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Trump to Meet with NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani at White House; Israeli Settlers Torch Cars in West Bank Arson Attack; CNN Finds Evidence Tanzanian Police Killed Protesters; COP30 Climate Summit Winds Down After Fire Disruption; White House Denied Trump Wants Members of Congress Executed. Aired 9-10a ET
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CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: They couldn't be further apart politically, but President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect
Zohran Mamdani are meeting at the White House today. It is 09:00 a.m. in Washington, and it's 02:00 p.m. here in London. I'm Christina Macfarlane,
and this is "Connect the World".
Also coming up new details of a U.S. peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. What we're learning about the proposal? Fiery violence in the West Bank as
settlers carry out a new attack. We're live in Jerusalem. And a sweeping new plan from the Trump Administration could reshape America's coastlines
from California to Florida.
And a quick check of the stock market in New York opens about 30 minutes from now. As you can see, all futures there are up, and we're looking at a
slightly higher open up some profit taking on Thursday. It's been a volatile week, though, so anything can still happen.
Turning now to a top Ukrainian official who says the government in Kyiv is carefully reviewing a 28-point plan put forward by the United States to end
Russia's war on Ukraine. The comments follow President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with a pentagon delegation in Kyiv on Thursday.
CNN has obtained a draft copy of the plan, it calls for Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk to be recognized as de facto Russian territories, included by the
United States. Russia would also retain parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia that it occupies at present. It would relinquish other territories it
controls outside of those five regions.
The draft also references security guarantees for Ukraine without providing details. The office of President Zelenskyy, who today joined his wife in
commemorating Ukraine's day of dignity and freedom, says he plans to discuss the proposals with U.S. President Donald Trump.
CNN's Ben Wedeman is following developments for us outside of Rome. And Ben the White House have been stressing since this plan came to light that
these plans are fluid and that these 28-points of the plan are a starting point. But the officials, the U.S., officials who presented this plan are
reportedly working on an aggressive timetable to get it implemented. Are you learning any more on this?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, certainly what we know is that currently, Dan Driscoll, the U.S. Army Secretary, has been
in Kyiv. Yesterday. He met with President Zelenskyy. This morning, he met with other senior Ukrainian officials.
And this afternoon, he will be briefing European envoys in Kyiv on the details of this plan, but certainly, what has been seen so far is setting
off alarm bells in Ukraine and Europe. Ukraine, European officials say that, for instance, until this plan was leaked. They had no idea it even
existed, and they're hearing the same thing from counterparts in the U.S. State Department and others on Capitol Hill.
So, this plan is a shock for many. Certainly, it does appear that President Trump, perhaps to distract from his domestic headaches, is rushing ahead
with this plan, but the critique is it's very similar to essentially, what Russia is demanding from Ukraine going back to 2022.
There is very little in the way that Ukraine gets out of this deal, except perhaps the temporary cessation of hostilities, but it's going to lose a
lot of territory, including territory that it currently controls, and I have seen myself, Ukraine has shed plenty of blood to defend or to
reconquer.
So, there is profound worry in European capitals as well as in Ukraine, that this is a half-baked plan that really seems to cater more to Russian
demands than Ukraine's basic requirements. As the country we should remember that was invaded in February of 2022 by Russia, and not the other
way around, Christina.
MACFARLANE: And President Zelenskyy has been speaking with European leaders this morning, who, as you mentioned, was somewhat blindsided by all of
this, both of which Ukraine and Europe have, of course, been here before.
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The question now Ben is, what can they do about. What can European NATO leaders do about this and Ukraine to turn things around once again?
WEDEMAN: Well, we did hear from Secretary of State, Mark Rubio. Marco Rubio, in the United States, that this is a plan, sort of a work in
progress. This is not a final plan that there are points that obviously need to be modified, changed, negotiated, on and so forth. It seems a bit
premature to actually put it out there in its current form, because that certainly is, as I said, setting off alarms.
But at the same time, if you look at the details of the plan, it's not the United States alone. They are expecting Europe to provide funds to provide
assistance in rebuilding. There are a lot of points that will require, not only the cooperation, but the basic agreement of the Europeans to
participate in this plan.
So, we can expect, even though, until what now, what we've seen as European leaders largely wary or afraid of upsetting President Trump. I think at
this point they may decide that it's time to stand up and point out that it's Europe that is adjacent to Ukraine and not the United States, and that
perhaps they similar to the Americans demanding that Europe play a larger role in militarily assisting Ukraine.
