Humanitarian crisis getting worse by the day as thousands of Asylum Seekers crossed into the u. S. This morning an update on where negotiations stand between striking autoworkers and the big three automakers. Were going to speak with michigan congresswoman Debbie Dingell about President Bidens visit to the picket lines tomorrow. The latest nbc news poll is out for the 2024 president ial election, well tell you about the numbers that should alarm democrats and republicans. We begin with a major breakthrough in the Writers Guild strike. Last night Hollywood Screen writers and Entertainments Studios reached a tentative agreement that could put an end to one of the longest walkouts in the history of the industry. If adopted, its a huge victory for thousands of writers who have spent nearly five months out of work and on the picket lines fighting for better conditions. In a statement, the Writers Guild negotiating committee said, quote, this deal is exceptional. Nbcs chloe melas joins us now. Whats in this agreement and what happens next . We do not have the official agreement yet. Some of the things we know are in there are greater protections around artificial intelligence. So many writers concerned that with this technology that their jobs could become obsolete. Also residuals in the streaming era, so were going to see a residual reward program and then also minimum numbers for writers and writers rooms and on shows, so these are some of those main sticking points and whats really interesting about this is that once this is ratified and voted on and it goes into full effect, we will see the sagaftra negotiations start that Union Represents over 100,000 actors. And so really hollywood cant get back up and running without both the writers and the actors, and well see this is sort of a framework for what the actors are hoping for as well. Yeah, because, chloe, right now we dont know if theres been any really substantial movement in the hollywood actors strike. There hasnt. There havent been any negotiations, if you can believe that, since the actors went on strike in july. So we are waiting for those talks to start and obviously the actors just hoping that a deal gets resolved soon. And i think that for all viewers out there wondering how this affects them, youre going to see daytime talk shows come back almost immediately. When it comes to late night shows, you will see those follow suit as well. You saw michael shay from snl saying i guess were back, but that kind of depends on which actors on snl are in the sagaftra union. And then when it comes to scripted, you know, so much has shifted. We even saw the emmys get pushed to january, not everything just sort of snaps your finger and it all goes back to normal. Were going to see some farreaching ramifications for everyone including viewers for months, if not longer, to come. And also not to mention this has cost studios, like warner brothers, discovery over 500 million economy, and the california economy, so many Different Industries from construction, dry cleaning, its behind the scenes, hair and makeup, craft services. Like the mayor of los angeles said, this is great, its One Step Forward but they really have to get those other industries back up and running as well. Chloe melas, thank you so very much. In just a couple of minutes one of the most powerful voices in congress, set to deliver remarks in the wake of an indictment. On friday prosecutors announced charges against menendez and his wife nadine. A grand jury accused them of Receiving Hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for the senators influence Chtd Menendez has slammed the charges as baseless and said hes being falsely accused. Joining us from union city, new jersey, is Msnbcs Lindsey Reiser. Good morning, what do we expect melendez to say . Reporter union city is where the senator began his political career. He was on the school board in union city. He graduated from high school here. He was mayor of union cityin the 80s. Seven and a half miles away is federal courthouse in manhattan. This will be his first public remarks since the indictment on friday. We of course heard from him on friday via statement. He defiant, and that is what we are expecting again today. A source telling our Julie Tsirkin that hes expectsed to remain defiant, not announcing any type of resignation. His first statement on friday said it is not lost on me how quickly some are to as a latino, there are absolutely ways in which there is systemic bias but i think what is here in this indictment is quite clear. So how do we expect this to affect his political future . Reporter he already has primary challengers. It appears that some of his colleagues in the senate are split. We have heard from one democratic senator John Fetterman who said that menendez should not be able to continue to wield his influence over national policy. He is one of the most powerful senators in the senate chairing the Foreign Relations committee, but nearly the entire New Jersey Congressional Delegation has called for his resignation. Governor phil murphy, typically a menendez ally, also the chair of the new jersey democrats calling on his resignation. While democrats do appear to be split, all of his colleagues are slamming the indictments and saying they are of course egregious. We will be asking him what he thinks of what some of