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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga. You're watching the second hour of "One World."

Gaza ceasefire and hostage release talks are in limbo following Israel's unprecedented attack in Qatar. What a senior Hamas official telling CNN

that no one is talking about a truce right now.

It comes as Israel's defense minister vows Israel will act against its enemies anywhere, adding, there is no place where they can hide.

And Israel's ambassador to the U.S. says Israel will, in his words, get Hamas leaders next time if they survived the Qatar strike.

Global condemnation meanwhile is growing not just over the attack but the timing. It happened just days after the U.S. laid out plans for a potential

ceasefire proposal that the White House said Israel had accepted.

In a rare but mild rebuke, President Trump said that he is not thrilled about the strike and found out about the plan too late to intervene. And

when asked how it would affect ceasefire negotiations, here's how the U.S. ambassador to Israel responded.

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MIKE HUCKABEE, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL: Now, the honest answer is we simply don't know. Hamas has rejected everything so far. They -- they

continually reject every offer that's put on the table. They rejected one the other day that pretty much has been the position of the president

throughout and that is they have to surrender. They have to go. They can't stay and have any future in Gaza and they have to let all of the hostages

go.

And they have utterly rejected that. How this affects it, I simply think the answer is we don't know.

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GOLODRYGA: CNN's Alayna Treene is at the White House for us with the latest. But first, let's go to Jeremy Diamond who joins us from Jerusalem.

And, Jeremy as we spoke in the last hour, there is a lot of concern now sparked by the timing of this strike in particular from the hostage family

members who are so desperate to see that their loved ones come home and see if Hamas will do what Israel did and accept the framework of this most

recent proposal from President Trump.

But we also know that there were some descents even within the Israeli military apparatus and perhaps even the Mossad when it comes to the timing

of the strike yesterday. Tell us more.

JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Yes, that's exactly right. We've learned that both the Mossad director David Barnea, as well as the

Israeli military chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, both supported the idea of striking Hamas' leaders in Qatar, but they questioned the timing of it.

And -- and that question, of course, stems from the fact that the United States had just put on the table a new ceasefire and hostage release

proposal. And that that proposal was actually being reviewed by Hamas at the time of this strike.

Those Hamas leaders had met with the Qatari Prime Minister the day before. He was pressing them to accept this latest proposal to respond positively

to it at least. And these Hamas leaders had just sat down to discuss this proposal when the Israeli military carried out this strike.

It's -- it's partly why they carried out this strike at this time because they knew they would be in the same location reviewing this proposal.

But now, it seems that this strike has been a failure. That's at least according to Hamas, but it's also the growing assessment inside the Israeli

government which is increasingly pessimistic about the outcome of this strike as it appears to not have killed the Hamas leaders it was intending

to, including Hamas' chief negotiator, Khalil Al-Hayya.

But the damage has certainly already been done in terms of the Qataris, the mediators who are clearly upset at Israel having violated their sovereignty

with these strikes and -- and carried out attacks on Hamas leaders who they were hosting on their soil very much with the tacit approval and agreement

of the Israeli government.

And that's why I'm learning that several senior Israeli officials are very much in damage control mode now. Ron Dermer, Netanyahu's closest advisor,

telling American officials that he did not know about the specific plans for this strike the day before when he was sitting down with the U.S.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

David Barnea telling Qatari and American mediators that he was not aware of this strike until it actually happened. Both of those are hard to believe

especially in light of the reporting I just gave you that Barnea was involved in the discussions and had questions about the timing of it.

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But clearly, the bottom line is that it is an attempt at damage control, an attempt to salvage a process that Israel has very much done severe damage

to.

The question now for how long is this simply a short-term impasse that will prevent negotiations or will this be something longer that jeopardizes the

fate of the hostages and the prospects of ending the war in Gaza altogether?

GOLODRYGA: All right. Jeremy Diamond, thank you.

Let's go to Alayna Treene. Alayna, it does strain credulity to think that President Trump, either wasn't aware of this or didn't give the green light

to this operation, given the close relationship between the United States and Qatar. And given that Israel had even viewed Qatar and that strikes

within Qatar as a red line.

So, how is the White House responding? We saw Trump publicly state that he wasn't happy with this approach. But what more are we learning about

exactly what he knew and when?

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Yes. There are a couple parts to this. One is, I think, the frustration that's happening inside those walls

behind me. And there's two reasons for that frustration, I'm told.

