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>> reporter: according to gm, they will be saving about $6 billion by 2020 for the closing of these five plants. they were able to relocate about 400 people from this lordstown plant to other facilities across the united states. i spoke to the mayor last night and the economic impact of this plant closing here for this community is pretty dire. businesses here in town are down 50%. when people don't show up for work tomorrow, that percentage is going to drop even more. finally, the mayor and many of the people who are still hanging out here in town, they are trying to figure out if gm might ev...

Composition of the people coming are more families and children. >> it's a humanitarian crisis. i think there's agreement that there is now a humanitarian crisis at the border. senator mazie hirono, thank you for your insight. we'll be watching closely. john. coming up for us, a plant in the heart of trump country is shutting down early. what happens now to the hundreds of employees who once worked at this ohio gm facility? >> but first i asked ask a group of democratic voters a burning question. how many of you think that the congress should move forward with impeachment proceedings? all ri...

Open six to eight new plants and they are opening zero new plants. it was all lies. and the lies of being exposed as lies and there will be a political impact. you know, in ohio gm is closing a plant called the lordstown plant near youngstown. i remember when i was in college and had friends who lived in ohio, in that area, the mahoning valley. lordstown was in many ways an iconic symbol of gm. it's a huge plant. 6 million square feet and, of course, it had been, you know, there were fewer and fewer jobs there over the years, and finally was down to, i think, just a couple thousand jobs. symbo...

Not escape president trump's notice. this is a very bad thing for him politically in ohio. >> first and foremost, it's devastating for these families. 14,000 to 15,000 families are going to have to wonder about their future right now and that can't get lost in this conversation. secondarily the context is important. people aren't buying these cars in the way gm thought they would be. gm had to make a free market decision about what to do about that. that's where you have a question what the government should do. first and foremost will the government come in and help these people out whether i...

With berra and said he's not happy with the company's decision. >> we don't like it. i believe they will be opening up something else and i was very tough. i spoke with her when i heard they were closing and i said this country has done a lot for general motors. we have a lot of pressure on them. you have senators a lot of other people. >> front page story on most of the major newspapers across the country today. gm to close plants and cut jobs. gene robinson, the first thing is you have 14,000, almost 15,000 people. out of work. that's the most important part of this. it does again cut across...