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Trump Sees "Good Chance" of Deal to End Russia's War on Ukraine; Powerful Winter Storm Dumps Snow, Disrupts Holiday Travel; DHS Secretary Claims D.C. Shooting Suspect was Radicalized in the U.S.; 21 States Sue Over Food Stamp Cuts for Some Immigrants; Tennessee Democrat Trying to Flip District Trump Won by 22 Points; White House Launches Site Targeting News Organizations; A.I. Changing the Future of Jobs; New Aircraft Capable of Short Takeoffs and Landings. Aired 6-7p ET

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JESSICA DEAN, CNN ANCHOR: Trump saying tonight he believes there's a good chance of an agreement to end the war. Tomorrow, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy due to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Also this week, Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

CNN's Betsy Klein joining us now live from the White House.

Betsy, the president talking about this a little bit on Air Force One on the way back home. What else are you learning as we head into a big week?

BETSY KLEIN, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: It is going to be a big week, Jessica. The president forecasted what he said is a good chance of a deal between Russia and Ukraine as he returned here to the White House. He said that he spoke with Secretary Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff after they wrapped up those talks near Miami today with Ukrainian officials.

And the president was asked how he believes it went. He said that Ukraine has some difficult problems. And when he was asked to elaborate on that, he said that they have a little corruption situation. And he said that that is not helpful. Of course, those comments come after a top aide to President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, resigned earlier this week after an anti-corruption probe at his home.

And that means that Ukraine is without one of its very top negotiators who has been involved in these very intensive discussions in recent days. But Rubio, emerging from those talks, really tempered expectations. He said that the goal here was threefold, to end the war, to protect Ukraine from future invasion, and also to position Ukraine well economically. He acknowledged that Russia is going to have to play a central role in these negotiations going forward. And he said that there is more work to be done. He called these talks delicate. Listen.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MARCO RUBIO, SECRETARY OF STATE: This is comprehensive, what we're working on here today. It's not just about the terms that ends fighting. It's about also the terms that set up Ukraine for long-term prosperity. I thought we started laying the groundwork for that, most certainly in Geneva. I think we continue that work in our communications throughout the week. I think we built on that again today, but there's more work to be done.

This is delicate. It's complicated. There are a lot of moving parts, and obviously there's another party involved here that will have to be a part of the equation and that will continue later this week when Mr. Witkoff travels to Moscow.

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KLEIN: Rubio there acknowledging the very challenging reality that any deal is going to require Russian sign off. And there are three key sticking points remaining in these talks. One, whether Ukraine would surrender key territories in the Donbas region that have been annexed by Russia but not yet conquered. Separately, proposals for Ukraine to limit the size of its military. And third, Ukraine giving up its ambition potentially to become a member of NATO.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff set to travel to Moscow on Monday, where he is expected to meet with President Putin and discuss all of these ongoing issues.

DEAN: And Betsy, President Trump also speaking about his call with the Venezuelan president. This as he said over the weekend that he -- that the airspace over Venezuela had been closed. What more did you learn about that?

KLEIN: The president was asked about reports over the weekend that he had spoken with Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. He did confirm that he had done so, but declined to provide any further details on that call. He also was asked about his post to social media that Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed. He told reporters it doesn't mean an airstrike is imminent and not to read anything into that.

But the U.S. has amassed a major show of force in the region, and we've seen more than 20 airstrikes on alleged drug vessels in the region. There are more than a dozen warships, 15,000 troops in the area. The White House also leaving the door open to diplomacy. We know that the president has been briefed on a range of options to include strikes on military or drug -- military facilities, drug trafficking routes, as well as potentially a more direct attempt to oust the country's president, Nicolas Maduro -- Jessica.

DEAN: All right, Betsy Klein with the latest reporting from the White House. Thanks for that.

