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Trump Concedes Filibuster Push Could Damage Relationships With GOP; Trump Admin To Cut Flights At 40 Airports If Shutdown Drags On; Democrats Split On Next Steps In Shutdown After Elections Wins; Job Cuts Hit Highest October Level In Over 20 Years; Japan Deploys Troops To Combat Deadly Bear Attacks; Tesla Shareholders' Vote Could Make Elon Musk A Trillionaire; 30th Conference On Climate Change Happening In Brazil. Aired 7:30-8a ET

Aired November 06, 2025 - 07:30   ET

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JESSICA DEAN, CNN HOST: New this morning, President Trump concedes he is facing some rare Republican pushback and possibly damaging relationships with lawmakers as he aggressively presses GOP senators to scrap the filibuster and end the longest government shutdown in history. He wants to get rid of the Senate filibuster to pass funding to reopen the government with a simple majority instead of trying to get to that 60-vote threshold.

Let's bring in CNN's Alayna Treene, she's at the White House. And Alayna, look, there seems to be very little if no appetite from Senate leadership to do anything on this. But we are starting to see some Senate Republicans who traditionally would not be in support of this to be open to consideration. What are you learning?

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Yes, look, I mean, the President clearly, Jessica, has it in his mind now that the way to move forward with ending the government shutdown and really the solution to all of this is to nuke the filibuster, something, as you said, many Republicans do not want to do.

I'd remind you that yesterday there was a very awkward Senate breakfast when the President hosted Senate Republicans here at the White House in the state dining room, and he got up to the podium and castigated them over their handling of the shutdown.

And I would note as well, he didn't just say it behind closed doors, but publicly on camera, he acknowledged that he believes that Republicans are being hurt more politically with their shutdown strategy than the Democrats are, essentially stomping all over Republicans' carefully crafted messaging on this that the shutdown is Democrats' fault.

And then after that breakfast, he quickly left Washington, D.C., he flew to Miami, and then he tripled down on this idea that they need to eliminate the filibuster, even if potentially it could damage his relationships with some of these lawmakers.

Listen to how he put it, Jessica.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If we got rid of the filibuster, we would approve so many good things, common sense things, wonderful things, that it would be hard to beat us. If we don't, it's always going to be a slog.

Do I want to lose my relationship with those Republicans that have been very good to me for a long period of time? Do you ever have people that are wrong, but you can't convince them? So do you destroy your whole relationship with them or not? I'd be close to losing it, but probably not.

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TREENE: Now, one thing that was really interesting about some of those comments, Jessica, was that the President, yes, he's acknowledging, you know, maybe I don't want to hurt my relationship with these members, but I also have to move forward with what I believe in.

But part of what he believes in and part of why he thinks ending the filibuster is so important is because essentially, and he's now said this a couple times, he thinks that if they can do that, they will pass all of the key policy proposals that the President has on his agenda, and that will convince Americans to continue voting for Republicans.

Of course, we've heard John Thune and others say the math just isn't there. And they recognize that if the shoe is on the other foot, if Democrats win next year's midterm elections, they will be in a very bad position if they're not the ones who are able to kind of control what happens when the filibuster is gone. So all of this, of course, still playing out as negotiations continue on how to end the shutdown.

DEAN: Yes, of course. And Alayna, the President has to be looking ahead to the midterms and the possibility that Republicans may not have the House.

Thank you so much for that. Kate?

KATE BOLDUAN, CNN HOST: And on this breaking news, air travel is about to get worse. The Transportation Secretary is announcing that the FAA is going to cut air traffic by 10 percent at 40 airports across the United States, all because of the shutdown. And CNN has learned overnight that that cut, that reduction of air traffic includes what's considered the core 30, the nation's busiest airports.

On that list, New York City's, the region's three big hubs, which of course means Newark Liberty International in New Jersey.

Joining us right now is the Democratic Congressman Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey to talk about this. I mean, Newark, as we know, Congressman, was already suffering from staffing shortages at air traffic control before the shutdown.

REP. JOSH GOTTHEIMER (D-NJ): Exactly.

BOLDUAN: If they are hit with a 10 percent cut in air traffic starting tomorrow, what is this going to look like?

GOTTHEIMER: I mean, obviously -- and thanks for having me -- that will be a huge hit on our economy. You're talking about 20 percent of the nation's GDP runs through this region. It just puts a finer point on the fact that, and as the President admitted himself, as you just reported, that the shutdown is caused by the Republicans, right Admitted that the shutdown was hurting Republicans. We saw that on Tuesday night, very clearly, the public has said enough.

