world. it is friday, february 11th. and i m brianna keilar along with john berman. this morning, a trucker-inspired protest is intensifying, bringing pain to workers and economies on both sides of the u.s./canadian border. now the u.s. is on high alert for protests to begin here at home. demonstrators have been occupying critical roadways between the two countries for several days. this morning crossings in michigan, north dakota and montana are now choked off. and today marks the fifth day that protesters have halted traffic on the ambassador bridge, which connection detroit to windsor, ontario. that bridge is the busiest international crossing in north america. nearly 30% of all trade between the u.s. and canada crosses the ambassador bridge with 10,000 commercial vehicles carrying $325 million worth of goods every day. 50 million of that in auto parts alone. the blockade is hurting major car companies in particular.
to do so. and by the way, it went into effect just a short while ago. so we re going to watch what happens there and keep you posted about why this really matters. and by the way, around 10,000, around 10,000 commercial vehicles crossed the bridge you re looking at each and every day, with about $325 million worth of goods. some of the world s biggest car companies have been shutting down or even reducing production lines because of this here in the u.s. i m talking about ford and gm and chrysler and other automakers. they re having to cut back production. which means that factory workers are losing their shifts and losing their paychecks. and it s only further threatening our supply chain if it s allowed to continue. that according to the ceo of the national association of manufacturers. meanwhile, in spite of all that i ve just described and disruption that we re all seeing right now, meanwhile some on the
even tow vehicles if needed, and of course logistically able to do so. and by the way, it went into effect just a short while ago. so we re going to watch what happens there and keep you posted about why this really matters. and by the way, around 10,000 commercial vehicles cross the bridge you re looking at each and every day, with about $325 million worth of goods. some of the world s biggest car companies have been shutting down or even reducing production lines because of this here in the u.s. i m talking about ford and gm and chrysler and other automakers. they re having to cut back production, which means that factory workers are losing their shifts and losing their paychecks. and it s only further threatening our supply chain if it s allowed to continue. that according to the ceo of the national association of manufacturers. meanwhile, in spite of all that i ve just described and the
blockade. with canadian police slowly moving in, anti-vaccine mandate protesters started clearing out saturday, blasting their horns on the way. angry stragglers stayed behind, onfronting police.tayed behind, who are you protecting? we re just as passionate about our bill of rights and in this country as you are about yours. reporter: the law enforcement action follows a court order for protesters to move away from the ambassador bridge. the key border crossing carries 10,000 a day between the u.s. and canada, transporting about 325 million dollars worth of goods. the now six-day blockade has disrupted auto plants in canada and several states. analysts estimate it s cost car makers 700 million and counting. so, they have not caused mass outages just yet. but i think we re on the brink of them having that effect. reporter: this is the third weekend of protests that began with a cross-country trucker convoy rolling into canada s
sustained financial support for ukraine. like the secretary general, i want to stress, as he has done, consistently, that funding must not be diverted from other crisis and madam president. to afghanistan. that is one example. as you heard last week, conflict, covid, compounded by the soaring food and fuel costs indicated by the secretary general could push another 47 million people into severe food insecurity. the total number of people around the world who will not know where their next meal comes from could be driven to the figure of 325 million people around the world. that is by a long distance the highest in our recent history and well over double what was, what