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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well, you're looking at pictures from the French Parliament as the prime minister braces for a

confidence vote there that could plunge the country into political turmoil. It's 03:00 p.m. in Paris, it is 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi.

You're watching "Connect the World". I'm Becky Anderson. Also coming up, a shooting in Jerusalem leaves at least six dead and more than a dozen

wounded. And President Trump threatening new sanctions on Moscow after homes and government buildings in Kyiv are hit in a massive Russian attack.

The stock market in New York opens about 30 minutes from now. U.S. futures are up ahead of key inflation data this week, and that is ahead of the

keenly awaited September rate decision by the fed of course. Back to Wall Street for the opening bell at 09:30 local time.

Well, a shooting in Jerusalem has left at least six people dead and injured about a dozen others. These are the moments of panic and chaos just after

that shooting happened. Well, this is along a main road around morning Russia. Israeli police say two attackers opened fire on people waiting at a

bus stop.

They were later killed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the scene of the shooting, which happened just days after Israeli security officials

warned the prime minister about a possible flare up of violence in the West Bank. Israel's military deployed troops to the area and the outskirts of

Ramallah in the West Bank as a response.

Let's get you the very latest now from Jeremy Diamond. And Jeremy, you were on site there of that shooting earlier on this morning. What's the prime

minister saying about it and Israel's response at this point?

JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, the Israeli Prime Minister visiting the site of this morning's shooting what Israeli

authorities are describing as a deadly terrorist attack. While he was there, he offered his condolences to the victims and the families of the

victims of this attack, but what he also did was vow that Israel will carry out a harsh response, one that we have already begun to see taking place.

As the prime minister vowed that Israeli security forces would encircle and enter the Palestinian villages from which these two attackers reportedly

came from. And already, we have indeed seen videos of Israeli forces entering some of those Palestinian villages, carrying out raids in the

area, supposedly looking for anybody else who may have been involved in these attacks.

In fact, in just the last couple of hours, we've also learned that a resident of East Jerusalem was arrested by Israeli forces for suspected

involvement in today's attack. Although they said that the person is under investigation and will be questioned, so we will see what comes of that.

While I was on the scene there, I can tell you, Becky, that when I arrived, there were shards of glass all over the floor, blood still splattered

across the pavement, and one of the busses that was on the scene at the moment of the attack was also still there four bullet holes in the front

windshield of that bus, several more on the side of it.

Rescue and cleanup crews quickly got to work though cleaning up the scene. We do know that at least six people were killed, more than a dozen people

were wounded, and indeed, there are still several individuals with serious injuries being treated at Jerusalem area hospitals, Becky.

ANDERSON: Meantime, we understand that there is a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. This, as we understand it, has been put forth by the

United States. Jeremy at this point, what do we know?

DIAMOND: Well, what this U.S. proposal is doing is it's really shifting the paradigm of what we've seen as kind of the basis for negotiations for the

majority of this war, since October 7th, 2023. And that's because, instead of looking for a partial release of some of the Israeli hostages held in

Gaza a temporary, time limited ceasefire.

What this U.S. proposal calls for is for Hamas to release all of the remaining 48 hostages that it is holding on day one of any eventual

agreements in exchange for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that would begin a process of negotiations for an end of the war.

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What is critical here, though, is that the proposal doesn't talk about a lot of the other aspects of a temporary ceasefire that Hamas would have

gotten. It doesn't talk about Israeli troop withdrawals from parts of the West Bank. It doesn't talk about humanitarian aid getting into the Gaza

Strip in an unfettered way.

And so, what it calls for effectively, is Hamas giving up almost all of its leverage, meaning all of the hostages that it is holding on day one, with

only assurances from the United States, not commitments from Israel, that Israel will negotiate a ceasefire or an end of the war during that

ceasefire and that negotiations will continue so long as those negotiations are still underway.