Millions of holiday travelers trying to get back home after Thanksgiving are facing some big problems on the roads and at airports, as a major winter storm moves east across the country. According to FlightAware, so far tonight more than 8,000 flights have been delayed. More than 600 have been canceled. Chicago's airport seeing some of the worst disruptions with more than a thousand flight delays there today.

Out on the roads, it is icy and dangerous in some parts of the country. There in Iowa, where you're looking at right now, many vehicles slid off the highway into ditches as the snow fell across that state.

Meteorologist Chris Warren joining us now.

Chris, what more can you tell us about this storm? And it sounds like there's one behind it, too.

CHRIS WARREN, AMS METEOROLOGIST: There is another one that will be developing for tomorrow, but the one right now, Jessica, in the northeast is the departing system that brought all of that snow to Chicago, into the Midwest and the Plains. But now it is the delays at the airports. At Newark getting close to an hour and a half delays, around an hour at LaGuardia and in Boston.

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Not just the rain, but also the low clouds. So visibility down, slows things down as well. And also the winds are up. Seeing winds in Buffalo 35 to 40 mile an hour gusts over the next hour or so, 15 to 20 mile an hour winds expected gusts. And that's the same story in the northern New England throughout the night tonight and into tomorrow.

Here's a look at the big picture. So that departing system falling apart in terms of the snow coverage. Still seeing some snow showers over the Great Lakes, but the bulk of the precipitation is moving into southeast Canada right now. And this is where that next one is going to be developing and tracking across some of the same spots. Closer look at what's happening right now, snow picking up in Buffalo at the moment.

It is wet throughout a lot of the 95 corridor there. Also the southeast seeing some rain at times heavy enough to cause some ponding on the roadways. And this the winter storm alerts, the winter weather that is anticipated already getting alerts for the next system, and that includes the next system is for parts of the northeast as well. This is how that is going to play out. High resolution future radar gives us a general idea of what the radar is going to look like through time.

So in this case, showing us where the rain is going to be, where the snow is going to be, rain is green, blue snow. Developing by tomorrow morning, 5:30 in the morning, snowing in Kansas, Nebraska, pushing into Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, by 10:30 tomorrow night. And then tomorrow night into early Tuesday, it is going to be a mess in the northeast. So this is that next one, Monday into Tuesday.

And one of the big questions that we're going to have to fine tune in the coming hours, and the next day and a half or so, where does that rain snow line set up because it's very close to major metropolitan areas. And then on top of that, Jessica, some of these locations could end up getting a foot of snow or you go a few miles and there's no snow. That's just kind of the way it works out sometimes here in the northeast.

And then the other factor, Jessica, is this. The ice potential. Accumulating ice, freezing rain could lead to power outages and very dangerous travel.

DEAN: All right. Chris Warren with the very latest. Thank you for that.

Let's go now to CNN correspondent Rafael Romo, who is at the busiest airport in the world in Atlanta.

So how do things look from there?

RAFAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, not too bad, Jessica, considering what you just said, that this is the busiest airport in the world and it's the busiest travel season. And I wanted to show you, take a look at this area. This is the main baggage drop area managed by Delta. The amount of people that you see is pretty much what we've seen throughout the day. We see waves of people coming in and they are processed and then we see the other way, but it is not that different from what we normally see here at this airport.

And I also want to show you the screens, Jessica, because you see all those lines of white and white and white. I was here to cover the government shutdown, and you would only see red and orange, cancellations and delays. Not the case today, even though many airports have been affected because of what Chris was just telling us before.

By far the worst airport over the weekend has been Chicago O'Hare. Why? To put it in perspective, out of 1900 cancellations that happened on Saturday, there were 1300 at that airport alone. I had an opportunity to talk to a family from Chicago. They came to Atlanta to spend time with their relatives, to be here for Thanksgiving, but they were flying back today. And as you can imagine, they were very nervous. But they told me they had a plan B. Let's take a listen.

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TARA THARPE, TRAVELING TO CHICAGO: Well, the concern is that the flight would be canceled. If it's delayed, we've got some family here who's on standby to come back and pick us up. So we'll see how it goes.

