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
will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously called to t
May look on wall street later. And the challenge of keeping your kids entertained we will talk to a businesswoman who has crowd funded effo rts businesswoman who has crowd funded efforts to make a backpack with wi fi and gps. Hole in the wall, cashpoint or atm whatever you call it, it is celebrating its 50th birthday. Our eights days numbered . Butare birthday. Our eights days numbered . But are its days numbered . A very warm welcome to business life. If chinas premier warned the World Economic forum that fairness is essential or else people will feel left behind. After the usa, china is the worlds second largest economy, with a value of the 11 trillion. It accounts for almost 15 of what the world produces each year, but it is home to 19 of the worlds population, almost one in five and with the number of people increasing, so too are its cities, in size and number. A brand new eco city xiongan will house 2. 5 million people. It is home to several unicorns, that is Companies Worth over
Player in the space race. And as always all the market action. It was another record setting day on wall street. Stay with us, well tell you why . Also in the programme, finding a Diamond In The Rough well meet the woman whose company is turning waste into energy. Lloyds of london is banning drinking during work hours. Today we want to know, is the liquid lunch a thing of the past . Is it ever acceptable to drink during the working day . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. The eus top economist, pierre moscovici, is visiting greece today to talk about the countrys debt problem. Hes trying to break the deadlock over the release of a further bailout. Athens and its International Creditors have been wrangling for months over the issue, and failure to Reach Agreement has spooked the markets. Yesterday it was revealed that the Greek Economy unexpectedly shrank in the last three months of 2016. So what options does the country have . Greece is now under increased press
As the big tech firms respond to the latest Wikileaks Revelations well be getting the inside track on all the biggest tech stories of the week with our Technology Correspondent rory cellan jones. Theres a report in the times in london that fewer people are taking time off sick from work because they frightened for their jobs. We want to know whether you have hauled yourself in as sick as a dog for fear of the sack. Just use bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in detroit in the usa where in a few hours time volkswagen is due to plead guilty to charges of fraud and Obstruction Ofjustice by cheating diesel emissions tests. The formal plea will draw a line under the us side of the scandal following a plea bargain reached in january. But its far from over. Vw has admitted 11 million vehicles worldwide had software installed to beat Regulators Checks on emissions. In some cases they were up to a0 times higher than the us legal limit. So far thats led to around 20 billion in settle