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this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news from hollywood. the writers guild of america says it has reached a tentative agreement with major television and film studios. that means that after nearly five months, the writers' strike that brought the television and film industries to a standstill, could be coming to an end. writers could return by thursday, before the terms are trat ratified. the use of artificial intelligence was reportedly one of the final sticking points. this could pave the way for hollywood to restart many productions that have been halted since may 2nd. cnn media critic brian lowery joins me more from passenger. what more do we know about this? did everyone get what they wanted? >> well, we don't know the

details. but they did put out a statement calling the deal exceptional and saying, basically, that there was something for everyone in the guild. that's not a small thing. the guild represents a diverse collection of writers. everything from veteran show runners to people with just a few credits. television writers and film writers. their interests are not always completely aligned. there were a lot of different moving parts. what they're saying is they make progress that will satisfy all of the constituencies. >> is there an expectation that this deal will be approved? >> yes. almost certainly. it's very, very rare for the membership to go against the board in this situation. i think people are eager to get back to work. if the guild has achieved substantial progress, it sounds like they have, everybody will

be ready next to work. the screen actor guild doesn't have a deal. they will follow the they have a few issues that are unique to them that will have to be hammered out. >> such as? >> well, you know, there were certain issues such as writers don't -- there was a concern about the number of writers on streaming shows. that's not an issue for the actors but for the writers. at the same token, a.i. applies differently to writers and actors. for writers, they were concerned about use thing a.i. for written material. for actors, there's questions of digital effects and a.i. to replicate their images. that's the kind of thing that will need tot copy and paste the language on something like that. >> what impact has the strike had on studios? >> well, its impact -- it had a sweeping impact on the entire region in southern california. but the studios, you know, the studios have put on a very brave

face in the early going of this, especially. they talked about how they were saving money because they weren't producing things. there is probably some truth to that. but if you're in the business of producing movies and tv shows, at some point, you have to be producing move viies and tv sho. they had ground to a halt and they were seeing gaps in the release schedule in the not-too-distant future. i don't think the studios have felt a lot of pain yet. if they had allowed this to drag on much longer, you would see the repuercussions for them. >> thank you so much. to the canadian auto workers who have narrowly approved a new contract with ford, even as the u.s. counterparts continue to walk the pickett lines. striking auto worker members, carried signs as cars honked

their support on sunday, outside of a ford plant in michigan. the new deal includes a key concession that the american auto workers are demanding a pension plan. the union has made progress in negotiations with ford. he did not mention any progress on the pension issue. back in the u.s., congress is getting dangerously close to a government shutdown. there are just days left for lawmakers to come to an agreement to fund the federal budget before the money runs out on saturday. if that happens, some government operations would completely stall. with nonessential employees put on furlough. essential employees would have a job but wouldn't get paid. u.s. national parks can close. and other services, like border protection and law enforcement and air traffic control, could face problems, as well.

house speaker kevin mccarthy pushed through the weekend, that would fund the government until the end of the year. but hard liners in his own party are not willing to compromise. >> the holdout, keep saying to kevin mccarthy, don't bring bipartisan bills to the floor. they're using democrat votes to try to cause a shutdown. these individuals, these republican holdouts are voting with nancy pelosi. >> we should have separate single-subject spending bills. c kevin mccarthy promised that in january. i'm here to hold mccary to his word. >> two new national polls are reflecting the mood for american voters for the 2024 election. and the poll by nbc news shows a tight race between president joe biden and former president donald trump. it finds both are tied at 46%.

meanwhile, the poll by "the washgton post" and abc news, shows trump has an advantage over biden. biden trailing trump and may be an outlier. the political analyst at loyola mary mount university. it is so good to have you with us. house republicans struggling to agree on a funding bill for the government. can house speaker mccarthy find a way out of this and avert a shutdown? >> this is another manufactured crisis. as ill-advised as it is unnecessary. but it's the annual descent into madness. every budget we do this or we play chicken and see who blinks.

