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Marjorie Taylor Greene Quitting Congress amid Feud with Trump; Trump Says "Great Honor" to Meet Mamdani; Ukraine Faces Thursday Deadline to Accept U.S. Peace Plan; Israeli Settler Attacks Surge in Occupied West Bank; SCOTUS Pauses Lower Court Order Blocking Texas' New Congressional Maps; Trump Announces New Offshore Drilling Plan; Miss Mexico Crowned after Walkout Controversy. Aired 5-6a ET
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KIM BRUNHUBER, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, Canada and around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber. This is CNN NEWSROOM.
Longtime Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress. We'll look at why she says the president played a role in her choice.
Plus, they were trading jabs during the election. But now New York's mayor-elect is making nice with the president.
What happened when two guys from Queens got together at the White House?
And world leaders are gathered in Johannesburg for a week of meetings without the U.S. We have a live report from the summit.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Live from Atlanta, this is CNN NEWSROOM with Kim Brunhuber.
BRUNHUBER: We start with a surprising announcement from congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and her message to the movement that she embraced. The Georgia Republican says she's resigning in January. Now this comes just days after her public falling out with president Donald Trump.
Greene and Trump were once staunch allies but their relationship soured recently. The release of the Jeffrey Epstein files was among the reasons. A source says Greene spent more than a week thinking about resigning as threats against her escalated.
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REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE (R-GA): Loyalty should be a two-way street and we should be able to vote our conscience.
America First should mean America First and only Americans first.
Standing up For American women who were raped at 14 years old, trafficked and used by rich, powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the president of the United States, whom I fought for.
I refuse to be a battered wife, hoping it all goes away and gets better.
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BRUNHUBER: Last week, president Trump rescinded his endorsement of Greene and, as you heard, called her a traitor. She said those comments could radicalize people and put her life in danger. But at the time, Trump dismissed her concerns, here he is.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Marjorie Traitor Greene, I don't think her life is in danger. I don't think -- frankly, I don't think anybody cares about her.
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BRUNHUBER: Now earlier, I spoke to Natasha Lindstaedt, a professor of government at the University of Essex and I asked her if she was surprised by the announcement. Here she is.
NATASHA LINDSTAEDT, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX: I was absolutely shocked for a lot of different reasons.
One, I thought that she was just going to carry on the fight. There was also rumors that she had presidential ambitions. And she was starting to become a lot more mainstream.
But the other reason why I'm so shocked is she was just such a diehard MAGA figure and she was so incredibly loyal to Donald Trump. And with the issue of the Epstein files, which they just couldn't see eye-to- eye with, that was probably the final straw.
I mean, she also had other issues with Donald Trump's policies, particularly on health care, not having any kind of alternative to repealing or not funding the subsidies for ObamaCare.
But she also disagreed with him on foreign wars, particularly in the war in Gaza and why the U.S. military was being sent to all kinds of different places to do different things that she felt was not in line with the MAGA agenda.
And so, you would think, being so incredibly loyal to Donald Trump, that would be something that that he would hold on to. But as she mentioned in her resignation, loyalty is a two-way street. And that's not the way Donald Trump was dealing with people who just disagreed with him.
And I think she just found it to be too dangerous. This is like a major defection. And sometimes it just takes one and
then it can lead to other defections as they see that politics, as I mentioned, has just become so toxic and dangerous for anyone that disagrees.
And they're seeing that the way that Trump wants the legislature to function is like a rubber stamp legislature. He doesn't tolerate any disagreement in his own party about issues that, for some of these people, their constituents really, really care about.
So he's putting Republicans in a really difficult place. They have to have his support in order to win these primaries. But then when they get to the election, get to the midterms, they're not going to do well because they're not able to represent their constituencies properly.
And she actually mentioned that the Republicans are not going to do well in the 2026 midterms. And so she was jumping ship already.
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BRUNHUBER: From ditching a one-time ally to welcoming a political opponent to the Oval Office, President Trump's gushing about his meeting with New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. He called it a great honor and even said it was OK for Mamdani to refer to him as a fascist. Here he is.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAYOR-ELECT ZOHRAN MAMDANI (D-NY), NYC: I've spoken about --
TRUMP: That's OK. You can just say.
MAMDANI: OK. OK.