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And what we're doing and why I'm continuing to talk to my colleagues across the aisle every single day in the House and the Senate is to figure out how we can get the government back open. And of course, at the same time, address what people made it clear Tuesday night that they're concerned about, which is the rising prices across the board that's killing them.

You know, whether it's healthcare insurance premiums, which we know are up massively and will go up next year on average about 18 percent. In Jersey, if you're on the ACA and getting those subsidies and extra help on those tax credits, you're talking about 175 percent increase, plus energy costs and childcare bills, right.

People need some help and the tariffs aren't doing it. And what was clear, as I said to the President, enough, the country's going in the wrong direction. You got to change things. So that's what we're focused on doing is helping people out.

BOLDUAN: I want to dive in. You are part of a group of four House members, a bipartisan group, trying to work out a compromise on an extension of Obamacare subsidies in order to reopen the government and making it work for both sides politically. How real is this? Are leaders on board?

GOTTHEIMER: Well, I talked yesterday to a bunch of senators on both sides of the aisle. And I think people realize that, you know, whether this is the right answer, I mean, I think our proposal for a two-year extension of the tax credits to help people pay for their premiums, which again, is just keeping it where it is right now so that for two more years, people can get extra help versus what's happening when you eliminate the ACA, sending healthcare insurance premiums way up.

There's a lot of interest in this two-year proposal. But, again, you know, I'll take anything that helps people out, whether they want to do it for a year, they want to do it for three years. My feeling is what matters the most is that we get the government open and that we help people with these premiums.

I know a lot of people have come up to me and said, listen, I just can't afford my health insurance anymore. I'm not going to have -- I have to cancel -- if this happens, I got to cancel my health insurance for next year. And that's not OK for families here in Jersey.

BOLDUAN: We've been talking about this. This was -- I'm just -- the vibes seemed to be that this was moving towards finding some way to reopen the government at the beginning of this week. Then Tuesday and the sweep of elections, the Democrats had a big night on Tuesday night with the elections, including in New Jersey, which has led some Democrats to say this is not the time to cave. This is the time to put on more pressure.

Chris Murphy's take on this. I want to read this to you. Chris Murphy said this, Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut. "It would be very strange if on the heels of the American people rewarding Democrats for standing up and fighting, we surrendered without getting anything. I think we are in an enormously strong position right now."

Are you caving when you should be applying more pressure?

GOTTHEIMER: No, just the opposite. I mean, I think the point of that we've been making is let's actually vote in the Senate and in the House on an extension. Obviously, we put forward a bipartisan proposal for a two-year extension with more transparency and accountability.

And so I think and make sure the subsidies go to the right folks who need the extra help. I said, let's vote on it right away in the House and the Senate. We can get -- we'll get this done. And I think that's exactly where we need to be.

I think, you know, the wrong move would be just walking away and not doing anything and not staying at the table. And I think it's really important. And what does the country expects from us --

BOLDUAN: If that is how some Democrats are feeling about it --

GOTTHEIMER: -- we make sure we're working.

BOLDUAN: If Democrat -- if some Democrats are feeling or taking Tuesday's results as that which is stand firm, hold out, no compromise. Is that wrong --

GOTTHEIMER: Yes, I think. By the way, that's exactly -- no, I think Tuesday night was pretty clear, Kate, that actually, we should make sure we get a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act, these tax credits to help people. And that's kind of why we're putting forth ideas. And that's that's what you got to do here.

You know, when a family of four in Jersey is facing a $20,000 premium increase next year, if we don't get these tax credits extended, it makes sense to make sure we find a way to do it and get the government open and help make sure we get the planes running and SNAP and food to children and families, you know, who need food assistance.

These are all the things we're talking about. And I don't think Chris or anybody says we should walk away from the table. You've got to stay there and keep working.

The question is, what's the outcome of those discussions? And should we stop negotiating? And of course not. We've got to keep working it every single hour, every single day until we get this done. That's what I plan to do to make sure that we get the government open.

But as President Trump admitted, this is on them, this shutdown. It hurt them greatly Tuesday night. And President Trump, although he said he wasn't on the ballot, was very much on the ballot on Tuesday night. And the country is not heading in the right direction, according to most Americans and especially people here in Jersey, and we've got to get it fixed in the right direction.

BOLDUAN: Congressman Josh Gottheimer, thank you so much for jumping on this morning. Sara?

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SARA SIDNER, CNN HOST: All right. Another big thing on Americans minds, the jobs report. New this morning, a brand new report is out. It just came out moments ago, and it shows layoff announcements hit their highest level for October in over 20 years. This will not surprise you because a key factor is AI.

