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6 PM ET: Biden’s surprise appearance, port strike impact, France’s treasure hunt & more
CNN 5 Things
Oct 4, 2024

Former President Donald Trump is expected to return to Butler, Pennsylvania tomorrow, the site of the first assassination attempt against him. President Joe Biden took questions from the White House briefing room for the first time. People in parts of North Carolina are entering a second week of power outages after Hurricane Helene. We’ll tell you about the economic blow being felt from the massive US port strike that ended yesterday. Plus, one of the world’s longest unsolved scavenger hunts has come to an end.

Episode Transcript
Ifeoma Dike (host)
00:00:01
From CNN I'm Ifeoma Dike with the five things you need to know for Friday, October 4th. Former President Donald Trump is expected to return to Butler, Pennsylvania, tomorrow for a rally. That's the site of the first assassination attempt against him. Back in July, a gunman opened fire as Trump spoke at a campaign rally, killing a man and injuring two others. Secret Service agents killed the shooter. Trump's campaign says his running mate JD Vance, Elon Musk and others are also expected to attend. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in the battleground state of Michigan today. She slammed Trump during a stop in Detroit earlier.
Vice President Kamala Harris (clip)
00:00:38
'If reelected, he intends to launch a full-on attack on unions and the freedom to organize. He will ban public sector unions, roll back workplace safety protections, and appoint a union buster to run the Department of Labor.
Ifeoma Dike (host)
00:00:57
Today, President Joe Biden took questions from the White House briefing room for the first time in a surprise appearance. He said that Israel was, quote, "not going to make a decision immediately" about how they would retaliate against Iran for its missile strike earlier this week but implied they shouldn't strike Iranian oil fields. He was also asked about the possibility of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempting to influence the U.S. presidential election.
President Joe Biden (clip)
00:01:22
No administration has helped Israel more than I have. None. None. None. And whether he's trying to influence the election, I don't know. But I'm not counting on that.
Ifeoma Dike (host)
00:01:33
Speaking of the upcoming election, the president weighed in on whether he believes the results would be free and fair.
President Joe Biden (clip)
00:01:39
I'm confident it'll be free and fair. I don't know whether it'll be peaceful. The things that Trump has said and the things that he said last time out when he didn't like the outcome of the election were very dangerous.
Ifeoma Dike (host)
00:01:53
About 170 power customers in the North Carolina mountains are entering their second week without electricity after Hurricane Helene swept through the area. That includes 78,000 homes and businesses and devastated Buncombe County, where at least 72 people were killed in the storm. One substation there is going to take 3 to 4 months to repair, according to a Duke Energy spokesperson.
Duke Energy Spokesperson (clip)
00:02:15
'Obviously, we are not going to keep those customers out for 3 to 4 months. So what we did is we reeled in a 200,000-pound mobile substation.
Ifeoma Dike (host)
00:02:26
'Meanwhile, Asheville residents have been advised not to touch or get near the water from swollen rivers. A county spokesperson said this morning that all the rivers in the area are currently considered hazmat sites. She warned that even flushing toilets with water collected from rivers or flooded streams is dangerous. Supplies of drinking water have been made available to residents in Asheville, but non-potable water is still hard to come by.
00:02:51
Members of the International Longshoremen's Association returned to work today after negotiators reached an agreement to end the strike that started Tuesday. Workers at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will resume unloading containers tonight. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich has the latest.
CNN Correspondent Vanessa Yurkevich
00:03:07
Hi, Ifeoma. Yeah, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it lost between $250 and $300 million per day because of the strike. There are currently 24 ships at anchor waiting to get in. And as of Friday morning, they're carrying 35,000 import containers with all types of consumer goods. There's also 1,000 refrigerated containers left at the docks during the strike, with everything from food to medical equipment to flowers to wine and spirits. But given that it's been just about 72 hours, they're not expected to have been spoiled.
Ifeoma Dike (host)
00:03:40
'Coming up, a three-decade-old treasure hunt is over.
00:03:47
'Hey, welcome back. France's three-decade treasure hunt for a golden owl came to an end Thursday night. The hunt drew thousands of enthusiasts known as "owlers" across France and abroad. It was based on a book of riddles published in 1993. People who took part had to solve 11 puzzles in the book and a 12th one that was hidden to decipher the exact location of the token needed to claim the grand prize. The owl is made of 6 pounds, ten ounces of gold and 15 pounds, seven ounces of silver with diamond chips on its face. A replica of the owl was buried while the original was kept in a safe place. Fans say it's worth about $165,000. In order to claim the prize, the winning player has to submit the replica, along with the answers to all of the book's puzzles. That does it for us. Tune in tomorrow for a new episode of 5 Good Things.