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Senate Advances Deal to Reopen Government; SNAP Benefits Remain in Limbo Amid Shutdown; Deadly Typhoon Slams Philippines; Senate Advances Deal To Reopen Government; Israel Confirms Hamas Returned Body Of Longest-Held Hostage; 30th Conference On Climate Change Happening In Brazil; Cleveland Pitchers Charged In Bet-Rigging Scheme. Aired 2-3a ET

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

U.S. Senators are now one major step closer to ending the longest shutdown in American history. They voted a short time ago to break a Democratic filibuster on government funding legislation. Senate Republican Leader John Thune says he hopes the bill passes early this week. It will still have to go to the House for a vote, of course, before heading to the U.S. president's desk.

A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent agreed to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending Obamacare subsidies. The measure extends government funding through the end of January. It also reverses President Trump's mass firings of federal workers during the shutdown and would ensure food stamps are funded through fiscal year 2026. Some Democrats are slamming the deal, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

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SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): This fight will and must continue. Democrats must fight because millions of millions of families will lose health care coverage. We must fight because children who are dying of cancer will not get health care coverage. We must fight because a senior citizen cannot afford to pay $25,000 a year just for health insurance. We must fight to keep millions from financial ruin.

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CHURCH: CNN's Manu Raju is following the latest developments from Capitol Hill.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) MANU RAJU, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The longest government shutdown in American history now is coming to an end, to the relief of so many Americans who have been hurt in different ways by this very damaging standoff of 40 days. It could take another couple of days before it finally becomes law, but a bipartisan deal led to a breakthrough that now will end this bitter impasse.

Now remember, this all started after Democrats insisted that health care premiums must be addressed in any sort of negotiation to reopen the government. And they have leverage. In the United States Senate, it requires 60 votes to pass any piece of legislation. And there are 53 Republicans, 47 Democrats. One Republican consistently voted against it, meaning eight Democrats was the magic number to get to.

And for 14 times, Democrats blocked a Republican bill to reopen the government because they wanted an extension of expiring subsidies under the Affordable Care Act because millions of Americans rely on those, and they say that their health care premiums will skyrocket without a plan to extend those. Republicans were opposed to that plan and did not want to negotiate at all with them over this issue until the government was reopened.

Ultimately, there were some negotiations that happened in the rank and file, and that led to a deal on Sunday evening. As part of that deal, the government would reopen up until January 30th. Also, it would prevent Trump administration officials from firing, doing mass firings of federal employees, would allow some federal employees who were fired in the past to get their jobs back.

But it does not include language to extend those subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Instead, those ACA -- that ACA issue will be dealt with later as a separate vote. Democrats won an assurance from the Senate Republican leader John Thune to schedule a vote by the second week of December on an ACA specific bill, an Affordable Care Act specific bill. But there is no guarantee that that will become law. In fact, it is almost certain not to become law. It probably won't pass the Senate, much less the Republican-led House, or get signed into law by Donald Trump.

So, a lot of Democrats are upset with their colleagues for cutting this deal, including Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic leader, who plans to fight this in the House. The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, also opposes this plan, as well as Senator Brian Schatz, who is poised to be the next second-ranking Democrat in the next Congress. But there were enough Democrats, appropriators, some retiring senators and the like who decided it was time to reopen the government, and they believe that they fought hard enough and it was time to move on.

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This is the best deal they were going to get as so many Americans were facing the prospects of food stamps drying up, already facing that, happening. And now, this deal would extend food stamp benefits through part of 2026. So, some relief there for people who need that and also relief for so many federal employees, hundreds of thousands who are without paycheck, have been furloughed, but now can go back to work once this eventually becomes law.

The House does need to come back in the session and finally pass this bill. They have been out of session since September 19th amid this crisis. But they'll finally be coming back to work in the Capitol, giving a green light to this issue after Democrats, some of them, relented, cut a deal, and now the government could reopen in just a matter of days.

Manu Raju, CNN, Capitol Hill.

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CHURCH: Let's go to Benjamin Radd now, a political scientist and senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. He joins me now from Los Angeles. Thank you so much for being with us.

BENJAMIN RADD, POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND SENIOR FELLOW, UCLA BURKLE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Thank you for having me back.

