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is a growing workforce trained to stop them. ♪ a woke military is a weak military. >> i am old enough to remember when black officers, when women were not allowed to serve. you are setting us back. >> we need to spend more time ep insuring we can protect the homeland and less time on pronoun training and the rest of this nonsense. >> what are you so afraid of? why do you keep bringing these divisive issues to the floor? you are out of order! >> good friday morning, everyone. the good news for those lawmakers you just saw, they get to reconvene in about an hour and start voting again. after that, because they are in the midst of a heated,

long-winded and kongs consequen debate about that policy bill. >> it's become the latest battle ground in america's culture wars after house republicans passed several controversial amendments on abortion, transgender, health care, diversity programs in the military. we will break it down. and special counsel jack smith piercing donald trump's inner circle. the former president's son-in-law and jared kushner testifying before the grand jury investigating trump's effort to overturn the election. the key question he was asked. and hollywood on strike for the first time in more than 60 years. actors are joining writers for an industry-wide shutdown. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts now.

good morning, everyone. the critical defense bill taking center stage in america's culture wars, not just the defense policy. late into the night, house republicans narrowly passing several controversial changes to the annual defense authorization bill including measures to eliminate the pentagon's diversity program, arestrict access to abortion in the military. just one hour from now the house is set to reconvene, consider more amendments after a long night of heated debate and voting. top house democrats are vowing to oppose the bill which has been for six decades a pilar of bipartisan agreement and serves as a cornerstone of u.s. defense policy. let's bring in cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox for the latest. we have been talking about what happened last night and that plays into moving this forward, but this bill for six decades passed on a bipartisan basis. it guides u.s. defense policy.

what is the future here? it looked a little daunting last night. >> first they have to pass this . kevin mccarthy is, obviously, going to be seeing whether or not the controversial amendments that h his members votes on are enough to hold his conference together. we expect it likely will be. we will get a little bit of a glimpse on where the house freedom caucus is this morning because they are going it have press conference. we expect most democrats will peel off, not support this despite the fact that it passed out of committee with bipartisan support, probably just a handful of five to seven democrats would back it. then the senate has to pass their own version of this bill, which we expect to happen over the next several weeks. then they will have a discussion. as one republican said to me last night, the expectation is once in bill comes back to the house it's going to look a lot like the bill that first passed out of the house arms services committee a couple weeks ago. >> i like how it becomes a law on capitol hill. i want to ask you real quickly, i was talking to a senator last

night who literally was, like, if they want -- a republican senator, about house republicans saying if they want to go down this path in terms of breaking way from the bipartisan committee product that came out, that's their choice. that just means that they are going to have to eat what we pass. paraphrasing a little bit. eat what we pass was definitely in there. true? >> yeah, i think that is always the risk. kevin mccarthy and steve scalise would argue if you are going to have a conference with the united states senate, then you want to show the strongest conservative bill you can pass in the house, that gives you a stronger negotiating hand, but it can also put you in a position where you look unreasonable when you come to negotiating with the u.s. senate, and i think that's what that member is incinerating to you. >> senators don't like the house guys. thank you very much. in about 15 minutes we will speak with katherine clark about how democrats are planning to fight against the bill, willing to let the military

authorization bill fail to kill the amendments. we'll ask. and this morning former president trump's son-in-law jared kushner the latest to testify before the grand investigating trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election results. sources say. so questions were about whether trump was told he lost the election. hope hicks also testified early last month. joining us to discuss is cnn senior legal analyst elie honig. these interviews happened recently, just in june. what does that tell you about where this investigation is and the status of it? >> so, first of all, that skbraz jack smith is talking to everybody, his family members, closest advisors, as jack smith should. his job is to get all the information, all the fact and not be shy about going and questions people close to donald trump. the other thing it tells me is,

if you think about the checklist of relevant witnesses here, those are two more important names that are checked off and i think it's getting sort of hard to think of been important relevant witness who jack smith's team has not yet spoken to. >> the reporting that cnn reporting that -- was asked about trump and acknowledging that he lost, why would prosecutors be focused on that particular question? >> because we prosecutors are obsessed with intent, because you have to prove intent in any case, and because it can be difficult. and if you think about sort of the levels here that prosecutors would like to see, the best possible evidence that you would want as a prosecutor here of donald trump's intent is if he acknowledged he lost the election. we heard there has been pieces of testify from alyssa griffin from general mark milley and others that donald trump at times did to varying ex tents acknowledge he lost. the second best is that he was

