of dollars thanks to a temporary contract extension. the workers now have another five weeks to work out their labor dispute with port owners and shippers. phil keating following the story in our south florida newsroom. boy, phil, this affected ports from giewrch houston. how did these two sides get together? well, they did what congress has failed to do. that is they worked out a deal. but since this deal is still not entirely permanent. neither side is giving specifics as who who bundle and if both sides bundle and how much. the key sticking point all along has been the long shoreman get paid more the heavier a container is the owners of the shipping company wanted those capped. the longer shore men did not. this from the federal mediator in washington today quote. the container royalty payment issue has been agreed upon in principle by the parties. subject to achieving an overall collective bargaining agreement. the deadline now is february 6th. so five and a half weeks from now,
strike is then declared, to then invoke the hartley act which would by federal law prevent a strike from happening. however, the last time that had happened was in 2002 when george w. bush ended a worker lockout. harris? harris: phil keating thank you very much. a family spokesperson says former president george h.w. bush is now singing in the intensive care unit. you will recall earlier this week his spokesperson said doctors had moved the president to the icu after, quote, a series of set backs including a fever and a cough related to bronchitis. the fever very high would not go away. and today the spokesman releasing a statement saying the president is getting better. quote, he is alert and always in good spirits. and exchanges with doctors and nurses now include singing. the bushes thank everybody for their prayers and good wishes and like their doctors are cautiously on mission stick that the current course of treatment will be effective. end quote. at 88 years old, president