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ZAIN ASHER, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: Right, coming to you live from New York. I'm Zain Asher. This is "One World". Ahead on the show, A political
earthquake in Germany after a far-right party knocks a major victory in a state election. Why the win is sending reverberations across Europe.
And U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner are feeling encouraged after talks in Moscow and in Kyiv, but no sign yet of any breakthrough to end the war. And
five people are dead after a cargo plane overshot the runway in Florida. We are live on the scene with the latest on the investigation.
All right, German news magazine Der Spiegel has called him Germany's most dangerous man, and he and his party have just secured a stunning political
victory. A triumphant Ulrich Siegmund, the leading candidate of the far right AfD, celebrating the party's historic victory in the eastern region
of Saxony-Anhalt.
The AfD took 44 percent of the vote in Sunday's state election. It's the closest the German far right has ever come to governing a state since World
War II. However, the AfD fell short of an absolute majority. It's not clear yet whether their plan -- what their plan will be in terms of potential
coalition.
All mainstream parties rule out working with the AfD, which is classified as extremist by German intelligence. The country's chancellor had this to
say about the stunning results.
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FRIEDRICH MERZ, GERMAN CHANCELLOR: We are all deeply shocked. This outcome was not expected in this form. We must, of course, accept it. These are the
rules of our democracy. But yesterday, something changed not only in Saxony-Anhalt, but throughout Germany.
This election result will have repercussions. It also has repercussions on the international situation. Just look at who sent congratulations
yesterday.
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ASHER: Fred Pleitgen is in Berlin with more on what the result will mean for Germany. But first of all, Frederik, I just want to talk about the sort
of social -- we have Frederik Pleitgen with more on this story.
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: One of the things that we have to keep in mind is that the state that we're talking
about, Saxony-Anhalt, is a very small state. It only has about 2.1 million people living in that place, which is far less, for instance, than the
German capital of Berlin.
Nevertheless, the significance seems to be very high. And the Chancellor Friedrich Merz is absolutely right. There were people from around the world
watching that election, and certainly a lot of folks from the MAGA movement then also commenting on it as well.
It actually started with U.S. President Donald Trump, who reposted the election results on his Truth Social page, then you had Elon Musk
congratulating the AfD as well as several MAGA members of Congress. One of them being Representative Anna Paulina Luna, who congratulated the AfD,
saying that they were their friends.
And actually, I'm just seeing right now that the first comment to that post by Paulina Luna actually came from the Russian Chief Negotiator with the
United States, Kirill Dmitriev himself posting several clapping emoji hands under that post. And one of the things that we saw is that there were some
reactions coming in from Russia as well.
By the way, with Kirill Dmitriev himself reposting several stories about these elections, and then also saying that Germany did need to change its
course, and that Friedrich Merz has done a big disservice to Germany as far as the Russians were concerned.
Of course, Germany now in a big standoff with Russia. Friedrich Merz himself, by the way, he did say that of course he and his political party,
the Christian Democratic Union, take full responsibility for what happened. That they need to really reevaluate the course that they're taking.
I think one of the things that we shouldn't underestimate, watching all of this internationally, is the political shock waves that have been sent to
Berlin and through political Berlin by these election results in the state in Saxony-Anhalt. It certainly has been the fact for an extended period of
time that the Alternative for Germany, the AfD, has been by far the highest polling party in all polls over the past couple of months.
And there are several other state elections that are coming up where they are polling very highly as well. So, if you look at these state elections.
You're absolutely right. It's not clear whether or not they're going to be able to get the governorship. Nevertheless, the fact that they did manage
to get that large chunk of the vote.
They feel that they have the right to try and form a coalition and then try and push through a lot of their policies.
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And earlier today, Ulrich Siegmund, who was their main candidate for this election in Saxony-Anhalt. He talked about those elections results and what
they mean. Here's what he said.
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ULRICH SIEGMUND, AFD'S LEAD CANDIDATE IN SAXONY-ANHALT: This is the best result any party has achieved in Saxony-Anhalt since 1990. You really have
to stop and appreciate that fact. So, this result is, of course, a mandate to govern. But and we emphasized yesterday too, only on the condition that
we remain true to ourselves, that we don't compromise our principles, and that we don't become like those who were heavily punished by the voters in
Saxony-Anhalt yesterday.
