Good morning. Im jane pauley and this is sunday morning. Its oscar sunday. Hollywoods biggest night. As well be noting through the morning, from barbie to oppenheimer to kill a mockingbird, its been quite a year for moviegoers. But it almost didnt happen. Last years paralyzing strikes by writers, actors and other film workers all but shut down the industry, even putting tonights oscars in doubt. The strikes are now history and screens, large and small, shine brightly, a true hollywood ending thanks, in no small parts, to the efforts of one very leading lady, as tracy smith will tell us. The strike is one of the most powerful tools we have. Reporter in a strike lasting nearly four months, Fran Drescher was the face of defiance. Workers unite reporter now she is helping the town get back to business and doing to her way. What about your career on camera and producing . What . Im never going to work again. There is a plaque list with one name on it. Reporter the nanny and hollywoods new n
Netanyahu. This weekend, the president took direct aim at netanyahus war strategy in gaza, and today netanyahu pushed back. The war in gaza grinding on with 2 million palestinians marking the start of the holy month of ramadan. No ceasefire between hamas and israel. And onequarter of the population facing starvation. Cbs skyler henry is at the white house tonight and leads us off. Skyler, what exactly did netanyahu have to say . Reporter yeah, jericka. Prime minister netanyahu said the president was wrong on both counts as it relates to him not having the support of the israeli people on the nations interests and its policies. As Israel Intends to move forward into southern gaza, a refuge for millions, as the president warns of a red line that should not be crossed. Hes hurting israel more than helping israel. Its contrary to what israel stands for. And i think its a big mistake. Reporter President Biden not mincing his words, criticizing israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and c
this is american voices. as the battle of control of congress heats up before the 2024 election, republicans are showing us how they plan to governor govern if they win. case in point, they re attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over government spending this fall. the new york times writes quote, mccarthy s to the right is a gambl
and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so, special counsel jack smith has ten business days left if he wants to beat fulton county district attorney fani willis to an indictment. we have talked a little bit about that. dea willis has indicated that at some point between july 31st and august 15th she may bring charges against donald trump for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia. and mr. smith, whose federal indictment could over lap significantly with da willis s state indictment, well he likely wants his federal case to go first. at least one of the two grand juries and that da willis has empanel down in fulton county has already started its work as of this week. and either one of those grand juries could be asked to indict trump. but while we are waiting for a potential charging decisions here, it turns out that we should still be keeping our eyes on florida, and not just mar-a-lago. the new york times is reporting tonight that p
if you re sticking with, us we re thankful for that. the u.s. military becoming a political football for the house gop as they unleashed their anti-abortion rights, anti-trans, anti-woke agenda on a spending bill flooding americas fighting forces. instead of focusing on killing people employee stuff up, and having we are focused on dividing people up by race. i don t want someone who doesn t know if they are a man or a woman with their hand on a missile button. i couldn t help but pull out my pocket constitution, i couldn t seem to find anywhere in here where it says we need to fund programs for humanitarian aid for women and children in afghanistan. and one house republican in particular under fire for a shocking racial comment. we are going to dive into that this hour as well. plus, a defying president biden finding a new way to forgive the student loan debt for nearly 1 million people in this country. and as actors hit the picket line i m gonna be talking to thei