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Former Speaker Pelosi Reveals Plans for the Future; Senators Pushing Toward Deal to End Shutdown; Trump Administration to Cut Flights at 40 Airports Starting Tomorrow; Trump Strikes Deal to Cut Cost of Weight Loss Drugs; Two New Jersey Men Accused of Ties to Michigan Terror Plot. Aired 2-2:30p ET
Aired November 06, 2025 - 14:00 ET
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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CO-ANCHOR OF "CNN NEWS CENTRAL": -- done about what's really a chronic problem?
SHANNON RAZSADIN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MILITARY FAMILY ADVISORY NETWORK: We have to look at the pay and compensation of our service members. We know that in the United States, it really requires two incomes to sustain a household. With frequent moves and military spouse unemployment sitting between 21 and 24 percent for the last 15 years, we know this is a complex issue. Our data show that 51 percent of military families who had moved in the last 24 months were food insecure.
And so while we work at these systemic issues, we as an organization are leaning into the moment because these military families, they cannot wait for the policy change right now. They need groceries. And so, we're doing everything that we can to meet this moment. And if people want to get involved and donate, they can go to combatmilitaryhunger.org. And every dollar in is groceries directly to military families. And so we're really hoping that people will feel compelled to join us in this effort.
KEILAR: Yeah, military spouse unemployment almost five times the national average. People are always shocked to learn that. Shannon Razsadin, thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it.
RAZSADIN: Thank you for having me.
KEILAR: A new hour of "CNN News Central" starts right now.
ERICA HILL, CNN CO-ANCHOR OF "CNN NEWS CENTRAL": Turbulence ahead, the White House warning it could cancel thousands of flights starting tomorrow if the government shutdown isn't over. And we now have just into CNN, the list of the 40 airports that could be impacted. Medication for the masses, a new deal could cut the price of those anti-obesity drugs we've heard so much about, making a life-changing medications available to millions of Americans. And one of the most important politicians of our generation revealing her plans for the future, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is talking about 2026. We're following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to "CNN News Central." KEILAR: We are following fast developments on Capitol Hill after Senate leaders signaled they may be nearing a vote to end the shutdown, but we're told the final details are still being hammered out as sticking points remain. And there's immense pressure to get this done. The Trump administration says starting tomorrow, it will be cutting flights at 40 major airports. The FAA citing concerns over airport staffing shortages and that means that travelers could soon face more chaos. We'll have much more from capitol Hill here in just moments. Erica?
HILL: As we continue to follow those developments, we're also following some more Breaking News. President Trump announcing this landmark deal with pharmaceutical giants, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, to slash prices on popular obesity drugs. So under this new agreement, people who buy injectable medications like Wegovy or Zepbound would pay an average of $350 a month to start. That's a significant savings. At one point, more than $1,000 a month is what we were talking about.
Medicare has also agreed to cover the cost of the drug. So that means a number of people who are struggling to lose weight may finally be able to afford this critical treatment. And to further unpack how these drugs really can impact someone's life, we're joined out by registered dietician, Keri Glassman.
Keri, it is so nice to see you. So in less than two years, the number of American adults using these medications for weight loss, this has roughly doubled. So it was 5.8 percent of the population, now it's 12 percent according to a recent Gallup report. What do you think those numbers would look like if these drugs were more affordable, more accessible as we're talking about now?
KERI GLASSMAN, FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NUTRITIOUS LIFE: Well, we have to remember obesity is a disease and about 40 percent of Americans, and specifically in that Medicare demographic, those people above 60, 40 percent of those people are considered obese. They have obesity. And so, this is going to open up, I mean, a solution for so many millions of Americans and it's going to provide care. And remember, this isn't just about losing weight. This isn't just about weight loss. Treating obesity improves heart health, diabetes, joint health, sleep apnea, and these people's overall health and lifespan.
HILL: When you talk about all those benefits that we see when people who are dealing with obesity, when they lose weight, there's a lot of talk as well about the added benefits beyond weight loss for these drugs. Is that because of what happens when you lose weight or is there something specific to GLP-1s that has an added benefit beyond weight loss?
GLASSMAN: Well, again, obesity has many, many different complications with obesity. When you're obese, it's an inflammatory disease, it's a metabolic disorder. So when you are -- when you have obesity, you are at risk for heart disease, cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer. You're also at risk -- there's mental health issues that go along with it. You are at risk for depression. You are -- I mean, so there are an incredible amount of complications that come along with obesity and people having access to these drugs is going to be game changing.
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I mean, we've already seen them be game changing for millions of people and this is just really going to change the game even further.
HILL: I'm sure you've heard the criticism that this is an easy way out to take a shot or it's cheating. As a registered dietician dealing with people every single day who are struggling perhaps with obesity and other weight loss issues, how do you respond to that criticism?
GLASSMAN: I mean, it is absolutely not an easy way out. It is an incredible tool. Now, is it a cure-all? Is it a magic bullet? Absolutely not. There's still work that has to be done. But it is -- that is really blaming people and shaming people, and you don't shame people into health. You support them into health. And just like any other chronic disease, there are medications to support that disease. So having access to these medications and going on one of these medications, that is using something as a tool.