TRUMP: OK?
MAMDANI: Yes.
TRUMP: It's easier. It's easier than explaining it.
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BRUNHUBER: But now their meeting comes after months of attacks against Mamdani, who president Trump has repeatedly called a communist. But now he says they could work together on crime, housing and the cost of living in New York. They spent more than half an hour meeting before reporters arrived.
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TRUMP: I think he's different. All right. I think he's different and that could be in a very positive way but I think he's different than your typical guy runs, wins, becomes mayor maybe and nothing exciting, because he has a chance to really do something great for New York.
We're going to help him but I really think he has a chance to do a great job. I'll be cheering for him.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Didn't mention anything about America or -- ?
TRUMP: I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually and some very liberal people. I met with a very, I met with a man who's a very rational person.
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BRUNHUBER: I want to bring in Christina Greer, who's an associate professor of political science at Fordham University and she joins me live from New York.
Good to see you. Thank you so much for being here with us. Really appreciate it. So president Trump goes from calling Mamdani a communist to basically singing his praises in the Oval Office.
Are you surprised by at least these overt optics of the two getting along?
CHRISTINA GREER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: Oh, Kim, nothing surprises me these days with the president. I think we weren't exactly sure what we were going to see post-meeting.
But what we've also seen consistently with Donald Trump is that who he is on social media isn't always who he is when he meets people in person. And so the better side of Donald Trump was out yesterday, the more congenial, charming side, I guess you would say.
But it is -- I think it speaks to the political prowess of mayor-elect Mamdani and that he stuck to the goal of the meeting, which was to talk about affordable housing, which was to talk about building in New York, to make sure that they help all the citizens of New York.
And I'm sure things in the future might get a little sticky when we start really getting into the weeds about protecting all New Yorkers, especially from ICE raids and illegal searches.
BRUNHUBER: Yes. I mean, speaking of things getting sticky, I mean, for the president, do you think that Trump's kind of setting himself up for blowback from the MAGA base, who were expecting him to put this, you know, so-called communist in his place?
GREER: Well, it's interesting. You know, the MAGA base seems as though it's splintering. But we've thought that so many times before. And ultimately they get in line. We have not seen a lame duck president the way we've seen Donald Trump in these past few weeks.
So we could see the beginning of a real splintering. But you know, as we've seen in these past few days, many people in the MAGA base have already started to fall in line with the Trump talking points about the Jeffrey Epstein files, aren't that big of a deal now that they're being unsealed.
So I'm not exactly sure if this base can really be moved away from Donald Trump. I think what might actually move them is if Donald Trump is willing to work with mayor-elect Mamdani. And the base has been just so adamant that they don't want any cooperation and coordination with Democrats on any capacity, even if it helps millions of Americans.
BRUNHUBER: Well, that's right. And, you know, further to that, Republicans have been hammering Mamdani, you know, basically using him to attack Democrats. A Muslim socialist was this convenient symbol.
So how much does this kind of mess up the GOP's game plan to demonize Democrats going into 2026?
GREER: Right. I think a lot of Republicans were hoping to tie all of their Democratic opponents to Mamdani. But when the president says he's a rational guy, I hope to work with him, I think we can work together well, that's also what Donald Trump has said in November.
Who knows how he'll behave by January?
I think that's the inconsistent piece. But I think for a lot of Republicans, especially those who are running for reelection or possibly have primary challengers, it's going to be really difficult to either break away from the president or, like they're schools of fish, they have to pivot every few moments when the president pivots as well.
So he's definitely put his own party in a much more complicated position.
BRUNHUBER: Yes. You know, some are talking about this being some smart political jiu jitsu by president Trump, you know, avoiding confronting Mamdani because he didn't want to go up against someone with such a strong message on affordability.
I mean, does that tell us Trump sees this issue as a real vulnerability heading into the midterms, do you think?
GREER: Well, don't forget, Donald Trump campaigned on affordability, the price of eggs.
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Remember that conversation?
And he's been telling the American people that prices are going down, even though they feel as though it's the exact opposite and so, because of many of his tariff policies, because of the inconsistencies in the market.
So Mamdani is essentially running on a quasi-similar populist message. His is more additive. I would argue that Donald Trump's is subtractive in the sense that, you know, prices going up because of immigrants, whereas Mamdani says prices are going up because of oligarchs.
