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about trump s rally at the pittsburgh chemical plant on. tuesday union workers plant. on tuesday union workers were given an ultimatum to be at the event or use a day of personal time off and lose any overtime pay that they may have earned for that week. cnn s christian holmes is live for us in berkeley heights where the president is wrapping up his vacation. so tell us more about this ultimat ultimatum. reporter: that s right. so more controversy surrounding that tuesday event. so all of this coming to light because of a memo that we know at least some of those plant workers received. i want to pull it up because i want to read you exactly what it said. it says, your attendance is not mandatory. this will be considered an excused absence. however, those who are not in attendance will not receive overtime pay on friday. so obviously sounds a little bit mandatory there when that s the ultimatum. we also know that least some of the workers who attended that
neil: the president is urging calm action china moves troops to the border with hong kong. we re focusing on it because the world is riveted by it and all of this video. the president is saying he can be patient. he s watching. kevin corke in berkeley heights, new jersey with the latest. hi, kevin. busy day, my friend, for the president domestically and internationally. a lot of people talking about hong kong. let s take you straight to twitter to talk about what the president had to say. let me give you the exact quote that he had on twitter earlier today. he said many are blaming me and the u.s. for the problems in hong kong. i can t imagine why. he tweeted this. our intelligence has informed us that the chinese government is moving troops to the border with hong kong. everybody should be calm and
just a part of donald trump s re-election strategy for 2020. it s the heart of that strategy. that s not playing too well with some of his gop allies who have passed that message onto vice president pence letting him know that those chants are, quote, not helpful and should be discouraged. let s go now to nbc s hans nichols who is live for us in berkeley heights, new jersey. can we expect to see more comments against those congresswomen this reason really doubling down on those attacks that he made on twitter? reporter: it seems that the president is intent upon sharpening his differences, his distinctions with those four lawmakers. so we really saw this last friday, the president initially launched these and then he amplified it on twitter on sunday morning. now we ve been all week back and forth. sometimes the president seems to be unhappy with his supporters. and then now he seems to be unhappy with ilhan omar and he seems to be coming to the defense of his supporter. we may hear