CHURCH: So, it looks like the longest U.S. government shutdown in history could be coming to an end after the Senate advanced a bipartisan deal to extend government funding until the end of January in exchange for extending SNAP food benefits and getting federal workers paid again. Now, if these advances, how likely is it that the House will pass this given many Democrats are furious about the deal?

RADD: Well, the Democrats simply don't have the votes in the House to stop it and the House Republicans are probably eager to see this shutdown put behind them and distance themselves from what could be and most likely will be a key midterm election issue come 2026.

CHURCH: Is this a capitulation on the part of the Democrats, even though the deal to reopen the government was made in exchange for a future vote on extending Obamacare subsidies?

RADD: Yeah. As your correspondent, Manu, stated in his report, it's hard to see this as anything but. I mean, especially in light of the legislative or -- excuse me, electoral victories Democrats had last week, as we saw in the races in the states, for governors in particular, and it seemed like the Democrats had the momentum. But in this instance, the agreement to proceed and to provide Republicans in the Senate with the vote they need really came in exchange for a promise to hold a vote on something that most likely will fail and not advance anyway, let alone make it through the House.

So, it's hard to see this as anything but a capitulation, one where President Trump's strategy to pressure the Democrats by applying pressure on federal workers and other Americans who are impacted by the shutdown, uh, that it -- that it worked.

CHURCH: And how likely is it that we'll end up seeing another government shutdown at the end of January when this extension expires?

RADD: Yeah, and I think that -- I think that the key there is going to be what happens with the pressure applied by the Democrats on extending the ACA subsidies and whether or not they are willing to go back into another shutdown scenario, whether these eight Democrats who defected, if you will, from the majority or from the minority, whether they would agree to do the same come January, whether the momentum shifts, whether we see vulnerable Republican members deciding it's not worth a second go around and they are the ones who stand behind and really push the subsidy issue forward.

All of this really remains to be seen. I think the next few weeks will determine how this shakes down and what polls will show and what the voters in their home states have to say about these decisions.

CHURCH: And what impact might all of this have on next year's midterm elections or will voters forget all the pain they went through just as they did after the pandemic?

RADD: If the subsidies are, in fact, cut, if they're not extended, if they're not reinstated after they expire, then Democrats, especially vulnerable Republicans, see it become a campaign issue, voters are concerned, then absolutely it can be something that can come back to haunt those who voted against extending those subsidies.

So, it looks like Democrats are committed, the ones who did not join the Republicans in the Senate. They are committed to keeping this front and center and making sure it does remain a 2026 campaign issue, one that Republicans won't be able to escape from.

CHURCH: And why do you think these Democrats decided to make this deal even against really the recommendations from the leadership of the Democratic Party?

RADD: What's notable about these eight in particular is that none of them are up for reelection next year. We have several that are retiring and the rest of them are not again going to be up for election until 2028 or later. And so, what you see is a situation where they had nothing to lose. And they're hoping by the time their next race has come around, voters will have forgotten and other issues will be on the table in front of voters, putting some distance between them.

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They justified it as saying that the pressure put on Americans, on federal workers in particular, was simply too much. You look at the SNAP benefits, you look at what's happening with air traffic controllers, you look at essentially the dysfunction in government all around as a result of the shutdown, that this cost was too much to bear all over preserving the ACA subsidies, which they were satisfied with the deferred vote to be held later on.

CHURCH: Benjamin Radd, thank you so much for joining us. Appreciate your analysis.

RADD: Thank you.

CHURCH: Eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus broke ranks with the rest of their party, voting with Republicans to advance the deal to reopen the federal government. And despite criticism from top Democratic leadership, they defended their choice to get things moving.

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SEN. ANGUS KING (I-ME): So, this agreement tonight is a -- is a win for the American people. And it's a win for those people that are so insistent, that I'm hearing from all the time, protect our health care. Our judgment is the best way to do that is to get a bill on the floor.

Is there a guarantee it will pass? No. Is there a guarantee it will pass in the House? There is actually some very strong interest in the House, a possibility of a bipartisan bill and to get a discharge petition, and then perhaps we're on the way.

And we have that expression for Republican senators who are interested in working on a bill that will deal with the ACA issue and perhaps additional health care issues at the same time.

