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Jamaican Official: No One Should be Turned Back from Shelters; Hurricane Melissa Moves Off Cuba, Now Headed for the Bahamas; Health Authorities: Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at least 104; Fed Expected to Cut Rates by a Quarter Point Today; Officials: Man Arrested after Threats Made Against Synagogues; Blessed are the Cheesemakers. Aired 11a-12p ET
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ZAIN ASHER, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: All right, we are going to a live press conference in Kingston to discuss the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa.
Let's listen in.
DESMOND MCKENZIE, MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA: So, there is a Gilbert baby, Melissa baby, a Melissa baby, and we want to commend the team
who responded to that. And there, as a matter of fact, we have information that two other additional deliveries occurred.
One mother is resting comfortably while the other remained under observation in the sab Lama Hospital. So, we are a great country, and
despite our challenges, we rise to the occasion. Our road infrastructure, we have not had a full roll out yet of the damage, but I know there are a
lot of blocked roads, the municipal corporations, the National Works Agency.
Already the National Works Agency was active last night in clearing access to the road leading to the Palisades Road and other main roads. So, by the
public will see some general activities on our roadways, making the roads accessible so that persons can move about fallen trees.
I'll be meeting in a short while with the Jamaica Fire Brigade and the Municipal Corporation and the National Solid Waste Management Authority to
map a strategy as to how to approach falling trees. I want to urge the GAPS to move, especially within the corporate here and other areas where there
are fallen lines.
And I said it yesterday, and I want to repeat it again this morning. We are now in the process of beginning the cleanup exercise on our main roads.
There are a lot of lines that are down. So, we want persons to be very cautious in doing so. We have flooded roads. The NWA team is mobilizing to
clear blocked roads and to assess damage.
As conditions improve some of the roadways that were affected are Dalvin St. Thomas, Hampton Green in Saint Catherine, Caledonian Road in Manchester
and other roads right across the country. So, we are just being specific based on the information that is coming into us.
And by now, all the municipal corporations that can access their various municipalities will be out doing what is necessary. The question of search
and rescue, as I spoke about that. That is being undertaken in a meaningful way, and all the necessary things will be done to ensure that persons who
need to get out is in a position to do so.
Our shelters, our shelters is seen now more than 25,000 Jamaicans. And since last night, more persons have been going into the shelters, and
especially in the parishes that have been badly affected, a lot of homes have been destroyed. So, persons now are now going to the shelters.
We are going to be looking at a long-term basis as to how we are going to deal with the numbers. I want to say to all Shelter Managers, Parish
Disaster Coordinators and to the Municipal Corporations, no one must be turned back from the shelters. No one, and we are not contemplating in
closing any shelters no.
Once we have done the assessment and to see which shelters can be closed, we will do so. But for the remainder of this week, no shelters must be
closed. All shelters must remain open. We are now going to be moving, working now closely and based on the direction that has been given.
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To start now, to position ourselves to start to have relief supplies going out to the various areas, once those areas can be -- can be reached. It is
not going to be an easy road Jamaica. We have seen the extent of the damage. It is going to take a lot of time.
I know that person's patience is not going to last for much longer, because when you are in need, persons want us to break the rules. While we are
prepared to do everything to accommodate speedy response, we also have to be mindful of the protocols that exist and the fact that we have to be
accountable.
And we don't want to be accused of doing anything that is not within what the law requires us to do. I am quite sure that persons have waked up this
morning wondering what their future will be like. As I said yesterday, the government is here. We are committed. We have already started to put the
necessary things in place.
And within the next couple of hours, leading in tomorrow, you will see a lot more. And by late this afternoon, into tomorrow, a more comprehensive
report on the status of the country and where we are will be provided. But I can also assure you that during the day, if it needs be, we will provide
information as best as possible. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you, Minister. And this is the end of our press conference. As we end, we know that there are a lot of Jamaicans who are
hurting, who are displaced, who are concerned about their future. As Minister McKenzie said, no, we're here. The government is here. The entire
country is here, and we're going to rally behind all of those in Western Jamaica as we also pray for them and pray for this wonderful country that
we all love.
And so, we will see you again very soon. We'll put out a notice on when we have our next briefing, which will give you more information once you've
done the assessments across the country. Thank you, and as always, God bless Jamaica, land we love.
BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: All right, we have just been listening to Desmond McKenzie, who's the Minister of Local Government in
Jamaica, giving an early assessment of the damage caused by the catastrophic storm, Hurricane Melissa Category Five.
The first time a Category Five storm has hit the Island of Jamaica. We do know that the western part of the island was severely impacted. We had
heard earlier from the energy minister, who had said that they had been hoping to have the airport in Kingston, which is the eastern part of the
country, opened as soon as tomorrow, to have further assessment over the entire island.
And crucially, to be able to bring in a lot of aid that has been promised from numerous countries, including the United States. The U.S. has
committed rescue teams to Melissa's recovery efforts. Desmond McKenzie also said that shelters are now open. No one will be turned back from these
shelters. The assessments are ongoing. And he also noted that it's not going to be an easy road to recovery.
ASHER: You can actually just see -- I mean, this is an island that was totally hammered. You actually see buildings completely reduced to rubble
there.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah.
ASHER: Obviously, as you point out, Bianna, they're still assessing the level of damage, the level of destruction. But we knew it was going to be
bad. As you point out, this was one of the worst, the worst hurricanes to hit the island as a category five.
Meteorologist Chris Warren has more now on the Hurricane. He joins us live now from the Weather Center. So, one of the things that the Minister of
Local Government was saying was that, that no one is going to be turned away from the shelters, that at this point they will not close any
shelters.
Search and rescue operations at this point are still ongoing. But we know that there are a lot of people who didn't evacuate, a lot of people in low
lying areas. Chris, this is so sad who decided to ride it out in order to protect essentially, their homes and their property. Just give us your take
one day after this storm hit Jamaica?
CHRIS WARREN, METEOROLOGIST: Well, you said it that those that didn't evacuate, those that didn't get to a safer location Zain and Bianna. It's
not a problem if you're on the east side of the island.
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But if you were in the eye and you were in the path right where it was forecast to go and you didn't get out, we pray that it worked out OK. But
that is such a dangerous place to be. With just the images we've seen so far, you think about it too, some of the worst hit areas.
We might not even have seen pictures of that yet, though. So, this is the day after this is still trying to get a grand scope of what's going on in
Jamaica right now. But also, while we're still talking about Jamaica, I want to remind you of this right here.
You see Hurricane Melissa it's over Cuban in the Bahamas. But notice we don't see the clouds here, so with the sunshine, the heat, it is going to
feel like 100 degrees in Jamaica and without power, no air conditioning. That is tough. That is tough going here.
The humid air is hard to stay cool. People trying to recover and get things back together as fast and as best they can. But what we're dealing with
right now with Hurricane Melissa still 100 mile per hour, Category Two Hurricane with gusts up to 120 miles an hour.
And we're starting to see the winds take up a little bit in the Bahamas. Now, with the land of Cuba and the mountains of Cuba, that really disrupts
a hurricane. The water is the fuel for the storms and the mountains, in any land mass, in this case, large island here, Cuba disrupts the circulation.
And hurricane is a bunch of thunderstorms that work as a one unit, as a system. So that disrupts that. Now that that circulation is getting back
over water, would expect to see a little bit better organization here in the coming day -- coming hours, I should say, so likely to stay a category
two hurricane as it moves across the Bahamas, with 105 mile per hour winds expected.
And you can see here the wind field covering a lot of the Southern Bahamas, even some tropical storm force winds and maybe even some hurricane gusts in
the Turks and Caicos. And it's not going to be until overnight tonight that the wind moves out.
The rain will move out a little bit earlier, but you can see the winds that wind field last a little bit longer, even after the rain goes. And then
Zain and Bianna, the Island of Bermuda, once again, will be threatened by another passing hurricane.
GOLODRYGA: Unbelievable. No relief in sight there. And I just think about those ominous words from that government spokesperson saying this is not
going to be an easy road to recovery and that it will take a very long time. These are the early hours in the post Hurricane Melissa assessment
now of just the damage that has been leveled across the island, in particular the western part of the island.
Hurricane Melissa, as we have just heard, is now en route to hit Havana, a slower hurricane now a category two. Patrick Oppmann is in Havana for us.
And again, category two, not as catastrophic as category five, still carrying it with winds north of 100 miles per hour in a lot of rain. How is
the Island of Cuba preparing for this?
PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, I'm on the eastern end of the Island Cuba's second largest city, Santiago De Cuba. We got hit very hard
last night. It was a category three. It was not as powerful as the storm we saw in Jamaica, but still a major hurricane.
It is brought down walls, trees, ripped off roofs. People here expected it to be a powerful storm, and they certainly were not surprised by what
happened, although, when we thought it might be a category four or five, that's where you could see catastrophic damage.
And so, the city here has survived that. But it's still without power. It's now been probably 18 hours without power, and it gets a little dicey,
because food can begin to spoil. People do not have enough water or food at this point. So, while -- you know we talking to people, they are relieved
it wasn't worse, it was still pretty bad, and they are concerned about the government's response to this, how soon they will get food.
From here the storm has been cutting across Cuba all day. It has caused devastation other parts of Cuba, to the west of us. And then it's expected
to go out into the Bahamas as a weaker storm. It's going to probably take days, if not longer, to fully get a sense of how much damage it's done here
in Cuba.
This is an impoverished part of this country, the eastern part of this country, already the blackouts here on a daily basis. There's shortages
here. The infrastructure is pretty much reduced. It's not been updated in the years. The damage that Melissa has brought here is simply going to make
all those problems so much worse.
GOLODRYGA: All right, Patrick Oppmann, thank you so much.
ASHER: Thank you, Patrick. All right, in just a matter of hours, President Donald Trump is set to take part in what could be one of the most
consequential meetings since his return to the White House.
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GOLODRYGA: Now he's expected to hold a high stakes Summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea amid a bruising trade war between the
world's two largest economies that has rattled global markets. But after progress on a deal framework over the weekend, President Trump now appears
optimistic.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: I think we're going to have a deal. I think it'll be a good deal for both, and that's
really a great result. You know, that's better than fighting and going through all sorts of problems.
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ASHER: Yeah, there's a lot to talk about here. Because, yes, of course, the upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping Ivan, but also, on top of that, the
progress that has been made on a trade deal with South Korea. But also, the fact that President Trump reached out to Kim Jong-Un and essentially did
not hear back. Just wrap up, if you will, this tour of Asia so far, Ivan Watson.
IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A flurry of diplomacy. The South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has been lavishing President Trump
with compliments, calling him a peacemaker, having him be the guest of honor at a dinner where Trump wines were served from the winery owned by
one of Trump's sons.
Wearing a gold-colored tie, gold-colored desserts, giving him Korea's highest honor. And then a trade deal essentially agreed upon, according to
a top aide to the South Korean President, that would lower the tariffs that the White House had imposed on South Korean cars exported to the U.S. to 15
percent.
That's even to what it is with Japan, Japanese car exports. And pledges that South Korea would invest about $150 billion into ship building in the
U.S., and up to $20 billion a year in cash as well, to the tune of $200 billion here. So, a lot of movement on that front. And then some pledges
when it comes to security, that South Korea is going to ramp up its defense spending. Take a listen.
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LEE JAE MYUNG, SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT: I know that it is important to continue to lessen your burden military and defense burden for us, so we
will continue to increase our military spending.
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WATSON: And the South Koreans have been asking something in return. They would like to have help from the U.S. to build nuclear powered submarines,
not armed, but powered submarines to keep pace with North Korea's submarines and China's submarines.
We'll see what happens on that front perhaps? When it comes to North Korea, that meeting not apparently going to take place. The North Koreans don't
seem to have responded to the various entreaties that Trump has made, and he's basically acknowledged that and said, OK, well, the big focus of this
trip, maybe we'll do North Korea and Kim Jong-Un another time.
The big focus of this will be tomorrow's expected meeting with Xi Jinping, Leader of the world's second largest economy, with whom the U.S. has been
embroiled in a trade war. We have heard positive signals from both the Chinese and U.S. trade delegations that were meeting in Malaysia just last
weekend.
But it will come down to what happens when these two leaders come face-to- face. Trump has not seen Xi Jinping in person since 2019 during his first term in office.
ASHER: Ivan Watson, live for us there. Thank you so much.
GOLODRYGA: Well, the Trump Administration is significantly escalating its campaign against what it's calling maritime drug trafficking.
ASHER: Yeah, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military struck four more boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 14 people
on board with one survivor. The latest operation brings the total to nearly 60 killed in more than a dozen U.S. strikes since early September in both
the Pacific and the Caribbean.