That they should also play a larger role in guiding this process, rather than sitting in the back seat and allowing an unpredictable American
President to decide how this process goes ahead, Christina.
MACFARLANE: Well, we will keep a close eye. Ben, we appreciate it. Thank you. Now after months of trading barbs, we're standing by for high stakes,
high trauma meeting between two political rivals. In just hours from now, President Donald Trump will host New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
at the White House.
It will be the first time the two have met face to face. Both men usually spare no words for each other. Trump has threatened to withhold federal
funds from New York, and ahead of today's meeting, he posted again on social media attacking Mamdani as a communist.
Mamdani identifies as a Democratic socialist. Well CNN's Alayna Treene is live at the White House. So, Alayna, these are two New Yorkers with very
different outlooks on life, it's fair to say, but unusually for Donald Trump, we're hearing this will be a closed press meeting. So, what are you
expecting?
ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Yes, they say closed press for now. Just having covered President Trump for as long as I have Christina, I
have a pretty good sense and predict that he will likely open this up. He won't be able to help himself, at least for the top of the meeting, you
know, where they actually get into it and have real discussions will likely be close press, but we're hoping, I should say that reporters will have
access to ask both of them questions, but also to really see how they interact together.
Because there has, you know, they've traded such critical barbs of each other over the last several months. You mentioned it the president
referring to Mamdani as a communist, arguing, at times, really claiming, potentially, he's not even in the United States legally.
Of course, that is just not a fact, but very harsh criticism for him, saying that he's ruining the city where he grew up, and Mamdani, for his
part, has said that he will stand up to Trump, that he will challenge him. He's argued in many cases that the president is too harsh when it comes to
immigration crackdowns.
He said he wants to really talk about affordability, an issue, of course, the president is also trying to talk about right now, as many Americans are
feeling the strain on their wallets. But this is going to be high stakes. There's no question protect, particularly because of the rhetoric we've
heard from both of these men for several months now, arguing that they are going to try to put the other in their place.
We have to see where this leads. But it's also going to be interesting, because they are both New Yorkers, and there's despite them being
diametrically opposed when it comes to policy. They do communicate in several ways. They both, you know, have used very similar rhetoric to kind
of rally up and energize their bases.
And so, it will be very interesting to see how this plays out. I'd also argue we've seen how many of these oval office meetings have gone with
other leaders, particularly foreign leaders the president, depending on how he's feeling at a certain moment, how he's feeling the other person is
presenting themselves, this could be blown up.
You know, I'd remind you of that Zelenskyy meeting for what the Ukrainian President in the very beginning of the president's second term, where that
ended in Zelenskyy leaving the White House far earlier than expected, and so we'll have to see, but definitely high stakes for both of these men.
MACFARLANE: Yeah, that Zelenskyy meeting really needs no reminder. We'll wait to see if Donald Trump does open it up as you suggest. Alayna Treene,
appreciate it. Thanks. Now, extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank torched cars in the town of Huwara on Thursday.
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You can see the smoke plumes rising into the sky the scene of the attack here, this scrap yards owner says more than a dozen settlers attacked the
site, damaging or destroying some 150 cars. The attacks come. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a security meeting over rising settler
violence.
CNN's Nic Robertson is joining us live from Jerusalem. And Nic, I mean, we have seen a major rise in settler violence in recent weeks and months. Are
any actions being taken? Do we know by the Israeli government after they convened this security meeting.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Not that we're aware of directly related to the security meeting last night, the Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu has characterized the settler violence, as belonging to a small extremist group, you know, trying to sort of marginalize who they
represent, how big they are, what they can do?
We've heard opposition figures, Jewish Israeli politicians saying that these are Jewish terrorists who are perpetrating this. The army chief in
Gaza, rather in the West Bank, has called them anarchists. So, there's been some very tough language used. And I think last week, one settler
encampment in the West Bank was dismantled by the IDF.
The settlers that following night went and torched some Palestinian property in retaliation for the army for doing that. But in the sort of big
contextual picture, there doesn't seem to be a lot happening. What happened last night? The IDF say that they got a call that there was a group of
people, Israelis settlers, throwing rocks.
They went there. They didn't see them. Then there were reports of the fire at this scrap yard, the car scrap yard. They say that they didn't catch any
perpetrators there. What Palestinians in the West Bank believe what Israeli peace activists believe is that the IDF doesn't take a tough enough line
with these settler groups.
