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
And canadian coast, just hours ago, lee, hurricane lee, weakening from a category one to a post Tropical Cyclone. But it is still posing serious threats, including strong winds and heavy rain, Meteorologist Derek Van Dam is live for us in cape cod. The National Hurricane center issuing a new advisory, just moments ago, on this major storm, was a hurricane, what is going on now . We have all of the latest information to pass along to you, and our viewers, were on cape cod, on the coast of massachusetts, still getting beard by the occasional Tropical Storm force gusts here. And that information, you want to hear is, that this storm is only a matter of hours before making landfall, somewhere as according to the National Hurricane center, between the border of canada and the United States. So it is well north and east of where im at, but were still feeling the impacts. Thats the idea that weve been stressing for several days now, that this wind field is just so large. Speaking of winds, 75
The house is gaveling back in for more work on the Defense Authorization bill. Will the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, kindly resume the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of the bill, h. R. 2810, which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018, for military activities of the department of defense, and for military construction. To prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 14 printed in part b of house 212 offered by the gentleman from california, mr. Mcclintock, had been disposed of. Pursuant to House Resolution 440, no further amendment to the bill as amended shall be in order except those printed in house report 115217, and amendments en bloc described in section 3. Each further amendment printed in the report shal
The house is gaveling back in for more work on the Defense Authorization bill. Will the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, kindly resume the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of the bill, h. R. 2810, which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018, for military activities of the department of defense, and for military construction. To prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 14 printed in part b of house 212 offered by the gentleman from california, mr. Mcclintock, had been disposed of. Pursuant to House Resolution 440, no further amendment to the bill as amended shall be in order except those printed in house report 115217, and amendments en bloc described in section 3. Each further amendment printed in the report shal
Let me show you right now the current conditions. Lower 60s in boston, watch what happens through the day. We are in the upper 50s at noontime. Scattered rain north and west of the city. But the farther south and east you go, its more of the steadier washouttype weather, and into about 3 00, notice the temperatures. They are in the middle 50s. We are just going to fall a little bit today behind the front. So, fenway, plan for rain. Bring the ponchos i. Will turn breezy as well. We have certainly seen Better Baseball days with mid first pitch. Im back with more coming up. And we are following breaking news this morning. Police are investigating after a shooting in roxbury fox 25 Stephanie Coueignoux is live at Boston Police headquarters and, stephanie, we know one person was rushed to the hospital . Reporter yeah, still a lot of questions though remain, heather, including how this victim is doing and exactly how old that victim is. This is some video though of what that scene looked lik