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at the same time and for the first time mp. very high stakes now for the workers, for the companies, and for the broader economy. new reporting this morning that hunter biden could face more federal charges and soon. rain and wind is threatening the east coast today. hurricane lee heading north. new england and parents of canada are on alert. i'm kate bolduan. this is "cnn news center." thousands of union autoworkers are on the picket lines. this isn't just any strike. this is an historic strike, a coordinated strike against all of the big three u.s. automakers simultaneously for the first time. united autoworkers union is using also a new strategy, using targeted strikes, they're calling it, calling workers to

walk off at only three plants so far, but that could change and this could grow. union leaders say the plan is to slow production across north america while they negotiate new contracts. nearly 13,000 workers across ford, gm, the owner of jeep and dodge, they are on strike now. what they're asking for are better wages, better been fits, and job protections for the workers. they're also demanding what they're calling a just transition as automakers pivot to electric vehicles. but there is a lot within this. let's get to it. cnn's vanessa yurkevich is at gm's headquarters in detroit. arlette saenz is outside the white house, as we've also just learned we'll be hearing from pri president biden on this. java n you spoke to the c.

where does she stand? >> she is watching this closely as 13,000 members are heading on strike this morning and throughout the day. one of her plants is being impacted by this. and there is concern from mary berra, the ceo of general motors, what kind of long-term ripple effect this will have, especially as the company has invested so much money into the transition to electric vehicles. she also said that she was disappointed that they did not come to a deal last night before the deadline, and she expressed frustration with the union. she says she wants to get them back to the negotiating table to get a deal done as soon as possible. take a listen to what she told me just moments ago. >> we have a very compelling offer on the table. i'm very frustrated because i think we had an offer that resonates with our people. it's a historic offer, gross wage increases of 20%, that compound to 21%, maintaining world-class health care.

there are several other aspects. one thing that's most important is job security. we're in an incredibly exciting time in this industry as we make the transition from internal combustion vehicles to electric vehicles. and joemgeneral motors is well placed. we have a pipeline coming. when we look at that and how this could, you know, delay that, it's at a critical juncture. so, we have a deal that i think is very, very important, the proposal sits at the table, our team is ready to be at the table. they're waiting. we need uaw leadership to get back to the table and resolve these issues so we can get people back to work. >> now, mary barra has called her offer historic for her company. the union is demanding 40% pay wage increases over the next four years. but later today, we are expected to see the president of the uaw,

at a rally with bernie sanders. the uaw does not plan to negotiate with the big three today. mary barra is in contact with the white house, elected officials, explaining what's been going on, saying they want to get the uaw back to the table to make this deal. today is day one, guys. there's a lot more to come in the next couple days and possibly weeks if this drags on. kate? >> vanessa, thank you so much. to the white house, arlette, what are we going to hear from president biden, do you think, when he comes out to speak? because what he says is going to be very interesting. he's been walking a fine line up to this point. >> yeah, he really has, kate. people will be watching his remarks to see if he potentially could voice some support for one side of the negotiations or if he can offer any type of remedies for the potential

economic fallout that could come from this strike. what's unique in this situation is the white house does not have any legal authority to be a direct party to these talks. but they have been engaged as these negotiations have played out. in the final hours yesterday, president biden got on the phone with uaw president sean feign as well as the leaders of the big three automakers, trying to get a firm grasp on where the negotiations stood. the white house has been encouraging both sides to negotiate around the clock to secure what the white house hopes will be a win-win agreement for both sides. one of the main concerns for the white house as the strike is beginning to play out is what the economic fallout could possibly be. we will see whether there are any steps that are under consideration to potentially blunt the economic impact. of course, there are suppliers that could be at risk during the strike as well. there's also political issues for president biden as he is trying to get union support

heading into the 2024 election. so, those are all some of the challenges facing the president as this strike is now in its early stages. >> all right. thank you so much, arlette. let's talk more about this. vanessa, thank you, as well. joining us now is bob king, former president of the uaw. thanks for coming in. we're hearing from workers. we heard from mary barra speaking with vanessa yurkevich. from your perspective, what does today mean for this historic strike in this moment? >> well, you know, i was there when workers made huge sacrifices, many, many changes in how we operated the plants. workers are suffering. i think of the case of sara chambers. 16 years she's been working for ford, and this is true for gm and others, too, many members there long periods and still taking that long to get to top pay, that's wrong, that's morally wrong to me. and these companies are in great shape.

