Here are the headlines you need to know after 146 strike days,
Hollywood writers in studios have reached a tentative deal.
The Writers Guild of America and the
alliance of motion picture and television producers
reached this agreement yesterday which could bring the writers strike to an end.
Now, the terms of the three year contract have not been announced yet.
The contract will need to be approved by the
guild's members before they can get back to work.
In a statement.
The WG A said quote when we have one is this contract,
it's due to the willingness of this membership,
we can say with great pride that this deal is exceptional with
meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership.
The guild is suspending WG A picketing as of today.
The S A after actor strike is still ongoing
and just six days remain for congress to fund the government before a shutdown.
House Speaker Kevin mccarthy has been unable to pass
a short term spending bill due to far right.
Members of his own party calling for significant spending cuts
on Saturday, mccarthy held a call with GOP members over the weekend,
the House advanced four appropriations bills but they
will likely not pass the Democrat controlled Senate.
Stay with us. We'll have more on a possible government shutdown. Later in the show,
United Auto Workers and the big three car makers could reach a win win deal.
Transportation Secretary Pete but
said said that yesterday in an interview on CNN
but
said the Biden administration was behind the workers saying this quote,
record profits should lead to record pay and record benefits for the workers.
Tomorrow, President Biden is set to go to Michigan and join the U A
picket line on Friday. Biden posted on social media saying this
stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW
as they fight for a share of the value,
they helped create Biden's trip will be the first
time A US president has walked a picket line
starting today. Residents of
Lahaina in Maui will be allowed back into
the area devastated by last month's wildfires.
Authorities have divided the area into 17 zones and dozens of sub zones.
And for today and tomorrow,
residents of the first zone will be allowed in for supervised visit.
They will be provided protective equipment to safely
look through what's left of their homes.
As officials warn they may contain asbestos lead and other toxic materials.
The state's governor had this to say about the team overseeing the re entry.
They anticipate. Some people will only want to go for a very short period of time,
a few minutes to say goodbye in a way to their property.
Others may want to stay several hours. They're going to be very accommodating and
nearly 100 people lost their lives in what has become the
deadliest wildfire in our country in more than a century.
American households can order free COVID-19 test
kits from the government starting today.
Officials say they will deliver four rapid tests to each
household that places an order at COVID test dot gov.
People can also check whether the tests they currently
have are expired by visiting the same website.
The government says the free COVID test program has provided 755
million tests to more than two thirds of American households.
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