Hope you have an awesome monday morning. Coy, thanks very much. Thanks to all of you for joining us. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good monday morning. Were glad you are with us. Some good news this morning. A deal. One deal. One deal. One of the many deals that needs to be made. Of the 15 deals that need to be made, so far one deal but it is important. Thats right, it is in los angeles. Hollywood were talking about. Lets get started with five things to know for this monday. A tentative deal in the hollywood writers drive strike after 146 days an countless picket lines. But no deal in d. C. Where a shutdown is increasingly likely. The gop still split on a path forward. And bad news for President Biden in a pair of new poles. 56 of americans disapprove of how he is handling the job. And also on the immigration front the mayor of el paso says his city is at a Breaking Point without enough resources to deal with another surge of migrants as mexico makes an agreement with the United States to deport people to their Home Countries. And it is by far the most important story not just the nation but perhaps the entire world, taylor swift cheers on the chiefs sitting next to Travis Kelces mom and fans. Cant get enough of trailer. Well have to work on that one. Cnn this morning starts right now. Are they really calling it traylor . I guess it works but i dont think it is very catchy. Great weekend for ohio, not just the buckeye, but travis kelce is from ohio. So ohio stays winning. All good things are from ohio. But this breaking overnight, the writers ay Writers Strike may be coming to an end after a tentative deal. The members will vote on whether to accept it. Hollywood remains paralyzed after negotiations with the actors strike drags on. And economists say the strike has led to more than 5 billion in losses not only in los angeles but other hubs like new york and georgia. Camila bernal is live for us in l. A. The Writers Guild says this deal is exceptional. What happens next . Reporter there is still a big process here because we need the members to vote on this and ratify it. But a lot of the writers that i talked to have told me they are excited, relieved. One told me im ready to go back to making magic and telling stories. But the guild is telling them not yet, no one is allowed to return to work. They are saying that they need to figure out the legal language first. What they described it as a just dotting every single i. Sources saying that Artificial Intelligence was really the last Sticking Point that they had to work through. I want to read part of the statement that the wga put out. They are saying what we have won in this contract, most particularly everything we gained since may 2 is due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power, to demonstrate its solidarity, to endure the pain and uncertainty of the past 146 days. So after they figure out the language, there is going to be a leadership vote. And that will likely happen tomorrow. After that, well get all of the details on this deal and the members will be able to ask questions and then vote on it. The first thing that you are likely going to see return to normal is the talk shows, the late night shows, those are really the first ones that will be able to go back on tv. And you are seeing some of those on your screen. The biggest question though is what happens to the rest of tv this year and really movies next summer. And the thing is that those also are going to depend on the actors who are on strike as well. These two strikes together have been extremely difficult for this industry. It is sort of a Domino Effect because it is not just hollywood but an entire country impacted by these two strikes. No question. Big first step. Well see how it plays out. Camila bernal, thank you. Lets bring in nischelle turner. 146 days. They have got this tentative deal. What can you tell us what it looks like . Because for the union to say it is exceptional says a lot. Yeah, it does say a lot. I think that the union also had to Say Something to its members to let them know that they were fighting and got some of the this inks that they, you know, were at a stalemate for. That is the use of Artificial Intelligence and staffing in writers rooms. I think those were the two big hangups that they were in the room for the last five days really trying to work out the language in that. So what they are saying to them is that we stood in there, we fought for you, we know what you wanted. And this is what we got. It will be interesting to see tomorrow when the board has that vote if they do ratify the new agreement. We know we wont see picketers anymore on the picket line, but the wga has told its members you are still on strike, so it is not officially over, but it does look like that were headed toward the finish line in this situation. My assumption has been that if this deal was reached, the actors would follow fairly quickly thereafter, but there are no tangible negotiations on that front. What is the expectation there . Well, phil, i think a lot of people would hope that your assumptions are correct. Im not sure if they are. I mean, the actors are pretty stalwart in what they are saying as well. I think that the situation all along was hopefully that, that the writers would get something done because they went on strike first and then the actors would follow. The actors union is bigger, it is more powerful, but there is a a lot of Bad Woodblood there. The leadership in the actors union has been very vocal about how they feel about the heads of the studios. And so, you know, there hasnt been a lot of talk. They have not come back to the table in several months. And so we are not really sure what is going to happen there. But the hope is that everyone will get this resolved and even will get back to work. We have also most importantly this morning learned the Halftime Performer for the super bowl. Huge news. Huge, huge news. What can you tell us . Well, what i can tell you is usher says this is a bucket list moment for him and hes been able to fulfill it by performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. He put out a really fun video announcing it yesterday. There