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PLEITGEN: So, when he talks about being true to themselves, he's obviously talking about some of the fundamentals of AfD's policies, and the most
controversial of those is something that they themselves called remigration, which essentially means mass deportations of undocumented
immigrants here from Germany, also folks with criminal records as well.
That definitely would be something impossible to even push through with a lot of the other political parties here in this country, but also something
that is widely seen as being highly controversial, and the other thing that's very important to the AfD as well would be stopping aid to Ukraine,
for instance.
And of course, there, we have to keep in mind that right now, at this point in time, Germany is certainly one of the largest, if not the largest,
provider both of military and financial aid for Ukraine. So certainly, a lot of policies up in question. Always have to keep in mind it's a very
small state we're talking about.
But I spoke to the Party Chairwoman of the AfD, Alice Weidel, and she says she does believe this could be a stepping stone for the AfD to take power
in Germany in the future.
ASHER: Right, let's get more now on the implications of this election and what it means not just for Germany but for Europe and in fact, the world.
Independent journalist Matthew Karnitschnig joins us live now. So, Matthew, first of all, just talk to us about the sort of confluence of economic
factors, social factors, and political factors that has led to the AfD's rise in this particular state.
MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST: Yes, well, it's very good to be with you. I would say that it's been kind of a perfect storm from the
perspective of the AfD in that regard, because Germany's economy has stagnated for the past six years, effectively.
And it's in places like Saxony-Anhalt, which is a rural region, but also with some industry, particularly in the chemical sector, that has suffered
the brunt of this stagnation. And many people are very frustrated about the stewardship of the establishment parties. Chancellor Merz's Christian
Democrats, of course, which were also led by Angela Merkel before him.
So, I think you know it's kind of come to a boil in recent years over this issue of migration, which is obviously resonating in many other countries
in Europe and in the U.S. as well. But it really is in this part of Germany, in the former eastern part of Germany, which has never been quite
as prosperous as the western German states, that we're seeing the biggest political success is for these right-wing parties.
And obviously the AfD is the tip of the spear, as it were, on that front. And so, the question I think in the coming weeks will be whether the party
can repeat this success in these other regional elections that Fred Pleitgen was just talking about in another eastern state and in the City of
Berlin, which is a little bit more to the left.
But the AfD is nonetheless expected to do quite well in the German capital later this month.
ASHER: And just in terms of what this means for the rest of Europe, I mean, you have this sort of populist anti-immigrant message and a lot of the AfD
sentiments sort of echoes the same sentiments that we're seeing from nationalist leaders in places like Spain, Italy as well, parts of France.
Just walk us through whether this is a harbinger of what's to come for the rest of Europe, in your opinion?
KARNITSCHNIG: Well, if anything, it feels like Germany might be lagging a little bit behind some of those examples you mentioned. There's obviously a
right-wing government in power in Italy. And Giorgia Meloni is now the longest serving, continuously serving prime minister in post-war Italian
history.
And in a few months, France will go to the polls to elect a new president. And it looks like the right-wing candidates there, Marine Le Pen, probably
will have a very good chance of winning that election. So, this is a development around Europe. We've seen it, as you say in places like Spain
with right wing parties, but what makes Germany a little bit different.
And I think what unnerves a lot of people is that Germany has been kind of the anchor of stability in in Europe. It's the largest country, it's the
largest economy, and other countries look to it, especially in the EU, to be the kind of stable, safe harbor of European politics in a way.
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And if we're seeing signs that Germany is going to break away from its traditions, that is going to unnerve a lot of people. As we heard, the AfD
opposes aid to Russia, but they also oppose the sanctions, sorry, to Ukraine, of course, in its war against Russia. And they also oppose the
sanctions against Russia, and have said that they are going to push at the state level if they take over Saxony-Anhalt to have those sanctions lifted
because, in their view, this is what is kind of damaging the local economy there.
Now, as a state governor, if Ulrich Siegmund manages to get that role, he would have limited powers. But it does give them a major platform, a
national platform, even to push these issues in a way that they haven't had up to now, and you know there's obviously the historical component here,
which might not get enough attention.
It was a similar situation in the early 1930s where the Nazis came to power. They had successes in a regional election very similar to this one
just south of Saxony-Anhalt in the State of Thuringia, and within a couple of years, Hitler was in power, and that really helped pave the way for him
to come to power.
