i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. thank you for starting your week and spending part of your morning with us. there is plenty to get to this sunday. here is what we re watching. i think this is an effort that s ongoing never ending to destroy donald trump, everything around donald trump. politicians on both sides of the aisle reacting to the news that former president trump could be indicted this week. how trump s team and new york officials are preparing for that possibility and potential fallout. also, russian president vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol days ahead of a high stakes meeting with president xi jinping. ivan watson is standing by in ukraine with more. what would you say the weight of the job is? you hold people s lives in your hands. following a series of close calls at the nation s airports, cnn is getting an up close look how the next generation of air traffic controllers are training to keep us safe
potentially hit. plus congresswoman liz cheney says she is ready to part ways with her party if donald trump becomes the nominee in 2024. we ll tell you how she plans to keep fighting to prevent the former president from running for the white house. and making a direct appeal to russian fighters being called up into harm s way. plus, a hollywood actress st stalked for more than a decade. we ll tell you about the dna technology that helped solve this crime. the start of a new week, sunday, september 25th. thank you so much for waking up with us. amara, good morning. it s always so refreshing to hear you say it s the start of a new week. we are watching one storm, all of florida watching the caribbean this morning as tropical storm ian continues to gain strength. the latest forecast shows it s growing to a category four hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming into florida. it would be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. so yesterday f
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
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, november 5. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. new developments out of the middle east. secretary of state antony blinken just wrapped up an unannounced visit to ramallah as violence escalates in the west bank. details on his meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and what we re learning about another explosion near a refugee camp. donald trump s feud with ron desantis takes center stage, literally, as the former president parades husband new supporters on stage at a republican gathering in florida. we ll tell you ron desantis response and why chris christie was booed on the stage. trump will spend monday in a new york courtroom. he is scheduled to several in the civil fraud trial against his company. what we heard from his kids on t the stand and the role they played in that company. in the west bank, secretary of state antony blinken has met with the p