you know, he didn't support when lordstown assembly when he was president, lordstown was slated for closure he told people don't sell your houses. what did he do? nothing. when gm went on strike in 2019, what did he do to support the striking workers? what did he say in, not a word. joe biden in 2008 he stood with the uaw, he stood with working class people in that recession, and they gave us a pathway forward. you know, when he's been president he stood with us for the first time in history, u.s. sitting president stood on the picket line with us and helped save a community, not sit back and do nothing while a community was destroyed. >> you, i know, have had frustrations with the transition to electric vehicles. ford's ceo has said they will require 40% less labor to produce cars than combustion vehicles. is it difficult to convince your members that president biden's push to go electric won't ultimately put them out of a job? >> look, our union has a history going back -- i saw a statement, 54 years ago in 1970, uaw president woodcook was talking we need to get away from the internal com

when he was president in 2019, lordstown assembly plant in ohio was slated for closure.those workers, don't sell your houses. and what did he do? what action did he take? what did he do to show support? not a thing. he blamed the local president, and that's all he did. you look at 2019, when he was president, also, you know, not just with the lordstown situation, but -- i'm trying to go back and forth through this -- >> while you're on that point, i want to take you on the point you just made, because it raises something else that was of interest to me, if not concern. and that is that president biden narrowly beat donald trump in michigan in the 2020 race. where the uaw is headquartered there, in michigan. it has its largest contingent of active and retired members. now that the union is formerly backed by biden, what can you tell us about campaign efforts on his behalf? what would it look like in key automaking battleground states like michigan, ohio, and wisconsin? >> i think when trump won the first time, i do believe workers everywhere, working class people, the cou

lordstown assembly plant in ohio was slated the close. trump blamed the local president. told people don't sell your houses and did nothing. in 2019 when jam was on strike, what did donald trump then the president say? he didn't say anything. he didn't do anything. in 2023, joe biden, when we were on strike, he came out and stood with the workers. he joined us on the picket line. bell ve deer plant was slated for closure in 2023. the community was written off for dead. joe biden worked with us to not just get one plant. we got that plant revived and another to be built there and save the community. so there's a stark contrast in these candidates. joe biden has spent a lifetime serving others and the working class. donald trump's spent a lifetime serving himself. >> all right, shawn. thank you very much. i prappreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> next, dramatic video captured by fred showing what's really happening along the front lines in ukraine. >> we were getting ready to film here and all of a sudden, we heard what appeared to be outstanding artillery then a shell ca

he told workers at lordstown assembly plant which was closing, don't sell your houses then he did nothingg to close in belvedere for stellantis he stood with them and helped us save a community and helped bring not one plant but two plants back to life and he stood with our members on the picket line in our fight for economic justice. >> in response donald trump attacked fain on social media saying the union head who brokered what is described as a blockbuster deal, quote, is a weapon of mass destruction on auto workers and auto manufacturers. joining us the nation's affairs correspondent john nichols. what will it be like for him to back biden and attack trump. >> it's a big deal for biden. the uaw held its endorsement back always of concerns of how the federal government was dealing with electric vehicle issues and some other things. they came around, and having fain on biden's side is a very important factor in some key swing states. michigan, where biden has been showing some weakness and certainly needs a strong uaw push but also states like pennsylvania, wisconsin, even ohio, which

we had lordstown assembly plant slated to close.ses and blamed the local union president, which was a complete joke. with joe biden, a plant in illinois was slated to close. joe biden got involved. we worked together and we found a solution. he added a second plant there and also saved a dying community. joe biden joined us on the picket line and stood with us. trump put anti-union people on the board and killed organizing. 75% of members supported us in our contract fight because the principles we're fighting for, wages, benefits, health care, retirement security, getting our lives back. that's what matters to working class people. donald trump doesn't want any of that for working class people. he views the term weapon of mass destruction. the only weapon of mass destruction we've faced in the last 40 years has been corporate greed, because that's what drives this, and that's trump's world. >> talk about what happened during the strike for those watching that didn't follow it so closely. we had joe biden going on the picket line, f