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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well, U.S. lawmakers are back at work after a month-long recess, and they haven't forgotten about the

Epstein files. It's 09:00 a.m. in Washington. It is 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi. I'm Becky Anderson, you're watching "Connect the World".

Also coming up this hour, a summit of strongmen, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping will meet together for the first time to solidify their

partnership. Plus, a race against time in Afghanistan as rescue crews search for survivors following a deadly earthquake.

-- afraid to quit your job and start again, well, you're not the only one. New data shows that job hugging is on the rise. Well, the stock market in

New York opens about 30 minutes from now, and it's looking pretty ugly out there. The arrows all pointing lower. A U.S. court cast fresh doubts over

the legality of President Trump's global tariffs.

And investors somewhat concerned it seems. More on that coming up. Well, unprecedentedly high. That is the top-notch grade Vladimir Putin gives his

country's relationship with China as he visits Beijing. The Russian President, spending hours with the Chinese leader today, landing a colossal

gas supply deal, discussing common interests and even sitting down D it is a dazzling show of solidarity in a week when President Xi is dominating the

world stage.

In the past few hours, a motorcade carrying Kim Jong Un was spotted arriving in Beijing. The North Korean Leader, making a rare trip abroad to

attend military parade alongside other non-western leaders tomorrow. Well CNN's Marc Stewart is in the Chinese capital, and he joins us now. Let's

first talk about this natural gas deal. What do we know about it?

MARC STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is a big deal, Becky, as you know, one way Russia has stayed afloat, if you will, during this war with Ukraine is

because of its commodity market, the energy sector. We know that China, over the years, has purchased a lot of oil from Russia, being a top

customer.

Now, with this announcement of this gas line, it will be yet another direct route for China to get an energy source from Russia. We're looking at some

reporting from Russia's state news agency task. So, this appears to be a long-term deal. So, this is something that Russia, as you mentioned, in

particular, is celebrating.

Note that China in particular has never condemned Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and it is facing criticism from the United States for its large

fuel purchases. Of course, this idea of tariffs is certainly looming overhead, as we have seen with India. But right now, this relationship

between these two world leaders, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin is very strong.

We heard a lot of warm words exchanged earlier today in Beijing. Let's take a quick listen to some of Xi Jinping, or rather, Vladimir Putin's remarks.

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VLADIMIR PUTIN, PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA: I thank you for the warm welcome extended to our entire delegation. Our close communication reflects the

strategic nature of Russia-China relations, which are at an unprecedentedly high level.

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STEWART: Let's talk about the optics about all of this, because that is also as significant as this business deal. These are two men who have, what

has been described as this no limits friendship, and as we saw today, the kinship is very strong. Becky, of course, there is economic strength

between these two nations, but politically.

And when we look at the optics, the fact that they have been standing side by side. It's really sending this unified message against the west, at a

time when China in particular is really trying to establish itself as the leader of a new world order.

ANDERSON: And a massive military parade in Beijing will be, I guess, as important in its sort of symbolism and its performance as anything else.

Russia just got one of the guests of honor position tomorrow at that massive military parade. What should we expect?

STEWART: Yeah, as you rightly said, the symbolism is really the story here. We are going to see Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and as you mentioned, the

arrival of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un all standing together, presumably in front of Tiananmen Square as we see tanks, we see missiles.

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And the latest weaponry is part of China's arsenal go through the streets of Beijing. This, again, is part of this messaging to the west to NATO,

that there are other thoughts of points of view, and that maybe they aren't going to be so dominant in the future. That's the messaging that they want

to send.

And of course, we also may see some meetings between Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin. There's going to be lots of many lines, as we say

in the news business, that we're going to be looking for, first thing tomorrow morning here in Beijing.

ANDERSON: Yeah, it's good to have you there covering those off for us. Marc, always a pleasure. Thank you very much indeed. Marc Stewart is in

Beijing. Well, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers calling for international help after a massive earthquake killed over 1400 people and leveled entire

villages.

Their heavy rain landslides and damaged roads, making it difficult for relief teams to access remote areas devastated by Sunday's magnitude six

quake. And that comes, of course, at a fragile time for the country. It has faced economic and humanitarian crisis since the Taliban seized power in

2021.