One is, of course, what we have been reporting and hearing, which is that the White House wasn't alerted of this until very, very late.

And actually, it wasn't even the president, President Donald Trump himself, who was told by Israel that they were planning to do this strike. The

president learned it from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, according to a U.S. official. And then, as we report it out,

President Donald Trump had actually informed his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to make sure he quickly shared this with Qatar.

And, you know, we've learned now, and since then, that by the time that Witkoff had communicated it, by the time the White House had learned about

this strike, it was already too late to do anything to stop it. We heard that now from the White House press secretary. We've heard that from the

president himself.

But the other part of this, of course, and the reason for this frustration is exactly what Jeremy was laying out, which is that this comes just days

after the U.S. proposed a ceasefire.

I remember on Sunday, I was here at the White House, the president was talking with reporters. He said he would have gone back and talked with

them on Air Force One when he was flying back from New York to D.C.

But he said, I didn't because there were some things that came up with Hamas. And he was very optimistic about the ceasefire proposal that they

had put forth. He said he was really optimistic that they could get all of the hostages out of it.

Now this is, of course, a key question. I mean, we didn't know if Hamas was going to accept that ceasefire proposal. But part of the reason it was so

significant, so this was the first time the United States was putting out a ceasefire proposal ever since they withdrew from negotiations back in July.

Now, we did hear the president say that he was unhappy with this. He's taken pains to very publicly try to distance himself and really place the

blame at the prime minister of Israel Netanyahu's feet saying he was the one who made the decision here.

But listen to what he told reporters and the type of language he used last night.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I'm not thrilled about the -- the whole situation. It's not -- not a good situation.

But I will say this, we want the hostages back, but we are not thrilled about the way that went down today. So I was very unhappy about it, very

unhappy about every aspect. And we got to get the hostages back. But I was very unhappy about the way that went down.

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TREENE: So as you heard him say there, he's very unhappy about the way that it went down, insisting he still wants the Israeli hostages being held by

Hamas back.

That's a key question, of course. I think a lot of people here, throughout the Trump administration, are now questioning whether there's even a chance

that this ceasefire proposal is salvageable. And -- and we'll have to wait and see that.

And then, of course, the other dynamic to all of this is that the United States, but specifically President Donald Trump and this administration,

view Qatar as a very close ally. The president -- President Donald Trump has really tried to -- to strengthen that relationship in recent months.

And part of the reason Hamas leaders were, of course, in Doha is because the United States wanted them there to have Qatar operate as a mediator in

some of these discussions with Hamas.

All to say, we are waiting to hear from the president. He said he was going to have more of a statement on this today. We'll see if that happens, if

that materializes, but a lot to keep track of in the fallout of that strike.

GOLODRYGA: All right. Alayna Treene at the White House for us. Thank you.

The Doha strike is not only putting ceasefire and hostage negotiations at risk, but it could also further jeopardize America's global standing.

In his latest piece, CNN's Stephen Collinson writes, "Israel's latest attack deals another blow to Trump's tarnished international credibility."

And he joins me now live from Washington. Stephen, it's good to see you.

We heard from the president publicly stating that he wasn't happy with this operation and the White House's official line is that they did not know

about this ahead of time.

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But we saw how the president responded when he was opposed to a strike. We just saw that a few months ago when Israeli planes literally had to turn

around as they were going for more bombardment.

In Iran, president was very angry, publicly in front of cameras, telling them to turn the effing planes around. That is not the language we heard

yesterday.

So, given that, and -- and speaking to some of the analysis in your piece, it doesn't seem as though the White House was left in the dark. That could

be -- I could be wrong about this. But just putting the pieces together here and the risks that Israel would be taking if that were the case seemed

rather high.

STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN POLITICS SENIOR REPORTER: Yes. I think it's one of the problems with a White House that is so often demonstrably not telling

the truth that every statement they make, especially in international relations, where these things are even more critical is open to

questioning.

And in a place that is as wedded to conspiracy theories and intrigue as much as the Middle East is, I think it's going to be very difficult for

people to believe that the mighty United States didn't know about 10 Israeli F-35s coming towards Qatar and unleashing their munitions.

That said, you know, many years I've been in Washington, often the conspiracy is not true, and it's just simple incompetence and people not

knowing things.

