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[sirens] >> that dramatic moment, happening there in virginia, the officer was conducting a new teen traffic stop but a bmw lost control and flew across the highway. a, driver 17 year old was going at 120 miles per hour. miraculously, there were no major injuries and the teenager has been charged with reckless driving. and thank you again for joining us here on cnn. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, i'm rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, authorities in texas captured the man accused of gunning down
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five people including a nine-year-old boy. the u.s. sending hundreds of additional troops to its southern border, in anticipation of a massive surge of migrants. and, b day in the u.s. debt crisis could come as soon as june 1st. with days standing for default. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >> a four-day manhunt. for the suspect in the fatal shooting of five people including a mother and her nine-year-old son in texas was arrested tuesday evening. authorities say that 38 francisco oropeza was found hiding in a closet under some laundry at home just miles from the house where the killings took place. oropeza is being held on five counts of murder with bonds set
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at $5 million. and, will appear in court in the coming hours. and, because he is a mexican national, the mexican consulate will be notified. cnn's josh campbell has details. a major development, in southeast texas, authorities announcing tuesday the arrest of the man accused of brutally murdering five people, authorities say that 30-year-old francisco oropeza was taken into custody without incident. he is charged with opening fire on the home of his neighbors after being asked to stop shooting late at night on friday. that, of course, sparking a massive manhunt, involving hundreds of long forsman officers in texas, as well as authorities in mexico. sources told cnn that authorities along the u.s. mexico border had been on alert, concerned that the suspect may try to flee in the state. but ultimately, authorities say that they arrested him just less than 25 kilometers from the original crime scene. the sheriff there in texas spoke about the arrest. >> bottom line is, we now have this man in custody. he was caught hiding in a
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closet underneath some laundry. they effectively made the arrest. he is uninjured. >> authorities have announced an 80,000 dollar reward for information leading to oropesa 's capture. the fbi said to say that an unidentified tipster called the fbi, providing them with a location, where he was ultimately taken into custody by tactical officers without incident. he is currently being held on $5 million bond. the sheriff saying that he faces five counts of murder. josh campbell, cnn, los angeles. joining me now, from los angeles is cnn law enforcement contributor steve moore who is a retired fbi supervisory special agent. good to have you with us on this story. >> thank you for having me rosemary. >> so, the texas shooting suspect, francisco oropeza is now in custody found hiding in the closet underneath some laundry. the climax to a four-day long
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man hunt after he allegedly fatally shot five neighbors, including a nine-year-old boy with an ar-15 style rifle. so, what are you hearing about the circumstances leading up to his capture? >> well there is a couple of things that are conflicting to me at this early stage. one is that the fbi said this was involved with a tip. but the other one said that the fbi followed the wife of the suspect to a home. so, somewhere that either been miss communicated or gargled in transmission. but i am just glad that they found him so quickly. and, really, once they are out for 24, 48 hours, they're going to be out a long time. , so this was a relatively quick result. >> right, so, as you say, the information that led to the suspect's arrest came through the fbi steep line, perhaps or
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as you say there's another possibility of police following the suspect's wife to this home. but you say that this four-day long man hunt wasn't very long. a lot of people are saying that this took a long time, and he was only 17 miles or so away from his home where the shootings took place. so you would say that that's a fairly swift to capture. >> well, you know there are two ways of seeing it, to anybody who is in a community where there is a killer on the loose, any time it's going to seem like a long time. and i don't need to minimize that is all. what i am saying is that usually, if you usually catch them in the first 24 hours, maybe 48, and if you don't get them in that time, the area where they could've gone too is just immense and so i have had fugitives that have been gone
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for more than a year after they got into that kind of situation. so, while it may seem a long, time and it certainly is a long time for people who are grieving or people who are afraid, furlong forsman this was quicker than i would say average. >>, and of course, we heard that this was in a home where he was hiding in a closet, underneath the laundry, possibly a relatives home and if the wife was followed to this home, what happens to them if they have been part of this in accessory to. >> well, they're in some trouble, first of all, how did he get 17 miles. he may have had some assistance. second, of all the wife knew where he was. , and if she was bringing him, food anything like that or money she is an accessory after the fact and they will know that by the time they even found. him, so anybody involved in hiding him, in feeding him in
