pete buttigieg was working with the railroads as well. you heard from the president calling this deal a win for tens of thousands of railway workers. just to reiterate key points, they re getting better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind surrounding health care costs. this agreement after those 20 hours of face-to-face negotiations was led by the labor secretary, and he said one of the key moments was crucial call from president biden that took place late last night at 9:00. walsh warned a strike would have been catastrophic. you know that some of the consequences, but consider this, 40% of this country s products that are shipped long distance are moved by rail. that means auto parts, lumber, the food we eat. we are already seeing some of the possible implications, amtrak preemptively canceling long-distance routes. the statement from amtrak this morning saying they re trying to get these canceled trains quickly restored. they re reaching out to passengers to
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
this. that s more ground than the russians have gained in months. and it happened fast. i want to show you this. you can see sort of a time lapse here in the area around kharkiv, the yellow is where the ukrainians have made gains, just since september 3rd. you can see how quickly this all happened and how much of the territory held by the russians the ukrainians were able to take back. russia is responding, however. ukrainian officials say that russian strikes knocked out power in the region. ukrainian troops are being greeted like conquering heroes, civilians rushing to offer flowers, hugs, some of them crying tears of joy. this is a humiliating defeat for russian president vladimir putin and his military. the russians being forced to flee fearing they would be surrounded and captured. they left behind a trail of destruction. sam kiley was live from kharkiv, ukraine, with an exclusive look at what remains from the izium area now. he was the first international corresponden
government archive who only in 2020 gave thesis really filmmakers access. heinous. hadas, thank you so much for sharing that with us. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is wednesday, july 6th, i m john berman with brianna keilar. important new questions being raised this morning about the man accused of murdering seven people at the july 4th parade in highland park, illinois. why was he allowed to purchase guns, the weapons he used or is suspect of using despite specific interactions with police? some new information this morning. investigators say the suspect may have planned the attack for several weeks and that he dressed in women s clothing during the shooting to conceal his identity and facial tattoos. he had had two incidents with law enforcement in 2019, first when authorities were notified about a suicide attempt, and later after a family member reported he had threatened to, quote, kil
Have it tomorrow, well have it every day. We stand resolutely against terrorism. Weve seen the almost undescribable acts committed by hamas against israeli men, women and children. We lost 22 americans. That number could still go up. And it probably will. At the same time, we have a number of americans who remain unaccounted. We are working very closely with the government of israel to determine their whereabouts and if they have been taken hostage by hamas to work to secure their release. Israeli military is stepping up its airstrikes on hamas targets in gaza. The idea says it has been hitting Weapon Launchers today and reports ongoing clashes with militants inside israel. And this has united deeply divided israeli factions. Prime minister has announced an Emergency Cabinet and wartime cabinet. To more, lets bring in elliott gotkine. Tell us about the overnight attacks and also were hearing more and more reports about Israeli Force massing on the border. Israel said i think it was abo