the last time it head to a shutdown was donald trump 2018-'19. about a month long. the speaker himself is in trouble. he's in a box. he could get a deal tomorrow, if he would only work with the democrats. if he works with the democrats, that means that a small number of people on the right wing of his caucus, will throw him out of office. and so s, he's held hostage by couple od children who are holding a temper tantrum. it's time for the grown-ups to take over. that would have tremendous i impli implications. >> how much of this is the spending bill and how much is an internal power struggle taking place in the republican party? >> it's about both. and for some, there's serious fiscal conservatives in the

republican party, who have for years been talking about and voting, to try to limit the budget expenditures. there's honorable people that are doing the good thing for the country. there's those that are being petty and partisan and being narrow-minded and childish about it. you got both of the things in the republican caucus. what's fascinating is, the fights that we normally wouldn't see are breaking out into public. a number of republicans, especially the moderates, who are calling names, clowns, inspain, at the right wing of the republican party. >> what impact does donald trump have on the calls for a shutdown by some of the members of the far-right caucus? >> most reports suggest that donald trump is egging them on not to get a deal. to shut down the government.

he shut the government down a few years ago. he wants to undermine president biden. maybe hurt the economy. maybe hurt biden politically. it's a way for trump to get back at biden, who he's been digging at since he left office. >> let's talk about the white house. what is the position of the white house? and can democrats bail out mccarthy? >> democrats are ready to bail him out. there will be a price to pay. it's not going to come easily or cheaply. we could get a deal tomorrow if the grown-ups would sit down. if kevin mccarthy and some of the democrat and the white house folks could sit down. they could hammer out a deal. the big difference is, the republican right-wing is much more feisty than it usually is. and kevin mccarthy is on very thin ice because he's got a slim

majority to hold on to the speakership. that's a combustible combination and may explode in his face. >> that means that ceckevin mccarthy's position is between a rock and a hard place. he has no good options. >> it's a lose-lose situation for him. if he gets the budget through, that's a wonderful thing for the country but a bad thing polit politically. if he can't get it through, a bad thing for the country and a bad thing for him, as well. he's skating on thin ice. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, france continues to support niger's democratically-elected president, weeks after he was deposed in a coup. plus, ukraine's president says his country will be getting more aid from the west. details on what he described as a historic deal with washington.

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nations. lloyd austin beginning the trip in ydjibouti, where he spoke wih the leaders. he will visit u.s. sttroops on monday and will visit angola later in the week. after niger overthrew the democratically elected president in a coup, france is announcing it will withdrawal all of the forces from the nation. some 1,500 troops are in niger to assist and counter terrorism regions in the region. president macron says he is taking immediate steps. >> translator: in the coming hours our ambassador with several diplomats will return to france. and we're ending our military cooperation with the de facto authorities of niger. >> niger's junta welcomes

france's withdrawal saying imperialist and neoimperilist forces are allowed on the territory. joining me is a distinguished fellow at the atlantic council. sir, so good to have you with us. a dramatic ends to the mission in niger in a tumult waus two months. was the situation no longer tenable? >> it was probably no longer tenable some time back. in addition to all of the baggage, being a french ambassador carries in africa, he had gotten into the muck with doing something that most of us are tempted to do from

time-to-time, but know better than to do. people will troll you on social media and you probably shouldn't have responded to them. >> his diplomatic immunity was lifted. he was in a difficult situation. holed up in the french embassy. some french analysts in reaction to these developments say they feel let down by what they perceive as a lack of support from the united states. as you know, has a presence in niger. what do you make of that criticism? >> well, you know, countries should stand by their friends and also shouldn't follow them blindly over a cliff. that's what france has been asking the united states to do. and i know from dealings with my french friends, when i was in government and outside, they

wouldn't follow us over a cliff, to be honest, it's a little sour grapes. the fact is, nothing would be gained by the u.s. pulling out. the protests that occurred in niger has occurred because of the french. and there's a history of this. cl colonialism and what came afterwards. the new u.s. ambassador was permitted to arrive there less than a month ago. there's no reason to leave in a huff and a puff. >> three weeks after the coup leaders ousted the democratically elected president, the u.s. went on to install this new ambassador to niger. was the right signal to send at that time? has the u.s., by doing de facto recognized the coup leaders? and what does it say about