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supporting him anything are known as accessory after the fact. and they have some serious felony time possible ahead of them. and, for a few days there were zero leads and the police said. that zero leads on the suspects were about, how often does that happen? what would the fbi be doing in those sort of circumstances when they're absolutely no leads in the case to follow? >> well there is usually no leads in the case especially when somebody bails out after a crime that was not planned. they have, and there is no leads because they have no plans for you to fall onto. , but what we would do and frequently, i would go to their phone, records i would go through any of their information which would give me a list of their family and friends. and then i would find out who might be helping him, who might
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be predisposed to help. and the wife, is somebody you would want to follow. i remember one fugitive case that i was working, we just went out and found anybody who this person trusted and set up surveillance on them. , and one guy who lived alone, came home one night and he had two bags of fast food and drinks with him. [laughter] if you lives alone, he's got a visitor and that's where the person was. >> interesting, and what do you think will likely happen to the suspect now? >> well he is going to be remained into custody, he's got a 5 million-dollar bail amount, i'm surprised that he got any bail with his history and he is going to be charged almost certainly for capital murder and it is going to be hard to fight that with the witnesses
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that were left behind. >> steve moore, thank you so much for joining us, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> the u.s. and mexico have just agreed on some new measures to cope with an expected new surge of migrants at the border. thousands are camped out right now in cities on both sides waiting for me 11. that is where the u.s. rule enabling the government will immediately expel migrants expire, under the dir mexico has agreed to keep taking back migrants from for latin american countries on humanitarian grounds after may 11th. cnn's rosa flores is in el paso texas where border cities are already reaching a breaking point. the city of el paso, under a state of emergency as hundreds of migrants camp outside of shelters on the streets, in alleys and parking lot ahead of the lifting of the pandemic-era rule known as title 42.
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which allows immigration agents to swiftly expel some migrants to mexico. >> how would you characterize what you're seeing right now? >> scary. >> jon martin runs the opportunity center for the homeless and says the surge started last tuesday, when 70 migrant started camping outside. now, nearly 700 total. >> we haven't had the opportunity to come out here and actually talk to each of these folks one by one. >> because so many have arrived so quickly? >> exactly. >> and the flow of migrants? arriving by train to -- across the border from el paso, is growing to, say officials. cnn was there in april. >> were you coming on the train? >> yes.
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>> as migrants like this man jumped off the train with his 4 children and his wife. [speaking non-english] >> she says her children haven't eaten in 4 days. >> this family is part of a large group of migrants who are arriving in northern mexico and staying on the streets. in hotels, or margaret shelters. [speaking non-english] >> like this one. the pain of the migrant struggle, palpable during church service. this man embraces his 2 boys
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and says, he and his wife could not live in their native nicaragua anymore. >> it's difficult and dangerous. >> especially after he protested against his government in 2018. garcia shows us -- >> a small shop. >> he still has a pellet in his arm, which he says came from nicaragua and security forces. nearly 40,000 migrants are in northern mexico, according to officials, and community leaders. india won, around 9000 are waiting. in my tomorrow's more than 17, 000, and in juárez, up to 12,000. they are desire to seek asylum in the u.s. varies. for this woman from guatemala -- it was game threats anderson's death. for the family getting off the train. >> he says he left nicaragua because of political oppression there. >> back in el paso, if this time lapse of a walk around one city block is a preamble -- >> about how long can you go, based on the resources that you have? >> best guess right now, i'd estimate -- >> community leaders say, the end of title 42 could be one for the history books. it comes just days after the collapse of first republic bank, the second biggest bank failure in u.s. history. , and analysts say that its collapse was precipitated by the central bank's year-long rate hike campaign. jpmorgan chase acquired the filled bank over the weekend under a federal deal, but that hasn't calmed nerves on wall
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street. u.s. stocks fell steeply again on tuesday as investors grew fearful that that turmoil in the banking sector has not been contained. the dow, nasdaq, and s&p 500 were all down. the source tells cnn that u.s. house speaker, kevin mccarthy will meet next week and president joe biden to discuss the looming debt crisis. a long shot procedural move by democrats to raise the debt limit appears headed for failure, and treasury secretary janet yellen is warning of serious consequences from a debt default including higher borrowing cost for taxpayers and a downgraded u.s. credit rating. cnn's raju has more from capitol hill. janet elam has warned congress that the debt ceiling must be raised us soon as june 1st to avoid the first ever debt default in the united states. there is no signs of the two
