cnn's natasha chen joins us now from outside the athletic facility at usc. sha, what do we know? what's the latest on his condition and how this happened? >> reporter: well, jim, there are not a lot of details coming out of the james family or out of usc. but what we do know, this happened herety galen center behind me where the basketball team practices yesterday morning around the 9:00, 10:00 hour there was a call about an unconscious player. we know from a statement from the james family that bronny james suffered a cardiac arrest but the usc medical staff were able to treat him right away. take him to a hospital, where, as you said, now, he is out of the icu in stable condition. so that is good news. part of the james family statement, i want to read to you here, it says lebron and savannah wish to publicly send their deepest thanks and appreciation to the usc medical and athletic staff for their incredible work and dedication and safety of their athletes. now, the james family was just seen in public about two weeks ago at the espy awards where james was

cnn's natasha chen is outside of netflix headquarters in los angeles, where folks are picketing behind. natasha, tell us what the union members are saying where you are. >> reporter: brianna, it's very high energy today, day one of sag-aftra on strike. they joins writers that having walking the side wwalks for 70 days. i spoke to an actor who definitely has a day job, as she's trying to audition and parts paid in different shows, that is up until yesterday at midnight. here's what she said about how she's feeling energized on the first day of the strike, but also concerned how long this could go on for. >> i'm worried it will go on for a long time. i hope it's not. i'm excited that so many people are into it and empowered to be out here. yeah, it's worrisome. the longer we're out here -- you have a job that's now pushed because of the strike. i think that's the reality for a lot of people. it's conflicting, it's hopeful, exciting, but yeah, we're worried. >> reporter: thousands of people like herrer affected now, in addition to people who don't even work on hollywood film sits. janitor

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cnn's natasha chen has been covering this from los angeles. is -- i don't know if it's a shock, but it's certainly big news there with big repercussions. tell us what this means going forward. >> reporter: yeah, we are going to see 160,000 actors join the more than 11,000 writers who have already been on strike for more than 70 days. this is grinding hollywood to a halt. i just stepped out of the press conference that began a few moments ago just as sag-aftra was announced that their national board has unanimously voted to strike after not being able to come to a deal with the studios as of last night, and the president of sag-aftra, fran dresher is speaking right now as we speak and one of her sentiments is that she announces this with great sadness, that this was a grave, serious move to make and that there was no agreement when it came to issues of better compensation, better residual pay in the world of streaming services and protections in the world of artificial intelligence where technology of ai could really take the digital likeness of

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natasha chen is covering all of this from los angeles.re things stand and what the sticking points are. >> reporter: yeah, so the negotiations fell apart as you said. this was an extension of their original deadline and the guild of 160,000 actors had previously authorized a strike if not no deal was reached. now they're waiting for the national board of sag-aftra to formalize a vote and we'll about that at noon in los angeles. the sticking points have to do with a few major things. compensation, residuals when it comes to streaming and artificial intelligence. in what sag-aftra has been telling the public, they have said that there are enormous shifts in the industry and economy that have been detrimental to their workforce. as you can imagine we live in a world where we stream all of our content now and the residual payments have not caught up with that. of course you can imagine a.i. is a concern when you think about that technology taking the digital likeness of an actor. there have been opinions on this, of course, and today we heard

cnn's natasha chen has more on the devastating ripple effect. >> yolanda garcia, a janitor, was laidrtly after the writer's strike began. fewer productions means less to clean. nearly two months later, she's collecting plastic bottles for cash. she's buying cheaper groceries and says she'll soon lose health insurance and worries about buying her diabetes medication. and now sag-aftra has announced an extension of talks over its deal with studios. while it's 180,000 members have already overwhelmingly authorized a strike. these actors could add to more than 11,000 writers already on the picket line and halt more produ productions. the few savings that i had are going away. >> a lot of stuff, huh? >> mark meyer jr. laid off more than a dozen employees from his set and prop business in early june. >> reporter: this white house is judicial full of people, buzzing around, loading tables, chaser, lamps into 15 trucks a day. but listen, right now in this 89,000 square foot warehouse, it is quiet. >> now we're lucky to have one order returned. >> king's deli down the street from the warner w

