we begin in the us in what could become the largest product liability settlement in history. the pharmaceutical s giant, johnson &johnson has proposed paying almost $9 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits that allege the company s talcum powders causes cancer. the new move seeks to resolve all current and future claims and follows a decade long legal battle between plaintiffs lawyers and johnson & johnson. my colleague samira hussain with the details. johnson &johnson johnson & johnson has johnson &johnson has been dogged for use by claims that its talcum powder causes cancer. in 2021 it settle a lawsuit in newjersey brought by 21 women who blame the company for that very cancer and is set aside another 2 billion to try to settle all future claims in what could add up future claims in what could add up to thousands of lawsuits. now the company says it will increase the potential size of all settlement to 8 $.9 billion. the company stopped selling it talcum product
welcome back. the justice secretary and deputy prime minister has gone, but he has not gone willingly. in an unrepentant resignation letter today, mr raab said he wanted to keep his word that he would stand down if the report found against him but he claims the process was flawed and that it sets a dangerous precedent. we will dicuss that further tonight, with our panel the global trade expert rebecca harding and from california, republican, lanhee chen who was policy director for mitt romney s presidential campaign. and we could hardly have a better panel, for our deep dive tonight, into the profound changes we are seeing in world trade. there is new global map that has emerged since february last year, on which countries are dividing into two distinctive trading blocks. what does that mean for you and me. also tonight we are keeping our eye on the us supreme court, a ruling expected in the coming hours on the abortion drug mifepristone, after a court in texas suspende
is not politically motivated at all, though republicans say just the opposite, 20 days from election day. he is playing politics with the national security asset that we have that s developed for a time of war that we need the energy. let s bring in katie pavlich and mark penn, former clinton adviser. and chairman of the harris poll. both are fox news contributors. welcome to you both. katie, i m going to start with you. what struck me about the president s gas speech, not the fact that it seemed unrehearsed which was disconcerting, he said we ve been having a rough four or five years. we went back and looked. when he was inaugurated on inauguration day, gas was 2.31 a gallon. significantly higher now. not a rough four or five years, a very rough 21 months. the continued depletion of the strategic petroleum reserve by this president is outrageous and it is a scandal. it is a supply that is supposed to be reserved for the united states, not for ukraine, but for the unite
hello, i m sara sidner in for victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. the southwest airline meltdown is now in its seventh day of derailing people s travel plans. since last thursday, the company has cancelled more than 15,000 flights, including 2300 set for tomorrow. flight aware finds 89% of the nation s cancellations just today belong to southwest airlines. transportation secretary pete buttigieg promises to hold the nation s largest domestic carrier accountable. but for some passengers, southwest may never be able to make up for days of delay. misplaced luggage and ruined holidays. i hate southwest. southwest, i hate them. i hate them. how did you make out? i was there from 12:00 12:00, still stranded. i need to drive nine more hours. i m upset, i m stressed, i m tired and i hate them. okay. she did not pull any punches there. cnn correspondent nick valencia is outside of hartsfield-jackson airport, the busiest in the world. nick, what are you hearing
documents. we ll have the very latest on the redacted copy of the mar-a-lago affidavit and what could be coming from the january 6 committee. plus, is the gop already conceding senate races in two states? what we re learning about the major pact that s pulling millions of dollars in advertising. and we re almost ready for liftoff. we ll be joined by a nasa astronaut ahead of the artemis launch later this morning. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 29th, i m jonathan lemire. glad to be back. thanks for joining us this morning. there s new reaction after a heavily-redacted copy of the fbi affidavit used to justify the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago was unsealed friday afternoon of the 36-page affidavit revealed details of the federal government s efforts to recover classified documents, including top secret information that trump is alleged to have illegally taken from the white house at the end of his presidency. th