[Baldwin:] Thousands of workers at General Motors will soon be without jobs as the American auto giant announces a major restructuring plan. The stunning move means that GM will shut down five plants in North America, four of those auto factories are in the U.S. and one in Canada. GM says it's reducing its workforce by 15 percent, including a quarter of the company's executives. The company says the plan will make it more efficient, saving about $6 billion a year by the end of 20. The United Auto Worker's Union vows to fight these cuts. With me now, CNN's Richard Quest, our business editor at large. And you were making not just shuttered, they've been unallocated.
[Richard Quest, Cnn Business Editor At Large:] This is the awful part of their announcement. It goes through the way that GM believes they'll need resources through the next 10, 15 years. It says, we allocate this and this. And then it says at the end, the following plants will be un-allocated.
[Baldwin:] Instead of being shut down, trying to soften the language.
[Quest:] Exactly. You've not been fired, you've been un-allocated. Which I thought was an extraordinary way to put out such a strong announcement. But GM says these moves are necessary for the car company to remain competitive particularly as it moves to autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles, and also as it moves towards
[Suv. Baldwin:] This has to be devastating for these communities, Ohio, Michigan. These are places that went for Trump in 2016. And if he wants to win again in 20, is that going to prove to be problematic?
[Quest:] I think he's going to have to come up with some strong action. And you might see that yet, as to what he knew about these GM. Did he negotiate? Did the U.S. government negotiate? Did the states negotiate to try to keep the jobs? What was possible? Because you're right, it's going to be extremely embarrassing on the back of a NAFTA announcement or a NAFTA deal, the USMCA that suddenly this all comes out and that the jobs are going to go anyway. I think voters in those states will quite rightly turn to the President or be asking, so what was this all about if our jobs are going anyway?
[Baldwin:] And what can he say to make them feel any better about losing all this work?
[Quest:] I think he's going to turn on the I don't know, but I think he'll turn on GM. I think he'll use GM as the scapegoat. He'll conveniently ignore the fact that GM has a business to run and will run it in the most efficient and effective way for GM and all its employees, its stockholders, et cetera, et cetera, and I think he'll turn it on them. It will be an attack on the company. Let's watch and wait and see. But anything we've seen so far, whether it's against AT&T, our parent company, Boeing, any of the others, it's always turned into an attack on the company.
[Baldwin:] I'm sure you're right.
[Quest:] Harley Davidson.
[Baldwin:] That's another one. Richard Quest, thank you very much. Next here, police in Alabama admit they shot the wrong man. And now the family of the 21-year-old victim is demanding the release of police body cameras, as they want answers. We'll have a live report for you from Alabama. Also, just in, new numbers on President Trump's job disapproval rating. Now hitting record territory.