So, what happened tonight is not the closing of a chapter, it's the opening of an opportunity. What the chapter does close is the damaging shutdown that is only getting worse, that is only going to impact more and more people. And it's an opportunity for us to move forward on behalf of all the people of this country on the issue of health care, but also on making the federal government function.

SEN. CYNTHIA JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH): Now, I understand that not all of my Democratic colleagues are satisfied with this agreement. But waiting another week or another month wouldn't deliver a better outcome. It would only mean more harm for families in New Hampshire and all across the country.

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CHURCH: Joining me now is Lanhee Chen, the former policy director for Republican Mitt Romney. He's also a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Appreciate you joining us.

LANHEE CHEN, FORMER MITT ROMNEY POLICY DIRECTOR, FELLOW AT HOOVER INSTITUTION AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY: Thank you, Rosemary.

CHURCH: So, many Democrats are unhappy about this deal, accusing those who are supportive of caving into Republican demands. Do you see this as a big win for Republicans and President Trump?

CHEN: Yeah, I think particularly in the short term, it definitely appears that way. Look, the deal that Democrats have apparently agreed to, uh, certainly in the Senate potentially going forward, uh, is the same deal that was available to them a couple of weeks ago.

And the guaranteed vote that's coming up on health care, it doesn't necessarily change the status quo in terms of some of those ACA enhanced subsidies expiring. This was what Democrats originally shut down the government over. No guarantee that there's going to be any movement on that issue or any other issue, frankly, that Democrats have been holding out for. So, I do think that in the short run, certainly, this does have the

potential to be a win for Republicans. Now, as we look longer run, we look toward the elections next year, I think it's an open question how voters will or will not reflect their point of view on this as we look ahead.

CHURCH: Yeah, it will certainly be interesting to see how this plays out for the midterm. So, some Democrats concluded there was no way to win against a Republican Party that was willing to see 42 million people go hungry, most of -- most of them children and the disabled. Are Republicans worried that they could be seen as pretty heartless here?

CHEN: Well, I think that Republicans will continue to go back to the point that this shutdown never had to happen and the fact that it did, they're going to lay at the feet of Democrats. Now, again, voters are going to have to cast judgment on that.

I do think one thing to note is that, uh, certainly, those voters who were affected by these SNAP cuts, the voters who were affected by some of the air travel disruptions we've seen over the last couple of days, they may be the ones that have the longest memories when we talk about how this shutdown is going to impact both Republicans and Democrats at the ballot box next year.

But I think Republicans are going to put forward the argument, hey, listen, none of this pain was necessary if Democrats had not held out to try and get some movement on the ACA which, ultimately, they didn't end up getting.

CHURCH: Yeah. Certainly, all the polls show that voters are blaming the Republicans over the shutdown at this juncture. We'll see what happens, as you say, down the road a bit. So, what's likely to happen with the vote on Obamacare in December?

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What role will President Trump's idea that he has been flagging about paying Americans rather than health insurance companies -- how -- how -- how will that play in the end? Is he going to incorporate that?

CHEN: Well, we'll have to see what the specific proposal -- we'll -- we'll have to see what the specific proposal is, right? I think that there has been a lot of discussion from certainly even President Trump's first term where he talked about trying to make health care better. The reality is a lot of work needs to be done to improve the American health care system.

But I do think that on this issue of health care, what will be very interesting is to see, Rosemary, what the actual agreement is in terms of what it is Republicans and Democrats are going to vote on. I think Democrats see this as an opportunity to paint Republicans into a corner on that vote, to have them vote against things that they believe will be politically popular. It'll be up to Republicans to put forward an alternative to say, no, we're not actually just voting against this, we're voting for something else, and then to be able to articulate what that is.

I think this goes back to -- we've been debating healthcare in America for the last, you know, 10 -- over -- almost 15 years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. And this continues to be one of the most contentious public policy issues on which there are sincere disagreements, I think, between Republicans and Democrats on the way forward.

CHURCH: Yeah. I mean, it does beg the question. Republicans do keep talking about an alternative for Obamacare. But they haven't put one forth, have they? So, what would the likely --

CHEN: Well, I think that's going to be the key. That -- that's going to be the key. If -- if Republicans are going to be successful, they're going to be able to -- they're going to have to put something forward as an alternative because they're going to vote against certainly what Democrats want. Now, it's a question of what the Republican plan is to, for example, direct subsidies directly to individuals as opposed to insurance companies which they've talked about ways in which they would increase affordability potentially by expanding choice.

