Now. Off the job and on the picket line. Thousands of Union Auto Workers take part in a coordinated strike against the Big Three Automakers simultaneously. The first time this has ever happened. Well take you to where talks stand at this hour. Plus, donald trump denies he ever asked a maralago staffer to delete surveillance video, potential evidence in his classified documents case. And the former president says he is willing to testify under oath. But will his attorneys let him . And what trump is saying about the secret documents he took from the white house. Utter destruction. Thats how a cnn reporter is describing scenes in libya after catastrophic flooding there. 5,000 lives confirmed lost. Making matters worse, the u. N. Says most of the deaths could have been avoided. We are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. It is an American Labor strike unlike anything the nation has ever seen. Right now, thousands of auto wor
are we going to see jim, of course, this is incredibly significant it s the first earliest debate in modern presidential campaign history. and the reason is both candidates agreed to this debate. they want to try and define their opponents, define themselves, and frankly, shakeup this race for all of the changes follow the challenges in the country and the world this race has largely been much of how it s been for the last several months, if not year, donald trump has had a narrow lead nationally and in some battleground states president biden has been defending his record will onstage tomorrow evening, president biden will of course, try and draw that contrast with former president donald trump jim history is probably not our best guide for this because we have never seen two sitting president s side-by-side like this, making the case about one another. but think of all the differences over the last four years. one thing i m struck by is we follow these candidates and list
the late 19905 conflict between serb forces and albanian insurgents for the future of the former yugoslav province of kosovo left thousands dead. serbian forces attempted to rid the region of its ethnic albanian population. the kosovo liberation army retaliated. many civilians died most of them men. around 5,800 people disappeared. 25 years later, and almost 1,600 people are still missing, leaving many mothers, wives, and sisters to lament birthdays uncelebrated, weddings unplanned, and grandchildren unborn. among them, kujtime, an ethnic albanian who s lived all her life in the city that s become kosovo s lasting symbol of ethnic partition. it was during that time that tragedy struck. dragica, an ethnic serb, lived in kosovo until the war forced her to flee to serbia. her 17 year old son, ivan, went missing on the ill fated journey tojoin her. during spring 1999, the war in kosovo entered its most intense phase. nato intervened in the war, targeting serbian forces they a
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok