The possibility of issuing himself a pardon. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, september 15th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with Tens Of Thousands of United Auto Workers hitting the picket lines. The union officially went on strike against detroits big three auto makers at midnight. Nearly 13,000 members walked out of three plants in missouri, ohio, and in michigan. The strike is against general motors, ford, and stellantis. The union and the companies failed to reach a deal on a new collective Bargaining Agreement before the current contract expired at the stroke of 12 00. Tonight for the first time in our history we will strike all three of the big three at once. We are using a new strategy, the stand up strike. We will call on select facilities, locals, or units to stand up and go on strike. This strategy will keep the companies guessing. It will give our National Negotiators maximum leverage and flexib
poppy? thanks, felicia. wall street turns its attention to corporate earnings this coming week. aluminum giant alcoa and jpmorgan chase will kick things off. analysts expect companies in the s&p 500 to report 12% growth in fourth quarter earnings, not bad, but a few months ago expectations were higher. we ll also get the latest look at retail sales, the fed s beige book, and the latest consumer sentiment reading and in detroit the auto show kicks off. cnn money will have a team of reporters in detroit tracking it all for you. fred, back to you. thanks so much, ladies. appreciate that. much more straight ahead in the cnn newsroom with don lemon. just a few minutes away, right? these debates, the pious, let s cut the pious whatever. i was like, okay, that was interesting. two big debates as the candidates prepare for the first president yial primary in new hampshire. i ll speak with former cbs news anchor dan rather about the
wounded including arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. today, she and so many others impacted are reflecting on the tragedy and the recovery. take a look right now at some live pictures. it is a dark room, but it is fitting of the somber atmosphere there on this one-year anniversary. the event will be called reflections and it is about to get started there on the university of arizona campus. it is honoring the lives of the shooting victims, the survivors and the citizen heroes who helped following those shootings that took place at that shopping center, at that safe-way parking lot. in a few minutes, we ll have a live report from thelma gutierrez there in tucson. about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didn t turn up during an inventory last month. mt. rainier national park s gat