But the Pentagon has yet to provide any evidence of drugs on the boats or the identities of those killed.
GOLODRYGA: The CIA, meantime, is also conducting covert operations inside Venezuela, as White House officials privately acknowledge, the goal is to
drive President Nicolas Maduro from power. And we're now learning about actions taken during Donald Trump's first term against the Venezuelan
Leader, which involved the CIA as well. CNN's Katie Bo Lillis has more.
KATIE BO LILLIS, CNN REPORTER: What my colleagues and I have learned is that in the final year of the president's first term, the CIA conducted a
cyber-attack on Venezuela that disabled the computer network used by the Venezuelan intelligence services, and that attack was perfectly successful,
our sources told us.
But what our sources also said was that within the CIA the attack was seen as something of a throw away. It was an effort by CIA Leaders to try to
give the White House what it wanted. Aggressive action to pressure on Venezuelan Leader Nicolas Maduro, who the administration wanted to oust
without going too far up the escalation ladder.
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Throughout Trump's first term, when the administration backed Maduro's opposition, they tried to use diplomatic and economic measures to force out
Maduro. Trump repeatedly asked for military options to escalate that pressure, but he and his officials routinely felt like they were basically
being given the run around by officials at the Pentagon and the CIA, who our sources tell us were reluctant to take the kind of direct action that
Trump wanted to explore.
That matters now, Kate, because it helps underscore the massive military buildup that we're seeing in the Caribbean. The administration has
characterized it as being solely about Counter Narcotics, and the only action it's taken to date has been to blow up civilian boats that it says
are carrying drugs.
But given Trump's past interest in pushing out Maduro, the size and the scope of this build up have really kind of raised the specter of a
potential regime change operation. And we spoke to one former administration official who put it this way.
He said that the lesson Trump likely took from his first term was that he would not be stymied by his own national security bureaucracy this time,
essentially, I told these guys I wanted the military option in 2018 and 2019 they didn't give me one. I want a real one now.
ASHER: All right, Israel says it will resume the U.S. backed ceasefire in Gaza after the deadliest day in the shattered enclave since the truce
began. Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 104 people, including dozens of children. We're hearing that from health officials in Gaza.
GOLODRYGA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he approved the strikes because Hamas had killed an Israeli soldier and allegedly staged
the discovery of a deceased hostage. Hamas denies these claims.
ASHER: Speaking to reporters earlier, the U.S. President Donald Trump said, in his words, nothing is going to jeopardize the ceasefire.
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TRUMP: Loss is a very small part of peace in the Middle East. And they have to behave. They're on the rough side, but they said they would be good, and
if they're good, they're going to be happy, and if they're not good, they're going to be terminated. Their lives will be terminated.
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ASHER: CNN's Jeremy Diamond is live for us in Tel Aviv. So, this was the deadliest day since the ceasefire actually began. It really underscores
just how fragile it is. You have the IDF reiterating that any kind of violations of the ceasefire by Hamas will be met with force, Jeremy?
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, that's exactly right. And now both the Israeli military and Hamas say that the ceasefire is in
effect, that they're both committed to this ceasefire going forward. You know, that's going to be a very little consolation to the families of the
more than 100 Palestinians who were killed overnight after Israel unleashed a punishing series of airstrikes in Gaza.
Of those more than 100 people who were killed, nearly half of them, 46 were children, according to Gaza's health ministry. And in footage that I've
been watching all morning today, of people arriving at hospitals, people being pulled out of the rubble, it's just striking how many children are
once again among the dead and the wounded.
And this is the price that they are paying, despite having no say in any alleged violations of this ceasefire agreement. And indeed, Israel said
that it unleashed these airstrikes in Gaza yesterday after accusing Hamas of killing an Israeli soldier in an attack that took place in the southern
part of the Gaza Strip just yesterday.
Hamas, for its part, said it had no connection to those militants. Wasn't aware of that attack. And then additionally, there was this drone video
that the Israeli military released showing Hamas militants appearing to stage the discovery and the recovery of the remains of a deceased hostage.
You actually see them in this video pulling this white shroud out from a building, then putting it in this large hole that's been dug up and
covering it with dirt before, you know, appearing to discover it moments later.
The Israeli government has said that that proves that Hamas has access to more remains of deceased hostages than they have been letting on and says
that this is a violation of this agreement. We've now learned that Hamas has recovered additional remains of deceased hostages.
