core as did all my counterparts because we love to serve our country. We care about the citizens. Its really rewarding to know that i am right at the frontlines and risking my life in order to help the lives of Everyone Else that are back home. The marathon flight is almost over. That is it. Woo hoo. Reporter as the plane heads back to florida, out the window, a spectacular sunset. Were out of the storm. Reporter as the plane gets ready to land, time for the Hurricane Hunters to decompress and get mentally ready for more oughtour trips to come. We live here, spend more time together than we do at home. Go home, sleep, eat, repeat and get back up here and start collect ing the data again. Reporter the aircraft we were at is not noaas only hurricane hunter. They also fly the p3 orr ryon, its a larger plane that fits more people and flies through hurricane eye walls. I have been on it before. The turbulence is intense. Either way, the important data gathered for both these planes and both these missions that has been embedded into Computer Models makes it much easier for meteorologists to give accurate forecasts. What a cool assignment. One im glad i didnt have to do. Now that everybody is safe on the ground, that was an excellent idea to send gary in that plen. Thank you so much. Joining us again in an hour. Smerconish is up next. Well see you at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Tore and my design busi . Were exploding. But my old internet, was not letting me run the show. So, we switched to Verizon Business internet. They h have business grade internet, nationwide. vo make the switctch. Its your business. Its your verizon. Then add the whoa of listerine to your routine. 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