These are all the sorts of things that Republican folks have developed plans, they've developed thinking. Now, it's time to actually put them forward and put them to a vote going into these next several weeks.

CHURCH: So, of course, if these advances, it's going to go to the House, it will be voted on, and then it will be signed by the U.S. president. But the problem going forward here, and we've sort of seen this happen over and over again, is that if this doesn't turn out well for the Democrats and you know this has been quite a risk for them, voting with this bipartisan deal, what happens in January? At the end of January, the money runs out, and then the country goes through another shutdown. That's what we keep saying, isn't it? Over and over again. Is that -- is that inevitable?

CHEN: I hope not. Boy, I mean, this -- this has been the longest shutdown in American history. It is the case, though, that when we come to the ending of this funding tranche, we're talking about January 31st in the current deal, that presents another point of leverage, potentially. If the Democrats wanted to say, look, we aren't happy with the various things that have happened over the last couple of months, we're going to be willing to shut the government down again, potentially, in order to get what we want.

I hope we haven't gotten into the cycle. The reality is, though, that both sides are seeing some point of political advantage to play when we look at shutdown politics. And, you know, ultimately, as we get into an election year, Rosemary, it becomes much more fraught as the parties begin to look at how they're going to behave in that January potential period when we're looking at extending government funding again. The 2026 elections then will really be just right around the corner. And so, I think for both parties, the political stakes get that much higher.

CHURCH: All right. We'll be watching seeing what happens, of course. Lanhee Chen, thank you so much for joining us and sharing your perspective on this issue. Appreciate it.

CHEN: Thank you.

CHURCH: Well, as the shutdown appears to be coming to an end, people receiving SNAP benefits are still in limbo. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food assistance payments Saturday following a Supreme Court ruling. Instead, the USDA is telling states to only issue partial payments for 65% of what recipients are allotted. They also ordered states to undo any full payments they already sent out.

Now this latest directive comes after a lower court's Friday order for the federal government to fund SNAP. After that ruling, some states immediately sent out payments. Maryland's Democratic Governor Wes Moore said Sunday that there's no clarity at all in the guidance and that the administration is causing intentional chaos.

Well, still to come, the Philippines is dealing with the aftermath of its second deadly typhoon in a week. The latest on the recovery efforts when we return. Plus, after more than a decade, Hamas has finally returned the body of its longest-held hostage as part of the recent ceasefire deal. The details just ahead.

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CHURCH: Officials say at least two people have died from Typhoon Fung-wong as it slammed into the northern Philippines on Sunday. The massive storm lashed parts of the country's main island with heavy winds, rains, and storm swells. It caused landslides and damaged roads, closing off access to at least three towns. Around 1.4 million people evacuated ahead of the typhoon, which is the second in a week to make landfall in the country.

So, let's turn to CNN's Mike Valerio, who's following this story for us from Beijing. Good to see you, Mike. So, what more are you learning about Typhoon Fung-wong?

MIKE VALERIO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, I think that to put this in perspective, you set it up, you know, exactly as people are feeling it, Rosemary. But not only that. You know, the president of a relief organization in the Philippines said within the span of two months, this is the fourth major typhoon, and they've had two earthquakes. So, this is the latest devastation that we're seeing.

And I know this video played in their introduction to the story, but let's control and play this video again of just the huge storm surge that came in yesterday evening. More than two, three meters high crashing above the roofs of these buildings. It's so extraordinary to see, just adding insult to injury, after you said less than a week ago, Typhoon Kalmaegi came through, killing more than 200 people in the Philippines, five people in Vietnam.

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Still very much assessing the devastation today. To that end, let's take a listen to somebody who survived, a 21-year-old man. You're going to see his home in the background. But this is what he experienced only a few hours ago. Let's listen.

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ROMEO MARIANO, STORM SURVIVOR (through translator): We felt the wind and some rain picking up around 6 p.m., and it got stronger around 9 to 10 p.m. until the early morning. Almost all the tree branches nearby fell. And when we got out to check our home, we saw the damage. As you can see, even the electrical post was damaged, so it might take days for our power to get restored.

