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Despite all of the evidence that was presented in this case, all these articles of impeachment were brought by republicans in the House Of Representatives. Remember, republicans dominate every level of government here in this state. Now here in the senate republican, senators siding with ken paxton to return him to office. In the chamber they are beginning to wrap things up. Obviously many senators will be asked to kind of defend these votes and explain exactly how all of this unfolded over the last day and a half. Yeah. And the music resumes. Ed lavandera in austin, thank you so much. Hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. Were also following new developments in the historic autoworkers strike that is now in its second full day. Negotiators for the United Autoworkers Union and big three car makers are back at the bargaining table, and there are signs of possible progress. Cnns gabe cohen is at the Stellantis Plant in ohio where workers are picketing. What are the signs of progress . Reporter fred, just in last few minutes we got this first sign of really any progress with any of the big three automakers, this one with ford who the Autoworkers Union met with this morning. A source with the union telling my colleague vanessa yurkevich, quote, we had reasonably productive conversation with ford today, reasonably productive. Of course, no deal, but any sign of progress youve got to take as extremely positive because in the last couple days we heard ford ceo say that if they were to give in to all of the unions demands, it would bankrupt the company. Something that the head of the Autoworkers Union told me directly was a joke and a lie. And we know that the union said yesterday that they had sent counteroffers to each of the three, the big three automakers, ford, gm, and stellantis, and they were waiting for a response. We understand there were going to be negotiations with stellantis and gm today. We dont know what the progress is like on those. But as of yesterday, the head of the Autoworkers Union said that up until then 80 of the members demands had not been met in any of the offers from the automakers. So were waiting to see if there can be progress throughout the day. In the meantime, i want to show what were seeing here in toledo, ohio. This outside a Stellantis Factory where they would typically be making more than 1,000 jeeps a day. We are seeing People Picketing at each gate to enter the complex. It is shut down. This is where theyll be 24 7. Each running a ship. These workers are making 100 a day in strike pay, paid by the union, because theyre not making a sellry. And so many salary. And so many told me they are ready to strike for as long as it takes. Chris, can i grab you a second . Youve been here ten years. Ten years. Reporter first off, i want to be clear, you work for stellantis, not ford. But we were talking about a few minutes ago this sign of progress that the union says at least they are seeing reasonable progress with one of the automakers. Whats your response to that . I mean, thats great as long as its in the right direction. Weve seen offers in the past, and its not not what we want, not what we deserve. Look at us out here. Were obviously doing this for a reason. Reporter why are you and your fellow Union Members out here . What issues that weve talked about nationally are really impacting people here in this toledo factory . Just the economy. Ever everythings going up, you cant get a carton of eggs for under 30 it seems. Theyre making money, and theyre their salaries going up, but were staying the same. Same with fuel, diesel fuel, all that stuff. And i love it out here. Reporter do you feel i know its day two. Do you feel the Energy Dropping at all . What are you feeling here no, no. Energy is good. Energys good. I mean, its like we got a Stunt Bike Show in the background. Everybodys supporting us. Weve got locals coming out here. Its great. I mean, i hope that they can settle and we can get back to get what we want and get back in there, starts making these great vehicles. Reporter thank you so much, chris. Good luck to you. Thank you. Reporter we have heard from the head of the union, shawn fain told us it is possible additional factories beyond the three on strike here in ohio, michigan, and missouri, additional factories could strike in the days or weeks ahead depending on whether or not they can find any progress with the big three automakers. But again, fred, just in the last few minutes, the first sign of progress from any of them. Its got to make these workers very happy, and certainly so Many Americans who have been concerned about the Economic Impacts as this ripples through the manufacturing industry. Right. That just might be encouraging. All right. Gabe cohen, thank you so much. President biden is also weighing in on the autoworkers strike. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is following that. Whats the president saying . Reporter this is certainly a political and economic test for the president. And he weighed in in remarks just yesterday where he provided an explicit endorsement of the autoworkers Negotiating Position and made clear to the companies that record profits should equal Record Contracts. Take a listen. I do appreciate that the parties have been working around the clock. When i first called them at the very first day of the negotiations, i said, please, stay at the table as long as you can to try to work this out. Theyve been around the clock, and the companies have made some significant offers. But i believe they should go further to ensure record corporate profits mean Record Contracts for the uaw. Reporter now this strike really reveals a tension for a president that has cast himself as the most prounion president while also taking into account the potential economic ramifications of this strike going on for days or weeks and sort of the destabilizing risk of an auto manufacturing shutdown. Now leading up to the strike, the president and white house officials have been closely monitoring the negotiations, and we learned just yesterday from President Biden that he has deployed Senior Adviser Jean Spellering who had been sperling who had been in toughen with officials as well as acting secretary julie su to serve as a go between for the administration. Clearly this is a priority for the administration. They are watching this closely in the hours and days to come. But of course, what cant be understated here is the economic ramifications and what that means for a president that, again, is pro union, but also campaigning and going into an election talking about bidenomics and the strength of the economy. Fwred . A lot at stake for everyone. Thank you so much. And now to the 2024 race. Much of the republican primary field is swinging through iowa today with a notable exception the current frontrunner, former President Trump is still leading the pack by more than 40 points. Joining me is chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny who is at a nikki haley event in indianola, iowa. What are you hearing, jeff . Reporter we are four months from the Iowa Caucuses that will kick off the 2024 republican nominating contest. And many candidates are in iowa this weekend with the exception of former president donald trump. Now there is no doubt he has command of this race. He is leading by major amounts in polls. But when you talk to voters, there is a sense that there are many open minds, many voters, Many Republican voters are taking a look at this field of candidates. And the former South Carolina governor, nikki haley, will be arriving here at a Manufacturing Facility just south of des moines in a short time. Shes been making her way around the state, as has Florida Governor ron desantis, former Vice President mike pence was at a Trap Shooting Event earlier today. Its all going to culminate into an event this evening where Christian Conservative voters will be gathering in des moines to hear all of the candidates. But as we talk to voters, take a listen to katy clark. She lives in west des moines, iowa, and she summed up what were hearing from many iowans. Im openminded. You know, im going to keep my eyes and ears open. Its still early. So im not going to just jump right in. But as i said, you know, ive given a little bit of money to her. I want her to be able to stay in the race, be able to be on the stage with the debates, because i do like her very much. Reporter and katie clark was talking there about nikki haley. She was at an event she had earlier in west des moines, iowa. We heard that again and again, that Debate Performance that nikki haley had in the first republican president ial debate really caught the attention of Many Republicans. Of course, the next debates is coming up in a little bit less than two weeks. So these debates and these events do, indeed, matter, as does campaigning matter. So yes, the former president is in the drivers seat of this race, if you will, but the history of the Iowa Caucuses will show that things can change, and the race often breaks late. So thats why many candidates are still out meeting voters, and the voters are interested in what they are seeing. Of course, Electability A Concern for iowa republicans. Four months from the opening bell of that republican contest, it starts hare, of course, in january in iowa. Around the corner. All right, jeff zeleny, thank you so much. All right. The u. S. Justice department is seeking a narrow gag order in the federal election case against donald trump, citing concerns that the former president s rhetoric could prejudice the jury. It comes at a strange moment in american politics as federal indictments against the current president s son, hunter biden, will now inevitably factor into next years election, as well. Senior political analyst Ron Brownstein joining us now. How does all this legal mess for both trump and the president s Family Impact this 2024 race . Yeah, well, i think it reinforces a larger dynamic which is that we are heading toward an election that the vast majority Many Americans, maybe a majority of americans really dont want to see. I mean, weve seen early in polls a tremendous hesitation about being presented with a trumpbiden rematch among voters. There are many voters who are not enthusiastic about either one of them. We dont have a lot of recent experience in the 20th century with this kind of rematch. And its something thats going to create i think a very volatile and unpredictable atmosphere when you have this many voters who are concerned about the economy and bidens age on the one hand, and consider trump a threat to democracy and to their rights, particularly around abortion on the other. Thats a volatile mix, and i think its going to make for a long and unpredictable