But there's a similarity in the messaging. I think that there's an interesting, weird respect that the president has for someone who's been able to come on the scene in such a short time and galvanize so many millions of people, not just in New York but around the country and around the world.
There's -- you can tell there's an admiration there just for the political prowess alone. The devil will get into the details, obviously, when we start talking about policy.
BRUNHUBER: Yes. Let's talk about some of those details, because, as you intimated, chances are this bromance won't last. President Trump had threatened to cut off federal funds and to go hard on immigration enforcement in the city.
So how much room does Mamdani really have to resist Trump if things turn sour after this honeymoon phase?
GREER: Yes, I think that's why many of his appointments were, as he's getting together his commissioners and deputy mayors, many of those people are thinking not just short term but very long term.
What does happen if the president cuts off, you know, the billions of dollars that New Yorkers rely on, not just for SNAP benefits or public housing but the list goes on, infrastructure?
I do think that, you know, because Mamdani did spend a short time but a time, nonetheless, in Albany, because Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York state governor, is up for reelection.
And it behooves her to want to work with Mamdani and see him as a success because she will need to galvanize his base not just for a primary in June but also for what will likely be a contentious general election in November.
There are ways that, even though the mayor's budget is somewhat limited, he's going to have to move around money potentially, if the president decides that he will withhold funds from the 8.5 million New Yorkers that rely on them.
BRUNHUBER: Yes. And it will be interesting to see what knockon effects this might have on the governor's race, as you said. Christina Greer, really appreciate getting your analysis. Thank you so much.
GREER: Anytime.
BRUNHUBER: Losing dignity or losing a key ally in the middle of the war, that's how Ukraine's president is framing his choices as he faces a deadline to accept a draft U.S. peace plan.
President Donald Trump is giving Kyiv until Thursday to get on board with the plan, which appears to give Russia almost everything at once. And he suggested president Volodymyr Zelenskyy should say yes because he doesn't have much of a choice. Here he is.
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TRUMP: At some point, he's going to have to accept something. You know, he hasn't accepted. You remember, right, in the Oval Office not so long ago, I said, you don't have the cards. Don't forget I inherited this war. I would have never -- this war never would have happened. I inherited this war. And I thought he should have made a deal.
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BRUNHUBER: The proposal includes major territorial concessions to Moscow, which Ukraine has called its red line in the past. Zelenskyy explained why the plan is so hard to accept.
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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): The national Ukrainian interest must be taken into account. We're not making loud statements. We will calmly work with America and all partners.
There will be a constructive search for solutions with our main partner. I will present arguments. I will convince and offer alternatives. But we will definitely not give the enemy a reason to say that Ukraine does not want peace, that it is they disrupting the process and that Ukraine is not ready for diplomacy.
I did not betray Ukraine then. I definitely felt everyone's support behind me. Each of you, every Ukrainian, every soldier, every volunteer, every doctor, diplomat, journalist, all of you people, we did not betray Ukraine then and we will not do it now.
And I know for sure that this is truly one of the most difficult moments in our history. And I'm not alone.
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BRUNHUBER: The pressure is mounting on president Zelenskyy to accept that proposal as he deals with the corruption investigation at home. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh has more.
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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: You may have heard there's a new peace proposal for Ukraine. Well, much of it may be dead on arrival. But it's still pretty perilous for Kyiv.
Key to all. Of this, for 28 points is the timing. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is in a very perilous position along the front lines, where, near Pokrovsk and in Zaporizhzhya, Russian forces are genuinely making some quite fast territorial gains.
But at the same time, this is coinciding with really an unprecedented domestic political crisis for him. A corruption investigation is swirling around his inner circle, involving energy. And that's really sapping potentially his ability to deal with the emergency on the front line.
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So this proposal contains an awful lot that Ukraine has already rejected but in times, perhaps, where it felt more confident.
What's in the plan?
Well, the first nonstarter in Ukraine's mind is the idea they have to give up more territory, particularly in the Donetsk area, where they fought hard over the past years. There's a suggestion from Russia there could be a demilitarized zone even there, without any soldiers in it, that is technically part of Russia.