told in a persuasive way he lost. that's not as good because other people told him that he won. you can argue the reasonable inferences off that. and the important thing to keep in mind, even if donald trump actually believed he won the election, there are still things that you cannot do. you can't threaten an election official, for example. proving that intent is crucial and it's difficult and the way you get it is you talk to people who were the closest to your subject. >> i want to ask you, the special counsel's opposing trump's efforts to delay the classified documents trial, strongly worded leverage in this court filing. they are saying that there is a presidential campaign going on. who do you think has a stronger leg to stand on here with this -- their arguments? >> well, doj's motion that they filed yesterday is hot on the rhetoric. i think a little short on substance. an example. one of donald trump's legal

team's arguments, we have been given 800,000 documents much we have an obligation to go through those. you tell us we need to be ready for trial in five months. doj says, yes, we gave them 800,000 documents and there are more coming but we told them which 4,000 are the most relevant. that doesn't answer the issue. the defense lawyers have an obligation to go through all the documents. it's not up to the prosecution which are most valuable to the defense. it's a weak response to me from doj. the other thing is, trump says there is never been a case, a classified documents case forced to trial in six months. examples of cases that took three years to get to trial. doj doesn't offer up any counter example of any import there. >> all right, thank you. this morning hollywood's $134 billion industry running to a tol lt for the first time since 1906, actors and sc screenwriters on strike. production from any tv shows and

films. you could be in markieff morris realty shows, game shows and reruns. don't expect to see any of your favorite stars promoting their projects. the tv and film studios say they offered the highest pay increase in 35 years and offered a proposal to limit a.i.'s impact. the studios argue that their profit margins are shrinking and it's a fragile time for their business. the president, sag-aftra, fran drescher, not buying it. >> i could not believe it, quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many things. how they -- that they are losing money left and right when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their ceos. it is disgusting. shame on them. >> joining us now is julie fisher, the national secretary and treasurer for sag-aftra, an

actor, director, singer, writer. i think i have been looking at this from to some degree consumer perspective and also a business perspective and following labor negotiations on several industries over the last couple of years, there is a new dynamic right now in terms of labor versus business on some of these issues, but the first thing i want to start is, our understanding there was a last minute offer made before the deadline. what in that offer specifically was a non-starter? w was there anything that got things closer, at least? >> it wasn't a last-minute offer. i am on the negotiating committee. i have been for a couple confident months. we listened to members in the w and w process, and we listened to what everybody cared about and needed and their hopes and fears and dreams and put together a proposal package that didn't leave anyone out. there is 160,000 members of our union, and i want to fight for all of them.

it's not just people screaming from ivory towers, movie stars and things like that. background artists, singers, stunt people, broadcasters, and we did a very thorough combing through of and really tried to leave no one out, and then we went to our plenary and put together a really massive, aggressive proposal package, brought it to the amtpt and started to, like i said, comb through and see which things they were amenable, and it was devastating. it was, like, fran says, shocking and disgusting. i was really -- you know, my mother, connie stevens, was the secretary treasurer at legacy s.a.g., and i -- i can't imagine her doing what i did for the past month. >> in what sense? >> it's designed -- well, the process of going forward the

amptp and going, please, sir, could i have some more? it's designed to belittle you and demean you and disrespect you. there are things that are, you know, maybe there are giant asks and maybe there are just some common sense, humane thing that for the cost of living increases that we haven't had, you know, things change since 1983 when i joined the union. nothing changed in certain base pay minimums since 1983. sorry, but the world is a very different place right now and you can't have a family or a mortgage, you can't be a journeyman middle class actor and have this as your career. you have to have two side hustles. >> i think -- >> oh, the last offer -- >> yeah? go ahead. >> well, i was going to stay that it is a back and forth process. the last offer was after we had given them a 12-day extension.

