thousands of actors are set to hit the picket line for the first time in over 40 years. the joint board of the screen actors guild and television and radio artist unanimously approved the action after tense negotiations suddenly broke down. the strike officially began at midnight and coalition of 160 s, are000 actors will join the picket lines since may. now face major delays. biggest stars are showing support for the actors strike. the cast of oppenheimmer, the film s director said the cast left the event to write their picket signs. fran drescher says industry, greed and artificial intelligence are the main reasons for the walk-out. we had no choice. we are the victims here. we are being victimized by a very greedy entity. i am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. i cannot believe it, quite frankly. how far apart we are on so many things. if we don t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble. we are all going
fine. a lot of you will say, neil, don t talk. anyway, we ve got more on what s happening on the price front, where are that that s all going down for the time being, but the real trouble for much of the country and up to a third of all americans is this heat wave that s gripping a good part of the country. fox weather s robert ray in galveston, texas, where it s particularly hot. welcome, my friend. reporter: neil, good good morning to you. happy weekend, happy saturday. galveston island just off of houston, the gulf of mexico. and look at that, neil, this big seawall, 20-foot seawall, jetting down. it was created after the 1900 hurricane that still killed more people in america than any other natural disaster. it is scorching here this morning. temps expected to be in the mid if 90s, dripping as i speak right now. gulf of mexico temperatures above average, and that is concerning, definitely, as our tropical storm season is about to heat up in august and into september. in
meanwhile the kremlin saying wagner soldiers who did not take part in the uprising will be allowed to join the russian military. now, putin s top officials are meeting with allies like china and north korea as the world waits to see what happens next. hello everyone and welcome to fox news live i am arthel neville hi eric. eric: hello everyone thank you for joining us. clock is finally taking on the life and rule of vladimir putin for this a brazen setting rebuke by his longtime ally and vicious wagner leader surprising and shaking moscow in international capitals. raising after 23 years in power, putin s demonic grip is directly challenge and may soon begin to unravel. take a look at the new york post front page this morning. war comes to putin s door. the paper predicting the end is near for putin. can that be? we are covering a story from every angle coming up tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn, general jackie are here with what it all means and what comes n
me save you some breath. if you re going to ask about this, i am not addressing [inaudible] i know you do. more than i d like you to have. i am not going to address this issue from this podium. i m just not going to do it. [inaudible conversations] thanks, guys. have a great weekend. maria: oh, yeah, no response from the white house to the damning message from hunter biden to the to a chinese executive demanding he keep his, quote, commitment or face retaliation from the big guy. then-vice president joe e biden. and, quote, everybody he knows. coming up, chairman jim jordan on why fbi never followed up on the potential corruption in plain sight. oversight committee members byron donalds and south carolina congresswoman nancy mace on what comes next in their investigation of the biden family influence peddling. all of this as communist china ramps up aggression with plans for a military training and spy center in cuba, 100 # miles away from the florida coast, amidst a we
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live. we ll begin today s program with the stunning developments in russia over the last few days. i ll be joined by top analysts who will help us understand what is happened so far and what might happen next and what is all means for the war in ukraine. also, french president emmanuel macron. i talk to him at a global summit he hosted in paris this week about how the west could help end extreme poverty and curb climate change. and about the striking rise of china and the potential of a thaw in its relations with the u.s. it is been an extraordinary 48 hours in russia as the world watched what president putin called an armed rebellion. the rebel leader prigozhin was the top caterer before he threw away his kitchen apron and now wears military fatigues as the head of wagner group which has provided mercenaries in africa and the midd