That's an almost impossible sell. They also want elections within 100 days. Well, that is a political bomb, frankly, for president Zelenskyy. They can't run legitimate elections that quickly. And it basically puts his shelf life as a talking point from that moment onwards.
And then finally, there are severe limits as to Ukraine's future geopolitical alliances, whether it can join NATO. A lot of this unacceptable but the fact we're hearing it right now is a bid to increase pressure on Zelenskyy at a time when he's already got enough of it in Ukraine.
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BRUNHUBER: Ukraine is expected to be a top issue at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, where world leaders are holding talks at this hour. European leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines of the event to discuss their next steps on the U.S. peace proposal. All that while Washington is staying away.
For more, Larry Madowo joins us live from Johannesburg.
So Larry, how are world leaders reacting to that U.S. peace plan?
LARRY MADOWO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This will be one of the major challenges they're discussing here. President Emmanuel Macron of France, when he arrived in Johannesburg yesterday, said, we have a lot of challenges to deal with, essentially a dig at president Donald Trump for not showing up here.
And that is the attitude of many of the European leaders, who are all in Africa over the next few days. They're here for the G20 leaders' summit, which is currently ongoing. The Korean leader is currently speaking.
And then they're heading to Angola in a few days for the African Union-E.U. leaders' summit. So they will be talking about that.
But today, later after this leaders' summit opening that's currently going on, European leaders are expected to have a side conversation. Following up on that call that the three leaders had overnight with president Zelenskyy, the German chancellor, the Keir Starmer of the U.K. and Macron of France.
And they had a readout after that that said they agreed on ways to safeguard Ukrainian and European interests in the long term. German chancellor Friedrich Merz also had a call with president Trump.
And he, after that, his office put out a readout that said that they agreed on next steps at advisor level. So we don't know what that means and when exactly they will take that forward.
But that is the closest that the Europeans have been involved in this deal. The Americans have come, have come together, have put together and many just don't like it. Honestly, they see it as ceding too much ground to Russia and giving Russia everything they've been asking for.
But as the G20 meeting goes on here and president Ramaphosa is chairing the first G20 meeting in Africa, he's given a dig at president Trump, who is not here. Listen.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA, SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT: This is the first G20 leaders' summit to be held in Africa. It carries the hopes and must reflect the aspirations of the people of this continent and of the world. We should not allow anything to diminish the value, the stature and the impact of the first African G20 presidency.
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MADOWO: And that is directly aimed at president Trump, who is boycotting this. And the U.S. is not involved in any of the G20 processes, even though the U.S. is a part of G20, is taking over the presidency and has attempted to send the charge d'affaires to essentially receive the presidency from president Ramaphosa.
The South African said that will not happen if president Trump or the U.S. leadership is not here in person. They will hand over the leadership to an empty chair. But they're still going ahead, full steam ahead, with all the other leaders from the world who are here, Kim.
BRUNHUBER: All right. Appreciate that. Larry Madowo in Johannesburg. Thanks so much.
Still ahead here on CNN NEWSROOM, Israeli settler attacks are on the rise in the occupied West Bank. The attacks are increasingly targeting Palestinian businesses and livelihoods. We'll have a report from the region next.
Plus, armed bandits forced their way into a private Catholic school in Nigeria, kidnapping hundreds of children. We'll have the latest on the search next. Stay with us.
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BRUNHUBER: Mourners buried two Palestinian teens in the occupied West Bank on Friday. Residents say they were killed by Israeli forces during an overnight raid on a town near Ramallah. Asked for comment, the Israeli military deferred to the Israel border police, which did not immediately respond.
Meanwhile, new video shows the wreckage and destruction of the latest attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank. Palestinians say the Israeli settlers torched cars at a repair shop near Nablus overnight Thursday into Friday.
The Israeli military said soldiers responded to reports of Israeli citizens hurling rocks and setting fires but found no suspects.
Violence in the occupied West Bank has surged to new levels in recent months. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: It's clearly an issue that's caught international attention. The U.N. has said since 2006 that it's the highest level of settler violence. On average, more than eight attacks a day. Last night, there were more attacks, not just that scrap dealer who had 150 cars incinerated.
It's a scrap dealership but so many Palestinians rely on these secondhand parts to keep their aging vehicles running in the West Bank. So this was a source of income for his family. But it's a tactic that we've seen the settlers turning to more in recent weeks, targeting businesses.
