Scot Bertram, It’s red versus blue when Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom go head-to-head during their televised showdown Thursday.

—Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — President Biden says an American-Israeli dual national citizen released from Gaza on Wednesday is "safe."  Biden told reporters as he was boarding Air Force One to head home from Colorado that she was safe in Egypt, and that he spoke with her mother and father.

 

 

 

Two—   The United Auto Workers union says it is working to organize 150-thousand workers of 13 non-union automakers. The UAW says those include BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Tesla, and more. The union says thousands of workers have started campaigns to join, with one of the largest being at Toyota's Georgetown, Kentucky assembly plant .

 

 

Three -- It's red versus blue when Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom go head-to-head during their televised showdown Thursday.  The 90-minute special will be a chance for each governor to present their radically different ideologies to a national audience.