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CNNW CNN July 3, 2024

Next hour, President Biden leaves the whuite house and jois the picket line. The historic move coming as the selfdubbed prounion president eyes a key 2024 endorsement. Donald trump is also headed to michigan, which means he is ditching the Republican Debate for a second time. His republican rivals are preparing now for the big stage and the high stakes before them as fewer candidates making the cut this time around. Breaking this morning, hunter biden is suing Rudy Giuliani saying he tried to hack his laptop and committed a Total Annihilation of digital privacy. Im john berman with sara sidner and indicate bolduan. Cnn central starts now. Breaking homtmoments ago Th Annou Announcement hunter biden is suing Rudy Giuliani for allegations of hacking and tampering with data bidens team says was taken or stolen. The move is the latest of hunter biden going on offense as he faces new criminal charges. Reporter this is the latest lawsuit that hunter biden has filed in recent weeks. He has been suing essentially over invasion of his privacy. In this case he is suing Rudy Giuliani, Rudy Giulianis companies and a man who worked with him this summer named Robert Costello. He is suing those two entities and men for invading his data. Essentially what hunter biden lays out is he says Rudy Giuliani and Robert Costello got access to a hard drive data taken from a laptop that hunter biden wont admit is his laptop but some of the date you he says is or was his. He says Rudy Giuliani and Robert Costello proceeded to get into that laptop in a way that he alleges is against the law, at least for the purposes of this lawsuit. He says some of the reasons he has of knowing this is because Robert Costello at one point in a new York Magazine story was logging into a laptop that he was saying was Hunter Bidens. Also, giuliani was talking about Hunter Bidens laptop and saying he had it on his podcast multiple times. So theyre suing so that they can stop, that hunter biden is trying to stop the continued access that he fears of his data. One of the things he writes in this lawsuit, his lawyers write, is there is no dispute defendants have to some extent access, tampered with, manipulated, copied and damaged plaintiffs data. Theyre going to court against Rudy Giuliani, a man facing multiple lawsuits under many different counts, really buried under legal fees right now. It comes at the same time, of course, john, hunter biden is facing his own Criminal Investigation including charges in delaware and some ongoing republican investigations on capitol hill. You mentioned the legal challenges facing Rudy Giuliani, criminal and civil, being sued by a lot of people including in this case Robert Costello, the lawyer that hunter biden is suing. So hunter biden is suing both but costello is also suing rudy to get paid, right . He is indeed, actually. Thats right, Rudy Giuliani has a lot of lawsuits hes fighting right now, but costello represented him for sometime and says theres 1. 3 million in unpaid legal fees that Rudy Giuliani still owes them. So theyre in court, too. It is a tangle. It is a tangle. Follow the bouncing ball or bouncing lawsuit. Katelyn polantz, thank you for that. Sara. We are standing by waiting for President Biden to leave the white house and head to michigan next hour where he will soon join striking autoworkers on the picket line. No historian can remember a time when a sitting president has done this before. It is not only historic, it is a major 2024 test. Both biden and the frontrunner in the gop race, donald trump, are looking to win over Working Class Voters with backtoback trips to a critical swing state at a very crucial time. Trumps visit trump will Visit Detroit tomorrow and right now as the uaw strikes against the nations big three auto makes, this strike is entering day 12. Keep in mind after just one weekest mated losses topped 1. 6 billion and we are now nearing the end of week two. First, Jeremy Diamond for us at the white house. Jeremy, biden narrowly won michigan in 2020 and a major Union Endorsement could help him, could it not, with these sort of struggling economic polling we are seeing . What is the strategy here . Yeah, theres no question about it, sarah. This is believed to be the first time a sitting president has joined a Union Picket Line in history. The white house says that this visit is an opportunity for President Biden to show his solidarity with those uaw workers and certainly an opportunity for the president to display his prounion bona fides and to put those on display. Theres also no question this is an opportunity for President Biden to draw a contrast with the man who is most likely at this point to become the republican nominee in 2024, and that is donald trump. The former president is expected to head to michigan tomorrow to deliver his own speech, seizing on this uaw strike, but President Biden, white house Officials Say his visit has nothing to do with that one. Nonetheless, they are taking this opportunity to draw contrast with the former president , saying that the former president , quote, talked big and delivered little according to a White House Fact Sheet released this morning, contrasting