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Donald Trump Administration Will Reduce Air Traffic At 40 Airports; Donald Trump Blames Shutdown For GOP Election Loss; Typhoon Kalmaegi Heads To Vietnam, Landfall In Coming Hours; CNN Visits Northern Gaza With Israeli Military; Sudan, Thousands of Civilians Flee Al-Fasher After RSF Takeover; Rapid Support Forces Accused of Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur; Calls for Ceasefire Growing Louder Amid Suffering; New York City Residents Split Over Mamdani's Election; Tesla Shareholders to Vote on Elon Musk's New Pay Package; Shein Opens Shop in Paris Department Store; Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in Talks for a New Film; Beaver Supermoon Viewed Worldwide. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired November 06, 2025 - 02:00   ET

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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.

Just ahead on CNN NEWSROOM. U.S. off-year election results roll into the ongoing government shutdown. The American president is blaming everyone but himself for the state of the country.

Plus, CNN gets rare access inside Gaza, a visit chaperoned by the Israeli military. We ask their reasoning for the media restrictions.

And it's call to Earth Day. We will head to Beijing and Hong Kong, where students are finding creative ways to protect our planet.

ANNOUNCER: Live from Atlanta. This is CNN NEWSROOM with Rosemary Church.

CHURCH: Good to have you with us. Well, Democrats are riding high after several major victories in Tuesday's elections. Republicans are worried that key wins in states like Virginia, New Jersey and New York will wipe out political gains made by the U.S. president last year.

Donald Trump lashed out at New York City mayor elect Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, criticizing his platform and calling him a communist.

President Trump also downplayed the effects of the government shutdown now the longest in U.S. history. He claims it's not damaging the economy, saying, "We are so strong now that I'm not sure anything is going to hurt."

But that's not what lawmakers on Capitol Hill are saying. Many agree that the longer the shutdown lasts, the more it will harm Americans. The Trump administration is planning on reducing the number of flights at 40 different U.S. airports if the shutdown doesn't end by Friday.

CNN's Pete Muntean has details.

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PETE MUNTEAN, CNN AVIATION CORRESPONDENT: Airlines were caught very off guard by this announcement. I'm told by an airline source they were given less than an hour notice to put this policy in place in only about 36 hours time.

The impact here will be huge for the American traveler. Remember, air traffic controllers continue to work unpaid during the shutdown and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy just said there is too much stress on them. It's making the airspace unsafe.

So, he says, if there is no deal ending the government shutdown, this policy will go into effect starting Friday morning. To put this simply, the FAA is imposing a 10 percent cut to flights at 40 major airports across the country. Those specific airports remain undisclosed tonight. The FAA Chief Bryan Bedford, says a list of those airports will come out sometime tomorrow.

What's interesting here is that Bedford says this was guided by the data that the FAA gets from pilots, not the air traffic controllers this surprise new policy was designed to protect. Here is what Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said about that.

SEAN DUFFY, U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY: We're noticing that there's additional pressure that's building in the system, and, again, our priority is to make sure that you're safe. And so, we're going to talk about additional measures that we are going to take that's going to reduce the risk profile in the national airspace.

MUNTEAN: More than 400 air traffic control staffing shortages have been reported at FAA facilities since the start of the shutdown 35 days ago. That number more than four times what was recorded during this same period last year. Still very few details from the Transportation Department on this, but cutting airline flights by 10 percent is a huge number. There are about 45,000 flights handled by U.S. air traffic controllers on an average day.

So, what the FAA is talking about here is equivalent to canceling about 4,500 flights a day. By my math, that's about 30 percent worse than the worst day for flight cancelations in the last year. Never before has the U.S. airspace been politicized like this.

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CHURCH: A major test of presidential power is underway at the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices are weighing whether Donald Trump overstepped his authority imposing sweeping global tariffs. And even the Conservatives appear skeptical about the Trump administration's arguments.

If the court breaks with the president, it would mark the first time they've done so in a major case since his return to power.