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sides being anywhere closer to reaching a deal to avert what could be an economic calamity, if in fact no deal is reached. democrats are making it very clear, they did believe the debt ceiling should be increased, no conditions, no spending cuts, wait until after the borrowing authority is increased for the federal government. republicans say that the house passed this build, gop led house did so last, week that included a slew of spending cuts to other republican parties, and they say if there's going to be some negotiation at least to include spending cuts in a final deal. and the white house plans to have a meeting, joe biden does next week with the four top leaders in both chambers from both parties, but it's unclear whether any deal can come of that. earlier, in the, day on tuesday i asked the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell whether he would intervene in this debate between the house gop and the white house. and, he made clear did the senate would take a backseat to the house. >> it should be clear to the
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administration that the senate is not a relative player this time. they've got to have a measure that can pass the house. how does it passed the house? well that's with the support of the speaker and on behalf of the speaker. >> now, that comment is significant by senator mcconnell, because in the path set dealing standards he has intervened in the final moments coming up with inventive ways to avoid a default. this, time he's making clear that it will be up to mccarthy and biden ultimately to come to a resolution. if they, can't it is anyone's guess what will happen next and the country will in fact go to a debt default because what the white house is proposing, a clean debt ceiling increases something mccarthy said will not pass the house. and, doesn't have the support right now in the democratic-led senate because they would need at least nine republican votes to overcome a filibuster attempt. so, major scare here on capitol hill, and in the white house about what exactly will happen here because, as we, saw a dozen years ago, the u.s. credit rating was downgraded over fears of a debt default.
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the dead to fall didn't happen, then but it will happen now and no one knows for sure. >> manu raju, cgtn, capitol hill. >> just ahead, tensions are high in israel and the palestinian territories are after the dead of a prominent islamic prisoner following a monthlong hunger strike. we'll have a live report from jerusalem. let me be direct. some people are paying more than double for teeth straightening with invisalign. and then there's smiledirectclub. you t a smile you love, directed by one of their smildoctors,lub. with aligners sent directly to u. so the savings go directly to you sixty percent less than- insalign and smiledirectclub guarantees ur smile for life. your life. choose smile. choose direct.
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palestinian militants in gaza and the israeli military have come to an end for now. the latest round of rockets and airstrikes was sparked by the death of a prominent figure with the palestinian islamic jihad who died after a month -long hunger strike in israeli custody. cnn's hadas gold is live for us in jerusalem, she joins us now. so, how does what more are you learning about this? >> yes, rosemary, it's been quiet since the early morning, early hours of this morning after a rather active 20 hours or so, rockets being fired from gaza and the israeli military responding with airstrikes, but as of just the last few hours, cease fire of sorts has been called, the palestinians think that a round of confrontation has ended, the israeli military telling me that there is no actual cease-fire with the militants in gaza, but they say that messages had been
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exchanged. i think that's a reference to there's no sort of official long term cease-fire, but the message being exchanged, essentially things are over for now. israeli military seeing that over the last 24 hours or so, 100 rockets were fired from gaza into israeli military responding with airstrikes. they say that they attacked everything that they want to do, they say that they attacked 16 targets which include reinforcement targets, outpost and underground tunnels. we have not heard of any injuries in gaza as a result of these airstrikes. there were some injuries in israel, as a result of strapped, all three people were injured, one of them a 25-year-old man who was injured with serious injuries according to emergency workers this happened yesterday in the southern city of steroid. and of course this was all sparked yesterday morning by the death of -- who we mentioned was once a spokesperson for the islamic. he became really a symbol of face in pause listing in prisoners. he was in prison for his 11th time since 2004. and this was actually his six
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hunger strike. but, this, when he was found dead in his cell yesterday morning. he is really saying that he consistently refused medical attention as a result of his hunger strike. and, then of course, his death sparking not only rocket, bars but in gaza, everything from shops, to schools were completely closed. of what's interesting, though qatar -- has, wife yesterday before the biggest barrage made a statement to the media saying that he didn't want more blood to be spilled, you actually requested that rockets not be far from gossip. because you don't want these really ministry to then be striking cars out in response. , obviously then of course for that to not happen, but for now it seems that at least the latest round of exchange of fires over four. now >> rosemary? >> all right, hadas gold, joining us live from jerusalem. many thanks for that reporting. >> sedans were has agreed in principle to a new cease-fire starting thursday. according to neighbor and mediator, south sedan and the