But the -- the president's rhetoric, I think, on this is very strange. Often, he appears to be almost a commentator and an observer of events

rather than someone who's driving them, saying he's not exactly thrilled isn't exactly a diplomatic demarche aimed at Israel.

I think we saw the same thing this morning. He put on social media, words, the effect of, what's with these Russian drones over Poland? I mean, this

is potentially one of the most gravest, you know, infractions of NATO airspace since the alliance was created. And Trump seems to be very offhand

about the whole thing.

Is he trying to give himself latitude not to have to take actions he doesn't want to take? I think that's one potential explanation.

But this whole thing is exceedingly curious. The Israelis staged a raid on a city which is very close to the biggest U.S. missile base -- military

base in the Middle East. And apparently, the U.S. didn't know about it beforehand.

GOLODRYGA: Well, and all one had to do was literally read the warning signs ahead of time. The Israelis' really defense minister had stated that they

would be taking out and assassinating Hamas leaders wherever they are. They were not safe.

President Trump said there would be consequences if Hamas did not agree to a deal. And there was reporting in the "Wall Street Journal" that even

Egypt and Qatar had been telling senior members of Hamas outside of Gaza to step up their security, perhaps wondering whether or not such moves would,

in fact, happen imminently.

On the issue of Russia, though, that this brazen, whether it was deliberate or not, it was extremely irresponsible and sent NATO members for the first

time, scrambling jets to down drones that -- that flew into Polish airspace.

And as you noted, the president just responding now on Truth Social, what's with Russia violating Poland's airspace with drones? Here we go,

exclamation mark. He is said to be speaking with the Polish president soon today as well following that visit.

But the timing of this, Vladimir Putin acting with impunity here seemingly, these consequences that President Trump has been threatening and dangling

for months now have yet to formalize.

Do you think this could be the turning point?

COLLINSON: Well, I think the experience tells us that it may well not be the turning point. It seems that Trump is absolutely loathe not to take any

steps to punish Putin, despite the fact that he almost is embarrassed on a daily basis.

Even if these drone incursions were some kind of a mistake. Russia was taking its offensives inside Ukraine right up towards the NATO border on

cities many hundreds of miles away from the frontlines.

We've seen European Union buildings targeted or coming under fire from Russian raids in Kyiv recently.

At the Alaska summit, it was very notable that Putin stood up alongside the president and he said, European nations should not put a wrench in the

relationship between Trump and Putin. It was a clear attempt to try to drive a wedge between the Europeans and Trump. I think to test Trump's

will, not just about defending European states, but also the principles of NATO itself. It's very hard to see this as an aberration.

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GOLODRYGA: All right. Stephen Collinson, thank you so much.

And I suggest everyone read Stephen's latest piece on cnn.com. Very thoughtful.

Let's bring in Alina Polyakova. She's the president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis.

So, Alina, do you think Russia is deliberately testing NATO's resolve here? Whether, you know, you've got the Ukrainians and Polish officials saying

that this was a deliberate act. You have other NATO allies saying whatever it was, it was reckless.

I'm not even sure the significance of whether one was deliberate or reckless matters as much as what the response will look like.

ALINA POLYAKOVA, PRESIDENT, THE CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS: That's exactly right. It doesn't really matter whether this was deliberate or a

reckless accident by the Russian side, because we've seen over and over again that the Russians used these opportunities, whether deliberate or

not, to test the resolve of the NATO alliance and first and foremost the resolve and commitment of the United States.

And this is, of course, not an isolated incident, as Secretary General Rutte said in his comments earlier regarding the drone situation in Poland.

We have seen a massive escalation in Russian kinetic attacks on NATO countries.

Just last month, for example, the Russians are suspected of jamming the GPS capabilities that prevented the president of the European Union, Ursula von

der Leyen, from landing her plane.

These are significant attacks. This is just one example. But we've seen a massive escalation in Russian shadow war against NATO over the last three

and a half years.

GOLODRYGA: Right. And the -- the jamming of Ursula von der Leyen's plane came as Vladimir Putin was taking photo ops with the leaders of China and

India while he was in China for the Shanghai forum there, a cooperation forum.

We also know that there are Zapad tests happening right now, joint military exercises beginning this week between Russia and Belarus. Some of these

drones were said to have come directly from Belarus.

What more provocations do you think we can expect to see from Russia?