President Trump says he heard the case went well on Wednesday and warned that reversing the tariffs would trigger a worldwide depression and hurt the U.S. economy.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It would be devastating for our country if we lost that, devastating. I think it's one of the most important, maybe the most, but one of the most important cases in the history of our country.

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CHURCH: The tariff case was brought forth by a group of small and medium sized businesses, and a key question is whether they would be entitled to refunds if the court rules against the Trump administration.

Joining me now is Larry Sabato, director of the Center for politics at the University of Virginia, and editor of A Return to Normalcy: The 2020 Election that Almost Broke America. Good to have you with us again.

LARRY SABOTO, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR POLITICS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: Thank you so much, Rosemary.

CHURCH: So, we are hearing that U.S. President Donald Trump was apparently blindsided by the extent of democratic election victories Tuesday night, blaming his own party for losing and admitting Wednesday that the government shutdown was a major factor in the Democrats' big election wins, and this is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history, at 37 days.

How likely is it that these election results will jolt Republicans into action to open up the country with the realization that voters are blaming them for the pain being felt across the country right now?

SABOTO: I think there's a real chance that these elections will bring the two sides together to the extent that they can reach some kind of reasonable agreement. The elections, plus, the fact that Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and most Americans travel over Thanksgiving to see family and friends, and of course, they've now shut down a fair portion of the flights, and some of the busiest airports will not be able to operate at full capacity. That is really going to upset people if it happens.

So, they have an incentive now to get together and to resolve this, and Republicans in particularly, will be blamed. And what was significant about what Trump said was even he is admitting that Republicans are getting most of the blame, which we've seen in the polls since the beginning of this mess.

CHURCH: Yes, let's see if they can fix this. So, want to take a closer look now at what was a massive night for Democrats Tuesday, as voters delivered significant wins for the party in the New York City mayoral race, governorships in both Virginia and New Jersey, and a redistricting victory in California. What was your big takeaway on the overall message voters were sending to President Trump, and what could this potentially mean for the midterms next year?

SABOTO: Rosemary, it was a democratic landslide. There is no other way to interpret that election, and there were really two causes. The first is the affordability crisis, the fact that prices are continuing to rise. And of course, President Trump said he solved that on day one.

Well, it's nine months later, and we haven't solved anything. We're still seeing rising prices at the grocery store every week.

But the second reason cuts more directly toward Trump. He turned out to be in all of the exit polling, the number one factor in Democrats turning out, they were motivated to vote because of their disapproval of the performance of President Trump.

The reason we know Trump knew that is because he immediately said that he was exonerated. He had nothing to do with the bad results because he wasn't on the ballot.

If he had been on the ballot, all of his MAGA Republicans would have shown up. Well, that's simply not true. He was at the heart of this democratic route that was all over the country, not just in those four contests you mentioned.

CHURCH: Does this signal a comeback for Democrats, or do they have a lot more to do in terms of work at the federal level?

SABOTO: Well, they have a lot more to do. But it's really important to note that Spanberger, the new governor elect of Virginia, the first woman governor of Virginia, won by 15 points. And the other race, as you mentioned, was supposed to be very, very close.

And sure enough, it was closer than Spanberger, because Sherrill, Governor Sherrill, the second woman governor of New Jersey won by only 13 points. In other words, two massive landslides that were not anticipated by much of the polling, and certainly not by the Republicans.

CHURCH: And Larry, in New York City, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is now the mayor elect, beating out former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, but critics warn he has to deliver on all his promises or risk backlash to his party. How tough is his road ahead do you think?

SABOTO: Given the finances of New York City, I think it's going to be very difficult for him to do everything he promised to do.

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But, you know, people are understanding. Voters get it. He needs to implement part of his agenda and work at it month by month and year by year. But here's the problem with the mayor of New York -- the new mayor of New York, he is not the face of the Democratic Party. The Republicans are trying to make him the face.

The Democratic Socialist wing of the Democratic Party in the United States is really quite small. The two new governors of New Jersey and Virginia are moderates. They are closer to the new face of the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party has to fight to make sure they are, they haven't so far, they need to get with it.