ROMO: Smart. You already made your plans.

THARPE: Yes. I'm a wise girl.

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ROMO: Now, on top of all those powerful storms in the Midwest and the northeast, there was also an airplane that slid off the runway. And that happened in Des Moines. The airplane had 54 passengers, two pilots, two members of the crew. Fortunately nothing happened to them. No one was injured. But that forced the airport to shut down for about 12 hours. So you add that to the mix and definitely having an impact here in the southeast.

The only problem was some rains, cloudy weather. But here at the world's busiest airport, considering everything we've talked about, not too bad.

Jessica, now back to you.

DEAN: All right. Rafael Romo with the dispatch from Atlanta. Thank you so much.

And still ahead this evening, we're learning new details about the man suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., plus nearly two dozen attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over access to food stamps. We're going to speak to Washington state's A.G. about why he believes this lawsuit is necessary.

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And later, A.I. is taking over jobs. But it may not mean that employees won't have work to do. We'll explore that.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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DEAN: We are learning some new details about the Afghan national accused of shooting two members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., killing one of them. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem now saying the 29-year-old suspect was radicalized in the United States.

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He's now facing a murder charge for shooting and killing National Guard specialist Sarah Beckstrom in that ambush attack. Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe injured in the targeted shooting, remains in critical condition tonight.

And joining us now is CNN reporter Camila DeChalus.

Camila, fill us in on these latest developments.

CAMILA DECHALUS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Jessica. New details are really emerging today about the suspected gunman involved in this shooting incident. Authorities say that he previously worked with the CIA in Afghanistan before coming to the U.S., and he came in 2021 under the Biden era program.

Now, he was just granted asylum just earlier this year, back in April, under the Trump administration. And sources tell CNN that he was extremely vetted by U.S. intelligence agencies. Now, right now, the suspected shooter is now charged and facing murder charges. And prosecutors are now saying that they're even considering seeking the death penalty. Now, earlier today, the Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem really

offered more insights into what officials know so far about the shooter. Take a listen.

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KRISTI NOEM, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: We believe he was radicalized since he's been here in this country. We do believe it was through connections in his home community and state. And we're going to continue to talk to those who interacted with him, who were his family members, talk to them. So far, we've had some participation, but anyone who has information on this needs to know that we will be coming after you and we will bring you to justice.

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DECHALUS: Now, Jessica, what's pretty notable is that in the days following the shooting, President Trump has announced that he plans to just go even have stricter law enforcement and immigration policies and kind of clamp down as a result of this shooting. And even in the response, he just recently announced that he intends to implement a permanent pause on migration to what he calls from countries that are considered third world.

Now, he has not clarified which countries would be included in this, but it is pretty notable about how the Trump administration is now going to enforce just stricter policies around immigration, just in light of this shooting.

DEAN: All right. Camila, thank you so much for your reporting. Really appreciate it.

Twenty-one Democratic state attorneys general are teaming up to sue the Department of Agriculture over recent guidance to block some immigrants from food stamps. New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who's leading that group, says, quote, "USDA has no authority to arbitrarily cut entire groups of people out of the SNAP program, and no one should go hungry because of the circumstances of their arrival to this country."

A USDA spokesperson declined to comment to CNN, citing pending litigation.

We're joined now by Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown. That's one of the states that has signed on to this lawsuit.

Attorney General, thank you so much for being here with us. The Republican Tax and Spending Package that was signed into law in July narrowed eligibility to SNAP. But your suit claims that the new guidance goes too far. So walk us through your argument.

NICK BROWN (D), WASHINGTON STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL: Sure. As you noted, the bill that was passed earlier this year really did narrow the eligibility determinations for who could benefit from SNAP nutrition benefits. But with the rules that were recently put out by the administration goes further than that bill authorized, and they are arbitrarily now trying to limit even more people from eligibility in a way that is inconsistent with that law.