It was a dairy distribution processing plant that was targeted last week.
And as I say, some of the other places that were targeted last night again by settlers were businesses. I was in the West Bank just yesterday with a group of Israeli peace activists.
And they had taken us there to show a pattern where they say these groups of settlers that the prime minister calls a small group of extremists.
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Are now moving out of their targeting of rural Palestinian communities, small farmers, and are moving their attacks to be more close to towns and putting more pressure on Palestinian towns and businesses.
And I think one of the things that not just the Palestinians in the West Bank look for or the Israeli peace activists look for, would be for the prime minister to instruct his defense minister, Israel Katz, who, when he took over the post late last year, one of the first things he did was to remove administrative detention for the settlers.
Administrative detention is something that Israel uses a lot to hold Palestinians in detention in the West Bank but many people see the absence of that administrative detention for settlers as an implicit open door for them to continue that there's no penalty for what they're doing.
Now we've heard Avi Bluth; the IDF commander for the West Bank, calling the settlers -- this violence, calling them anarchists. They've sprayed paint and graffiti during one of their attacks, saying they don't care what he says.
And I think it's risen to the level of concern here that you now have opposition figures saying, look, we need to treat these -- this settler violence, treat it as we would Palestinian terrorists, call it Jewish terrorism and treat them as such.
So there's -- there is a lot more public debate and discourse about it. But aside from that government meeting last night, we're not seeing steps that people could interpret as curtailing the free hand the settlers perceive that they have.
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BRUNHUBER: The World Food Programme says the amount of food aid reaching Gaza is still falling far short of what's needed. The U.N. agency says hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are still in urgent need of help.
The World Food Programme has reached only a third of the food it planned to deliver due to issues getting supplies into the enclave earlier this month.
Making matters worse, Gaza was inundated with heavy rain earlier in the week, which spoiled and washed away some supplies. The World Food Programme says there's still a long way to go to help families as the winter months approach.
And UNICEF says at least 67 children have been killed in conflict- related incidents since the ceasefire began last month.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Italy clashed with police on Friday.
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BRUNHUBER (voice-over): Police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse demonstrators on the streets of Bologna. They were protesting an Israeli basketball team ahead of a Euroleague game in the city.
The demonstrators launched fireworks, waved Palestinian flags and condemned Israel's actions in Gaza.
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BRUNHUBER: Police say more than 200 students were abducted in Nigeria on Friday after a group of armed bandits stormed their private Catholic school. The Christian Association of Nigeria says a dozen teachers were also taken.
Officers have been searching through a nearby forest for any sign of the students. Nigeria has seen a growing wave of attacks by armed groups as well as religiously motivated crimes.
More Americans are sharing their frustration with the U.S. economy. Ahead, what the White House is saying about a new poll slamming president Trump's economic moves. That story and more coming up. Stay with us.
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BRUNHUBER (voice-over): Welcome back. I'm Kim Brunhuber. Let's check some of today's top stories.
World leaders are talking about the new U.S. draft of a peace proposal for Ukraine and Russia. They're gathered at the G20 summit in South Africa right now.
The U.S. says Ukraine has until Thursday to accept the plan. It would have Ukraine give up large swaths of territory to Russia. Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his choice will cause Ukraine to lose its dignity or lose a major ally.
A surprisingly friendly meeting at the White House between New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and president Trump. After months of attacking each other, they both made a point to emphasize their common ground, with Mamdani calling their talks productive.
Georgia Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign from Congress in January. In a statement, Greene says she wants to avoid a nasty primary. Now this news comes just days after president Trump pulled his endorsement and called her a traitor.
BRUNHUBER: The number of Americans with a negative view of the economy is growing. That comes from a new FOX News poll. People say they're struggling to make ends meet and that's backed up by new data released Friday. Ivan Rodriguez breaks down the latest economic outlook.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A price rise of everything going on with inflation. The tariffs are not stretching as much as they need to.
IVAN RODRIGUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From food to health insurance --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's going to be triple.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- which equates to double the cost of what we pay for our mortgage for our house.
RODRIGUEZ (voice-over): People are struggling to keep up with rising costs. A poll published by FOX News this week found 76 percent of Americans have a negative view of this economy, up from 67 percent in July.