The defense minister last year Israel Katz removed administrative detentions for Israeli settlers. It's a tool that's used by the Israeli
government to detain many Palestinians. So, there's a perception that there is -- there aren't repercussions for these types of attacks.
And as you say, the highest numbers now for some time, the U.N. saying this is the highest recorded, more than eight attacks a day. This is the highest
recorded since 2006. And the Palestinian businessman whose car repair, sort of resale scrap yard was torched. He lost 150 vehicles.
And as he said to us last night, he doesn't get any income from his olive groves because they've now been sort of taken control of by settlers. And
he relies on this business, you know, to keep his children at university and to help his grandchildren as well.
So, it's destroying incomes, and this is what Israeli peace activist groups say is a growing trend, not just the increase in attacks, but what they're
attacking businesses moving from rural now into towns, and that's a new dynamic in what we're witnessing.
MACFARLANE: Yeah, these attacks happening now with such frequency and on all sides, as you say, Nic we appreciate it there from Jerusalem. Thank
you. OK. Next on "Connect the World", a CNN exclusive investigation. Thousands filled the street to Tanzania after a disputed election in
October.
Now, CNN has found evidence that police killed protesters. Plus, outrage after President Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of sedition
and suggested they be executed. The latest response from the White House just ahead.
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MACFARLANE: A CNN exclusive investigation has found evidence that Tanzanian police killed protesters in the aftermath of a disputed election.
Tanzania's general election at the end of October was the trigger for a weeks' long protests that rocked the East African country.
Thousands filled the streets claiming the election was unfair, and in the violence that followed, many did not return home. A forensic examination of
videos and satellite imagery reveals police killed protesters. CNN's Larry Madowo has more. But first, we want to warn you this report contains some
very graphic video.
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LARRY MADOWO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Election Day Tanzania, blood disease across the country, the streets have become a hunting ground.
Security Forces crack down on protesters angry at the government of President Samia Suluhu Hassan amid claims of an unfair election.
Three weeks on the true scale of the bloodshed is still emerging. In an exclusive investigation, CNN analyzed dozens of videos showing protesters
shot, and found evidence linking security forces to the killing of civilians, as well as signs of mass graves that conceal the extent of their
brutality.
The main opposition party says at least 2000 people were killed during the week-long protests.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We need our freedom in my country. Why are you killing us?
MADOWO (voice-over): With eyewitnesses now too terrified to speak out. CNN alongside open-source investigator Benjamin Strick has examined what
happened across the country. In the City of Arusha, forensic analysis of video reveals how two people died near this intersection.
It's midafternoon, a group of protesters gather at this corner as armed police approach. Note the man in the red t-shirt holding what appears to be
a rock who will come back to. At this point, the police are here on the map. Two minutes later, chaos as people run down the street.
The police advance to the intersection. Then shots ring out. The woman in purple, carrying a stick and a rock, is hit by a bullet in the back. You
can see the hole in the fabric of her shirt here. She falls instantly. People try to help her as she lies bleeding more gun. A minute later,
across the street, a group of men takes cover, among them, the man with the red t-shirt.
From a video filmed on the other side of the road, we can see police in our position at the intersection, around 100 meters away. A protestor shouts
profanity in their direction, and then the man in red is shot in the head. Audio forensic analysis of these videos confirms the gun shots that killed
both of these protesters came from the direction and distance of the police position.
The woman in purple died from her injuries in the street. She was three months pregnant and was a breadwinner for her husband and two young
children, according to a source close to her family. The man's wife shrieks in grief over his lifeless body. These two lives lost are just a fraction
of the blood shed across Tanzania over late October and early November, as the government tries to stamp out the protests.
In Mwanza, Tanzania's second largest city, grim scenes outside the regional hospital. Bodies piled up. One doctor who was too afraid to speak on
camera, told CNN the morgue was full from those kills during the crackdown, saying on one day alone, there were quote, fort trips with piles of dead
bodies taken to the mortuary until it was full, just for others to be piled outside.
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He said, when doctors tried to save the wounded, quote, the police would refuse and take them to the mortuary directly, for them to die there. In
Dar es Salaam, another morgue overwhelmed. The government called this video fake, but CNN verified the location as Mwananyamala hospital.
One woman told CNN she recognized her missing brother among the dozens of bodies spread across the floor. The scale of the killing may never be fully
revealed. Police are accused of dumping bodies in mass graves in an effort to conceal numbers. At this location, north of Dar es Salaam, a video shows
a wide area of freshly turned soil.