election season for both sides. Yeah. And then when also dissecting these legal cases, you know, we saw a judge here in Georgia Grant A later trial date to trump, though we dont know when that will be. We just know its not going to be in october. How important is the timing of this trial which the judge seems to pretend is inevitable, but where in the election season might it land . Yeah. First of all, theres no equivalents in the legal challenges facing the two leading candidate. I mean, hunter biden is being prosecuted over telling a falsehood on a gun purchase application, a case that many legal experts have said is extremely rare to be brought against anyone and the Justice Department might have a hard time proving that they really have done this against any meaningful number of other people. Compare that to a series of indictments over attempting to overthrow the result of an American Election for the first time in our history, certainly for a former president to be accused of Something Like that. We are not talking about comparable things here. Look, i think most people in the political arena think the main event, the Jack Smith Trial Against donald trump for attempting to for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election, all the evidence that was shown by the january 6th committee, that is now on schedule to begin in march. That is the one thing that may be the most likely to reach a resolution before election day in 2024. And i think that is the one people are looking at in terms of the potential impact. And that may come too late to influence the republican primary, but if there is a verdict before the election, it certainly has the potential to influence the general election if trump is the nominee. Yeah. These cases are not comparable, whether its hunter biden and all the cases involving the former president , but the former president is going to try to make it such. And the question then will be how convincing, how persuasive might he be able to be. Yeah. I mean, look, you know, first of all, the vast majority of the electorate as we know is locked down. You know, there are relatively few voters who are genuinely open to switching sides. And they are weighing a bunch of factors. If you look at independent voters, as i said before, theres enormous concern among them that biden is too old for another term, and that is a pretty settled view now among independents. And there is great concern about inflation among voters. Even if inflation is slowing down, that doesnt mean prices are going down. And the likelihood is that on election day in 24 the cost of necessities as we heard from that auto worker who said that, you know, you cant get eggs for less than 30 a carton. Those are going to be higher. Thats going to hurt biden. Its clear that a majority of independents believe the charges against trump are serious, believe that his actions after the election in 2020 were a threat to american democracy, and that they support abortion rights. And those are really big Tectonic Plates that are pushing against each other. And look, i mean, are there some people who will say, well, biden, trump, theyre no different because of this sure. But is that really going to be i think a decisive number, no. Youre looking at a relatively small member of voters in a relatively small number of genuinely contested states who are ready weighing and balancing these other big factors of age and inflation versus abortion and insurrection. All right. Ron brownstein, well leave it there for now. Thanks so much. Thanks for having me. Still to come, an unprecedented drought is putting pressure on a Critical International shipping artery. The crisis at the panama canal next. This is your season to smile to gather together and discover the moments that matter, to jump into the fun and join in the celebration. To help get you ready, your aspen dental team is celebrating 25 years of Affordable Care with an epic anniversary savings ent. 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You think the last 100 years thanks to the panama canal, commerce that need to go between the atlantic and Pacific Oceans doesnt need to go all the way around south america. It has a much more quicker route. Now Climate Change like so many things is threatening the panama canal. The panama canal is running low on water. A persistent drought caused in part by the El Nino Weather Pattern has left water levels dangerously depleted. Now the Global Supply chain is under threat as the Holiday Season approaches. The 80kilometer waterway connects the atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is a vutsds route for transplanting goods handling 5 of world trade. The canal was completed in noun 14, referralized how goods could be transported and further expanded in 2016 to meet the Skyrocketing Demand of global commerce. Over the last 20 years, decreasing rainfall has reduced the water level of panamas lake gatoon from 27 meters above sea level to 24 meters. Translator call it Climate Change, whatever you want to call it. The true fact is that Precipitation Levels are changing. As i have said repeatedly the panama canal is the only Global Maritime route that uses fresh water. Reporter Canal Officials have imposed Draft Restrictions forcing ships to lighten their load. A ships draft limit is a minimum depth of water it can safely anywhere gate. If a ship is carrying too much it risks