And of course, whether or not Hamas returns those deceased hostages in a timely manner will be a very strong indication of whether this ceasefire
agreement is truly back on track. There's no question that it is incredibly fragile at this moment.
We are hearing from various mediating countries involved, saying that they hope this deal gets back on track. President Trump, as you just heard, has
basically backed Israel's decision to carry out these strikes, but also making clear that he wants the ceasefire to stay in effect.
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One key meeting to look out for is on Friday. The U.S. Military Chief of Staff, General Kane, is expected to arrive in Israel, just the latest of a
series of top U.S. officials arriving here to show the U.S.'s commitment to this ceasefire and to work through some of the very tricky implementation
of it going forward.
ASHER: All right, Jeremy Diamond, live for us. Thank you. You're watching "One World". Just ahead, thousands of civilians are forced from their homes
in Sudan's brutal civil war. We have details for you coming up on that.
GOLODRYGA: Plus, borrowing money could get a little cheaper. The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates again, despite having only
limited insight into the current state of the U.S. economy, we'll explain.
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ANTONIA MORTENSEN, CNN SENIOR PRODUCER: Plus, we're about to give you a sneak peek of this Olympic Village, where all the athletes competing here
in Milan will be staying.
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ASHER: In exactly 100 days the Winter Olympics kicks off in Italy, taking you to Milan, where final preparations are underway.
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ASHER: A raid that is being called the largest police action in Rio De Janeiro's history has left 64 people dead.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah, some 2500 police officers and military personnel were involved in the operation targeting the criminal gang known as Red Command.
The raid took place in a Favela, one of Rio's poorest neighborhoods. Authorities say at least 80 people were arrested, and the criminal gang
used drones to fire projectiles at officers.
ASHER: Yeah, with more on this, let's bring in Priscila Yazbek of CNN, Brazil. Priscila, I mean, the scale and the scope of this is something
really you don't see every day. We're talking about 2500 police officers, one of the largest raids ever for Brazil. Just walk us through what
happened here.
PRISCILA YAZBEK, CNN BRASIL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Zain and Bianna. It's great to be with you. So, these operations were ordered by the Governor of the
State of Rio Claudio Castro, and he said that his main objective was to stop the expansion of Commando Vermilion, or Red Command, that is the
largest, the second largest organization, criminal organization, in Brazil.
So, this was the main objective. And he said that the federal government abandoned Rio in this operation. But after he said this, our Ministry of
Justice said that he was not informed officially that the State of Rio needed the help from the government -- of the government -- the Lula
government of the federal government.
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And so, sources that spoke -- have spoken to CNN Brazil, told us that they say that this could be an operation with political objectives, as Claudio
Castro is an ally of the Former President Jair Bolsonaro, and he is a potential candidate for the Sen -- the Senate elections for next year, and
he was behind the polls.
And so, this is one important aspect of this issue. The other important discussion is about security in Brazil and public safety. And so, the
experts say that this kind of raid, they have been tested before, and they are not an effective strategy against crime in Brazil.
And this happens because this kind of organization, they are connected with like politics and big business. So, what they say that is, this kind of
raid, they are not effective. And just to give some numbers for you, according to some institutes, independent institutes in Brazil.
We have 23 million Brazilians live in areas under the influence of armed groups. And 3 million people are forced to pay fees to these groups for
their own security or for access to basic service. So, this structure of the crime now organizations is the root problem that we have in Brazil
nowadays.
ASHER: All right, CNN's Brazil Correspondent Priscila Yazbek live for us. Thank you so much.
GOLODRYGA: The U.N. says thousands of civilians are fleeing violence, and El Fasher, the Capital of Sudan's North Darfur Region, following the city's
capture by the paramilitary rapid support forces.
ASHER: Yeah, the -- of the civil war between the RSF and the army has created what the U.N. has called the world's biggest humanitarian crisis.
The RSF militia is accused of ethnically motivated killings hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes.
And Doctors Without Borders say most of the children involved have been displaced in recent days are acutely malnourished. We're right back with
more after this short break.
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ASHER: All right, welcome back to "One World". I'm Zain Asher.
GOLODRYGA: And I'm Bianna Golodryga. Here from the international headlines, we're watching today.