i saw a morgan stanley report that said ford, gm, they could weather a 40% increase in labor costs. all this baloney about these are too rich in demands, they'll make the companies unstable, that's just untrue. if you know about labor costs, in the morgan stanley report, they're only 4% of revenue for the labor costs and the manufacturing of the vehicle. it's less than 10%. it's probably about 4% or 5%. these are reasonable, legitimate demands. members won't accept unless they get a good contract. >> i wanted to ask you about -- you're talking about some of the data you're seeing and what the companies could give and how could they give more. mary barra calls it a compelling offer, a gross wage increase of 20%, and most importantly they say job security. i want to play what the ceo of

ford said about the 40% wage increase over four years means for ford. >> 40% will put us out of business. we would lose billions of dollars. we would have to cut people, close plants. what's the good of that? >> does he have a point? you guys are clearly very far apart. he says they're going to go under if they agree to this. >> i don't think that's accurate. it's only 3.7% of the cost of manufacturing a car, labor dwost costs, it's more in the u.s. because we don't have national health care. they should be working to get that done. they spend over a billion dollars a year on health care, yet they won't partner with the uaw to get medicare for all.

they would go to president biden and bargen. every worker in the industry would get whatever is bargened at the table. w when they were in trouble, we worked together. they're making billions and billions of dollars. put yourself in the place of a worker. you're on the line, working every day, making half the pay or 25% less than a member right next to you? nobody thinks that's right. the american public, 75% side with the uaw in these negotiations because people are tired of corporations really exploiting workers and getting these huge salaries. jim farley, mary barra got 40% increases in the last four years, and yet 6% inflation, like double digits. come on.

we're not asking for something reasonable. we want something fair. >> president biden will be speaking later in the show and he's walked somewhat of a fine line talking about these negotiations up to this point. we do know that the administration has gotten directly involved in contract negotiations with unions in other industries. what do you want to hear from him? does president biden getting involved help you? >> i don't know. it depends on what he says. he should be i think advocating to give these workers a fair share, then he should be offering to work with the companies. that's no easy task. but at least it's a path -- and that's not only helping auto companies. it would help american companies across many different sectors. if we want to keep good manufacturing jobs, good middle-class jobs in the u.s.,

we have to have national industrial policies that help do that. in germany, they pay, you know, tremendously more than what uaw members get. and their companies, volkswagen, all the german companies are tremendously competitive. they have been forever. so workers can do much better than they are now. again, think about that hourly worker every day busting their rear end for ford or gm or chrysler. they deserve a middle-class standard where they can buy a vehicle, they can buy a home. workers in the system now cannot do that. that's not good for the economy. final point. yes, the economy would be hurt for a little bit by a stlik, but the economy and the workforce would be far better off if the outcome, which i think it will be, is substantially improved wages and benefits for workers and job security, and then the economy will boom as workers get

more money. they'll spend more money. that will be good in the long term for the economy. >> bob king, thanks for coming in this morning. >> thank you very much. this morning we are learning that hunter biden could soon see even more charges. the special counsel david weiss has signalled the new charges gen biden could come in the next few weeks. he is currently facing three felony counts for allegedly lying about his drug use when he bought and possessed a gun in 2018. if convicted on all three counts, the stiffest possible sentence would be as much as 25 years in prison and up to $750,000 in fines. that's unlikely, but still, it's possible. katelyn polantz joinings us with what's coming next. >> hunter biden will have to go back to court. he's in california. he'll have to go to delaware and enter a very likely not guilty pleading now that he's been charged with three different

