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E.U. Holding Emergency Meeting Over New Trump Tariffs; Trump's New Tariffs Trigger Protests In Denmark, Greenland; Spanberger Makes History As Virginia's First Female Governor; Feds Pause Collections As Major Student Loan Reforms Roll Out; Mount Sinai At Center As New York City Nurses Strike Enters Seventh Day; Minnesota National Guard Mobilized To Support State Officers; Federal Officers Confront, Detain Anti-ICE Protesters; Judge Limits Federal Agents' Use Of Tear Gas, Pepper Spray; Pennsylvania Sheriff Terminates ICE Partnership. Today: EU Holding Emergency Meeting Over New Trump Tariffs; Tracking Freezing Temperatures Across The U.S.; CNN Poll: 58% Call Trump's First Year Of Second Term A Failure; ChatGPT Will Soon Include Ads Based On User Conversations. Aired 6-7a ET

Aired January 18, 2026 - 06:00   ET

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DANNY FREEMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Hey, there. It is Sunday, January 18th. Welcome to CNN THIS MORNING. I'm Danny Freeman. Victor Blackwell is off this weekend.

Here's what is new this morning. First up an emergency meeting of E.U. leaders is set for today after President Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies. The move is the latest effort by the president to press for U.S. control of the Danish territory of Greenland.

Plus, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has mobilized the Minnesota National Guard. They're on standby now to protect those demonstrating against ICE deployment in the Twin Cities.

And also in Pennsylvania, a sheriff is cutting ties with ICE, ending a federal partnership that allowed local deputies to help enforce immigration law. The move, sparking praise from immigrant advocates and backlash from those who said it goes too far.

ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: It is snowing right now in places like New York, Boston and even Philadelphia, but we could also see some snow across portions of the south. We'll take a look at where coming up.

FREEMAN: We begin this morning with President Trump triggering outrage across Europe with his push to acquire Greenland. The European Union will hold an emergency meeting of its ambassadors in Brussels today to coordinate a response.

Now, the president is slapping a new 10 percent tariff on eight European nations who are voicing solidarity with Denmark. The move sparked protests in several Greenlandic cities and in Denmark, demonstrators holding signs reading Yankee go home, insisting their country is not for sale.

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JULIE RADEMACHER, GREENLANDER: So, Donald, we don't want to be Americans. We are Greenlanders and we want to be in a democratic world. And we hope Americans, they will support us.

ALEXANDER WALLACE, PROTESTER: I've never met an American who thinks anything other. Greenland should be free, and Greenland should be for the Greenlanders, not for the Americans.

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FREEMAN: CNN's Nic Robertson joins us live now from Greenland. Nic, this story really escalating over the past 24 and 48 hours.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: It really is. Those voices that you were hearing just there from the protests, this is a city of about 20,000 people, Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. There was a large proportion of the city out on the streets yesterday.

There were parents toting their little children on their shoulders. And as you can see, it's a pretty chilly weather out here. There were grandparents out there. There were people there with walking sticks.

There was also a real sort of sense of culture from here as well, the Inuit culture. There was Inuit music. There was a poem. There was some singing. There were -- there was even a moment of silence.

I talked to a lot of people, and there's a real sense that this threat by President Trump, that they didn't take too seriously last year because it came and went, is now incredibly serious. The prime minister was out. The foreign minister was out. There were speeches by politicians.

It was very clear that the town here, the country united in this view, hands off, is the message to the United States, Greenland not for sale. But when you look at what's happening in the European Union, these reactions that are triggered by President Trump's threat to raise tariffs on those countries who've deployed troops here, the British have got one NATO -- one NATO representative here, Norwegians two, Finns two, French 15, the Germans 13.

The numbers are pretty small, but President Trump is putting that threat of tariffs, and there is momentum building in the European Union. A number of European Union leaders have said that a line has been crossed here. The momentum politically in the European Union and the European parliament is not to go ahead with the trade deal with the United States, which means that tariffs that are in place at the moment on U.S. goods coming into the E.U. would remain in place.

And there is another potential outcome, and that would be the anti- coercion instrument, as it's called in the European Union, could be put into play where just one country has to say were being economically coerced by another and that potentially could put into play high costs on doing business. There could be essentially add-on charges for all Amazon deals, all Apple deals, all Visa card transactions, Mastercard transactions.

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It is seen as sort of the nuclear option, but this is the level that the conversation has gotten to in Europe. And here the voice was very clear.

