u.s. with concerns that the buoys violate treaties and impedes water flow. what more are you learning? reporter: this is really an escalation between the administration of texas governor greg abbott and the biden administration over this hot button political issue of immigration. the justice department threatening to sue texas for those floating barriers that have been placed in the rio grande to prevent migrants from crossing the u.s./mexico b the justice department writing the state of texas actions humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety and the environment and may interfere with the federal government s ability to carry out its official duties. in this letter, the justice department cites a clause in existing law that bars preventing navigation of u.s. waters. this is such an important issue. it s separate from an ongoing justice department assessment of the broader treatment of migrants that s happening in texas, including, these disturbing scenes
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
tying themselves to a timetable. zelenskyy calling the decision unprecedented and absurd. president biden is hoping to focus on what the u.s. can offer ukraine in the here and now and also down the road. thousands of businesses and homes under water. this is nowhere near over. extreme heat baking other parts of the country. 115 degrees won t be out of the question. temperatures continue to go up. the senator from alabama is wrong, wrong, wrong. after 24 hours of backlash senator tommy tuberville finally condemning white nationalists. do you believe white nationalists are raceist? yes. white supremacy is simply unacceptable in the military and in our whole country. under pressure he moved, and i guess it s better than nothing. more than 200 law enforcement officers joined a manhunt for michael charles berra. they found camp sites they believe are associated with him. i believe he s a dangerous individual and people need to be alert to that. at the b