Well, CNN's Nic Robertson following this story for us, and obviously real concern about aftershocks. What more do we know about the rescue and

recovery efforts this hour, Nic?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yeah, of course, everyone's really looking for the aftershocks, and it appears that there's

been a very significant aftershock in the past less than an hour right in the same sort of area just southwest of Asadabad, which is where many of

the people who've been injured are being taken for treatment.

So, this was 5.2 magnitude, is what we understand now. So, a significant aftershock there, the difficulty of getting out to some of the villages. I

think we can understand from what the government is saying. They're saying that some villages, we can't even land helicopters there.

So, what they're doing, they say they're landing commandos, air dropping commandos in who can try and get in quickly help the villagers pull the

debris away and see if there's anyone else that they can rescue and recover the government. Also setting up a sort of a relief center there for people

who have lost their homes to gather in, to try to get, you know, to try to sort of provide a rescue recovery point where tense and humanitarian aid

distribution can be --provided.

And of course, the Taliban calling for that today from the international community, and it's being responded to the UAE where you are Becky, has

already sent at least one flight with a rescue and recovery team. They're planning to send more humanitarian aid, tents, medical supplies, food

supplies.

The European Union's committed $1.1 million, 130 tons of aid, including shelters, water purification equipment, a couple of their planes due to

land in Kabul this week they say the UK committed $1.3 million of humanitarian aid. India's contributed 1000 tenths, 15 tons of medical food

supplies they've sent as well.

So that help is coming in. But clearly the difficulty is still there for the rescue recovery teams, which is what this still seems to be, to access

some of the sort of more extreme sites, if you will. In the death toll that's been climbing 1400, more than 3000 people injured more than 4500

homes, according to Taliban officials, have been destroyed.

The magnitude of the impact of this 6.0 quake is big, and the effort is still only stepping up to try to recover what can be recovered, Becky.

ANDERSON: Yeah, and Nic, very briefly, you've spent a lot of time in Afghanistan, for our viewers purposes. You will know that a number of these

isolated communities can only be reached by foot, travel time is slow at the best of times. I mean, this is going to make things really, really

difficult, isn't it?

ROBERTSON: Totally, any aftershock is going to make things more problematic, because what was weakened will perhaps fall away, and that

includes landslides and roads, because the rains have been very heavy recently, there's been flooding, so the terrain itself is -- in a very

vulnerable state.

The houses were always vulnerable, because in these remote villages, there very often is quite literally mud, rocks and trees. The trees that you

know, the boughs of the trees and the leaves are the roofs. They're flat. They're packed together with mud to sort of keep the rain out. But when you

have a quake, the whole thing collapses very easily.

Everyone for that first quake was sleeping, or most people were sleeping because it was the middle of the night. So, this is all what's going to

compound and make more complex any recovery effort, Becky.

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ANDERSON: Yeah, it's good to have you, Nic. Thank you. Next hour, I'll be speaking with the Secretary General for the Danish Relief Council Charlotte

Slente is at the Afghanistan Iran border, where thousands of refugees, of course, are returning home. And for more information about how you can help

Afghanistan with this earthquake and the victims there.

Cnn.com/impact is a good place to start. Belgium is the latest country that says it plans to recognize the state of Palestine at the United Nations

General Assembly later this month. In the announcement, the country's leaders said it has a duty to prevent any risk of genocide.

Sources tell CNN that Israel is now on to its part, considering annexing parts of the West Bank to retaliate against countries gearing up to

recognize Palestinian statehood. CNN's Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond joining us now live. It's clear that we've heard that Netanyahu was

expected to convene a meeting this week.

Suggestions are that -- in that meeting, there will be discussions about how Israel does respond to these countries who are determined to recognize

Palestinian statehood end of September in New York. What more are we learning at this point?

JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think there are two key questions at this point, Becky. One of them is, will the Israeli

government actually move forward with annexation of the West Bank? And second, the second question is going to be, to what extent do they move

forward with annexation of the West Bank?

Because, as we understand it, the Israeli Prime Minister has a few different options before him in terms of annexing parts of the West Bank.

You know, options ranging from a limited takeover of several Jewish settlements in the West Bank to all of Area C, which is already under

Israeli security and administrative control, but that would amount to 60 percent of the West bank's territory.

