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Tiger Woods Reaches Plea Deal on Lesser Charge in DUI Arrest; CNN Joins Search for Flood Victims Along Nepal's Riverbanks; Oil Prices Soar Again on New Strikes Between U.S. And Iran; Iran Attacks Gulf Nations in Retaliation for U.S. Strikes; Inside Nepal's Unthinkable Devastation After Deadly Floods. Aired 9-9:45a ET
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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well, you are looking at live pictures from the White House after the U.S. and Iran trade strikes for a
second night. It is 09:00 a.m. in Washington. It is 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi. I'm Becky Anderson from our Middle East programming headquarters.
This is "Connect the World". Also coming up, Iranian authorities say a U.S. strike hit near a wedding celebration in southern Iran, killing several
people, including a young child and wounding dozens. Well, hope is fading for families still searching for loved ones missing after Nepal's
devastating floods.
And we are about 30 minutes away from the opening bell. Let's take a look at how futures are doing. A mixed picture there. More after the bell at
09:30 a.m. local time. Well, we start with those attacks between the U.S. and Iran escalating in this region, and what could be one of the largest
civilian casualty tolls in Iran since the early days of the war.
Tehran claiming at least four people, including a toddler, were killed and dozens more injured when shrapnel from a U.S. strike hit a wedding party in
a coastal town near the Strait of Hormuz. This video released on Iranian state media purports to show the aftermath of that attack.
CNN cannot independently confirm it. The local governor described the scene and the casualties.
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REZA SHAHIDIYAN, SIRIK COUNTY GOVERNOR: Sirik County was subjected to multiple attacks by the American enemy, once again in violation of human
rights, one of our residential units was hit. This residential unit was hosting a wedding celebration.
Unfortunately, in this crime, 63 of our fellow citizens and compatriots suffered injuries, and we have unfortunately lost four martyrs. Out of our
63 injured, unfortunately, more than 50 of them are children and women.
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ANDERSON: Well, Iran responding by firing ballistic missiles towards Jordan and drones towards Bahrain and Kuwait, saying it was targeting U.S.
military assets in those countries. Well, let's bring in Hamidreza Azizi. He's Senior Iran Analyst at the International Crisis Group.
And it's good to have you back Hamidreza. Iran vowing a crushing response to these latest U.S. attacks. We have been through what roughly a month of
relative quiet before these latest strikes. What do you make of where we are at?
HAMIDREZA AZIZI, SENIOR IRAN ANALYST AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: Thank you for having me again on the show. So, it seems that on the one
hand neither side wants to return to the full-scale war, but the current situation of kind of on the one hand partial control and disruption by Iran
over the Strait of Hormuz, and then blockade and economic pressure by the United States is increasingly becoming unsustainable.
On the U.S. side, it appears that President Trump is hoping that a hybrid approach, combining naval blockade, sanctions, increased sanctions
actually, and now kind of limited strikes, will eventually bring Iran back to the negotiating table to agree on terms that are more favorable to the
U.S. side and on the Iranian side, this circle of blockade and then war, it is increasingly viewed as a stalemate that has to be broken.
And that's why we saw Iran actually ramping up attacks on the ships in response to the new route that is apparently being designated or opened by
the United States, and this has led to where we are at the moment.
ANDERSON: We're hearing very strong language from the U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Iran's economy. I just want our viewers to have
a listen to the very latest from him. Stand by.
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SCOTT BESSENT, U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY: Many of our allies came forward and said we will do whatever is necessary because they understand that Iran is
in an economic death throe, and that the Iranian snake, having had its head cut off, that once the body stops contorting, then they will come to the
table.
So, the more they help us, the more they help in this conflict, and they have offered to do whatever they could, whether it is intelligence,
economic intelligence, and speaking to any entity that supports this treacherous, evil regime.
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ANDERSON: Iran is in a sort of death spiral, is what Secretary Bessent is saying there. How seriously is Tehran taking this ratcheting up of economic
pressure, further financial sanctions against the Revolutionary Guard and other assets, continued pressure on Iran's economy, and indeed this,
alongside this military blockade and further military action.
AZIZI: Well, it is indeed being taken seriously by the Iranian leadership, but that I think is not necessarily going to, you know, produce the kind of
results that the United States is hoping for, which is the Iranian capitulation. If we look at what Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Chief
Iranian Negotiator and the Speaker of Parliament, said yesterday, for example.