FREEMAN: All right. Nic Robertson, thank you so much for that reporting, I really do appreciate it, that flavor of what's happening on the ground.

For more on this we have reaction from Brussels now. I want to bring in Jeppe Kofod. He's the former Danish foreign minister.

Thank you so much for being up with us early to talk through what is really a consequential day. I want to start here. What's your reaction to just that intense escalation you just heard Nic describing over the past 24 hours and 48 hours between President Trump, Denmark and Greenland and now the E.U.?

JEPPE KOFOD, FORMER MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DENMARK: Well, it's remarkable now that Trump has de facto declared a political war against the whole of Europe. So, including United Kingdom, the European Union. And this is something which will be very costly to the U.S., I have to say.

Nobody in Europe is backing down their full support for Greenland and Denmark, in this case. This is fundamental rights, rule of law, the right for people, a nation to determine their own future in Greenland, the respect of the people in Greenland. And it's been moving to see the demonstrations in Nuuk, in Denmark, Greenlandic people, Danish people and the solidarity expressions all over Europe. So, Trump will face massive resistance to this move he did.

FREEMAN: Well, I mean, let's unpack that a little bit more because, obviously, we're seeing these images of people taking to the streets. We know people are taking this seriously when it comes to the E.U., but let's ask the question, do these threats of new tariffs, will they be persuasive at all, or will this only make E.U. countries and Denmark, in particular, dig in more?

KOFOD: It will only lead to what you said the latter because what happens now is not primarily an issue for Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark. Now, it's an all European issue. It's been indirectly always, but now it's directly affecting each and every European state.

Because remember, we have European Union Customs Union. So, when you impose tariffs against Europe, it's all European Union countries. And also the U.K. has shown solidarity and support for Greenland and Denmark.

So, listen, this will be -- this will be a move where Trump is undermining democratic rule of law and the values that has bind us together, United States and Europe, for many, many decades. And this will not go easy down. This will be -- they'll be fought back, as I said, from European side. And also, I hope that on the American side, there'll be reactions against this.

I would say self-damaging move to the United States. And you will also see a lot of solidarity expression from all over the world to Greenland and Denmark. It's fundamentally undermining the world order that we fought so fiercely together to build up after the end of the second World War, and in particular, also after the end of the Cold War.

FREEMAN: Can you share your perspective of what you think will be the response from the E.U. after this meeting? That will happen in a couple of hours. I mean, what are they discussing? Do you believe -- what are they crafting, again, in response to President Trump's threats here?

KOFOD: I'm absolutely sure that they will look at the current tariff deal between the United States and European Union which was, as you remember, it was negotiated after a lot of discussions last year. That is now dead if Trump really is serious to impose tariffs on Europe from February 10th percent and from June 25 percent.

Secondly, they are talking about the nuclear option, which meaning that that they will retaliate against this cohesion from outside. This an instrument you have in European Union. So you can put a lot of tariffs to U.S. interest companies as a response to what Trump is doing.

And listen, this is not something Europe wants. This is something Europe definitely do not want. It's a choice of Trump.

If you want to start this political trade war, this cohesion, this idea of taking over Greenland by power, then Europe will fight back. And that's what I'm saying. This has escalated to a new level that we haven't seen before between the United States and Europe. And that is really, really bad for everybody.

FREEMAN: Yes, this is really going to be a test to see the collective power and strength of the E.U. coming forward, that's for sure. Jeppe Kofod, thank you so much for sharing your perspective on all of this consequential news, I should say, this morning. Appreciate it.

KOFOD: Appreciate to be part of this. Thank you.

FREEMAN: All right. Let's take a look at some other headlines this morning. First up, Virginia made history yesterday with its top offices.

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Abigail Spanberger became the first woman sworn in to be the commonwealth's governor. New lieutenant governor Ghazala Hashmi is the first Muslim woman to be elected statewide in the nation, as well as the first South Asian American elected to statewide office in Virginia. Jay Jones is Virginia's new first black attorney general, and they're all Democrats, marking a major shift in Richmond as their party regains control of state government. Now, in her address, Governor Spanberger criticized what she called reckless policies coming from Washington and vowed to protect Virginia's economy and health care system.

We have good news this morning for millions of student loan borrowers who are struggling to make their payments. The education department is putting a temporary pause on wage garnishments and other collections.