This match has testimony shared with CNN that young men were ordered to dig the site for mass burials, while CNN cannot independently verify the
existence of mass graves. Satellite imagery at the Kondo Cemetery before and after the protests shows disturbance in the soil, which supports the
allegation.
The Tanzanian police and government have so far refused to confirm a death toll and dismiss the opposition's numbers as, quote, hugely exaggerated.
They did not respond to CNN's request for comment for this story. For this devastated family, a burial of the missing loved one's belongings is the
nearest they will get to closure for now, as the final fate of so many of Tanzania's young people remains unknown.
MADOWO: President Hassan has launched a commission of inquiry into the unrest across Tanzania, but she drew new outrage by suggesting that the
protesters were paid to go on the streets. Hundreds of young people have been charged with treason, an offense that carries the death penalty if
found guilty. Larry Madowo, CNN, Johannesburg.
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MACFARLANE: An important report there. Now let's get you up to speed on some other stories that are on our radar right now. Nigerian police are
reporting a kidnapping at a private Catholic school. They say armed bandits abducted an unknown number of students at a school in North Central Niger
State, early Friday.
It follows a similar attack in a neighboring state, adding to concerns about violence against Nigerian Christians. The U.N. Climate Summit is
wrapping in Brazil one day after talks were interrupted by a fire at one of the venues. It was quickly brought under control. About a dozen people were
treated for smoke inhalation.
Officials say it was likely started by faulty electrical equipment. Fatima Bosch of Mexico has been crowned Miss Universe 2025. She emerged as a fan
favorite in the competition after she was berated earlier this month by a Thai Pageant Director during a live streamed event, triggering a walk out
by the other contestants.
Representatives from 120 countries took part in this year's pageant. Sending now to some disturbing video showing the aftermath of a crash at a
Dubai Air Show. And a warning it may be difficult for some viewers to watch this. A pilot died earlier today after an Indian fighter jet crashed during
a flying display at one of the world's biggest aviation and defense exhibitions.
This video from the scene shows black smoke rising above the plane's wreckage as spectators looked on in horror. It's not clear yet what may
have caused the crash. This is the second known crash of this Indian produced jet. President Trump is facing a major backlash after accusing
some Democrats of quote, seditious behavior punishable by death.
He's attacking a group of Democratic lawmakers for releasing a video urging military members to defy illegal orders. CNN's Kristen Holmes has more from
the White House.
KRISTEN HOLMES, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The White House is doubling down after President Trump essentially said that six Democratic
lawmakers should be arrested or tried for a video, they put out targeting U.S. military. Now, in this video, they essentially ask or tell U.S.
military and the intel community that they don't have to follow orders if they are illegal.
This is specific to this video, they say over and over again, if these orders are illegal, or at one point they say, if they break the law, they
are making it very clear. It's about specific orders, although we aren't sure what exactly prompted this video. It's done by the six Democratic
lawmakers, all of whom have some sort of military or intelligence background.
The Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, gave a briefing where she answered questions about this and again, essentially doubled down on what President
Trump said. Here is what she said.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just to be clear, does the president want to execute members of Congress?
KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: No, let's be clear about what the president is responding to, you have sitting members of the United
States Congress who conspired together to orchestrate a video message to members of the United States military, to active-duty service members, to
members of the national security apparatus, encouraging them to defy the president's lawful orders.
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HOLMES: Now I will also note that one of the posts that President Trump made out of roughly 16 posts on social media was this, seditious behavior
punishable by death. And when Leavitt was asked, does President Trump believe that these Democratic lawmakers should be executed, she said, no.
But any other questions about this topic were deflected to essentially place blame on the Democrats, saying that Democrats were telling U.S.
military to defy the Commander-in-Chief, to work around the chain of command. So, it certainly seems as though this is now a White House
position, but I will say we heard from a number of Republicans, high ranking Republicans, who said President Trump went too far, who tried to
distance themselves from those remarks.
But again, that being said, the White House doesn't seem to be wanting to pull this back anytime soon. Kristen Holmes, CNN, the White House.
MACFARLANE: Well, House Speaker Mike Johnson is distancing himself from the president's comments, but he also called the Democrats video quote, wildly
inappropriate.
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REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA): The words that the president chose are not the ones that I would use. OK, obviously, I don't think that this is -- these
are crimes punishable by death or any of that, OK, but what? What the point that isn't that we need to emphasize here is that members of Congress and
the Senate and House should not be telling troops to disobey orders. It is dangerous.
