Thank you so much for joining me this saturday. Im fredericka witfield. We begin with the historic autoworkers strike, now in its second full day. Negotiators for the carmakers and the union are expected to be back at the Bargaining Table Today. For the first time ever, workers are striking at plants for General Motors, ford and stellantis at the same time. The carmakers say despite big profits in recent years, the raises being demanded would drive them out of business. President biden weighing in, saying now is the time for the companies to step up. No one wants a strike. Say it again. No one wants a strike. But i respect workers rights to use their options under the collective bargaining system. I believe they should go further to ensure record corporate profits mean record contracts. Gabe cohen is at a Stellantis Plant in ohio where workers there are striking. Any signs of hope that these negotiators, when they meet today, might have good news for the strikers . Reporter were waiting on any word of progress today at the bargaining table. We know the Autoworkers Union said yesterday they had sent counter offers to each of those big three automakers. They were waiting on a response. We also learned yesterday how wide the divide has been between the two sides, with the head of the union saying that up to this point, 80 of their members demands have not been met by the automakers in any of their offers at this point. Up until a deal is met, were going to be seeing picket lines like this one 24 hours a day. Were outside this Stellantis Factory where they build more than a thousand jeeps per day, but these workers have shut down this facility. About a half mile down this stretch, youll see groups like the one behind me outside rallying. The energy level is so high on this second day of the strike. We know that 13,000 workers are now on strike. Theyre making A Hundred Dollars a day in strike pay. So many were preparing to strike as long as it takes. This is michael wade. You said youve been working here for six years. You brought your kids to be part of this. Why . I want them to stand up for what they deserve. We deserve it. Its a long time coming. Reporter you work late nights, past 3 00 a. M. Most of the time. What have working conditions been like for you in this job thats brought you to the picket line . The Work Experience has actually been great for the six years ive been working here. But working next to somebody who is a parttimer, youre making 10 less than me or 15 less than me, and were doing the same job. I dont think thats fair. We all need to be on an equal path and not just be parttime for years. Reporter thousands of workers like yourself are making A Hundred Dollars a day in strike pay. Youre raising three kids. How long do you think you can sustain that . Ill be honest, i didnt prepare too much, because i didnt think it was going to happen. But thats me. Im new to the game. Were going to make it happen. Its going to be kind of rough. 500 is not a lot, car note, insurance, raeent, yeah. Reporter both sides are at the Bargaining Table Today. What would be your message to your Union Leaders at that Bargaining Table Today . Just keep fighting for whats right. Keep fighting for what we deserve. Just dont back down and settle for less, because they have it. They can give it to us. We deserve it. Reporter thank you so much. Good luck out here. Thank you. Reporter again, fred, you hear the honking, Cars Flying B by, so much support. Weve seen Police Officers and firefighters coming by revving their engines flashing lights. You can tell they support these workers. Its day two. Well see if theres any progress in the coming hours. During that entire interview, she kept holding that sign and waving it as a striking worker. Gabe cohen in toledo, thank you so much. Any moment now texas State Senators will start voting on the political fate of Attorney General ken paxton. He faces 16 articles of impeachment, most of them stemming for allegations that he abused his office to help a friend and donor. Its the latest in a string of controversies that have followed paxton since he was elected back in 2014. Ed lavandera joining us from austin. Have all the senators arrived to get the Voting Process under way . Reporter well, theres some sort of delay. We dont know what the delay is about. A vote was supposed to have started at 10 30 this morning central time. They announced its been delayed to 11 10 central time. There have been a number of senators coming and going. We have still not seen ken paxton here this morning. He did not attend much of the impeachment trial. He showed up at the beginning and yesterday during Closing Arguments. We have not seen him. We have not seen the Lieutenant Governor who presides over the senate and has essentially served as the judge during this impeachment trial. This will begin the Voting Process. It will be a lengthy process. There are 16 articles of impeachment that these senators have heard testimony on. That is what the vote will take place on. Each of these articles of impeachment will be voted on individually and each senators vote will be announced individually. If he is convicted on just one of the articles of impeachment, ken paxton, who is currently suspended from working as the Attorney General in texas, would be removed from office. There are 16 articles. He was charged with 20 articles of impeachment by the house, but only 16 of those have been heard in this trial. Four of them have been set aside for now. Essentially what Ken Paxton Needs, he needs ten republican senators to vote to acquit him for him to remain in office. There are 31 senators, only 30 of them are voting because the 31st is Angela Paxton, ken paxtons wife, and by the rules of the impeachment process, she is not allowed to vote. Everyone is parsing the numbers. You need nine republicans to join 12 democrats to reach 21, the number that it would take to remove ken paxton from office. That is why Ken Paxton Needs ten votes to survive this impeachment vote. There will be 16 different votes. If he is convicted on any article of impeachment, there would be a vote at the end to