enforced. and so just within the last couple of minutes we re hearing from the mayor of chicago, mayor lori lightfoot, who says at her direction, she s asked for city lawyers to file what s called a complaint for injunctive relief, so essentially trying to stop the police union and the president from encouraging officers to walk off the job. she says that the union president is being misleading to these officers, suggesting that there won t be any consequences for their actions, and also saying it s unlawful for officers to strike. this is a standoff that s happening right now and we are going to be following this very closely as we head into the weekend, steph. claudia, take us to italy. port workers in one of italy s largest shipping and transport hubs are blocking access to the port because they re protesting the vaccine mandates there. how big of an impact can this have? we know we are having all sorts of shipping problems here in the u.s. reporter: that s right,
it is not clear if covid safe snacks cut it. ali, do you see any soons of optimism to be a break through on this? that s what would have to happen for anything to move forward, right? this is a standoff. reporter: it is. there s lip service being paid to optimism but the reality is as we talk to lawmakers very much the opposite of that. both factions in the house and senate seem dug in on both infrastructure negotiations and reconciliation but also on the issue of raising the debt ceiling and funding the government. on infrastructure the do or die day is in the house on monday when nancy pelosi promised the moderate members to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill but as you so deftly laid out in the introduction progressives don t want to decouple the detrack process, that s what they feel would happen with the vote on monday and lawmakers that i have talked to are clear
arabia. it was possibly iran-backed and they think it was launched from iran territory in terms of evidence and direct accusations. this is a standoff unless there s something happening under donald trump s sleeves that we haven t seen that diplomacy shifts to new york, as the iranian delegation is there for assembly. nick paton walsh, thank you for that. canadian prime minister justin trudeau apologizing again for wearing blackface. there s three known incidents, including this video of trudeau in racist makeup. he says he doesn t know how many times he did it. at a town hall thursday, he said he lacked respect for marginalized people and privilege gave him a massive blind spot. what i did was inexcusable and wrong and hurt a lot of people who considered me to be an ally.
like on urban okay corral, demonstrators with their helmets and masks and ripped out traffic barriers to create makeshift barriers. this is a standoff that s been going on for 20 minutes, half an hour now. the police stations in the city, as the ten-week civil disobedience phenomenon has become a target for some of the hard-line protesters who engage in vandalism and periodic clashes with the riot police. at this location, we have not seen teargas. there s been reports in another location. it s worth noting, in this part of town, the demonstration began, it was an unauthorized assembly according to the police. but thousands of protesters peacefully marched, chanting
district in the state of colorado. i have kids here. we re feeling this, too. earlier today, after the teachers started their strike, there were kids that decided to walk out, too. i want to show you video from the third floor of the school behind me. schools are open, but they are being staffed with substitute teachers and administrative staff. teachers walked off the job this morning after contract negotiations broke down over the weekend. we re hoping for a quick solution to this whole thing. unfortunately after 15 months of bargaining, the district, they have been unable to listen, or have been unwilling to listen. reporter: this is a standoff between the district and teachers over pay and how increases occur over time. right now the sides are about $8