And that's why we brought this case. It alleges violations of the APA in various different ways, but we feel pretty confident in the case.

DEAN: And do you know how many people in your state this will likely impact?

BROWN: Well, I think everyone now, given all the talk about SNAP benefits over the last few weeks, understands that this is a program that benefits over 42 million people living in America and principally kids, seniors and people that are disabled. This particular case is a more narrow focus, dealing with people who are lawful, permanent residents of the United States and not full citizens.

So that's a number that's a little bit more difficult to determine. But undoubtedly this is affecting thousands of people in my state, across the United States. And we want to make sure that those people get the benefits that Congress had authorized for them, and don't go hungry, particularly at this time of year when people are really struggling to get by, struggling to prepare for the holidays. We want to make sure that people are fed, particularly some of our most vulnerable populations.

DEAN: And the Trump administration has argued that the president was elected with a mandate to eliminate waste and fraud in government. They make the case that the federal government should not be paying with tax dollars to feed people who are on green cards or otherwise. Again, in this targeted language that they've put out. What's your response to that?

BROWN: Well, the president is free to advance whatever policy objectives that he thinks are a priority for the United States. We often disagree with those, but even in those disagreements, what we should demand of the president and the entire administration is that they follow the law and make sure that they are abiding by congressional authority, respecting state sovereignty and state authority.

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And the way that they are now trying to arbitrarily and unjustly cut these benefits even further from people who are lawfully entitled to them is not consistent with the law. You know, we don't bring cases just because we have policy disagreements with the president. It's not my objective to sue the president of United States simply because I think he is taking this country in the wrong direction.

But when he violates the law and impacts people in my state, that is when we bring cases. And that is the case here for these benefits.

DEAN: And the Trump administration now says that it's reviewing all asylum claims approved during the Biden administration and the papers of green card holders from 19 different nations. What is your message to people who are here legally, but are afraid or worried that they are going to be targeted in this? BROWN: Well, first and foremost, you know, we have to mourn the loss

of the National Guard members who are serving and doing their duty in Washington, D.C. and I think that's an absolute travesty. And we should make sure that we are ensuring that the people that are in this country are properly vetted and approved to be in this country.

You know, I am very nervous, however, when we see what I, you know, the words coming out of the president's mouth and his team that seem to be really driven by an animus to anyone who comes from these unknown third world countries or anyone that does not look and sound like what they view as the -- I want to make sure that the rights of everyone here in my state and across this country are protected, regardless of whether you're a citizen or undocumented.

You have legal rights under our Constitution, and we want to make sure the administration abides by that. But again, you know, immigration enforcement needs to be a priority, that they target people and have a history of targeting people is really fills me with some concern.

DEAN: And the suspect in that shooting of the National Guard members did live in Washington state. The secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, saying today she believes that they -- that the information they found is that they believe he was radicalized once he got into the U.S. Do you know anything about that? Or are you all involved in this investigation?

BROWN: No. I only know what we've, you know, seen reported in the news, both print and media, over the last few days. And I saw some of the secretary's comments today where they attempt to simply blame the Biden administration, despite the fact that this person was granted asylum four months into the Trump administration. But we don't have a role in any of that process. This is a federal matter, and we want to make sure that they continue to do their job to make sure that people are safe in this country.

DEAN: All right. Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown, thanks for your time. We appreciate it.

BROWN: Thank you, Jessica.

DEAN: Still ahead, do Democrats have a chance to steal a -- to win a ruby red House seat in the middle of Tennessee? Harry Enten is going to run the numbers on the special election when we come back.

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DEAN: This week, a special election in Tennessee in a deep red district where Republicans are favored to win. But the margin might be closer than they'd like. President Trump carried Tennessee's Seventh Congressional District by 22 points last November. That district encompasses parts of Nashville and large rural areas.

In this special election, voters will be replacing Republican Mark Green, who resigned earlier this year. In 2024, he won by over 20 points. But early data shows a more favorable environment for Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn, who's running against Republican Matt Van Epps.

