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Even with phort tkpwapbl rates soaring to their highest level in decades. Primetime showdown. All eyes on Deion Sanders. Why coach prime says his next game is personal. Go, go go big or go home and sorry if this one hurts, michael. Wide open it is michigan all the way for the touch down jalen hurts making magic for a 63 yard eagles touchdown. Plus the magical story of how these one pound preemies beat the odds. Their parents tell gma about it all, and the moment the whole precious family could finally go home. Announcer live in times square, this is Good Morning America. Good morning america. Well get to that part later. [ laughter ] im sorry, but im phot sorry. Way to get off to a good start. Right . We have a lot of news to get to. We are tracking that hurricane. Parts along the coast are expecting massive waves. Massive waves. But we begin with breaking news overnight. United autoworkers going on strike. We are the union they are taking unprecedented action against all three automakers at once. But only walking out at one plant for each company. Senior National Correspondent terry moran is at a plant in michigan with the latest. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, george. Im here outside the ford plant in wayne where they make broncos and rangers. Theyve been on the picket line since midnight last night. Hundreds last night. Now theyre going in shifts. Its been a summer of strikes, hasnt it . Hollywood, health care, u. P. S. And now the big one, the auto industry. The uaw demanding, like the others, better pay and benefits, trying to shift the industry back towards workers. Union reporter at the stroke of midnight and a deal nowhere in sight, the united autoworkers are on a historic strike for the first time walking out of facilities from all of the big three u. S. Automakers. Uaw is ready to stand up. This is our defining moment. Reporter but this is not a mass walkout, for now. The union is aiming to disrupt corporate operations with targeted strikes at three facilities, a ford plant in michigan, a gm plant in missouri and an ohio plant for chryslers owner. Stellantis. A total of 12,700 workers have walked off the job so far. This strategy will keep the companies guessing. Reporter in the final hours a behind the scenes scramble to avoid what would be a devastating strike, with President Biden calling uaw president shawn fain and all three of the automakers leader. Ford and gm offering a 20 wage increase. But thats only half of what the union was calling for, a 40 increase. They say thats right in line with the pay increases the ceos have had since the last contract. Workers also demanding a return to pension plans, better Retiree Healthcare and cost of living adjustments. Fords ceo telling us the unions demands are unsustainable and an industry aiming to adapt to the future. We are the most Important Industries for jobs in america. Everyone will suffer, especially in the communities where we have plants. Reporter by one estimate a strike at all three companies could cost the economy more than 5 billion with tens of thousands of jobs lost. But for scott fox out on the picket lines here this morning, this strike is about much more than the auto industry. So bottom line, people watching this, what do you want people to know about what youre doing . I want them to know were looking out for everybody not just the union people here at this plant. You got the mega dollar dudes and then you got us down here. Reporter the Companies Say they have put a fair offer on the table and they say they are prepared for a strike. Theyve got an inventory of cars and some money in the bank. This could go on for awhile. As you heard there from scott fox, for the workers, this is something more. This is a time to reset the balance between workers and management which they believe has been out of whack for a long, long time. George . Terry, thank you very much. Well see how it plays out. Gms Ceo Mary Barra will join us in our next hour. We turn to hurricane lee and its impact on the east coast. A state of emergency is in effect in maine this morning as the storm kicks up big waves and creates dangerous rip currents along the shore. Rob marciano is there live. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, michael. The center of lee still over 500 miles away. The cloud shield has arrived. These waves the last 24 hours have been relentless, slamming ashore here. Beach erosion is on going. Rip currents certainly a big issue with this. We could see a push of water as far as flushing, new york. New york metro getting a piece of the action. Lets look at the water with this, the waves. Good thing were on the east side of this thing. 30, 40 footers will be coming, approaching canada, as this thing moves up toward the north and saturday with its approaching landfall. Storm surge on the northern side of this for the cape, 10 to 16 footer coming in on the south side of this. Hard core surfers, theyve been coming in from all over north america to right these big waves. Make no mistake this water coming in with lee is extremely dangerous. Michael . No doubt about that, rob. Thank you very much for that. Lets go to ginger in seabright, new jersey, with the track of the hurricane and the flood threat. Good morning, ginger. Hey, good morning. Just a north wind blasting us with sand already. Yes, that same cloud shield rob was seeing, were seeing the edges of as well. Lee with more than 560 miles from the center here is way out there. Bermuda felt it, with crashing waves. Then its passed really quickly. This is when the thing starts racing and it goes north into canada by tomorrow night. But