Now there's no set end date, but the pause is set to stay in place while the agency rolls out major repayment changes under a new law. The overhaul is expected to cut down the number of plans and add a new income driven option that wipes away unpaid interest for people who make on time payments. Borrowers in default also get a second chance to rehabilitate their loans before collections restart.

And in New York, striking nurses are back at the bargaining table this morning. It is the seventh day of the biggest strike the city has seen in decades. Now, at the request of a mediator, the State Nurses Association, resumed talks with the three Mount Sinai hospitals affected by this walkout.

The union says talks with New York-Presbyterian haven't made much progress and talks with another hospital have not resumed. Nearly 15,000 nurses walked off the job Monday, demanding safer staffing and stronger support.

And tensions are flaring in Minneapolis as anti-ICE protesters face off against federal law enforcement. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mobilized the state's National Guard to support local law enforcement and allow for peaceful demonstrations, but they have not yet been deployed.

Protesters braved below freezing temperatures Saturday as they gathered and chanted outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building. Now, while the protests remained largely peaceful, federal agents were seen detaining people during tense standoffs with protesters. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones has more from the protests.

JULIA VARGAS JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Tensions running high in Minneapolis, right outside the Whipple Federal Building. We're now seeing something we hadn't seen before, which is a line of sheriff, Hennepin County sheriff's vehicles now keeping protesters on this side of the sidewalk. That has been the main issue with federal agents and protesters.

They have time and again come out of this building information to push protesters if they come out onto the street, if they come out and interact with officers or try at times to provoke some of these officers. We have seen people spitting at cars. We have seen people trying to hit these cars, few protesters, though, I will say. The majority of the people here seem to be trying to be and remain peaceful, understanding as the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, said that not doing so would be to play into the hand of the federal government, into the administration.

Now governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, as well, saying, that demonstrations should remain peaceful, should remain calm. He asked for that earlier in the morning on Saturday. Now, will they heed those calls? Unclear.

The main reason, though, for most of the people we spoke to, to be here, is their outrage. They're -- they're just -- they want ICE out of Minnesota. They want ICE out of Minneapolis. Some of the people are saying they're afraid for their neighbors. They're afraid for their community, for the people who are too scared to show up to work because they think that they will be profiled, even if they are legal residents of the United States, or if they are even U.S. citizens, that they will be, stopped or picked up by ICE in one of these operations.

Now, throughout the day, we saw interactions between some protesters and police, and we saw a number of the tensions that took place. It seemed that the federal agents were quite -- were targeting people specifically in the crowd, coming and getting them and taking them in.

I want you to hear from one of these protesters who was arrested and who CNN spoke to right after he came out.

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JONES: So, were you -- were you blocking the road? Were you --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. No, sorry. I was actually on the sidewalk right in front of the tennis courts. And the ASAC, the special -- assistant special agent in charge in the DHS building, he reviewed the footage and he mentioned that he -- like the median line, the one that divides the cars on the road, that's the one where you're not allowed to cross as a protester. But he saw clearly that I was right on the sidewalk. So, he let me go.

JONES: So, what was the reason they gave you for your detention?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They said something about -- well, I didn't hear -- overhear everything in perfect detail, but they said that they were looking for some people that were spitting at police cars and making threats at officers.

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JONES: And I asked him, did he spit on those cars, he tried to interact with any of these agents? And he said, no, he didn't. But it does sound very similar to other stories that we heard from people who were arrested that the cameras from these federal facilities are watching these protesters very closely. And that's when then officers go across the street, come across the street to the side and pick up those protesters, take them in for questioning, see if they are the people that they're looking for, if they are any of the agitators who have been provoking police, provoking those federal agents. And if they're not, then they're released like this man.

But as the night progresses, we know these things tend to be more and more tense, but it continues to be a test of that federal judge's orders to not use pepper spray. We did see some kind of chemical agent being used on Saturday here in Minneapolis, and it continues to be a test.

Will they heed that judgment from the federal judge, or will there be any consequences? Were those violations or not? That continues to be the test here in Minneapolis. As temperatures drop, protesters continue to arrive. It's quite remarkable how many people are still arriving, despite the cold.

Julia Vargas Jones, CNN, Minneapolis.

FREEMAN: All right. Julia, thank you very much for that reporting. Coming up, a Pennsylvania sheriff ends his county's controversial partnership with ICE. Next, we'll talk with that sheriff live about why he says this move will make his community safer.