Vice president JD Vance says the administration needs time.
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J.D. VANCE (R-OH), VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: As much progress as we've made, it's going to take a little bit of time for every American to feel that economic boom, which we really do believe is coming.
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RODRIGUEZ (voice-over): When it comes to Americans' paychecks, in September, inflation-adjusted hourly earnings were flat for the second month in a row, holding the annual rate of gain at 0.8 percent, the lowest in more than a year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday.
For blue collar and service industry workers, real pay gains were even weaker. The White House, however, continues to express optimism about the economy.
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KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Wages are up by 3.8 percent over the year for American workers because of president Trump's pro-growth policies. In fact, real wages are on pace to increase roughly $1,200 for the average worker this year under president Trump.
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RODRIGUEZ (voice-over): In September, inflation also rose to 3 percent for the first time since January, according to the Consumer Price Index -- I'm Ivan Rodriguez reporting.
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BRUNHUBER: President Trump says he no longer wants Somalis in Minnesota to be protected against deportation. He announced on social media Friday that he was ending temporary protected status for Somalis living in the state.
He said Somali gangs were terrorizing people in Minnesota, which he called a, quote, "hub of fraudulent money-laundering activity."
The president's announcement didn't include policy details.
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And so far, there's been no guidance on how or when the change would be implemented.
Well, new video appears to show the start of a high-speed chase during the U.S. immigration crackdown in North Carolina. The Department of Homeland Security says the chase started when a U.S. citizen driving a white van tried to ram into law enforcement. Have a look.
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BRUNHUBER (voice-over): Well, you could see that white van cut in front of the agent's vehicle. Officials say this happened while the officers were conducting an immigration enforcement operation on Sunday. Eventually, the van's driver was stopped and arrested. DHS says the driver has an arrest record and had a firearm in their van.
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BRUNHUBER: The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to use a newly-drawn congressional map that favors Republicans, at least for now. Justice Samuel Alito has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that barred Texas from using that map in next year's midterms. He'll likely refer the case to the full court soon.
Now it comes after Texas filed an emergency appeal, saying the lower court order had caused chaos. In a scathing opinion on Tuesday, a federal court found that focus on race when drawing the new map likely violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
President Trump is setting out to fulfill one of his campaign promises. Ahead, why his new proposal for offshore drilling is raising alarms from lawmakers and environmental advocates. Stay with us.
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BRUNHUBER: More than half of the container terminals at the Port of Los Angeles have been shut down after fire broke out aboard a cargo ship. More than 100 firefighters have responded to the major emergency.
Officials say the blaze started as an electrical fire on a lower deck before rapidly spreading to shipping containers. Some of those containers hold hazardous material. All crew members aboard the ship made it to safety. So far, no injuries have been reported.
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President Trump is planning to make good on his promise to expand offshore oil drilling. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices. And that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby, drill.
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BRUNHUBER: That was the president on Inauguration Day in January.
On Thursday, the president announced plans to expand drilling in the waters off California and Florida for the first time in decades. U.S. oil giants are cheering the move. But financial analysts say this is a strange time to increase domestic oil production.
With the president's tariffs, crude oil is nearly $60 a barrel and there are signs that companies are trying to curb spending and hold on to earnings. This creates a new litmus test for both Republicans and Democratic leaders ahead of the 2020 midterms.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis is urging the White House to reconsider but Florida senator Rick Scott says he trusts the White House promises that new drilling won't affect Florida economically or environmentally.
California governor Gavin Newsom called the plan idiotic and vows the state will use every tool at our disposal to protect its coastline. Environmental groups are also raising alarms. They say the plan would threaten fragile marine ecosystems and oceanside communities.
For more on this, we're joined by Joseph Gordon, the campaign director at Oceana, an advocacy group fighting to protect the oceans. He is speaking to us from Tacoma Park, Maryland.
Thank you so much for being here with us. Really appreciate it. So your organization is calling this plan an oil spill nightmare. So walk us through what you think could actually happen to communities along the California coast if drilling starts there.
JOSEPH GORDON, CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR, OCEANA: Well, the last thing America needs is a massive expansion of offshore drilling. That could shut down. Imagine the summer off of California and Florida's coast, shut down by oil spills or Alaska's fisheries. Oil spills are destructive. And the legacy can last for generations.