So, I think that's why many people, both in Germany and outside of Germany, are a bit worried about what this could mean long term, not just for
Germany's domestic politics, but also for the European picture.
ASHER: And just quickly, how complex is the rise of the far right in Europe? I mean, obviously, you touched on Giorgia Meloni. She's an
interesting one because her party does obviously have these neo-fascist roots. However, she sorts of toned down her position on certain key issues
when she did come to power.
You have the likes of Viktor Orban in Hungary, who was actually swept out of power after 16 years, that proved to a lot of people that the rise of
the far right. I mean, they too are also quite vulnerable. You have the Reform Party in the UK, where Nigel Farage has had a lot of sorts of issues
when it comes to finances and that sort of thing.
Just walk us through just the complexity of the picture for the far right in Europe, despite some of the advances that you've just touched on.
KARNITSCHNIG: Well, that's exactly right, and that's why some analysts look at the situation in Europe and say, well, the best way to deal with this
problem is to actually let these parties govern because they haven't proved to be very capable when they actually have power of doing the day-to-day
work of governing.
They tend to fall into corruption scandals and this type of thing, and they have difficulty fulfilling the lofty promises that they often make during
the campaign. And you know, this has been especially true on the question of migration, which has been very difficult for any of these parties really
to get their arms around.
And a country like Germany, which does have a lot of migrants, a lot of asylum seekers since 2015, but it also needs many of those people. Many
economists would argue, because it has a demographic problem. Germans are dying out. The society is getting older and older, and that's going to
impact economic growth.
So, there are these tensions there, and you're seeing that not just in Germany, but really across Europe, where these parties come in full of
promises and you know, kind of blue-sky predictions about how they're going to flip a switch essentially and make everything better.
But when they actually have the option -- have the opportunity to govern, the reality has proved otherwise. So, it's not a very pretty picture for
the most part. That said, Giorgia Meloni seems to be widely regarded as an effective politician in in Italy, but she's somebody who has moved more to
the center.
She supports NATO, she supports the transatlantic alliance, and Ukraine. So, she hasn't veered to the extremes in the way some of these other
parties have done. And this is the question about the AfD. Ultimately, is will it moderate or will it stick to what are really still pretty extreme
views by any kind of objective analysis in the European spectrum?
ASHER: Yeah, the rise of Giorgia Meloni, both what she promised before coming to power and how she sorts of, you know, moderated herself once she
did come to power, I think is very interesting. Matthew Karnitschnig, live for us there. Thank you so much.
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All right, no major breakthroughs, but Ukraine's President says new ideas were discussed during weekend talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and
Jared Kushner wrapped up their first visit to Ukraine since the war began with a push for new trilateral talks with Kyiv and Moscow.
A day earlier, the pair held intensive discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
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STEVE WITKOFF, U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY: We came to see President Putin first. We needed to hear where he stood. We had good, concrete conversation with him,
which we advised President Zelenskyy and his team about. Both sides have to come to a resolution here.
And my job with and Jared's job together is to bring the parties together, to narrow the issues between them, to create good communication channels.
And hopefully, we began that process constructively in the last 48 hours. And we're confident that there'll be a good resolution here.
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ASHER: CNN's Clare Sebastian joins us live now from London. I mean, it's interesting because I think the U.S. obviously has been quite distracted
over the past few months, given the war in Iran. As Steve Witkoff mentioned, there they saw Putin first, which I think is noteworthy, and
this is their first time visiting Kyiv since Donald Trump came to power.
What specifically came out of this meeting? Because one of Zelenskyy's priorities is, of course, winter. September now, winter is fast
approaching. We know the temperatures in Ukraine can be horrifically cold. And one of the key priorities for him is to protect energy infrastructure
across the country, especially at a time when Russia has been trying to sort of take advantage of the vulnerabilities, especially when it comes to
the lack of interceptor missiles.
Walk us through that, Clare.
CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, look, this weekend of diplomacy came amidst a cycle of escalating violence we've seen over the last week
and a half or so pretty much non-stop Russian attacks on Kyiv. And look, this was a really big moment for Ukraine, but barely had the dust settled
when we saw this cycle of violence restart again.
The air raid alert back on in Kyiv Monday afternoon for the first time since the early hours of Sunday morning. On Monday, we saw both sides
exchanging long-range strikes. There was a British-American tobacco facility that was struck by a Russian drone in the Chernihiv region to
north east of Kyiv.