crimes related to gun possession, basically trying to enforce -- the justice department trying to enforce gun control laws that are on the books to bar people with some sort of drug issue or have been taking drugs from obtaining and possessing a weapon. and so, what happened is this case against hunter biden right now in federal court in delaware, it's about 11 days in october of 2018 where hunter biden submitted written statements to a gun dealer and was able to get a firearm, and at the time was saying he was not under the influence of illegal drugs. he subsequently had said publicly that he was a drug user around that time. so, that is what is being charged here in this case. but this is the culmination of a five-year investigation by david weiss, who is now the special counsel, overseeing this probe around hunter biden, and there are a number of things that weiss has looked at in the past

related to hunter biden that could still materialize in other legal issues for him, namely, the possibility he committed some tax offenses. weiss has looked at foreign lobbying issues and other financial issues related to hunter biden in the past. so, weiss is still the special counsel and will keep pushing forward in this investigation as this case now moves in the court in delaware in federal court. but we also know, john, that hunter biden's team, they thought they had a deal before, and now they're gearing up to put on a full defense, potentially take this to trial. they also want to contest whether this law the constitutional under the second amendment to charge hunter biden with gun possession and a false statements crime when he obtained that gun, and on top of that, they'll be contesting whether or not he had a deal and that deal should be honored by the justice department. >> if there are new charges coming, what might they be and

when would they come? is there any reporting on that? >> well, we know, john, that david weiss, who previously, before he was the special counsel, was a u.s. attorney looking at hunter biden, that he did want to charge him in some way, he wanted to have a deal on some tax misdemeanors, essentially related to hunter biden not paying his taxes a few years ago. and so there is a question that remains out there on whether weiss will be able to and will want to charge that against hunter biden in the knew v future. john? >> katelyn polantz, thank you so much. with us is gene rossi, former federal prosecutor. thanks for being with us right now. if you are defending hunter biden at this moment and you've now been charged with this gun issue, what would you be doing? is there a way out of this for him? >> yes. i have to say hikd has hired one of the best trial attorneys in

america. and i'm going to give him some free advice. if he wants to pay me, he can. he has a four- or five-pronged attack. number one, given the fifth circuit's ruling on 922-g3, a user, the fifth circuit said that's unconstitutional under the second amendment. that's motion number one. you file that the minute you're arraigned. the second motion would be a motion for specific performance to force the government to honor the diversion agreement, chsms a c which is a cluster and a kerfuffle in front of the judge in delaware a few weeks ago. i have to blame the justice department. they should have had their ts crossed and is dotted before they walked into the courtroom. they did not. the third and fourth motion would be a motion for selected prosecution and a motion for the prosecution. and the fifth would be the facts. when hunter biden filled out

that form and he had the gun for 11 days, when he filled out the form, did he have the willfulness, the criminal intent, to lie? and there's an argument that he was recovering and he didn't think he was in violation of that form 4473, which is what the a-6 charge, 922-a6. i have to add this, john, i really do. i tried 110 cases. i supervised 500 or more baby and senior prosecutors. they were bringing this book into my office with mostly the tax code and the criminal code, and the issue for a prosecutor is not whether you can charge somebody, not whether you can, but whether you should, and whether you should exercise discretion. let me give you a case real quickly. i charged anthony virgil jasper. he had 30 criminal convictions. i'm not making this up.

his nickname was weasel. he engaged in a home invasion with a buddy, and they beat the heck out of two people and stole firearms. in that case, we indicted 922-g3, which i consider in this hunter case a weasel charge, pun intended. but we exercised discretion to include it because it was intrinsic to weasel's crime. hunter biden is being punished because of his last name. and this really to me is a bazooka killing a mosquito. >> thank you for citing the precedent of u.s. reversal weasel. gene, the four-point plan you gave here for hunter biden to deal with this was to try to beat it. those four points are to beat this charge either with the facts in court or to get it thrown out all together. is there any chance of a deal still at this point? >> i think the horse has left the barn. i don't think there's a chance.

i'm not close with abby laurel. he doesn't call me. i suspect this reading the tea leaves, there's no hope for a plea. i think they'll go to trial or final the motion. it's actually a five-point plan, and the fifth point is they have an argument before a jury that this is -- john, i have not seen a g-3, a user charge, in any of those statistics that people are talking act. it was in my case in may of '20, i'd never heard of it other than my case, a g-3, other than recent charges after hunter biden. >> gene rossi, admiral doesn't need to call you because he can watch you on cnn news central. we appreciate your time as always. kate? coming up for us, destruction of mythic proportions. that is what some reporters are seeing as they get on the ground in libya. over 5,000 people already confirmed dead, more than 10,000 people still missing. cnn is on the ground. we will take you there.

