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As well. and this has gotten the attention of president trump who tweeting just last night that he wanted the uaw and gm to come to a deal. he wants these jobs to stay in the country. additionally, were hearing from 2020 candidates who are saying they are in support of the union calling on gm to make a deal. as for this new meeting thats happening at 10:00 a.m. today in just a couple short hours, it is a good sign but we are hearing that both sides are very far apart from coming to a deal, so we...

Morning on the sackler family who owned purdue pharma. theres been discussion that the family could give up ownership and pay billions of dollars of their own personal wealth to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits, but reports about those discussions may be premature. jean cacarez is here with more. >> reporter: the litigation is set to begin in october. if the pharmaceutical manufacturer wants to negotiate a settlement before trial, now is the time. more than 2,000 states, counties, municipalit...

Developments about a new tragedy inside the kennedy family. the death of robert kennedys granddaughter saoirse kennedy hill, she died at the family compound in haiyyannis port, massachusetts. she was just 22-year-old old. jean cacarez is live with the latest. >> reporter: the local fire lieutenant tells cnn that it was yesterday about 2:30 in the afternoon that medical responders were summoned right here to the kennedy compound. and they transported a victim to cape cod hospital where that indiv...

This is horrible news, jean. >> reporter: and this came about apparently very suddenly. the fire lieutenant tells cnn that yesterday around 2:30 in the afternoon that emergency responders came to the kennedy compound which is right behind me to transport someone to cape cod hospital where they were pronounced dead. and the family now tells cnn that that was 22-year-old saoirse kennedy hill. she was the granddaughter of robert kennedy, former attorney general for the united states, former preside...

And her grandmother ethel who said the world is less beautiful today. and it was in 2016 when she was a student at deerfield academy. she related in an op-ed some of the experiences she was going through at that point in time. she talked about, my depression took root in the beginning of my middle school years and will be with me for the rest of my life. although i was mostly a happy child, i suffered bouts of deep sadness that felt like a heavy boulder on my chest. many people are suffering, bu...

His discussions with kim jong-un. now with every violation, the white house goes out of its way to say this doesnt matter. the fact of the matter is, they have made no progress, zero progress toward denuclearization since the singapore agreement was signed. and i think that kim jong-un has read him accurately. because the president wants to campaign on tensions are down, things are better, he basically has got a free run to keep producing between now and the presidential election. >> david zhang...

This just into cnn. the committee investigating the 2012 attack on the kans lat in benghazi says its case has been severely hampered because 15 people who were cooperating with the fbi have been killed. a new report comes from the committee. from the senate committee, i should say. it says there were plenty of warnings ahead of the attack including intelligence about a worsening security situation in the region. were going to talk much more about this and make it much more clear for you in the h...

Sunlight in. thats what west virginians expect. thats whats going to come out of this investigation. >> all right. weve been digging into this ourselves. this morning we learned that freedom industry hs a lot of money set aside to repair the containment area where the league was coming from. cnns jean cacarez joins us now from charleston. jean, you found out this information. why wasnt the money used? >> reporter: well, thats the good question. and i think thats going to be part of the investiga...