CNN's Harry Enten joins us to run the numbers on this -- Harry.

HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: Hey there. Jessica. Happy Sunday to you.

And believe it or not, I can't believe it, almost happy December to you. The first 11 months of this year have absolutely flown by, but we can't make it to the end of the year without first holding a special election in Tennessee's Seventh Congressional District this Tuesday. And it is a ruby red district, a ruby red district in which the Democrats should not even come close to winning.

It had a GOP rep. Of course, that rep decided to step aside, and it's also a district in which Donald Trump has absolutely dominated. I mean, take a look at his margins in the past couple elections. In 2016, he won it by 17 points. In 2020, Donald Trump won it by 15. In 2024, he won it by 22 points, a close GOP win on Tuesday, while it would still be a win, would be a sign of weakness for the Republican Party.

So what do we actually expect on Tuesday in Tennessee's Seventh Congressional District? Well, take a look here. This is the chances in the Tennessee Seven special election. And this is the prediction market odds. This is according to Kalshi, the prediction market.

Look at this. The most likely outcome is a GOP win. But by under 10 points, a 71 percent chance. Compare that to this. Look at this. There's actually a chance of a Democrat win, a 15 percent chance of a Democratic win in a district that Donald Trump carried by 22 points, 22 points back in 2024. So even here, if the GOP wins by under 10 points, that most likely outcome is actually a very bad outcome for Republicans compared to the presidential baseline we're talking about.

Democrats outperforming the 2024 presidential baseline by double digits. Now, if this was just happening in Tennessee's Seventh Congressional District, what we expect to happen that is a big Democratic overperformance that would be one thing. But we've actually had five other special elections so far for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2025. And what we've seen in each and every single one of them is the Democrats outrunning Kamala Harris.

What are we talking about? Well, this is the 2025 U.S. House special elections. Democrats outrunning Kamala Harris.

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They did so in the southwest in Arizona Seventh District. They did it in Florida, Florida One, Florida Six. They did it in Texas. Texas 18th District. And they did it in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in Virginia's 11th District. So even a close Democratic loss, which is, I think, the most likely outcome in Tennessee's Seventh Congressional District on Tuesday, that would match a pattern of big time Democratic overperformance in special elections. So far, they've been outperforming the 2024 presidential baseline by

over 15 points. We'll see if Democrats are able to do that on Tuesday. But at this point, it looks like the most likely outcome is Democrats outperforming the 2024 baseline by at least 10 percentage points. And that could be very, very good news for them come 2026. Why do I say that? Even if they were to lose on Tuesday and Republicans were able to hold on to the Seventh District, well, take a look through history.

Let's take a look through history. All right. Special elections and midterm results, when a party outperformed in special elections since 2005, get this, five out of five times, Jessica Dean, that party went on to win the U.S. House of Representatives in the following midterm election. So even if Democrats are not able to capture the Seventh District, it is a very good sign for them going forward.

Now, of course, we haven't held a special election yet. We'll have to wait and see what happens. And the midterm election is still, what, 11 months away. But at this point, all signs point to Democrats doing significantly better on Tuesday than they did back in 2024 in Tennessee's Seventh Congressional District. And when you put that together with the prior special House elections this year, it paints a very good picture for Democrats heading in to 2026.

Jessica Dean, happy Sunday and happy almost December. Back to you.

DEAN: Thanks, Harry. Happy Sunday to you. We will see you soon.

The White House is ramping up attacks on media outlets, launching a Web site to call out publications it's accusing of offenses.

To discuss now we're joined by CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter.

Brian, good to see you. The president has ramped up his attacks on journalists in recent weeks. This isn't a new strategy for him. We have seen this. What is this all about? Is this just about controlling the narrative.