POLYAKOVA: Well, again, the -- the drone attacks on NATO territory, and Belarus is very much a partner and a key part of Russia's war against

Ukraine from the very beginning. It's been used really as a landing base and a launching base for Russian troops and other military operations since

February 2022, which, again, we don't talk about it very much. We talk about Russia.

Well, Belarus is very much executing Russia's war as well. These kinds of drone, you know, incursions, violations of airspace will continue. There's

no question about that.

Russia currently is launching the largest air attacks on Ukraine. Ukraine's air defense capabilities are being tested. They're not withstanding those

attacks as well as they used to because of the size of them, but also because of shortage of interceptors and other air defense capabilities.

So this situation will only escalate going forward. I think the question now is, what is the appropriate response from the alliance as well as from

the United States to this matter?

And I think this is what should be in front of the president's desk right now, as well as other NATO leaders across Europe.

GOLODRYGA: And what should that response be? Because this is a president who said that he could end this war on day one. Again, he says that that

was set in half jest. But, obviously, this is something he's wanted to see come to an end very soon. And it doesn't appear that that's -- that

likelihood is imminent at all.

I spoke with Michael Kofman last week who said he thinks at this stage that this war could go well into next year into 2026, making it four years,

perhaps.

What, if anything, at this point, specifically from U.S. actions, do you think could change Vladimir Putin's calculus?

POLYAKOVA: Look, we have a variety of tools at our disposal as the United States. There's, of course, the direct economic pressure on Russia

sanctions. The president has proposals in front of him, including the legislation that has received huge bipartisan support in Congress to impose

secondary sanctions on countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas, and other resources. That's one tool.

There's more we can do on direct sanctions in Russia as well. But I think most importantly, we really need to send a clear message to Ukraine and to

our NATO allies, specifically those in the Eastern flank closest to Ukraine, the frontline, that we will continue our support. We will help

Ukraine build the strongest military in Europe. It already has one. It needs to modernize. We can help them there.

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So they're a line of defense and an asset to the NATO alliance. The U.S. can put that kind of pressure on Putin by supporting Ukraine, militarily,

and turning out the economic pressure directly and indirectly on Russia.

The president has the opportunity now to push the go button on these proposals if he really wants to send a clear message to Putin.

GOLODRYGA: We'll see if he does. For now, he seems to be acting more as an observer, taking to social media and not following through on some of those

actions that he says that he's willing to take.

Alina Polyakova, thank you so much.

POLYAKOVA: Great to be here.

GOLODRYGA: Well, today is the last day that Donald Trump will be in charge of the Washington, D.C. police. And the White House says the president is

fine with that.

Trump went to dinner at a popular steak and seafood restaurant last night, which he says is proof of how much safer D.C. has become since he took over

30 days ago. Though Trump's control of the police force is ending, he still plans to keep federal officers and National Guardsmen in the Capitol. And

he says he will soon announce another city where he plans to fight crime.

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TRUMP: We're going to be announcing another city that we're going to very shortly. We're working it out. The governor of a certain state that would

love us to be there. And the mayor of a certain city in that same state would love us to be there.

We'll announce it probably tomorrow. And it's going to be something where we'll do like we did here.

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GOLODRYGA: Well, with more on how the past 30 days have changed the nation's capital, here, CNN's Marshall Cohen.

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MARSHALL COHEN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: For those of us who live in Washington, D.C., it's been a long month. But we wanted to take a look back

and see what the data tells us about whether or not this is working. And, of course, that means we need to start with crime because that's the whole

reason why this is happening.

We looked at police reports from the last three weeks, compared them to the three weeks before this crackdown. And there is a 10 percent drop in

reports of violent crime. That's good, even better, a 25 percent drop in reports of property crime.

The White House likes these numbers, but they love what's coming next. Immigration, a huge part of this crackdown. ICE really was not a regular

presence in this city before Trump took over the local police department. But they are now, and there have been 151 arrests of undocumented

immigrants on average each week. And we actually believe that's an undercount.

Look at what it was before the crackdown. It was only 12 per week on average. This is a significant uptick.

I also want to show you another important component of this, homelessness. The president said that he was going to eradicate homelessness in D.C., and

that's why they've taken down 50 homeless encampments. Eighty homeless people have agreed to go into shelters, but that's only 10 percent of the

homeless population.

