hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you re watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, hollywood writers heading to the picket line. thousands set to go on strike, a move that will bring productions to a updated on anying halt and send shockwaves through the industry. a dire warning from america s treasury secretary, saying the country only has about a month to pay its bills or risk an economic catastrophe. plus, we ll take you to a small island that s part of taiwan, but just four miles from china s border and almost totally defenseless against china s navy. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. and we begin in hollywood, where television and film writers are going on strike, a move that will very likely shut down most tv and film productions in the u.s. for the foreseeable future. the strike was announced hours ago after the writers gu
england, with some trust warning patients not to go to a&e, except for life threatening emergencies. the cop royal college of nursing says this is the biggest walk out so far. the union did agree to provide cover in some places, but in places like newcastle the system is hanging by a thread. the head of the rcn said unless the government a chance to talks, there will be more of this to talks, there will be more of this to come. ., , , ., ., to come. for the nurses that are losin: a to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay and to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay and standing l to come. for the nurses that are l losing a day s pay and standing on picket lines, should there be a further and standing on picket lines, should there be a further emergency that they are required to return to, i won t even have to ask them to do that. they will from pick
luke luck republican senator mike rounds defended the decision to send migrants to blue states sending millions have illegally crossed the southern border since president biden took office. rounds says that the border towns are simply overwhelmed. you are talking about 3.4 million people just since the start of this biden administration that have crossed the border and they are coming in to southern states. what is the governor supposed to do? they are trying to send a message to the rest of the country. florida governor ron desantis sending to martha s vineyard and challenged him to debate. on martha s vineyard locals rejected migrant sending all 50 in outbound ferries to cape cod. the national guard was also called in. the migrant are in military base on the cape. colleagues at foxnews.com report former president barack obama and several high-profile democrats who own homes in martha s vineyard have remained silent on whether they will provide comfort to illegal immigra
still cut off from the mainland. search and rescue operations are still under way. serious questions are being asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2,000 people have been rescued so far according to the florida governor. thcht is footage from sanibel island, blue skies overhead. a neighborhood still flooded to the point that only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from ft. myers beach and our randi kaye who is among the first reporters to get in and witness the enormous destruction and still on going rescue operations up close. this is what she saw. this is our first look from the ground at ft. myers beach, hurricane keyian s winds combined with the storm surge, chewed through homes and businesses. sparing nothing in its path. massive devastation. something somewhat used to my first deployment was hurricane katrina. so, you know, a lot of hurricanes over the years. this certainly is a big, big disaster. repor
asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2000 people have been rescued so far according to the governor. this is footage from santa belle island. loose skies overhead, the only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from fort myers, our randi kaye was among the first reporters to get an and witness the enormous destruction and ongoing rescue operations up close. this is what she saw. this is our first look from the ground at fort myers beach. hurricane ian s winds combined with the storm surge, they chewed through homes and businesses sparing nothing in its path. massive devastation. we are somewhat used to it. the first toilet was hurricane katrina. we have seen a lot of hurricanes over the years. it is certainly a big disaster. jennifer brown is a canine search specialist with florida task force to. her dog fears and fame are searching for human remains. they have worked dozens of missions since florida s task forc