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Zelenskyy: Need 10 Percent of U.S. Patriot to Beat Russian Strikes; Zelenskyy to CNN: Sell Ukraine 10 Percent of U.S. Patriot and "We Will Destroy All the Russian Ballistic Missiles"; Israeli Intel on Iran Sparked Plane Switch, Despite Some Skepticism; Stories of Rescue & Heartbreak after Devastating Earthquake; Conflicting Accounts after I.C.E. Agent Points Gut at Woman. Aired 11-11:30a ET
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ZAIN ASHER, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: All right, coming to you live from New York. I'm Zain Asher. Bianna is off today. You are watching "One World".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he could destroy all of Russia's ballistic missiles if he had 10 percent of the U.S. Patriot
missile stockpile.
In a new interview with CNN, he says Ukraine needs 5 percent just to get through the end of this year. We have been tracking a sharp rise in Russian
ballistic missile attacks. They've claimed hundreds of civilian lives over the past few months. Zelenskyy says that he is following up with the White
House daily after Donald Trump said that Washington would give Ukraine a license to produce Patriot interceptors.
But days later, the U.S. President said that he was actually unsure about that. If Zelenskyy manages to get an agreement to buy 10 percent of U.S.
Patriots, he would have to overcome another major obstacle because of America's ongoing war with Iran, there is now a global shortage of the
missiles.
Nick Paton Walsh has been speaking directly with President Zelenskyy. He joins us live now from Kyiv. So, Nick, much of this interview that you had
with President Zelenskyy really centered on his concerns about the lack of air defense interceptors and really how Russia has been exploiting that.
NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, I mean in Kyiv here the atmosphere has radically changed in the past weeks
from a place where people would ignore air raid sirens where they run to subways and shelter because regularly on many of the nights across Ukraine,
we see what seems to be no interceptions.
There is a global shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles, the one thing that can take down some of these Russian ballistic missiles. And President
Zelenskyy's interview here devoted really trying to explain the mechanics of their need and the urgency of it.
And indeed, the extraordinary fact of a wartime president every morning having to make phone calls to partners, to allies, to simply do what they
can, to bargain in ways that he can to get more of those interceptors. Here's what he said.
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WALSH: Are you out of interceptors now? Do you have none left?
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT: No. I will explain you how it works. So, this year we have 2.5 times less interceptors than we had in
2025 first. Russia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before. We pay 100 percent to Americans.
I have the package from the United States, and then my personal involvement. It doesn't work either way. It's my personal talks, meetings,
and phones, phone calls, EJ, with everybody. I try to exchange something to missiles.
This year, I'm asking American partners to sell me 5 percent. 5 percent of missiles, what they have in their stocks. If they sell us 5 percent we will
go through the winter and save people' lives. If they can sell us 10 percent, we will destroy all the Russians' ballistic missiles.
WLASH: And has that request been answered yet? Have you had a clear indication as to whether the --?
ZELENSKYY: And the answer is for today is next. I have 1 percent. This is in what I live each day, from 1 percent to 5 percent I have some, you know,
some months and million phone calls and anything else. What can I do? I do some things which I can't even share. It's not -- it doesn't mean that it's
out of the law. No, but it's. I can't speak about it.
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WALSH: It's important to bring home what this means here. That tonight or any night in the future, when they expect another massive Russian ballistic
missile attack, we're talking dozens that would potentially overwhelm even functioning air defenses. The lack of Patriot interceptors here outlined
there means people will likely lose their lives.
Now we have, since that interview was broadcasted, received a response essentially to it from a White House official, and it's not good news here
by any stretch of the imagination. And it's worth hearing it in its entirety. It says we must prioritize protecting the U.S. exquisite weapon
systems and expanding overall production for the U.S. warfighter and our partners and allies.
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That the U.S. government is currently exploring potential pathways for future defense industrial cooperation with Ukraine, but no specific
cooperation initiatives have been decided upon or guaranteed at this stage. Remember, President Trump had offered or said he would give a license to
Ukraine to manufacture their own Patriot interceptors.
And then there seems to have been some concern from the U.S. manufacturers that would leave Ukraine with cheaper, better alternatives. And then
President Trump later expressed doubt about that particular idea. That statement suggests this is certainly not agreed, if not entirely on hold,
and continues to say it is critical that all future industrial cooperation prioritize the security of U.S. technology. That makes a license seem
somewhat distant.
Now, remember that statement. It's important because in response to that direct plea, when President Zelenskyy says he has directly, indirectly, and
through allies daily been asking the United States for more of these urgently needed Patriot interceptors, that essentially their response is
something close to a no.
No sign in that statement that ground is being made in terms of a more urgent supply here. So, whatever you land in terms of Ukraine's need to
defend itself or need to receive aid, it is pretty clear that the urgent plea you heard there from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has
essentially been met with a statement that suggests licensed cooperation is far off.