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VALERIO: And I got to correct myself. I'm sorry. Monday brain. That storm surge in the video is certainly more than three meters high. Forgive me forever. So, the numbers that we are being able to report from the Philippines, more than 426,000 families have been moved from their homes into the safety of evacuation shelters. About 6,000 of those shelters have been set up.

In terms of the death toll, we can confirm one person is drowned in Catanduanes province. A body of a woman has also been recovered by firefighters who have been wading through that waist-high water in Catbalogan City. Three hundred and eighteen thousand people are still in evacuation centers, according to our latest figures as of Monday.

So, where the storm is going? It's in the South China Sea. Our friends in Taiwan are anticipating it. Wednesday, there are already schools that are closing and people that are getting the orders to begin evacuating. And meantime, in the Philippines, not only will search efforts continue because a lot of these communities have been cut off by mudslides, landslides, but storm search is still a concern until about 8 p.m. tonight, Rosemary.

CHURCH: Those are some devastating images there. Mike Valerio, thank you so much for staying on top of that story. Appreciate it.

VALERIO: Thanks, Rosemary.

CHURCH: Malaysia's maritime agency says crews are searching for survivors after a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank near the border with Thailand. Ten survivors and one body have been recovered so far.

The Rohingya Muslim community faces violent persecution at home in Myanmar, and they often live as refugees in Bangladesh. But many people want to flee the overcrowded camps and attempt the dangerous journey across the sea to Malaysia and Indonesia.

What's normally a calm island paradise turned deadly this weekend as sudden massive waves hit the tourist hotspot Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. The powerful waves caught many off guard and rescuers say they just could not reach everyone in time. CNN's Ben Hunte has more.

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BEN HUNTE, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Rough waves swept several people into the sea off Spain's Tenerife Island, emergency services say, bringing tragedy to the popular vacation spot. Officials say there were multiple incidents of casualties linked to strong sea surges across the island. And at one point, a group of 10 people was carried off by the powerful waves. Most of the group was rescued. But one witness describes how he was unable to help one victim.

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UNKNOWN (through translator): As soon as I saw a man waving at me, I took my clothes off, jumped to the water, and I managed to grab three of them and saved one. I couldn't save the woman because she passed away at that moment as she fell three meters high from the tip of the breakwater.

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HUNTE (voice-over): Emergency services issued repeated warnings about strong waves around Spain's Canary Islands that could reach up to four meters and told people not to go near the end of piers or breakwaters. Another witness says he too tried to alert people to the treacherous conditions.

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UNKNOWN (Through translator): I told him, leave already, leave already, the sea is very bad and it is going to sweep you away.

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HUNTE (voice-over): Authorities on Sunday warned that Canary Islands are still on alert for coastal hazards. And even though the sea is one of the biggest draws in Tenerife, one tourist suggests that sometimes, it's best to enjoy it from a distance.

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UNKNOWN (Through translator): When the sea is calm, it's beautiful to look at, it's wonderful, a paradise. But when the sea is rough, people should not be at the beach, over rocks or at port because it's dangerous.

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HUNTE (voice-over): Ben Hunte, CNN.

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CHURCH: Still to come, the U.S. Senate takes a step towards reopening the government. We will tell you what's next as our breaking news coverage continues. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

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ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: We are following this breaking news out of Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Senate has broken a Democratic filibuster on government funding with a vote of 60 to 40. Eight Senate Democrats helped advance a funding deal in exchange for a future vote on extending health care subsidies. The main sticking point Democrats had been fighting for.

Senate Republican Leader John Thune committed to a vote on health care by the middle of December. The House must still approve the deal before it heads to President Trump's desk. But it seems confident -- or but he seems confident the shutdown is close to an end.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Well, it looks like we're getting very close on the shutdown. We'll never agree to give any substantial money or any money to really prisoners, illegals that come into our country. And I think the Democrats understand that. And it looks like we're getting close to the shutdown ending. You'll know very soon.

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CHURCH: CNN's Betsy Klein has the details from the White House.

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BETSY KLEIN, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, we are now one major step closer to ending this government shutdown and getting the federal government reopened. And it has been 40 days of hardship and uncertainty for more than 1 million federal workers, so many of whom were deemed essential and required to report to work. All this time without a paycheck.

And this vote in the Senate comes as the shutdown had reached a period of new pain impacting more Americans over the weekend. We heard from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy who warned that air travel would be, quote, reduced to a trickle heading into that very busy Thanksgiving travel season, and separately, SNAP benefits, those very critical nutrition benefits impacting about 42 million Americans.

