this is american voices. as the battle of control of congress heats up before the 2024 election, republicans are showing us how they plan to governor govern if they win. case in point, they re attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over government spending this fall. the new york times writes quote, mccarthy s to the right is a gambl
real life drama for hollywood actors as contract talks collapse setting up a strike. plus president biden in finland to welcome one and eventually two nordic nations to the nato alliance. and federal prosecutors talk to the top elections official in michigan. what does she know about efforts to overturn the 2020 vote. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we begin this morning with a developing story out of hollywood, california, where contract negotiations with the s.a.g. actors union and major studios and streamers broke down overnight. this sets the stage for hollywood s first big shutdown in more than six decades. union leaders say its national board will meet a few hours from now to formally authorize a strike. s.a.g. has about 160,000 members. if they go on strike, they would join hollywood screen writers who walked off the job in may. more on this coming up. but first president biden with a meeting of nordic leaders in finland this morning fo
meteorologist on why it feels, quite literally and figuratively like a turning point on climate change. this is american voices. as the battle for control of congress heats up ahead of the 2024 election, republicans are showing up how they plan to govern if they win. case in point, they are attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon service policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over
They ll still make less in 2026 and those. our members are going backwards. talk to me about the working conditions. and that s not okay. those of us who don t do the work, that seems the most opaque. sure, this is one example. something has changed since the pandemic. the companies have shifted their casting practices to being entirely, what we call, self tapes. what that means is if anyone thinks that way auditions happens is you go to a casting director s office and to your addition, that is not what happens anymore. the companies have pushed all of that burden off on our members to make their own tapes to submit forecasting. will that monica first seem like a big deal, remember, they are asking them to do things like have lasting and someone else there to rebut them, and someone with the camera around. it is basically making them and the position of putting the whole production together. their job is only to be an actor. there is. that safety considerations as well. there are a
Make less in 2023 in real dollars than in 2020. they ll still nicholas and 26 and those. our members are going backwards. and that s okay. talk to me about the working conditions. those of us who don t do the work, that seems the most opaque. sure, this is one example. something has changed since the pandemic. the companies have shifted their casting practices to being entirely,, what we call, self tapes. what that means is if anyone thinks that way auditions happens is you go to a casting director s office and to your addition, that is not what happens anymore. the companies have pushed all of that burden off on our members to make their own tapes to submit forecasting. will that monica first seem like a big deal, remember, they are asking them to do things like have lasting and someone else there to rebut them, and someone with the camera around. it is basically making them and the position of putting the whole production together. their job is only to be an