That was an indication that the Iranian leadership sees this kind of economic campaign of economic pressure not in isolation, but as part of a
broader campaign by the United States, which at some point is going to also, you know, have an element of domestic unrest and eventually lead
either to regime change or to bring Iran to better terms with the United States.
So, based on that, if we look at the pattern of Iranian behavior and how it has been changing, the Iranian side is gradually still within a calibrated
framework, but gradually escalating its response instead of showing signs of you know going back to diplomacy. The speed of Iranian response and also
the scope yesterday was more than -- broader than it was two days ago.
And also, the rhetoric that comes from the Iranian officials suggest that at the moment, military defiance is preferable over diplomacy.
ANDERSON: You know, you could argue, listening to Donald Trump at present, that this current situation suits him, that he feels as if Washington has
got the upper hand and seems to have no defined timeline. You talk to people both in Washington and around this region.
And you get a very clear sense that they believe that you know 63 days out from the midterms, for example, is not a problem to Donald Trump. He
doesn't care at this point. This could go on for some time, and he sees that as real leverage against Tehran. It may suit Donald Trump, certainly
not likely long term to suit Iranians, although it may suit the guard.
And again, from a Gulf perspective, things are really difficult. I want to bring in Anwar Gargash, who is the Special Adviser for the UAE President's
latest post. This is something he posted earlier this week. He said that this state of neither war nor peace cannot persist for the region.
Yet, despite this, as you rightly point out, Iran has remained defiant. Here is what the Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf said.
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MOHAMMAD BAGHER GHALIBAF, IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: Our military forces have full control of the strait and do not allow it to be opened. Whenever
they see movement from the enemy, they react with authority and precision and do not allow them to pass through the strait.
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ANDERSON: This state of neither war nor peace. Do you see that continuing now for some time?
AZIZI: This has already become the new normal, at least since the collapse of the MOU. But for a variety of reasons, I think it is not sustainable. On
the one hand, with each round of escalation, there is the risk of miscalculation.
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At some for example, if there's significant American casualties from the military personnel in the region, the United States, the Trump
Administration may feel compelled to, you know, resort to a more significant action that would escalate the war, and on the other side as
well, the naval blockade.
I mean, the Iranian side still thinks that the oil that they managed to pass through, the actually beyond the blockade point under the memorandum
of understanding allows them to survive for a few months, while the United States is still consuming its strategic reserve, and at some point, the oil
prices may lead Trump to kind of agree to a better deal for Iran.
But if that doesn't happen, and if this continues for another couple of months, the Iranian side under economic pressure are under the increasing
threat of domestic Congress may see the option of escalating further against the United States, including, for example, trying to target the
warships or even against energy infrastructure preferable over waiting to see its capabilities erode over time.
So, these are the risks that make this situation inherently unsustainable, I think.
ANDERSON: Hamidreza, it's good to have you. Thank you. I want to get to Washington and bring in our Senior White House Reporter Kevin Liptak. So,
you know, a busy and worrying night for the region, Kevin, we are hearing more from the U.S. President, and I want to get his latest Truth Social
post up for our viewers.
With these attacks, it doesn't seem like Donald Trump is in any hurry to end this war. You know, what are you hearing there at the White House and
in Washington.
KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Right. And you know, taken the president's words there, you get the sense that he is in no rush to get
the diplomacy back going, and you hear that from officials as well. They say the president has, in fact, in his team not to engage in any
discussions with the Iranians until he feels like they're serious about striking a deal that he can sign off on.
And that sort of leaves him in this position of neither full-scale war nor a full ceasefire, where you have these sorts of back-and-forth attacks.
Some officials use the term mow the lawn to describe what the president's strategy is here to, you know, go back to Iran every few days or every few
weeks to take out drone sites or missile facilities, or what we saw over the weekend that island facility where the U.S. claims that Iran was
preparing to launch mines into the strait.
But I think it's clear, and officials will acknowledge this as well, that this is not a durable, sustainable solution, particularly when you see the
political pressures that the president is coming under, and you saw that sort of play out in real time yesterday, the price of oil ticking up as
these strikes resumed.
At the same time that the president was meeting oil executives in the West Wing of the White House to try and find out a way to bring down gas prices
for Americans, and so the contradictions, I think, are evident for the president. The political pressures are evident, but by his own admission,
he's in no rush to see this come to any kind of conclusion.