ASHER: The Hurricane Melissa has now weakened to a category two strength after slamming into Cuba -- after slamming into Cuba. Trump has spoken also
about a potential third term, saying that he's not going to rule it out.
In addition to that, Amazon is talking about investing in South Korea, and we also know that the Federal Reserve is planning to announce an interest
rate decision at 02:00 p.m. today. Joining us live now is Justin Wolfers to talk about all of that and more.
We are expecting this federal decision to come at 02:00 p.m. today. Justin, thank you so much for being with us. Just walk us through what we can
expect, because a lot of people have been saying, of course, they expect the Fed to cut interest rates. However, one of the major issues is the
government shutdown means that there hasn't really been as much data for Jerome Powell to go on here.
JUSTIN WOLFERS, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: It's all so exciting, isn't it, Zain? Happy Fed Day and happy Fed
Day to all our viewers. You're right. Like trying to make policy in a moment when we don't have economic data would normally be a pretty tough
task.
And that's why it's actually useful to put this one into a little bit of context, which is, if you go back a year or two, the Fed had its foot on
the brake. It was trying to reduce inflation. And so, all it's doing right now is it's taking its foot off the brake and moving us back to neutral.
So, that's the sort of thing you might want to do, whether you had a lot of data saying that the economy is doing OK, or whether you had no data, and
you had no idea. This lack of data is going to be a real problem in future fed meetings when it has to decide, right we're coasting now, what do we
need to do next? Put our foot on the gas or put our foot on the brake?
GOLODRYGA: Much up in the air, though, still Justin, without the government shutdown and the uncertainty that looms around that. And we did hear from
Jay Powell saying that there's no risk-free path.
From your perspective, though, which risk is greater at this point to start stepping off the brake and cutting interest rates now more aggressively,
especially given the concerns about the labor market or maintaining a foot on the brake, with concerns that inflation still remains stubbornly high?
WOLFERS: That's the only sort of question an economist ever gets. Which of these risks do you worry more about? What bad flavor are you concerned more
about? Look, I'm honestly worried about both. We have seen the economy is slowing. It's slowing quite dramatically.
Just before the government cut off its data, we saw the labor market slowing, and subsequently, the few indicators that we have suggests it may
be slowing even further. And worse than that, we're entering this dark data, free fog, just at a moment when the tariffs seem to be hitting and
hitting pretty hard.
So, I worry desperately that unemployment is rising. It's already risen a full percentage point out over the last year or two. And the question is,
could the economy slow even just a little bit more? If it does, then we're on the cusp of a recession.
Yet we have inflation around about 3 percent right now, well above the Fed's target of 2 percent and a whole lot of inflation reaction in the air,
with a lot of the tariffs currently being eaten by corporations, but they're going to feed those through to prices over the next few months. And
so honestly, it's a very, very difficult see to navigate right now.
ASHER: Yeah, so based on everything you've said, specifically on inflation, you know, not exactly, of course, where the Fed wants it to be right now,
not at that 2 percent target. How much room does the Fed actually have to maneuver here Justin?
WOLFERS: Yes. So, there's a very deep economic question here, and let me try to make the point to viewers directly. Normally, what we do is, when
there's high inflation, we say, look out. Let's slam our foot on the brake. There's a specific kind of shock called a supply shock. A supply shock is
when something happens that raises the cost of business, that, of course, causes them to raise prices, and that causes inflation.
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Tariffs are a supply shock. Now the textbook over my right shoulder there says, when there's a supply shock, just don't worry about it, because what
will happen is businesses will raise their prices, that will cause temporary inflation, but once they've raised their prices, there's no more
reason for them to continue raising prices.
So, inflation, the rate of change of prices, will go back to normal. So, the Fed could hope, just look through what's going on right now and hope
things go back to normal. It tried a little bit of that during the pandemic, and it didn't work out so well. So really, the question is, how
much courage does the Fed have to believe that whatever inflation is coming is, let's use a word we heard a couple of years ago, transitory?
GOLODRYGA: And we do have some new Fed Board Governors who I would imagine may be voting differently as than others to have some of them, two of them,
or three of them now Trump appointed. So, we'll see again, this one sort of believed to be baked in the cake. It's a matter what's going to happen next
month, in December at that meeting. Justin Wolfers, good to see you. Thank you.