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truth is supposed to last a week but neither the sudanese army nor the rapid support forces have commented on that report. a series of earlier cease-fires all failed to stop the fighting, the gunfire and explosions are now a daily occurrence. the latest happening near the presidential palace in central khartoum such a short time ago. and just outside of the capital, the sudden these army airstrikes. the rsf fired back with anti aircraft guns. meanwhile, the u.n. refugee agency says that more than 100,000 people from sudan have now fled to neighboring countries. many have crossed into chad, which has now closed its borders with sudden. >> and many others are heading east to port sudan where they are being ferried to safety. saudi arabia is behind a growing number of the rescues. the kingdom says that it has
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now evacuated more than 5600 people from sudden since the start of the conflict. that includes dozens of americans who arrived on a saudi navy ship on tuesday. cnn's larry madowo reports from jeddah. >> as the news of the latest cease-fire trickled here into jeddah, saudi arabia, the 15th saudi run ship just arrived here with 206 more people, 91 americans according to the saudi foreign ministry. the number of nationalities that have so far ferried across from port sudan to jeddah is not 102. only a tiny percentage of those are saudis. many of them are from nationalities from u.s., canada, the uk, and sudan, and kenya, burkina faso, from really everywhere around the world.
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so, as that cease-fire really struggles to hold, you see that they need for some people's in port sudan trying to get across the red sea to a semblance of safety here in saudi arabia, as they figure out where they're going to go next. >> here, my body here, my heart, but my mind is over there, because it's really scary. you cannot even describe it. you know, as an example, you see that people -- >> this fire still has a couple of options for the two warring generals of sudan to back out of it. they say that they agreed in principle, that's a statement according to the president of south sudan. he was appointed by the regional body, intergovernmental authority of development, to spearhead the negotiation process between the two generals. the others were president of kenya, and the president of djibouti. and so, that in principle is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the back stage. the other one, the surgeon general burhan and general hemiti to send negotiating teams, and to agree on where
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that could be. one of the proposed venues for this negotiations could be here in saudi arabia. it could be in addis ababa, ethiopia? or in nairobi, kenya? or juba, south sudan? there's still a lot of questions there. we don't know about this party that was announced. larry madowo, cnn, jeddah, saudi arabia. and, still to come it campus and a city on edge, following three stabbings near the university of california. police are saying about the search for a suspect. ♪
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now, 2 within a week. 3 stabbings total. >> it's very obvious that the manner and the brutality of these crimes are very similar. that is concerning to us. at this stage, we can't definitively link them yet. >> thursday morning, david brody was found stabbed to death in a city park. the downtown fixture known for asking passersby to share their thoughts on compassion. >> i saw him june 3rd of 2009. and i've got around 5000 entries, talking about 10,000 people. become known as the compassion guy. >> saturday night, the 20 rolled computer science student, kareem -- stabbed, murdered on this bike path, through another park on his way home. >> he was just 6 weeks away from graduating. he was so proud and so happy and so thankful, he said thanks moment dead, you paid all my tuition. you did it. >> the family moved to california from lebanon in 2018. >> we came here hoping for safety. >> the latest victim of this apparent spree, a woman stabbed through her 10th late last night.
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she remains in critical condition. >> you have a very dangerous person who seems to have struck out randomly and very violent way against 3 very different victims. i think the people of the city of davis are rightly very concerned right now. >> the fbi is now helping in the man hunt, local police also upping their patrols, hoping to reassure students. and keep them safe. >> i did not expect my senior year, for any of this to be happening. especially in davis. a lot of people don't want to go to school.
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nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >> just ahead, indication of a breakdown of ukraine's president is saying about big u.s. documents and the war of russia. back with that and more in just a moment. what? all i had to do was answer a couplele questions and got a realal offer in seconds. then, they just pickeded up the car and paid me riright on the spo. sell your car at carvana dot com today. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy.
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explosive device in -- the police chief was killed last week in a similar incident which russia called sabotage by a reconnaissance group and a second russian truck freight train has derailed this week in russia's region. the governor blames an explosive device. no one was killed in either derailment. meanwhile, the latest uk intelligence shows russian forces have built an extensive system of trenches in both southern russia, and occupied ukraine. the defense ministry says, the defense highlight moscow's deep concern that ukraine could achieve a major breakthrough with its planned counter offensive. volodymyr zelenskyy tells the washington post, neither the white house, nor the pentagon informed him about leaked documents containing sensitive details about the war in ukraine. cnn's international diplomatic
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avenue nick robertson has details. >> well this wide-ranging interview as the washington post calls it with president zelenskyy does seem to indicate some underlying tensions between the ukrainian president at the white house. you're saying that the white house did not talk to him about these intelligence leaks. you said it is bad, it reflects poorly on the united states, and poorly on the white house. we do know the secretary of state antony blinken did speak with an opposite number, the ukrainian foreign minister about the league's. police were potentially damaging, it is not entirely clear what was accurate in those, leaks what was doctored information. potentially damaging for ukraine, given that ukraine is trying to build up for a counter offensive, we're descriptions that seemed to indicate that -- it also potentially embarrassingly for ukraine indicated that the u.s.
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persuaded not to attack targets inside russia, on the 24th of february. the anniversary of the war. now i have spoken with ukrainian military intelligence officials, they say that is not accurate. so, it is not clear what was accurate in those leaks, or what wasn't, but what is emerging as clear here, is that president zelenskyy feels let down, that he did not hear from his closest ally, his biggest ally, is most important ally. the united states and president biden of course so important for galvanizing this western coalition to arm and equipped, and to train ukrainian forces. president zelenskyy on a list of this issue, of these intelligent leagues does appear to feel let down. nic robertson, cnn, eastern ukraine. >> when it comes to russia, the match group is ready to swipe left. the online dating company behind tinder, hinge, okcupid,
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and others is pulling and services out of russia by the end of june. it cites russia's human rights records -- western companies that have bailed on russia since -- russia began. i'm rosemary church, for international viewers, world sport is next. for those of you here north america, i will be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. ♪ ♪ every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt. get refunds.co powered by innovation refunds can help your business get a payroll tarefund, even if you got ppp
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negotiations collapsed with production companies overpay and other issues, including the use of artificial intelligence and script writing. cnn's brian todd has more. >> and d.c.'s late night host south myers recently told his audience of the grim possibility. >> it is something that is not done lightly, and that i will be heartbroken to miss you as well. >> cbs's stephen colbert spoke of how important the rioters are to his show. >> without these people, the show would be called the late show with a guy rambling about the lord of the rings for an hour. >> those late night shows hosted by colbert, minors, jimmy kimmel, jimmy fallon are meng the first casualties as more than 11,000 movie and tv writers are now on strike. the writers guild of america voting to walk out after several weeks of negotiations with a group present presenting companies like netflix, amazon, apple, disney, nbc universal,
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paramount, and cnn's parent company warner brothers discovery. >> you will see it on films currently in production with rioters, that will stop. >> the last time rightist went on strike in 2000 and, seven they left for 100 days, leading to delays in production for months. some of the late night shows of the first to go into rerun, because they're more dependent on rioters. the shows written the same day there. >> i'm actually in the right are skilled as well, so yes, i could not do the show without them. >> daytime shows, so progress, and other popular programs will soon follow. >> it is saturday night live. >> nbc announcing that saturday night live will air repeats until further notice. what are they fighting over? one sticking point is money. many rioters say, because streaming has changed the industry so much, they are making less than they were a decade ago. >> unfortunately, we have a situation where too many, rioters certainly the i know, my contemporaries, guys in their 50s, women and 50s, they all of a sudden, even though this is supposed to be peak
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television, they are not making a living. they are worrying about how they will pay their mortgage and stuff. >> analysts say they are also worried about being replaced by computers writing scripts, using artificial intelligence. >> i think a lot of riders feel as though with a eye coming in, they might get really small, gigs so they want to make sure that they have a minimum duration of work, and a minimum pay guarantee. >> how will the strike affect some streaming favorites like apple plus ted lasso? >> that is what it is all about. embracing change. >> we will see those shows come out week after week, because they were delivered months ago by those studios and companies. all these videos back they have a bunch of shows in the pipeline going forward. >> industry analysts say if it goes on for a couple, months at the fall tv schedule will be affected. right now, in may and june, as when the rioters are actually writing those shows. they can fill them in july and august. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> and joining me now live from los angeles, is --