as rob said, the impacts will be felt well bond. The rip current risk, they have beaches down the shore here in new jersey that are going to fine people if they get in the water. Keep that in mind as waves up to 16 feet on long island. Then Tropical Storm warnings from cape cod up to bar harbor, including halifax. Rebecca, i should tell you this. About those Tropical Storm force winds being so wide beyond where the storm goes that youll feel. It will be gone by sunday. Wow. Such a huge reach though. Thank you, ginger. We appreciate it. We turn now to the latest on hunter biden. The president s son was indicted by federal prosecutors on three gun charges after a plea deal fell apart. In a moment we will be hearing from his attorney live. But first our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas joins us now. Good morning, pierre. Reporter rebecca, good morning. Two months ago the president s son seemed on the verge of putting this case largely behind him, but now hes at the center of a legal and political storm that could damage his father. This morning the consequences of a plea deal unravelling. The president s son indicted on three felony gun charges. Hunter biden facing two counts of making false statements and one count of illegal gun possession. The charges filed by special counsel david weiss are tied to Hunter Bidens drug addiction, which in 2018 was so bad, that he was using crack cocaine, quote, at times as frequently as every 15 minutes. I went one time for 13 days without sleeping and smoking crack and drinking vodka exclusively throughout that entire time. Reporter that year in october hunter biden purchased a colt revolver and filled out a form saying that he was not a drug kwrouzer, which prosecutors say made his purchase and possession of the gun illegal. But the gun charge was supposed to go away when biden agreed to plead guilty to tax crimes as part of a deal with dave weiss, who was a trump appointed u. S. Attorney for delaware who had been investigating biden for five years. After that deal fell apart, weiss lobbied the attorney general and asked to be named special counsel. Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently. Reporter weiss then warned any chance of plea negotiations restarting was unlikely telling the court, quote, the parties are at an impasse. This morning Hunter Bidens attorneys are claiming the special counsel is bending to political pressure, mainly from House Republicans who are seeking to impeach the president with thus far little to no evidence of crimes. On capitol hill, some republicans not satisfied, saying the indictment does not go far enough. While some democrats argue the Justice System is working. Im glad its being uncovered. I wish it had been uncovered four years ago. If hunter biden committed crimes, he should be held cot accountable. That should happen in the court of law. Hunter biden is a private citizen. He is not the president of the united states. Reporter the president has stood by his son but thursday he had no comment as he tries to show that hes not influencing this case. George . Okay, pierre, thank you very much. We are joined by Hunter Bidens attorney. Abbe lowell. Abbe, thank you for joining us. You say the prosecutors are bending to political pressure. Are you maintaining your client is innocent of the charges . Well, innocent has three legs to it, doesnt it . First as to the political pressure i want to make sure everybody understands that after five years of an investigation that the prosecutors knew all the facts and the only change that has occurred between when they investigated and today is that the law changed. But the law didnt change in favor of the prosecution. The law changed against it because a couple of federal courts have found this gun charge to be unconstitutional. So first, theres an agreement in place where this charge should have been brought. Second the statute is likely unconstitutional. Third on the facts, we think well have a defense. You say you think youll have a defense. On the form hunter biden wrote that he was not a drug user. By his own admission he was a drug user, wasnt he . Okay, look. If youre going to be specific, then be specific. If the form asks if you are a drug user on the day you buy a gun that is an issue. If it says have you ever used drugs thats an issue. That will be played out in court. Let me stop you there. You are saying your defense is going to be that he was not a drug user on the day he signed the form . No, our defense has multiple parts to it. The first is that theres a deal in place that should have prevented this. Second is that courts are finding the statute unconstitutional. The third, if it ever gets that far, and we dont believe it should, there will be a defense on the facts of this case. Again, i need to point out for people who are paying attention that whats odd about this is the fact that this happened in 2018, Law Enforcement showed up, no charges. The u. S. Attorneys office has known about this for years. No charges. When they found out about it and made a deal it was for a diverted agreement. What changed . Not the facts, not the law, but all the politics that have now come into play. Was hunter biden a drug user on the day he signed the form . I think thats something that, if it ever gets that far, you and everybody else will see the evidence. And what is the evidence . The evidence will be presented when and if there is a trial. Its not going to be somehow prelimed in this interview today or others. George, i want people to understand what happened yesterday. What happened yesterday is that after prosecutors were on the scene and investigated and saw what happened, no