ANDERSON: Kevin is in Washington. Well, the time is just short, a quarter past nine in the morning. More as we get it. Kevin, thank you. Well, Tiger
Woods leaving court after reaching a plea agreement on a lesser charge. Woods appeared in court a short time ago, reaching that plea agreement in a
driving under the influence arrest.
The golf icon initially pleaded not guilty to DUI charges after he crashed his car near his home in Florida. Randi Kaye just attended that hearing in
Stewart, Florida, and she joins us now. What can you tell us about, you know, how he looked and about this plea change?
RANDI KAYE, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Becky. He was -- he looked just like he was about to make an agreement with the state. He
looked a little bit tense, but once it was over, he looked a bit more relaxed. He was dressed in a suit. His girlfriend Vanessa Trump was there
to support him.
She was seated right behind him. We were just seated just a few feet away from him in court. But as you mentioned, he had pleaded not guilty to this
incident that took place in March. And so today we understood that there was going to be a change of plea, and what it sounds like is more of an
agreement.
He pleaded no contest on these charges that he was facing. First would be the driving under the influence charge.
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The state amended that charge and knocked it down a bit to willful, wanton, reckless driving. He pleaded no contest to that. He will lose his license
for five years as a result of that and pay a $1,000 fine. And then on the other charge for refusing to take a urine test after this incident, so they
could see what kind of drugs or medications were in his system, that was adjudicated.
He was adjudicated guilt in that charge, and he faced another loss of his license for five years. In that case, those that license loss will run
concurrently, so he will altogether lose his license for five years. And Becky, the judge said to him, for the safety of the public, if you are seen
out driving, you are heading straight back to jail.
He was then fingerprinted, spent a little time talking to his lawyer and his girlfriend, and then he did leave court. But I should note that this
all goes back to this March incident that I mentioned. It was a rollover crash not far from his home here in Martin County, Florida.
He was driving his Land Rover behind a pickup truck that was pulling a trailer. He swerved to avoid that, clipped the trailer, flipped his car,
was pinned to the ground on the driver's side because that's how his car landed, and then had to climb out the passenger side. They did find
hydrocodone pills in his pocket.
He did take a breathalyzer. There was no alcohol in his system, but he did refuse that urinalysis. So, they did bring charges against him for refusing
the test and also for driving under the influence, Becky.
ANDERSON: Got it. Randi, good to have you. Thank you. All right, you're watching "Connect the World" with me Becky Anderson. Still to come, the
search for flood victims along Nepal's riverbanks continues as families there wait for answers about their missing loved ones. More after this.
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ANDERSON: Well, it's a week now since those devastating floods ripped through Nepal and parts of China, and the human toll continues to mount.
Authorities say more than 1,100 people are now confirmed dead, and some 4,500 others remain missing across both countries.
The scale of destruction is making it difficult for many families to learn the fate of those that they've lost, and for those still waiting for
answers, hope now, of course, is dwindling even though the search does continue. CNN's Hanako Montgomery went along with Nepali police search
teams, looking for any sign of life. Here is what they found.
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HANAKO MONTGOMERY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Down in Nepal's plains, the river gives up its dead. Flood waters carried them far from where they
were last seen, scattering them along the riverbanks.
MONTGOMERY: Right now, we're on a search and recovery mission with the Nepali police. They've found hundreds of bodies that have washed downstream
from the Himalayas in this river. So, we're just going to go and see if we can find any more human remains that might need recovering.
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MONTGOMERY (voice-over): Using sticks to probe the tall grass, they search for what the floods left behind, they find nothing, so the search continues
downstream.
MONTGOMERY: They say they found something. Just going to put on my mask here in case it's a body. We found an animal carcass, and you can tell that
it's been here for a few days. It's pretty badly decomposed.
MONTGOMERY (voice-over): The police tell us the same is happening to human remains.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These scenes are very heart-wrenching, but we're keeping strong and working.
MONTGOMERY (voice-over): The places to search seem endless, and what they do recover, they bring here, a center where photographs of the found dead
flicker across screens. Families stare at image after image, looking for a brother, a son, or for this man, his sisters.
KUMAR POKHAREL, BROTHER OF MISSING WOMAN: I'm still hoping that they come back. We're looking for them and contacting all possible places, but we
haven't found any leads.