And so, we've seen the response from Hamas so far has been kind of, you know, relatively positive, but also making clear that they still have a

series of demands that aren't addressed in this initial proposal. So, the question is, can it at least become a basis for negotiations to go forward

and for that proposal to be fine-tuned and detailed and ultimately, perhaps become the basis for an agreement here.

But there's no question that there is a long way to go before that can actually happen. We know, of course, that those negotiations to end the war

in Gaza would be extraordinarily contentious. Israel is insisting on Hamas not only leaving power in Gaza, but also disarming that has been a red line

for that Palestinian militant group in Gaza so far, Becky.

DIAMOND: Yeah, all right, well, we will keep across this and get our viewers up to scratch as we get more detail. For the time being Jeremy,

thank you. Well, the U.S. President appears to be growing increasingly frustrated with Russia as Moscow ignores all external pressure to end its

war against Ukraine.

Its bombardments instead intensifying with Russia launching its largest aerial assault of the war over the weekend. Donald Trump now signaling that

he is ready to move to a second phase of sanctions against Moscow, and he says he will talk to the Russian President quite soon.

Well, joining us with more is CNN's Chief International Security Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh. Nick, Trump has blown past several of his

own deadlines for taking action in this war. Have a listen.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Yeah, I think in the next few days, you'll find out.

Not happy at all. We'll see what happens. I think over the next two weeks, we're going to find out which way it's going to go.

I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you still believe that Putin actually wants to end the war?

TRUMP: I can't tell you that, but I'll let you know in about two weeks. Within two weeks --

I could answer that question better in two weeks.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you trust President Putin?

TRUMP: I think, you know, in about two weeks.

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ANDERSON: -- to ask how seriously we should take a threat of sanctions now. What's the perception of all of this in Ukraine.

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Yeah. I mean, it's important to add to that, on one occasion, Trump did actually

radically reduce the deadline he gave President Putin, bringing it forward. And essentially something perhaps fermenting or catalyzing that summit we

saw in Alaska, minimal results, if not at all, that it actually produced.

But yes, you're right. We have seen the series of deadlines blow past as some assess those potentially being Trump being reluctant to aggravate

Moscow to the point where any avenue for diplomacy disappears. Others say potentially this is just a product of his impenetrable relationship with

Vladimir Putin.

Quite what is between those two men histories may eventually never even learn. But this recent suggestion that there is another package of

sanctions coming, quite firm when asked that question, yes, it is happening. Trump over the weekend obviously begs the question, what are we

talking about.

Now there have been suggestions in Congress of almost oven ready package that could impact the Russian banking sector. That could be significant if

it ensured that all Russian banks that assist in Russia's war, that's all of them basically, can't do interactions with the outside world, or remove

them from access to the dollar.

There are also suggestions, again, too, that he could wider the impact of secondary sanctions. We've already seen 50 percent tariffs hit India, one

of the major customers of Russian hydrocarbons, China, not though. So that's another way this could potentially expand, but those would obviously

have significant damage towards the United States as well.

I should point out the European Union's top sanctions official is currently in Washington talking to U.S. Treasury officials. This may be coordination

ahead of a new package, and indeed, the U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said over the weekend that they could essentially push the Russian

economy to collapse if they tighten the screws on sanctions.

We've just seen though record drone assault against Ukraine, a horrific Saturday to Sunday night, three dead, including a young child under the age

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That I think is fair to say, with the result of so many drones, 810 drones being fired, that they basically overwhelmed the country's air defenses.

Practice as they are, nine cruise missiles, four ballistic missiles. It seems, according to the Kyiv Mayor, that it was debris shot down by

intercepts that landed on a key Ukrainian government building where the Prime Minister Yuri Svyrydenko has her offices.

She was pictured there with European and other western diplomats, showing them the enormous damage done to that particular building. It was at night,

no casualties that we know of at this point, but it marks another escalation by Moscow certainly after that summit in Beijing, where Putin

was seen alongside India's Modi alongside China's Xi Jinping, remarkable conversation between those two men about immortality and organ transplants.