CHURCH: Larry Sabato, thanks as always, appreciate it.

SABOTO: Thank you, Rosemary.

CHURCH: 12 people are now confirmed dead following the fiery crash of a UPS cargo plane. A warning, you may find the images were about to air disturbing. This dashboard footage captured the moment flight 2976 went down in Louisville, Kentucky, and you can see the fireball that rose from the wreckage as that silver truck hits reverse.

Another view and screams of shock. Officials say the death toll is expected to climb, with people still missing.

Transportation safety investigators have recovered these so called black boxes, but there's no word yet on what caused the crash. Flights resumed at Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport on Wednesday, but there is a big backlog. The UPS CEO says the company will work with the National Transportation Safety Board as they investigate.

We turn now to the latest on the deadliest typhoon to hit Asia this year. Typhoon Kalmaegi is now the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, that is according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. It's expected to make landfall in central Vietnam in the coming hours, in an area still recovering from flooding and landslides caused by weeks of record rainfall.

Kalmaegi killed at least 114 and left more than 100 missing in the Philippines. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a state of national calamity and promised to continue relief and response operations. And another storm east of the Philippines is expected to strengthen into a typhoon by the end of the week.

CNN's Mike Valerio is following the storm and joins us now live. So, Mike, what is the latest on this?

MIKE VALERIO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, it's really these twin parallel paths that are emerging. We have a graphic that we can put up, showing not only that, but also the epic scale of this devastation.

You know, in North and South America, the Western Hemisphere, we've been focused so much attention on Jamaica and the hurricane that has hit there. This is certainly in a league of its own devastation.

So, when we're talking about what's going to happen in the next couple of hours to Vietnam. Typhoon Kalmaegi, a Category 4 equivalent storm, expected to hit central Vietnam. But then we also have a second typhoon, Typhoon Fung-Wong, that is also by the end of the weekend. We're talking about sometime Sunday, expected to hit the northern section of the Philippines, Luzon island looks like Sunday, around 8:00 a.m. is when the outer bands are expected to hit Luzon.

But when we're talking about Cebu, which is the epicenter of the devastation that has already hit thanks to Typhoon Kalmaegi. Rosemary, you know, for all of our international viewers, with so much going on in the rest of the world, it's important to keep in mind, not only do we have this catastrophic damage, but this is a region where they have just gone through a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, surviving that on September 30th. Not all the areas of this devastation, but certainly many sections of Cebu have been able -- or have been trying to contend with recovering from that magnitude 6.5 earthquake.

But there have also been protests across the Philippines for weeks now of people saying, you know, simplifying for the sake of friendly conversation here on the air, enough is enough. We want better flood control projects. There have been allegations of corruption that flood control infrastructure has not been constructed properly, and kickbacks to public officials at the expense of people who are now suffering, who have had to move from these earthquake hit areas. Their hometowns flooded, put up in tents and raced over to sturdier conditions.

So, those are the conditions that we're looking at. The search for survivors continues. We do have to tell you, Rosemary, before we go, another tragedy with the Philippines Air Force. There was an aircraft that was sent in to the disaster zone, crashed, six people on board as they were trying to perform a humanitarian operation.

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So again, a lot to recover from in the Philippines, Vietnam is holding its breath. And then again, the Philippines expected to be hit by a second typhoon by the weekend's end, Rosemary.

CHURCH: Heartbreaking images there. Mike Valerio live in the region for us, many thanks for that report. Appreciate it.

Well, CNN is making a rare visit inside Gaza, just ahead.

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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: But we as foreign journalists cannot independently access Gaza. We can't cross that yellow line and go and speak with Palestinian civilians. Why not? The war is over.

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CHURCH: The Israeli military allowing reporters limited access to the territory, but it comes with strings attached, back to that in just a moment.

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[02:20:20] CHURCH: Russia's president is suggesting the Kremlin will follow suit if the U.S. starts testing its nuclear weapons again. President Vladimir Putin says he'll take, "Proportionate responsive measures if Washington goes ahead with the plan."