BRIAN STELTER, CNN CHIEF MEDIA ANALYST: To de-legitimize the media. I would say it's to delegitimize the media, Jessica. This media bias monitor is being produced at taxpayer expense. It's a featured part of the White House Web site, and it's about trying to tarnish and demean various news outlets as well as media outlets that have nothing to do with the news business.

For example, one of the targets of this White House Web page is Whoopi Goldberg, you know, the entertainer, who co-hosts "The View." So it's about targeting perceived liberals, perceived enemies, and as always, trying to attack the messenger. But here's what happens whenever the president or his aides go after a journalist or go after news outlet, it makes people wonder what the fuss is about, what the controversy is about.

You know, the other day, the president called a "New York Times" reporter ugly. It made more people want to read the story and find out what the story was about. That story was about the president's stamina and how he's less visible than he was during Trump 1.0 back in 2017. When he called a reporter at CBS stupid the other day, I wanted to know what was that story about? The reporter was asking about Afghans coming to the U.S. and the vetting process of the U.S. government.

A couple of weeks ago, and the president called a reporter piggy. What was she asking about? The Epstein files. So I think when the president insults reporters or when the White House goes and claims media outlets are biased, it might draw more attention, more curiosity about what the stories are about. It might actually draw more attention to the questions being asked. And that way people can make up their own minds about whether the stories are legitimate, whether the questions are fair.

And look, the White House, like any other entity, it can go ahead and criticize the press. Criticism can be a good thing. But when I look at this particular media bias monitor, it seems mostly to be a way to delegitimize the press.

DEAN: And to really try to, like, just make shake everything up. Where there's no facts, there's no one set of truth. It's -- right? I mean, that's a piece of it as well.

STELTER: That's exactly the broader context. It's something we're all living through and we're all experiencing, especially in the A.I. age, where more and more of the videos we're seeing on our social media feeds are A.I. generated slop. The idea that you don't know what is real and what is fake is something that the president and his aides are very good at exploiting, and this new Web site is a part of that broader effort, I think.

DEAN: All right, Brian Stelter, always great to have you. Thanks for your time. We appreciate it.

STELTER: Thanks.

DEAN: Coming up, artificial intelligence, speaking of, is going to change how we all work in the future, but maybe not in the way you think.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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DEAN: I think by now everyone has heard or read the studies on how artificial intelligence can replace a lot of jobs out there, and that is true. But now, a more constructive takeaway on how A.I. will change work in the future. A report out by McKinsey finds with today's technology, A.I. agents and robots could already automate about 57 percent of work hours in the United States. But the firm says the future of work will be a partnership between humans and robots, where A.I. takes over a lot of tasks but humans remain irreplaceable when it comes to guiding that work.

And joining us now is Lareina Yee, director and senior partner at McKinsey Global Institute. [18:40:02]

Thanks so much for being here with us. This report says people shouldn't be so worried that A.I. is going to take their jobs. Why not?

LAREINA YEE, MCKINSEY GLOBAL INSTITUTE: Well, as you were saying, most of the research to date has looked at how many hours, but that's something that can happen over decades. And we're talking about fractions of jobs. But this report really focuses on the partnership between people and A.I. and what we found is actually that partnership is 71 percent or more strong, meaning that when we look at over 6,800 skills, that power our job and our economy in the United States, over 70 percent of those, as I mentioned, can be done by people, agents and robots, all powered by A.I.

And so this is the redesign opportunity. How do you rethink not just tasks but whole jobs and workflows where we can use this technology to make our individual jobs better, but also more productive?

DEAN: And so for people out there wondering how they might be impacted by A.I., what is your advice to them about, you know, is it about getting new skills right now? Is it learning how to integrate A.I. into what you're already doing?

YEE: Well, one of the things that we found is we looked at the job market over the last two years, and it really struck me that the number one skill, the number one growth in skill was A.I. fluency. It grew sevenfold over the last two years. And what that means is not creating the technology. It's using it in your everyday world. So to your question, if you want to future proof your career, one of the best things you can do is learn how to use this technology, start to play with it. Be curious.