MONTGOMERY (voice-over): The police tell me over 800 people were reported missing at this center alone. Just 12 were returned to families. Some, he
says, are so badly decomposed they're unrecognizable.
HARI SHARAN DHAKAL, POLICE OFFICER: This situation is very challenging. We're getting dead bodies, body parts, and we don't have enough people who
are able to do this work.
MONTGOMERY (voice-over): Reunited holds a different meaning here. Finding remains confirms an unbearable truth, but an end to the search for some
families, allowing them to lay their loved ones to rest. But they're considered the lucky ones. The hundreds who can't be identified are brought
deep into the forest to a freshly dug mass grave.
Numbers are assigned for the unnamed, with the bleak hope that using collected DNA samples one day, someone will come looking for them. Back at
the river, the police find what they're looking for.
MONTGOMERY: When we were with the Nepali police, we didn't find any remains. But the same team they called us and they told us they found two
bodies in the river. And now begins the really painful process of identifying these people and then reuniting them with their families.
MONTGOMERY (voice-over): Behind every missing person is a family still waiting, and behind every recovered body, the enormous task of learning who
they were. Hanako Montgomery, CNN, Nepal.
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ANDERSON: Well, let's get you up to speed on some other stories that are on our radar right now. And nearly a year after Conservative Activist Charlie
Kirk's death. A judge has ruled the case against his accused shooter can now move to trial. After a preliminary hearing, Tyler Robinson pleaded not
guilty to all charges, including aggravated murder.
If he's convicted, prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. Well, today, French President Emmanuel Macron became the first European leader to
meet with the new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Mr. Macron is attending the historic unveiling of the 950-year-old Bayeux Tapestry on
loan in London, and the leaders will hold bilateral talks tomorrow.
One story dominating the week's headlines, of course, is that global bond sell-off. We've seen further action as we see new strikes, of course,
between the U.S. and Iran. Some of these yields have been hitting their highest levels in years, which has pushed borrowing costs to multi-decade
highs.
Let's bring up the numbers as they stand at present. We are seeing a slight rise in prices, which of course means a drop in yields today. But that 10-
year treasury note hovering around the 4.8 percent level. Observers say investors rattled by the amount of money that governments have borrowed.
And the escalating conflict in the Middle East pushing up oil prices, of course. Brent crude had taken off again, and we are seeing that off just a
little bit as we speak. CNN's Matt Egan joining me now from New York. Look, if we watch these numbers sort of minute by minute, we're obviously going
to see, you know, some ups, some downs, but the overarching picture is this bond sell-off and this rise once again in oil prices.
Just explain for our viewers what these markets are effectively telling us.
MATT EGAN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Well, Becky, we are seeing these stories converge a bit, right? The more the war heats up, the higher energy prices
go, and that makes investors more and more concerned about inflation, right? So, they're selling off bonds.
That's driving up bond rates, and it's making it more expensive for everyone to borrow. It's really all connected.
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Now, yesterday we saw oil futures surge. They surged on Monday as well. They're holding on to most of those gains, right? Brent at $94 a barrel for
some context, a month ago, this was at $80 a barrel, and when the year started, Brent was at just $60 a barrel. WTI, the U.S. benchmark, just
below $90 a barrel.
And over on the prediction market, Kalshi, traders now see a one in three chance that WTI goes above $115 a barrel before the year is out. Now,
obviously, this is just making it more expensive for consumers around the world to pay for energy. Right, gasoline price is up by another two cents
overnight.
412 a gallon, 38 percent more expensive than before the war started, and this comes after August was the most expensive August for gas prices here
in the U.S. on record. Now look at diesel. Diesel is up even more, 51 percent more expensive in the U.S. than before the war started.
569 a gallon, some context, just 13 cents away from all-time highs for diesel. Now, all of this, of course, is making life more expensive for
consumers, according to Brown University's Climate Solution Lab. U.S. consumers they are now spending 96 billion dollars more than before the
war, and that's just on gasoline and diesel alone.
And so, Becky, the bottom line here is six months into this conflict, and we are seeing significant economic and financial ripples continue to spread
really across the world. Back to you.
ANDERSON: Absolutely. Matt, good to have you. Thank you.
EGAN: Thanks, Becky.