But a Kremlin spokesperson says no final decision has been made yet. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to resume nuclear tests on an equal basis with Russia and China. None of the top three major military powers have conducted a test since the 1990s.

Well, now to the Middle East, where Israel has received a body said to be that of a deceased hostage. The Red Cross transferred the remains from Gaza into Israel on Wednesday, forensic experts are working on identification. If confirmed, that would leave the bodies of six deceased hostages still in Gaza.

Sources say Israel believes it has new information on the longest held remains in Gaza, Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, who was killed in the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas.

But the Israel Defense Forces says it has no information, contrary to reports in the Israeli media.

Well, Palestinians return to their neighborhoods in Gaza City, say they are struggling to rebuild their lives and basic necessities are out of reach. Nearly all the city's 2.3 million residents lost their homes to Israeli bombardment, and shelter is scarce as winter approaches.

Palestinians crowded in front of a soup kitchen in Khan Yunis on Wednesday. The World Food Programme says only half the food needed is coming into the enclave. Israel says it's fulfilling its cease fire obligations, but residents tell a different story.

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ABDEL MAJID AL-ZAITY, DISPLACED PALESTINIAN (through translator): We're living in a very difficult economic situation. Life is difficult for us because we own nothing and we don't have anything to buy food with. There is no work. Without the soup kitchens here, we couldn't have eaten.

HIND HIJAZY, DISPLACED PALESTINIAN (through translator): Every day I come to the soup kitchen here to be able to provide food for my children. Because, as you can see, they say there is a truce, but it is a sham truce, because the siege is still in place. Flour is still expensive, and things are expensive for us.

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CHURCH: Journalists, including our own Jeremy Diamond, have repeatedly urged Israel to let them into Gaza without restrictions, to independently show the world what's happening. While we're still waiting for that, Israel has allowed Jeremy and other journalists to embed with the IDF and visit a part of Northern Gaza, take a look.

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DIAMOND: So, we've just arrived at this Israeli military position along the yellow line inside the Gaza Strip. And you can see all around me the first thing that catches your eye, obviously, is the enormous extent of destruction here.

We are in Gaza City's Shuja'iyya neighborhood, or at least what's left of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, because you can see that there is almost not a single building that is still standing in this area. This is about as far as we foreign journalists can get into Gaza right now. The Israeli military, the Israeli government has only allowed us in in limited circumstances on these types of military embeds.

For more than two years now, Israel has barred foreign journalists from freely entering the Gaza Strip. We would, of course, like to go further down where there are actually Palestinian civilians, to be able to talk to them directly and cover their experiences. But you can see in this area, there are no Palestinian civilians, just an established Israeli military position. And so, so much destruction beyond.

You've taken us on this military embed today, but we as foreign journalists cannot independently access Gaza. We can't cross that yellow line and go and speak with Palestinian civilians. Why not? The war is over.

LT. COL. NADAV SHOSHANI, INTERNATIONAL SPOKESPERSON, ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: Well, that's -- that's a question I think that you should ask people above my pay grade and I'm in charge of embeds. I'm an IDF spokesperson. I'm in charge to bring reporters to see what IDF is doing. Do my best.

DIAMOND: We asked where exactly that yellow line is, and I was just told that its slightly beyond some of those few remaining buildings that are still standing there, but it's almost impossible for us to distinguish exactly where that yellow line is. And we know that it's also the case for the Palestinians on the ground who have been shot at. Some of them have been killed as they have approached or accidentally crossed that invisible yellow line.

How are Palestinians on the ground supposed to know where that line is?

SHOSHANI: Well, the line was also published publicly, social media, leaflets and so on. But also, our troops are extremely careful. There's warnings in real time. One does not get lost into IDF fire.

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In most cases, the people crossing the yellow line are Hamas. It's not an accident. And when it is civilians in most cases, they are able to move back.

