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A Look at the Polls on Israel's Image; Apple to Unveil Foldable Phone; Twiggy is Interviewed About Her Career. Aired 9:30-10a ET
Aired September 09, 2026 - 09:30 ET
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RONI CARLSON, FOREPERSON, LINDSAY CLANCY JUROR: From her journals, to her mother-in-law, everything proved that she loved her children. So, she had to have snapped.
He admitted he had reasonable doubt. And I started filling out the forms. I was so excited. I actually -- there were three forms I had to fill out. And I started filling them out. I wrote my signature on each one. And then he said, but I'm still not going to say that she's not guilty by reason of insanity.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, LINDSAY CLANCY JUROR: I will say a majority of the people on, it doesn't matter what side it was on, were very firm in their like stance and their beliefs kind of from the beginning. You know, this stand-alone juror was not the only one that was unwilling to see things from the other side. So, I'm going to kind of defend that individual in a sense.
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JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Jurors listened again to the 911 call in that deliberation room. Some jurors having to put earbuds in. They could not listen to it. They said it was horrific. They will never, ever forget it their whole life.
They loved Kevin Reddington. They said he was entertaining. He was so compassionate with Lindsay Clancy. They had nothing positive at all to say about the prosecutors.
KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: And still now remains a question of what happens or doesn't from here. And it sounds like we've got another motion that will be considered.
CASAREZ: Yes.
BOLDUAN: Thank you so much, Jean.
CASAREZ: Thank you.
BOLDUAN: Great to see you.
So, coming up for us, a sinkhole swallows up a driveway at a Malibu home. A Hollywood actor who owns that home. We'll have more on that coming up.
And a three-year-old girl praised as a hero after her quick thinking helped save her mom's life. Got that story when we return.
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JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced plans to sanction illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. And this move really highlights growing tension between Israel and some of its top western allies. Maybe foreign -- former allies.
With us now, CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten.
Harry, good to see you here.
HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: Thank you, Johnny B.
BERMAN: We're talking about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for instance.
ENTEN: Yes.
BERMAN: Like, where does he fit? When the world looks at him, what do they see?
ENTEN: You know, sometimes you just look at the data and you go, wow, OK, this really stands out. I mean Bibi Netanyahu is a pariah worldwide, at least in the minds of those who -- individuals in the world.
I mean, just take a look here, net confidence in leaders worldwide. Look at this. The net confidence for Bibi Netanyahu is 56 points underwater. Donald Trump, who is not well liked worldwide, is actually slightly less unpopular at 53 points. How about Vladimir Putin? Vladimir Putin, he's, what is that? That's 22 points more popular than Bibi Netanyahu. And Xi Jinping, look at this, he's at minus 19 points. What does that -- do the math with me.
BERMAN: Thirty-seven.
ENTEN: Thirty-seven points more popular than Bibi Netanyahu is. Or another way of putting it is, Bibi Netanyahu is 37 points less popular than Xi is. He is 22 points less popular than Vladimir Putin. And he manages to even be three points less popular than Donald Trump, who, of course, is despised worldwide.
BERMAN: How about Israel writ large there?
ENTEN: Yes. You know, so you say this, OK, is this just a Bibi Netanyahu problem? No, I think it's an Israeli problem when it comes to worldwide opinion. Again, just look at this. Just put this into some perspective here for you. The net favorability rating worldwide, look at this, Israel is 42 points underwater. That is 20 -- what is it, I'm sorry, that's 17 points less popular than Russia is. It's 22 points less popular than the United States. And, obviously, the United States' popularity rating has really been dipping under Trump. And what is that? That's 30 points less popular than China is.
I mean, you just look at these numbers and among sort of the, you know, countries that are often in the news, Israel is by far -- is by far compared to these other countries, the least popular one that's out there. So, it is not just a Bibi Netanyahu problem. It's an Israeli problem as well.