And the United States is prioritizing its interests in what is clearly a global shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles, sparked ultimately by the
Trump Administration's decision to launch a war with Israel against Iran, that caused Gulf allies to use dozens, often in taking down low-cost
Iranian drones, and the U.S. to use much of its stocks in its own defense. A startling moment, really.
But to remind you, the impact is not in the discussion we're having here, or the putative notion of what defense production can or can't do, or what
strategic priorities should be. It will be tonight or nights ahead felt here, when people have to run to the subway to sleep there, because the air
defenses, they've relied upon for years are gone, Zain.
ASHER: Nick, thank you so much for that important point about how all of this is affecting ordinary civilian life there in Ukraine. Nick Paton
Walsh, appreciate it. All right, six months into the war, and as the International Energy Agency warns of diminishing global oil stockpiles the
U.S. and Iran are making competing claims over who controls the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald Trump insists the critical waterway is open and under U.S. control. Iran's Foreign Minister calls that fake news and even worse, fake
intelligence. Another top Iranian official says Iran is gaining experience as the war drags on. An adviser to Iran's Revolutionary Guard says that
Tehran could just prolong the war with the U.S. until Donald Trump is out of office.
The heated rhetoric comes as Tehran demands compensation. Bordet says decades of pollution in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. On Wednesday,
a thick oil slick washed up on a beach around Iran's Hashim Island near the Strait of Hormuz, according to video geo located by CNN.
Elsewhere in the Gulf, in the Persian Gulf, Oman says oil from a tanker under sanctions carrying Russian crude has contaminated up to 40 kilometers
of coastline. The spill is threatening beaches and important sea turtle nesting grounds.
Dramatic scenes in the West Bank as Israeli troops crack down on settlers who set up an outpost in front of a Palestinian home. The troops used tear
gas to try to remove the settlers. It's not clear if they disperse. The Israeli military has faced increasing pressure to stop settlers from
carrying out rogue land seizures. A Palestinian resident talks about how the situation is affecting her family.
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RUQAYA HASSAN ABU REEDA, HOUSE BESEIGED BY ISRAELI SETTLERS: The settlers established an outpost close to the house, around six meters. Since that day, we have been subjected to daily attacks by settlers during
the day and night, and harassment on the road.
They tried to cut off water and electricity networks many times. We fix it, and they recut it again two days later, as well as attacking the workers
who come to do the maintenance work.
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ASHER: Settler violence in the West Bank has surged since the war in Gaza began. All right, with each passing day, we're learning extraordinary new
details about Donald Trump's secretive flight out of Turkey last month, and what may have prompted the elaborate ruse.
The intelligence that Iran was planning to assassinate the president during his flight home on Air Force One came from Israel, but some U.S. officials
were skeptical and viewed the threat as low confidence, suggesting Israel might be trying to perhaps influence Trump's decision making in the war.
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We're also learning Richard Trump's close personal aides joined the president on the alternate plan, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
and Natalie Harp. Meantime, the two cabinet secretaries left behind on Air Force One, Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent, along with Deputy Chief of Staff
Stephen Miller, did know that the president had switched planes.
But most passengers on that flight, including the White House press pool, were not aware of the possible threat to their lives. CNN's Kevin Liptak
joins us live now from the White House. So, Kevin, I do want to talk about the source of this apparent threat to the president's life that it came
from Israel.
Obviously, the threat must have been credible enough for the Secret Service to essentially devise this elaborate ruse and you know make him switch
planes and that sort of thing. Do we know what the intelligence that Israel had was actually based on?
KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: We don't know specifically where they got this information. And the way this all kind of unfolded is
that Israel had come to the CIA with this information that Iran had been planning an attack or an attempt on President Trump's life.
That information at the time was vague. It didn't come up with any particular specifics. And American officials at the time did view it
somewhat skeptically, in part because it was a very sensitive moment in the Iran war. Remember, this is right around the time that the ceasefire was
collapsing.
President Trump was weighing whether or not to resume the full-scale conflict. And they thought that this was an attempt by Israel to influence
that decision making. So, they did view it somewhat skeptically, and many American officials did not think that it was entirely credible.
Now, after that information came through, the U.S. received its own intelligence about this potential threat involving a shoulder-launched
missile that could potentially be used to take down Air Force One. Again, the precise origin of that information isn't exactly known.
But it was somewhat more specific than what they had heard from the Israelis. But even that particular plot was viewed as somewhat implausible
by a number of security officials. In part because security was so tight around this NATO Summit. You know, there were tens of thousands of police
officers and security forces, many, many layers of security to get through both at the summit itself.
