You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. We begin the hour with a big week ahead for President Biden. He is about to leave for new york to meet with leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week. He will also sit down with ukrainian president zelenskyy as ukraine seeks more support from its allies in the midst of a challenging counteroffensive against russia. However, bidens focus on the International Stage comes as hes facing a looming Government Shutdown, potentially an Impeachment Inquiry from house repub republicans. Cnns Arlette Saenz is with us. What more do we know about this meeting with president zelenskyy and other World Leaders this week . This is a big week not just for the president of the United States but for the president of ukraine. Reporter yeah, it certainly is. Really any moment now, President Biden will be departing the white house as he is heading to new york for those meetings around the u. N. General assembly. An op
It was right on time. Pitch perfect. Thank you. Everyone take note. Yes. Victor is complementing me. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. So great to have you. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. The United Auto Workers is entering the third day of strikes against three automakers, ford, Ge General Mo and stellantis. The union says they remain far apart in terms of a deal on pay increase and benefits. Former president barack obama weighed in on the strike saturday. He called on the Auto Companies to do right by their workers. Hundreds of Union Members walked the picket lines. They say they are prepared to stick it out in order to get an agreement. Cnns gabe cohen is in ohio with more. Reporter victor, amara, saturday we saw the first small signs of any progress in these negotiations between the union and any of the big three automakers. This after the union met with ford. A source with union telling cnn, we had reasonably productive conversations
Thank you so much for joining me this saturday. Im fredericka witfield. We begin with the historic autoworkers strike, now in its second full day. Negotiators for the carmakers and the union are expected to be back at the Bargaining Table Today. For the first time ever, workers are striking at plants for General Motors, ford and stellantis at the same time. The carmakers say despite big profits in recent years, the raises being demanded would drive them out of business. President biden weighing in, saying now is the time for the companies to step up. No one wants a strike. Say it again. No one wants a strike. But i respect workers rights to use their options under the collective bargaining system. I believe they should go further to ensure record corporate profits mean record contracts. Gabe cohen is at a Stellantis Plant in ohio where workers there are striking. Any signs of hope that these negotiators, when they meet today, might have good news for the strikers . Reporter were waitin
Ahead on cnn newsroom, former President Donald Trump says his right to free speech is in danger, well tell you what the Special Counsel is asking the judge to do in the way of a limited gag order. President biden, meanwhile, is weighing in on the uaw strike as negotiators prepare to head back to the Bargaining Table. And north Korean Leader kim jongun is wrapping up his tour of Military Sites in russia, well have a live report from the region. Announcer live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. Donald trump is lashing out at the Special Counsel investigating his alleged 2020 federal election interference. He says jack smith is trying to rob him of his First Amendment right to free speech. Smiths office had asked a u. S. District court judge to impose a court order limiting what the former president can say in public about the case against him. The Justice Department says the order is needed to protect the integrity of trumps upcoming trial. Trump spoke about it befo
Newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin with the breaking news and the surprise outcome of a republican versus republican political fight in the State Of Texas. Attorney general ken paxton is thanking his supporters and slamming what he calls the sham impeachment proceeding against him. Just a few hours ago the state senate voted to acquit paxton on 16 charges of abusing his office to help a donor. The Attorney General says now that the, quote, truth has prevailed he will get back to work defending the Constitutional Rights of texans, so he says. Ed lavandera joins me from the texas state house in austin. Ed, tell us more. Reporter hey, jim. The last few hours as reaction has been pouring in reacting to the acquittal of Attorney General ken paxton, it is exposing what can probably only be described as an allout civil war between various factions of the Republican Party here in texas. As weve mentioned just a short while ago, ken paxton was acquitted by the majority of republica