so we went back and forth across the table and we'd wait and go through what they countered and then they apparently would go through what we countered. then the last-minute offer was nothing. they hadn't come forward on anything. and so it was insulting. and it was, like, this is what you took 12 extra days to do? this is what you come up with? and the a.i. proposal was abhorrent. so they keep saying -- i mean, you know, i know who is putting out their communications, and it's -- shame on them. shame on them. >> one of the things -- you make a really good point in terms of this is a different world right now for the folks that you have been talking about, that you have been in part representing at the negotiating table, and it's also have a very different world for the people you are negotiating with or against, i guess, at this point. disney's ceo bob iger said this about some of the things that you guys have put on the table. listen. >> there is a level of

expectation that they have that is just not realistic. and they are adding to a set of challenges that this business is already facing that, quite frankly, very disruptive. you have to be realistic about the business environment and what this business can deliver. it has and has been a great business for all of these people, and it will continue to be, even through disruptive times. >> your response to mr. iger's position? >> i heard disrupt. i heard disruptive. i heard that we were uncivilized. i heard it's been very lucrative for them and it will continue to, and it's bull. there are people making hundreds of millions of dollars. they are profiting on our backs. and if we want a tiny little sliver of that ongoing, it is not unreasonable. it is not. you know, i have been doing this for 40 years. i can't believe i'm saying that. but, yes, i have.

and my parent union is actors equity. we make funny and sing songs and perform on a stage since the beginning of mankind and entertain you and tell stories. if we are going to continue to do it on stages and screens, little and small, we have a consumer base, we have -- we have taught people, we are training them to look at things for like a couple of seconds and then shove is across, you know? like, they change, like fran says, they changed the business model. you are looking at six, eight, ten episodes of something for three tor four seasons and they shove it to the side and put something else on. it used to be lucrative, bob iger, when he was "ellen" or "till death," at disney, we did 24 episodes and continued to share in the profits with something called residuals. that is going away. we are not doing the long seasons and we are not in your living rooms night after night

after week after month after year. so it's not unreasonable and it's not disruptive. it is righteous and it is just for us to make sure that the 160,000 people that we respect participate in very meaningful way in the proffers that you are enjoining on your yachts in cannes. i'll never work again. >> i think you will be fine. slightly profane, but i am a supporter of that generally not on camera. so we are all good. i appreciate your time. i appreciate the perspective very much. this a very significant moment, both on labor discussions, certainly, but for you guys in your industry. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> impacts all of us who consume this work. this morning, more than 100 million people are under heat alerts as a dangerous weeks-long heat wave in the western u.s. is about to grow worse. temperatures in parts of

california and arizona expect today rise above 120 degrees fahrenheit in the coming days. lucy kafanov is live in scottsdale, arizona. how hot is it, lucy, where you are? >> reporter: well, pamela, it's a chile 95 degrees light now. when the sun is fully up it's expected to hit 115. it is intense. it's the kind of temperature where you turn on cold water in the bathroom and warm water comes out of the tap. if you are standing on the pavement too long, feels like the soles of your shoes are meeting. i learned that the hard way yesterday. we are expecting the mercury to soar past 118 over the weekend. temperatures like that or higher, you could see disruptions at the airport. this can also kill. it's deadly. it's dangerous. that's according to the city's first ever heat czar. take a listen. >> unfortunately, in our region and many thousands more across the united states, heat is fatal. it is something that the public

needs to take seriously. >> reporter: these hot days, small mistakes could have grave consequences. we spent the day yesterday with children's health hospital in phoenix and they were warning not just about heatstroke and heat illness for children, but how quickly a child could get injured or die if they are left alone in a car for even a short period of time. take a listen. >> parents think that it's never going to happen to me, i would never forget a kid in my vehicle. it can happen to anybody. >> reporter: and most folks are trying to stay indoors. we spent the day with a mom and mom air-conditioning company that was running around the city trying to install units. they were selling them faster than they could restock them. business is booming for them. of course, so many people not for the nip enough to have access to air-conditioners. so the city has opened up nearly

200, possibly more than 200 cooling and hydration centers for those who don't have an air-conditioned home to escape the heat from. pam. >> all right. yeah. i see why you say it is a chilly 95 degrees when you look how bad it's going to get. wow. lucy kafanov, thank you some. the secret service concluding the investigation into cocaine found at the white house. why the case is closed without a suspect ahead. and democrats and republicans locked in a standoff over controversial social amendments added to the critical national defense bill. the number two democrat in the house joins us to tell us how she is planning to vote, how the restst of the democrats are planning to vote. on the top of the pile! oh. only pay for what you need.. ♪ liberty. liberty. libertrty. liberty. ♪ up to 8 weeks of relief with cytopoint. that's a lot more fun time, right max? yup. it's life-changing time.