BRUNHUBER: Yes, that's one hand. On the other --
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BRUNHUBER: -- on the other hand, I mean, the administration says, you know, this is about energy independence and it's about American jobs.
So you know, how do you respond to that?
GORDON: You don't have to look further than the legacy of Deepwater Horizon to see the long-term economic impacts on our coasts, on our economies and businesses, on people, including their health of the responders, the heroes who went to try and protect our coast, and for wildlife.
We live most of our lives on land, so it's hard to imagine. But imagine a giant cloud of oil coming down and there's no way to escape. Imagine breathing oil.
That's what it's like for marine wildlife and that's everything from corals to fish to marine mammals, dolphins and whales, like us, who are trying to escape but have to come to the surface to breathe and live with the toxins for the rest of their life.
So the legacy for oil and offshore drilling for economies -- and our coastal economies are such an economic engine for America. The legacy is often. And everywhere there has been major drilling, there have been disasters.
BRUNHUBER: I guess that's why we've seen some unusual, I'd say, political dynamics here, with some Florida Republicans actually pushing back against drilling off their coast, even though president Trump wants it.
Is that surprising to you?
GORDON: No, it's hopeful. And actually, it's important to remember that president Trump in his first term proposed a massive expansion of drilling and then ended up protecting Florida and North Carolina. And so our hope, this is the first draft. Everyone makes mistakes in their first draft sometimes.
We hope that they'll fix it and protect areas like Florida or California or Alaska that are so important to our economy. And to see Governor Newsom and governor DeSantis both standing up for their coasts for many of the same reasons, economic, for the wildlife, also for national security reasons, that really does give us hope.
BRUNHUBER: You talked about Gavin Newsom there, the California governor saying that they'll try and fight back.
I mean, what tools do states actually have to fight against this?
GORDON: It's -- there are lots of reasons and ways that states can stand up for their coast. For sure one of the most important is the actual pipelines and infrastructure that brings that oil and gas to land.
And so the State of California actually passed a law to try and prevent any expansion of offshore drilling, any infrastructure that would allow the expansion of offshore drilling in the federal waters further off their coast.
And, you know, we hope that they'll go back and make sure to defend that law and make sure that the expansion does not happen off California.
[05:45:06] BRUNHUBER: Yes. And I understand the public gets 60 days to comment on this plan. There are more steps before it becomes final.
So what can people do who oppose this?
What can they actually go out and do?
GORDON: Absolutely it's important at every level of government, from local communities who are passing resolutions around the country, mayors, governors, legislators, as well as giving your own public comments.
And look to your community. For example, there are military communities off Florida and California, who really depend on these waters. And there are fishermen and there are tourism businesses. This is multibillion-dollar economies at stake.
So we just hope that everyone, in their own way, will speak up from their perspective about why it's so important to protect these coasts.
BRUNHUBER: Appreciate your time early this morning. Joseph Gordon, thank you so much for speaking with us.
GORDON: Thank you.
BRUNHUBER: All right.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change its longtime guidance that vaccines don't cause autism. That's what he told "The New York Times" in a new interview.
The CDC website now says that the claim that vaccines don't cause autism isn't based on evidence because it doesn't rule out the possibility that infant vaccines are linked to the disorder. The page also has been updated to suggest that health officials have ignored studies showing a potential link.
Public health researchers and advocates are slamming the change and say it misleads the public.
All right. We want to give you an update now on a story we're following out of Nigeria. Police say more than 300 students were abducted Friday after a group of armed bandits stormed their private Catholic school. Earlier, we were told it was around 215 that were taken.
One local official says dozens of students were captured after they tried to escape during the attack. He adds that the students were both male and female and aged between 10 to 18 years old.
The Christian Association of Nigeria says a dozen teachers were also taken. Officers have been searching through a nearby forest for any sign of the students. We'll bring you updates as soon as they become available.
We'll be right back.
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BRUNHUBER (voice-over): Have a look at this, a dazzling display of the northern lights, as seen from the International Space Station. A NASA astronaut captured the image earlier this week during a powerful solar storm.
Solar activity has intensified recently as the sun peaks in its 11- year activity cycle. The peak is expected to last through the end of the year, so we could catch a few more vivid light displays like this one.
