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Her debut as moderator of Meet The Press sits down with donald trump. Well play for you what he said when asked if he told a staffer to delete camera footage. Later, Hundreds Of Thousands of immigrants brought here as children could be in limbo now that a judge ruled a program to protect them is unlawful. Well talk to beto orourke about that and more. And remembering the life of renowned artist fernando who has died at 91. In this hour, with our Breaking News overnight, right now nearly 13,000 auto workers are on strike after their union failed to reach a deal on a new contract late last night. This is a live look at striking workers at g ms plant in missouri. Strikes are taking place at three different plants. But the uaw union says there is potential for more if a deal is not reached. Some demands includes a 40 hourly pay increase. Reduced weekly hours and Pension Reform among other issues. One of the auto makers made a statement saying we are extremely disappointed by the uaw leaderships refusal to engage in a responsible manner to reach a fair agreement in the best interest of our employees, their families and our customers. President biden is expected to deliver remarks about the strike. We will bring you those remarks when they occur. Joining us from outside a stellantis plant, Shaquille Brewster with us. Shaq, you are at one of the factories where workers are striking. What are they saying . Reporter thats right, jose. 6,000 workers walked off the job here in toledo, ohio. Look, what you are hearing from these auto workers is that, one, they did not want to strike. They dont want to be in this position. They know strikes are hard. But what they want is a fair contract in their words and a strong contract in their words. 46 wage increase. They know they will be eventually some flexibility on that. But they want to get higher pay. They feel like they have been losing out because of factors like inflation. If you look at the average pay, their increase in pay has been trending the average american worker. That has been a big Sticking Point not only for these workers but also a Sticking Point in the negotiations. I want you to listen to one of my conversations i had with a shift leader just this morning about that point, about why the pay aspect is so important to her. The new people coming in are ses, they call, supplemental employees. Theyre coming in at the same price mcdonalds is hiring. Thats not a good living for them. If you got in at jeep or gm or ford, you were going to make a good living. Reporter of course, there are other sticking issues. There is retirement. There is your lifestyle essentially. They want more time off, for example. And what you are hearing from auto makers is that thats just not sustainable. That labor costs are going high. That means for their business that wouldnt be sustainable. They meet the Union Demands and run a profitable business. Thats the argument youre hearing from auto makers. We hear offers were exchanged as early as yesterday. No negotiations, which means the strike will extend, jose, into the weekend. So help us understand how things got to this point. So, jose, it got to this point because both sides dont even appear to be close in their expectations for this deal. So, shaq, you mentioned both this 40 , 46 cumulative pay raise. The reduction to 32 hours of work, restoration of traditional pension benefits instead of 401 k or traditional defined compensation plans, these are all key components of the uaws position. The counter offers that have been made, as shaq points out, just happening in the last 48 hours or so. General motors out just yesterday putting forth a proposal in line with key parts of the offer already made by ford as well. G ms frame work involves just a 20 bump in pay over the next four years. 20 seems like a lot, but it is not 40 to 46 . They twauk about this quicker path towards getting towards upper tiers of wages. They have also offered unspecified Cost Of Living adjustments. And this is a big one. They promised not to shut down any u. S. Manufacturing plants or warehouse facilities. They have offered up to five weeks of paid vacation, alongside two weeks of parental leave. The uaw is taking that firmer line on those points, not just the 40 pay bump. We mentioned the 32 hour workweek. They also want an end overall to that tiered wage system. So those are the bigger points of contention. Now, this is the interesting part here for stellantis, which is unique in this situation. They could be more contentious here because a slate of other car brands already indicated it could be looking to close down nearly half of the 35 factories and parts depots it has across america because it already has way more Production Capacity around the world than it needs to produce the cars that customers demand. Job losses at stellantis could be much more of an issue during that process, jose. This is the reason why things are so complex. When you are dealing with all three at the same time, it is hard to find some real consensus because each company has different situations that theyre in economically, jose. You were mentioning today there will be no negotiations. What is going forward, the schedule . Reporter well, that remains to be seen. We expect negotiations to pick up tomorrow once we get into the weekend, but how long this strike could last is a big question the workers are asking. Theyre saying theyre willing to stay out here as long as necessary. They have been preparing for it. Not just these plants. But all the uaw workers have essentially been put on standby. So we know this is a rolling strike. It is called a standup strike. It is three plants right now. It could be six on monday, nine on tuesday. You dont know when they will call in more workers for this strike. We could tell you if there is a sign of how long people expect to be outside this plant in toledo. There is a sense that people are getting that this may be an extended strike. The benefit for the union of having this standup strike where it goes plant by plant is that that means their strike fund will last a little bit longer. So theyre prepared, they say, to have this go into the long haul. Thank you. Joining us now is Tiffany Simmons who works at ford as a Production Team leader. Thank you so much for being with us, tiffany. Just wondering, what was it like . It was a very overwhelming experience. We were prepared well, we have been preparing for this. Normally we start the contract as soon as contract year getting here. So we have been prepping and going through all the emotions of preparing for a possible strike since negotiations began. Was it something that we thought would happen . It was something that we prayed would not happen. But here we are. Emotions were high last night. Everyone was on guard. We walked peacefully out of the facility. Everyone immediately took post at our local, which is directly across the street from our plant. There was excitement. There was adrenaline. Its the beginning of a fight. It is the beginning of a fight we have been prepping for for a very long time as uaw members. Yeah. The ceo of general motors, which is one of the three companies you are negotiating with. Here is part of what mary had to say on cnbc. Listen to this. I think we have a very generous offer on the table. It is historic. From a wayne even crease perspective, it is the most productive offer in our 115year history. What do you think of that . It is very insulting for someone that makes my wages, along with