merry christmas, everyone! we are so glad you are with us on this special morning. i m poppy hearlow with paul maddingly. this is a special edition of cnn this morning. hope you re having a great holiday with your loved ones. merry christmas. i want to stay on this set forever. isn t it beautiful? it s beautiful. they did a wonderful job. i love all the poinsettias all around. we have a christmas tree and a fire. the iowa caucuses are just three weeks away from today. this morning, we ll highlight the key moments on the campaign trail so far, and how they could shape the final months in the race for the white house. and seasons full of strikes reignite the labor movement in america from hollywood to the motor city, workers won pay raises and new protections. how technology could bring more change to the economy in the year ahead. and coming together this holiday season, as anti-semitism and islamophobia sentiment rises, we ll talk to faith leaders about how we
So the Writers Guild has reached this tentative deal with studios. Those are writers celebrating in los angeles last night, after the agreement was announced. Guild members are now set to vote and decide whether to accept that deal. In the meantime, hollywood remains shut down. Actors are still on strike, No End In Sight there. Economists say this strike has cost the u. S. Economy more than 5 billion. Not only in l. A. , but in other tv and Film Production hubs like georgia and new york. Cnn national correspondent, Camilla Bernal is live for us in los angeles. The big question right now is, one, will it get voted through. But two, whats actually in this deal . I know details are sparse, but camilla, what do we know right now . Thats really what Everyone Wants to know, phil. Ive talked to a lot of writers who tell me, look, were confident in the wga negotiators, because they knew exactly what we wanted. And part of that is higher wages and Artificial Intelligence. There was a huge focus
Travis kelce world coin show. Thank you, guys, as always, we appreciate it. The best. All right. Cnn this morning continues now. Well, good morning, everyone. A lot of big news to get to this morning. Lets get things started with five things to know for this monday, september 25th. Breaking overnight, there is a tentative deal in the hollywood Writers Strike after 146 days and countless picket lines, there is no deal in washington, dc, though, where a Government Shutdown is looking increasing. Likely, the government runs out of money in five days and the Republican Party split is very evident in bad news for President Joe Biden. In a pair of new polls, 56 of americans disapprove of how hes doing the job. Also, the mayor of el paso says his city is at, quote, Breaking Point without enough resources to deal with a surge of migrants. As mexico makes an agreement with the us to deport people to their Home Countries. And historic delivery for nasa. A Capsule Carrying Parts of an asteroid ju
September, then we have a very, very serious violation of the Justice Department rules that you shouldnt be conducting one of these investigations in the 60day period. There has been an informal tradition in the Justice Department. But in a recent report the Justice Department Inspector General noted the 60day rule is not written or described in any Department Day policy or regulation and does not call to an end for active investigations. Giuliani also attacked the Special Counsels motives. He knows the answers to every question he wants to ask. He is going to ask him did you do you think we are fools . You want to trap him into
perjury. The reality is that he doesnt need to ask a single question on obstruction, he has all the answers. The president is not going to change his testimony. Stop the nonsense. You dont have a case. President trump joining in on the Attack Tweeting today, this is an illegally brought rigged witch hunt run by people who are totally corrupt and or conflicted i
Pressuring in a phone call the ukrainian leader to investigate bidens son. Biden and trump going after each other on twitter in whats becoming both adopting a similar attack style, highly edited videos of news footage to undermine each other. Heres some of that. Thats a conflict of interest. Things joe biden has to answer for. The president of the United States using his power to go to a Foreign Government to get no reason to paiy hunter biden a claim that has been debunked. You can tell hes really scared of biden. Biden adopting a stronger tone against the president. Biden insisting, he never spoke to his son about his business dealings in ukraine while he was Vice President. Trumps doing this. He knows ill beat him like a drum. His usual abuse of power and element of presidency to try to do something to smear me. Thats what this guy is. He abuses power everywhere he can and that he sees any threat to his staying in power. Hell do whatever he has to do. This crosses the line. A new re