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she is a culture correspondent within -- good to have you with us. >> thank you so much, rosemary. >> so why does -- struggling to make a decent wage while studios claim, they are hurting as well. so no agreement has been reached yet, and that means of, course rioters will be on strike for the foreseeable future impacting late night talk shows, and saturday night live first. but what other shows are at risk of being impacted by the strike? a lot of our viewers watching now wondering what will happen in the weeks ahead. >> yes, well, we will have to see what happens. i mean, as you say, the shows that are written pretty much the same day, or that week, the rioters who write the trucks for those late night shows, they will be impacted. they will not be at work to write those jokes. they have so progress that could be affected. any show that is a, you know,
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hey done that same day, that same week, it is going to see the first. and, like you said, saturday night live, that is not going to be on, it will be re-runs for a little while. you will see the ripple effect. and, shows that are being, or would have been written now for the summer and early fall, they could be impacted because this could go on for months, and the -- motion picture and television producers who represent those studios, they are going to be turning next to the contract with the directors, and other people behind the scenes. and so, they will be focused on that, i don't know if they will be getting back to the negotiating table with the rioters just yet. so, it is hard to say, but i think those directors and behind the scenes people, their
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unions are supporting the rioters. so, i don't think there will be much more production going on for a while. >> we have to remember, the last reuters strike, it was 15 years ago only for 100 days, and cost about two billion dollars. this time around of, course the studios and production houses have an abundance of shows to stream. so how long could this strike last? and how much could it end up costing studios? could that force them back to the negotiating table? >> well i know that the ceo of netflix -- he was talking before this strike, before the contract, and he said that they have a big library of shows. i've heard that the streamers and the studios have a big backlog of programs from around the world that they could possibly use. so i don't know how big those
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libraries are, i don't know how much they will use, but it could go on for sometime. i do not have a crystal ball, i do not know how long this could last, but there was a strike earlier before the last one that went on for five months. that is quite a long time for all these people to be out of work. >> absolutely, and you know, you can't overestimate how much work it takes for a writer to pull together a comedy show. i, mean that is just extraordinary. we do it in the news, but it is very straightforward compared to being funny at the same time. so, what or all the rioters asking for in terms of confrontation, job security, and a share of the streaming era profits given they no longer receivers issuance that they used to give her show reruns? >> that is right, they say that in the streamers when they re-air a show, an episode they have written for example for tv, i talked to one writer who said
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she makes 5.5% of her fee, her writing feed when something gets streamed, or run on a stream. she's getting checks for $3, $7. she said she will get a stack of checks for seven cents. it is extraordinary that could have been. one of the issues now the rioters are talking about, this use of what they call many rooms. those are developmental deals where eight riders will work on -- for a script, and they don't have any guarantee that what they are working on is going to be green lit into a show for example. there is no guarantee. so that is one of the things they want the studios to guarantee, is to have at least six rioters in the rooms, and four of whom are also producers so they get paid more. that has been one of the sticking issues that the studios have said they --
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has stalled the contract negotiations. and, they also, the rioters also are concerned that they are going to be replaced by a high. the bouts will take over. that is a fear right now, but they are looking at what could be technology in the future. the last strike that happened, they were arguing over dvd. dvds are extinct. decent internet downloads. now they are trying to imagine what could be next, it is hard to know. their contract is three years at a time. they are trying to figure out what will happen in three years. >> hopefully he can reach a fair agreement. thank you so much for talking with us. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> and finally, a principle in west virginia got a big surprise when he unlocked at the school's dumpster. cctv footage shows the moment james came face to face with a
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black bear. as you can see, both were just as startled to see each other. thankfully, the -- both bare ant-man emerged from the incident unharmed. >> that was a big surprise. i was not expecting that. you know, you throw trash and a dump, or you throw things in, it you don't expect things to come out. >> it is not the first time the bear has helped itself to contents of the dumpster, which is why the school had a lock installed. clearly, though that did not stop this unexpected visitor. in northeast florida, drivers on a highway had to face an unexpected situation on tuesday after a truck collided with a tractor trailer. releasing thousands of bees into the area, a statement by the highway patrol says, the truck was hauling approximately 8 million bees in hives. a beekeeper was on the scene recovering at the insects,
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