and workers. the issue was sick time. the president said the deal ensures rail workers will get quote better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind around their health care costs. amtrak had preemptively postponed long distance routes to avoid stranding passengers if a deal wasn t reached. a strike would have had a devastating impact on the economy since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the united states use the rail system. there s been no word yet from the labor unions or railway companies involved, but we ll be watching, willie. let s go back to jonathan lemire, host of way too early and author of the best seller the big lie, this was just announced a minute ago, this would have had massive implications for supply chains, could have impacted inflation if it carried on for some time. how did they fix this deal? yeah, first of all, let s start what the possible consequences would have been. american supply chains just now, creeping back to life after
ban sales of new gas powered cars. ready the road for an electric vehicle future. reporter: ev sales are surging, but will people be able to replying in? and later, he s a big hit in baseball s minor leagues. meet ripken, an expert at fetching bats. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news. good evening. adriana diaz is off. tonight an even more dangerous phase of russia s invasion of ukraine is taking hold as the war stretches beyond the half year mark. with artillery hitting uncomfortably close to nuclear reactors. the fate of europe s largest nuclear power plant is on the line as both ukraine and russia wrestle for its control. debora patta reads our reporting. reporter: the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has turned into a deadly front line, two days after it was disconnected for the first time ever. for more than 24 hours, this past week, the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was operating on backup diesel generators. this one step. reporter: the energy mi
change in policy? we begin america reports with the white house walking back president biden s comments about china and taiwan, and all comes as president biden faces a series of crisis here at home while claiming a recession is not inevitable. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you, john. john: great to be back. let me be the first to officially well come you. the president wrapping up a trip, up and down stock market, fears that gas prices will hit $6 a gallon nationwide and potential food shortage, to leave americans scrambling to feed their fires. sandra: the president admitting it will take time to lower gas prices and ease inflation but the u.s. economy is performing better than the rest of the world. we have fox team coverage now, byron york is standing by. john: jacqui heinrich is travelling with the president live in tokyo. what about the comments regarding taiwan and china? jacqui: john, the fact the president made those comments standing
Trump throws his support behind jim jordan for speaker, but will it make it easier for him to claim the gavel . And the jobs report stunner, the big numbers that economists didnt see coming and how the markets are reacting. Plus, two people charged in a fake elector plot in michigan try to argue theyre not guilty. Just brain washed. How that worked out for them. And why the new jerseys Attorney Generals Office is reexamining a deadly car crash from years ago involving senator menendezs wife. Our nbc News Reporters are following the latest developments. First we want to go to capitol hill where nbcs Gary Grumbach has more on the endorsement that could shake up the speakers race. Youve got jim jordan reveling in the endorsement from the former president , Steve Scalise seems to be playing more of an inside game. Talk us through it. Reporter jim jordan and Steve Scalise are really spending the day on friday here on zoom calls. Theyre meeting with different parts of the republican caucus.
in the middle east. john: it comes as we are getting brand-new information about the u.s.s. mason shooting down another drone in the red sea today, the drone fired from the same houthi-controlled area as the ones over the weekend. we will take you to the briefing as soon as it happens. sandra: israel moving into the third phase of ground operations, 138 hostages are still in captivity and hamas has vowed to not release anymore until there is a ceasefire. hello, john, welcome back. john: good to be with you. john roberts in washington, america reports . israel continuing its campaign against hamas hitting the terror group s strongholds in southern gaza overnight. idf engaging in house to house gun battles after entering the second largest city in the strip. sandra: israel s military says it has killed about half of hamas mid level batallion commanders by now and prime minister benjamin netanyahu said moments ago idf forces are encircling the house of a senior hamas le