as of the stroke of midnight, the writers guild of america strike is officially over we've got the details of the deal, including the critical

artificial intelligence agreement. and first, to avoid a government shutdown, coming down to a matter of days. we'll have a live report from washington a massive anti-trust lawsuit against amazon, accusing the giant of operating an illegal monopoly a mechanic in south carolina breaking barriers for women on the job. she's sharing how she caught the car bug. her message to women and the hope for the next generation and a new airbnb listing will have you tilling everyone to get out of your swamp this wednesday, september 27, "early today" starts right now and good morning, i'm jessica layton >> gr >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera

wga leadership officially struck a deal it includes residual bonuses based on streamingiewership. one of the final scking points was over the u of artificial inlligence under the deal, ai-generated material can't be used to undermine a writer's credit or rights among other points. the agreement now goes to the guild's members for official ratification with only days to keep the government funded, tuesday saw both houses of congress taking action to try to break the impasse. for more on this we go to drew petramoix in washington. good morning we know if congress doesn't act by midnight sunday the government does shut down. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, good morning, jessica, both the senate and house are trying to break the government funding logjam, but both chambers plans faice likel

opposition the nsenate introduced a bill bt it will likely be a non-starter in the house because it includes provisions that face staunch disfavor the house finally agreed to begin debate on a package of bills after they were blocked by hard-line members of the republican party last week the bills contain spending cuts demanded by many gop hard lynn liners meanwhile house speaker mccarthy questioned why president biden isn't involved in the government funding negotiations >> i will continue to move through our process. we're getting ours done, sending it over to the senate. but i think the best way here is for the president to acknowledge the problem that he created on

the border >> i think if you asked him for a meeting with the president >> i think it would be very important to have a meeting with president. >> reporter: we should note despite mccarthy's suggestion, the president has no formal role other than passing whatever passes through congress. now to a development in the fraud case against former president trump. in a new ruling, the judge denied the trump team's request to dismiss a. gletitia james' s. the judge said he exaggerated his net worth. the judge wrote that trump's legal arguments were based in a fantasy world and ordered the business certificates of the companies named as defendants in the case, including the trump organization canceled.

in a statement, trump referred to the fraud ruling as ridiculous and untrue and said his civil rights had been violated the trial is set to begin next week on tuesday, the supreme court rejected the latest attempt by alabama republicans to redraw the state's congressional maps it comes after a ruling in june that said the map was in violation of the voting rights act. the court ordered it to redraw it to include a second-majority black district they refused emergency requests to block lower court rulings that threw out the latest gop map which still included only one majority black district. state officials expressed dismay at this decision, with steve marshall saying the previous maps that were drawn should have been upheld. now let's turn to a developing story overseas. thousands of ethnic armenians are fleeing a long-disputed

region asser jean in azerbaijan >> reporter: tens of thousands flee, crossing the mountainous roads, many families cramming into vehicles overcrowded with people and belongings. many saying they were starving but what really got us to this point? years of fighting in the region as armenia and azerbaijan were part of the former soviet union. russia had peacekeepers in the enclave for several years, but russia has historically been closer aligned with armenia. there are accusations that

armenia has gotten closer to west many feel abandoned, and a blockade has been in place since december of last year, and it's caused people in the area to struggle getting fuel, food, medicine, important things, and recently, days of fighting and bombardment by azerbaijan has made the separatists lay down their arms in a surrender agreement. and many worry now that they are unsafe with as yzerbaijan having full control of the area azerbaijan say they are safe to stay it has been called an example of ethnic cleansing samantha power is in the region and pledged $11.5 million in aid, and many wonder how this unfolds as this continues to be a humanitarian crisis in the region, frances. >> a crisis that keeps getting worse, thank you

