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into the former resident and his aides in relation to the 2020 election. we can bring you some brace in rooms expect breaking news that the reuters news agency says prosecutors have charged donald trump with violations of the georgia reco act, charged with a number of counts including ordering the first degree. rico act. including the former trump aide mark meadows and his attorney rudolph giuliani and another attorney of the former president, john eastman as well also facing charges. details on this ijust coming into us as you arejoining us and here in the studio with me, we have our north america correspondent.
arejoining us. i m delighted. the reasons the actors are joining us are the same reasons we went out, that the companies are not prepared to pay adequately to our members who create the product that enables them to amass this great wealth. anything near adequately for our work. so, the the ascension of streaming services that really kind of broken the system in terms of shorting seasons, lack of residuals, in all kinds of ways. we re saying you good to fix it. they re saying we kind of sorta happy with the way it is. ., . , ., of sorta happy with the way it is. ., ., , ., , is. howard, ust to “ump in there, is. howard, just to “ump in there, sag-aftrah is. howard, just to jump in there, sag-aftra told - is. howard, just to jump in| there, sag-aftra told the is. howard, just to jump in - there, sag-aftra told the bbc they want to see a fair deal before they would end the strike. from your perspective, what with would a fair deal look like? i what with would a fair deal look
the caterers, the film editors, sound people. all of these people are out of work because the actors are not working and the writers are not working as well, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars every week. it s a wide community, especially those individual actors, especially at the lower end of the pay grade, who would suffer real hardship because of this dispute. we mentioned that writers have been on strike since may. we spoke to howard rodman, former president of the writers guild of america and novelist and screenwriter. thank you forjoining us. are you surprised to see actors walking out and joining the writers on the picket lines? i m not surprised the actors arejoining us. i m delighted. the reasons the actors are joining us are the same