DIAMOND: But you have -- but the Israeli military has killed civilians who crossed the yellow line accidentally. There was a family that was traveling in a vehicle. They were fired upon by an Israeli military tank shell. Do you need to revise those policies?

SHOSHANI: Well, it's a work in progress, as I said.

DIAMOND: The Israeli military has begun to deploy these yellow concrete blocks in order to distinguish where exactly that yellow line stands. But it's still not covering the entirety of that yellow demarcation line.

We have heard talk, of course, of establishing this international stabilization force.

There are efforts now at the United Nations Security Council to actually establish a resolution that would send that force into Gaza. But for now, all of that has yet to actually be implemented on the ground. And you can see behind me the enormity of the challenge that remains.

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CHURCH: Escaping the siege. Sudanese survivors are sharing horrific accounts of what's happening in parts of Darfur. We will have the latest fallout from a key battle in the brutal civil war.

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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR OF "CNN NEWSROOM": Well, disturbing new developments in Sudan's two-and-a-half year civil war. Injured and starving civilians are fleeing what had been the army's last stronghold in Darfur, the city of Al-Fasher after it was captured by the rival Rapid Support Forces or RSF. Thousands of internally displaced people are now arriving in the town of Tawila seeking aid. A wounded man described what they've endured.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Once you leave the gates, the bodies start. The bodies continue all the way to Garia. Some were killed by thirst, some by exhaustion, some by their injuries, the bleeding. Some were injured by the rockets in Al-Fasher. They heard more than gunshots, the shrapnel.

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CHURCH: The fall of Al- Fasher to the RSF marked a pivotal moment in Sudan's long conflict. It is believed hundreds of thousands of people remain trapped there without food, water, or medicine. Rights groups have accused the Rapid Support Forces and their allies of ethnic cleansing. Meanwhile, aid groups in the Northern Sudanese city of Al Dabbah are getting ready for an influx of refugees.

Joining me now is David Shinn, former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia and former Deputy Chief of Mission to Sudan. Thank you, Ambassador, for talking with us.

DAVID SHINN, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA: My pleasure.

CHURCH: U.N. Secretary General, Antonio Gutierrez is warning that the war in Sudan is spiraling out of control after a paramilitary force sees the Darfur city of Al-Fasher, where a famine has now been declared, Gutierrez is calling for an immediate ceasefire in the two- year conflict. How difficult will it be to make that happen and what more needs to be done?

SHINN: It'll be exceedingly difficult to make it happen. Various parties, including the United Nations, have been calling for ceasefires for more than two years now. And every time they call for a ceasefire, either one or both sides shows no particular willingness or indication that they will -- they will pursue it.

CHURCH: So, the two-year conflict has also become the world's worst humanitarian crisis. What exactly is happening on the ground in Sudan?

SHINN: Well, the immediate problem is the fall of Al-Fasher, which is the capital of North Darfur region, taken by the Rapid Support Forces has resulted in a sort of a localized humanitarian disaster with all kinds of people who were being protected by the Sudan Armed Forces, having to flee the city. Or if they didn't flee the city, they remained and perhaps exposed themselves to death, or there were something almost as bad.

So that affects tens of thousands of people. But the problem is far greater than that. It extends throughout much of Darfur and other parts of Sudan. It's a combination of famine, food insecurity, very bad treatment of women, ongoing conflict between the two sides. I mean, it clearly is a humanitarian disaster, not to mention all of the refugees that leave Sudan and the internally displaced people inside Sudan.

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CHURCH: Yeah, and of course, the U.N. Secretary General is saying that too, that hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped by this siege and that people are dying of malnutrition, disease and violence. And he says he's hearing continued reports of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights. So, why is there not more outrage and action on the part of the international community?

SHINN: Well, part of it has to do with everything else that's been going on in the world. I think that for much of the time that Sudan has been in conflict, you've had obviously a war raging between Russia and the Ukraine that dealt with an awful lot of the international attention. You also had the ongoing conflict in Gaza which, for the moment, has slowed down a bit, but it also coincided with what is going on in Sudan.