CNN's Matt Egan is here with me now for more on this. Look, these reports are becoming more important because there are no government reports coming out because of the shutdown. What is this one telling you? This one seems like a big deal.

MATT EGAN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Yes, Sara, look, it's painting the picture of a job market that is really hurting U.S.-based employers announced 153,000 job cuts during the month of October. That is more than any October since 2003, more than during COVID, more than 2008, which is really something when you think about it.

And when you look at how this compares to a year earlier, it's about triple a year earlier, about triple what was seen during the month of September. And when you look at the trend for announced layoffs, you can see they were pretty low in 2023 and in 2024, but then they spiked earlier this year.

That was DOGE. That was the trade war and the tariff uncertainty. And look at this. They came down, but unfortunately they are starting to go significantly higher.

Now, one thing to emphasize is this is announced layoffs, OK? What's more important is how many people are actually filing for unemployment.

SIDNER: Right.

EGAN: And as of the end of September, when the government shut down, the Labor Department was reporting relatively low unemployment claims and state governments are still open and state level claims are also relatively low. So there's a little bit of a disconnect and that's probably because some of these announced layoffs haven't kicked in.

Some people are getting severance. Some people have gotten a job elsewhere. But in any case, let's look at why employers are cutting jobs. Now, during the month of October, according to Challenger, Gray and Christmas, the number one reason was cost cutting.

Number three, number four, economic conditions and closing as in shutting down. All of those speak to company specific, industry specific stress, and also economy wide stress. But look at number two on this list. Challenger says that artificial intelligence is the blame for over 30,000 job cuts just during the month of October.

Now, this is just going to add to those concerns about AI wiping out jobs. The CEO of JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon, he was asked by our colleague, Erin Burnett about these fears. Take a listen to what Dimon said.

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JAMIE DIMON, CEO, JPMORGAN CHASE: I think the much wiser way to look at it is that there will be jobs that are eliminated 10 percent, 50 percent, 80 percent by AI. It will also create jobs, just like when people had the car, you know, the horses, but they car created mechanic jobs, tractors eliminated and fertilizer eliminated, you know, 39 million jobs and farms.

You get better food, better farm. And all that brainpower and human capital went to do other things over time.

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EGAN: Now, of course, that transition can be very painful for the rank and file workers. And Dimon did go on to say, if this ends up moving too fast for society, it will be up to business and government to provide the assistance and the retraining for the workers that need it.

SIDNER: And here's the problem right now, the government's not functioning the way it should be functioning.

EGAN: Very true.

SIDNER: So we will see. We are still in this shutdown. It is now historic. It's gone on longer than any other time in history.

Matt Egan, it is a pleasure.

EGAN: Thank you, Sara.

SIDNER: Kate?

BOLDUAN: Always a pleasure.

EGAN: Thanks, Kate.

BOLDUAN: We have an update now on a story that we've been tracking out of Japan. Japan is now deploying troops to help combat bear attacks after a record year of deadly encounters. This year alone, officials say more than 100 people have been injured and at least 13 people have been killed by bears.

CNN's Hanako Montgomery is in Tokyo with much more on this. Hanako, what are you hearing about what the mission is for these troops now being deployed?

HANAKO MONTGOMERY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kate, these troops certainly won't be killing the bears. They actually legally aren't allowed to cull wild animals, so they can only provide logistical support. Now, what that means is they'll help lay down traps. They'll also transport bear carcasses and also help local hunters get around town.

Now, the actual culling of these bears will still be left to the local hunters, but they say that they're having a really hard time trying to keep the bear population under control because of Japan's aging population. There just aren't enough hunters anymore to help with this problem.

Now also, experts say that we're seeing a rise in the number of bear attacks because of climate change. They say that the bears' natural food resources are getting more and more scarce, so they're having to come into towns and cities to find food. So naturally, that means they run into humans more.

So this year alone, we've seen bears enter schools, nurseries, and even supermarkets in search for their food. In fact, a university in northern Japan had to cancel classes for two days because they found a bear on campus. That's how bad the problem is getting.

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Now, the troops are being deployed to one area of Japan where this problem is especially severe, but the entire country is on high alert. In fact, the central government is currently drafting up a number of different countermeasures that they hope will help solve this problem, and they hope to finalize these countermeasures by mid-November.

But they've yet to really propose any solutions, Kate, that deal with this problem in the long term, any solutions that really get to the root cause of this bear attack issue. Kate?

