Welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all Around The World. Im kim brunhuber. Ahead on cnn newsroom. We could be in the final hours of the Writers Strike as both sides will return to the Negotiating Table today. But the news out of washington isnt as promising, where a Government Shutdown is looking more likely as lawmakers have yet to reach a deal. And later, President Biden is reaching out to young people worried about the environment. Well take a look at the newly created American Climate Corps. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. And we begin with new developments in two major strikes affecting thousands of u. S. Workers. The hollywood Writers Strike and the one by united auto workers, one could soon come to an end, while the other is expanding. So lets start with the Writers Strike. A source tells cnn that the major film and Television Studios sent their best and final offer to the striking writers on saturday. It comes after four Straight Days of intense negotiations, both sides will meet again in the coming hours, but some on the picket lines are already hopeful the end is in sight. Listen to this. Im, you know, guardedly optimistic. Seems to be a good sign. Seems to be that theyre both finally sitting down in good faith and speaking with each other. With the ceos there, actually in negotiations, i feel like they realize, i actually need to be present and actually hear what the writers and our workers are saying, because i dont think theyve really thought that we were serious. I dont think they thought they valued our voices at first. Like, theyll get tired, no, we wont. The Writers Guild of america which has over 11,000 americans has been on strike for nearly five months over wages, worker protections, and the use of Artificial Intelligence. Cnns Camilla Bernal has been following developments and has more from los angeles. Reporter this is what writers have been waiting to hear for about five months now. Wga negotiators and Hollywood Studios are in the final phase of negotiations. And according to my colleague, oliver darcy, this deal could come by the end of the weekend. The two parties spent Saturday Negotiating for the Fourth Quarter consecutive day, and sources telling cnn that while the heads of the four major steroids, including Warner Brothers discovery, cnns parent company, nbc universal, disney, and netflix were no longer in the room on saturday, they were engaged in this whole process. Now, this strike that has paralyzed the Entertainment Industry and has had a major impact when it comes to the economy, some estimates indicate a 5 billion economic impact. And this has affected not just hollywood, but many, many other industries. A lot of the writers that i have talked to said that they were ready to return to work after a deal was reached between the two parties. But wga members still have to ratify the new contract, and furthermore, because the actors are also on strike, a deal doesnt necessarily mean that all productions will go back to normal. But some in the industry do believe that a deal with the writers could speed up the process for s. Aagaftra negotiations. Overall, its been a very difficult few months for those in the industry, but certainly hope is now in the horizon. Camilla bernal, cnn, los angeles. And joining me now is cnn media critic, brian lowry. Thanks so much for being here. So what do you make of the fact that there seems to have been substantial progress made here . Enough hope that were close to the end . Well, by all accounts, cnns reporting and other outlets, they are very close. Theyve made progress on most of the key issues, there were reports of basically the lawyers were in the room today, finalizing some of the key language on some of these points, which can be a little thorny, but i think the expectation is that if you were putting in football terms, they would be somewhere down inside the 20yard line. Okay, so near the goal line here. But this is dragged on and on. Why has it taken so long . You mentioned key issues. What have been the main sticking points here, do you think . Bell, theres several things. I think the writers and the actors were also out, really felt like this was sort of an Inflection Point for the industry. And theres been a dramatic change in the business with a shift towards streaming. Theres been a lot of concern about residuals tied to streaming, work for writers specifically in terms of the number of writers employed on these shorter order streaming shows. And also, the kind of the really hardtopeg issue is Artificial Intelligence and what ai could mean and what it could mean to production going forward. And i think theres a lot of uncertainty and a lot of fear that it will be used to replace people, digitally replace actors, use digitally written pieces, so theres al of issues that needed to be resolved. And i think the writers felt that they had to dig their heels in or theyd be doing this again in three years or six years. Interesting. This is about more than just money. An existential battle when youre talking about ai. Its hard to know, but do you think if they do get a settlement on this, it might affect other people in the Entertainment Industry or other Industries Even pabased on what happens here . I think youve seen one of the things the studios may have misread, theres been this sort of rising labor tide, which goes beyond the Entertainment Industry. But, you know, youre seeing it with the autoworkers now. But the media sector has been undergoing a fairly significant radical changes for years. Youve seen it in newspapers, now youve seen it reaching into movies and television and just the way that programming is getting delivered has changed and the real fear of the people that work on them and make them is that theyre being left behind. That the technology is changing, and that theyre not keeping up in terms of cashing in and sharing in it. And of course, the studios their business has taken a hit also. Theyre undergoing changes, too. So its not, you know, everyone has reason to be a little bit nervous, a little bit antsy about what the future holds and i think this deal will be welcomed by everyone in the industry, in terms of getting back to work. But i dont know that it necessarily solves some of these bigger issues that are going to play out over the next several years. Absolutely. In the meantime, the effects of this. I mean, my friend in the industry, many of them are at the Breaking Point here. How are folks in the Industry Coping now that this has dragged on for so long. Well, its been very tough. I mean, because, again, this doesnt just affect writers and actors. This affects belowtheline people that works on cruises, affects restaurants and prop houses and all kinds of people that serve and service these industries and these productions. And were talking billions of dollars. I think what the writers have seen is that actually with the compensation shrinking and with shorter orders on shows and a lot of them struggling to make the kind of living they used to make when they were working on Network Shows that would order, you know, 22 episodes of law and order, and now theyre doing a six or eightepisode for netflix and not making enough to sustain them for the year, the strike actually they were sacrificing, but not sacrificing at the level that they might have been 10 or 15 years. Lets hope this is resolved sooner than later. I know a lot of folks struggling there. Brian lowry, thanks so much for speaking with us. Thank you. United autoworkers are Walking Picket Lines against ford, general motors, and Stellantis Facilities in 20 states, but theres a hint of progress in this increasingly contentious labor dispute. The Uaw Aexpanded its strike friday, talks continued saturday between the union and all three automakers. Now, the strike is having an impact. One estimate indicates that through today, the cost of the economy could reach 5. 