CNN Early Start With Christine Romans and Laura Jarrett June 4, 2024 09:40:00
Head off a freight strike. phil mattingly. we got this at 5:04 eastern time. we got an alert from the white house, a statement from the white house that they had a tentative agreement. what more do we know? how high were the stakes here? >> i'll start with the last question first which is the enormity of the stakes. think about the repercussions of a strike or lockout that was set to kick into gear as soon as 12:01 a.m. on friday. you think about how goods across every single economic sector are transferred, christine. more than 30% of the freight in this country moves via freight rail. that c...