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the united nations now says that most of the deaths in libya's catastrophic flood could have been avoided after a devastating 22-foot wave crashed into the northern city of derna. 30,000 people have no place to go, and that's just in derna. entire neighborhoods swept out to sea. 5,000 people are confirmed dead so far. 10,000 people are still missing. cnn is the only u.s. network on the ground in libya.

>> reporter: we've all covered wars, natural disasters before, but none of us have seen anything like this. i mean, we drove into derna late last night, and even during my time in the dark you could still see the destruction. and now during the day, this is just utter, utter destruction. it feels like you are walking through a war zone. massive bombs have gone off here. you have flooding over the weekend from daniel but nothing like this, what people are describing here as this catastrophe. what happened in derna, of course, is those two dams that burst, and you have the flood that swept through.

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donald trump now says that he would testify in the classified documents case against him and also in an interview with nbc news, trump insisted he did not direct any of his employees to delete security footage at mar-a-lago after it was subpoenaed, as is alleged in the indictment. listen. >> a new charge suggests you asked a staffer to delete security camera footage so it wouldn't get into the hands of -- >> that's false. >> would you testify to that under oath? >> it's a fake. the tapes weren't deleted. in other words, there was nothing done to them. and they were my tapes. i could have fought them. i didn't even have to give them the tapes, i don't think. i think i would have won in court. when they asked for the tapes, i said sure, get my tapes. i could have fought them. >> cnn's christine romans joins

me now. donald trump is doing quite a bit of talking these days about the legal issues that are facing him. what about this idea of him testifying? >> well, obviously, this would be a huge deal if donald trump testified under oath, but we have zero indication he would do so or that his lawyers would allow him to. this would open him up to all sorts of liabilities. in fact, donald trump had often said he wants to testify in legal matters against him but has not. the only time we have seen him as far as i can remember b actually testify under oath had been when he was deposed and forced to do so. so, it doesn't seem likely that he would testify under oath and, again, that his lawyers would allow it. one thing i want to point to in that sound, he talks about how those were his tapes, he didn't have to turn them over. i want to remind viewers there was a federal subpoena, multiple for those surveillance tapes, so this idea he didn't have to cooperate, that is part of why he was in trouble in the first place. he also mentioned another legal

gray area. he was asked about whether or not he would pardon himself if re-elected to president. and he didn't rule it out completely. he also said which wasn't the first time he had discussed pardoning himself looking back to 2020. listen in. >> i could have done a pardon of myself. you know what i said? you have no interest in even thinking about it. i never wanted to think about it. and i could have done it. i was told by some people that these are sick lunatics that i'm dealing with, give yourself a pardon, your life will be a lot easier. i said i would never give myself a pardon. >> even if you were re-elected in this moment? >> i think it's very unlikely. what did i do wrong? you think because i challenge an election they want to put me in jail? >> so, this is a very standard answer for donald trump, saying it's uncertain, it's unlikely that he would do this, but, again, adding, because he didn't do anything wrong, that is how he usually handles these kinds

of things, saying it doesn't matter because he didn't do anything wrong. but as you said, talking quite a bit here. >> exactly right. kristen, thank you so much. cnn's senior political analyst john avlon and s.e. kupp. the percent donald trump wouldn't pardon himself. >> i'm going to go between 1 and 0. >> percent chance donald trump will testify under oath in any of these cases. >> i'm at 50. i mean, his lawyers can tell him not to all they want. ultimately, it ic's his decisio and he gets to make it. any lawyer will tell you we can't stop someone from testifying. we can advise him not to, but if he's bent on testifying, he will. >> this is completely ruining the lead-up john was going for. >>, no, no, not at all. i love hearing the argument.