That doesn't mean don't make any other lifestyle changes. Of course you do. And there are many lifestyle changes that need to be addressed and that people need to focus on to not only for their health, but also for the medications to work as best as they can. So it's not a cure-all, but it is not an easy way out. It is critical support for many people that have gone on for decades with feeling shameful. They have felt at a loss and they've been dealing with many types of issues related to being obese.
HILL: That's such a great point. You can't shame people into health. I know you can't shame people into anything, looking at it as a tool. Keri, really appreciate it. Thank you. Brianna?
KEILAR: Let's go to Capitol Hill now where negotiations on the government shutdown are underway. We have CNN's Manu Raju joining us from the basement, which I think that's where a lot of the work gets done, Manu. So that's a good sign. Tell us what you're learning.
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MANU RAJU, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, that's where you learn a lot of the information that's happening behind closed doors. And behind closed doors, right now, Democrats are meeting and trying to decide how to move ahead in this critical moment. Remember, we require eight Democratic Senators to vote to reopen the government, and they're discussing a potential deal to open the government for several more weeks, potentially into early next year, as well as a potential separate vote on healthcare subsidies, to extend those expiring subsidies that have been central to part of the Democratic demands.
The question is, is that enough for Democrats to get to yes. But there is ample frustration in the ranks from Republican and Democrats who are raising concerns about the implications of this historically long government shutdown and the consequences for the American public.
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RAJU: The leaders are not talking right now?
SEN. JOSH HAWLEY, (R-MO): Not that I know of. Yeah.
RAJU: I mean, how much does that concern you?
HAWLEY: A lot. I mean, a lot as we're in Day 37, as now thousands of people missing flights. Millions of people going without. I mean, I just can't -- to me, I mean, in this country, richest country on earth, a great, great nation, 40 million Americans going to bed at night hungry. How are we letting that happen?
RAJU: The president seems to think that Republicans are sharing, getting the brunt of the blame here. Do you agree with that assessment?
SEN. THOM TILLIS, (R-NC): I think on any given day, either one is probably getting the blame. But I'll guarantee you, we won't be talking about this moment 12 months from now. We'll either be talking about good things that we've done here or bad things that we've done here, but very seldom are elections determined by a shutdown that happened a year ago. So, these folks need to grow up, open the government and understand that people like me and other Republicans are prepared to come up with a reasonable outcome for the Obamacare subsidies.
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RAJU: But the question is whether or not Democrats will accept the offer that's on the table, whether enough of them will vote yes here, because some of those Democrats, as they've been demanding all along, a commitment that an a extension of those expiring subsidies will actually go get into law, not just a separate vote because a vote could fail in the United States Senate. It may not even come up for a vote in the United States House. The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has not committed to putting that on the floor. And could it even be signed into law? That's what Democrats are grappling with at the moment.
Will there be enough to compromise, allow a vote to happen on this, separately on healthcare and then vote separately to reopen the government, not tie the two together? But that's been the fight that they've been demanding all along since this government shutdown started 37 days ago. So, a critical moment for Democrats to decide whether to allow this to advance in the United States Senate. Guys?
KEILAR: Yeah. Critical moment. Manu Raju, thank you so much, live for us from the Hill. And still to come, after nearly 40 years in Congress, Nancy Pelosi says she's retiring. She will not seek reelection.
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Plus, police arrest two young men from New Jersey that they allege are linked to the group that was planning an ISIS-inspired terror attack in Michigan. And then later, a huge fire destroys the multimillion dollar home of Miami Heat's head coach. We have that and much more coming up on "CNN News Central."
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KEILAR: After nearly 40 years of service, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says, now, it's time to step away.
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REP. NANCY PELOSI, (D) FORMER UNITED STATES HOUSE SPEAKER: I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know. I will not be seeking reelection to Congress. With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative. Thank you, San Francisco, for trusting me to be your voice in Congress.
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KEILAR: Pelosi will leave Congress as the first and only woman to serve as House Speaker. My next guest wrote the biography on Pelosi's remarkable political career, "Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power." We're joined now by Author Susan Page. Susan, first, your reaction to this announcement and the legacy that she leaves.
SUSAN PAGE, AUTHOR " MADAM SPEAKER: NANCY PELOSI AND THE LESSONS OF POWER": Well, she leaves a consequential legacy. You can agree with her policies or not, you cannot disagree that she was effective, that she was a master legislator. She really stands in the company of people like Lyndon Johnson or Sam Rayburn, when it comes to being able to assess the prospects for legislation and then push it through even against big odds like with the Affordable Care Act, for instance.
KEILAR: Yeah, I covered that. I was a congressional correspondent and I remember watching members of Congress go into the speaker's office and she would twist their arms, and you could see that they came out and they'd gotten in line. And you would know, Susan, that it had very likely ended some of their careers, and it did. And that wasn't something that just anyone could pull off. Some people would say maybe --
PAGE: Yeah.
KEILAR: -- it shouldn't be called Obamacare, maybe it should be called Pelosicare, right? She was instrumental to getting that passed.
