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how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home? did you have a trickyjourney to work? do you support the strikes? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk, with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medal for £81; million to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. and to mark his 40th birthday, new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. the biggest rail strike in 30 years is under way, with an almost total shutdown of the network in england, scotland and wales. members of the rail, maritime and transport workers union are staging the first of this week s three 24 hour walk outs due to an ongoing dispute over pay, p
republicans. this is a big deal, that would be enough to reach the 60 votes necessary to pass. if successful, it could be the most significant federal action on gun violence in nearly three decades. but it doesn t include many popular proposals like raising the age to buy an assault weapon to 21. the washington post, leigh ann caldwell, walk me through what s through the framework and this? bell yeah, what s in this bill some are calling very significant even from the gun safety group say that this is a great first step. what this bill does, it creates incentives for states to implement stronger red flag laws. that s where someone can say that a person is dangerous, should not have a gun. it also closes the boyfriend loophole, which is interesting because domestic partners, spouses can raise a red flag, the domestic partners can t. so, it closes that. it also enables people to go to purchase an assault weapon from ages 18 to 21, it requires a call to the police station, whe
other politicians and officials. what is causing the spike of violent attacks targeting government officials? going one-on-one with an entire retired fbi special agents to administer the trend. and the bill passed by some ohio republicans will try to keep trans athletes out of women s sports by sending them to a doctor for a gentle inspection. on this first weekend of pride month we will analyze the gop s growing attacks on the lgbtq community. with my guests to the president and ceo of glaad. all of that and more is coming up. good sunday morning to. olivia i m katie fang. we will take into this questions with our experts later. but first, report on the ground to bring you the latest news. we begin with the january 6th hearings kicking off this thursday in primetime. nbc s dairy gronk is on capitol hill. gary, it is always a pressure to see you. americans finally are getting a look at what the committee does kind of looking behind the curtain. what should we expect to
Stellantis yesterday. Theyre waiting for a response. Its hard to imagine this is going to be ending any time soon. It certainly doesnt seem within the next 24 hours. Weve heard from a lot of workers who said theyre preparing for this to potentially last for a while. Were outside this stellantis factory. They build jeeps here, more than a thousand a day. If you look down, there are groups of these picketers for a half mile in each direction covering every entrance. There are 5800 workers on strike here in toledo. You can get a sense just being here of the frustrations they have been feeling. I want to bring in one of those workers now. So you were telling me youve worked here ten years. When you heard this strike was going to happen and that this location had been picked, what went through your mind . I was excited, happy, because we are fighting for what we believe we deserve and fighting for our families out here. I was ready for it. Im glad they picked us, because were a big part of