BERMAN: And there's this perception, I think, in some countries, we talk about the United States. It might be on one side of the political spectrum or the other. But when we look at the United Kingdom, how does it split among party lines?
ENTEN: Yes, I think this is the really big problem, right? It used to be, OK, even if you were in a country, you know, you would say that Israel wasn't too popular. It might still be popular on one side of the political electorate. But it's not. I mean, I think this move that the U.K. is doing is going to be fairly popular there. I mean just take a look here, Israel's net favorability rating in the U.K. by ideology. On the left it's 70 points underwater. In the center it's 45 points underwater. And even on the right it's 20 points underwater. Israel's 20 points underwater when it comes to the right side of the U.K. electorate. It's just across the board that Israel has a real image problem here in the U.K. and really in the world as well.
BERMAN: OK. Benjamin Netanyahu, of course, a political survivor. But what are the prediction markets saying about his ability to win the next election?
ENTEN: Everyone's a political survivor until their run -- their luck runs out. And Bibi Netanyahu's luck may, in fact, have run out.
OK, chance that Netanyahu is prime minister after the 2026 election. His numbers have been going down. Going down into the Red Sea. On May 9th it was 41 percent chance according to Kalshi prediction markets. Now it is just a 26 percent chance that Bibi Netanyahu is, in fact, the next prime minister, the prime minister after the 2026 elections.
No doubt that part of the problem that's going on here is, I think Israelis are going, wait a minute, this war with Iran doesn't seem to be coming to an end.
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And it's not exactly like they're winning any popularity contest worldwide, either. I think that two of those kind of are coming together and really may drown Bibi Netanyahu's chance to be prime minister after this next election.
BERMAN: We'll see soon. All right, Harry Enten.
ENTEN: We will find out. Bibi has survived before, but this time (INAUDIBLE).
BERMAN: Thank you very much for this.
ENTEN: Thank you, my friend.
BERMAN: A lot of news this morning. We'll be right back.
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BERMAN: This morning, a new era for Apple. We are standing by for the reveal of one of the biggest changes to their lineup of smartphones. This is their first foldable iPhone.
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Don't try to fold the old ones. It doesn't work well. The launch is also the first time the new CEO will be in the spotlight after taking over last week.
CNN's Lisa Eadicicco in Cupertino, where this is all going to go down in a little bit.
What can we expect?
LISA EADICICCO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, John. So, like you mentioned, Apple is expected to announce its first foldable iPhone today. This will be the first major product launch under the new CEO, John Ternus. And even though this would be a first for Apple, it is not the first foldable phone. Companies like Samsung, Motorola, Google have all been releasing foldable phones for years. But I think the key question here that those companies have yet to answer, that a lot of people are hoping Apple will, is whether there is a really strong need for a foldable phone. Right now these current devices that exist are really kind of appealing to early adopters, people that are willing to pay a high premium for a phone that they can fold in half and it functions as a regular phone and then they unfold it and it kind of works as a tablet.
So, we're waiting to see what Apple's take on this is going to be. And it's really critical here because the iPhone is Apple's most important product. It is its biggest revenue driver. And the iPhone is almost 20 years old. And it hasn't changed all that much in that time. Yes, the screens are bigger and better, the cameras are more advanced, the processors are more powerful. All of the upgrades that you would expect from a smartphone, but the actual shape of it, what it can do, the type of computer that it is, hasn't fundamentally changed in a long time. So, I think that's why there's a lot of hype and expectations around what Apple's take on a foldable iPhone could be.
And a big piece of that, I think, will be answering the question of, why do consumers need this in the first place? And also, is it going to be worth the high price? Now, we don't know how much a foldable iPhone would cost, but based on other devices that are out there, those devices start at close to $2,000. If you're looking at foldables from Google and Samsung, they start at around $1,800. And that's a lot of money for a new phone. So, I think, you know, the expectations for this are going to be pretty high.
John.
BERMAN: It's a really good point. I can't believe you said the iPhone's almost 20 years old. The iPhone almost old enough to drink.