now to iraq where a celebration quickly turned into a tragedy. the ministry of health there says more than 100 people are dead after a huge fire broke out at a wedding hall. officials believe the fire may have been started by fireworks state media report the building had flammable panels that may have helped the fire spread fast we still don't know if the bride and groom survived there are concerns the death toll will rise a school district in mississippi are making steps to narrow the reading gap it's a problem students across the country continue to face as test scores fall rahema he rehema ellis shares the story. >> reporter: they're getting back to an emphasis on phonics it's a major shift introduced two years ago by dr. melissa

mccray it began after she realized how many of her fourth graders could not read at grade level. >> we were about 14% proficient. >> reporter: 14% >> yes so we knew immediately we had to do something to make the change in our building. >> reporter: the change was dramatic >> we were not explicitly teaching the components of reading. >> reporter: the overhaul included retraining teachers small group instruction and tracking individual progress they mostly left behind an approach commonly known as balanced literacy, adopted by many schools nation wide and facing growing criticism it emphasized clues like pictures to understand a story and de-emphasized phonics. for example, in a picture book f it says the sheep wakes up, a child who's never seen a sheep

may say the dog wakes up take away the pictures, and the student struggles to read. today teachers focus on the science of reading that includes explicitly teaching phonics, fluency and sounding out words what's been the impact on the children >> i've seen se seen student wh lstudents who felt like they couldn't do it, and once we had the structured reading program it went from i can't do it to i am doing it >> reporter: officials say it's making a difference, last year system wide, 65% of elementary school students reached reading proficiency. >> it's amazing to me to see the light bulbs turn on, to see them soak up all the knowledge being poured into them >> reporter: teachers now on a new course, narrowing the reading gap word by word rehema ellis, florence,

mississippi. to the forecast now. the sunshine state is not living up to its name florida is in for a round of storms and potential flooding. angie lassman is tracking all the rain moving across the county >> a couple trouble spots this morning. the good news, the northeast, a. we're going to keeldeal with he rain across florida. we've got a front hanging around it's going to be pesky for the next couple days that means ample opportunities to pick up additional rain it is in fact rainy season across the sunshine state. the amount also total one to three inches likely for widespread areas we areas. flooding concerns will be on the table. as we look ahead through the day today in the mid atlantic, we'll see showers trying to work in.

we've got a low that's trying to hang out offshore. it will slowly move north as we get into friday. things are going to be a little unsettled once again we'll see rain get back into the picture and have the potential for coastal flooding with strong onshe windor memphis. showers and thunderstorms across florida. that's a look at the forecast, ladies, back over to you >> thank you so much, angie. still ahead, why the actors guild is looking to expand their strike is amazon a monopoly n a monopoly ...

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people [speaking in a global language >> reporter: for this mexican native, she says she got the car bug early. >> i remember some boys saying when i grow up -- this is me as a child -- when i grow up, i want to not have to deal with this, this and this,and i thin one of them was an automobile. just a way to get around >> reporter: she is now th owner of ruiz tire and auto service in greenville. >> it's different when you have someone else's safety in your hands. i take that very seriously that's time and dedication you have to have reputation, because mechanics can have an awful reputation >> reporter: she understands there aren't that many women choosing to step up under the hood in >> i encounter clients and the

children say mom, it's a girl! and she's pretty mechanic is just a trade there's very simple things we can do as females or that i have hired females to do, and i'm very grateful. they have a trip to make >> reporter: and because of her hard work her business has become a safe place for women. >> when i come to her, she's the best she explains it. she lets you know what's going on know what i'm saying she's transparent transparent. if there's any questions or conce concerns she'll explain t. >> reporter: she knows she's picking up where the last generation ended >> it's part of the labor workforce. we're business owners and thriving and pushing on, our kids, our family, and so other family looking up and looking at us

>> thank you for that inspiring story. love her spunk and confidence. she nee s she needs to expand. >> this morning we're going to head into the great outdoors, i'm going to take you on the job with a national park ranger, then celebrity makeup artist charlotte tillbury is giving us secrets. this is all coming up on the third hour of "today." >> thanks for watching "early today. i'm frances rivera >>ave a gr heaw york

stay right there more news now is on the way. s n. after almost five months on the picket line, the writers guild of america strike is