But a sign that Moscow clearly feels the wing of their support beneath its wings, and as Trump's presidential envoy Keith Kellogg said, those attacks

over the weekend clearly an escalation. It's clear what Russia wants, which is essentially victory, more land, and not peace.

The question, I think now is, when Trump talks about this next package, what do we actually see? Will it change Russia's thinking or those of its

allies? Or is it going to be another bid to both punish but still keep the potential for dialog open, Becky?

ANDERSON: And it really isn't clear at this point just what sort of impact this war is having on the Russian economy. You see sort of contradictory

statements and statistics. We will see what happens next. Nick it's good to have you. Thank you very much indeed. Well, in the next few hours, France's

Prime Minister is set to face a confidence vote in Parliament.

One that could see him become the fourth head of government to leave in less than two years. Francois Bayrou departure would plunge France into

further political turmoil at a time of grave economic uncertainty and rising borrowing costs. Melissa Bell is at the French National Assembly in

Paris. I mean, this is a really big day there. Why is this vote being called? Let's just start there.

MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, he's taken up his speech now, and this is very much a last-minute plea, Becky, to

parliamentarians to back him, to give him the confidence that he needs. Many parties have made it clear that they will not, and the expectation is,

you say that by the end of the day, he will be headed out of -- seats of prime ministerial power here in France.

Essentially, what happened was, in July, he announced his intention to slash 44 billion from next year's budget, a sort of austerity budget,

Becky, that went down extremely badly involved things like scrapping to holidays here in France. What we expect to have happen is that once he's

made this final plea.

There will later this evening, be a vote we expect him to lose. And that really, as you say, plunges France once again into the kind of political

chaos it's never really strayed far from. Ever since the French President, you'll remember, dissolved the National Assembly here, back in 2024.

This is the third attempt to name a prime minister from the center. And with this failure, the question is, and there's been a lot of speculation

these last few days. Does the French president try to name another government this time, maybe from the left, less from the center, given the

parliamentary arithmetic, or does he announce another dissolution?

Whatever happens, a great deal of uncertainty coming up, no doubt, a prime minister out of a job by the end of the day, and the streets ready to make

themselves heard again by Wednesday here in France, Becky.

ANDERSON: Good to have you, Melissa. Stay across that for us more as we get it of course. Still to come U.S. President Donald Trump calls Chicago a

very dangerous place and says a federal decision to crack down on crime there will come soon. We are following developments for you. Back after

this.

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ANDERSON: White House Border Czar Tom Homan says federal immigration raids are planned in Chicago and other so called sanctuary cities in the coming

days. Homan says sanctuary cities are problem areas that must be targeted over the weekend. President Trump appeared to threaten war on Chicago with

this social media post, but then walked back the implied threat.

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TRUMP: We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our city. We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people every weekend. That's

not war. That's common sense.

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ANDERSON: Well CNN's Priscilla Alvarez joining me now from Washington. Look Priscilla, a decision will come in the next day or two, according to Trump,

what do we expect that decision to implement? What sort of action are we looking at here?

PRISCILLA ALVAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, the officials that I have been speaking with say that they have been privately discussing within

the administration plans for immigration enforcement at a larger scale in cities like Chicago and Boston, Democratic led cities who have the so-

called sanctuary policies.

Policies that limit the cooperation between local police department and federal immigration authorities. But this has been discussed for a long

time, and when thinking about what this could look like, it looks a lot like what we saw happen in Los Angeles a few months ago, when there was

similarly a bigger federal presence in the city as they were conducting immigration arrests.

And then later they also had National Guard on hand as there were immigration protests, and what the administration called a peacekeeping

presence. So that is what is expected in the cities, in fact, to give you an idea of how one mirrors the other, the man that was put in charge a

Homeland Security Official in Los Angeles, was deployed to Chicago again to do much of the same.