his colleagues have said. It is unclear if he will be accepting questions today. And lindsey, its expectsed that the senator will be out there about 25, 30 minutes from now . Reporter thats right. And jose, this room is completely packed, media on either side of me, and so right now lets see, its about 11 06 eastern time. We are expecting this Press Conference to begin in about 24 minutes or, so and we will be bringing them to you live. Lindsey reiser, thank you so very much. Ill see you shortly then. This morning the crisis at the southern border continues to intensify. As daily migrant arrivals swell to the thousands, on thursday 8,200 migrants tried to cross into the u. S. 9,000 sought entry on wednesday. This new footage from our telemundo colleagues shows the moment a customs and Border Protection agent in eagle pass, texas, cut razor wire to free my migrants who had been stuck there. The mayor of had been stuck there. The mayor of says his city is at the breaking point. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says hes deployed more buses to send migrants to sanctuary cities. Nbcs guad venegas joins us now from eagle pass, texas. What happens to the people that are coming in, guad, whats the Current Border policy . What happens to these 7, 8,000 people that are every day crossing now . Reporter jose, its difficult to understand what the actual policy is thats being implemented right, because it was announced by dhs earlier in the year that people needed to use the cb 1 p app to apply for asylum. Anyone who entered illegally would be returned to mexico. That is not the case. Many people have crossed through the river, not used the app, requested asylum and theyve been allowed to remain in the United States. Many of them, the venezuelans have been offered temporary protected status. Its difficult to know whats being implemented. What we do know at this point in places like eagle pass, jose, Border Patrol has to engage in humanitarian actions. We saw the video where they were cutting the wire. They had to do that again yesterday. S that about 100 feet away. I spoke to the officer that cut the wire yesterday, and he said at this point we have people stuck. Theres babies in the crowd. Some of those kids were walking into the wire. He said we have to cut it. If we dont cut it, we dont know whats going to happen. At that point theyre saving lives. You can hear one of the patrols coming behind me. These are some of the airboats that are coming back and forth, jose. Its a difficult thing to understand. The policy thats being implemented. What we know is as you said, thousands are arriving at the u. S. mexico border, many of them riding the freight trains, that by the way, they halted but then they started these trains again. Many more arrived over the weekend, and they are now being processed by customs and Border Protection. Of course those that are allowed to remain in the United States will go to cities like new york or places where Governor Greg Abbott is busing them to. Were going to play part of a conversation that i had with one of these migrants that arrived yesterday. [ speaking in a global language ] just one of the many conversations that i had with someone coming in yesterday. By the way, yesterday we had families, we had children. We had babies just months old being carried by their mothers, part of those groups that we saw hundreds coming in, jose. Guad as this airboat passes by you, i know its loud and i appreciate your time. You know, you spent virtually the whole weekend speaking to folks. And as you say, men, women, children, babies that have made the most dangerous, horrific journey to get to where you are right now, and im just wondering, what do they tell you, guad, about why theyre doing what theyre doing. And what are they experiencing on the way to where you are . Reporter well, when i asked them what did you see on the way, they say death, they say sick people, sick children. Some of them traveled for three months, others for a month. Many of them riding those freight trains. You can imagine the conditions. Its about 100 degrees here, more than 100 degrees in the hottest part of the day or point of the day. You can imagine what it was like when they were walking. A lot of them jumped off the train south of the boarder and walked here, walked across. So very, very difficult conditions. Why do they come here . They say they have no other options. This is part of a humanitarian crisis that is taking place in south america, in Central America and that migration is happening. We see the numbers of people crossing the jungle from colombia to panama, and they are trying to make their way to the u. S. mexico border. We dont have official numbers because some of them cross and get permits in mexico through immigration. Tens of thousands are currently in mexico. When i talk to the migrants and i ask them is there more coming behind you . They say, yes, theres thousands walting to catch a train to get here. And jose, we should point out that the u. S. Has made an agreement with mexico where they say mexico will be able to deport migrants from Mexican Border cities back to their home countries. That would mean they would be able to deport people to venezuela, nicaragua and cuba. Mexico does have a close relationship with all of those countries. If mexico does implement this deal the way its been announced, it would change a lot of things, jose. But meanwhile, there are a lot of talk of negotiations and agreements and yet the reality is that people are doing everything they can to leave where they are and are making these dangerous treks, the ones who are certainly making a lot of money out of this are the Human Smugglers and the cartels that are very much enjoying whats happening. Guad venegas, i thank you so much for being with us. Appreciate it. 