All right, Lisa Eadicicco, thank you very much.
We're standing by for those phones soon.
Kate.
BOLDUAN: Yes, that's one way to put it. That's one way to put it.
So, there's a giant hole in front of a Malibu, California, home, owned by actor Nicolas Cage. A sinkhole swallowed up the driveway over the weekend, triggering a gas leak even and forcing several neighbors out of their homes. It happened during some bad weather and coastal -- a coastal flooding advisory in the area. The house is currently vacant, though. And Nicolas Cage did not respond to requests for comment about this.
You probably missed a U.S. Open match for the ages. Why? Because it took forever to end. Last night's quarterfinal showdown ended in the wee hours of the morning. It ended at 3:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The match between American Ben Shelton and the defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz, began close to 11 p.m. Opening set went for more than an hour. And the match went the full distance for a five-set thriller. Shelton, a 23-year-old American, ultimately prevailed in what ended up being the latest finish in U.S. Open history.
In Texas, a three-year-old girl is being celebrated as a hero after she called 911 when she saw that her mom started having a seizure. Three years old. Mom says that during her seizure that she, quote, "I couldn't hear or see anything, so it was all up to her." The little girl, Emi, called her grandparents, who lived far away, called them on Facetime. They helped then connect her to 911. Emi was then able to flag the paramedics to her apartment. I want to play for you part of what the 911 operators told her.
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UT HEALTH EMS: Oh, my goodness. She's doing so good.
That's OK. That's good. That's what we want.
That's good. Do you see the pretty lights?
Tell them. Tell them it's your apartment. Can you yell for them? Say, come here. Come here.
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BOLDUAN: Does that not just give you chills? Her mother says that she remembers Emi rubbing her hair and telling her that it's going to be OK. What an amazing human.
J.B. BERMAN: That is truly amazing.
All right, so, she was a supermodel before the word even early existed. World famous by 16. I'm, of course, talking about Twiggy. A new documentary tells her story beginning in London's swinging '60s.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And this child.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Something that we had not ever seen before.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What you saw was what you got.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And her name came like a lightning bolt, Twiggy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Twiggy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Twiggy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Twiggy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was really exciting because that didn't happen to people like me.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She is someone that is a true British icon.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She epitomizes an era. People like Sonny and Cher, Steve McQueen.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, my God, David Bowie just sang my name.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What is your favorite philosopher?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who's yours?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, I -- you know, I like, I like them all.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh.
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BERMAN: And Twiggy is here with us now, the star of this new documentary that looks back on this truly stunning career.
And as I was watching it, I couldn't help but thinking, you have to be the most photographed person on earth over the last 60 years, if not one of the, you know, what's it like to see yourself so much over that length of time?
TWIGGY, MODEL/ACTRESS/FASHION ICON: Yes, it is -- we're doing the documentary with Sadie (ph). When she asked me to do it, I had to really think long and hard because, you know, it's a very personal thing to have your life up on the big screen. I mean, everyone has a photo album, don't they? Look back at Christmas.
BERMAN: Yours might be a little different, but, yes.
TWIGGY: Yes, slightly. And this is 60 years since I was discovered this year. Amazingly so. And, anyway, it's taken three years to make the documentary. And I, you know, and we're launching this week in America. I'm very excited.
BERMAN: When you went back and looked at all those 60 years --
TWIGGY: Yes.
BERMAN: Was there one period or thing that you were like, yes, I love looking at this, and was there anything that made you go like, oh?
TWIGGY: Well, in every life there's always the horrible bits.
BERMAN: Yes.
TWIGGY: And there are some sad things in -- because every life has that when you lose people. But, the thing I'm most proud of, funnily enough, is, in '83 I starred in "My One and Only" on Broadway. And I didn't think I could do that because I, you know, I'd been a model. I'd been in films. I'd done my own TV series. But to go live on stage, which I did, and it was a big success. And New York, I have to say, wrapped me in their loving arms. And I had the best time. And it was extraordinary.
