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Here are the headlines you need to know after 146 strike days, Hollywood writers in studios have reached a tentative deal. The Writers Guild of America and the alliance of motion picture and television producers reached this agreement yesterday which could bring the writers strike to an end. Now, the terms of the three year contract have not been announced yet. The contract will need to be approved by the guild's members before they can get back to work. In a statement. The WG A said quote when we have one is this contract, it's due to the willingness of this membership, we can say with great pride that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. The guild is suspending WG A picketing as of today. The S A after actor strike is still ongoing and just six days remain for congress to fund the government before a shutdown. House Speaker Kevin mccarthy has been unable to pass a short term spending bill due to far right. Members of his own party calling for significant spending cuts on Saturday, mccarthy held a call with GOP members over the weekend, the House advanced four appropriations bills but they will likely not pass the Democrat controlled Senate. Stay with us. We'll have more on a possible government shutdown. Later in the show, United Auto Workers and the big three car makers could reach a win win deal. Transportation Secretary Pete but said said that yesterday in an interview on CNN but said the Biden administration was behind the workers saying this quote, record profits should lead to record pay and record benefits for the workers. Tomorrow, President Biden is set to go to Michigan and join the U A picket line on Friday. Biden posted on social media saying this stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a share of the value, they helped create Biden's trip will be the first time A US president has walked a picket line starting today. Residents of Lahaina in Maui will be allowed back into the area devastated by last month's wildfires. Authorities have divided the area into 17 zones and dozens of sub zones. And for today and tomorrow, residents of the first zone will be allowed in for supervised visit. They will be provided protective equipment to safely look through what's left of their homes. As officials warn they may contain asbestos lead and other toxic materials. The state's governor had this to say about the team overseeing the re entry. They anticipate. Some people will only want to go for a very short period of time, a few minutes to say goodbye in a way to their property. Others may want to stay several hours. They're going to be very accommodating and nearly 100 people lost their lives in what has become the deadliest wildfire in our country in more than a century. American households can order free COVID-19 test kits from the government starting today. Officials say they will deliver four rapid tests to each household that places an order at COVID test dot gov. People can also check whether the tests they currently have are expired by visiting the same website. The government says the free COVID test program has provided 755 million tests to more than two thirds of American households. Let's turn.