Washington Today (9-15-23): President Biden supports UAW strike, says workers deserve 'fair share'

President Joe Biden gives his supports the United Auto Workers' union in their first day of a strike against all of the so-called Big Three U.S. car making companies – GM, Ford & Stellantis -- saying, “Auto companies have seen record profits (which) have not been shared fairly with workers"

Republican Presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence seek the votes of evangelical Christians at two conferences in Washington hosted by the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America. Mike Pence unveils a four-part National Pro-Family Strategy.

Vice president Kamala Harris starts a series of rallies at colleges under the banner, "fight for our freedoms tour", in an effort to engage young people in the political process, as she runs for reelection with President Biden.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham,

Alabama on this 60th Anniv of the KKK bombing that killed four black girls, urging Americans to confront what she says are "uncomfortable lessons about race" because, she says, "it is dangerous to forget them".

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, previewing next week's UN General Assembly, gets reporters' questions about President Biden's request for more aid to Ukraine, which is now caught up in the larger fight in Congress over government spending, especially between competing House Republican factions. He also confirms Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will come to Washington next week to meet with President Biden at the White House.

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