getting trapped. Ships have had to reduce cargo by as much as 25 . The panel Canal Authority has limited the number of vessels tl authorized to enter creating a bottleneck with some ships waiting as long as 14 days to get through. As of tuesday, 116 vessels were waiting to pass. The canals administrator warns the number of authorized vessels could decrease further as the drought continues into next year. Translator in the coming months, i think theres the possibility in march and april if The Rain Pattern remains the same as now there would be possible water restrictions. Now before reaching this point, the panama canal would have to make further restrictions on the number of transits. It will depend on the amount of water in the lake, for example. Reporter this has led to rising Freight Costs which are likely to continue in the months leading up to both christmas and the chinese new year. The canals administrator has said the drought could wipe away 200 million in revenue in 2024. And he says they may need to build a new dam or connect the canal to another nearby lake to keep water flowing. As the everincreasing thirst for global goods crashes into the new realities of Climate Change. Thank you so much. Some of those new realities are it wasnt sorry about that. It wasnt that long ago that in panama the heavy rains were causing problems in the canal with panama, led to flooding. That is really the issue. And the scary thing is were actually in the rainy season in panama. So there should be an abundance of rain, which theres not now. As we get into the dry season, that will be there will be less rain as typically the Weather Patterns go, and that will create more problems. So a problem simply that is too big for one country to solve. Right. And the need for commerce and moving it continues and really only gets even bigger, the demand for that even bigger. Patrick, thank you so much. Coming up, House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy launching a formal Impeachment Inquiry into the sitting president , President Biden, amid increasing pressure from some conservatives. Well discuss that ahead. . Wait, who do you even play for . Tmobile and im here to protect you from wireless s companies that blitz you with h phone deals that sack you with a 3year device e contract. Even i could getet sacked . Not at tmobile they have plans that make upgrades work for you. 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So far the houseled gop investigations have yet to provide any direct evidence that the president financially benefited from Hunter Bidens overseas endeavors. So does this Impeachment Inquiry give republicans additional powers to try to obtain information or evidence that they have yet to have . Fred, sure it does, because it an official inquiry opens all. That up so they can send subpoenas, bring in people, they can have testimony, all of that, that maybe they havent uncovered yet. We got to go back to basics. Remember that the standard is supposed to be high, high crimes or misdemeanors. Thats the standard for impeachment. And so far what weve seen is a lot of allegations and very little if no credible evidence that the elder biden actually benefited from what hunter biden did. Now, did hunter biden engagement in some things that probably we wouldnt want for our son to be engaged in, probably. Did he get access to his father . Yes. But did that translate into actual money in joe bidens pocket . And so far after a lot of investigation, the Treasury Department investigated them under the Trump Administration, so far no findings of criminality and no findings that joe biden actually received any payment from any of these entities. And this inquiry comes without the full house vote which is what the House Speaker had initially promised would happen if they would get to this point. So now where does this go now that there seems to be you know, consensus from the House Speaker that there will be an inquiry, now what . Well, now theyve opened this up, right, theyve sent out all these allegations that joe biden got money from hunter, that all of these other different things, all of that, so now they have the official Impeachment Inquiry so they can subpoena people, they can get records, things they can get from the Treasury Department. All of those things. But again, fred, this was really alleged and investigated during the Trump Administration. All of these allegations, lets not forget, go back to when joe biden was Vice President , not president , or wasnt even in office during the Trump Administration when the Trump Administration was already looking at these different allegations, visavis hunter biden. Uhhuh. And then would the department of Treasury Step in by saying we already did this, or, you know, other federal agencies, we already did this, this is what we found . Or would they be asked to launch any new investigations . Theyre not going to voluntarily step forward, right, because i think joe biden has to be a little bit concerned about the two things that got both clinton and trump, and that was the allegation and, in fact, the article of Obstruction Of Justice. So the Biden Administration doesnt want to do anything that is going to have even the appearance of an obstruction charge, right. Do nothing not going to tell the Treasury Department to do anything. Its really up for the republicans and this Impeachment Inquiry to start that ball rolling, to get the process going, and the Biden Administration has to be very careful that maybe theres no allegations that are going to be firm now, but they have to be careful that they dont do anything thats perceived to be Obstruction Of Justice which, again, got both clinton and trump. Fred . And with this would this happen by way of request or subpoenas . Subpoenas. Primarily subpoenas because when one receives a subpoena as opposed to just a request, thats a demand, right. Weve seen people charged for not Going Forward to the house. So that kind of thing is powerful, and if there is evidence to be uncovered, then that will bring it out. But its been these allegations have been around fred, this is nothing new. None of these allegations are new. 