BERMAN: Can I tell you, that was the first time I ever knew your name. I was like 11.
TWIGGY: Yes.
BERMAN: And as you might imagine, I was not so much into fashion, but I saw the ads on TV all the time. It was Tommy Tune and Twiggy in that --
TWIGGY: That's right.
BERMAN: And I'm like, who is this Twiggy person? I thought, you know, you were a Broadway star there. But that's not what made you famous.
When you came on this set here, you know, you put your hand out, introduce yourself. She said, hi, I'm Twig. And I just thought that was, a, really sweet. So, thank you.
TWIGGY: Oh, thank you.
BERMAN: But you weren't born Twiggy, right? I mean, when did you become, as it were?
TWIGGY: I was born Leslie. My mum and dad called me Leslie. And when I was about 14, the brother of an early boy, not really a boyfriend boyfriend, but a friend. And his brother used to tease me because my legs were so skinny. And he called me Twig and Twiggy. And it stuck like any nickname. So, when I was discovered in 1966, a couple of years later, the
journalist I talked to, I told her my nickname was Twiggy. And she said, oh, great. And that was the headline, "Twiggy, The Face of 66." And so, it's been Twiggy since then.
BERMAN: It's a pretty good run, I have to say.
Look, I think people lose sight of the fact that you changed the industry. You changed notions -- I mean, I think of beauty, who could model, how models looked when they were modeling.
TWIGGY: Yes.
BERMAN: Smiling.
TWIGGY: Yes.
BERMAN: I mean, all these things. You were just a huge part of there. You see this picture of you right there with a smile on.
TWIGGY: Yes.
BERMAN: I mean, people, I -- I saw this in the doc, do people really not smile before you started smiling?
TWIGGY: I -- I mean, you'd have to look back at the early photographs. They were much more -- the models were much more -- I mean, I was as shocked as everyone else when it happened to me.
BERMAN: Yes.
TWIGGY: Because if I'd have gone to a model agency then, I would have been shown the door. I was too small, too thin. And -- because you had to be a certain height, you had to look as, you know, the models of that day, the Veruschkas, the Jean Shrimptons, were very beautiful, tall, long hair. And I was this funny, skinny little kid, you know? So, I was as shocked as everyone else that it happened. But I kind of was the new look. I didn't know it, but I was.
BERMAN: Yes.
TWIGGY: Because I invented all that eye makeup. We didn't have makeup artists. I did it myself.
BERMAN: I mean, I can't imagine working without them. I would refuse right now to work without makeup artist.
When you look back at this, I mean -- well, let me rephrase that. What do you want to do now? Like, you know, we say 60 years, but you're not done.
TWIGGY: No. No. I'm in the recording studio at the moment in London. I'm doing an album with a wonderful singer songwriter called Amy Wadge. And also, we're working on a big coffee table book.
[09:55:04] I was approached by Rizzoli to do that. So, I've been busy doing that.
So, I always love new projects. I think it's very important. I'm never going to retire.
BERMAN: Well, listen, it's great to see you in person.
TWIGGY: Thank you.
BERMAN: The documentary is wonderful. It's really fun to sort of relive the era, the different eras that you were such a giant part of.
TWIGGY: It is, yes.
BERMAN: And to see all the contemporaries too. I mean, and you were, and still are, as big as any of the people talking about you in the documentary.
TWIGGY: Oh, thank you.
BERMAN: So, thank you very much and congratulations.
TWIGGY: And it's released on September the 22nd on DVD. And then it will stream.
BERMAN: Do not miss it.
TWIGGY: No.
BERMAN: So nice to see you.
BOLDUAN: Thanks for coming in. Thank you.
TWIGGY: Thank you.
BOLDUAN: And thanks so much for joining us, everyone. This is CNN NEWS CENTRAL. "THE SITUATION ROOM" is up next.
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