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Com tomorrow President Biden is expected to go to michigan and stand in solidarity and walk the picket line with members of the striking united Autoworkers Union. His appearance comes at the invitation of uaw president shawn fain. On wednesday, former President Trump will also visit detroit to speak to current and former autoworkers. Meanwhile, Union Leaders expanded the strike at gm and stellantis plants amid reports of progress being made with ford. Joining us now nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch with the latest from pontiac, michigan. Are there any updates on negotiations . Reporter at this point the last official word we have is that the strike was expanding against gm and stellantis as you mentioned. What that says is that the union feels it is in better shape in its negotiations with ford than with the other two companies. The union saying that it had made, quote, Real Progress with ford in particular, and separately, ford has now come to an agreement with canadian autoworkers, a different union, so momentum for that company potentially on multiple fronts. As you mentioned, gm, and stellantis getting squeezed more on this Strike Expansion which could now lead to the potential to hit consumers at the moment. We continue to speak with autoworkers about what they want including at this parts facility here at General Motors in pontiac, michigan. I talked with a worker about what hes looking for. Some people are emphasizing things like pensions, health care for retirees, other people are talking about pay and, you know, benefits for current workers. Heres what one man shared with me. Were pushing hard on the ev market. We want Security Making sure those jobs stay here and that, you know, especially in the parts division, that we get those parts, and we continue to prosper and grow as a company in the United States, you know. We dont want to see those jobs disappear. I also remember former President Trump saying he wanted to basically ship all the jobs from the big three that were here in the north down south to teach us a lesson. So you know, he wants to come, well take the support, but im not really banking on it. Reporter speaking to questions surrounding both President Biden and former President Trump, evs and alluding to the fact that the president has been pushing for expansion in that marketplace, but that has come with some concerns about a loss of jobs down the road, jose. Jesse kirsch in pontiac, thank you very much. With us now to continue our conversation is Michigan Democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingell. Its always a pleasure to see you. I thank you so very much for your time. Youve said that the president should not be intervening in negotiations between the Autoworkers Union and the big three automakers. Whatd you mean by that . I think its pretty extraordinary to see the sitting president of the United States going to show support to folks that are on the picket line. Its going to be an historical moment tomorrow, its good to see you and always good to be on with you. But what you are going to witness is historical moment for workers across the country, for a president to join them showing them his support and solidarity during these moments. What i have been clear on and i think by the way, the president has been clear far before he walked that or joins them at a picket line tomorrow, that he is standing with the workers. But when you get to the negotiating table, that table should not have people, policymakers like the president or me at it. They intervened in the Railroad Strike and people have still felt some consequences from that. Well, the economy is feeling the impact of this strike and is going to feel it more if it continues. People are being reminded of the importance of the Auto Industry to our economy. We still have the backbone of it. These negotiations are between the workers and the companies. We need to understand policies. We need to understand how people are he should not intervene at the negotiating table. So what do you think the union and the autoworkers need to do in order to reach a deal . I think progress is being made. I think that uaw has been very clear on things that mattered to them. Cost of living, which the workers lost when they supported the companies, when they were facing bankruptcy in 2008 and 2009, theyre not making in real terms, theyre making less than they were in those years. They want cola. They want to eliminate tiers so people arent doing the same job on the same line and just because when they were hired in theres a significant pay differential and they want job security. So i think thats i think progress is being made on all sides listening to each other. I think as you heard a union worker say a few minutes ago, the future of Electric Vehicles is something thats on the table and a tou