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The Trump administration had ordered states to disburse partial, about 65 percent SNAP benefits to those in need, affecting about one in eight people in this country.

But the heart of the issue driving this shutdown is that Democrats wanted to extend those expiring Obamacare enhanced subsidies. President Trump making very clear in recent days that he was vehemently opposed to doing so. And we heard a change in tone from President Trump following Tuesday's elections, where Democrats won in very key races. The president said that Democrats, in his view, were not shouldering enough of the blame in this shutdown.

The president had also, both publicly and privately, intensified calls to end the filibuster, that is, that 60-vote threshold required to pass any piece of legislation in the Senate. President Trump calling on senators to end that even though there is bipartisan opposition to doing so. But those two major pieces set the stage for this vote on Sunday evening.

And there are two very important provisions in this bill impacting federal workers. Number one, the fired federal workers who were let go during the shutdown will be reinstated and will be given back pay. And separately, there was some question from President Trump, even though he signed a law back in 2019, ensuring that those who had been furloughed would receive back pay. The president calling that into question in recent days. But we have learned that this bill does require those furloughed workers to be paid at the conclusion of this shutdown.

President Trump has a series of private events on his schedule behind closed doors, meeting with the Syrian president at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. He is also set to attend a swearing in ceremony for the U.S. ambassador to India around 3:00 on Monday. We will see right now both those events closed to press. We'll see if he takes questions and opens them up.

Betsy Klein, CNN, at the White House.

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CHURCH: As we just heard, the Trump administration is preparing to host the president of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in the coming hours. His visit to the White House on Monday is the first ever by a Syrian head of state, and comes just days after the U.S. removed his status as a specially designated global terrorist. The former leader of al Qaeda, who once had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, was seen playing basketball with top U.S. military officials over the weekend.

Hamas has finally released the body of its longest held hostage. Israel confirmed it received the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin on Sunday.

Goldin was an IDF soldier killed in the final days of the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas. Like previous hostage returns, Hamas gave what it said was Goldin's body to the International Red Cross, which then transferred it to the Israeli military. The return of Goldin's body leaves four deceased hostages still in Gaza, including three Israelis, who were killed on October 7th, 2023, and a Thai citizen who was kidnaped during the attack.

And now to Jerusalem, where CNN's Oren Liebermann reports on the latest hostage return and the most recent incident of extremist violence in the occupied West Bank.

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OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF: More than a decade after Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was killed at the end of the 2014 conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, his remains were returned to Israel.

Hamas said early on Sunday that they would be transferring the remains of Goldin to the Red Cross and on to Israel. And that was confirmed a short time later by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who, even before the remains had been confirmed and identified, said that Goldin, his remains, his body were on his way home for a proper burial.

A short time after it was confirmed that the remains were indeed Hadar Goldin, his family, his father, Simcha Goldin, issued a statement in which he said, we brought Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, our son, a fighter, to be buried in Israel. We achieved this because our soldiers fought to bring warriors back from the battlefield. The IDF brought Hadar back to his homeland, no one else.

This marks the fifth transfer of deceased hostages from Hamas to Israel within just about a week and this is a key critical phase of the first phase of the ceasefire deal. It is, in fact, the one that is still ongoing here. There are, at this point, four deceased hostages who remain in Gaza from October 7, 2023, and Israel has demanded that they all be returned, even as the government knows and has known for quite some time now, as CNN has previously reported, that Hamas may not know the location of all of the deceased hostages.

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This, however, is a key part of the ceasefire agreement and is required to move on to the second phase, which calls for an international security force in Gaza and a lot of the details to be worked out. And that's where the U.S. effort is right now, to make sure this U.S.-brokered ceasefire continues forward and progresses here.

Meanwhile, over the weekend, we also saw continued settler violence against Palestinians, activists and journalists, this time in the Palestinian village of Beit Ha, near Nablus. That's where witnesses and activists say Israeli settlers descended from a hilltop and attacked during the annual Palestinian olive harvest there, injuring not only Palestinians, but also journalists and activists.

An Israeli photographer captured these scenes from the attack on "Reuters" journalists. Reuters confirmed that two of their journalists were injured at the scene there. The Israeli military said they were aware of and responded to the incident and were aware that Palestinians were injured there as they investigate, they say they, quote, "condemn any acts of violence."