but john avlon, what's the lucy in the football? >> the lucy in the football of it is that's the eternal story of donald trump promising to testify and turn over documents, ringt? big bluster. but one of the big things i think donald trump truly believes is no one makes you take an oath before you go on tv. the idea of being honest doesn't occur to him. them you have to use history as a gauge, and history would suggest he constantly says he's going to testify, can't wait to temp, would love to cooperate, and it never materializes unless he's compelled to do so. >> so, all this leaves us where, then, s.e.? >> listen, there is a long road ahead for donald trump, and the problem is he's campaigning for president at the same time as he's facing all of these legal challenges. and all he wants to talk about are the legal challenges, right. he very much prefers to talk about this and this war on him and how they're out to get him

so they're out to get you way more than he wants to talk about policy. his lawyers want the opposite. they're, like, get out there, talk about policy, stop talking about your legal problems. of course kristen welker gets a new show, gets trump on for the first time, it's all he wants to do. so his judicious restraint, not his strong suit. >> i love it. love you, s.e. cupp. i wrote it down in my notes. there's a bit about -- prepare for my wind-up because of what comes out loud and the impact of the past and the present. you have donald trump talking about in another interview biden's impeachment inquiry. listen to this. >> i think had they not done it to me, i'm very popular or they like me and i like them, the

republican party, perhaps you wouldn't have it being done to them. this is going to happen with indictments too. >> have they not done it to me, it might not happened to him. this made me think of a moment we will all remember when kevin mccarthy spiked his chances last time around, when he said the quiet stuff out loud about the benghazi hearings. listen. >> president clinton was unbeatable. beput together a benghazi special committee, select committee. her numbers are dropping, why? because she's untrustable. >> that made it impossible for him to become speaker at that time, if you remember. this feels the same to me, but it seems the impact of saying the quiet stuff out loud would be wildly different. if you admit this impeachment inquiry is all politically based and all about retribution and helping out donald trump, you would think that might have an

impact on people's impression of what house republicans are going for. what do you think, john? >> it won't in a general election or in a primary. hyperpartisanship, polarization, the fact there's not a total disconnect between what plays to the american republican base and the american people at large. this is the latest reflection. the quiet part out loud. this is an impeachment inquiry all about tit for tat, revenge. that's what this is. he's admitting that because it reflects well on him through the prism of an endless appetite for attention and making him the center of everything in the universe. of course democratic republics are based around different ideas, but that's what we have to challenge right now. >> s.e.? >> i was just laughing because untrustable is not a word. the wort is untrustworthy. but it reminds me of my favorite fish sandwich, uncrustable. but they're admitting they're only doing this for politics.

well, that's a big deal. that's kind of burying the lead. even he recognizes that. it's like, yeah, so, because that's the state of affairs now. i think kevin mccarthy would admit he's doing this because marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz are making him. no one goes to congress to lead, to govern, to solve problems. you go there to become famous, you go there to grift. our problems are not being resolved because we're impeeping joe biden. >> this is a republican party under trump's rule. this is a backwards world, and that's why it's important to use history to say we've had a couple impeachment inquiries in our country, and they've reached very high standards. this doesn't even try to pass that bar, and that's a total --

mitt romney said yesterday, a very large percent of my party doesn't seem to believe in the constitution. that's republican senator mitt romney, 2012 nominee for the gop. >> john avlon, s.e. cupp, thank you for going over kate's favorite subject, and also an alluring scent. >> i was going to go with the untrustables of political analysis because they are delicious. >> thank you. >> they are delicious. i love them. >> should go on fishing trips. >> and hunting trips. coming up, parents of the northeast bracing, hurricane lee on the way, a category 1 storm right now, but it's making its way north and is expected to impact new england this weekend. also, new information about china's spy balloon program months after, you'll remember, one of those balloons was shot down after flying halfway across the united states. written by those who work it. like the upshaws. the nelsonons. and the caggianonos. run with us and start telling your story.