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alliance of motion picture and television producers. expected tn a critical national defense bill after laaks voted yesterday to adopt several controversial amendments, pushed by consvave hard-liners. one of the proposals would make it harder for service members to travel to seek abortions. house democratic leaders stating overnight they plan to oppose the bill known as the national defense authorization act. republicans, meanwhile, are making their case for attaching these social policy priorities in a defense bill. >> this administration that has turned the department of defense into a social engineering experiment wrapped in a uniform. the american people don't want a weak military. they don't want a woke military. they don't want rainbow propaganda on bases. they don't want to pay for troop sex changes. >> joining us now you just heard, well, we are going to hear from her, the number two house democrat congresswoman

katherine clark of massachusetts. i guess the first question, are you formerly whipping the vote? >> look how unprecedented this situation is. we had the national defense bill that came out of committee just a few weeks ago with a nearly unanimous vote. a bipartisan bill, as is the tradition in congress. and we have the gop, who said we are going to scrap that bipartisan bill, put a big you are not welcome sign out in front of our military bases to women, people of color, lgbtq, and create a bill that is extreme. so there has been an unprecedented response from democrats where we have the ranking member, adam smith, saying he will now oppose this bill. we have democrats who have never voted against a national defense bill, who will not be voting for this bill, because it has been

taken hostage by the extremists in the gop. >> let me go back. are you whipping the votes? >> we have said as leadership we are opposed to this, and our caucus is standing strong with the american people. >> so that's a no. let me ask you, though, because for some democrats in swing states, moderate democrats, this could be tough. if they vote against it, how are they going to go back home and talk to constituents about a bill that they gave 5%, for example, raises to military members who are struggling on food stamps and struggling to pay their rents. do you know how many democrats vote in favor? >> we will see how many republicans can they pass this bill on their own. this a bill they have taken from bipartisan, that's focused on our national security, that is focused on getting those pay raises. this is work that democrats did making sure that our military

families have the housing they deserve, taking away a co-payment for contraception. those are democratic priorities and issues. so it is very difficult to vote against those, to vote against this bill. that is not easy. but what we've seen is this bill has been transformed into an extremist manifesto. and so we're going to continue as we have done when we were in the majority. put the american people first. and what they n. and what they need is a strong military. and we know that this bill is going nowhere in the senate because it is disgusting and outrageous. so we will have a chance to work with the senate and bring a national security bill back that we can support. >> you say the republicans have turned this into an extremist manifesto.

they say they are trying to put the brakes on the biden administration that is trying to inject aggressive policies into ever area of the government. listen to the author of the proposal, what he says about the pentagon's policy on abortion access. >> the taxpayer money going to support abortions and anyone in the chamber that says differently is blatantly lying to the american people. taxpayer funding of travel for an abortion is taxpayer funded abortion. >> what is your response to that? >> my response toe that is this is another step in their march towards a national abortion ban. and we are telling servicewomen in this country, we are telling our military, fight for our freedom, but you don't get freedom. you don't get the freedom to make your health care decisions. you don't get freedom to make those decisions with your family, your doctor, and in accordance with your faith. so the message here is

outrageous to women service members. they are saying you are not allowed to travel for the health care that you need while you are serving our country, defending liberty. and that's why we've seen this issue be so wildly unpopular with the american people in election after election, poll after poll, because the american people understand this is fundamentally taking away their liberty. this is an assault on freedom. and they didn't just stop with abortion. they went right down the line saying that we have, you know, that diversity is not a strength, but a weakness. the american people don't agree with that. they know that -- >> by getting rid of the diversity and inclusion programs? >> that's right. and putting out outrageous amendments, saying we should rename our bases for confederate leaders who took up arms against

the united states of america. i mean, i really cannot overstate how divisive and how racist and misogynist this bill has become. as we have seen, speaker mccarthy capitulate once again to the extreme elements of his party. >> all right. congresswoman katherine clark, thanks for coming on, sharing your perspective in this quickly unfolding situation. >> thank you. we are learning about lisa marie presley's cause of death, details from the autopsy and what she complained about moments before she passed. that's coming up next. the google cybersecurity certrtificate was made to fill that gap and help grow the workforce that's keepingng us all safe.