ANDERSON: You're watching "Connect the World" with me Becky Anderson. Up next, the start of the trading day, and we will take a look at the business
headlines, including the AI conversation unfolding at the G20 summit in North Carolina.
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ANDERSON: Welcome back. I'm Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi. You're watching "Connect the World". These are your headlines, and Iranian media report at
least four people killed, dozens injured at a wedding party when they were hit by shrapnel. They say from a U.S. attack.
The local governor says most of the casualties are women and children. Well, Iran has attacked several Gulf nations in retaliation for the latest
U.S. strikes, defying a warning from President Trump that it could be hit much harder.
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Tehran fired ballistic missiles towards Jordan and sent drones towards Bahrain and Kuwait, saying it was going after U.S. military assets. Well,
we are awaiting the opening bell on Wall Street. Let's check in on Wall Street today. It's Hornbeck Offshore Services ringing in the trading day.
We'll let those markets settle a little bit. Futures indicating that these markets would be mixed on the open. The Dow Jones looks as if it is likely
to be just slightly higher on the open. It is by about an eighth of 1 percent. We'll let the other markets settle before we give you an
indication.
But it's a mixed day as far as investor sentiment is concerned, it seems. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is in Caracas, Venezuela, to finalize
what the White House touts as the biggest oil deal in world history. The Venezuelan National Assembly backed the agreement in a vote on Tuesday.
It would give the U.S. majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves and would significantly expand America's current
reserves. Well, the Trump Administration also says U.S. oil giant Chevron plans to expand its operations in Venezuela.
Company officials are expected to join right on his visit today. Taking a break. Back after this.
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ANDERSON: Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is open to quote, concrete talks to resolve the war with Ukraine and achieve a lasting peace.
This comes as Russia continues its deadly strikes on Ukraine's cities. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian President warned airlines and insurance companies
that Russian airspace will effectively be closed because of Ukrainian drones there.
He said, the drones don't threaten civil aviation, but that quote, the safe days in Russia's skies are over. Will Putin denounce the comments as
terrorism? Have a listen.
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VLADIMIR PUTIN, PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA: Listen, I haven't heard these statements, but if it was said out loud, it borders state terrorism. Also,
I draw your attention to the fact that they ask us to resume talks with them, to meet them in person, while there can be no talks with terrorists.
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ANDERSON: I want to return now to one of our top stories. Weeks now passed since devastating floods swept through parts of Nepal and China. At last
check, the death toll has topped 1,100, with some 4,500 people still missing across both countries, and in search and rescue efforts continue,
families are still waiting for answers about those that they have lost.
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Well, CNN's Anderson Cooper takes us now to a Nepali city devastated by the floods and introduces us to a bus driver who narrowly saved 50 kids just
moments before a bridge were swept away. Have a look at this.
It's been one week since disaster struck. It's just moments before a bridge was swept away. Have a look at this.
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): It's been one week since disaster struck, and in Trishuli, this is the end of the road. Once a bustling
market, now soggy and cement-soaked, it looks like a wasteland. The river is running fast. The water still high. Residents and visitors stand and
stare.
BIBHU RAJ ACHARYA, NEPALI RESIDENT: This water source has been a life for people living here, and by that, I mean they've been living here for
generations and generations.
COOPER: So, looking in the water today, does it look different to you?
ACHARYA: Yes, it does.
COOPER: In what way?
ACHARYA: It makes me sad. Makes me sad and emotional as well because this is one of the sacred water resources that we have. And you know, when you
mourn for somebody in your family once, they have died, people go up across this river, and then they do all the rituals over there. So, this is kind
of like a holy river grass.
COOPER (voice-over): Buddhist monks came from Kathmandu to pray and offer blessings. Traffic snarls on broken roads. The jackknife truck is hardly
noticed. A local school bus driver, Chhiring Tamang, saved the lives of some 50 children, picking them up just before their school was destroyed,
and crossing a bridge before it was washed away.
CHHIRING TAMANG, BUS DRIVER: After two minutes of me crossing the bridge, the flood came on my side. Kids started screaming after seeing the flood.
They were shouting. One kid fainted inside the bus. They were asking me to drive faster. On the road, there were people running like ants to save
their lives.
After I drove near the uphill, I could see the flood is already ahead of me. I'd reached a higher location, and I felt safe with the kids. I took a
long breath, and then I continued my duty of dropping the kids. Came back and parked the bus at the police station.