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cnn's natasha chen is live for us in los angeles. the major issues between the two sides here when it comes to the actors' strike? >> well, jake, i spoke to the sag-aftra chief negotiator outside of their headquarters here. he told me there's a fairly big gap, especially when it comes to compensation. he said what the studios were offering essentially would have actors paid less than they were in 2020 when adjusted for inflation. there was also disagreement about residuals as far as streaming content and protections when it comes to artificial intelligence taking the digital likeness of an actor. now, fran drescher, the president of sag-aftra-a dressed the media at a press conference, talking about how the studio was suggesting very small changes. >> we're not going to keep doing incremental changes on a contract that no longer honors what is happening right now with this business model that was foisted upon us. what are we doing? moving around furniture on the "titanic"? it's crazy. >> reporter: this is going to have massive impact.

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. >> cnn national correspondent natasha chen is in los angeles with more on james' recovery. were actually trained usc medical staff around when brian james collapsed. >> yes. they were credited when yesterday a doctor at cede arrests -- cedars-sinai medical center, that part of reason he was able to go home. that was a very swift and effective response by the usc staff. let's read the rest of that doctor's statement. saying he arrived at cedars-sinai center neurologically intact and stable. we are hopeful for his continued progress and are encouraged by his response, resilience and list family and community support of which there is a lot. remember, this happened monday morning during basketball practice at the galen center at the university of southern california. by tuesday we learned that he was out of icu and in stable condition. yesterday afternoon we learned that he was able to go home. this is an incredible event to have happened, and a lot of people are wishing him well. the team earlier in the year had announced they were going on a tour to europe on august 5th. that

natasha chen is covering it for us, she's in los angeles this morning.ings stand at this hour? >>ing they passed the deadline last night, an extension of their original deadline already. this is a guild that has authorized a strike if no deal was reached so now they need their national board to vote on that. we'll find out the result of that vote at noon los angeles time. here are some of the things that are sticking points. why they can't agree. the actors have been acting for better compensation and benefit plans and streaming residuals. they're not getting the money they used to when their shows are being aired or played repeatedly. and they're concerned about protections on use of a.i. that could take their digital likeness, which threatens their work. here's part of what the chief negotiator said in a statement that the studios has refused to acknowledge the enormous shifts in the industry and the economy have had a detrimental impact on those who perform labor for the studios. the studios have also released a statement, saying they actually gave a

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natasha chen is at usc campus in los angeles. natasha, a frightening headline.mily? >> reporter: well, bianna, the james family isn't sharing a lot of details except to confirm that this did happen yesterday during practice at the gay len center where the team does their work outs behind me at usc. the team had announced earlier in the year that they were planning on a european tour starting august 5th. so that is likely what they were practicing for. the james family did say that the medical staff here were able to treat bronny james and take him to a hospital. -- and in stable condition. as part of a statement from the family, they said lebron and savannah wished to publicly send their deepest thanks and appreciation to the usc medical and athletic staff for their work and dedication to the safety of their athletes. and the james family was seen in public just about two weeks ago at the espy awarding where lebron james stood on stage next to his wife and children whom he called his greatest blessing and he particularly said how proud he is of his two sons, tha

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i want to go to natasha chen. what can you tell us about how bronny is doing tonight?in terms of details, but did confirm this happened right behind me where the usc basketball team practices. it happened monday morning. he is out of the icu now and in stable condition. the family also said that the medical staff here were able to treat him and take him to a hospital. their statement reads, in part, lebron and savannah wish to publicly send their deepest thanks and appreciation to the usc medical and athletic staff for their incredible work and dedication to the safety of their athletes. now, the james family was seen in public just about two weeks ago at the espy awards where lebron james was accepting an award, standing on stage with his wife and children who he called his greatest blessing, particularly saying how proud he is of his two sons and their own basketball journey. bronny james, 18 years old, just committed to usc this spring. the team had announced that they were going on a european tour starting august 5th. that's likely what they were practicing for. br