It all goes down in the dms and the dms have been turned over. Twitter gave at least 32 private messages from Donald Trumps private account to special counsel jack smith. What that tells us about where that investigation is heading. Unprecedented strike. For the first time ever, thousands of autoworkers walk off in a job stoppage that targeted all three of the big automakers. The ripple effects will be felt across the country, even if youre not in the market for a new car right now. And utter devastation. At least 5,000 People Killed by Catastrophic Floods in libya. Rescuers are still desperately searching for 10,000 who remain missing. Were going to take you there. Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Special counsel jack smith has obtained some of Donald Trumps private twitter communications. Twitter handed over more than 30 direct messages from the donald trump account from earlier this year, after receiving a highly sensitive Search Warrant from prosecutors. The warrant was part of the federal election probe of the former president. Cnns evan perez is with us to tell us more. So what can you tell us about the secret evidence . Reporter so there were these 32 direct messages that twitter turned over. This is the subject of a very long, drawnout Behind The Scenes Secret Court Fight that was going on for months. And we knew that it was happening. We were trying to figure out which company it was, and we heard that it was twitter that was trying to block the special counsel jack smith and his team from getting these messages. One of the reasons they said they didnt want to turn them over, because they wanted to first notify the former president because they said there might be some Executive Privilege Claim that he could make, which he has done on a number of aspects oh of this investigation. In the end, the judge prevailed the Justice Department prevailed on twitter to turn over some of these things. In some ways, forcing them, in fact, to pay a fine for delaying their turnover of these texts. Now, what we do not know is whats contained in those messages, right . We dont know what the subject is. We dont know who sent them, and when they were sent. But we do know that jack smith and his team spent a lot of time fighting, trying to get this in this secret proceeding Behind The Scenes In Federal Court here in washington. Yeah. So we dont know the contempt of the dms, but can we sort of deconstruct why the special counsel would want them . Reporter yes, we can. Look, theres a lot of focus on what donald trump was doing on january 6th. What tweets he was sending and what tweets he did not send, what people were trying to get him to say on twitter to tell us supporters to leave the capitol that day as the violence is going on. I think we have a few of his tweets that day. Thats one that he sends at about 2 24, where hes criticizing mike pence for not having courage. This is happening as the violence is breaking out. Theres a couple more he sends where he is saying, people should obey law enforcement. He doesnt tell them to leave. He doesnt tell his supporters to leave the capitol. This is something that the January 6th Committee took note of. Theres the final one he sends a few hours later where he finally does say to his supporters that they should leave. Now, behind the scenes, we know that there was a lot of pressure on the former president to at least tell his supporters to leave the capitol. And so what we know is that jack smith and his team want to know which devices were being used to tweet that day. Which devices, you know, what messages may have been written or deleted for instance. Drafts. Right, drafts and stuff like that. We know that the former president has said publicly that he believes that this is exonerating to him, that all of this stuff is actually good for him. Its not clear that thats the case, because jack smith and his investigators have spent a lot of time trying to get at these devices and trying to understand what happened behind the scenes with donald trump and his use of twitter on that day, what he said on twitter, and what he didnt say for hours, as the violence was ensuing. Potentially who was trying to tell him, you have to say something, who he was chatting with. Perez, thank you so much. Jim . One of the biggest drivers of the American Economy is hanging in the balance right now. About 90 of the uaws members are on strike against plants belonging to all three u. S. Automakers. This morning, they walked out of three plants in michigan, ohio, and missouri. Workers want a 40 pay rise over the course of several years, as well as kasicost of living incrs and go back to traditional coverage for retires. General motorss ceo told cnn they made a very strong new offer to the union. We have a very compelling offer on the table. Im very frustrated, because i think we had an offer that resonates with our people. Its a historic offer. Gross wage increases of 20 . We have a deal that i think is very, very important, that proposal sits at the table. Our team is ready to be at the table. Theyre waiting and we need the uaw leadership to get back to the table, get these issues resolved so we can get poem back to work people back to work. Cnns dave cohen is with Union Members in toledo, ohio. Of course, Union Members have a very different view of this. They say they made big sacrifices in 2008, 2009, in the midst of the financial crisis then. And theyre trying to get back out of that hole in effect