Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. We begin this morning with the historic United Auto Workers strike against the big three u. S. Automakers, ford, General Motors and stellantis. Union members say they had reasonably productive talks with ford saturday. But the union and throw Major Companies are far apart on wages and benefits. The companies are essentially offering half of what at unions are demanding as it relates to pay increases. Hundreds of workers walked off walked the picket lines, i should say. They are prepared to wait in order to get an agreement that suits them. Gabe cohen is in ohio with more. Reporter saturday we saw the first small signs of any progress in these negotiations between the union and the big three automakers. This after the union met with ford, a source with the union telling cnn we had reasonably productive conversations with ford today. Certainly no deal. But a big step in the rig
Confrontation with a homeowner during which shots were fired. Kim jongun has arrived in russia. We are waiting to see where and when he meets with Vladimir Putin to discuss a potential arms deal. The war on ukraine. And who. Weighing in on the trump indictments. He says it shows the u. S. Political system is rotten. Congress is back. Speaker Kevin Mccarthy has his work cut out for him. He is juggling a potential Government Shutdown and pressure from the hard right to impeach President Biden. And after all the hype, quarterback Aaron Rodgers debut with the New York Jets lasted less than five minutes. Cnn this morning starts right now. Here is where we begin. Scary developments in this ongoing manhunt for an escaped murderer in pennsylvania. Sources tell kyw that a man matching Danelo Cavalcantes description stole a rifle with a scope in a violent confrontation with a homeowner last night. That homeowner opened fire but its not known if the fugitive was hit. Police rushed to the area. It
Kevin mccarthys marching orders, the House Speaker directs his committees to open an Impeachment Inquiry of President Biden and the white house is already pushing back. Were going to tell you what the administration is saying. Also ahead, the manhunt in pennsylvania taking on a new sense of urgency with the fugitive now armed. Police say a homeowner fired shots at the escaped killer as he was stealing a rifle with a scope on it. Were live in chester county. And Fulton Countys District Attorney up against a deadline to explain how she plans to prosecute donald trump and his 18 codefendants all at the same time. Were following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy just raised the political stakes in washington this morning. He officially kicked off the process to begin an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. Today, i am directing our House Committee to open a formal Impeachment Inquiry into president joe b