COOPER (voice-over): I asked him what it feels like to be a hero.
TAMANG: It's a sad time for me. I have lost my nephew. She was working in the same school. I'm very sad that my nephew is dead. My nephew called me
before I crossed the bridge. This was right after I informed the principal regarding the flood. He told me, uncle, where are you?
There's flood coming in the river. She was a helper at the school. He informed me to not go to the school. He lives in the same school with his
family. He has a daughter, and his wife is disabled. They are safe now. They have nothing left as my nephew was my only breadwinner of the family.
COOPER (voice-over): Later, he showed us a photo of his nephew. His name was Tridum Lama (ph). There are many heroes here, but even they have heavy
hearts. Anderson Cooper, CNN, Trishuli.
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ANDERSON: And we've got teams on the ground, and we will continue to report on that story. Well, Mexico's President delivered her State of the Union
speech to mark the second anniversary of her administration. Claudia Sheinbaum dedicated part of her remarks to the relationship with the United
States.
She addressed issues including tariffs, security, and the treatment of Mexican immigrants in the United States. CNN's Valeria Leon is in Mexico
City with the details.
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VALERIA LEON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum delivered her second State of the Union address here at the National Palace
in Mexico City. She acknowledged the challenges with the U.S. government while defending the rights of Mexican immigrants living in the U.S.
CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM, PRESIDENT OF MEXICO: Perhaps the most painful issue has been the treatment of Mexican nationals and the deaths of 17 of our
citizens in detention centers and during enforcement operations. In addition to pursuing diplomatic channels, we decided to file legal
complaints in these cases.
LEON (voice-over): Sheinbaum second year was also shaped by Mexico's complex relationship with the Trump Administration. Mexico began
renegotiating the USMCA trade agreement in the middle of a global trade war, while Washington increased pressure on Sheinbaum's government to
deliver results on security, migration, and drug trafficking.
SHEINBAUM: Our relationship with the U.S. government has faced challenges, but we have always chosen to seek common ground.
LEON (voice-over): The Mexicans we spoke with focus on how she handled the international pressure.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She is the first woman president of our country, and despite all the international pressure she's faced, I think she's done a
good job.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: From my perspective, I think she has defended our sovereignty as she should. She has rejected proposals from the U.S.
President, and I feel she's on the right track.
LEON (voice-over): But Sheinbaum has faced criticism over her government's response to corruption scandals involving several members of her own Morena
party, including U.S. charges against Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya. And while security and political tensions tested the relationship with
Washington, business leaders saw an opportunity to move forward on trade.
OSCAR DEL CUETO, PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF MEXICO: We are facing a new way to do business, and I don't see this like a pressure
from the U.S. government into Mexico. I see this like collaboration.
LEON: Russian Sheinbaum ended her second year with strong public support, due in part to the popularity of her social programs. Valeria Leon, CNN,
Mexico City.
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ANDERSON: Well, the reigning French Open champion Alexander Zverev nearly made the wrong kind of history, having to battle back in a five-set
thriller that saw another match finish late into the night or morning in New York, Andy Scholes stayed up for it. What were the key takeaways from
this one then aside from the fact that it was very, very long?
ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Very long is right, Becky. And I stayed up as long as I could, but I fell asleep in that third set. I mean,
these U.S. Open viewing times great for everyone on your side of the world. Over here, I mean, I'm struggling.
ANDERSON: Yeah.
SCHOLES: I mean, this match didn't end till around 02:00 a.m. Eastern, and it was pretty surprising result that it went that long. Because Zverev, the
number one overall scene in the tournament, he nearly went out.
ANDERSON: Yeah.
SCHOLES: You know, he won the French Open, the final at Wimbledon, nearly went out in the first round here at the U.S. Open to Italian Lorenzo
Sonego, who played in a fabulous match, you know, we'll show you how it all went down and hear what Zverev had to say afterwards.
But he almost made the wrong side of history, you know, Becky, we have not seen a top overall seed lose in the first round of a Grand Slam since 2003.
So, it hadn't happened in a very long time, and Zverev is happy that he's not another name added to that list that you don't want to be on.
ANDERSON: That is "World Sport" up after this break. More on that, I'll be back with more "Connect the World" in 15 minutes. Stay with us.
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