6 billion. The strikers say theyll stay off the job until they get what they deserve. Its been, geez, how long as it been since we had a raise . Weve gotten 3 in 12 years. Basically 11 . And theres been records broken, as far as profits theyve made 20 billion. And we just, you know, we want our fair share. The new Strike Locations didnt include ford facilities. The Union President said ford appears serious about reaching a deal and they reportedly has been progress on some key issues. Now to the looming deadline for funding the u. S. Government. And House Republicans floundering efforts to work out a deal. Gop leaders tried to find an agreement. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy admitted later, many hard liners were unmoved. The September 30th Deadline is less than a week away, giving lawmakers just days to work out a deal. Mccarthy plans to bring several individual spending bills to the floor next week, but they wont pass in the senate or avoid a shutdown. Still, mccarthy says he hopes opposition will soften a zerohour approach. Here he is. Crunch time. Were finally holding off on this time, finding everybody else. Shutting down as far as not getting paid, i dont see how President Biden slammed House Republicans saturday evening in a Congressional Black Caucus awards dinner. Here he is. Lets be clear. If the government shuts down, that means members of congress, members of the u. S. Military are going to have to continue to work and not get paid. A Government Shutdown could impact everything from food safety to cancer research, to head start programs for children. Funding the government is one of the most basic responsibilities of congress. And its time for republicans to star doing the job america elected them to do. Well, the federal government is preparing for potential disruption. Cnn White House ReporterPriscilla Alvarez has that. The Biden Administration is preparing for a potential Government Shutdown next week, if a shortterm funding bill is not passed in the coming days. Now, on friday, the Office Of Management And Budget formally initiated the process, essentially telling federal agents they should dust off their plans in the event of a Government Shutdown. That includes, for example, how many employees would be furloughed. How many would be considered essential, and would have to work without pay, as far as what activities and services may be disrupted. There were some services that will continue, be it federal Law Enforcement activities, border protection, or air traffic control. But the white house making clear over the course of the last week, that it is incumbent on republicans to get these bills passed. Now, we heard from republicans on saturday, who tried to lay out a path forward and also project some confidence, saying that the majority of their conference does not want to see a Government Shutdown happen, but the reality is that they just dont have enough votes. And for those bills that they do have enough votes, those are dead on arrival in the senate. So all of this raising the question about whether there will be a Government Shutdown a week from now. Priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. Bob menendez of new jersey is now facing calls to resign from within the senate itself. Fellow Democratic SenateJohn Fetterman became the first senator to say that menendez should step down following his indictment on corruption charges. Other democratic lawmakers and officials have also called for his resignation. The Justice Department named menendez, his wife, and three other people in fridays indictment. All deny their wrongdoing. The senator faced similar charges in 2015, but that case was dropped after a mistrial. Police won new jersey Democrat Andy kim has already announced his intention to run for menend menendezs seat next year. Ophelia is still a posttropical storm but is still bringing heavy rainfall to states. North carolina was inundated with up to 4 feet of storm surge. The coast guard rescued four people from an anchored sailboat after the conditions became too dangerous to stay aboard. Thousands lost power as high winds downed power lines. Polo sandoval is in new jersey where water was rising saturday afternoon. Ophelia will continue to impact millions of americans, specifically throughout parts of the northeast into sunday, as the remnants of the storm will continue to affect states like new york, potentially up to maine, according to meteorologists, and even here in the state of new jersey, where on saturday, we saw businesses up and down the iconic border walk, actually shutter and close their doors because of the storm. Officials hoping to deter any offi individuals from accessing the coastline here. If you look off in the distance, you can see some of those waves and what it really looked like on saturday here, as authorities do continue to expect these conditions, or at least similar conditions to continue into sunday, but they certainly are hopeful that they wont be as p bad as what we experience earlier in the weekend. Russias Foreign Minister Rail against the u. S. And his allies in his speech at the u. N. 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Russias Foreign Minister unleashed a flurry of unfounded accusations in his speech at the United Nations on saturday. The forum was the general assembly. Sergey lavrov spelling out russias take on the war in ukraine. He claimed that ukraine is led by a racist regime propped up by the west, that the u. S. And britain didnt want to war to end, and that russia recognizes ukraines sovereignty, despite invading that country and trying to annex parts of. It lavrov was later asked when he would consider the u. S. To be at war with russia, which led to this. Translator so you can call this whatever you want to call this, but they are directly at war with us. You call this a hybrid war, but that doesnt change the reality. But, lavrov didnt stop there. He also shot down ukraines Peace Proposal and railed against a u. N. Brokered grain deal which russia pulled out of in july. Richard roth was at the United Nations. On a windswept rainy day in new york city, Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov swept through the hall waist of the u. N. , speaking in the u. N. General assembly and the media at a press conference. He had strong words against washington and nato allies regarding how that s