The other 90 percent, they've gone mobile. They've gone into hiding. And that's why the head of one nonprofit here in D.C. said that they've seen 40

percent drop in homeless people coming through their doors for important essential social services like free breakfast and mental health treatment.

Last piece of the puzzle here, tourism has taken a hit. We spoke to some museums. They said that a down year got even worse because of this

crackdown. The folks at Planet Word, which is a really cool museum all about language near the White House, 22 percent drop in August when this

crackdown was happening.

And then Open Table hooked us up with some information about the state of play for the restaurant industry. And after month and month and month of

growth in terms of the number of reservations each month, at restaurants, it was totally flat in August, which means if it was going up and then it

flatlines. We all know that that's not what you want to see.

So, some good news that the White House likes when it comes to crime and immigration, but clearly, it has come at a bit of a cost for the people of

D.C.

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GOLODRYGA: All right. Our thanks to Marshall Cohen for that report.

Still to come for one -- for us on "One World."

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The public should be seeing this stuff. And why you're not allowed to, I don't know.

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GOLODRYGA: The truth is out there and Congress has the video to prove it. Never-before-seen images of an unidentified flying object interacting with

a military aircraft.

Also, take a look at this. A massive cargo container falls off a ship docked in California and it wasn't the only one. We'll bring you the

details, ahead.

Plus, a $250 million discount on a megayacht. How a Russian oligarch lost ownership to the U.S. government and what they're planning to do with the

ship, next.

Stay with us.

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GOLODRYGA: An already difficult diplomatic path towards ending the war in Gaza appears to be on further shaky ground after Israel targeted the Hamas

negotiating team in Qatar.

Meanwhile, Israel is ramping up its attacks on Gaza City.

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GOLODRYGA: The Palestinian-Hamas run health ministry says at least 41 people were killed over the past day. Israel, last month, vowed to fully

occupy Gaza City.

Meanwhile, the families of Israeli hostages are following the developments with concern and anxiety. The Israeli government says 47 hostages are still

in Gaza. Twenty are believed to still be alive.

Earlier, CNN spoke with Moshe Lavi. His brother-in-law, Omri Miran, is being held as a hostage in Gaza.

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MOSHE LAVI, BROTHER-IN-LAW OF HOSTAGE OMRI MIRAN: I understand why the Israeli leadership, our leadership, would want to pursue and eliminate

Hamas leadership that are responsible for the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians. The onus is on them and they have not negotiated in good

faith.

However, conducting such strikes in the midst of negotiations, a day after President Trump outlined a newer vision for a deal, a few weeks after Hamas

stated that they are supposedly agreeing to the Witkoff plan that Israel agreed to before. It's unclear what's the point of this strike and what

it's going to progress us to a hostage deal.

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GOLODRYGA: Time now for "The Exchange." Joining me is Israeli journalist Amit Segal. He is the chief political commentator for Israel's Channel 12

News and also the author of the newsletter. It's noon in Israel.

Amit, it's great to have you on. If you and Israel are as well --

AMIT SEGAL, ISRAELI JOURNALIST: Thank you.

GOLODRYGA: -- sourced with the government operations as you are there. So, let's talk about what transpired the other day and the significance there.

You're reporting that Jerusalem is skeptical that these strikes actually succeeded.

What in targeting and taking out Hamas leadership, what is the latest that you know and were these top leaders able to escape?

SEGAL: So the story is no less than amazing because people were under the impression that maybe the American phone call for the Qatari administration

led to some sort of a tipping the Hamas leadership thus letting them escape.

But the story appears to be even more dramatic than this. They actually, the Hamas leadership, had the conversation in a negotiation room. And then

they moved to pray in another room so they left their cell phones. This is a report that I -- I think is -- is quite credible.

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So they left the phones in the original room. And this is the room that was bombed by the Israeli Air Force for a distance. That's why they survived.

Although the IDF was under the impression that no one could have survived such bombing because they were -- they were just not in the specific room.

They were not with their phones.

So Israel is quite skeptical as we speak. Although the body damage assessment has not been completed yet.

GOLODRYGA: Wow. That is quite a narrative. If in fact they survived this targeted killing by being by praying at the same time. But Israel instead

was following their cell phones.

If these leaders survived, what if anything does that change behind Israel's quite drastic and extraordinary calculus here by doing something

they've never done before and targeting Hamas officials in Qatar?