probably my entire plants wages with the entire salary to say that its a generous offer for what were what they have given us. Costs of living has gone up. But our wages havent. What used to be a job that my father could provide for our entire family for is no longer that. So for her to say that thats generous, thats almost laughable. Tiffany simmons, i thank you for being with us. Really appreciate your time. Now to Breaking News from alabama where Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will mark the 65th Anniversary of a bombing of a church to confront uncomfortable lessons about race. Senior Legal Correspondent laura jarett joins us. It is her second year on the bench. And Justice Jackson is not holding back. She is going all in in a speech thats set to start very shortly there in alabama, as you mentioned, marking the 60th Anniversary of that infamous church bombing. And shes talking about race. Shes talking about race and education. She says, and this is according to some draft remarks. But she says, we have to confront these uncomfortable lessons that are often the ones that teach us the most about ourselves. We cannot learn from past mistakes that we do not know exist. It is a notably blunt set of remarks from a sitting Supreme Court justice on controversial, Hot Button Cultural Issues of the day, on the heels of a Supreme Court term that was nothing short of a blockbluster with gutting Affirmative Action and dealing with Voting Rights and gerrymandering. It is interesting for her to do this at this point in time as this is beginning her second year on the u. S. Supreme court as the first black woman. Thank you very much. Really appreciate you. Still ahead, Chaos On Capitol Hill as House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy fights off his gop critics. Time is running out to avert a government shutdown. Plus, whats next for hunter biden . 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Hunter biden was indicted on charges he died about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018, charges that carry the possibility of prison time. The indictment comes weeks after a plea deal that would have kept him out of prison fell apart. The younger bidens lead lawyer questioned why the charges were brought during an appearance on cnn last night. This office has never brought a charge like this against anybody. When they are bringing this charge, it is either because somebody had the gun in a commission of a crime, they have bought multiple guns, they are a Straw Purchaser for somebody else or they are a felony in possession. None of that is true about hunter biden. So, tom, whats the latest and what comes next on this case . Procedurally, hunter biden will have to appear in a delaware courthouse, the same courthouse where this Plea Agreement went south in late july. So they will have to appear there again. They will combine his last appearance and his plea, which we presume to be not guilty. At that point, the legal fight on these specific charges begins, and there is a whole host of things that lisa is aware of and all our analysts are, the potential avenues that the legal team might want to attack this. The legal team was saying Something Like this has never happened with some exceptions. Has Something Like this happened before . Not to my knowledge. The representation is generally true. These arent charges that are generally brought in isolation. They are usually brought in circumstances far different from this one. There are three charges against hunter biden. Two have to do with making false statements in connection with his purchase of a firearm. The third is possession of a firearm while using drugs or being addicted to drugs. Thats the representation you make on the form. Is there anything to the timing of this . Tom was saying, this was as a consequence of that plea deal they had agreed to falling apart. There is something to the timing. But we still have a little time left. The statutes under which hes being charged have a fiveyear statute of limitation. The facts leading to these charges stem from an incident in 2018. So we have a little time left but not more than two to three weeks. Interesting that of the things that were included in that plea deal that fell apart, this is probably the only one that the weapons, the gun charge, that has a beginning, middle and end to it as far as investigations because this is an incident that occurred, it finished and it wasnt repeated. The other issues of the taxes are probably more prone to further investigation. Thats right. So the gun charges and the conduct, it is really three charges centered around one thing. That was an 11day period of time. We have the tax investigation, which was a fiveyear investigation. I spoke earlier this week with the person that opened this investigation which they found in the course of another crime or potential crime they were looking at. So their work is done. The irs work was done. The team that was working on that, as we have reported, as others reported, are pushed off of that case. At some point, there is a discussion about a potential plea. As you said, we havent seen those charges yet. It is likely they will be filed. But the window of conduct that they can look at as pointed out on the gun case, there is a statute of limitations concern. The same are the case on the tax charges and a charge that was going to be pleaded guilty to this summer, a misdemeanor tax charge, the statute of limitations for that will come up in october. It is possible we will see movement on that front soon if they decide to charge. One thing that Hunter Bidens representatives always point out is those taxes have been paid. But legal analysts will say just because you have paid back those taxes doesnt mean it wipes you clean from any potential criminal liability. But how that all takes shape, what will happen there still remains a little bit of an unknown. We expect because of where the conduct is alleged to have occurred it will probably be filed in los angeles. Thinking back on this gun charge issue, what is the likelihood we will see this case go to trial . Pretty strong . It is hard to say. There was a Pretrial Diversion Agreement about the gun charges. Thats separate and apart from the plea deal on the tax charges that fell apart. That deal was signed by the u. S. Attorneys office in delaware. It was signed by Hunter Bidens then lawyers. Correct, in july. And the position now is he said in Court Filings is that that agreement is still enforceable. When you talk about potential legal defenses on the gun charges, one of them and perhaps the foremost among them will be you are not eligible to bring these. Why . Because we have an agreement that already agrees that we will not prosecute these charges. And the only person that didnt sign as a representative of the u. S. Probation office, Hunter Bidens lawyers will say thats not enforcement. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Up next, a Meet The Press exclusive. What former President Trump said he is willing to testify under both. You are watching jose diazbalart reports on msnbc. Theres challenges, and i love overcoming challenges. When better money habits® content first started coming out, it expanded what i could do for Special Olympics athletes with developmental needs. Thousands of Bank Of America employees like scott spend countless hours volunteering to teach people how to reach their financial goals. It felt good. It felt like i could take on the whole world. 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