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FREEMAN: As the Trump administration continues its nationwide immigration crackdown, one local law enforcement leader is drawing a line in the sand. In Pennsylvania, new Bucks County sheriff, Danny Ceisler, followed through on a campaign promise and terminated his office's controversial partnership with ICE. It's a direct reversal of his predecessor's policy ending a program that allowed local deputies to essentially act as federal immigration agents. This new order also prohibits deputies from asking crime victims, witnesses, and court observers about their immigration status.

Sheriff Danny Ceisler joins me now. Thank you so much, Sheriff, for taking the time to talk about your decision this week. Let's start here. Can you just explain for our viewers why you reversed this partnership with ICE this past week?

SHERIFF DANNY CEISLER, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: Sure. So, what we saw in Bucks County and really across the country is when you mix local law enforcement with immigration enforcement that torches the relationship between immigrant communities and law enforcement. And we rely on those communities to call 911, to report crime, to come into the courthouse and testify. And we saw a decrease in all of that cooperation, which isn't just a public safety problem for those immigrants, that's a public safety problem for the entire community.

FREEMAN: Now, Sheriff, I understand that you say that this reversal still does not make Bucks County a sanctuary county, in part because, for example, the Department of Corrections will still share information with ICE. Is that having it both ways, though, in this community?

CEISLER: It's not having it both ways. It's striking the balance. It's -- you know, Bucks County is a 50/50 county of about 650,000 people. And for better or worse, this is an elected position.

So out on the campaign trail, I saw that probably the middle 75 percent of people on both sides want the same thing. They want a secure border. They want actual bona fide criminals who have received due process to be deported, but they don't want the people who are here because they want the same quality of life as us, who are paying taxes, who are really lifting up the community in ways that we don't even see, you know, because a lot of it's in the shadows, they want them to have a reasonable pathway to citizenship.

So, I don't see it as having it both ways. I see it as striking that balance that most people want.

FREEMAN: Now, ICE has argued that these partnerships protect communities and dozens of other law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania still have them. I'm curious, do you have any concern that ending this partnership could make Bucks less safe?

CEISLER: Absolutely not. So, we have had this kind of level of cooperation with ICE for decades, where ICE does its work and if we have people in our custody we turn them over. But when you're law enforcement executive, like I am, you have limited resources. I only have so many deputies and we have our office's mission. We have our responsibilities.

So, I need my deputies focused on their work. And their work can include ensuring that dangerous criminals are turned over to ICE. But I don't need them out in the community performing immigration enforcement. First and foremost, that's not local law enforcement's job.

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And second, we've seen the negative public safety impacts of doing that.

FREEMAN: Well, let's talk a little bit about that because it sounds like you're talking, at least in some part, to what's happening in Minnesota. We've been watching these increasingly aggressive tactics from ICE out there. And of course, response from protesters.

I guess my question for you, Sheriff, is, are you worried that taking an action like this, reversing this policy, will draw unwanted attention or pressure from the Trump administration?

CEISLER: All I can hope is that the Trump administration is going to see what we are actually doing. Look, it's devastating to see what's going on all over the country. But we are continuing to cooperate with our federal law enforcement partners where it's appropriate. But we're not going to be allocating our limited resources to doing ICE's job for it. We have not seen an increased ICE presence since I've been elected or since I've implemented this new policy. And it's my very sincere hope that we will not see an increased presence in Bucks County, because it only serves to hinder actual law enforcement's efforts.

FREEMAN: All right. Sheriff, so let's talk about the -- how special Bucks County is. In 2024 a majority of Bucks County residents said they wanted President Trump to serve another term. In 2025, they said we want change, though, from our sheriff who supported walking perhaps more hand in hand with ICE.

From your perspective, now that you've won this election, unseated that former sheriff, what do you think that says about the residents of Bucks County?

CEISLER: Bucks County, you know, as I said before, it is a 50/50 county. It's kind of the bellwether county. We're also an even mix. So, we have a kind of a more urban section, a suburban section and a rural section. So in a lot of ways, it's a microcosm of the country.

And this county did go for President Trump. And then when we had -- they had the opportunity to support a sheriff who was carrying the flag for the president, who was really seeking to help carry out his mass deportation agenda, that is where we saw the voters overwhelmingly reject that, which shows -- you know, one thing we do in Bucks County, we have kind of very reasonable, good government.