SEGAL: Right. So, this is -- first of all, this is the -- the scenario. Israel took a path. Israel took after the 1972 massacre in Munich. The 11

Israel sportsmen -- Olympic sportsmen were killed by the PLOs. So an Israel tracked and killed each and every one of the terrorists.

This is the case now. The -- the new thing is about attacking in Qatar just a few miles from a -- the American biggest airbase in the Middle East.

So, first of all, the idea was to take the staunchest part of the Hamas leadership, those that opposed and have opposed the new Trump deal to end

the war, release all the hostages, thus paving the way for a more so-called moderate leadership in Hamas, if it exists.

This is the same pattern that we have seen in Lebanon a year ago. Israel assassinated Nasrallah and the entire leadership, thus leading to a

ceasefire with the new leadership of Hezbollah.

So, I think that had the leadership killed, it would have facilitated negotiations on the new deal. However, I still think, Bianna, that the

really dramatic event here is -- is the -- the crime scene Qatar.

While attacking or in attacking in Doha, Israel signals the end of the Qatari role in negotiating a deal.

Now, here's the thing. In Israel, there are two streams. One says that Qatar is a pro-terrorist state that actually funded each and every rifle,

each and every RPG missile that targeted and killed Israeli citizens and soldiers.

And the other branch in Israel, AKA Mossad, claims that Qatar is a partner in order to negotiate a hostage deal.

So, yesterday, it's not a coincidence that the Mossad was not mentioned in the prime minister's announcement, because the Mossad opposed this attack.

Actually, the Mossad promised Qatar that Hamas leadership would not be assassinated by Israel on a Qatari soil. So, we can say that this is one of

the first assassinations in which Mossad was not involved. And the outcomes would be quite dramatic regarding the Gaza strip and the hostages.

GOLODRYGA: So once again, highlighting some internal divisions among security leadership within the Israeli government, not necessarily going

after Hamas leadership, but the timing of it right now, as you heard, so many hostage families now wonder where this leaves ceasefire hostage talks.

But I think that the bigger question, or just as big of a question, Amit, is what does this say about U.S.-Israel and being in alliance here with the

decision to target Qatar, which was always seen as a red line taboo to go after Qatar given its relationship with the United States.

You know, publicly the White House, the president has expressed his frustration saying he wasn't aware of this. Prime Minister Netanyahu also

came out publicly and said Israel acted alone.

Tell us what you're hearing the actual story was. Did the United States know ahead of time?

SEGAL: I would be very surprised if Israel hadn't informed President Trump in advance and more than informed got his sort of green light. I don't

think the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu is of the nature of the Netanyahu-Biden relationship in which Israel informed about the

assassination of Nasrallah, for instance. So the pager attack only minutes before it happened.

We still remember that in this one single time in which President Trump opposed an Israeli military operation, it stopped the jet fighters on the

way to Tehran on June 25th this year.

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So again, I think the -- the -- the -- the negotiations between Israel and the U.S. included an Israel responsibility to the attack, an American

attempt to actually distance the U.S. administration from this attack, hoping that the Hamas leadership would be eliminated.

I don't think that President Trump really opposed this attack. And by the way, if you read between the lines of the Trump declaration, he didn't

really say that. He said that he is sorry for this, but he said that the Hamas leadership should be eliminated. So it was something with mixed

feelings.

The mixed --

GOLODRYGA: Yes.

SEGAL: -- feelings if Hamas leadership assassinated was a -- I don't know, joy and excitement. But unfortunately, they -- they -- they didn't die.

GOLODRYGA: That -- that's right. Because we did hear the president when he was adamantly opposed to actions that Israel was taking militarily, he said

so in front of the cameras and use some expletives as well.

But we also know that the president supports winners, quote-unquote. So, if this is viewed as an unsuccessful operation, it will be interesting to see

how the president responds, ultimately.

Amit Segal, thank you so much. Really interesting details you're providing there. Appreciate it.

SEGAL: Thank you so much, Bianna.

GOLODRYGA: And one more note from the region. Three Israeli Nobel Prize winners have written a letter to Donald Trump, saying the moment presents a

historic opportunity. They are vowing to support his bid to win a Nobel Peace Prize if he brings an end to the Israel-Hamas War and brokers a

return of the hostages being held in Israel -- in Gaza.