But the United Nations has pointed out that there were more than 260 settler attacks in the month of October, far more than have ever been recorded in a month since records were tracked going back nearly 20 years.

Oren Liebermann, CNN, in Jerusalem.

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CHURCH: World leaders gather in Brazil for a global environmental summit, but one billionaire's recent comments on the subject are causing headaches. We'll have details for you after the break.

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CHURCH: Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of India's capital on Sunday. They're demanding more action be taken to stop air pollution. Government data put New Delhi's air quality index over the weekend at 392, among the worst in the world. Experts say chronic pollution takes a heavy toll on people's health and can shorten life expectancy.

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Well, the world's biggest climate summit is happening right now in Brazil. Politicians, scientists and diplomats are gathered at COP30 to talk about ways to minimize a worsening environmental crisis. Among those not in attendance, members of the Trump administration, the U.S. president has repeatedly called climate change and the science behind it the greatest con job.

CNN's Bill Weir looks at what's at stake.

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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.

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.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Those coal mines are opening up one after another, clean, beautiful coal.

WEIR (voice-over): 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 in New York City last week.

So the rhetoric just isn't matching the real world here.

WEIR (voice-over): Meanwhile, former Biden climate czar Gina McCarthy is in Brazil, along with a group that includes California Governor Gavin Newsom and others, who will try to convince the world that blue states and big cities are still in the fight with pledges to keep.

GENA MCCARTHY, FORMER EPA ADMINISTRATOR: This is a difficult time, Bill, that you know, and I've never been at a time when I felt that the federal government was as much out of the loop as this federal government is. But that can't be what we focus on. We have a chance to go to Belem and let people know that America is all in.

There are solutions. There are opportunities. There is hope in the United States.

HAYHOE: We also see that businesses, organizations, nonprofits, churches, tribal nations, universities, all kinds of different entities are taking climate action. So when Gina is going to Brazil to tell people that people in America, organizations in America are still acting, she's right.

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CHURCH: Well, they're used to making headlines for what they do on the mound, but two Major League pitchers now find themselves facing prison time for the way they played some games. We'll have details for you just ahead.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone.

President Trump was at the Washington Commanders football game on Sunday. Earlier, the White House said it would be beautiful if the team named a new stadium it's planning after him. ESPN reports there have been back-channel talks between the White House and the owners of the Washington Commanders. The team did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but has said they plan to open the new stadium by 2030.

Well, two Major League Baseball pitchers could be facing years behind bars. They've been indicted for allegedly taking part in a sports betting scheme focused on their pitching. The pair, both from the Cleveland Guardians, are accused of planning pitches in advance to help their coconspirators win hundreds of thousands of dollars.

CNN's Don Riddell has details.

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DON RIDDELL, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: This is major news in major league baseball, which is just reeling after the indictment of two players for their alleged roles in a scheme to rig bets on games.

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According to prosecutors, the Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are facing charges on multiple counts of wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, money laundering conspiracy and more.

Ortiz has already been arrested. He's in custody. His lawyer told CNN that his client is innocent, adding that there is no credible evidence Ortiz did anything other than try to win games.

Both men were placed on non-disciplinary leave by the league back in July. In a statement to CNN, the Guardian said, quote, we are aware of the recent law enforcement action. We will continue to fully cooperate with both law enforcement and Major League Baseball as their investigations continue. MLB also says that it is cooperating with the investigation by the Department of Justice.

And these accusations are pretty serious. If proven, the players could be looking at decades behind bars. Of course, all this is coming barely two weeks after a similar scandal rocked the NBA. Two players and a coach were arrested for their roles in insider trading in sports betting and rigged high stakes poker games.

In both these cases, the NBA and MLB, the indictments are coming from the same U.S. attorneys office in Brooklyn, New York.

Back to you.

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CHURCH: Argentina is breaking records and whetting appetites with the world's longest salami. The cured creation stretched 487 meters and contained 1,500 kilos of meat. It breaks the country's own previous record by a full 80m. Thousands turned out to witness the official measuring and to celebrate the massive salami.

I want to thank you so much for joining us this hour. I'm Rosemary Church. I'll be back with more CNN NEWSROOM after a short break. Do stay with us.

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