And it was just hard to get attention on Sudan, which is more isolated from the rest of the world and either Gaza or the Ukraine, and people simply were not paying as much attention to it as, as they should have.

CHURCH: Has that changed now or not? SHINN: Maybe a little bit. I have the impression that in the last several weeks and particularly following the seizure of Al-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces, that there may be a little more attention going into Sudan than there was previously. But it's still -- there's no indication that the international community is in a position to right the ship as it were.

CHURCH: And the U.N. Secretary General also says there are credible reports of widespread executions since the Rapid Support Forces entered the city. The RSF denies it is committing atrocities, but testimonies from those fleeing, online videos, and satellite images tell a very different story. What is the strength of the evidence against them?

SHINN: I think the evidence is pretty strong. Atrocities have been going on in Sudan for more than two years now. This is nothing new, it's just that it's worse right now than it has been recently. And I think there's plenty of evidence to demonstrate that.

CHURCH: David Shinn, thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it.

SHINN: Thank you.

CHURCH: CNN's Call to Earth Day is underway with people around the world doing their part to fight climate change. Still to come, students in Hong Kong put their design schools to the test to improve green spaces in their city. Back with that in just a moment.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Well, right now, CNN's annual Call to Earth Day is swinging into action in celebration of how people come together to help protect the planet. More than 600,000 people of all ages are taking part in a day-long event around the world on TV, digital and social media in English, Spanish, and Arabic. This year's theme is called "Guard Your Green Space." We are asking participants to show us how they're guarding their shared spaces for future generations.

CNN has a team of reporters covering Call to Earth Day across the globe in Los Angeles, Atlanta, London, Nairobi, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. And to show you all the different ways people around the world are protecting their green spaces, let's go first to Beijing. Steven Jiang joined us now from there. So Steven, what's happening where you are?

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STEVEN JIANG, CNN BEIJING BUREAU CHIEF: Yeah, Rosemary, we are at one of Beijing's most popular urban oasis, Liangma River. Now, it may be a little difficult to see all the beautiful landscapes surrounding us because of the smog here today, but that actually in a way speaks to the importance of raising awareness about environmental challenges facing the world with these young students here.

They're all from the British School of Beijing, Sanlitun, one of the city's leading international schools with their campus only a stone's throw away from here. That's why they often come here after school to hang out. So, what do you guys do here? Zelin (ph)?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah. In summer, we swim and fish, and in winter, we usually skate.

JIANG: Wow. A lot of activities to enjoy. But you guys were telling me you learned this river didn't always look or smell like this, right?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, a long time ago, the horses would bathe here and then get dried up next to the river. And that's actually how the river got its name because Liangma means to dry a horse in Chinese.

JIANG: I don't know, you are such a historian, Marie (ph), but I think long after they stopped bathing horses here, this was still quite a polluted place. Then what happened, Aliyah (ph)?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They decided to transform the river into a lush green space for everyone to come together and enjoy. They drained out the sewage, cleaned up the weeds, and now flora and plants grow freely.

JIANG: Quite a transformation. But Rafi (ph), you were saying you've already noticed some change. What did you notice?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The river isn't freezing as often anymore, so the people can't do these activities.

JIANG: What do you think caused that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Climate change, the planet is warming up.

JIANG: Wow. Right. So climate change already affecting this recently transformed river.

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Anything you guys are doing trying to make a difference on that front?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. Earlier on in this year, my family and I went to another river in Beijing to clean up the waste and plastic around it.

JIANG: Great move, Marie (ph). So, it's really encouraging to hear all that because all of these students understand small everyday actions really add up to help the long-term preservation of green spaces like this throughout the city, which of course, in turn would help slow down or even stop climate change.

And at the end of the day, that's what they want, to see Liangma River can be enjoyed not just by them now, but by future generations as well. Rosemary?

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CHURCH: Aren't they marvelous students? Steven Jiang bringing us that from Beijing. Appreciate it.

