Workers. President biden i intend to be the most prounion president in history. A lot of politicians in this country cant say the word union. Im not one of them. Im proud to say the word and be the most prounion president in American History. [cheering] President Biden i promised you i would be, i said i would be the most prounion president in American History and make no apology for it. Carley the feeling does not seem mutual. Brooke singman has more. Brooke the countrys largest Auto Workers Union speeding toward historic strike that would cost the u. S. Economy 5 billion in just 10 days. President biden is brushing off that threat. Mr. President , are you aware of an auto strike . [indiscernible] dont think it is going to happen. Brooke the president of the auto unioned he was shocked to hear him say that at this point. They want Cost Of Living allowances and defined benefits and pension. When corporation come to the government, there is always a raent why it cant happen. It is earne
I feel real good. Here we go again. Bill good action happening now. The f. B. I. And defendant of defense have tracked more than 100 such incidents with Chinese Nationals dubbed Gate Crashers in these secure site. Authorities are sounding the alarm the Chinese Government could compel national to report back on Security Practices at military installations. Dana Mike Gallagher will join us in a minute with his thoughts on this Potential Spy Threat from beijing and more. Bill we begin with eric shawn, live in the New York City newsroom with more on this. Eric, good morning. What did you find out . Good morning. Unbelievable. It seems that chinas Infiltration Of America is reaching alarming levels say u. S. Officials including trying to send spies posing as tourists. They have been detected more than 100 times trying to access u. S. Military bases and intelligence facilities posing as tourists. The Wall Street Journal reported Chinese National resort to claiming they are visitors trying to
Strike threat. Alex . The Labor Department says theyre keeping close watch on the talks. Theres nine days left for the uaw and detroits big three to agree to a new fouryear deal. If they dont, the 146,000 members have voted to strike. The unions demands are bold. Members are seeking a 46 pay raise, 40 hours of pay for 32 hour work weeks and for traditional pensions to be restored and Cost Of Living increases. Workers say the companies have raked in billions on their backs. A g. M. Executive said the demands have significant costs attached that would threaten manufacturing momentum. Its clear the two sides are still wide aparty. While in philadelphia yesterday forks labor day, President Biden said hes not so concerned. Mr. President , are you worried about an auto strike . [inaudible] he said he doesnt think its going to happen. Uaws president says he was shocked by this reaction. They said maybe he knows something we dont know. This all comes at a time when ford and General Motors are
Happening now, a meeting between two of the most dangerous u. S. Adversaries may be in the works. Well tell you hat the u. S. Is saying about kim jonguns efforts to engage with Vladimir Putin. Also tonight, Burning Man Festival Goers finally get the green light to go home after a rare downpour in the desert left them trapped for days. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy is getting heat from gop hardliners as Congress Prepares to return to work and the nation once again faces a possible Government Shutdown. Welcome to all of our viewers around the United States. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta. This is a Special Edition of the situation room. We begin with news of a potential bilateral meeting between two of washingtons biggest rivals. The news that North Koreian leader kim jongun may be facetoface with president Vladimir Putin in what would be a rare foreign visit. National security correspondent kylie atwood is covering the story for us. What kind of signal would this meeting send .
A reminder of the breaking news this hour. Apologies for the departure of our camera. Israel has told the United Nations that more than a million palestinians must leave the Northern Gaza Strip further blasts have been heard overnight in gaza, as Israeli Forces aim to eradicate the Hamas Militant Group in the wake of saturdays attacks. This is the scene live in gaza where it has just gone 7 30 in the morning. The un said the order by the Israeli Military also applied to all of its staff and those sheltered in un facilities, including schools, Health Centres and clinics. An hamas official, quoted by the reuters newsagency, said that the Relocation Warning from israel was fa ke propaganda. That is the life seen over gaza as we entered the seventh day of this conflict. At other points we have seen fresh plumes of smoke over the area, indicating fresh rocket fire coming into the area. We have had heard so many humanitarian issues, shortage of supplies and hospitals. We will return to any b