The three winners signed the letter with other scientists and families of the hostages.

And we'll be right back with more.

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GOLODRYGA: All right. Welcome back to "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga.

Officials are investigating how dozens of shipping containers tumbled off a cargo ship docked in Long Beach, California and into the ocean, temporarily

suspending operations at the pier.

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It began when crews released the straps, sparking a domino effect. Port Authority say the ship, the Mississippi, arrived from China with goods from

shoes to electronics, heading for stores across the United States, including Costco, Target, Walmart, and smaller retailers. No injuries were

reported.

Well, if you're looking for a discounted luxury yacht, today may be your day. The Justice Department is selling a 348-foot megayacht seized three

years ago from a Russian oligarch. Once valued at $350 million, the Amadea is on auction for $100 million. Oh, what a discount to the highest bidder.

It's one of several megayachts, planes, and properties seized by the Kleptocapture Task Force targeting Russians under a U.S. sanctions list.

Kara Scannell has more.

Kara, what more are we learning about this bargain basement offer now? Just a cool $100 million will buy you a megayacht.

KARA SCANNELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bianna, it might even be less than that will actually go to the highest bidder. But some yacht analysts I've

spoken with say that that yacht is now worth between $80 million and $120 million.

But this is a sealed auction. There was -- the bids are due by 2:00 P.M. Eastern today. And then they will decide who ultimately gets this yacht,

which has six decks, a helipad, an infinity pool, all the bells and whistles you can imagine.

And it did come out of the Kleptocapture Task Force. That was the initiative under the Biden Justice Department where they seized yachts and

airplanes and luxury real estate from Russian oligarchs with ties to Putin who were on the sanctions list.

The idea was to put pressure on Putin on the invasion in Ukraine. And the U.S. actually changed the law so that the proceeds from the sale of these

yachts and planes can actually be used to benefit Ukraine. That will ultimately be up to the U.S. government to decide what to do with it.

But even though this yacht is at a likely to sell for a big discount, one thing hanging over this is that it has been hotly contested. The yacht was

seized three years ago. It's been in litigation. The U.S. said it belonged to an oligarch who made a fortune in gold.

Another oligarch who was the former head of Rosneft, the Russian energy company, actually said it was his yacht. And it was in this court fight for

several years. A judge ultimately said that the U.S. was right.

But the Russian who laid claim to the yacht, his lawyer says he's not going to give up. So even after this auction, he's still going to try to appeal,

to try to get custody of this yacht again.

And so kind of issued a warning to any potential buyers that if this yacht is bought and sales in international waters, there might be further

litigation there. So that might hang over the sale of the yacht today.

Hopefully, the government will say how much it ultimately goes for. But with all of these seized objects from the past few years, it's been

actually pretty hard for the U.S. to offload them and get custody of them actually. So we'll see how this one plays out.

Bianna.

GOLODRYGA: All right. Kara Scannell, thanks so much.

Well, here in the United States, lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee held a hearing on a U -- on UFOs or what are now being called an identified

aerial phenomenon.

Republican Congressman Eric Burlison says this is a drone tracking a flying sphere off the coast of Yemen about a year ago. The top left of your

screen, Burlison says you're seeing a hellfire missile fired from another drone. It bounces off the object and then the object appears to correct

course.

Several whistleblowers who say they have seen UAPs express their concerns after seeing the video.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Does this video scare you guys? Yes or no?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wiggins?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nat (ph)?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I had a different reaction. I -- I -- I was really happy that it got out. Thanks for providing me that, Congressman.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Curiosity killed a cat. All right.

Mr. Worlin (ph)?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. For --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. All right. That -- that is the end of my questioning. I'd like to now recognize Mr. Crane.

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GOLODRYGA: All right. Well, the witnesses were also asked if the U.S. had any aircraft that could withstand a hellfire missile strike like what was

seen. They all said no. The truth is out there.

We'll be right back with more.

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GOLODRYGA: Welcome back.

Well, federal authorities in the U.S. could seek the death penalty in a horrifying murder case that has turned into a major political firestorm.

Iryna Zarutska fled Ukraine for the U.S. in 2022, building a life in Charlotte, North Carolina. All of that ended when she was brutally attacked

by a man sitting behind her on a commuter train a few weeks ago.

Police say Decarlos Brown stabbed her three times in the throat. The attack was unprovoked and left Zarutska dead. His family says Brown has a long

history of mental illness and numerous criminal convictions.