One person reportedly injured there, according to local authorities. And on the other side, Ukraine continuing to fire drones at Russia. Video emerged
from the central Perm region in Russia of a Ukrainian drone purportedly hitting a residential building. Video that CNN has verified of that.
One person killed, according to the governor of that region in Russia. So, look, all of that I think clearly underscoring the challenges ahead, as the
U.S. seems committed to reinvigorating, to restarting this diplomatic process. The U.S. envoys pushing now for a restart of trilateral meetings
involving Ukraine, Russia, and the United States.
The Kremlin on Monday saying that it wouldn't rule that out, but perhaps slow bawling, saying that it's not ready to talk about location or time.
And meanwhile, Ukraine really wants to seize on the momentum here. It had talks in Kyiv about a winter package of aid involving help for its energy
facilities and in terms of air defense as well.
That was very positive. There was talk of security guarantees. They want to seize on that momentum. They want talks to continue to involve the
Europeans as they did on Sunday. But look, Russia is really offering no opening here. We heard after talks in Moscow on Saturday.
Russia revert again to talking about resolving the root causes of this conflict. That is shorthand for its maximalist goals in this war, including
things like Ukraine withdrawing from the Donbas and promising not to join NATO. So, look at this point. Clearly, it looks like we'll see more U.S.-
led diplomacy ahead, but it isn't clear how they're going to break this cycle of violence.
ASHER: Yeah, that is the key question. Clare Sebastian live for us there. Thank you so much. Still ahead on "One World", thousands are left reeling
after the flooding devastation at the Nepal-China border. CNN obtained rare access to the Chinese side of the flood zone. We'll talk about what we saw,
after the break.
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ASHER: All right, it's nearly two weeks since catastrophic flash floods swept through the Nepal-China border region, killing more than 1,300
people. The destruction brought by a wave of water, ice, and mud that washed away entire communities has left the region reeling.
Thousands of families remain in limbo. Two survivors were miraculously rescued over the weekend. But Nepali officials say that nearly 5,000 people
are still missing. CNN saw the devastation firsthand on the Chinese side of the flood zone as part of a rare trip organized by the government.
Want to clarify that CNN has full editorial control of the coverage. Simone McCarthy reports.
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SIMONE MCCARTHY, CNN SENIOR CHINA REPORTER: So, we're walking into the main hard hit port area. Now, I mean, even just some of the ground here is
incredibly unstable. It's like, it feels like it's almost hollow underneath. You can see there's quite large rocks here.
There's also excavation going on behind us, a number of workers are actively in the midst of some of the response and repairs here. We've been
told, as well as we were walking over, that there is the risk of loose rocks. I'm standing in the location that was once a five-story border
checkpoint.
This used to be a bustling hub of transit between Nepal and China, with travelers, travel agents, people involved in trade coming over that border,
moving through what was once a huge building here. This is the spot where a huge wall of water washed over a five-story building.
In video that was captured on surveillance footage on August 26th, when devastating floods and landslide hit the China-Nepal border. I'm standing
now in the area where that building was. This is Gyirong Port in Tibet, where CNN is part of a small group of foreign reporters who've been given
access to this site the first time that foreign media have been allowed entry.
And now to see what the impact of that was here, where there's just, I mean, you would never know that there had been anything here at all.
There's actually a sign which is indicating that this was a foundation. You can still see some rebar, but that's really the only thing that remains.
There have been no survivors found in this location. And right now, the rescue teams are just contending with this heavy, heavy mud. The road that
we took to get in here was actually layered in some places with five feet of mud. It took the better part of a week for emergency workers to be able
to enter via road.
One of the other things that we can notice is that the flood waters actually reach so high up onto the mountain. You can see some of the
greenery has actually been scraped away there as a result of just how high those flood waters came as they barreled through this area. We asked one of
the responders how long he thought the operations would continue, and he wasn't able to give an answer.
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They've put up a Chinese flag to memorialize what was here, but there's just absolutely nothing left. This area has also been a focal point for
families who are desperate for information about what happened to loved ones that they believe were at this border crossing at the time when that
landslide and flooding hit this area, they're still waiting for answers.
The government has yet to publish publicly a list of who was at the border crossing at the time.