biden's foreign-based policy? >> one, the ambassador has not presented her credentials to the coup leaders. that's a discussion for another moment. but the u.s. embassy, has, the biden administration waiting eight months after the last ambassador retired to nominate a successor. and the politics in the senate were ambassador has knowledge of africa, was delayed for a year. that post had been vacant too long. one could argue that at a time like this, it needs a leadership of a confirmed ambassador more than ever. i think there is something wrong with sending her out there. the reality is, this is one area, that unfortunately, or

fortunately, was one of the few successes. insecurity had gone down. the violence this year and last year, is at levels that have not been seen in five years. we made significant gains there. not everything is perfect. there's a coup there. but given that's coming in, sometimes you have to make the choice of the least bad option. >> a final thought from you in a few words, what does the exit of france mean for the democratically-elected leader? and does this mark the end of an era? >> well, i think to be honest, if something had been done more effectively in the first days by france, which was appealed to, very rarely can coups be reversed this far afterwards.

i've known him for more than a decade. i regret what happened. one has to deal with the realities one has. and try to work to a better position that serves the interest of the people and that of the united states and other international partners. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. as the diplomatic standoff continues between india and canada, dozens of protesters took to the streets in new delhi sunday to protest against prime minister justin trudeau. chanting anti-trudeau slogans. meanwhile, the u.s. ambassador to canada, says intelligence gained by the five eyes network led to canada's public accusation, that tinnian government may have played a role in the assassination of a sikh member.

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welcome back to all of our viewers around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. ukraine and russia are accusing each other of launching aerial attacks overnight. officials say they have destroyed several drones over the black sea. but a few of them damaged buildings. russia fired more than 30 drones, and missiles on the odesa region. officials say most were shot down. but russia did hit the port in infrastructure and caused a fire at a hotel that was not in operation. while the attacks happened after the ukrainian president wrapped up a trip to the u.s. and

canada, where he secured additional support, including an agreement between kyiv and washington to produce weapons together. >> translator: we have a decision by the u.s. to jointly produce weapons and defense systems. this was a fantasy until recently. but it will welcome a reality. we'll make it a reality. >> cnn's clare sebastian is following all of the developments from london. a good day. a terrifying night in odesa. what more can you tell us? >> good morning. i think it's important to understand the context around odesa. this is ukraine's third-largest city. has been under bombardment since july, when russia pulled out of that black sea grain initiative. we see this morning, the damage is significant. a passenger terminal was deployed in ukraine.

fires and granaries, storage facilities. this is part of a pattern. odesa has been hit multiple times. this comes as yukraine is tryin to get its ship to world market. it comes as russia is exporting record volumes of wheat. century profiting at the fact that this is causing ukraine to export less wheat to global markets. this is not a military target. this is an attack on ukraine's economy. and more infrastructure hit this morning. >> thank you for contextualizing that for us. now, president zelensky just back from the u.s. and canada. announced a joint weapons deal between the u.s. and ukraine. what do we know about this deal?

we don't know what form it will take at the moment. he said on friday that several corporation agreements that have been signed by agreement with the ministers in the u.s. cooperation has started. the u.s. will host a conference in the fall to bring together representatives from ukraine's defense industry, u.s. and governments, as well. they can figure out the knorr mat. we've seen this before. and for ukraine, a key priority is in the medium and long-term to bolster its own defense industry, to create a deterrent to be less reliant on the western allies. that's the thing we're looking at here. >> thank you so much. ethnic armenians living in the break-away region have

started arriving in armenia. the armenian government says 2,000 refugees have entered the country so far. tens of thousands more could follow after they reclaimed the region this week. the area is home to 120,000 ethnic armenians. azerbaijan will hold their rights but they have been warned of ethnic cleansing. the conflict has raged off and on for two decades. in this latest bout, the short offensive ended with armenian fighters agreeing to surrender. the prime minister says his country's interests were not protected. >> translator: azerbaijan's attacks clearly show that the