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MACFARLANE: Well, the six Democratic lawmakers in the video specifically spoke about illegal orders, and in fact, members of the military are
required to refuse unlawful orders. Now, in just a few weeks, the U.S. Central Bank has a decision to make, essentially, with one arm tied behind
its back. Will it cut rates, or won't it? We'll read the tea leaves, next.
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MACFARLANE: Welcome back. I'm Christina Macfarlane in London, and you are watching "Connect the World". These are your headlines this hour, a top
Ukrainian official says his government is carefully reviewing a draft U.S. plan to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met a US delegation in Kyiv on Thursday, and says he's ready to work with the Trump Administration. The plan calls for
Ukraine to cede certain territory controlled, currently controlled by Russia, something President Zelenskyy has rejected in the past.
U.S. President Donald Trump will host New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House in the coming hours. Mr. Trump has clashed
repeatedly with the self-declared Democratic Socialist over the past few months, often calling him a communist. Mamdani has suggested affordability
is at the top of his agenda at today's meeting.
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Ringing the opening bell Fidelity Investments. And on that bell, let's take a look at how the market is doing as trading begins. The major indices all
up in the green for now. The DOW JONES tried to shake off a day of wild swings. On Thursday, investors were cheered by strong earnings from Nvidia,
of course, but fears of an AI bubble quickly brought tech stocks down.
The delayed September labor market reports complicating things as well. It said, good news, bad news scenario, stronger than expected. Employment
numbers are putting a dampener on hopes for an interest rate cut in December. And I want to bring in Joe Brusuelas. He is the Chief Economist
at RSM to discuss all this.
Good to see you, Joe. So, let's start. Shall we? With the September's jobs report? The numbers were reasonably good, even though they were released
very late. What message do you think the fed will be taking from this data? And do you think we can expect a December wake up?
JOE BRUSUELAS, CHIEF ECONOMIST AT RSM: You know, my takeaway is, is that the jobs markets not illustrating any rapid deterioration. So, my sense is,
is that we're likely not to get a rate cut on December 10, when the fed meets. I think the fed is really concerned at this point with not having
met its inflation target for the past five years.
And the fact that over the last 90 days, inflation seems to be increasing at a 3.6 percent annualized pace, and of course, up 3 percent on a year
over year basis. So, I'm not as optimistic as some of my friends in the market on whether the fed will provide a little bit of accommodation when
they next meet.
MACFARLANE: Yeah. I mean, inflation really continues to be a massive headache, even though President Trump claims in October. We don't have any
inflation, that we're down to 2 percent even less than 2 percent. However, the September rate 3 percent was the same as the rate in January. What do
you think is causing this stickiness?
BRUSUELAS: What's causing it is rising service inflation, aggregate demand, especially from upper income households in the United States, is absolutely
robust. And that demand is causing service prices to rise to the point where it's offsetting other places in the economy where we're getting a
slower pace of prices, like in rents.
So, the fed was very meticulous about stating that in what -- in their minutes in the October meeting, and that's why I think the consensus now
expects the fed not to move. Now with respect to the administration, their line seems to be, who are you going to believe me or your lying eyes when
it comes to inflation?
The problem is that what the public really looks at is food, fuel, utilities and housing, and what they see is rising prices everywhere except
the price of domestic gasoline.
MACFARLANE: Yeah, the cost of living speaks volumes, doesn't it?
BRUSUELAS: It really does.
MACFARLANE: I mean, as the leader of America's Central Bank, Jerome Powell, has his work cut out, but his time, of course, is running out, since he is
stepping down in May. Do you think he can still command consensus among the doves and the Hawks?
BRUSUELAS: No, I think we're at a point where the differences are too strong, and we're likely to have dissents at every meeting, and not just
one person dissenting for a group, you might get multiple dissents. So, I think that's just unfortunately where we're at. You know, in many ways,
though, it's a breath of fresh air for American monetary policy.
I'm not bothered by the airing of policy differences in public. I think it's good. It gives us a sense of where we're at. And I think over time,
the fed is going to change its communications, so that it doesn't just provide one forward looking forecast, it will provide a range of scenarios,
something like we see over at the Bank of England. And I think that will make policy and investment much better.
MACFARLANE: Yeah, well, the fed has certainly been tested, especially this year, haven't they? So, we'll look to see what that new era brings. Joe,
great to have your analysis today. Thank you.
BRUSUELAS: Thank you.
MACFARLANE: Now Trump Administration wants to open federal waters to new offshore oil drilling in a number of places, including areas near the
coastlines of California and Alaska and parts of Florida's Coast. Waters near California and Florida have not been open for new drilling for
decades.