charges were ever filed. When a charge was theoretically filed, it was a diversion agreement. Since this time, no fact has changed. Theyve known all the facts about hunters possession of a gun for years, and the law that is being applied has only gotten to the point where the statute has been held to be unconstitutional. What people should be focusing on is not what happened five years ago, but what happened in the last six weeks to change a diverted agreement into now a felony gun charge. The only thing thats changed has been the political pressure put on by the republicans in congress and the media that supports them. You said if this reaches trial. Do you think a plea deal is still possible . I think the case will be dismissed before trial. Abbe lowell, thank you very much. Michael . Thank you, george. To the latest on the flooding catastrophe in libya and massive Recovery Efforts under way. Ian pannell has more. Good morning, ian. Reporter good morning, michael. Thats right. A massive recovery and rescue operation is under way in the city hardest hit by these floods. Residents reportedly told to stay off the streets while emergency teams look for bodies. The red crescent reporting 11,000 people have died, 10,000 still missing. New satellite images though revealing the scale of the disaster before and after photographs show houses and roads washed away when the storm hit and two storms hit. And two major dams burst. Another shows one of the dams intact and what it looks like now. Mass burials have taken place amid reports of bodies being washed ashore miles from the city. Libyan authorities now admit the dams built in the 70s havent been maintained for years and the u. N. Claiming libyas weather warnings were inadequate saying we could have avoid most of the human casualties. More aid is arriving but disease fears as well as recovery operations, there are now thousands of survivors who desperately need help. Rebecca . And you can just feel that desperation in though images. All right, ian, thank you very much. We turn now to the convicted killer who was caught after two weeks on the run. Hes now in a maximum security prison being held alone in a cell under special observation. Trevor ault, who has been tracking this from the beginning, has the very latest from the prison. Good morning, trevor. Reporter good morning, rebecca. So Danilo Cavalcante is in prison, in a maximum security facility. Hes at fti phoenix an hour north of the prison that he escaped two weeks ago. Department of corrections said he is in his own cell, that specialized observation unit. He will even eat his meals inside that cell. He will have the option to put together a visitor and telephone list if he chooses. This morning we are learning details about the dog who took cavalcante down, customs and Border Protection named yoda. A 4yearold belgium malanois. They say he first bit cavalcante on the scalp and then latched on to his leg. Thats likely the reason cavalcante was not able to fire the stolen rifle at officers. This morning yoda the dog is back home in detroit. Hes one of hundreds of officers from agencies all over the country that came to pennsylvania to get Danilo Cavalcante back behind bars. Michael . Definitely was a big effort to make that happen. Cant get away from yoda. Thank you very much, trevor. Now to all eyes on Deion Sanders this weekend as his upstart Colorado Football Team takes on rival colorado state. Sanders quickly turning around a program that won just one game last season, making plenty of waves in the process. Demarco morgan has more for us. Good morning, demarco. Reporter good morning to you. Trash talking began, Deion Sanders is no stranger to the spotlight. In fact, they dont call him primetime for nothing. Hes certainly brought bright lights to colorado in his first season as head coach, taking over a team 111 last season. He overhauled the season and they are 20 and ranked 18th in the country. This weekend taking on their intrastate rivals. It is the hottest ticket in town. Prices on the secondary market ranging from about 150 in the nose bleed section to more than 2,000 closer to the action. Colorado state head coach jay norville mocking sanders for wearing a hat and sunglasses to a news conference. Sanders said norville is now making the game personal and giving his team extra ammunition for the showdown. This will be the teams first saturday meeting since 2019. Colorado has won the last five game, by the way. Espns College Game Day will be live from boulder for the big matchup. You can catch all the action 9 a. M. Eastern time. The game starts 10 p. M. Eastern also on espn. Everyone is watching deion. If he does what he did for jackson state, its something to see. Had to throw that in there. Had to get that in there . Okay. Nothing wrong with that. We will be watching. Should be a good entertaining game. Thank you very much, demarco. Coming up the major deadline in the murdaugh case. His team argues for a retrial, what could happen, and what the attorney for four of the jurors is telling abc news this morning. Plus las vegas hacked. The massive disruption at some hotels and casinos. How some home buyers are still getting Mortgage Rates at 3 . It is a little known strategy and were going to tell you all about it. First we go back to ginger. Hi, ginger. Rebecca, wind gusts on cape cod could go as high as 70 miles per hour. The worst of it tonight through early tomorrow. Well get much more to lee. Your local weather in 30 seconds. Seconds. Early in the morning its the dawn of a new day new hopes, new dreams, cancelled plans . The worry . That was then. And look at me now. 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