Families are really desperate for more information about what happened here. And looking around, it's you can see that there's no answers
immediately visible. Simone McCarthy, CNN, Gyirong port.
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ASHER: Meantime, the U.S. State of Hawaii is under a state of emergency as it braces for Hurricane Lowell, which is a dangerous Category 3 storm.
Tropical storm warnings and hurricane watches are in effect for the western island of Hawaii and near now as powerful Hurricane Lowell takes aim.
The powerful winds up to 193 kilometers per hour. There are major concerns of flash flooding and potential mudslides with several roads in Oahu in
Honolulu County, that were already inundated on Sunday, this kind of storm brings with it significant rainfall over a short period of time, up to 35
centimeters in some areas, and can lead to catastrophic flooding.
Hawaii County says it will close all parks and campgrounds and establish five refugee areas ahead of Lowell. Officials urge residents to stay home
and off the roads. They've also advised charging devices and keeping enough food and water on hand as conditions worsen.
Still ahead on "One World", we'll take you to Miami, where an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway with certainly very deadly consequences. The latest
on that investigation coming up after this break.
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ASHER: All right, welcome back to "One World". I am Zain Asher in New York. Here are some headlines that we are watching for you today. Germany's far-
right AfD party is celebrating a historic win in Sunday's state elections. The AfD took 44 percent of the vote to come out on top in the eastern
region of Saxony-Anhalt.
It's the closest the far right has come to governing a German state since World War II. But the party fell short of an absolute majority, and its
next move is unclear. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are wrapping up a visit to Ukraine with a
push for new trilateral talks with Kyiv and Moscow.
This comes after the U.S. delegation also met with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday. And in Ohio, an armed man has been arrested after
authorities say that he pushed his way for a crowd and tried to lunge at Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton.
Acton's security details subdued him, and he was taken into custody. Two adults were knocked down during the incident. The U.S. is less than two
months out from critical midterm elections. And once again, President Trump is trying to restrict mail-in voting.
On Sunday, the Trump Administration asked the Supreme Court to allow their plan for the U.S. Postal Service to take effect immediately. Critics argue
it is too late to implement these new rules. And at this hour, investigators are trying to figure out what caused an Amazon cargo plane to
run off the runway, essentially overshoot the runway, and then crash into several cars.
Take a look at this video. We want to warn you before we show it to you that it is very disturbing. Five people were killed and five others were
injured. Let's bring in our transportation analyst, Mary Schiavo, the Former Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
I mean, obviously that video is really, I mean, it's just-and you can't imagine what people were looking at it. And also, there were people in that
parking lot area. God knows what they were going through. Just walk us through what might cause a plane like that to overshoot the runway, Mary.
MARY SCHIAVO, CNN TRANSPORTATION ANALYST: Well, what investigators do every time is look at several different areas, and they'll have work teams
devoted. They will form work teams from the NTSB for each of these areas. They'll be looking at the piloting.
What were the pilots doing, making their descent as they were descending down and approaching to land? Did they have a stable approach? What was
their airspeed doing from radar tapes that you can already find out their radar online, other, and other places, you can see that the rate of descent
varied widely.
And once they got down, they used up a good portion of the runway without actually landing. Video that's out there shows that they were floating.
They didn't have all the wheels on the ground, and that was very critical because of their air speed, which did appear to be high.
You're supposed to come in on this kind of a plane at about 130 to 145 knots. Radar, publicly available radar. The NTSB will have much better.
Showed it was, you know, probably about 180 as they were about 300, 200 feet above ground off the end of the runway. The NTSB will be looking at
the airfield itself, the runway.
Were there any problems with the runway? Weather had just moved through. There was no splashing or mist as they touched down, so the runway was not
wet. But there was also no safety stopping areas at the end of the runway, and those arrestor beds that helped stop the plane would have helped here.
And then, of course, they'll also look at the aircraft and the owner and the operator of this flight, where's this aircraft been? It's 32 years old.
What parameters will be on the block box? That plane that old, probably 17 or 18 different parameters, and what all was going on?
We didn't see any of the stopping equipment functioning, but it was too early. That tape cuts off before we see all wheels on the ground. So, we
don't know what happened with the spoilers or speed brakes or the thrust reversers, et cetera. So, these investigators have a lot of things to look
at.