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how is this possible? from our reporting, from cnn's reporting, how could they not have any suspects? it's the white house. >> reporter: that's right. phil. that's the big question and has been the question the last several days. a source fam har with the investigation told me that at least in part the problem was that there wasn't a camera trained directly on these cubbies where this small bag of cocaine was left. there was surveillance everywhere else, but not trained on that. that immediately made it difficult because they didn't have the surveillance they needed in that one particular area. secret service, they combed through the footage they had. they also looked at the individuals who had come through that part of the white house, very traveled part of the white house, in the days preceding the discovery, and they also did the dna fingerprinting but the fbi lab results were inconclusive. the secret service said at this time the secret service investigation is closed due to a

lack of physical evidence. but investigators also couldn't quite determine when that bag of cocaine was left. what day and what time. so still a lot of questions here and ones that we just may never get the answers to. phil. >> all right. still a mystery. great reporting, priscilla alvarez, from the white house. thank you. transportation secretary pete buttigieg will join us live as extreme weather and staffing shortage contribute to airline travel delays and cancellations. what the administration is doing cocoming up next.

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cause of death just revealed. the 54-yr-old died from complications from a prior weight loss surgery. the report says it was, quote, a smoul bowel obstruction caused by scar tissue that developed after a previous bariatric surgery years ago. the manner of death is natural. joining us now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. interested in what you have to say about this. hearing of someone dying of obstruction in the small intestine, but this was apparently a side effect of this kind of weight loss surgery? >> right. parts of this story make a lot of sense, and parts are a little bit more unusual. what they are describing when they say that there was a previous operation that led to this, anytime someone has an operation on the abdomen, inside the belly, you can develop scar tissue. it's called adhesionens. think of it like spiderwebs that

develop and they can constrict parts of the intestines. this takes place over time. her previous operation was years ago. over time, it may actually compress parts of the intestine to the point they about become obstructed, strangelated. they are blocked, essentially. you are not getting food through and there is not enough blood throw. that happens. we know that that can happen and sometimes people with off and on pain for some time. what is unusual, though, is it sounds like maybe she had pain off and on, but the morning of she was complaining of some pain and then was found unresponsive at her home, taken to the hospital where she subsequently died. that was a very rapid time course. that's a bit unusual. usually, if someone is in the hospital with this sort of thing, they can even go back in and operate, do something to relieve that blockage, but she had progressed so far, sounds like, by the time she got to the hospital that she passed away.

so it can happen, but these blockages as with result of scar tissue, but the idea that they lead to death, especially that quickly, was more unusual. it's really sad, the situation that unfolded there. >> the report also listed therapeutic and not dangerous levels of oxycontin. can medications like that play a role in something like this? >> it's interesting because i think when someone dies quickly, you think did a medication lead to that, did it interfere with their act to breathe on their own. that's not the case here, sounds like from the report. two ways it might contribute though. one is that what i just described earlier could be painful. and opioids, other medications can mask that pain. someone may go to the hospital a little bit later as a result. the second thing is, opioids can also further slow down your intestines. so a blockage that was already unfolding could have been made worse. but the idea that the opioids themselves led to the death, they are saying that is not happen here.

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rainstorms turned streets into rivers. the severe weather causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations on top of that. the air travel system doesn't have enough bodies to deal with the disruptions. joining us transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr. secretary, thanks for your time. i want to start with what kirby called the irregular operations events. if climate change is clearly getting worse and we're seeing it across the country right now, what can the administration do, what can airlines do to address something that doesn't seem to be going away or lessening anytime soon? >> well, there is no escaping the fact when you have more severe weather events, both them happening more often and them getting more weir severe, that's going to affect every form of transportation. we are assessing the northeast floods in the roads in new york state and in particular in vermont, and of course that's going to affect flight operations. so there is a reality in front of us that, you know, we are doing everything we can in the