was a lot of rumbling the last few weeks who it was going to be, would it be a boy band reunion, would it be taylor swift. And i think that we saw that that is not happening. So now we know it is going to be usher. There were some critics early on, years before, saying does usher have a big enough body of work. I think that his vegas residency and popularity of that has shown people that there is an appetite for him, that he does have a huge disking on grief. I think it will be a Halftime Show to remember. Does he have big enough body of sfwhork work . Just banger. Now from l. A. To d. C. , not a lot of daylight in terms of what is happening next. The Government Shutdown becoming more and more likely has gop hardliners are holding it hostage with only five days left to reach a deal. Kevin mccarthy worked through the weekend but still does not have support from republicans demanding huge Spending Cuts that they cannot force the senate or white house to accept. If Kevin Mccarthy works with democrats on a short term Spending Bill, some have threatening that could cost him his job. Kevin mccarthy promised separate bills. He is in breach of that promise. So im not here to hold the government hostage, im here to hold Kevin Mccarthy to his word. If Speaker Mccarthy ultimately allows a deal to pass with democratic votes, would you support ousting him from the speakers chair . That would be something that i would look strongly at, maam. If we do away with our duty that we said that we were going to do. Lauren fox is joining us now. All right, they worked through the weekend. Garrett graves and patrick mcenhenry, speakers top two allies are working on this, what is the path forward . What you are going to see and what the path forward are two separate items. The path forward for mccarthy is to decide whether or not he will work with democrats. Well see if he gets there by the end of the week. But what you will see from house republicans, they will move forward with their plan to vote on individual Spending Bills. These are bills that did not have support in the senate. These are also bills that we dont know if they have the votes to pass. Over the weekend, Republican Leadership tried to encourage their members to rally around a short term Spending Bill that included Border Security as a way to have a Negotiating Position with the senate. The argument from leadership is that if we enter into a shutdown, our hand is not going to get any stronger. But that message does not seem to be resonating with some of the hardliners that mccarthy has been dealing with over the last several months including matt gaetz who you heard from there. So right now the question for mccarthy, when the end of the week comes and the senate potentially sends him over a clean Spending Bill, just a couple weeks Stopgap Measure to get them over this deadline, will he put it on the floor. I tried to press the speaker on this question friday. He said it was hypothetical and if it happened to give him a call. It is not hypothetical, it is almost certainly going to happen. Well see how it plays out. Lauren fox, thank you. 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And if anyone looks at my history on egypt, they would know that by both denying aid to egypt, denying arms sales to egypt, criticizing its human rights record, and not in a position to be helpful to anyone as it relates to egypt, well, that was the last time that new jersey senator bob menendez was on cnn. That was back in april. And you heard him there. Tell us he was not in a position to be helpful to anyone relating egypt. But federal prosecutors disagree, saying he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and cash in gold bars and expensive gifts in exchange for helping new jersey new jersey meat Company Secure a big contract with the egyptian government. The new Jersey Advance Media reports hes going to hold a press conference, News Conference this morning. Now, menendez says hes, quote, not going anywhere as he faces growing calls to resign from within his own party. I do believe that it is in the best interests for Senator Menendez to resign in this moment. As you mentioned, consistency matters. It shouldnt matter whether its a republican or a democrat. The details in this indictment are extremely serious. They involve the nature of a of not just his, but all of our seats in congress. This is a very serious charge. Theres no question about it. In terms of resignation. Thats a decision to be made by Senator Menendez and the people of new jersey. Well, these are serious. Yes. And shocking charges as bribery, corruption. Ive never seen anything like this. I think Senator Menendez is going to have to think long and hard about the cloud. Thats going to hang over his service in the United States senate. Also, six of nine House Democrats in new jersey have already called for menendez to resign, as has Pennsylvania Democratic senator john fetterman. So who is defending menendez . Republican congressman jorge santos, who we should note is facing 13 federal criminal charges related to alleged financial crimes himself . I think due process is important, and i think he has the right to defend himself when did we walk away from the fabric of our constitution that everybody has a Presumption Of Innocence before Anything Else . So i dont i dont think he should resign. Joining us now, New York Times reporter tracy tully. She covers new jersey for the paper. Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you for having me. Mr. Reid. Two people from this indictment, quote, among other Actions Menendez provided sensitive Us Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the government of egypt. Explain why this is different than a handful of years ago when it ended in a mistrial. Because this is about us state secrets. Yeah its a very different indictment than we saw back then. It it accuses him of two things, both helping egypt but also trying to influence to several criminal prosecutions. One in state court, a few in state court, and at least one in federal court. The difference in the response from new jersey democrats has been dramatic from the first indictment where you saw everyone. The second the indictment c