cases related to trump and trump s rivals. and he maintained his innocence for 23 years, and now prosecutors say he deserves a new trial after the popular serial podcast raised doubts about dna evidence in the case. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. it could be the first in 30 years, a freight rail strike looming closer could begin as soon as friday morning. about 60,000 workers are set to walk off the job if unions and management fail to come to an agreement in the next day and a half. the consequences from this could be, frankly, economically devastating. gas prices which have been drastically falling from their summer peak could once again skyrocket if trains carrying fuel stop moving. harvested crops could be prevented from reaching food factories, stopping staples from reaching grocery stores. amtrak is already canceling almost all of its long-distance passenger trains starting tomorrow as most of their routes run on freight tracks, disrupting travel across the
extraordinary day of pageantry and mourning, including a show of unity by king charles and his family as they walked in a royal procession with the queen s flag-draped coffin. and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visits a newly liberated city and says he s shocked, shocked by the destruction russian troops left behind. cnn is on the ground with the latest on ukraine s gains, russia s retreat, and the state of the war. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, a potential freight rail strike in the united states is already having a major impact just ahead of a friday deadline. amtrak shutting down all long-haul train routes as unions and freight rail companies try to hammer out a deal to avoid a work stoppage that could cripple fragile u.s. supply chains. cnn s pete muntean is joining us from just outside the u.s. labor department in washington where negotiations
economic plan coming into full horrific view is this how quickly and comprehensively can we take a strong growing economy and pretty damn quickly can you imagine the council of economic advisers? we just had a massive supply shock because of the pandemic with pent-up demand because people were sent stimulus checks but could not spend them so public demand even further with more stimulus spending and make the supply shock even worse with new regulations and threats. and then to shut down pipelines with the whale and gas and then just a little that of transitory inflation. and then just to get americans back to work we import more people to do the jobs of much lower wages. and so this week they dig out the rotten stinking corpse of build back better and send it back to the agenda they haven t messed with supply and demand even enough they can spend more money helping rich people in silicon valley by a tesla. and then on the supply side to spend money on and just to make sure ho
economic plan coming into full horrific view is this how quickly and comprehensively can we take a strong growing economy and pretty damn quickly can you imagine the council of economic advisers? we just had a massive supply shock because of the pandemic with pent-up demand because people were sent stimulus checks but could not spend them so public demand even further with more stimulus spending and make the supply shock even worse with new regulations and threats. and then to shut down pipelines with the whale and gas and then just a little that of transitory inflation. and then just to get americans back to work we import more people to do the jobs of much lower wages. and so this week they dig out the rotten stinking corpse of build back better and send it back to the agenda they haven t messed with supply and demand even enough they can spend more money helping rich people in silicon valley by a tesla. and then on the supply side to spend money on and just to make sure ho
economic plan coming into full horrific view is this how quickly and comprehensively can we take a strong growing economy and pretty damn quickly can you imagine the council of economic advisers? we just had a massive supply shock because of the pandemic with pent-up demand because people were sent stimulus checks but could not spend them so public demand even further with more stimulus spending and make the supply shock even worse with new regulations and threats. and then to shut down pipelines with the whale and gas and then just a little that of transitory inflation. and then just to get americans back to work we import more people to do the jobs of much lower wages. and so this week they dig out the rotten stinking corpse of build back better and send it back to the agenda they haven t messed with supply and demand even enough they can spend more money helping rich people in silicon valley by a tesla. and then on the supply side to spend money on and just to make sure ho