right. now on america this morning, averting a christmas catastrophe. congress passing a deal to stop a looming rail strike, which could have crippled the economy with the deal includes and why rail workers want more and as he averted domestic crisis, president biden holds his first state dinner hosting french president emmanuel macron and a long list of celebrities. the final countdown in georgia's crucial runoff election. democrats turning to former president obama accused any republican candidate herschel walker of telling lies as i'm concerned, he can be anything he wants to be. except for a united states senator. walker is responding just days before the crucial senate race. antonio brown wanted by police, the former nfl star accused of

throwing a shoe at a woman what we're learning. caught on camera . a base jumper survives after slamming into a cliff wall here from the people who recorded the incredible video plus our first look at the new indiana jones movie trailer and what it reveals. oh christmas tree, the family who went big getting a 19 ft tree on this friday, december 2nd. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good friday morning, everyone i'm andrew denberg. andrea fuji . rhiannon is off. we begin with lawmakers taking action to prevent a rail strike that threatened to up and the economy . the senate passed a bipartisan bill, forcing rail workers to abide by a deal that will keep the trains rolling. lawmakers rejected a move to add guaranteed sick leave the unions have been fighting for the country just dodged a bullet just as the economy is showing some encouraging signs. this morning in economic crisis averted. we're gonna avoid the

rail strike. keep the rails running. keep things moving. president biden is poised to sign a bill that will prevent a major rail strike after the senate passed the resolution requiring rail workers to accept a tentative labor agreement. the joint resolution is passed. the new labor deal includes a $16,000 immediate payout with an increase in wages and benefits to $160,000 a 24% pay raise $5000 performance bonus is maintaining access to healthcare plans, and in addition a day of paid personal leave what was negotiated with so much better than anything they ever had for leaders of at least four major unions. that agreement still falls short. i don't have paid sick leave. the deal only includes a single day of paid sick leave for workers and efforts to secure seven days of leave, was voted down in the senate on thursday. it is the first time in decades that congress has used its powers to intervene and stop a strike. but the consequences could have been crippling for businesses. as we head into the holidays, it comes

as we see positive new signs. in the economy. gas prices are falling across the country, now the lowest since before russia invaded ukraine in february. triple a reporting the national average for unleaded gas now at 3 47 per gallon, down about 12 cents in the last week, gasbuddy predicts prices could fall below $3 per gallon by christmas. this is putting real money back into people's pockets. a few reasons for this one is we're not driving as much because the busy summer driving season is behind us. lots of refineries here that we're offline because of maintenance and repairs are back up to speed and the november jobs report that is out today will provide a snapshot of the market, which is expected to show slow but strong growth. meanwhile the federal reserve is paying close attention to the data in today's jobs report in two weeks, the fed could slow the pace of raising interest rates aimed at bringing down inflation now to the final stretch of the senate runoff in georgia, just four days away, former president obama was back in the state rallying for senator raphael warnock, who's hoping to fend off a challenge from former nfl star herschel walker. abc s line of bowie's

has more this morning democrats bringing out the star power in georgia senate race former president obama stumping for raphael warnock for the second time in just over a month. warnock hasn't been off chasing wacky conspiracy theories. he has not been drumming up fear and division. he's been, you know, wash them. they they talk about some folks been show horses. and some folks being workhorses. and you gotta work horses. the incumbent in a runoff with republican challenger herschel walker, after neither one could get more than 50% of the vote in november. you deserve a senator. who will tell you the truth. you deserve a senator who actually lives in georgia. walker holding

his own rally, saying he is the leader. georgia needs people watching it become weak. what they want to do is make it all these other leaders think that america is weak. i'm telling us we're not weak. people were good people, but we can come together be even better than the way you do it about getting out the vote. walker delivered the same message he has for months on the campaign trail on stage bashing warnock, who is a reverend for not believing in redemption, not look at the spit in your brother's eye at the plate in your own. maybe he needed start reading that good book that i've been reading and that would help him out. democrats have already won 50 senate seats. republicans 49 democrats held onto georgia. they say there would be some breathing room to prevent one senator from holding up measures . passing bills could be harder if republicans won that seed. early voting ends today, and the runoff is tuesday. december 6th andrew andrea lionel. thank you . president biden wrapped up the