Trump's Interior Department released its five-year offshore drilling plan on Thursday, considering one of the president's most ambitious plans yet to
boost domestic fossil fuel production. For more on this, let's bring in CNN's Bill Weir in New York. So, Bill, I mean, how are opponents reacting
to these plans?
BILL WEIR, CNN CHIEF CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT: With fire and brimstone, as you can imagine, this is similar in other environmental energy actions he's
taken, doubling down on the efforts he tried to make in the first term here as well.
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And of course, the backdrop of this is COP30 happening in Belem, where the nations are supposed to be figuring out ways not to drill in the decades in
the future for fuels that burn and overheat the planet. And of course, he's actively trying to shut down offshore wind a tiny fraction of the 1.3
billion acres opened yesterday, but here we'll put it on the screen, the entire California coastline he wants to open up to lease sales now as early
as 2027 in Southern California.
Florida's Gulf Coast, closer to the deep-water horizon, spill the worst in U.S. history. There the entire Alaskan coastline that would include, for
the first time ever, the high Arctic that's hundreds of miles off the north coast of Alaska, pristine Arctic territory as well. And the pragmatic the
reality of this happening is years away.
You'll see this. Recent efforts to open up lease sales in Alaska, for example, met very tepid market forces there. There the number of onshore
oil wells in the United States went from more than 752 years ago, the less than 550 right now, oil is near $60 a barrel. So, this is much more of an
ideological statement coming out of the Trump Interior Department.
And a signal to the rest of the world doubling down on fossil fuels, while the rest of the world is actively trying to decarbonize right now. But as
far as the opposition, you've got it from all offices in California, Christina, I'll read a couple of these quotes the California Attorney
General, spokesperson, Christine Lee, told us, time and again, President Trump has shown his interest lies with big oil friends profiting at the
expense of our environment and public health.
We won't stand for this. Are exploring our legal options. Both the Senator of California, Alex Padilla, Representative Jared Huffman, say this planet
targets California and the whole West Coast because they think we will roll over. They are wrong. We're going to fight this with everything we have.
And the ocean campaign just one of the many NGOs sayings this is an oil spill nightmare, potentially, the last thing America needs now is a massive
expansion on offshore drilling that could shut down our shores with catastrophic oil spills. There's a public comment period going but again,
this is stuff that takes years to wind and hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.
We'll see if the oil, big oil companies are excited about this plan, as the White House seems to be.
MACFARLANE: Yeah. I mean, one can understand the dismay at the announcement of this announced on Thursday, and also questions as to the timing of this
right, whether it's consequential with COP30 still going on in Brazil, but we will continue to follow this bill.
Appreciate it for now. Thank you. Now arguably the greatest rivalry and crickets got underway down under as both Australia and England had moments
of joy and disappointment in Perth.
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MACFARLANE: Colombia is celebrating the recovery of artifacts from a Spanish warship that's been dubbed the holy grail of shipwrecks. Gold and
bronze coins, a cannon and a porcelain cup are the first treasures recovered from the wreckage of San Jose. The Spanish galleon was sunk by
the British Navy in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago.
The ship was believed to be carrying large amounts of gold, silver and emeralds back to the Spanish King. Those treasures are estimated to be
worth billions of dollars in today's money. Speaking of treasures and the hunt for it. Cricket's latest edition of the ashes got under way Friday in
Perth, Australia, where the host jumped out to a great start against England.
But then the visitors answered promptly. Amanda is here to tell us, judging by day one, we're in for a really good series, right?
AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yeah, this has set the tone. The next five tests through to January are going to be pretty special. But I have to say,
as an English person, waking up this morning and seeing 172 all out, you think, oh my goodness, this is Australia playing in Australia, normal
service resumes.
But Australian legend Glenn McGrath then heard on the radio, he said, no, don't get too carried away too early Australian fans, because this is a
really special, fast, bouncy pitch in Perth. And I mean, he does know what he's talking about, Glenn McGrath.
MACFARLANE: Yeah.
DAVIES: But very, very quickly, those Australian wickets started tumbling as well. It's the bowlers who've been stealing all the headlines so far,
and it's been brilliant, record breaking 19 wickets on the first day of an Ashes series. First time that's ever happened that number of wickets. But
it's really, really difficult to call but it's going to be great.
MACFARLANE: Such a historic -- for -- for this one, Amanda, thank you. And Amanda will have all of that plus later sport with "World Sport" after the
break. Stay with us.
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