And effectively preclude the establishment of a Palestinian state, which we know, of course, several right-wing ministers in Netanyahu's government

have made very clear is exactly their goal with this push for annexation. Another option that is being weighed right now is annexation of the Jordan

Valley, that is that strip of land on the eastern edge of the West Bank alongside the Jordan River.

And in terms of annexing that Israel would be able to make somewhat of a security argument. And ultimately, Israelis have long talked about always

maintaining security control of the borders of any eventual Palestinian state. And so that would fall under that rationale.

But any annexation, Becky, regardless of how much, would violate multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions and would likely be largely viewed and

widely viewed as a violation of international law. And so ultimately, we don't know whether the Israeli government is actually going to move forward

with a step that would likely increase its isolation on the world stage at a time when it is already increasingly becoming a pariah in the

international community.

Ultimately, the Israeli government has other options as well to respond to what is expected to be a wave of countries recognizing Palestine as a

state, everyone from France to the United Kingdom now Belgium joining the list, Australia. All of these countries are indeed set to move forward with

recognizing a Palestinian state.

And the Israeli government has vowed that there would be consequences. The other consequences they could impose would be sanctions on the Palestinian

Authority, limitations on the movement of diplomats from those countries to go into the Palestinian territories in the West Bank.

So, there are other options here as well. But the bottom line here is that we are witnessing, you know, a quite enormous clash here between this very

right wing, very insular Israeli government and the policies it is pursuing and the impact that, that is having on its standing on the world stage.

And all of that, of course, would be worsened not only by a move to annex the West Bank, but also by what we are already seeing starting to take

shape in Gaza, and that is the next stages of this major military operation in Gaza, with the takeover of Gaza City and perhaps eventually the conquest

of the entire West Bank, Becky.

ANDERSON: Jeremy Diamond is our Jerusalem Correspondent. Jeremy, thank you. The landmark trial of Brazil's Former President is now in its final phase,

as the country's Supreme Court begins hearing closing arguments today. The case accuses 70-year-old Jair Bolsonaro of orchestrating a plot to remain

in power after he lost his 2022 reelection bid.

Bolsonaro was charged with five counts related to attempting to stage a coup. He denies any wrongdoing and has repeatedly said that the trial is

politically motivated.

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Well, CNN's Contributor Stefano Pozzebon, live for us now, closing arguments then have begun. The trial itself isn't expected to conclude as I

understand it, until later this month. I guess that begs the question, what else might we expect? And if found guilty, what kind of sentence could

Bolsonaro be looking at this point?

STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Yes. Becky, well, this is truly the trial of the center, isn't it? At least when it comes to Brazil, but

perhaps the geopolitical implications are also deafening. This is a trial that has really divided the country, because those who are applauding this

trial are seen as a democracy that is finally being able to prosecute a former president who alleged to dismantle this democracy, to overthrow the

rule of law.

Among the charges that Bolsonaro and seven others codefendant are facing are attempting coup d'etat, but also the violent abolition of the

democratic rule of law. And among those other defendants are three former army general and the Former Head of the Navy. So that also opens a whole

set of new questions about the role of the military in this trial.

But for many others in Brazil, this is also a trial that has opened awkward questions about how far can the judiciary system go to prosecute the former

president of one of the persons, I think we have seen live images out of Brasilia with Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who is reading his final speech to

court.

He is the judge that over -- has overseen the prosecution. Well, he is, at the same time intended to be, or alleged to be, one of the victims in these

alleged coup d'etat. So, there is -- it's a trial that truly is dividing the nation. We are not in Brazil so far, but we were able, thanks to CNN

Brazil and other associates down there, to hear from those in Brasilia.

Take a listen to what one lawyer said to their cameras, and I think it's really interesting to hear directly from them.

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EVANDRO MARCOS, LAWYER: What we see with this trial is that it simply divided the country, divided society into two classes, a class that is

completely right wing, a class that is completely left wing, but they forgot the people who are sometimes in the center, who want the country to

grow, for the country to develop.

I simply believe that it will not end in anything. It is a personal revenge of one or the other, at least, that is what it appears to be.

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POZZEBON: Right, increasing polarization, two sets of people are not speaking to each other. That sounds familiar, right, Becky? Well, the

President of the United States, Donald Trump, is also a big shadow casting over this trial, because he has threatened increased economic sanctions and

has even reverted the visa of Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseen the prosecution of Bolsonaro.