first state dinner o adin freh his warm greetings and posed for photos at the grand staircase of the white house. biden gave a toast before more than 300 guests highlighting america's shared history and alliance with france. earlier the two leaders affirmed their support for ukraine. biden said he's open to talking with vladimir putin about the war, but only if putin is serious. about peace negotiations. i'm prepared to speak with mr putin. if in fact there is an interest in him society and he's looking for a way to end the war. he hasn't done that yet. if that's the case. in consultation with my french and nato friends. i'll be happy to sit down with putin to see what he wants has in mind. macron plans to speak to putin in the coming days. biden and macron have both said it's ultimately up to ukraine to decide when to negotiate. now to antonio brown wanted by police after an alleged domestic

violence incident is the latest troubles surrounding the former nfl star now accused of throwing a shoe at a woman. this morning . ex nfl star antonio brown is a wanted man after florida police issued a warrant for his arrest for alleged domestic violence incident, according to authorities in tampa, florida, brown is accused of getting physical with the mother of his children. during an argument earlier this week, officers say brown was trying to evict the woman from their home by throwing her belongings out of the house. during the argument, brown allegedly threatened to shoot her before throwing a shoe at her missing her head because of those threats, along with the belief that brown owns at least two guns. tampa police applied for a risk protection order to restrict his access to any guns , but a judge rejected the petition. on thursday, an attempt to arrest brown turned into a drawn out standoff on the street police using megaphones to call for brown to surrender, but the doors and windows were locked and brown was not responding. abc victor oh, kendo was in florida. overnight. tampa

police tell abc news because brown is not communicating with them. they aren't sure if his whereabouts but they're going to continue patrolling that neighborhood, hoping for a peaceful resolution. brown has a long history of troubling behavior on and off the field, including accusations of sexual assault. it's been almost a year since brown played in the nfl last seen tossing his equipment into the stands running off the field, shirtless, quitting mid game without his uniform. his contract with the tampa bay buccaneers terminated days later , and last month, brown was ordered to pay $1.2 million to a moving truck driver after he was accused of assaulting the driver . back in 2020, another legal setback for former president trump, the department of justice will have access to the classified documents found it more along. go a b cs alex porsches live in washington with these details. good morning, alex. good morning, andrew. it's another rebuke of the federal judge overseeing this document investigation and appeals court

ended the special master review of documents seized from trump's mar a lago estate investigators are considering whether to bring criminal charges for storing top secret records at his florida residents. trump tried to get a third party to review the documents. but the department of justice argued as special master would delay the investigation. the ruling clears the way for the justice department to have access to all the documents. meanwhile, illegal setback for president biden's student loan forgiveness program. the supreme court denied his request to overturn a lower court's ruling, which put the program on hold. but the supreme court did agree to take up the legality of the program. andrew. alright, more to come, alex. thank you. time now for a look at your friday morning weather. heavy snow has avalanche warnings posted from california to colorado, a storm that dumped feet of snow in the sierras leaves another foot in the rockies today, some areas will see winds of up to 80 mph

and a second storm moves into the northwest. tonight the larger system is moving quickly . storms move across the plains before bringing rain and mild temperatures to the east coast tomorrow, checking today's high 70 in both dallas and phoenix around 50 in the northeast and near the great lakes 61 in kansas city. coming up new information about a vaccine aimed at stopping fentanyl overdoses. also ahead. middle school health scare several students treated after likely ingesting cannabis police are saying it is win or go home for team usa. a preview of this weekend's big match and why team usa is a hug

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student carried out onto a stretcher and into a waiting ambulance and all seven taken to area hospitals as concerned parents waited nervously. others trying to take their children home. one parent whose daughter no longer attends the middle school, gutman, her child was offered drugs by another student . when she was there. she shared her reaction to the incident. surprised i am not surprised. it's devastating, but i'm not surprised los angeles county schools are stocked with lorcan lifesaving overdose reversal drug and that comes after a student died on campus from a fentanyl overdose in september, a unified school district, underscoring that narcan was not administered in this case, the looking into what the students may have taken and how they got it. norwood abc news los angeles. so you heard morgen mentioned there that fentanyl overdose? will researchers at the university of houston are working on a vaccine to stop with fentanyl overdoses. texas governor greg abbott visited

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