But also, at the airport. But as the Secret Service and as White House officials were trying to process all of these different streams of
information, they didn't really have a great deal of time to try and sort out what was entirely credible, what was real? What was Israeli influence
efforts, and what was just false information?
And in that span, they came up with this plan to put the president on that alternate plane. And so, it was kind of a combination of both conflicting,
very worrying intelligence, but intelligence that I don't think that they had a huge grasp on what its credibility was.
But also, a time crunch because the president had to get out of Turkey by that evening. And that is how they came up with this plan for the president
to get on the catering track and move planes. They did seem to think that the threat was great enough that they were going to muster fighter jets to
accompany both the plane that the president was actually on.
But also, the decoy plane that his cabinet secretaries, other staff members, and the press are on to get out of the country, which I think does
underscore that at least in their mind there was no margin for error here, and that the risk of sort of ignoring this and writing it off as uncredible
intelligence wasn't worth it. And that they were going to do everything they could to try and make sure everyone got out of there safely.
ASHER: All right Kevin Liptak, thank you for that. All right, still to come here on "One World", the critical window is closing in Colombia as
emergency crews race to find survivors following Monday's catastrophic earthquakes. A lot of loved ones there are praying for miracles.
Plus, video shows an I.C.E. agent pulling a gun on a woman in Virginia. How her account of what happened differs from what the government is saying.
That's next.
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ASHER: All right, Colombia's President says at least 265 people have been killed. Nearly 500 at this point remain missing after Monday's devastating
7.4 magnitude earthquake. And he stressed that, of course, finding survivors right now is the top priority. Rescuers are scrambling to find
people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Emergency teams made up of military state workers and volunteers, also including family members, hoping to find their loved ones who may be
trapped. And through it all, we see heartbreak as well as remarkable stories of survival emerging. CNN's David Culver reports from one of the
hardest hit areas.
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DAVID CULVER, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): We're headed now to a southern part of Cali, where we're told there are active
rescues underway, including just a few hours ago where someone was pulled out alive.
CULVER: You can hear people still right now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh yeah.
CULVER: Well, they won't. OK, he said you can still hear people, so let's go see. Just handed us masks. They said, please put these on because
they're worried about asbestos and anything else that's in the air that we're also seeing some of this dust.
We've been told what we're looking at here was an apartment building that was about four storeys high. You can see the rooftop pool, the blue tiles
over there, now about a story and a half up in the air. So, it has totally pancaked down, collapsing into the basement of this apartment complex.
CULVER (voice-over): Looking into the collapsed rubble, Harold Valencia recognizes something.
CULVER: You can see your dad's -- your dad's mattress.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A second, which is that one that he's showing right now.
CULVER: Have you heard anything? Is there any movement or anything?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've been here two days and that we don't hear anything here.
CULVER (voice-over): Harold flew in Tuesday from his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and he isn't the only one here doubling as a first
responder.
CULVER: And how old are the two people still missing, roughly?
JAVIER TABARES, VOLUNTEER: Late teens.
CULVER: Teenagers.
TABARES: Yes.
CULVER: And a brother and sister.
TABARES: Yep.
CULVER: How do you even process this moment?
TABARES: There's no way to process it. Like you don't process it. You just hear Dylan (ph). Like if you're home, maybe you may have to find some way
to cope with it. Like there's no time to process this type of stuff. Like you have to be here helping. Otherwise, there's nothing else to do.
CULVER (voice-over): Here in Cali, Colombia's third largest city, with a population roughly the size of Houston, Texas, even folks working at hotels
or taxi drivers even are splitting their day between their actual work and helping with rescues.
Motivated by scenes like this, a man handing off a baby boy from within the rubble, dust covered and struggling to breathe, but he's alive.
BRIAN OSORIO, HELPED RESCUE BABY: (FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
CULVER: You saw the baby's little head. He's not a first responder. He works in a bank, and he was just around the corner, and rushed down the
street where the collapse and rescue is still under way for several others. And he says he goes there and he hears (FOREIGN LANGUAGE). What did the
voice say?
OSORIO: (FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
CULVER: The voice says, I'm here. I'm here with a baby. Brian and several others immediately go in. Over the course of three to five minutes, they're
able to pull the baby out. (FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
OSORIO: (FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
CULVER: Stable condition right now as well as the dad.
OSORIO: (FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
CULVER: The only thing is that the mom is still missing.
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CULVER (voice-over): More than 130 miles north, we watched on for hours as this close-knit community dragged huge slabs of concrete from this
collapsed apartment in Pereira.
CULVER: All of these folks are volunteers.
CULVER (voice-over): Late in the evening, their hands reach the 32-year-old woman clinging to life. Her stepmother held vigil there for more than 24
hours. She tells us her daughter suffered heart failure and shattered nearly every bone imaginable, but says she's hopeful she'll make it.