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In fact, the governor of texas, republican governor greg abbott, putting out a brief statement saying that the jury has spoken, that ken paxton received a fair trial here in the senate, that he looks forward to working with ken paxton once again, and that paxton has done a good job representing all of texas. Paxtons legal team came out moments ago, obviously you can imagine extremely relieved and excited by this vote that took place in the texas senate this afternoon, saying that this is a, quote, Total Vindication for ken paxton. We will heard from some democrats who blasted the republican vote saying that this was just a political vote, that many of these senators essentially pressured into voting to acquit ken paxton. And just want to go back over the vote here. And this is a resounding victory for the embattled Attorney General who was suspended but is now going to be resuming his duties as the Attorney General here in texas. But the House Of Representatives here in austin passed 20 articles of impeachment. This trial only dealt with 16 of those 20. He was fully acquitted on all of them. And it really wasnt close. There were 12 democrats that mostly voted to convict ken paxton and only two republicans that crossed the aisle to vote on their fellow republican. So you know, ken paxton needed ten votes to survive. He got much more than that. So that is why his side is calling this a Total Vindication of ken paxton. But this really does lay bare the political stakes here in the state of texas and essentially a civil war within republicans. And ken paxton represents the extreme right wing of the Republican Party here in texas. And as they tried to argue several times throughout the case is the more traditional bush wing of the Republican Party here. This has exposed that fault line between both those sides here in the Republican Party. And of course, this extremely significant because republicans dominate every level of government here in this state. And thats why so many people watch all of this so closely. So you know, a resounding vote here for ken paxton this afternoon. The vote took almost two hours to go through all 16 articles of impeachment. But ken paxton has been acquitted, and he will be returning to his job as Attorney General. When you mentioned that there were two republicans that did vote to impeach paxton, were there ever more than that who perhaps changed their minds and decided to acquit . Reporter well, so if you remember before the vote took place and before the Impeachment Trial even started, all of these senators could have voted with a simple majority to dismiss all of the impeachment articles of impeachment before the trial even started. That vote was 26 246. There were six republicans that most people thought were in lockstep with ken paxton. But clearly ken paxton got many more republicans to switch back over to his side essentially with him getting as Many Republican votes asly did. So that was as he did. So that was a rather i wouldnt say shocking, i think people expected ken paxton to be able to survive this. But it was that switched this afternoon. A significant number indeed that ultimately made a big difference for him to get acquittal and be able to keep his job. All right, ed lavandera in austin, thank you so much. And this quick programming note. On Fareed Zakaria gps, an Exit Interview with americas top general, outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff mark milley. One on one with fareed. Hear his take on russia, ukraine, china, and allegation that the u. S. Military is too woke. This interview airs tomorrow at 10 00 a. M. Well be right back. Love can get a little messy. Good thing theres resolve. Love the love. Resolve the mess. I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. 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I mean, tell us about your venture and how in the world you are merging one of the most important figures in American History with fiction in Graphic Novel form. First of all, thank you so much for having me. Im a big fan of you and everything you do. So thank you again for having me. Glad youre available for us. Tell us, how did this come about . Yeah, i got the idea when i was traveling. I was in ghana, west africa, and basically i was watching a Harriet Tubman documentary because Harriet Tubmans hugely celebrated in ghana i think because they recently traced her heritage back to the area. Watching this documentary about Harriet Tubman. As soon as it ends im just kind of Channel Surfing, and i landed on the ending of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon with