A historic strike this morning with the Union Workers coordinating a walkout against the big three u. S. Automakers and walking out at the same time for the first time ever, the United Auto Workers union is using a new strategy in this and it is called targeted streaks, with workers at all three numbers will grow, and likely will go if the demands did goward. With the owners of ford, gm and jeep and dodge are on strike. So President Biden is going to weigh in on the strike today, and Vanessa Yurkevich is live at the Head Quarters in detroit, and earlier, you spoke to the ceo of gm, and now that, you know, the threats are reality, and the Contract Negotiations are falling apart, and the strike is under way, what is she saying . Yeah. The big three autoworkers are watching these strikes very, very closely. They are very disappointed shawn fain is speaking out, and i spoke to mary berra the ceo of ford asking about the demand of the 40 increase over four years, and they are tying it to th
Breaking strike against major u. S. Automakers is now under way. For the first time in history all three companies are facing a union walkout. The strike is targeted for now but could expand dramatically in the coming days if workers demands arent met. And cnn is now on the ground in libya where thousands are dead and thousands more are mission after a catastrophic flood. This hour well bring you a live update from the disaster zone. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the the situation room. Lets get to the Breaking News and new development in the Special Counsel case against donald trump, a new court filing revealing witness harassment directly resulting from the president s public statements. Jessica schneider is digging into this new document. Prosecutors are saying they need to put a limit on what trump can say about this case. Whats the latest . The Special Counsels team in this long motion, they are laying out all of t
national security advisory jake sullivan at any moment from the white house. and the terror investigation underway after a deadly attack with a knife and a hammer near the eiffel tower. what police are saying about the islamic radical that is under arrest. and here at home, is it real or revenge? the move by republicans that the white house says will be throwing red meat to the right flank of the house. plus, the vote happening right now over the deal reached between actors and studios after that historic strike. the talk behind the scenes, and why some expect this vote could be a close one. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with the latest inside gaza. nbc s david noriega is in tel aviv for us. david, the israeli military says the main road in gaza that s being used as a humanitarian corridor for those evacuating now constitutes a battlefield. what more are you hearing on the ground? reporter: chris, the biggest development
hostages released now up to 99, two more women were freed by hamas in the past couple of hours. today, though, fears that new violence including a deadly shooting in jerusalem could derail the truce in hopes of bringing more hostages home. a single sentence was all it took in appeals court. we ve got an update on that case. plus, on what could be his last full day in congress, republican george santos attacking his colleagues for trying to bully him, as he puts it, out of washington. his wild and i mean wild press conference, and why he s spending what could be his final hours in office trying to get another lawmaker expelled. we want to start, though, with the hour-by-hour, minute by minute negotiations happening to keep a truce between israel and hamas in place. remember, it was a last minute deal just beforeidnight our time that kept the fighting on pause for one more day allowing for the release of more hostages today. hours ago, the israeli government announcing
you are in the cnn newsroom. i m alex marquardt in washington alongside kaitlan collins in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you very much for joining us. israel moves towards a fourth and possibly final day of its temporary truce with hamas. so much will demand on how many more hostages get released after three successful days of hostage releases. hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting. a source telling cnn that israel s war cabinet is also discussing that possibility. but today it was yet another emotional day for so many families in israel. a third group of 17 hostages held inside the gaza strip since early october, they were finally freed. here are some of the early images, or images we ve just again some of those families, finally imbembracing after weekf uncertainty. a total of 17 hostages today, including three thai nationals, and these pictures that you re looking at there, those are 14 of the israeli hostages who were released from captivi