Now, the administration has criticized these cities for some time now, and it's worth noting that there have been immigration arrests over the last

several months. Now it's more having a larger federal presence. And the White House Border Czar Tom Homan, was asked about this on CNN over the

weekend, and more specifically, how the president was framing this as going to war with Chicago. And here's what he said.

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TOM HOMAN, TRUMP BORDER "CZAR": Look, I think it's worth being taken out of context. I said, we're going to war. We're going to war with criminal

cartels. We're going to war with illegal aliens, public safety threats that raped children, that raped citizens, that committed armed robberies, that

distribute narcotics that kill Americans.

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ALVAREZ: Now the escalating rhetoric from Trump officials doesn't match the way they are trying to pursue their aggressive immigration agenda behind

the scenes. As far as who they are arresting, they do arrest people with serious criminal convictions, who are in the country legally.

But they're also arresting a large share of people who are here on immigration, who are here legally and have immigration violations because

of it, but don't have extensive criminal records or serious convictions. So, it is a hodgepodge of people they are arresting.

Some data that we have obtained internally shows that the majority of those who are arrested don't have serious criminal convictions. But the message

from the administration has consistently been that they're going after those public safety and national security threats.

At the end of the day, what my officials tell me is that while they are going out on the streets and targeting those people, they are similarly

arresting those around them, what they call collateral arrests, and that is what we'll see more of again in these democratic led cities as the

administration tries to make a point of going after them for their policies.

ANDERSON: Good to have you. Next hour, I'll be speaking with CNN's Stephen Collinson, thank you. His latest analysis on President Trump's plans to

send the national guard and immigration agents to Chicago and other cities is now on our digital platforms. Have a look at that ahead of the next

hour's interview.

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Well, let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories that are on our radar right now. And Japan's Prime Minister says he is stepping down on

Sunday. He instructed his Liberal Democratic Party to make plans for an emergency leadership race. Since he took office less than a year ago, he's

seen his coalition lose its majority in both Houses of parliament.

Well, at least 11 people have been killed in Nepal after police opened fire on protesters there. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets

earlier over the government's decision to block most major social media platforms. Authorities say the companies failed to submit to government

oversight.

Well Sebastian Shukla following developments for his and he joins us now live. What more do we know at this point? We're looking at these images.

What's the detail here?

SEBASTIAN SHUKLA, CNN PRODUCER: Yeah, good afternoon, Becky, a really quite violent day, as it appears to be, in Kathmandu, the Nepalese capital. And

as you say, the associated press is reporting that 11 people have been killed as a result of these clashes against government forces, as a result

of this bill and law that was changed in Nepal.

That effectively bans at least 26 social media sites, including Facebook, X, WhatsApp, Instagram, all platforms that Nepalese people are rely on for,

not only entertainment, but also forgetting their news, communication and current affairs. And the scenes were pretty brutal. I want you to take a

listen to what one protester and eyewitness had to say.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A while ago, the police fired bullets, which missed me, but hit a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in the hand. The

firing continues till now from inside. We still can hear the sounds of the firing. My friend who was standing on the road was shot at the head.

The police have been firing indiscriminately, targeting above the knee. Are they permitted to do so?

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SHUKLA: Becky, what's really interesting here is that the protests manifested themselves today, but this law came in to being last week, last

Thursday, and this is clearly a sign here that the Nepalese people are very angry at their government and the way that they are trying to clip and to

stymie social media and the open freedom of speech in that country.

Nepal has long prided itself on its ability for journalists and the freedom of speech more widely. So, this is a policy that many feel that the current

Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, is really trying to clip and harness Nepalese society to do the sort of bidding of the government in some way.

But what we'll see is that now the protests appear to have calmed down themselves. We'll see if they come back tomorrow, Becky, but a very clear

sign here that the government want to try to restrict social media, and they managed to do so with TikTok just last year, where they actually

managed to enforce a nine month ban before the Chinese platform agree to the government's request.