Trump, of course, wants his former -- the former president, his close ally, Jair Bolsonaro, to be acquitted and perhaps to even mount a new challenge

for next year's presidential election. If convicted, Bolsonaro can face up to 40 years in prison. We will know probably by the end of next week, there

will be eight televised hearings between now and the next Friday.

We will hear perhaps next Wednesday or perhaps the following Friday on the 12th of September. If Bolsonaro is indeed convicted, he has the right to

appeal, of course, and he might not actually go to jail because, well Bolsonaro is also 70 years old, and so the Brazilian judiciary system might

spare him jail time just because of his age. He's on house arrest for now, though, Becky.

ANDERSON: You are ban up to date. Appreciate it. Stefano, thank you. You're watching, "Connect the World" with me Becky Anderson live from our Middle

East programming headquarters here in Abu Dhabi. Well, the time is 17 or 18 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.

Still ahead, U.S. Congress back in session today after a month-long recess, and the Epstein files loom large. More on that is after this.

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ANDERSON: U.S. Congress returns from its August recess today with a slew of items on the agenda and likely partisan battles ahead -- telling you

anything you don't already know. Of course, one of the biggest is a bipartisan push though, to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna are working to force a vote on the full House floor that would require the Trump Administration to

release more information on Jeffrey Epstein. Other big issues facing Congress include avoiding a government shutdown at the end of the month,

extending President Donald Trump's authority to deploy National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

His controversial firing of the CDC Director, and his push to remove a Federal Reserve Board Governor and possible action to pressure the

president into getting Russia to end its war on Ukraine. That is a laundry list, isn't it. We've got a lot to discuss here with Arlette Saenz.

Let's just talk about what's happening this week, firstly, on that push to release the Epstein files.

ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well Becky, these lawmakers are essentially picking up right where they left off as they are set to return

to Capitol Hill later this afternoon, and there could be a political fight brewing over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat, and Thomas Massie, a Republican, had -- ahead of the August recess, said that they wanted to force a House floor

vote to for the full release of the Epstein files. This so-called discharge petition would need 218 lawmakers to support it in order to force a vote,

and they plan on continuing with that.

Now at the same time, the Justice Department did begin to make some of these Epstein files available to the House Oversight Committee, which is

currently pouring through the documents and also seeing what more information they can get. Now -- right now, both Massie and Khanna believe

they will have the votes to force this vote on the House floor, but there's still big questions about whether or not that will happen.

Another item that we will see developing this week on the Epstein front, is that there will be survivors of Epstein's sex trafficking ring who will be

up here on Capitol Hill. First, they are meeting privately with the House Oversight Committee as they are conducting their further research and

trying to gain more information about this matter.

And tomorrow, they will appear with Khanna and Massie in a joint press conference. So, both lawmakers are really saying that they believe these

testimonies from these victims will really help put a face on this and push senators to push for the release. And so that is something that could

develop on that front in the coming days.

ANDERSON: Get yourself a glass of water. Well done. You got through that. Thank you, Arlette. Arlette Saenz is in Washington. Well as Americans try

to navigate the cooling job market, a growing number of workers are adopting a trend known as job hugging, or clinging on to their current

jobs.

It is in contrast to the job hopping that was popular back in the day 2021 and 2022 when many employees went after better work opportunities as part

of the so-called great resignation. Well CNN Reporter Matt Egan is the very latest from New York. You're hugging your job.

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MATT EGAN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Oh, I don't know, Becky, we're always so busy every morning that it does kind of feel like we are hugging our job

and just holding on, because this news cycle is so wild, but this trend of job hugging really is more evidence that the job market has cooled off

substantially, right?

When the job market was on fire, we did see so much job hopping, right? Workers felt like they had so much leverage that they could easily move

around and get a better job with a bigger pay package, right? And we saw that in 2021 and 2022 during the great resignation you can see the job to

job change rate has really slowed substantially.

And the other thing that has slowed is the pay increases for people who do job hop. Right back in 2019, it was around a 10 percent increase for people

who job hopped during the great resignation, it was north of 20 percent, but look at this, Bank of America says it's just 7 percent now.