Well, if you're planning on traveling for Thanksgiving this week, brace yourself. According to the FAA, this holiday travel season is shaping up to be the busiest in 15 years. More than 52,000 flights are scheduled next Tuesday alone.
The TSA expects to screen over 3 million passengers on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and that could set a record for the agency.
And if you're hitting the road to avoid the stress of the airport, while you might want to think again. AAA expects 81 million Americans to travel at least 50 miles by road for the holiday. That's up more than a million from last year.
The new Miss Universe began her reign this weekend. Mexico's Fatima Bosch was crowned Miss Universe at the end of a pageant that had plenty of dramatic moments. CNN's Christina Macfarlane explains.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ms. Universe. Ms. Universe.
CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN SENIOR SPORTS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A crowning moment in Bangkok as Mexico's Fatima Bosch was named Ms. Universe
2025 in a competition overshadowed by scandal. Speaking to reporters after her victory, Bosch says she wasn't afraid to be herself.
FATIMA BOSCH, MISS UNIVERSE: And I would like them to remember me like a person that changed a little bit the prototype of what is a Ms. Universe.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mexico, where are you?
MACFARLANE (voice-over): The 25-year-old was publicly scolded by the Thai pageant director, Nawat Itsaragrasil, during a live streamed pre- pageant meeting earlier this month, accusing her of not posting enough content to promote the host country, Thailand.
BOSCH: You are not respecting me as a woman. When Bosch pushed back, Nawat threatened to call security.
NAWAT ITSARAGRISIL, THAI PAGEANT DIRECTOR: Security.
MACFARLANE (voice-over): And to disqualify anyone supporting her. Then came this. A mass walkout of contestants in solidarity with Ms. Mexico. The
confrontation went viral, sparking global support for Bosch, including Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM, PRESIDENT, MEXICO (through translator): Women look more beautiful when we raise our voices and participate because that has to do
with the recognition of our rights. So I recognize this young woman.
BOSCH: Thank you so much.
MACFARLANE (voice-over): Nawat later apologized in a live-streamed welcome ceremony and declined to further comment on the incident to CNN.
ITSARAGRISIL: The pressure is a lot. I am the human. Sometimes I cannot control. But by the way, I have not intend to harm anyone.
MACFARLANE (voice-over): The Ms. Universe president distanced the organization from Nawat's behavior, limiting his role in future events. But
the scandals didn't stop there. Former Ms. Universe winner Alicia Machado was accused of making racist comments against Nawat over the incident.
Machado did not respond to CNN's request for comment. Then, days before the final, two judges abruptly stepped down. One judge was composer Omar
Harfouch, he claimed the contest was rigged, saying that finalists were pre-selected, a claim the organization denied.
Finally, on Thursday night, the Ms. Universe crown was awarded to Ms. Mexico. And for fans in Bosch's hometown of Villahermosa, the win is all
that mattered.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Spectacular.
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BRUNHUBER: A music store in Malta insists it is the world's oldest record shop, despite what the record books say. D'Amato Records has an inscription by its doorway that says it has been, quote, "A music shop since 1885."
Owner Anthony D'Amato says family documents indicate the shop was selling records by the 1890s. However, Guinness World Records uses a strict standard and recognizes Spillers Records in Cardiff as the oldest continuously operating record retailer. Still, there is no question that D'Amato's shop is one of the world's oldest.
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ANTHONY D'AMATO, D'AMATO RECORDS: The shop was founded in 1885 by my great-great-grandfather. His name was Giovanni D'Amato. He came from Naples in Italy and set up shop in this very, very place. Since 1885 until today, the shop has remained operating in the industry and never closed, not even during the Second World War.
The only time we ever had to shut down for a very short while was during the six weeks of the -- of the COVID pandemic.
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Well, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Mariah Carey's holiday favorite, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has reentered the Billboard charts this week.
If you can't get enough of the pop star, you can now visit her holiday themed pop-up bars in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. She's not there but pop-up cutouts of her are. The organizers say "All I Want for Christmas" plays every 30 minutes.
No, thank you.
This hour of CNN NEWSROOM, I'm Kim Brunhuber for our viewers in North America. "CNN THIS MORNING" is next. And then for the rest of the world, it's "AFRICAN VOICES PLAYMAKERS."