the fight scene. And im having the Time Of My Life im in africa, im watching this movie, Time Of My Life. And as soon as that ended, i started Channel Surfing some more and just stumbled on hansel and gretel witch hunters. Im about to watch this movie. And i think i wasnt like this is no disrespect to the filmmakers because its really hard to make anything, i wasnt a fan of the movie. So i think later that day i was journaling because this was my first time outside of america, and i was just journaling about my day. And i did a stream of conscious journaling, and these three things stood out. It was Harriet Tubman, fight scene, and witch hunters. And you know, i just kind of was looking back at it like, wait, Harriet Tubman demon slayer. What about Harriet Tubman, you know, like beats a racist werewolf. I dont know. I was obsessed with that setting. And i didnt know what it was going to be yet. And i think when i got back into the states, i just remember having its written down in my notepad, Harriet Tubman demon slayer, underlined, circled. And i think i was stopping at one of those really overpriced like book stores when i was at the airport, and i was like, so im in line to buy a 20 gatorade basically. And i saw this book from one of my favorite comic book writers, and its called and its a book about how to make, cookbooks and im like wait, thats it, ill make it a comic book, and since i was in the overpriced airport staff, i went on amazon and bought the book for nine dollars because i had been living in ghana, west africa for months. What im hearing is you are the creative type, you know, you are enamored by the story of this incredible heroine, and at the same time, youre using your creativity to help transform you know, and transport her to a whole other generation of people through your i think i lost sound for a second. You are frozen but hopefully you can still hear us . No not right in the middle of it, we just lost him. Well, we are going to try and do this another time, if we cant get him within seconds. I dont think were going to get him back in seconds, that was david crown, and you can see how enthusiastic he is, and hes hoping to take that Graphic Novel form to the felt Television Screen but course, the screen actors guild, and the writers guild, in the middle of a strike right now, so there are obstacles in which to make it happen, that was also part of our conversation but at some point we will try to finish our conversation with him but all the best to him on this new very creative venture at the same time paying homage to and celebrating one of the most prolific and important heroines of this country and beyond. David, we will try it again. Still to come, thousands of people paid hundreds of dollars to see him play but lionell messy, hes now going to be a noshow, we will go live inside the stadium and see how many tears that are flowing, next. m oh, is that a buffalo . woman babe, thats a cow. vo the allnew Subaru Crosstrek wilderness. Adventure on the edge. Exam. Oh. Yeah. 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Yeah, the fans are not going to be happy, even though, messi not playing for intermiami presumably gives atlanta a better chance of winning the game, we all know why so many people bought tickets for the match because of course they wanted to see the goat, the greatest of all time, and since messi has arrived in this country, a couple of months ago, hes just been electrifying, absolutely brilliant and intermiami have been transformed as a team. So everybody wanted to see him. People have been paying hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for a ticket, now you can get one for about 40 bucks. We kind of got an idea that he wasnt coming last night when he posted this video of a pizza that he had just ordered in miami and presumably was about to feast on and this was happening when the team were on their way already here in atlanta, so we got a sense he wasnt coming, and today weve seen absolute proof that is not coming because hes been out there enjoying his kids soccer match, literally he sat on the grass by the sideline watching his kids play a game. So messi, enjoying a break. I think people who have looked at his workload over the last couple of months with say, he was do one. He was basically playing a game every four days, and hes about to enter a period in which miami could win their second trophy of the season where he will potentially be playing every three days. So this break afforded him the opportunity to basically not kick a ball for a couple of weeks. Thats probably pretty good for him. Remember, he is 36 years of age. All this talk about the astroturf, he said he would play on turf, this is a turf stadium, hes not here, but people said its literally about giving him a break. We will see what else people are thinking and feeling there when they join you in the stadium. Thank you so much. All right, this just in, newly reinstated Texas Attorney general ken paxton has released a statement after he was acquitted on 16 charges in his state Senate Impeachment trial. Paxton thanked his supporters today and slammed the proceedings calling it a sham impeachment. Today, im quoting him now, today the truth prevailed, he said. He said in a statement posted on his twitter formerly known as x account, and im quoting now, now that this shameful process is over, my work to defend our constitutional rights