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The end of the auto workers strike is in sight, following on the heels of Ford and Stellantis, the United Auto Workers Union and General Motors reached a tentative agreement today.

President Biden is praising the deal, which must still be approved by the Union's rank and file, here's NPR's Mara Lyson.

President Biden, who likes to call himself the most pro-union president in American history, talked today with UAW President Sean Fein.

Afterwards, the president said that the Union and the big three automakers had reached an historic agreement.

At Ford UAW and the leaders of automobile companies for green, that all the workers on strike, and all those who were walking the picket lines on behalf of the UAW, brothers and sisters can go back to work immediately, even before the vote is taken.

An end to the strike is a benefit for Biden, as he runs for re-election, a prolonged strike could have undermined economic growth.

Biden said this agreement rewards workers, but also ensures that automakers can still lead the world in quality and innovation.

Mara Lyson, NPR News.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is condemning a video released by Hamas that appears to show three female hostages with one accusing him of failing to protect and secure the hostages' release.

Netanyahu says the video is cruel, psychological, propaganda, suggesting the women were likely under duress.

Netanyahu spoke today after the Israeli military said in Israeli soldier was freed during the expanded ground operation in Gaza.

The ground action actually creates the possibility, not the certainty, but the possibility of getting our hostages out, because Hamas will not do it unless they're under pressure.

They simply will not do it. They only do it under pressure. This creates pressure.

The military says the freed soldier is doing well and is met with her family, Netanyahu, is under pressure himself to secure the release of scores of Hamas captives.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is on the rise in Iowa, where she's tied for a second, and the latest NBC News Des Moines Register Media Compole of likely caucus goers.

But Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters reports at Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, still far behind former President Donald Trump.

The Iowa poll conducted by well-regarded Pulster Jan Celser shows Haley and DeSantis tied at 16 percent in the lead-off caucus state.

Haley and DeSantis have been spending more time in Iowa than former President Trump, who still holds a commanding lead in the poll at 43 percent.

Still, Trump visited Sunday for his eighth trip to Iowa in the last month. The poll also says almost two-thirds of likely Republican caucus goers say Trump can defeat President Biden.

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