It's actually below that pre-COVID average, and they say that they've seen the biggest slowdown in job hopping in jobs that pay once a month. These

tend to be white collar jobs, including in industries such as finance, technology and professional and business services, which includes

everything from managers and lawyers to accounts.

So why is this happening? Well, economists say this does reflect lower confidence in the job market, right? The University of Michigan has asked

consumers whether or not they think unemployment is going to go up over the next 12 months. And back in November, just about one in three expected

higher unemployment.

But look at that, now it's 60 percent that is the most since the great recession. And another factor here, according to Bank of America, is the

fact that a lot of businesses, they've sort of just frozen hiring, because of all of the uncertainty related to tariffs and trade policy, and so a lot

of them are just not hiring as much.

So, you put it all together, and it does speak to a job market that has slowed down significantly, and we're going to be getting some more big

numbers on the U.S. job market later this week that are going to go a long way towards shaping how investors and economists feel like this economy is

holding up. Back to you.

ANDERSON: Unless you are an AI expert, and then you can hop to your heart's content and take a big wad everywhere you land, it seems. It's good to have

you, Matt. Thank you.

EGAN: Thanks Becky.

ANDERSON: Right. Let's get you to a break, on the back side of that we are going to get you the opening bell on Wall Street.

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ANDERSON: All right, well, the stock futures were looking pretty ugly. It has to be said earlier on, indicating a lower open Bed Bath and Beyond are

on the bell today on Wall Street. It is their responsibility to ring in the trading day this Tuesday after a long bank holiday weekend.

That is what they are doing. We will let those markets settle. Get back to them about 20 seconds from now. The price of gold has been sailing past

$3,500 an ounce to reach a record high. The boost coming from a weaker dollar and growing expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut already this

year.

Bullion has gained more than 30 percent. But will the precious metals appeal continue? One market analyst predicts the price could extend to

$3,600. I'm sure that market analyst is not the only one. By year's end, if the fed follows through with multiple rate cuts, and a Russian, Ukraine

peace deal remains elusive, of course.

Let's have a look and see how these markets are settling out gold then is on the up still, but this is what these markets look like off the back of

that long weekend, and it is about as ugly as it was on the futures market. It has to be said, some real concerns about the robust nature or not of

Donald Trump's tariff policy.

What happens next? So, we will keep an eye on those markets for you. Investors, clearly having some concerns behind the scenes here, reflected

in these markets. Bitcoin, let's have a look at Bitcoin. It erased its summer gains Friday. It was trading a little higher earlier on. It's an odd

one, Bitcoin really, tends to kind of go lower as gold goes higher.

It's certainly not a hedge against these markets. A little bit lower. Yeah, it's up and down today, around about 109,000, we know it's been as high as

124 so those summer gains, as I say, have been erased. We'll keep an eye on that. In Bolivia, more and more businesses are banking on cryptocurrency as

a way to cope with the country's struggling economy.

For some, Bitcoin has become an accepted and even preferred form of payment. As CNN's Chris -- explains it's largely due to the freedom that

Bitcoin offers. Have a listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): In this little blue coffee stand in Bolivia's La Paz. Business is booming. Here you can pay for your matcha and

oat milk lattes with cash card or digital currency.

CHRISTOPHER SALAS, OWNER OF KE RIQUITO CAFA%: We've accepted Bitcoin payments for some time now. It's a currency that's not controlled by the

state or banks, a free currency. When you buy with Bitcoin here, it's like buying an unseasonable coffee.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Christopher Salas is the Owner of Ke Riquito Cafe, located in the city's bustling downtown. The country's

economic crisis and lack of foreign currency led him to venture into what are called cryptocurrencies.

SALAS: There's a Bitcoin community here in La Paz promoting the use of cryptocurrencies in various businesses. A friend, Alfredo (ph) came by and

opened my eyes. It's like a digital wallet, like a regular bank QR, but with Satoshis, which are the smallest unit of Bitcoin. The customer scans

the QR, we do the conversion, and they can buy their coffee.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Last year, Bolivia's Central Bank authorized the use of these digital assets, claiming that it would benefit

the productive and commercial sectors. Fast forward to 2025 the use of cryptocurrencies has soared.

