largest auto worker unions called general motors offer to avoid a potentially devastating strike. what this standoff could mean for the entire economy ahead. and deeper than the empire it state building is tall, well over times two, that s how far below the earth this american caver is now trapped, after he fell ill underground on saturday. details on the urgent evident now to save him. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. soon, president biden departs for india for a critical g-20 summit with world leaders, but back here at home, he is facing a tough crowd. new cnn polling shows the president s numbers are essentially down across the board. numbers on his handling of the economy, his age, his job approval, all of them sinking. right now, just 39% approval of biden s job as president. that s down 41% in july. we re covering all angles and implications of this story. with us, congressional corresponde
and the manhunt for a murderer not going according to plan. dense terrain and brutal heat as police struggle with the search now in its eighth day and new questions about how the killer got away and how another prisoner did pretty much the same thing just a few months ago. police expected to update the situation this afternoon. we ll bring you that when it happens. plus, democrats, you have a problem. new poll numbers painting a bleak picture for president biden s re-election campaign. concerns about his age, his job performance, and new numbers showing one republican with the best chance to beat him. can you guess who it is? we re following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. rescuers in turkey are rushing to save an american trapped deep inside a cave. mark dickey is more than 3,000 feet below the earth s surface. 300 stories. the 40-year-old is an experienced caving instructor who was part of a research team in the mor