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this morning, hurricane lee is picking up the pace moving towards new england. there is a state of emergency in maine. tropical storm warnings have been issued throughout massachusetts from the cape to boston. forecasters warn that also this is a category 1 storm, people should expect dangerous surf and rip current conditions, and the coast guard is urging people to make sure that their boats are secure. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray is with us. jennifer, what are people there likely to see? >> well, john, i think the best thing is you can compare this to is a nor'easter, right? you'll have strong winds, high surf, rough seas, and a lot of rain. i think the biggest threat with this storm is going to be the power outages, because while this storm is passing offshore, away from the cape, boston, it's

going to head towards eastern maine. the tropical storm-force winds extend about 300 miles from the center, so you will feel those tropical storm-force conditions across the cape and eastern massachusetts. so we are going to look at this storm passing to the east, just offshore, possibly making landfall across portions of nova scotia and then heldad to the north. but we'll see heavy rainfall in eastern massachusetts, maine. it is a fast-moving storm, but it is going to pack a bit of a punch. we're going to see anywhere from, say, 2 to 4 inches of rain across eastern maine. eastern massachusetts looking about an inch or two of rain, but again, i think the wind will be the biggest thing with those power outages taking some of those trees down. here are your tropical storm watches, warnings, hurricane watches still in effect, john. this is going to be a fast mover, which is the good news, but we could have some power outages. >> in those parts of new england, they've been soaked by

so much rain over the last month or so. any kind of wind could be so dangerous for those trees with the ground so saturated. >> very true. >> jennifer gray, thank you. kate? new reporting coming in about china's spy program. according to multiple sources familiar with u.s. intelligence assessments, china appears to have halted its spy balloon program months after one of the balloons flew across the united states. remember back in february, one of china's high-altitude spy balloons crossed into alaska and canada, and then through idaho, montana, and other parts of the united states. american fighter jets eventually shot it down off the atlantic coast. cnn's natasha bertrand has new details and joins us now. what are you hearing led up to this move by china now? >> kate, look, the two countries are trying to mend relations. obviously, the relationship has been very tumultuous. and the u.s. believes that, given the fact that the chinese appear to want to try to get back on track with the

relationship with the u.s., and also that president biden has expressed that he does not want to contain china, that the u.s. is trying to kind of repair relations there, that the chinese have decided to suspend that balloon program. more specifically, there is intelligence we are told that the chinese leaders were actually pretty caught off guard, including xi jinping back in february when that balloon crossed over the united states. essentially, the chinese president did not actually want the u.s. believes or know about the balloon's transiting over the continental u.s. he was so enraged by the fact that this happened that chinese leaders then reprimanded the people in charge of the spy balloon program.

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this morning the closing arguments are about to begin in the closing arguments of ken ken paxton and he is facing removal from office, and his fate is in the hands of senators in texas. ed lavandera is right there. what are we about to see? >> well, it is a huge day here in texas politics, john. just behind the doors there that you can see in the background, the entrance of the state capitol, and that is where here in texas the closing arguments are going to begin in the impeachment trial. there is almost two weeks' testimony so far, and ken paxton has been facing 20 articles of impeachment including disregard of duty, misuse of power, and bribery, and he is on trial in this case for 16 of the 20 articles of impeachment. each side has one hour to

present the closing arguments to the state senators, and then this is when the math kicks off. what ken paxton needs is ten senators to vote to acquit him, and he can remain in office, but there is, you know, it is going to be a tough road. everyone i have been talking to over the past few weeks here in austin has no idea how this is going to be playing out. remember, we talked about 30 senators making this vote, and there are 31 senators, bun of them is senator angela paxton, wife of the suspended attorney general. she is not allowed to participate in the deliberations and the vote. so how long these deliberations will take is also very much in the air, but it is a huge day here in texas politics, john. >> and so uncertain. ed lavandera, keep us posted on this. thank you so much. >> it is interesting how that is playing out. we will stay close to that one. also, coming up the new gun charges of hunter biden may be the beginning, and why more federal charges could be coming

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