Well, in Hong Kong, some students are getting their creative juices flowing while promoting sustainable living. They're also giving bees and other pollinators new places to live. Kristie Lu Stout saw those students at work.

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Creativity at work on this Call to Earth Day. I'm at one of hundreds of schools around the region, around the world, marking Call to Earth Day, the annual student-led day of action to better protect the environment. And this year, the theme is "Guard your own green space." As you can see around me, the students here at German Swiss International School are fully committed to the task with a number of activities today, including this one which is an upcycled mosaic.

One of the student leaders on this project is Bianca. Bianca, you're a sustainability leader at the school. Can you tell me what's happening here?

BIANCA, LEADER, GSIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY: Yeah, I mean, so right now, the kids are working on a mosaic from waste material and we've collected corks, bottle caps from our school community, restaurants, and even a beach cleanup that we ran earlier this month.

LU STOUT: Wonderful.

BIANCA: Yeah.

LU STOUT: Yeah. And then, tell me about how this ties into greater themes of sustainability, even the Call to Earth theme "Guard your green space."

BIANCA: Well, I think guard your green space really means taking care of the planet as a collective.

LU STOUT: Absolutely.

BIANCA: So our green space, obviously the planet is something that we all have a responsibility in taking care of. So --

LU STOUT: Bianca, well said, and keep up the great work. Thank you so much.

Let's go over here and see this additional project underway. It's creating habitats for bees and other pollinators. They're making bee hotels. And leading this project, we have another sustainability leader, Matthew. Matthew, this is really interesting. Tell me about this process here for the team. MATTHEW, LEADER, GSIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY: So the students here have been -- have created this bee hotel and it's made up of upcycled bamboo. And the students at the sustainability event before the end of the year last year actually created this from the German stream. And these students are now decorating it and then we're going to send it out into our school garden, into our whole area, and allow wild bees to make (inaudible).

LU STOUT: And tell me about that connection between why it's necessary to create a habitat for pollinators and protecting our green space. What's the connection?

MATTHEW: Well, I think bees play a vital role in our green spaces, pollinating our plants and our trees and flowers. And I think by supporting them and making sure that they have a habitat, we're able to make our green spaces thrive that much more.

LU STOUT: And your advice for any viewers watching, what they should do on this Call to Earth Day?

MATTHEW: They should remember to reduce, reuse and recycle, specifically in that order. Reduce what you can. If you can't reduce, try and reuse it. And when all else fails, recycling is always a great thing.

LU STOUT: Great advice. Thank you so much, Matthew. Great advice there. I want to see you act on it and share what you're going to do on this Call to Earth Day. Go online, join the conversation, use the hashtag #calltoearth and share it with us. Guard your green space.

Back to you.

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CHURCH: And we'll be right back.

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CHURCH: It is a tale of two cities. In New York right now, half the residents are celebrating Zohran Mamdani's win in the mayoral race, but a lot of others are threatening to move out.

CNN's Jason Carroll reports.

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JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): New York's South Asian community celebrating the city's first South Asian and first Muslim Mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I.

CARROLL (voice-over): His win was just the news Noemi Rivera, a dog walker in the city, says she needed to hear this morning. NOEMI RIVERA, MAMDANI SUPPORTER: OK, we're getting some change. I was like, I'm so shocked. I so shocked.

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RIVERA: But, it had me in a great mood this morning.

MIRELA DEITZ, NEW YORK VOTER: I'm in mourning.

CAROLL: You're in mourning. Why are you in mourning?

DEITZ: Because our city is dead because of our new mayor.

CAROLL (voice-over): Mirela Deitz says she's feeling real fear on this post-election day. She has real concerns, the city's newly elected mayor who says he's a Democratic socialist, will take the city in the wrong direction.

DEITZ: Socialism doesn't work and it's not going to work in this city.

CAROLL (voice-over): Deitz is not alone. Martin Azarole (ph), a French teacher, worries Mamdani who has been critical of police in the past, won't be tough enough on crime.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am afraid, very afraid.