with some of these increases. So i wonder what youre hearing on the picket lines there. Are they ready to stick this out . Reporter jim, look, worker after worker has told me that they are preparing for the long haul for this to last quite some time. This is what day one of the strike in toledo looks like. You can see this huge crowd of people that have arrived here at the local union office to sign up for their strike pay. 100 a day that they will be paid by the union, because as of today they dont have a salary. This line goes down the block and then it snakes through this parking lot to the front door, more than a twohour wait. Look, there are 5800 members here who are now on strike. Three miles down the road, that stellantis factory, there are groups of picketers, about 15 at each and every gate right now. And thats where they will remain. A lot of these folks are going to be heading there later today or even into the weekend to do their shift. They said theyre ready to do their part and stick this out. I asked the head of the local union here why they think they were selected, why he thinks this union was selected. He told me look, the jeeps that are made at that Stellantis Plant are really the crown jewel for the company, and that it would be a big hit to shut down production. Thats exactly what happened. And we also heard from senator Sherrod Brown from the state of ohio today. He was here talking to workers. Heres what he told me. A dozen years ago, when this company, then called chrysler, now stellantis, these workers were willing to make major sacrifices in wages. These Companies Need to pay them back for their sacrifices. People have been here six, seven years still making 19. Some are here a year making 15 an hour. The ceo of this Company Makes literally 800 times what some of these workers make. Reporter and late last night, or early this morning i should say, i was on a Picket Line Up in michigan. I spoke with the head of the autoworkers union, who told me that they would not be going to the Bargaining Table today. That today was really about meeting with members and about these first demonstrations. So jim, its unlikely we will see any bargaining until at least tomorrow. Of course, its unclear how long this could last as so many of these members head to the picket lines. Gabe, thanks so much. Earlier today, joe biden called on the automakers to go further in their offers to the Striking Union work eers. He waded into this, kayla. Reporter he sure did. Major autoworkers are currently offering about half of the pay increases that workers are seeking. And earlier today, joe biden made comments that took him the farthest into camp with those workers sentiments that hes being willing to go yet. Auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices the uaw workers. Those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers. The bottom line is, autoworkers helped create americas middle class. They deserve a contract that sustains them and the middle class. Reporter just a few moments ago, White House Press secretary careen jean pierre denied this was a change of position by the president , who she says has always supported workers rights. But it does represent a change, because until this point, the white house has declined to take a side in this debate, encouraging both sides to reach a deal. Joe biden is dispatching his Acting Labor Secretary and Senior Adviser to detroit to encourage the sides to get to a deal, which they hope can happen expeditiously. Kayla, thank you. Jim . 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Reporter weve all covered wars, National Disasters before, but none of us have seen anything like this. I mean, we drove into derna late last night, and even during nighttime in the dark, you could still see the destruction. And now, during the day, this is just utter, utter destruction, and it really feels like youre walking through a war zone, like massive bombs have gone off here. This is what people here will tell you. You have several cities along the libyan coast that were impacted by the storm, by the flooding over the weekend. But nothing like this, what people are describing here as this catastrophic. What happened here as you know, is those two dams that burst, and you have the flood waters that swept through the whole of the city, washing out entire buildings, neighborhoods, homes, infrastructure, families. And brought it all down here to the sea, to the mediterranean. 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They dont have the means and capabilities to do this. One young man i was speaking to just a short time ago describing how people were just tying rope and Holding People as they would dive into the sea and start pulling out body after body. This one young man telling me in one day, he pulled 40 bodies just by himself. And right now, the volunteers here are saying look, they need heavy equipment. Youve got cars that are stuck in there, and they dont know how many people are still in there. Theyre worried that there are still people dead bodies, of course in these parts and they want help, they want divers, Diving Equipment to try and get recover as many bodies as they can. They have had some international support. We have seen some teams here. The turks were already out on a rubber boat just a short time ago. You have helicopters in the air. But it is nowhere near enough. Our thanks to jomana for that report. 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