From that same wreckage, someone's beloved pet also pulled out alive. Back here in Cali, this moment, reality briefly surfaces for Harold.
CULVER: You could tell in that moment Harold started to allow almost the reality of what he was looking at, the potential aftermath, to soak in, and
he had to push it away, almost compartmentalize a bit, so that he could then focus that and get back to work.
And looking at him from afar, when we first were pointed his direction, we assumed he was part of first responders or a work crew. I mean, he was
directing traffic and having essentially some of the workers follow some of his orders, so as to remove some of the large slabs of concrete.
Then it turns out that he, like so many we've met here, have just flown in and are not part of the experienced teams so much as are just here looking
for loved ones. He and many others have said, if you want to do it, you have to do it yourself sometimes, and they're doing just that. David
Culver, CNN, Cali, Columbia.
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ASHER: And for more information on how you can help those earthquake victims in Colombia, you can see a whole list of ways to give if you go to
our website cnn.com/impact. All right, turning now to a new I.C.E. controversy in the U.S. In a video that is calling into question claims
being made by the Department of Homeland Security on what happened when an I.C.E. agent essentially pulled a gun on a woman in Virginia earlier this
week.
Carolina Molina captured this video of the officer pointing a gun at her while she was in the passenger seat, or rather the driver seat of her car.
Molina, a licensed therapist, says that she was visiting immigration lawyers for work Monday when she saw agents handcuffing two Latino men.
On the video, she can be heard shouting insults at the agents. Footage from Molina's dashcam and phone show masked agents pulling up in the gray SUV
you see here, they're in front of her. One agent shouted at her, are you following us? And accused her of almost running them over, which Molina
vehemently denies.
For more on this, let's bring in our U.S. National Correspondent, Jason Carroll. So, Jason, obviously, this is part of a string, if you will, of
incidences involving drivers and I.C.E. agents interacting. Here, you have I.C.E. agents essentially pulling a gun on a woman and then also saying
that she was trying to perhaps run them over with her car. And video doesn't -- it just doesn't line up with what they're saying. Just walk us
through what we know, Jason.
JASON CARROLL, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Right, Zain. And as you say, in the United States, we've seen a string of these incidents involving
I.C.E. agents and people on the ground, sometimes with deadly results. In this situation, you've got two very different accounts of what happened
here.
You've got the Department of Homeland Security, which is saying that this woman, Carolina Molina, they are calling her a quote anti-I.C.E. agitator.
But on the other hand, you have Molina saying her camera, dash camera basically shows what happened here. Two very different accounts all
happened on Monday.
Molina was out. She says when she noticed that I.C.E. agents had taken two people into an unmarked car and handcuffed them. She was upset. She readily
admits that she shouted insults at these particular I.C.E. agents, and then she said that she turned her car and tried to drive away. That's when she
says that the I.C.E. agents tried to block her in with their cars, and her dashcam video picks up what happened next.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You almost ran us over.
CAROLINA MOLINA, RECORDED ENCOUNTER WITH ICE AGENTS: I didn't almost run you over.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You almost ran us over. Stop playing. Stop playing.
MOLINA: You're not funny.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're not funny.
MOLINA: You're not funny.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I will arrest you. Keep it up.
MOLINA: I'm a legal citizen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Keep it up. I don't care.
MOLINA: Oh, my goodness.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Keep it up.
MOLINA: OK. For what?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the one that tried to run --
MOLINA: Run you over when? I got recording. I got dash cam. I got dash cam. That's a lie.
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CARROLL: Now, you hear her there accusing the I.C.E. agents of lying, saying that she's got dash cam video showing exactly what happened. And
during a press briefing yesterday, Zain, she talked a little bit more about how she felt in that moment.
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MOLINA: There was a shock when I saw him pull in front of me and take the gun out because as he's walking up, the gun is already out. And then he
starts pointing it at me. So, as you can tell in the video, I said, are you really meaning, like, are you really doing this? Like, I can't really
believe it.
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CARROLL: Now, Zain, for its part, the Department of Homeland Security said, in part, the following: while I.C.E. was conducting targeted immigration
enforcement in Falls Church, Virginia, an anti-I.C.E. agitator began to drive her car in circles around our I.C.E. officers, and then attempted to
harm officers by weaponizing her vehicle against them all in an attempt to help illegal aliens get away.
Fearing for their safety, I.C.E. officers conducted a vehicle stop of the driver. Well, again, Molina says that simply is not true, and she says her
dash cam footage shows what actually happened, Zain.
ASHER: Yeah, obviously it makes you concerned about what could happen if there is no video. Yeah, lesson learned on that one. All right, Jason
Carroll, live for us in New York. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Stay with CNN. There is much more "One World" in about 30 minutes from now. "CNN
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