Think about how you can incorporate it. It's a tool. It's not there to take over your job per se. It's there at its best to empower you.

DEAN: Yes, and that's it. It's like, get curious, try it out. Don't be totally ignorant of what it is even though it can seem certainly I think for all of us a little overwhelming at times.

So talk us through this idea that human skills will remain critical. Some of these -- that it will be more of a partnership. So what type of skills are we talking about there? Is it about leading the work or kind of, you know, organizing all of this? What are we talking about?

YEE: All of the above and more. And some of it we don't actually know yet. But one of the things that we uncovered is, let's say that you can use robots or agents or A.I. technology for 50 percent of your job. That's not your whole job. You still actually need to coordinate. You need to orchestrate. And those are some of the things. But you might actually use it to make your individual job work better.

You might use it to actually gain the skills faster. What if you could use A.I. to help you get promoted faster because you get up the learning curve faster? You could become a product manager faster because you learn how to use coding, or you can be a more effective digital marketer and also manage a team of agents that are helping you do your work. So some of this is the opportunity, and right now we're at such early stages.

We're two, three years into understanding how these technologies impact our work. And that's why kind of going back to that first point is if you understand how to use A.I., if you just lead with that curiosity, you will start to discover how you can start to change your job and how you can start to change teams of jobs. And so things like curiosity, problem solving, empathy. Those are the type of skills that will endure, but also hard skills.

One of the interesting things is some people think that this will take away from engineering jobs, but we actually see greater demand for software engineering. We also see that skills like Python are still very much in demand. So we will see many types of things. And ultimately these are some of the choices we need to make as leaders on how we redesign work.

DEAN: Interesting. And what about quickly for children that are in school right now? Are they going to be learning different skills? I mean, school seems like it's going to change what -- even. and you think about liberal arts degrees or different types of degrees that that's going to evolve, too.

YEE: Yes. And some of that we don't fully know. But take one of the skills that we know will be very enduring. Empathy, problem solving, both a soft skill and a hard skill. Those are things that you can learn through very traditional subjects. Being a philosophy major in college, being an English literature major, but also being a math major. So learning things like logic, learning how to connect ideas, learning how to think through critical thinking.

Those are some of the core tenets for our kids in grammar school and in colleges. And so those things don't go out of fashion. Now, how you apply what you learn in school may very well change. And we may see different types of opportunities. You know, one thing that's really interesting is that a lot of people focus on kind of fancy word, cognitive, you know, the intellectual skills. But also we see that physical job opportunities are changing.

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With A.I. we see an incredible demand for data centers and infrastructure, and that's bringing in more jobs for electricians, for welders and different types of physical tasks. So what you learn in school, you might take that in many different directions across your time as a professional and in your career.

DEAN: Yes, it's going to be interesting. Thank you so much, Lareina Yee. We appreciate it.

YEE: Thanks very much, Jessica.

DEAN: You've heard about hybrid cars. What about hybrid planes? The electric company hoping its planes are the future of flight and that someday they might even replace many taxi cabs. The startup says its aircraft can get you there twice as fast as a commercial plane, and are best for short hops.

CNN's Jim Sciutto went for a ride.

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JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST AND ANCHOR (voice- over): What if you had a plane that could take off and land in a space not much bigger than your backyard? I got to see for myself.

Wow, that was quick.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's pretty fast.

SCIUTTO (voice-over): This is Electra's Ultra Short meant to compete in the new flying car craze. That is a relatively cheap to operate aircraft that can get you from pretty much anywhere on the map to pretty much anywhere else.

MARC ALLEN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ELECTRA: And we can save them half the time, right? I mean, half the time you spend in a commercial airplane or on the road or in a train, this will get you there twice as fast.

SCIUTTO (voice-over): How does it work? The science is pretty crazy. Its eight electric motors don't just move the plane forward, they generate their own airflow over the wings, which in the physics of flight then generates their own lift for the aircraft.