ASHER: Thank you, Justin. Appreciate it. All right, threats against synagogues in the U.S. have led to an arrest. Coming up more on the suspect
and what authorities are saying as well.
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GOLODRYGA: A man has been arrested after authorities say that threats were made against several synagogues in the United States.
ASHER: Yeah, officials say the threats targeted synagogues in Alabama and the surrounding states. The FBI and other agencies were alerted and were
able to thwart the alleged plot.
GOLODRYGA: For more on this, let's bring in CNN's Brynn Gingras. And Brynn, if we need any more proof of why, every single Jewish institution in
synagogue in this country has at least one police officer, an armed police officer, standing outside of this is because of concerns and reality,
sadly, just like this one.
BRYNN GINGRAS, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, I was just going to say realities. They just keep happening. And that's, of course, what the
ADL is even reporting the most it's seen since it started recording incidents of anti-Semitism.
Now Bianna, of course, I don't need to tell you about that. You wrote a book on the topic, but that man you were just looking at that was Jeremy
Allen Shoemaker, 33-years-old. He is now in custody in Alabama on local charges, though, we know from sources that the FBI has been called into
this, and they are hoping to get some federal charges.
So, we're going to keep an eye out for that. Now, it's unclear guys how authorities got a wind of what was going on or what was possibly going to
happen? But thank God they did.
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What we're learning is a tip did come in somehow, some way, and authorities acted on that tip. Basically, was saying that Shoemaker allegedly was going
to do an attack against synagogues, not only in Alabama, but surrounding states also on public officials. And they carried out a search warrant of
his home.
And inside, what they found inside his home was really, quite honestly, alarming. There was a suitcase of ammunition. There was body armor. It's
unclear how authorities got wind of the fact that, allegedly, he was wanting to not be arrested. He actually wanted to take his own life before
being in custody, but that also was released by authorities.
So again, right now this person is in custody. There is a hope federal charges will come because of the nature of these alleged plans. But thank
goodness again, for authorities who acted on this quickly, and hopefully we'll learn more as the days come guys.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah, for sure. Thanks goodness if they caught him in advance. Brynn Gingras, thank you so much.
ASHER: Thank you, Brynn.
GOLODRYGA: We'll be right back with more.
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GOLODRYGA: Zain has had two sleepless nights now. What a World Series being --
ASHER: Where she is going --
GOLODRYGA: -- it has been.
ASHER: -- looking at you like.
GOLODRYGA: Being a little bit sarcastic. The one sport that Zain isn't into yet is baseball. We'll get you there, because it was another nail biter
Tuesday night as the Toronto --
ASHER: Amazing marathon runners -- Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: OK. Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. I deserve that. Heads to a pivotal game five tonight.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For the 19th and Yamamoto. There's a fly ball to deep left center field headed back there. It is gone.
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GOLODRYGA: All right, that is Vladimir Guerrero Junior's two run homer off Dodger Superstar Shohei Otani that helped give the Jays a 6-2 game four-win
last night at Dodger Stadium, 18 innings, I believe.
ASHER: Now, the teams are tied at two games apiece now with all eyes on game five in LA tonight to fans, both teams are batting a thousand. Here's
Andy Scholes with the highlights.
ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Well, Zain and Bianna you know, I'm still recovering from that game three marathon, so I can't imagine how the
players were doing going into game four. But tell you what?
Nothing seems to faze these Toronto Blue Jays. They were down in the ALCS time and time again. Always found a way to fight back. They did it yet
again in game four. And the celebrities were out last night for this one Brad Pitt, LeBron, Sidney, Sweeney, Prince Harry and Meghan all in
attendance to see Shohei Otani on the mound.
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And he had a 1-0 lead in the third when Jay Slugger, VLA Guerrero Jr., came to the plate and gets a hold of this one. That's his seventh home run of
the postseason. It was the first home run Otani has allowed since August 27th.
Now, Otani pitched into the seventh inning, but he left the game with runners on. And then the Jays once again getting to that Dodgers bullpen.
They score four runs in the inning. Toronto wins 6-2 to even the series at two games apiece. And here was Lou Jay's Manager, John Schneider, bouncing
back the loser that long game three.
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JOHN SCHNEIDER, TORONTO BLUE JAYS MANAGER: I feel really good about this team every night. You know what I mean? It's hard to play 18 innings and
come back and kind of flip the narrative against a very talented team and a very talented individual and Shohei Otani on the mound. I feel really good
about just us, you know, focusing on tomorrow's game.
