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Portion of u.s. power coming from sources that are tied to real. it could have a very profound impact. to do what jumped out in my mind when you say that, all the great new deals are pushing electric cars, like the president in detroit, michigan, yesterday. where do you get the electricity to power the electric cars? you guessed it. a lot of it is from "politico" that thats the reason why all these things are interconnected and we cant distance ourselves completely from fossil fuels and coal. wa...

Distance trains say for the washington and boston corridor. wholesale distributer naw had announced wednesday that it had signed a letter to congress urging them to take action to prevent a strike for rail workers. which they argued would have stopped the transportation of food, fuel, and other goods likely causing prices to rise. meanwhile, the president all too eager to shift the focus from a possible rail strike, well, he wants to shift the focus to auto infrastructure from rail infrastructur...

This deal followed 20 hours of negotiations at the department of labor, mediated in part by the secretary of labor, marty walsh, and the president very involved in all of those negotiations and conversations, getting repeated updates throughout the day yesterday. and also, poppy, according to two sources placing a critical call at 9:00 p.m. last night to both sides to underline the extent to which a potential shutdown of the rail system would be harmful and potentially catastrophic for the natio...

Finalizing those details. while marty walsh hosted these talks at the labor department, president biden himself also got involved last night. he has fashioned himself as one of the most pro-union presidents in history and he made a call into those negotiations around 9 p.m. where he laid out the stakes of what exactly was involved, warning how catastrophic this would be for american consumers and the u.s. economy. one source saying that failure simply was no t an option. this was just a tentativ...

In the coming hours. >> some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know about how the deal came about? >> reporter: the union officials and the recallway companies were at the department of labor for 20 hours. negotiations started at 9:00 a.m. yesterday and they finally wrapped up around 5:00 a.m. this morning. were told by a source that a verbal agreement was struck around 2:30 in the morning and then took another two and a...

100,000 rail workers, and so this kind of an negotiation paramount. there is a cooling off period here where there is team before it is ratified, so it is not entirely a foregone conclusion yet, but there is a good feeling on all sides. workers will get higher pay, more guaranteed time off, more control over their health care, and the rail companies will have more flexibility in their hiring. so that is the nature of compromise. we dont have all the details about the particulars here, but certai...

The thing forward. using people, using this issue as a political wedge evident has worked for a while in terms of politics. its just not the way to treat human beings and its really not being responsible if you put your hand in the air and take an oath and help people. >> congressman bill keating, im sure this is an issue well speak about again. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me on. >> what can we all do across the political aisle to help? good interview. n...

For america. and for both in my view. i want to thank the lead negotiators and the labor movement, load of locomotive engineers an the trainmen and international association of air and rail and transportations worker union and other labor unions and this is a win tor tens of thousands of rail workers and for the dignity of their work. it is a recognition of it. during these early dark, uncertain days of the pandemic, they showed up so every american could keep going. they worked tirelessly throu...

>> -- big win for america. and for both in my view. i want to thank the lead negotiators from the labor movement, brother of locomotive engineers and trainmen, international association of sheet metal, air, rail and transportation workers union and other labor unions engaged. this is a win for tens of thousand of rail workers and for their dignity and the dignity of their work. it is the recognition of that. during these early dark uncertain days of the pandemic, they showed up so every american...

>> reporter: that victory so close to the deadline did come at a price. lo distae trins, and g.eleme anticipating auto parts shortages had been prepping to close some plants. why did it get to this point, the eve of a strike? couldnt that have been averted? >> what i asked at the end of the conversation last night when everything was done to the companies and the union, lets not repeat this, lets get to the table earlier next year. >> reporter: this standoff was a big test for a man who has freq...