ANA RECABADO, USER OF CRYPTOCURRENCY: Now it's practically a necessity. The limited access to dollars has cost the number of people managing

cryptocurrencies to grow by 500 percent.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): From restaurants to gyms, local businesses are implementing virtual currencies as a method of payment.

FACUNDO BAZAN, OWNER OF LA CASA DEL SILPANCHO RESTAURANT: Because of that, I can pay for advertising and take payments from people coming from abroad

or wanting to pay via cryptocurrencies.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): A revolutionary wallet that some experts say could help face the financial crisis.

MARGOTH AYALA, ECONOMIST: These are digital assets created with blockchain technology. I'm currently using them as a store of value considering the

devaluation of the Bolivian peso, it's a good option to preserve worth. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain could actually be an opportunity for

Bolivia to mitigate or reduce the impact of the ongoing economic crisis.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): A chain of technology that promises to enhance investment security, facilitate international payments and manual

remittances, along other potential benefits for the Indian nation's economy. But Salas has some advice.

SALAS: I always tell people not to buy or invest in Bitcoin without studying what Bitcoin is, and to ask themselves, what is money, because

many people fall for pyramid scams.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): And as the central bank announces that it's working on its own digital currency, the internal inflation rate came close

to a 25 percent last month, adding fresh pressure to an already fragile economy. For CNN, Chris -- Santiago --

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ANDERSON: Well breaking news, a judge in California has just ruled, that the Trump Administration violated federal law by sending in National Guard

troops to assist in immigration raids in Los Angeles. Now, remember thousands of federalized National Guard from California, members and U.S.

Marines assisted federal agents during an aggressive immigration crackdown in the city.

The judge cited a 19th century law that generally prohibits the use of troops for domestic law enforcement purposes. Let's bring in our Crime and

Justice Correspondent, Katelyn Polantz, good to have you. Just how significant a decision is this, Katelyn?

KATELYN POLANTZ, CNN CRIME AND JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, it's the first in what could be other important court decisions around the use of

federal troops in American cities at a moment when President Donald Trump has said he has wanted to have law enforcement from the federal government

go into cities.

The way that it was carried out in California over this summer, that was illegal, sending troops into Los Angeles, essentially as a show of force of

the American military, federal law enforcement. That is what the judge is blocking here. And the ruling, it will not just apply to Los Angeles, it

will apply to all of California.

The Defense Department can't just send the National Guard in to do domestic law enforcement, make arrests, question witnesses, things like that. They

can protect federal properties. And the National Guard that has been deployed and remains in Los Angeles for that purpose is going to be able to

remain there.

But Becky, this is a pretty significant, substantial opinion from Judge Charles Breyer in the Northern District of California, writing that you

can't just militarize cities. He points out that a months' long deployment of the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles over the summer was

for the purpose of the Trump Administration trying to establish a military presence there, and that it was top down and systemic.

The state didn't want it, the city didn't want it, and thus they are the winners here in this court battle, the Governor of California,

specifically, Gavin Newsom, Becky,

ANDERSON: To be continued. Katelyn, always a pleasure. Thank you. Well, we are into the second week at Flushing Meadows. We've got a fourth-round box

office clash between two former champions, icons and friends, coming your way, up next.

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ANDERSON: Well, let's get you some tennis. There we had a showdown in New York on Monday. Two-time U.S. Open champ Naomi Osaka came out on top

against her rival and friend Coco Gauff. Coy Wire joins me now. I've spent some time with both of these young women.

They are terrific. They are mates. It can't be easy going out there and playing in front of that crowd there and knowing only one of you is going

to come out top. What did you make of the match?

COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: I mean, this had cinema, right? I mean, these are two icons of women's tennis, right?

ANDERSON: Yeah.

WIRE: And they go way back, having played when they first played, when Coco Gauff was just 15 years old, and here they were on this massive stage. One

of them had to lose unfortunately, it was an incredible match. Of course, Osaka went on to take the win its first time into the quarterfinals since

2021.

So as disappointing as it was for Gauff, this is really exciting to think about what might be in store for Osaka moving forward.

ANDERSON: Yeah, and she's had some tough times, so we wish her the absolute best as she moves through this tournament. I know you're going to do more

on that in "World Sport". That is after this short break with Coy. I will be back in 15 minutes with more "Connect the World".

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