That 50/50 balance leads us to have just a focus on what's effective and what's actually helping people, not what, you know, is popular in D.C. or on the news. And what I presented was a common sense, reasonable balance and clearly that message carried the day because we won pretty significantly.

FREEMAN: Sheriff Danny Ceisler, thank you so much for joining us, waking up early to speak with us about a very consequential issue in our country and certainly in Pennsylvania now as well. Appreciate your time.

CEISLER: Thank you, Danny.

FREEMAN: All right. We're standing by for an emergency meeting of European leaders over Greenland. Coming up next, we'll have global reaction to President Trump's U.S. tariff threats.

CHINCHAR: And cold air is spread far and wide. And that means were even getting some snow and perhaps some unusual places. We'll detail this new winter storm warning coming up.

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DANNY FREEMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Back now to that big breaking news. The European Union's scrambling to hold an emergency meeting of its ambassadors today in Brussels. This all comes after President Trump announced he would hit eight member countries with a new 10 percent tariff until the U.S. is allowed to purchase Greenland.

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ANTONIO COSTA, PRESIDENT, EUROPEAN COUNCIL (through translation): If we want prosperity, we must open markets, not close them. We must create zones of economic integration, not increase tariffs.

What we can say is that the European Union will always be very firm in defending international law, wherever it may be.

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FREEMAN: CNN's Betsy Klein has more on Trump's escalating trade war and the reaction from Europe.

BETSY KLEIN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER (on-camera): Good morning, Danny.

We have seen President Trump use tariffs, and specifically the threat of tariffs, as a key negotiating tactic. The President now taking that threat and tool to Greenland. He has long said that the U.S. should have control of Greenland, which is a Danish territory, for what he says is national security purposes.

This has spawned major pushback, both from Greenland, from Denmark, from European countries, as well as from the American people. In a new CNN poll, 75 percent of Americans opposed Trump's efforts to take control of Greenland. The President escalating those threats once more on Saturday in a post to social media with a two-tiered tariff threat that could have massive economic consequences for key U.S. trading partners.

He said in that post, quote, starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned countries, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, will be charged a 10 percent tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the tariff will be increased to 25 percent. This tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland.

European officials reacting to the President's threat in very stark terms. You might recall that last week, Vice President JD Vance, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, met with their Danish and Greenlandic partners in Washington, where they had discussions about the future of Greenland. One of those top officials, the Danish foreign minister, reacted in a statement saying that this came as a surprise after what he described as very productive conversations.

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We also heard from French President Emmanuel Macron. He said that the President's tariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer piling on. He said that the President's tariff strategy is, quote, completely wrong, as well as a stark warning from European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen. She says that tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. There is so much to discuss when European officials gather for an emergency meeting later Sunday in Brussels.

But I want you to listen to how U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Mike Waltz, described the Trump administration's view on this.

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MIKE WALTZ, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATIONS: I promise you their lives will be safer, stronger and more prosperous under the umbrella of the United States.

And furthermore, if you look at Denmark's defense expenditures, they have zero heavy icebreakers. They really have no Navy in the Western Hemisphere to speak of. And they certainly aren't contributing in a meaningful way to the Golden Dome, space or other types of missile defense we have to have.

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KLEIN (on-camera): We have seen European countries deploy military personnel to Greenland over the past week. Those officials say that this is for the exact Arctic security that President Trump and his top officials say is needed, Danny.

FREEMAN: Betsy Klein, thank you very much for that report.

All right, to this now. Bitter cold is sweeping nearly half of the country this morning, with more than half the country under cold weather alerts stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast and even parts of the South.

And if you're heading to that Rams Bears playoff game in Chicago tonight, brace yourself. Temperatures will be in the teens. You're looking at a live picture of Chicago. It looks freezing right there, even from this vantage point.

CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar is tracking it all for us.

I mean, again, just chilly everywhere, Allison.

ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST (on-camera): It is. And what that means is if you have this moisture that's coming in, it's all in the form of snow for a lot of these areas. So you've got these winter weather advisories, warnings, even some blizzard warnings up across portions of the Midwest. But the most interesting one may actually be the one across portions of Georgia, areas of Florida, places you just don't think about typically having any snow showers.

So, we take a look at where we've got some of these graphics here. I'm sorry. Give me just a moment, folks, is what we've got here is noticing this. Look at this radar. OK, this is going to be very interesting because right now it looks like it should be snowing blankets right now in Atlanta. But here's the thing. The air is so dry in the city of Atlanta that most of that is evaporating before it ever even reaches the surface. And while folks in Atlanta may get a few flurries, it's farther south where they may actually end up having some accumulating snow. We have reports just to the north and west of Tallahassee of snow actually starting to come down.

