Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, September 15th.

For the first time in history, workers are striking against all of the big three automakers. The United Auto Workers Union started its

walkout at midnight after it failed to reach a deal with Ford, General Motors and Stolantis.

The Union made ambitious demands in wages, benefits and job protections for its members,

pointing to the fact all three automakers have been reporting record or near record profits.

Here's the union's President Sean Fain announcing the strike.

The world is watching and the UAW is ready to stand up. Ford's CEO Jim Farley said his company is ready for the strike,

but claimed it could have been avoided altogether

if the UAW had been more willing to reach a deal.

CNN's Gabe Cohen has more from Michigan.

While the head of the Auto Workers Union, Sean Fain confirmed to me that there will be no bargaining,

he says, between the union and the three big automakers on Friday, the focus instead will be on scenes like the one behind me,

the 13,000 autow workers now striking here in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio.

Workers won't all be striking at once though.

Instead, the UAW says the walkouts will be targeted and people will be chosen to take action

at different times.

Hunter owned an unloaded times. in the United States. That was Hunter Biden's lawyer, Abby Lowell, speaking after the President's son was

indicted on three gun-related charges yesterday.

It's the first time in US history that the Justice Department has charged a sitting President's child, and Lowell claims

the indictment is down to political pressure. This is to do with a gun hunt aboard in 2018,

and the charges he's facing include making false statements on a federal firearms form and possession of a firearm as a prohibited person.

Hunter's original plea deal collapsed over the summer, and court filings show he's been issued with a summons to appear

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