What we'll see here is whether Meta Alphabet will agree to those stipulations too, which is namely, basically appoint person between the

social media companies and the government, Becky.

ANDERSON: Sebastian Shukla is on the story for you. Seb, thank you. Coming up, markets set to open on Wall Street just a few minutes from now. And it

is set to be a big week, with new inflation data potentially impacting just how much of a rate cut we will see from the U.S. Fed later this month and

from the United States to the French economy.

The government headed by Emmanuel Macron is under growing pressure as France looks set to oust yet another prime minister will keeping a close

eye on the French Parliament this hour. More on that is coming up.

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ANDERSON: Welcome back. I'm Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi. You're watching "Connect the World". These are your headlines. The political crisis that is

unfolding in France is driven in part by a financial crisis. And today's confidence vote facing the prime minister could make matters worse.

The government's budget deficit is estimated at 5.5 percent of France's GDP, and it's got debts of 116 percent of GDP, among the highest in the

developed world. Well, all of this is scaring off investors. They've been demanding steadily higher interest rates to hold French bonds, that

government bond yield now just under 3.5 percent.

Remember, bond yields climb when prices fall. So, this rising yield shows us that investors see French debt is growing ever riskier. Well, let's get

more on this with Linda Yueh. She's a Fellow in Economics at Oxford University, joining us out of London. What do you make of what we are

seeing out of France today?

One assumes that today's vote is likely to or could potentially make France's financial difficulties, of course, even worse.

LINDA YUEH, ECONOMIST AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY: That is the expectation, Becky. The confidence vote is happening around 2 o'clock CET should be ended

around 05:00 p.m. and unless something really dramatic happens, we are expecting France to lose its fifth prime minister in less than two years,

under President Macron.

And the challenge, of course, is Macron's party, a march no longer has a majority in Parliament, which, of course, is part of the reason why it's

been so difficult to find consensus. So, the question facing the French Parliament, and indeed, for France and bond markets, is, would a new prime

minister be able to bring together both the left leaning side of parliament, the socialist and the right leaning side, the national rally to

pass any budget.

But their budget deficit at the moment is nearly double the 3 percent of GDP target set by the European Union, and their increase in borrowing costs

is the highest since 2009 that's the global financial crisis and the euro crisis. So, bond markets and investors do want to see a budget with some

discipline. I just wonder whether or not they're going to be able to get that with a six Prime Minister.

ANDERSON: Yeah, well, it does seem more than careless, having lost five in such a short period of time. Look, let's be slightly fair to the French

here. Their fiscal difficulties aren't unique to France at present. When you look at, you know, when you look at G7 countries, when you look at the

developed world, and you look at some of the fiscal uncertainties across the countries, which you know, is reflected in the price of debt at

present.

France isn't alone, but they -- but assets under pressure. In the past year, the CAC 40 is underperformed what has been a pretty robust sort of

European stock market as well. What is that telling us at this point?

YUEH: I think it's telling us that because lots of countries, as you rightly say, they have debts pretty much equivalent to GDP. So that's

national output. What France doesn't want to do is to become an outlier, but it has had quite a lot of difficulty in showing that it can stabilize

its debt level.

So, in other words, if all countries are in this position where I am in the UK, the UK under a lot -- quite a lot of criticism that we've just had is

trying to raise taxes and cut spending in order to stabilize its debt to GDP ratio over the medium term.

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What France hasn't shown so far is able to do that with the current government that it has. And to compound the difficulties, there are strikes

coming up, because when we talk about cutting government spending, it does affect benefits. It could affect the working age, lots of issues that

France has struggled with.

So, at the moment, France may well be part of the pack, but we'll see what happens this afternoon --

ANDERSON: Yeah.

YUEH: -- because what it doesn't want to do is stand out.