And it's going to start to fill in here across the southeast as we go through the next couple of hours, at least until that temperature starts to warm back up. Where you're going to get more meaningful snow, meaning talking three, six, even as much as eight inches of snow. That's going to be across portions of the northeast. Snowing right now in Philadelphia, New York and eventually up towards the Boston area.

But this is just going to get thicker as we go through the rest of the day, because that low pressure system is going to continue to slide up the East Coast, allowing more and more moisture to surge up and down the I-95 corridor, filling in a lot of those places even through tonight. Then the secondary clipper system comes back in through the Midwest and pushing into the northeast, adding even more snow on top of it.

FREEMAN: I like when you specifically highlight the route from New York to Philadelphia. My route I'm taking today is a place that's going to get hit with a lot of snow. It's OK. We'll make it.

Allison Chinchar, thanks so much. Appreciate you.

All right. Coming up, in new CNN polling, the majority of Americans are calling Trump's first year in his second term a failure.

Coming up next, we're going straight to voters in the battleground state of Georgia to find out exactly what they think.

Stay with us.

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FREEMAN: We're now just days away from the official one-year mark of President Trump's second term. And brand new CNN polling shows a majority of Americans aren't happy with what they're seeing so far.

According to the new poll, 58 percent feel the year has been a, quote, failure. While 42 percent call it a success.

CNN's Jeff Zeleny is in Georgia, of course a key swing state, talking with voters as the new polling finds a majority believe the President's first year back in office has fallen short.

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FRANZ ROWLAND, GEORGIA FARMER: I don't know who dropped the ball in Washington. To allow these prices, its trade to diminish like it has. But somebody dropped the ball. Somebody wasn't looking out for us.

JEFF ZELENY, CHIEF NATIONAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On his farm here in southern Georgia, Franz Rowland is taking stock of the last year and fearful of what's ahead.

ROWLAND: Trump says, you know, be patient. The farmer's going to be better than ever. Well, he better hurry up because we can't stand this much.

ZELENY (voice-over): He voted for President Trump, hoping a stronger economy and better trade deals would follow.

ZELENY: When you hear politicians and others in Washington saying the economy is doing great, the country's never been better.

ROWLAND: They need to come out here. They need to come out here and live in my shoes. The economy may be doing better for some people, but on the farm, it ain't doing better.

ZELENY (voice-over): As the President begins his second year back in office, a majority of Americans call the first year a failure.

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Here in Georgia, a state critical to this fall's midterm elections, economic concerns are top of mind for Florence Allen.

FLORENCE ALLEN, TOY STORE OWNER: My economy's not hot. I'm paying the bills.

ZELENY: Costs probably across the board have not gone down on many things.

ALLEN: Oh, no. My costs have not gone down on anything, not here at the store and not at home.

Got it.

ZELENY (voice-over): Allen, a Democrat, has owned her toy store for 20 years and tried to navigate a whiplash tariff policy that's impacted much of her inventory.

ZELENY: When you've heard the President say, we're making all this money on tariffs.

ALLEN: Give it back to me.

ZELENY: Because tariffs are passed along or you swallow them.

ALLEN: Yes.

ZELENY: Right?

ALLEN: Yes.

ZELENY: Yes. ALLEN: Yes. So, you know, you've raised my costs. So, I think for most

people, he's not fooling people with that line.

ZELENY (voice-over): Georgia has long stood as a leading barometer for Trump's performance. He won the state in 2016, lost in 2020, and won again in 2024, flipping Baldwin County in Central Georgia for the first time.

JANICE WESTMORELAND (PH), GEORGIA VOTER: He gets A plus from me.

ZELENY (voice-over): Janice Westmoreland (ph) said she feels more secure with Trump in office, a sentiment reflected in many of our Main Street conversations.

ZELENY: Do you like having him back in office?

TORY AGEE, GEORGIA VOTER: I do. I voted for him. I'm tired of the United States getting pushed around.

ELINOR CARRICK, GEORGIA VOTER: Looking at where my 401(k) is, I'm going to give it an A.

ZELENY: Yes. It's done pretty well?

CARRICK: Yes.