BOLDUAN: Hanako, thank you so much for this reporting. It has really been quite a thing to be tracking what these bear attacks have done in Japan. I really appreciate it. Jess?

DEAN: Right. The world's richest man could become even richer, like a lot richer. The vote that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire.

And imagine seeing this, it's just outside your window.

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DEAN: Now, this morning, an upcoming vote could eventually make the wealthiest person on the planet even richer. Tesla shareholders are expected to vote on whether to approve Elon Musk's new pay package, and that vote could make Musk the first trillionaire in the world.

Now, Tesla is warning if it does not pass, the CEO might, in their words, pursue other interests. The compensation would come in the form of additional shares of Tesla stock.

And joining me now is Madison Mills, she's a senior markets reporter for Axios. Madison, thanks for being here. The idea of a trillionaire is hard to really conceive. How realistic is this possibility?

MADISON MILLS, SENIOR MARKETS REPORTER, AXIOS: Well, analysts say that it's very likely. And a lot of Wall Street analysts and Tesla shareholders want it to happen because of exactly what you said. Elon Musk has threatened to step away from the company if he does not get this pay package. And he's saying it's about voting control.

He wants to have more shares so that he can have higher voting control going forward and a bigger stake in the company. But, obviously, those shares come with money attached to them. And the pay package has a lot of different metrics that Elon would have to hit to get to that trillionaire status over the next 10 years.

But when his 2018 compensation package was up for debate, he blew through all of those goals. So analysts say that it might be likely that he really could achieve this trillionaire status and they want him to get this package so that he's tied to the company going forward.

DEAN: And so as they prepare for this vote, how much of it going through is tied to or how much of a factor is Tesla's really rocky year that it had last year or in last year?

MILLS: And that's such a great point, because some of the analysts that I've spoken with say that it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if Elon did take a step away from the company. The Wall Street Journal had a huge piece about how he's very focused on XAI, which means he's not focused on Tesla. He's having Tesla meetings at XAI offices, so that just shows where his head is at.

And if he doesn't get the pay package and he steps away, maybe that's not the worst thing because of how his political beliefs have impacted Tesla's sales. And we've really seen that take a decline because of his rhetoric over the last couple of years here.

But then other -- the overwhelming majority of investors and Wall Street analysts I talk to say that Tesla is Elon and Elon is Tesla and they don't want to lose --

DEAN: And that's a --

MILLS: -- that connection.

DEAN: Yes. And it is interesting and it underscores the inequality that drives so much of our politics today that you were having this conversation about Elon potentially becoming a trillionaire just after the segment with Matt Egan where he's talking about we're having the worst layoffs in October for 22 years.

MILLS: Yes.

DEAN: And just the disparity that drives our economy right now. What kind of dynamic is that?

MILLS: Yes, everyone calls it a K-shaped economy. It's this idea that the top 10 percent, they make up about half of consumer spending right now. And then you've got the bottom 90 percent increasingly spending less and less.

We've seen shipping volumes cratering because people are worried about getting hit with a tariff fee, these job cuts, concerns about the labor market. Companies aren't spending as much because they're worried about tariffs and they're replacing workers --

DEAN: AI.

MILLS: -- with AI in some cases.

DEAN: Right.

MILLS: -- as Jamie Dimon talked to you guys about. So a lot of just uncertainty going on.

DEAN: Yes. The K-shape. Yes, I saw that. And once you see it, it's very clear.

All right, Madison, thank you so much. Kate?

BOLDUAN: At least seven New York City firefighters are recovering right now, some of them from burns to their hands and faces after a car fire ended in an explosion in the Bronx. It sent debris, as you see, just flying across the street. All of the firefighters are expected to make a full recovery. Thankfully, officials say right now it is still unclear what started this.

Police in Georgia, they make a pretty wild find in a forest. More than 80 stolen televisions stashed away in the woods. Here's body cam. Look at this body cam video of it. They arrested two men who were reportedly robbed a train stole, what comes out to be more than $30,000 worth of said televisions.

Investigators say after the thieves broke into a cargo container, they loaded them in -- loaded the TVs into a van. And this morning, police, while they have two, they are still searching for more suspects.

And a warning. Perfect dad joke alert coming at you. It's one lottery that people are absolutely dying to enter. A graveyard lottery. Hey, just prepare.

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BOLDUAN: People in Paris now have the opportunity of a lifetime -- get it -- to be buried in the French capital's most visited cemetery. It's cool because you could be buried next to rock legend Jim Morrison or famed poet Oscar Wilde. Ten plots are now up for grabs at the famed Pere Lachaise Cemetery.