CAROLL (voice-over): Mamdani won a decisive victory, but still almost half of all voters did not support him. Retired pediatrician, Andre Broussard voted for former Governor Andrew Cuomo.

ANDRE BROUSSARD, CUOMO VOTER: I mean he came out of almost nowhere, you know? He doesn't have a lot of administrative experience or any, and so people are very divided.

CAROLL (voice-over): Mamdani's critics worry his call to tax the rich, those making more than $1 million a year, will scare away businesses. Billionaire activist Bill Ackman, who spent more than $1 million to try and stop Mamdani from winning, congratulated him on X, posting "Well, I did not support Mamdani for mayor and have concerns about the unintended and negative consequences of his policies. I want to do everything I can to help New York City regardless of who our mayor is." The Mayor elect says he appreciated Ackman's words.

ZOHRAN MAMDANI, (D) NEW YORK CITY MAYOR-ELECT: I think what I find is that there is a needed commitment from leaders of the city to speak and work with anyone who is committed to lowering the cost of living in the city. And that's something that I will fulfill.

CAROLL (voice-over): Mamdani will also have to work to win over some members of the Jewish community who have seen a rise in anti-Semitism and have grave concerns with Mamdani's sharp criticism of Israel.

ZACH SAGE FOX, VIDEO CREATOR: This -- this sucks. Like, I don't -- there's -- there's no other way to say it. You know, Mamdani is a symptom of a much bigger disease. CAROLL (voice-over): Mamdani has repeatedly said he will be mayor for all New Yorkers, supporters such as Andrea Donahue and her son Tommy say, give him a chance and the divisiveness may fade away.

ANDREA DONAHUE, NEW YORK VOTER: When there's been such a division, there's such a relief once the election is over, and I think people are going to come together.

BROUSSARD: It's over.

CAROLL: Move on. Is that your thoughts?

BROUSSARD: Move on. You have to live with it.

CAROLL (voice-over): Jason Carroll, CNN, New York.

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CHURCH: The wealthiest person on the planet could soon get the chance to become the first ever trillionaire. Tesla shareholders will decide on CEO, Elon Musk's new pay package in the coming day. If it's approved, he could be granted more than 420 million additional shares of Tesla stock over the next decade, which could be worth about $1 trillion. The company warns that if Musk is denied this, he may pursue other interests. Musk' supporters insist he is pivotal to Tesla's success.

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Lovers and haters of the online fast fashion retailer, Shein, showed up for the company's latest venture in France. Shein opened its first bricks-and-mortar store Wednesday inside one of the most famous department stores in Paris, BHV. Customers lined up early to be the first ones to shop inside the store. But protesters demonstrated inside and outside the shop, condemning the Chinese brand's ultra- cheap fashions. Shein plans to open more stores in five French malls.

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RICK O'CONNELL, PORTRAYED BY BRENDAN FRASER, THE MUMMY: You have unleashed a creature that we have feared for more than 3,000 years.

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CHURCH: Remember? That is the trailer for the 1999 film, "The Mummy" with stars Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. They are reportedly in talks to reunite for the next installment of the franchise. Since the first film, Fraser and Weisz have both won Oscars. They last appeared together in the sequel in 2001. Fraser appeared alone in 2008 for "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." Entertainment site, Deadline first reported plans for the next movie which have not been officially confirmed.

We have some stunning pictures of the moon coming in. That's as millions of people around the world caught a glimpse of an out-of- this-world spectacle last night, a supermoon, when the moon is close to the earth and appears larger. Images show the celestial event lighting up the skies over India. This is the second of three back-to- back supermoons this year. There was also this incredible shot caught of the moon rising. This is the view over Sydney's Bondi Beach.

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, this full moon is known as the Beaver Moon. And these images come from the German city of Cologne. The Almanac says the Beaver Moon is named for the time when beavers begin making preparations for the winter.

I want to thank you so much for your company. I'm Rosemary Church. I'll be back with more "CNN Newsroom" after a short break. Do stay with us.

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