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good to see you, stephen. how important is this event for huawei? >> this event just kicked off a few minutes ago. we'll find out what they are launching soon. the expectation is a series of new films, wearables and tablets. the focus would be on the new phones. they were the second-biggest smartphonemaker. they almost got pipe wiped out because of the sanctions in the company. cutting off the company's access to use chipmaking tools. because washington has deemed the company to be a national security threat. that's something the company has denied. after laying low, last month, or coincidentally, while the u.s. secretary of commerce was visiting china, they launched a new phone model that apparently, with 5g capabilities.

that means the company has worked around the controls. and experts who took apart the phone count a domestic chip in it, along with two south korean chips. the company told cnn, they have no idea how the chip not in the phone. all of that developments alarmed a lot of people in washington with her saying she was upset when she learned about the launch in china. more members of congress to call for stricter export controls. controlling huawei and the chipmaker that i mentioned. all that pointing to the loopholes for the sanctions so far. the chinese consider this a milestone moment in the tech history. very excited about this with a lot of nationalist fervor with this, as well.

>> thank you so much, steven. we'll check in with you later. for u.s. space agency nasa, it's an unpress dcedented achievement. >> touchdown. >> a 4 billion-mile journey has brought to earth samples from an asteroid that could reveal skretds about life on our planet and the solar system. the capsule containing rock and dust landed in the utah desert on sunday. nasa is taking extraordinary measures to keep the samples pristine, keeping them in a clean room so they can be examined. the capsule was dropped into the atmosphere by a spacecraft that scooped up the debris and is on its way to another asteroid.

>> reporter: the spacecraft left earth in 2016. since then, it has traveled 4 billion miles to an asteroid and back before releasing a capsule over the united states on sunday morning. inside is about half a pound of rocks and dust from the asteroid itself. this is the first time that nasa has done anything like this. the capsule was traveling about 27,000 miles per hour. it hit temperatures of about 5,000 degrees fahrenheit before finally touching down at a very gentle 11 miles per hour in a remote stretch of the desert in utah. with the help of big parachutes. the recovery team made sure the capsule was intact and not

leaking. it was deemed to be intact and safe. they moved it to a clean room. from there, they will open up the capsule for the public to see. that's where scientists will spend the next few years to study what's inside. scientists believe that ancient asteroids contain the seed of life. like this asteroid acted like a seed and hit the earth. and had molecules like water and carbon that seeded the earth. and proved to be the genesis for life as we know it. there's an important scientific come poenlt to this. bennu is an asteroid with a small chance of hit ting planet

earth. more than 150 years from now. scientists have time. but again, a small chance. it's enough that nasa wanted to get a close look at the asteroid itself. finally, a programming note. we want to tell you about a change coming today in our program lineup. "connect if world" with becky anderson is moving forward an hour. and our evening lineup remains the same. thanks so much for joining us. for our international viewers, "world sport" is up next. for our viewers in the united states and canada, i'll be back with more cnn newsroom after this break.

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communities on the u.s./mexico border says the current migrant surge can be driven by two factors. misinformation and increase in kidnappings in mexico, among other things, could be fueling the crossings. an official with an aid organization near the border says it can be due to the threats and extortion in some mexican towns. some people enter the u.s. side for fear for their lives. the numbers at the border are raising the pressure on the biden administration to stem the tide. cities like el paso, texas, say they are nearing a breaking point, as 2,000 migrants arrive every day. how mexico is responding with relief to a new response to the border crossings. >> reporter: there's so many immigrants arriving at u.s. border cities, that local

officials have to resort to desperate officials. el paso had to open up an overflow shelter for 400 people. officials there say 2,000 migrants are arriving to the city of nearly 700,000 people. the city has only so many resources and right now, they are stretched to the limit. in his words, a breaking point. the mayor expresses his concerns a day after mexico made a deal with the united states to deport migrants to their home countries. mexican officials agreed to take 15 actions to deter migrants from taking the trip north. including partnering with companies, allowing u.s. border patrol agents to expel migrants to juarez. submitting a daily report of migrants on trains traveling north.