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The reason for this is many of the tombs have fallen in disrepair over the hundreds of years, if you will. And they need some sprucing up according to local regulations. So the lottery winners, they get a chance to buy and restore a plot. It is a lottery, though, that comes with a cost.

It's more like you get the opportunity to spend money. Each existing tomb is available to buy for $5,000. Winners are also on the hook for restoration costs. They then can buy a lease, which range in price, but can go as high as $20,000 for the right to rest there in perpetuity.

Insert your favorite Oscar Wilde quote here. Sara?

SIDNER: OK, I have a ridiculous fact about this because we -- my husband and I really wanted to go to the cemetery. So we did. And at Jim Morrison's grave, there's all this bubble gum all over the tree. I was like, what is that? And can I have a piece? But I didn't take it.

BOLDUAN: No.

SIDNER: I didn't do it. But it turned out that they put the bubble gum on the tree and it's like chewed bubble gum all over this tree to remember him for his rebellious spirit. So I guess it's rebellious to take out your gum. It's -- and --

BOLDUAN: You're such a rebel. You're such a rebel.

SIDNER: So what did I do?

BOLDUAN: Obviously, you took your gum out, you put it on the tree.

SIDNER: I'm not going to say.

BOLDUAN: You're -- now you're a criminal. You are a criminal in Paris.

SIDNER: Gate license criminal. That's us. Good times here at --

BOLDUAN: You're welcome, America.

SIDNER: -- CNN News Central. Thank you, Kate.

All right, the world's biggest climate summit begins in Brazil today. It's 30th anniversary, though, now mired in controversy. Look no further than the Trump administration saying it's not going to send a delegation to the summit. President Trump has called climate change and the science behind it the greatest con job.

And then there's a new memo to world leaders from longtime climate advocate Bill Gates. Gates now criticizing what he labeled a doomsday outlook by the climate community.

CNN's Bill Weir digs into what we can expect.

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BILL WEIR, CNN CHIEF CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ten years ago, humanity was burning so much fossil fuel that Earth was on track to overheat by a catastrophic 4 degrees Celsius by century's end.

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WEIR (voice-over): But then came Paris, when nearly 200 nations agreed to wean themselves off of oil, gas and coal, protect more nature and hold the global warming line at 1.5. The Paris Accords led to innovation and market forces that now make sun, wind and storage cheaper and more popular than ever.

But humanity is still burning way too much carbon. And the U.N. announced this week that Earth will likely overshoot 1.5 on the way to around 2.6, which would still mean the end of coral reefs and mountain glaciers, coastal cities and island nations as we know them. So going into history's 30th conference on climate change in Brazil, the stakes could not be higher.

WEIR: And then at this pivotal moment comes a second coming of Donald Trump, who is actively trying to force all of these countries to go backwards on climate. And then Bill Gates drops a 5,000 word memo in which he argues that less money should go towards the climate buckets and a lot more should be poured into solving global poverty and global health.

But Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist at Texas Tech, argues climate is not a bucket. Climate is the hole in every other bucket. The hole that makes solving these problems that much harder and more expensive.

KATHARINE HAYHOE, CHIEF SCIENTIST, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: And that hole is getting bigger and bigger, the more carbon emissions we produce. And if we don't patch that hole, we are never going to be able to address any of the other issues he cares about. His premise that climate change is just a separate bucket at the end is profoundly flawed.

WEIR (voice-over): She is among the chorus of top climate scientists who spent the week trying to debunk the billionaire's confusing new message, that rich cities will be immune from the worst effects and that technology can save us.

TRUMP: Those coal mines are opening up one after another, clean, beautiful coal. Even if Republicans refuse to even try.

ZEKE HAUSFATHER, CLIMATE SCIENTIST, BERKELEY EARTH: Technology doesn't descend from the heavens on magical stone tablets. It comes from decades of important R&D work, most of which is funded by governments and deployment work, which is funded by governments like tax credits for clean energy. And so this idea that we can somehow rely on technology to save us independent of policy, independent of what we actually do to get that technology out there, I think is worrying.

DANIEL SWAIN, CLIMATE SCIENTIST, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: They had just fired their entire climate team at CBS. I was literally reading this instead of going to do that interview. At the same time, there was a torrential downpour. Multiple people drowned in New York City.

And in the interviews that Bill Gates has given in response to the criticisms, specifically pointed out it's -- that it was ridiculous to think that New York City was going to have problems with climate change. I was reading this as people were actively underwater in their basement apartments.