ALLEN: You experienced something that very few people have experienced. The airplane is going super slow. The wing thinks it's going super fast because we're just accelerating all of this air over it. And then some really unique design structures just rises right up. So the wing just lifts the airplane up at about 150 feet of ground roll.

SCIUTTO: You create your own lift?

ALLEN: You create your own lift, and then you just fly on that lift like an airplane.

SCIUTTO (voice-over): Because the plane creates its own lift, we took off at just about 30 miles an hour, about the speed of a racing bicycle. Something of a nod to the bicycle building Wright Brothers who invented the world's very first flying machine. From the air, you get the feeling of floating, sort of like taking a ride on a drone.

Plus, it's a hybrid with turbo generator charging batteries that run the prop, sort of like a flying Prius. And less fuel means lower cost per mile than helicopters and many flying cars. The idea of the Ultra Short is to solve another problem with many flying cars. While they can take a passenger or two, the Ultra Short can take multiple passengers and cargo, and go as much as 10 times as far, about 250 miles. Electra already has more than 2,000 planes ordered, mostly from

airlines and the U.S. Military, with even the ambition to replace the military's workhorse transport helicopter, the Blackhawk.

ALLEN: A lot of military applications because the military has the same problem we all have. They need to go from where they are to where they want to go. And imagine a bombed out runway. How do you get an airplane in with fuel, with munitions, supplies, food, spares? You can't. And if you're in the ocean, you can't take a helicopter hundreds of miles. This airplane flies like an airplane, arrives like a helicopter. That bombed out runway, no problem.

SCIUTTO (voice-over): The $10 million price tag for the larger commercial model means most of us can never dream of owning one. But for the military, airlines, and other transport companies, perhaps a new taxi for the skies.

ALLEN: That's the idea of direct aviation. That's the new era of air travel.

SCIUTTO: Jim Sciutto, CNN, somewhere over Manassas, Virginia.

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DEAN: This is your last weekend to vote for the 2025 CNN Hero of the Year. And while you cast your vote, we're checking in with past CNN Heroes like 2022 CNN Hero Tyreek Glasgow. He dedicated his life to making positive change in his South Philly neighborhood. And Anderson Cooper shares how Glasgow and his Young Chances Foundation are moving onward and upward.

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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): For more than a decade, Tyreek Glasgow has been a positive force in his South Philly neighborhood, providing hot meals, youth programs and vital resources to hundreds of residents.

TYREEK GLASGLOW, 2022 CNN HERO: How many people need school supplies?

COOPER: He was honored as a CNN Hero in 2022 for his work making lives better and his neighborhood safer through his Young Chances Foundation. And for the last five years, he's also been at the forefront of another more symbolic effort.

He learned in 2020 that a local street honored Roger Taney, the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision. This now infamous opinion said black Americans were inferior and had no constitutional rights.

GLASGLOW: He basically said that we're not as equal to everyone else in the country. COOPER: He joined the Rename Taney Coalition.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The ball really started rolling when he got involved. Thank God.

GLASGLOW: I decided to make that one of our staples in our organization. For us, it was about how do we change tomorrow?

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We went door to door and got petitions. We did a parade. Anything that we could do to educate people.

COOPER: Residents also decided who the street should honor.

GLASGLOW: They chose Caroline LeCount, who was basically our Philadelphia Rosa Parks.

COOPER: A teacher and activist, LeCount fought to integrate the city's streetcars in the 1860s. The name change was finally approved last year.

GLASGLOW: To see it come down and to put someone up there that respected our life makes me feel proud. She is the first black woman to have a street named in the city of Philadelphia. It really made me see that it takes time, but it's the legacy that you leave behind that's important.

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DEAN: To learn more and vote for the CNN Hero of the Year, remember today is the last day of voting, go to CNN.com/Heroes.

And still ahead tonight, winter weather impacting travel at major airports across the Midwest and soon on the East Coast. We'll give you the latest update.

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