0ur Correspondent Michelle Fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. Tell us what s going on there and all along the coast. We know the strike is about wages and automation, what s going on with the talks . Right now theres not much going on on on the docks, normally you might see some of the grains over their moving, containers being loaded, and off loaded from giant containerships, but all of that stopped at midnight last night. That is when the Master Contract between the union workers and the us Maritime Alliance expired, and the fight over wages and automation continues to rage and there is little agreement between them on this issue. So right now we are one of the Picket Lines here in newjersey, where workers have gathered short while ago, they stood in a long line singing, no automation, no automation. And we ve heard from the White House in the last few hours 7 what are they saying . How does this get solved . When it comes to critical infrastructure which ports are, and as
United states where ports all across the East And Gulf coasts including here in baltimore have virtually ground to a halt. It means goods ranging from cars to machinery and fresh fruit and vegtables are going to find a lot tougher to get into or out of the worlds biggest economy. An estimated 16,000 workers have stopped working over demands for more pay and less automation. The stoppages could cost the us economy as much as 5bn a day according to the Investment Bankjp Morgan but other experts say it will be less than that. One knock on could be as many as 100,000 people finding themselves temporarily out of work as the impact of the stoppage spreads. 0ur Correspondent Michelle fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. What other people telling you about how angry they are but also how long this might last . This is one of three dozen ports that are on strike as of midnight last night, and work is basically raring to go, blasting music this morning, i saw some children walking aroun
uk prime minister rishi sunak arrived a short while ago. he was greeted by moldovan president maia sandu. and once all of the more than a0 leaders of countries and various organisations had all made it to the venue, mimi castle, they posed for what s known as the family photo. but as you d expect, with plenty to talk about, they didn t stand still for long. you may have seen ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky there standing out through his choice of military fatigues over a suit. he was among the first to arrive earlier this morning and he was also given the first opportunity to address the gathering, warning that russia is an aggressor and needs to be stopped. he said that apart from peace there are only two options for countries which are not in the eu and nato war or russian occupation. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tell them apart should be a former member of the eu and nato. there are only two alternatives to these,
we didn t to it by taking the easy way. right now on early start, can the senate now fast track the debt limit bill just days before the default deadline. plus the former president on tape talking about a document he kept. and the republican race for president heating up with mike pence and chris christie about to jump in. who is next. welcome to our viewers in the united states and arntround the. i m christine romans pl the bill is in the hands of the senate. yeas are 314, nays are 117. the bill is passed. last night the house overwhelming passed a bipartisan agreement cutting spending and suspending the debt ceiling through next year. speaker kevin mccarthy took a victory lap after the house passed the deal. i wanted to do something no other congress has done. that we would literally turn the ship. for the first time in quite some time, we d spend less than we spent the year before. tonight we all made history. because this is the biggest cut and savings this
historically together shoulder to shoulder. thank you, moldovan people. that you hosted all our people, all the refugees from the first days of full scale war. thank you. we ll never forget about it. the talks are being held at mimi castle, in the wine region, a short distance from the capital chisinau, where our correspondentjenny hill is. jenny, bring us up to date on what has happened so far. jenny, bring us up-to-date on what has happened so far. jenny, bring us up-to-date on what has happened so far. well, we have heard from has happened so far. well, we have heard from president has happened so far. well, we have heard from president zelensky. - has happened so far. well, we have heard from president zelensky. asl heard from president zelensky. as you know, he has been doing the rounds in europe over the last few weeks, he has been to various capitals and extracted more support from them. more money and more promises of weapons. but he needs to keep coming to summi