and establishing checkpoints. these can't come soon enough for border leaders. this is the situation the city is facing right now. >> the city of el paso has so many resources. we're at a breaking point right now. one of the things we're doing is preparing for the unknown. we have a breaken immigration system. we seem to be doing the same thing. we try to make sure they are safe. and the today, the immigration system has not changed. >> reporter: it appears the mexican president is willing to work with the white house. mexico's top diplomat said the mexican president wants to meet with president biden to discuss

migr migration, arms and drug trafficking. he said that mexico is dealing with migration challenges, including the daily arrival of 6,000 migrants to its southern border. a u.s. senator is facing growing calls to resign over corruption-related charges. bob menendez and his wife have an accused of accepting bribes in exchange for the senator's influence. members of his own party acknowledge that the charges are serious. and they are urging him to step down. >> reporter: frank pollone calling for the resignation of bob menendez. in a statement, he wrote, menendez is entitled to his day in court. he doesn't see how he can serve, given the allegations.

pollone, six of nine house democrats from new jersey to call on menendez to step down. not on the list, rob menendez, menendez's own son. he has unwavering confidence in his father. the list of those who do not continues to grow, almost by the day. here's more elected officials on sunday, calling for menendez's resignation. including one democrat that says this fears it will affect her chamber, as well. >> i believe it is the best interest for menendez to resign. the details in this indictment are extremely serious. they involve the nature of his

and all our seats in congress. >> you think he should resign? >> absolutely. >> everyone is calling for resignation. the body is making it difficult to do his job. >> he stepped down as being chairman of the foreign relations committee. i think senator menendez will have to think about the cloud that will hang over his service in the united states senate. >> reporter: for his part, senator menendez maintains he will not be stepping down. we expected to hear from him during his event. that has been postponed by his office. we've reached out to try to find out why that happened. italian media is reporting that a murderous sicilian mafia boss who was on the run before

his capture has died. reports say he was being treated for colon cancer. he was arrested after a 30-year manhunt. he was serving life sentences for fateeal bombings across ita in the 1990s. and for the torture and murder of the 11-year-old son of one of his enemies. florida has unveiled a new high-speed train service that will travel between orlando and miami. speeds over 200 kilometers an hour. pete takes us onboard and tells us how the company plans to expand. >> reporter: the trains are polished. the stations are ready. and for the first time, passengers are seeing this 1 125-mile-per-hour view. the latest extension of

florida's brightline is open, from orlando airport to west palm beach in two hours. our cameras were the first onboard for the final preps before the grand opening. >> it's superexciting. >> reporter: the ceo tells me this ten-year-long effort is only the start. these trains are fast. but brightline's next project promises even faster speeds. above 200 miles per hour. brightline west would run along interstate 15 in california, from los angeles to las vegas, cutting drive time in half. >> we talk about this as version 1.0. brightline west will be the first true high-speed rail system in america, ever. >> reporter: plans put brightline west on par with the trains in italy. in japan, bullet trains are clocking speeds of 370 miles per

hour. >> high-speed rail is coming to america. >> reporter: ray lahood served as temperatures secretary during the obama administration. the bipartisan law has devoted $66 billion to rail projects. brightline wants a grant to break ground on its new project soon. as a different project in california is stalling and costs are soaring, not everyone is onboard. >> this gives high-speed rail a bad look. this, mr. secretary, is a useless project. >> reporter: as it opens in florida, there's two class of service. $79, in regular cars. $120 in premium cars. there's power outlets in every seat. and the bathrooms, way bigger than airlines. a lot of people ride the train and say, this is what trains can be light.

>> reporter: the current standard, acela, can reach 150 miles per hour. but only in a few segments of the northeast corridor. higher speeds can't come soon enough. >> we need it. high-speed rail would be amazing. >> it would be nice to get here in half the amount of time. that would be great. >> reporter: clearly the hope is this is not the end of the line for high-speed rail. brightline west is set to open by the olympics in 2028. i asked where we could see projects like it. and he said city pairs that are too short to fly and too long to drive. as the curtain comes down on one of the greatest women's soccer careers in history, megan rapinoe ends her last game with the u.s. national team as a

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