from washington because the color to tell you, this is something that will have a devastating impact on the nation s economy echo amtrak, the nation s cross-country railway system, is canceling all of its long distance trains ahead of a plant workers strike that really threatens to do damage on a scale that we have not seen in quite some time back of that announcement effectively cancels all planned trips except for those along the northeast corridor between boston and washington, d.c. the companies as our changes are all trains can reach the destination before the strike, which could begin as early as friday, and in case you re wondering, yes, we are talking about major cost because tthe strike could cost up to $2 billion per day per, we are talking about 60,000 workers plotting a walkout for better conditions. there s still time to get this resort, but there s only a few days left or they have a construct that is available that frankly needs to be adopted, but if this goe
billion per day and drive inflation even higher. todd: kevin cork e has the lost. kevin: on the virge of striking across america as result some freight and passenger train companies have already begun reducing services. from the international association of machinists and workers, the tentative agreement has been rejected and strike authorization was approved by members and extension has been agreed to until september 29th to allow us to negotiate changes with the nccc, in hopes of an agreement. what that means is most unions involved well, unfortunately, most have agreed, but two major unions are holding out. so a 30-day cooling off period, we ve been talking about for weeks, ends on friday. that means a strike could begin later this week and that would be devastating. in all, talking about a dozen unions in dispute with six of the largest freight rail carriers in the country and a strike could be economically devastating with 60 s,000 workers holding out for better wo
of many u.s. cities struggling to accommodate thousands of migrant children. the warning from mayor eric adams, that without a solution, the arrival of so many migrants will, quote, destroy the city. also tonight, the heatwave from texas to maine is relief. hurricane lee rapidly intensifying into a monster category 4. will it impact the u.s.? and a severe thunderstorm threat on the east coast. al roker is here. the. the new video of an american stranded by sickness more than 3,000 feet underground in a cave in turkey. the urgent rescue mission. the star of that 70s show danny masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for the rapes of two women. our team at the courthouse. former white house adviser peter navarro found guilty of contempt of congress for ignoring subpoenas from the january 6th committee. his defiant words outside court. our nbc news exclusive with secretary of state tony blinken in ukraine. what he says about ukraine s counteroffensive after months of
folks come i don t know what you did last night but i spent 90 minutes on a stage and debated a guy who has the morals of an alley cat. [cheers and applause] when you see trump last night, my guess and i mean this sincerely but he set a new record for the most lies told in a single debate. [cheers and applause] he lied about the great economy created. he lied about the pandemic he botched killing millions of people. he closed businesses, he closed schools losing their homes people all over this country. america was flat on its back. so i told trump that he was 1 on history who left office with fewer jobs then he started. herbert hoover was the other one. that s why i call him donald herbert hoover trump. sandra: that was present by in a short time ago he took the stage in raleigh and address concerns about the debate last night. and north carolina both biden and former president donald trump are right now on the campaign trail following the debate. biden s dream confirm
detroit on wednesday. we re talking about representatives of dan kildee and elissa slotkin packages that they did back in d.c. to take part in official duties. congress was in session because that s the story and they re sticking to it. todd: they re not even trying to make real excuses anymore. that has been like we didn t want to be seen with the president. kevin corke, thank you so. is always the guy think evan brings up a crucial point. these individuals have a president visiting the state. typically, that s something that you hang your hat on, that s something that you bring to the table and you tell the voter a look, i president came to visit me. i m going to run with that because they avoided him like the plague of one of the main reason that this president, this white house ignores the crucial problem stopping the galway. when have you seen the president at the border? never. and have you seen the president addressing the strike you might never be a day when he could have add