ANDERSON: It was good to have you. As the opening bell on Wall Street rings, look, I mean, we're focused, you know, obviously as we watch the

opening bell on U.S. equities. But I think we should also have a look at U.S. debt as well, and treasury bonds. Let's turn to U.S. assets.

Then weaken an expected numbers on jobs last week, the unemployment rate rising. The Trump Administration doing a good job at sort of making a big

effort to kind of dismiss this data, but are these job numbers? We've got inflation this week, of course, a myriad of things coming out.

But do you see this data as the first signs of a softening in the U.S. economy, which has been widely forecast by a lot of economies, but that we

haven't actually seen until this point?

YUEH: I think it's because the rate cutting cycle has been supportive, but of course, that's paused, so what we may well see this week is inflation

ticking up to 2.9 percent that's a bit higher than what the last read was at 2.7 percent. But the underlying figure the fed looks at the personal

consumption expenditure index actually shows that inflation may not be that entrenched, in which case the fed can look at its second target, which is

employment.

So, employment figures have been very weak. The latest -- is 22,000 jobs added. But if you look at the previous figures, in the summer, the U.S.

actually lost jobs for the first time since the pandemic of 2020. So, this is why expectations are that the fed will resume its rate cutting cycle,

which has supported growth.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

YUEH: And there's even some who think a 50-basis point or half a percent cut is warranted given the weakness in the jobs market.

ANDERSON: Yeah, it seems, from the analysis I'm reading, is sort of, you know, 100 percent for 25 basis points, or a quarter point cut, some, as you

suggest now, looking at 50 basis points, Donald Trump isn't going to get his 300 basis points before the end of the year, but it may be that we get

three cuts, and that will be interesting see how that -- how these U.S. assets respond to that.

It's good to have you. Thank you very much indeed for joining us. You're watching "Connect the World" with me Becky Anderson. Still to come, some

big names at the U.S. Open to watch another epic Grand Slam final between the top two men in tennis world sport will have the highlights, after this.

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ANDERSON: Well, in New York City, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate there, is heading back at criticism from the U.S. President.

Donald Trump's latest tactic, according to reports, is to try and convince current Mayor Eric Adams to drop out of the race.

Adams says he's staying in despite stories that the Trump Administration is offering him a job. Well, Trump reportedly believes that with Adams in the

race, Mamdani might win.

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ZOHRAN MAMDANI, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR: It's been a lot of noise these last few weeks, and we've seen that this is the

specialty of Donald Trump and his puppets. A lot of noise, few results, and all of it distracts from the fact that one in four New Yorkers are living

in poverty in this city.

We have a vision to actually help New Yorkers afford their city, and Donald Trump has a vision to try and rip apart the very fabric of the city. Let's

cut out the middleman. Why should I debate Donald Trump's puppet when I could debate Donald Trump himself? If Donald Trump is serious about this,

he should come to New York City.

We can have as many debates as you want about why he is cutting SNAP benefits for hungry New Yorkers just to fund tax cuts for his billionaire

donors.

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ANDERSON: And CNN's Gloria Pazmino joins me now. And look, I just want to step back for a moment for our viewers, you may not be as imbued in U.S.

politics as you are, of course, particularly in New York politics is a big city with a big economy. But just reminders why it is in the first instance

that Donald Trump seems to be so an intent on influencing what happens in this mayoral race.

GLORIA PAZMINO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's a really important question, Becky, and the reason be for this, the reason for the president's involvement is

because of the political affiliations and the political positions, as well as proposals that Zohran Mamdani has made in this mayoral campaign here in

New York City.

Zohran Mamdani is a Democratic socialist. He belongs to the Democratic Socialist Party of America. And as you know, Becky, the word socialist is

very scary to a lot of people here in the United States. Now, part of what Zohran Mamdani wants to do is he wants to tax the city's wealthiest

residents.