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PAGE: You know, it wouldn't have gotten passed without President Obama pushing it, but it would --
KEILAR: Sure.
PAGE: -- not have gotten passed if Nancy Pelosi had not been Speaker of the House. Because she did, members of Congress, I spoke -- I interviewed a former member of Congress -- who was a former member of Congress because she persuaded him to vote for the Affordable Care Act. And she told him there were things worth losing her job over, persuaded him to do that, and he did. She was persuasive. She could raise money, that was part of her persuasion. And she could make threats. I can tell you, members of Congress did not want to get on the wrong side of Nancy Pelosi.
KEILAR: Highly motivating, I think you could say. Yeah, Obama and Pelosi care. It doesn't roll off the tongue, I will say. Part of her legacy may be standing up to President Trump and being a bit of a foil to him. And to that point, he's no fan of hers. In fact, this is what he just said about her moments ago.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: I think she was a tremendous liability for the country. I thought she was an evil woman who did a poor job, who cost the country a lot in damages and in reputation. I thought she was terrible. Thank you very much.
KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Thank you, everybody. Thank you, Press.
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KEILAR: How do you think she'll be remembered in this Trump era for the role she played?
PAGE: Well, remember, she was Speaker of the house. It was on her watch that he was impeached, not once but twice. She told me that she was actually seriously considering retiring in 2016 on the assumption that the first woman president will be take -- would be about to be inaugurated, Hillary Clinton. Only Donald Trump to everyone's surprise just about won that election. And that was a reason she decided to stay around for the last decade, her determination to battle Donald Trump.
KEILAR: It's hard for me to imagine her actually retiring, even though she's up in years, for sure. What do you think she's going to be doing?
PAGE: So, she's 85 years old. In any career except politics, that would be retirement age. But I agree, she's not the retiring sort. I think she'll continue to be active in politics, in California and across the country. She's been an important mentor to women. The two women who were elected governor on Tuesday were both former House Democrats who benefited from the tutelage of Nancy Pelosi. That's something she's very proud of. There were no women to be mentor to her because no woman had done what she managed to do.
And so that is, I think we're not -- we have not seen the end of Nancy Pelosi, but surely a different role after serving 20 terms in the U.S. House.
KEILAR: Yeah, it is the end of an era for sure. Susan Page, thanks for being with us on this.
PAGE: Thank you.
KEILAR: And ahead, police in New Jersey arresting two young men they say were plotting a terror attack inspired by ISIS. We have details.
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KEILAR: A week after the FBI announced it foiled a potential ISIS- inspired terror plot in Michigan, two more men had been arrested. Officials say the two young men, both from New Jersey, were part of the same online communication group as the ones who planned the alleged plot in Michigan. One of the suspects was taken into custody at Newark Airport in New Jersey. The other was arrested at his home. But officials say both of them had planned to travel to Syria. CNN's Brynn Gingras has been tracking this story. Brynn, tell us what else you're learning.
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BRYNN GINGRAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, Brianna, so if you remember this Michigan case, there was an undercover FBI agent who was in that chat room monitoring those group communications and that's why they had a green light or one of the reasons they had a green light to make the arrests in Michigan. Well, the same is pretty true of what exactly happened here in New Jersey.
What authorities have told us is that there was two individuals who was in this online group communication chat, making plans to possibly head to Syria to train with ISIS. In fact even booked a ticket, they believe, to Turkey. Moved up that ticket to an earlier date. And that's why one of these suspects, according to officials, was arrested at Newark Airport. They believe he was going to get on that flight, go to Turkey and then transfer to Syria. And his intention was to train with ISIS.
So different plots according to authorities on what they might have been planning. Those two weren't connected with Michigan. However, police did find them in this online communication group. A 19-year-old also from New Jersey was arrested at his home and charges have been filed on both of these. But listen, Brianna, I think we actually are going to see a little bit more of these as we are learning about the Michigan and here in New Jersey. I think officials are monitoring these chat rooms and they are taking action. Whether or not we see charges stick against not only this case, but also the case of Michigan, we'll have to see.
KEILAR: Where does the Michigan case stand right now?
GINGRAS: Yeah, so they actually just made another arrest and charged another teenager, a 19-year-old who authorities say was actually looking up videos of mass shootings, including the one that happened in Buffalo at the top supermarket. And so charges are now filed against that person in association with those other two individuals who were arrested, If you remember, last Friday. That -- those documents unsealed talking about all the evidence that they have against those two individuals, including videos of them going to gun ranges and practicing shooting, as well as storage lockers full of ammunition and other means to which authorities believe they were setting up some sort of plot.
Their attorneys though, as we had been reporting, say that that was not their intention at all. So again, we'll have to see how these charges play out for all the men involved.
KEILAR: All right, we'll keep a lookout. Brynn, thank you for the latest there.
GINGRAS: Yep.
KEILAR: Airlines, airports, and travelers bracing for what could bring major disruptions in air travel. The Trump administration says if the government does not reopen, it will reduce flights at 40 major airports starting tomorrow. And we now have the list of which are affected. We'll have that next.
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