News Wrap: UAW holds off expanding strike after GM makes major concession

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• Amna Nawaz:

  In the day's other headlines: The United Auto Workers union held off expanding its strike against Detroit's Big Three to additional plants.

  That came after General Motors made a major concession, including electric vehicle battery plants under a UAW contract.

  Union President Shawn Fain spoke in a video appearance.

• Shawn Fain, President, United Auto Workers:

  wish I was here to announce a tentative agreement at one or more of these companies, but I do want to be really clear. We are making significant progress. In just three weeks, we have moved these companies further than anyone thought was possible.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Stellantis, Ford and GM had already made concessions on wages and cost-of-living increases. The strike has now lasted just over three weeks. So far, workers have walked out of five assembly plants and 38 parts depots.

  House Republicans face a weekend of weighing who should be the next speaker and now they have a new consideration. Former President Trump came out for Ohio representative Jim Jordan overnight. In a social media post, Mr. Trump wrote — quote — "He will be a great speaker of the House, and has my complete and total endorsement."

  At the White House today, President Biden was asked about Jordan, who is currently leading an impeachment inquiry.

  Joe Biden, President of the United States: Whomever the House speaker is, I'm going to try to work with. They control half the — half of Congress. And I'm going to try to work with them.

  There's some people, I imagine, are going to be easier to work with than others. But whomever the speaker is, I'll try to work with.

• Amna Nawaz:

  So far, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is the only other declared contender for speaker.

  In Syria, the death toll has risen to 89, with up to 277 wounded, after exploding drones struck a military graduation. Funeral processions began today in the central city of Homs, as three days of national mourning began. Family members waited at a military hospital for bodies of additional victims.

  Search teams in the Indian Himalayas kept looking today for victims of catastrophic flooding that claimed at least 42 lives. It happened on Wednesday when a lake in the northeastern Sikkim region broke its banks and poured into the valleys below. Cliffside roads have crumbled from the resulting landslides, and entire buses are still trapped beneath several feet of mud.

  Survivors say they had little warning.

• Bonumit Lepcha, Flood Survivor (through translator):

  We just heard the loud noise of the river. The sound of the river was like a loud explosion. It felt like an earthquake. There were tremors and the ground was shaking. We all came out, and there was no alarm. It just felt like a bomb blast.

• Amna Nawaz:

  At least 142 people are still missing in the wake of the disaster.

  Russian missile fire struck Northeastern Ukraine again today, killing a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother. The attacks hit an apartment complex in Kharkiv a day after one of the deadliest incidents in months. The 52 civilians killed in Thursday's assault were mourned today in the village of Hroza. They'd been attending a wake for a fallen soldier when a missile struck.

  And on Wall Street, stocks rallied after today's jobs report showed wage hikes are slowing, which could help curb inflation. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 288 points, nearly 1 percent, to close at 33407. The Nasdaq rose 1.6 percent and the S&P 500 was up 1.2 percent.

  Still to come on the "NewsHour": the future of Maui's fragile economy after deadly wildfires; journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa discusses the future of artificial intelligence; David Brooks and Ruth Marcus weigh in on the week's political headlines; plus much more.