the policies of this president with the policies of the former president , arguing that President Bidens policies have done far more to benefit unions and domestic manufacturing. Now, there is also this broader question of the president stepping into this picket line, is he indeed endorsing all of the unions perspectives and all of their Bargaining Position in these negotiations. The White House Press secretary yesterday declining to get into that question, saying simply this is an opportunity for President Biden to show that he stands with these union workers. The president for his part said, yes, i support, i always supported the uaw. Sarah. Thank you so much, jeremy. I want to head over now to van vanessa who is on the ground in michigan and get a sense of what things look like now and what biden will see when he lands there, what the scene will look like. Reporter yeah, well, you have Hundreds Of Uaw members at picket lines across wayne county, michigan, where the president is expected to arrive in just a few short hours. Today im actually outside a stellantis facility. This is one of the 38 new facilities that were authorized to go on strike on friday. So these folks have been out here for a couple of days. Ford and General Motors both saying that they want to keep the attention on negotiations but Stellantis Out with a statement saying that President Biden in first day of the strike said that he wanted to see a contract that supported the middle class. Stellantis saying that is exactly what they have put on the table. I want to bring in deanna phillips. She has been with stellantis for 13 years. You heard that the president is coming to town today . Yes. Reporter your reaction to that . I think it is great he can coming today. I think he will bring a lot of publicity and a lot of attention on stellantis, ford and gm, to help us get to a contract we deserve. Reporter for you, what is the most important thing you want to see in any deal that comes out of this. More so pension and cola. In 2010 we, of course, had no pension after bankruptcy and everything. So i would really like to see that. The cops of living is tremendously high right now, so, yes, pension and cola for all of us. Reporter it seems like setting you up for the future. Yes, setting us up for the future. It is for, of course, our kids and children later on that will more than likely be stepping in our footsteps and working here as well. Reporter potentially Family Members following in your footsteps . Yes. Reporter thank you so much, dianna. Negotiations still ongoing between the beg three and the union as President Biden comes to town. Theres been some movement with ford in terms of what theyve put on the table, but gm and stellantis according to the union still not offering a good enough proposal that the union could accept. President biden heading here today. President trump coming to town tomorrow, but these picketers will be on the line 24 7 regardless. Sarah. Vanessa urkevich in warren, michigan. Thank you for a look on the ground and thank you to Jeremy Diamond from the white house. Kate. From washington lawmakers are headed back to capitol hill with four days left until the government shuts down. With the house in paralysis the senate is looking to step in. Cnns lauren fox is tracking this back with us. Lauren, what are you hearing about what is happening behind the scenes now in that well, now in both the house and senate . Reporter yeah, well, the focus right now, kate, is really in the United States senate. That is where negotiators from minority leader Mitch Mcconnells office and majority leader Chuck Schumers office are working frantically. They worked late into the night to try to find a path forward on a shortterm Spending Bill that could get out of the senate quickly, get sent to the house, and then the big question, of course, becomes will House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy put it on the floor. Now, that is assuming that the senate can pass something. What theyre looking at right now is a 45day bill that would keep the government open for just a couple of weeks and then give them additional time to have further negotiations on the full years spending package. Of course, theres a question. Would that be enough time . These negotiations are very fluid and the timeline, of course, for this could shift, but another thing to keep in mind here is that ukraine funding, including the 24 billion in supplemental that the white house has requested could complicate the senates effort to move this forward quickly, which is why they may not include the full amount. They may not include all of ukraine funding, if any, given the fact that senator rand paul, a conservative, has already threatened to slow walk this process in the senate if ukraine funding is a piece of it. Now, democrats and republicans who support ukraine funding view it as essential. Theres support for it, but there may not be the time to move this through the senate. So all of this is very much in flux. These negotiations are still happening, theyre still ongoing. Things can always change, but watch for whether or not that ukraine funding piece is attached to this shortterm Spending Bill as neglectors in the senate are hoping to get something over to the house very quickly. Meanwhile, in the House Of Representatives still no agreement from republicans on a shortterm solution, which means mccarthy could be in a position where he is jammed by the senate. He gets to the ceiling and he has to decide is he putting it on the floor and potentially risk losing his speakership or does he hold back and let the government shut down. Thats the prospect we are facing right now. The shutdown could start midnight on saturday. Kate. Lauren, lets see what happens. Thank you so much. John. With us now, Deputy Pentagon press secretary sabrina singh. Thank you for being with us. The white house put out what theyre calling a fact sheet that notes if there is a shutdown saturday night 1. 