long run, fight against climate change, to stop this from getting any worse than it has gotten. we have to pace it the reality at hand. for the first time ever under president biden's bipartisan infrastructure law we have billions of dollars in a fund for resilience. if a road is getting washed out annually by what used to be considered a 1,000-year flood, instead of putting it back the same way, let's make it safer and more resistant to floods or droughts, wildfires or whatever the biggest threat is. but on the aviation side, we have to prepare for this. the other remark that he made that i agree with is, if you can't control what the weather is going to be, you have to work on everything you can control about how quickly the system will recover. i will say i have been struck by improvements compared to one year ago that we have seen in the national airspace where we had dramatic storms and disruptions hitting our major hubs, but the system recovering in a way we would not have seen

a year ago. today, cancellations are below 2% and we have seen them come back more quickly than a year ago in terms of dealing with those severe thunderstorms and that's part of what we are closely watching, making sure that airlines are positioning themselves to recover and making sure "we are" doing everything we can on the department side and faa side to make the system for flexible. >> right. i want to ask you about the ceo himself. it's strong words for the faa during the meltdown late in june when i think united canceled 3,000 flights. particularly helpful and the air traffic controllers heroic. did you have anything to do with that shift in tone? >> well, certainly we have worked to make sure that there is excellent communication between the faa and all of the airlines. and, look, we have a complicated relationship with the airlines, right. we are often coming down on them hard when it comes to customer protection at the very same time that we are working side by side with them to try to make sure

that flight operations are going well. we are their regulator from a safety perspective as well as a competition perspective. we are also working to make sure the u.s. aviation sector, its interests are being protected in international markets. there is always begoing to be intense push-pull between us and the airlines, but as a regulator first and foremost, we are going to focus on making sure that passengers are protected. as a yen rule, i think that when we have good strong rules for the airlines, the airline sector ultimately benefits, too, because the public is more confident >> do you believe airlines are overscheduled? >> when we see and airlines is scheduling flights they can't realistically serve, we will investigate and we could take action to respond to that

including punitive action. we are concerned about that and have open investigations. the airlines are scheduling more conservatively than before. that's one of the things i push them on last year when blue sky days when the weather was not much of a factor. these cancellations were unacceptable. they have to have schedules they can serve with the assets they have. if they don't, that's unfair to passengers and could be an indication of an unfair competitive practice. if an airline is trying to gain market share by selling a schedule they cannot back up in a particular route there, that's a competition issue and as a regulator, we are watching closely. >> i want to get to the economy. i have a question on airline travel. the idea of pilot shortages has been a big issue. there are a few proposals with the author race and bill. want to increase the retirement

age from 65 to 67. proposals floating around about using the number of hours that need to be flown to some degree. do you support those? >> this is in the middle of complex and sensitive negotiations on capitol hill. anything that emerges needs to put safety first. we can look at different strategies and policies but we cannot do anything that would weaken safety for passengers. it will be our top priority as a department. >> talking about the economics issue. you've been one of the bleeding voices for the administration what is firmly referred to biden now makes. want to ask you about j.p. morgan ceo said in an interview with the economist. take a listen. >> do you think it's been a success? >> that's a tough question to answer. >> the fiscal spending, $5

trillion of excess fiscal spending over two years. some to covid but some is causing the inflation. >> he was in nuance on the issues he took. it was bosley suspect of the overarching theory of the case. what's your response to that? >> look at the numbers and where we are. it's pretty rare to have inflation under 4 % and unemployment under 4 % at the same time. that's extraordinary especially when you consider what we've come from. under president joe biden's leadership. 13 millions jobs created. that's never happened under any president in this period of time. something that matters to me from the industrial midwest, a lot of those manufacturing jobs. the jobs we used to export overseas. i've got a lot of respect for him as a business leader. one of the core elements is

putting a focus on the middle class and working people. making sure that economy grows from the bottom up in the middle out. that's not always the same priority you will see in the investment banking community versus how important that is and how central that is to what president joe biden in this administration are about. >> thank you, pete buttigieg. i talked to you about this for a while but were running up to the end of the hour. up next, hollywood's biggest labor fight in decades. actors going to the picket lines and joining writers in a historic strike. the impact on hollywood films ahead.

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