Republicans have latched onto the case as proof that violent criminals need to face harsher sentences. President Trump has called for the death penalty

in the case.

CNN's Dianne Gallagher is in Charlotte.

This is such a devastating story, Dianna. And you think about this poor woman's family and what they must be going through right now with their

daughter, their niece, their -- their family members' death so publicly displayed like this in the U.S.

Just what is the latest that we know? And in terms of the perpetrator, we heard from his family. But what more do we know about his past?

DIANNE GALLAGHER, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: So thank you for bringing up her family to begin with, because I do want to address that.

Iryna Zarutska's family issued a lengthy statement last night.

And, you know, they pointed out that she was literally living in a bomb shelter in Ukraine before she came to the United States with her mother and

her sister in 2022.

In that statement, they said that she, quote, came here to find peace and safety and instead her life was stolen from her in the most horrific way.

They're also dealing with the trauma of seeing that video everywhere right now and have said that they feel like it's disrespectful to Iryna's dignity

and to their own grief process.

Now, her killing was catapulted into the national spotlight here with the release of that video over the weekend.

34-year-old Decarlos Brown, he's facing both state and federal charges in her killing. And, yes, his criminal background and reported mental illness

are what's being highlighted here. Many asking why he was out on the streets in the first place.

Now, his sister tells CNN, along with court records confirming he was homeless. His sister says he was diagnosed with schizophrenia as well as

suffered from paranoia and hallucinations.

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She actually said she asked her brother after this happened, why he stabbed Iryna. And the sister says that he told her that the girl was reading his

mind. The sister says they tried to get him help for years after he got out of prison in 2020 for a sentence that was for armed robbery with a

dangerous weapon.

Now, a lot of the attention is focused on a misdemeanor arrest in January of this year for misuse of the 911 system. He repeatedly was calling 911,

asking there was a substance in his body controlling him. Police arrested him.

A magistrate judge let him out on a promise to appear. Meaning, he didn't pay any money to appear. The president has seized on that, saying that that

left him, quote, free to slaughter an innocent woman just months later.

The U.S. Department of Transportation, Bianna, just opened an investigation today into the Charlotte transit system, saying in 15 days they want a

safety plan and what they're going to do about fair evasion.

The officials with the transit system here did tell the council that they do not believe that Brown paid the fair to get on the light rail that day

either.

GOLODRYGA: Just a devastating story.

Dianne Gallagher, our thoughts are with Iryna's family. Thank you so much.

And we'll be right back.

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GOLODRYGA: All right. We have more breaking news to bring you this time out of England. King Charles and his son Prince Harry are meeting at this hour.

Harry isn't -- hasn't seen his father since February of 2024, shortly after the king was diagnosed with cancer.

Max Foster joins us now from London.

Max, I don't know. Was this a -- a planned visit? What more do we know about this?

MAX FOSTER, CNN ROYAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, probably was planned, but neither of the offices have confirmed that this was going to happen, but

rife speculation they didn't deny it was going to happen. So all eyes really were on Clarence House.

King Charles has been in Scotland, as he usually is at this time of year. He traveled back today. Prince Harry's been in London carrying out a whole

load of different engagements.

And then we saw King Charles going into Clarence House, his London residence. And then shortly afterwards, we see Prince Harry going in.

So they're currently both in the same building. We can say that much, but neither Buckingham Palace or the Sussex team are confirming that the

meeting is taking place.

I think we can assume that it is taking place. You may remember earlier in the year, Prince Harry gave an interview to the BBC, where he said, I would

love a reconciliation with my family. So he was keen to do this. Clearly, the King is keen to see his son as well.

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Very, you know, fractious relationship between the two. Harry said in that interview that they haven't spoken in very long -- in -- in a long time, in

months. So they -- he doesn't know how the king is.

The king has been having treatment -- weekly treatment in London for his illness, his cancer. We don't know exactly what sort of treatment that is

or how it's linked to the cancer, but they are together at Clarence House.

So, I think there's a lot of excitement about the fact that this could be the beginning of a -- a reconciliation between father and son.

GOLODRYGA: All right. We'll be paying close attention. I know you'll be following it for us.

Max Foster, thank you so much.

And that does it for "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga. Thanks so much for watching. "Amanpour" is up next.

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