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SCHOLES: So, the World Series is now a best of three. And game five is going to be tonight in LA. It's going to be a rematch of game one Starters
on the Mound. Blake Snell for the Dodgers, and then you got 22-year-old rookie Trey Yesavage going for the Blue Jays.
And, you know, Zain and Bianna, yeah sometimes in baseball teams, they just have that team of destiny feel to them and this Blue Jay squad. I mean,
they could have decided to not fight back so many times this postseason, but every single time, they have found a way, and now they're two wins away
from completing an incredible run to a World Series Title, and they know they're going to get to head back to Toronto for a game six.
GOLODRYGA: You can't wait for that.
ASHER: Counting down, counting down the minutes. All right --
GOLODRYGA: I don't take it back --
ASHER: -- just you wait.
GOLODRYGA: You know what my son tells me all of this because I don't actually follow baseball either. That's the trick here.
ASHER: I follow baseball like all the time.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Well, from the boys of summer to the Winter Olympics, 100 days to go, as final preparations get underway across eight locations
hosting the games in Northern Italy.
ASHER: CNN's Antonia Mortensen takes a closer look at the new Olympic Village in the land designed to be an asset and leave a lasting legacy
after the games end.
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MORTENSEN (voice-over): Countdown to the 25th Edition of the Winter Olympics is on. Preparations are in full swing in Northern Italy, where the
games will be spread across eight locations, with major hubs in Milan, Cortina and across the Dolomites. Indoor sports competitions like Ice
Hockey and Skating will be held here in Milan, while outdoor disciplines will be spread across the mountain resorts.
MORTENSEN: We're about to give you a sneak peek of this Olympic Village where all the athletes competing here in Milan will be staying.
MORTENSEN (voice-over): This newly completed village has thousand rooms with 1700 beds. This development is part of a larger redevelopment project
in the Porta Romana area of Milan.
MORTENSEN: There is a real lack of affordable housing here in Milan, and that's because prices have shot up over the last few years. This
development has been built with that in mind, so that when the games finish, this will become student housing.
LUCA MANGI, COIMA GENERAL MANAGER: All the square is empty because this is a request for Fonda Seminar and Cortina, because they need to have the free
space during the Olympic Games and after, when we complete the Olympic Games, we complete all the external works with the landscaping and the
trees.
MORTENSEN: OK, so now we're going to see where the athletes are going to be staying.
MANGI: This is the first room. This is a double room.
MORTENSEN: So, this is the furniture that the athletes will be sleeping on?
MANGI: Yes, exactly no temporary beds, but final and solid.
MORTENSEN: It's pretty comfortable actually.
MORTENSEN (voice-over): This is one of the first venues to be completed, and after the games, it will become Italy's largest student housing
development. Organizers say that the other venues are also on track.
KIRSTY COVENTRY, INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT: We were earlier at the Ice -- what will be the home of Ice Hockey, and it was really
wonderful to see the fast pace and the progression, and now we're here in this beautiful venue that is making me want to become a winter athlete.
So, the venue, the rooms, are beautiful. Even more importantly, the legacy of the venue for student housing, which I know is so important for Milano,
it's incredible. So, we're looking forward to walking back in in a few months, seeing all the country's flags out the windows.
MORTENSEN (voice-over): The online booking system for students is already open for the 2026/27 academic year, and rent will be significantly below
the market average. Organizers hoping that the games will leave a positive legacy on this fast-growing city. Antonia Mortensen, CNN Milan.
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GOLODRYGA: All right, well, from Italy to Switzerland, which takes the business of cheese very seriously.
ASHER: Yeah, Raclette comes from a French word, meaning scrape. It's a traditional Swiss dish made from melted cheese. The Raclette World
Championships brought cheese makers from 13 countries together in Switzerland.
Judges ranked five categories of cheeses in the competition, including varieties made from raw and pasteurized cow's milk, as well as milk from
sheep and goat, all vying to scrape together the heartiest, most delicious meal possible. You a cheese fan?
GOLODRYGA: You know, not really.
ASHER: You --
GOLODRYGA: Am I making faces --
ASHER: Making a face to say like oh, yeah --
GOLODRYGA: I guess a different type of sport, scraping. All right. Stay with us. We'll have more "One World" after the break.
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