He wants to make busses free and faster. He also wants to open government subsidized supermarkets in some of the neighborhoods here around New York

City. So, all of these proposals have caused a lot of controversy, and certainly have the city's wealthiest, and I would say, sort of the power

broker class in a panic mode because they do not agree with his proposals.

And they worry that ultimately the proposals would significantly impact the tax base here in New York City, and that it would lead to a lot of decline

and bad things here in New York City. Of course, for Zohran Mamdani, his whole entire campaign has been about affordability, making New York City

affordable for working class people who live here and who he says, actually make the city work.

So that's why Trump is so involved in this. And we learned last week that aides to President Trump are actually working on a plan to help clear the

field for Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who you may remember, is also running in this race as an independent. Now, why is he trying to do that?

Well, Trump has actually made it clear at this point. We've heard the president say that he believes that this race can only be won if it's a

two-person race. Right now, the incumbent, Eric Adams, the current mayor, is also running in the race despite his really poor showing in the polls.

And the idea is that if it's just Andrew Cuomo versus Zohran Mamdani, that Cuomo could actually have a chance. That's certainly what Trump appears to

think, and it's what people in Trump's orbit appear to think. But for now, Eric Adams has said that he has no plans on dropping out of the race.

What's fascinating about all of this, Becky, is that despite this being Donald Trump's hometown, he remains deeply unpopular here in the city. So,

take a listen to what Zohran Mamdani is saying about what this has done to the race so far, and where his fundraising is as a result. Take a listen.

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MAMDANI: Well, folks, you've done it again. We can't take any more of your money. Truly, you need to stop. Thanks to you. We've raised the maximum

amount of money we can spend to this race, $8 million. So that means we got it in the bag, right? Wrong. Do you think Bill Ackman is going to sit back

and let us walk into City Hall?

No, he's going to write a very long tweet and then cut an even bigger check to one of our opponents. So, get ready to see a lot more scary videos of

this face on your TV. So, we are once again asking not for your dollars, but your time.

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PAZMINO: Now, Becky, it's videos like that, that style of video that has gotten so much attention for Mamdani here in New York City, but frankly,

all across the United States. The man he mentions there, Bill Ackman, of course, a hedge fund billionaire who has weighed in on this race, has

donated money to Andrew Cuomo, and has made it clear that he believes Zohran Mamdani will be a very bad thing for New York City.

So, this is playing right into Mamdani's hands, where he gets to say, look at all these billionaires trying to influence our election. We can't have

that vote for me. We'll see what happens. We got two months to go to the November general election, Becky.

ANDERSON: He's certainly a different candidate. Let's see what happens. Thank you. Always a pleasure having you on. Well, Donald Trump was at the

U.S. Open Men's final in New York on Sunday, the president cheered, jeered and booed as he stood with guests outside his suite.

He waved and pumped his fist a few times to the crowd in the stadium, which was about 20 percent full at the time, and then he went back into the suite

where the U.S. Open trophy was kept. Enhanced security measures for the president caused delays for fans entering the stadium and pushed back the

star of the match by about 30 minutes.

It was the reason why it was only 20 percent of the stadium in their seats when he got in there, the rest of them were outside queuing. The two top

men in tennis ended up splitting the four Grand Slam this year. Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz, of course, at Wimbledon a few months back,

beating the defending champion -- Alcaraz got his revenge on Sunday.

What a final and what a year of tennis between these two. Amanda Davies joining me now, Amanda.

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yeah, it was really sad. You have to say when the two players walked out onto court that they didn't get that

massive grandstand atmosphere that they so deserve, two men who have been another level to the rest. But it didn't take too long for the stadium to

be packed out.

And Alcaraz and Sinner put on a show. Alcaraz very much, deservedly taking home the trophy. And we are hearing from him in just a couple of minutes in

"World Sport". I hope everyone can stick around and join us for that.

ANDERSON: Excellent they will, I promise you. That's Amanda Davies with "World Sport" after this short break, stay with us.

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