determine whether or not ken paxton can be barred from holding future office. There is a scenario here where ken paxton could be removed from office, but not barred from Holding Office in the future. Theoretically, perhaps you could see him run again. Getting a little bit too far ahead of myself there, but lets see how these votes on the first 16 articles of impeachment go. Sure. Youre laying out what the process is all about. Ed, you mentioned that while the Attorney General hasnt been seen, does he need to be present in order for the voting to get under way . Reporter not exactly 100 clear on that. Maybe thats perhaps part of the deal. He did not have to be present for much of the testimony. His attorneys had him there for the beginning and the Opening Statements made in this trial. Once testimony started, ken paxton was not seen again in the chamber until friday morning when Closing Arguments were made. We have seen his wife senator Angela Paxton inside the chamber this morning. She was talking to various aides and senators there on the floor. As i mentioned, we have not seen paxton. I dont know if that is part of the delay or what the question might be. Its been a little bit difficult to get clear answers as to what this delay is about right now. Were trying to run leads on that right now. I see activity behind you. We also have a live picture inside the chamber, where it appears as though a number of senators have walked into the room. I dont know what kind of indicator that will be for what we know to be a delay. I understand they are doing a prayer right now. Perhaps things will soon get under way. Ed, were going to let you continue to do your thing and your additional reporting and check back with you. As things develop, well be calling upon you again. Ed lavandera in austin, thank you. Were also following the latest on lee, the powerful storm nearing the new england and canadian coasts. Hours ago lee weakened from a category 1 hurricane to a postTropical Cyclone. Its still posing serious threats, including Hurricane Force winds and heavy rain. Derrick van dam is live in harwich, massachusetts, on cape cod. Reporter i think that we got really lucky with this particular storm. Just talking to some of the local residents here, they have to agree, because we know these hurricanes are a game of miles. If this thing was west by 50 miles, we would have significantly worse impacts here on cape cod and the barnstable county, where i am located on the shores of massachusetts. The same cannot be said for whats taking place now in the state of maine, where the bulk of this most intense part of post Tropical Cyclone lee is located. I just looked. Seeing those numbers for Power Outages tick up and up and up. Theyre currently at 80,000 customers without power. Just a few hours ago, that was about 40,000. That kind of spells out whats been happening there. Just analyzing this latest satellite imagery, you see all those shades of red in maine. That is the stronger part of what was hurricane lee. That is why were seeing the bulk of the Power Outages in down east maine. Theyre getting the brunt of the storm. That looks like it will Come Ashore In Western Nova Scotia or New Brunswick in the coming hours. It will be a weakening low pressure system. The thing we have been trying to hammer home for the past few days is that the wind field is just so large. Tropical Storm Force Winds extend 400 miles. That is why where im standing on cape cod in massachusetts, we are still feeling the impacts, experiencing Tropical Storm force gusts. Were actually pushing our tide right now. So were approaching a high tide which will occur later this afternoon, roughly about 1 00 this afternoon. Thats going to not be so much of a concern, because the bulk of the winds have moved on already. As we move closer toward the center, that combination between strong winds and high tide could cause still some coastal erosion. Heres a look at the winds. Weve had gusts in nantucket at 55 Miles Per Hour with 20foot waves on their shoreline there. We were spared here in cape cod. They treated this like a noreaster. But i think now were looking forward to Better Weather tomorrow. I know they are. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Straight ahead, donald trump is lashing out at the Special Counsel investigating his alleged 2020 federal election interference case. 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Reporter the Special Counsels team is really laying out a long list of reasons why they want the judge to step in immediately and order donald trump to stop Making Statements, both online and in person, that could end up intimidating witnesses, Court Officials or even the jury pool. The Special Counsel did reveal on friday that numerous witnesses have faced threats and intimidation because of various statements from donald trump. So now theyre asking the judge Tanya Chutkan to do something about trumps words, saying the defendants repeated inflammatory public statements regarding the district of columbia, the court, prosecutors and potential witnesses are substantially likely to materially prejudice the jury pool, create fear among potential jurors and result in threats of harassment of individuals he singles out. Put simply, those involved in the Criminal Justice process who read and hear the defendants disparaging and inflammatory messages from Court Personnel to prosecutors to witnesses to potential jurors may reasonably fear they could be the next targets of the defendants attacks. Because of that, the Special Counsel wants judge chutkan to issue an order restricting trump from making certain comments. The Special Counsel, theyve really laid out a number of social media posts and comments from trump over recent weeks that have targeted not only the Special Counsel jack smith, but also former Vice President mike pence and even a prosecutor on jack smiths team. Now judge chutkan has to make that determination. She already ordered trump to refrain from disparaging comments. That was during his arraignment. Now the Special Counsel wants the judge to issue this official order in writing prohibiting