3 million members of the military will not be paid. What would it do to readiness and morale . Appreciate you having me on and appreciate the opportunity to talk about this because the shutdown has an impact on our Service Members in uniform and our civilians. We are talking about over 1 million Military Members that would go without pay during the time of a shutdown and our furloughed civilian employees would also not be receiving pay during this time. So that absolutely has an impact on when it comes to our National Security and readiness with not enough people being in their stations or in their Command Posts to continue the mission. But also it has a huge impact on families. We are to remember these Service Members, these civilians are still members of our community that pay rent, that have mortgages to pay, child care, schools for their children. So the shutdown has realworld impacts and impacts right here at home in our communities. Now, 2013 when there was a Shutdown Congress passed a measure just before the actual shutdown saying that Military Members would still get paid even in the event of a shutdown. Is that something you would support, to pass a measure, basically an exception for the military even if there is a shutdown . Well, look, lets be clear. We shouldnt even be talking about that. What we should be talking about is a fully funded proappropriats bill that funds our military and our government. We will support any measure that supports our military readiness, but when it comes to a Government Shutdown it sends a message to our allies and enemies across the board. Cheena, russian and iran are countries not shutting down and continuing their operations. Any shutdown and impact to our military and readiness has huge, profound impacts across the globe. Understood. But you are not ruling out supporting what would be a carveout for Military Members . Right. Of course we are always going to support any pay for our military families. We know these are times when, again, bills have to be met and mortgages have to be paid, Child Care Needs to be paid for our Service Members who have children. So, of course, we are going to support efforts to help our Service Members but, again, we really shouldnt be in this position. Our fiscal year comes around every single year at the same time. It is really time to get an ontime, fully funded Appropriation Bill to fund the government. It is hard to keep up with where negotiations stand at the moment, but one possibility is there would be Government Funding for the next 40 days. But it is possible within the temporary fix no new or not a lot of money for ukraine. What message would that send if Congress Passes even for 45 days new funding but nothing really for ukraine . Look, i think republican leader Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said it best. Support for ukraine is not charity. Support for ukraine is in our national interests. We captnnot allow russia to continue to expand and continue to wage its unprovoked war in ukraine. It has profound consequences for europe and the United States if russia succeeds. We urge congress to continue to support funding for ukraine. So far the congress has received bipartisan and bicameral support for ukraine. We believe the packages are continuing to help ukraine on the battlefield to meet its immediate needs and support ukraine for the long term. We would urge congress to continue to fund and support in our efforts to help ukraine in their fight against russia. I want to ask you about a report made by donald trump and he was talking about mark milley who retires this week but as of now still there. Trump was talking about milleys conversations with china around january 26, 2021. He said, quote, this is egregious in times gone by punishment would have been death. A war between china and the United States would have been the result of this treasonous act. What your response to him accusing an active general in the military of treason . Look, General Milley has served under several administrations. He has been an incredible person to work alongside with, to see exactly his Spencerexperience B to the table when it comes to National Security threats facing the country. General milley is a true patriot. We, of course, will see him leaving on friday with a change of responsibility and have an incoming chairman with chairman c. Q. Brown coming in. We are excited for him as well, but, again, i think

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