ZELENY (voice-over): For Trump, maintaining his coalition of Republicans and independents will be at the center of the fight for control of Congress, as voters weigh his broader actions, including deep cuts made to the government.

Vi Le was among the hundreds of workers whose jobs were eliminated at the CDC.

VI LE, FMR CDC EMPLOYEE: Terminating me and my team, like, that's one thing. But CDC, that remains what's happening there now. That is mostly untold. Like, that still continues to be really harmful.

ZELENY (voice-over): Back on Rowland's farm, the 72-year-old Republican is as disappointed as dismayed.

ZELENY: Were you expecting things might get a little bit better with Trump back in office?

ROWLAND: I did. Yes. I thought by now we would have a we'd have some really good trade. I did think it would be that better by now. Yes.

ZELENY: And Roland's disappointment is very clear there. Again, he does not blame President Trump for all of his economic difficulties, but he did think it would get better. And that is a central challenge facing the White House, trying to assure Americans that the economy will be getting better. The President, of course, brags about the health of the economy. That's not what we heard in our conversations in Georgia.

Jeff Zeleny, CNN, Washington. (END VIDEOTAPE)

FREEMAN: Thank you, Jeff, for that.

Cameras captured a smash and grab robbery at a Pokemon store in New York. Take a look.

Surveillance video you see shows three armed and masked people inside the store back on Wednesday night, while dozens of people were inside the store at the time.

Now, according to local reports, it only took about three minutes for the thieves to escape with more than $100,000 worth of Pokemon cards and accessories. Thankfully, nobody was hurt.

All right, coming up, get ready. ChatGPT is about to get ads. We'll tell you why OpenAI says it needs the cash and how it could change your chat experience.

Coming up after a break.

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FREEMAN: YouTube is introducing new parental controls aimed at limiting endless scrolling by teens. Parents can now cap how much screen time their teens can get. Parents will also be able to set custom bedtimes and take a break reminders. Good to know.

ChatGPT meanwhile announced it is rolling out advertisements inside of its popular chatbot. OpenAI says it will use conversations entered by users to recommend sponsored products. Now the rollout will begin with non-paying users in the U.S. Ads will show up at the bottom of ChatGPT's answers to users' questions.

CNN's Clare Duffy has more on what the company is calling a move to boost revenue.

CLARE DUFFY, CNN TECH REPORTER (on-camera): That's right. In the coming weeks ChatGPT users may start to see ads in their conversations with the AI chatbot. OpenAI is rolling this out as a test for logged in adult U.S. users and these ads will be based on the content of their conversations with ChatGPT.

Now, these ads will show up at the bottom of ChatGPT's answers, they will be labeled. And OpenAI says that the content of its responses to questions won't be based on the opportunity to serve an ad. So, they're trying to reassure users here that the quality of ChatGPT's answers will remain the same and not based on a business opportunity for the company.

They're also saying that users' data, their conversations won't be shared with advertisers and that users will have the opportunity to turn off ad personalization. And ChatGPT will continue to offer paid ad free tiers. So, the free tier and a new $8 a month tier called Go that the company rolled out on Friday, those will have ads but it's plus pro and its business tiers will be ad free if users are willing to pay for them. And this is really interesting, this is kind of a reversal for OpenAI.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has previously expressed reservations about having ads within ChatGPT. Back in 2024, he called the idea of combining advertising and AI uniquely unsettling, and said that he personally hates ads. Although he has kept open the -- the option that ChatGPT might roll out something like this.

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And what's changed here is that OpenAI is really urgently trying to find a way to bring in more revenue from its 800 million ChatGPT users. The company is currently on the hook to spend $1.4 trillion over the next eight years on building out AI infrastructure.

And so, this really is a business imperative. The company in 2025 brought in around $20 billion in annual revenue. And you can see how advertising might be a potentially lucrative opportunity because ChatGPT has so much personal information because its users directly tell it things about their life. You know, if you've asked ChatGPT to help you plan a trip, it could serve you ads for a hotel wherever you're going.

But you can also see how this might be controversial with users for exactly the same reason. They may be unsettled about the idea that ChatGPT is advertising to them based on their personal conversation.

So, it's going to be really interesting to watch how users respond to this move.

Back to you.

FREEMAN: All right, thank you, Clare.

There's much more ahead on the next hour of "CNN This Morning Weekend." I'll be joined by Martin Luther King III and his wife, Andrea, to talk about continuing the legacy of Dr. King.

Don't go anywhere.

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