ASHER: Mary, stand by. I do want to go to Pete Muntean, joining us live now at the airport. So, Pete, Mary Schiavo was just really laying out the
different threads that the NTSB is going to have to piece together, just in terms of investigating what went wrong here. And I imagine, you know,
obviously it is early days, but one of the first ports of call will, of course, be interviewing witnesses, those who actually saw what happened.
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What do we know about what actually took place here, Pete?
PETE MUNTEAN, CNN AVIATION CORRESPONDENT: Interviewing witnesses and interviewing the pilots that will be key. In addition to the black box data
that Mary mentions, you know, this is something that investigators will really have to look at. Were the pilots aware that during this attempted
landing they may have been approaching too fast?
Mary mentioned some of the speeds here. And we know from the open source data that this plane went off of the end of the Runway 30 here at Miami
International Airport, still doing 112 knots, 130 miles per hour, and at the halfway point of the runway, this airplane, according to the open
source data, was doing 170 knots, or about 200 miles per hour, typically around that point, an airplane would be decelerating, weight on all three
of the main landing gear, and going about half of that speed.
So, there are some really initial early clues here that really point to what pilots will refer to as an unstable approach, meaning coming in too
high and too fast. And pilots have very key checkpoints here, where they essentially check their own work at different altitudes to make sure that
they are coming in on altitude and on speed.
We will hear later today from the National Transportation Safety Board and NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy, who is dispatched to the scene along with a
team of NTSB investigators, known as a Go Team, from NTSB headquarters in Washington D.C. but let me lay out the scene for you here.
We are just north of an Amazon logistics point, a warehouse where this airplane is now sitting on its nose, its tail in the air. We're about a
quarter mile away from that. The runway is to your left, and the airplane would have been going left to right across Northwest 67th Avenue here,
that's four lanes of road.
So, you can begin to understand why so many people are pointing to the lack of what's known as EMAS Engineered Materials Arresting System at the end of
this runway, a bed of crushable concrete that could have potentially slowed this airplane down even further when there is so much development off the
end of the runway here.
One more point, the video of the approach of this plane is very telling, and it shows the left main landing gear trolley, that huge assembly. It's
about the size of a car, still airborne at a point where this plane would have been decelerating. So many big questions here, and a lot of early
clues for investigators, but it'll be up to them to take in all of the official clues from things like the black boxes to really piece this
together.
ASHER: Right, Pete Muntean, live for us there. Thank you. Mary, let me bring you back in.
SCHIAVO: Sure.
ASHER: Because Pete brought up a very important point, and that is, yes, you know, obviously, it is true that things can go wrong.
MUNTEAN: Thank you. Yeah.
ASHER: However, there should have been, and you're the expert, not me, arresting systems at the end of the runway. When you have so much
development, you have this parking lot, you have building structures. There should have been sort of crushable, and you touched on this as well,
concrete material at the end of the runway to slow the plane down.
I mean, that's going to be part of the investigation in terms of why wasn't that there? And of course, if it was there, would that have saved lives?
SCHIAVO: Yes, and it wasn't there because it's not mandated. It's not a regulation. It's not required by the FAA. They have a they have a foot
distance. It's so many feet at the end of the runway, and the FAA says, OK, well, that's your overrun area. But because of many accidents in the past
in places like Chicago, New York, and other places, they have learned that when planes have gone off the runway and killed people or gone into water,
that these are absolutely life-saving.
And so, while the FAA has taken the position that by law, by regulation, they don't have to have them, I have no doubt that the NTSB will take a
look at this airport, completely surrounded by population, roads, buildings, intense commerce, and say, look, this is a place where you
should have them.
Now, only the FAA can mandate them, but I think this will be one of the recommendations of the FAA. This would have saved those lives. Arrestor
beds would have saved those lives.
ASHER: Often times, when you are dealing-not quite sure how to put this, but when you're dealing with an Earth a plane crash, you often do not have
the ability to interview the pilots for obvious reasons. However, in this case, of course, you do because this is a sort of plane incident where the
Boeing sort of overshot the runway.
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And you do have the ability to actually, I mean, they were trapped in the cockpit for a long time, as I understand it, but they are they're OK, and
of course the NTSB is going to be talking to them about what went wrong here. How crucial is that? I mean, the fact that you can literally talk to
the pilots and the co-pilots about what went wrong was there a mechanical issue?
Was it weather related? You know that is going to be absolutely gold for an investigation like this.
SCHIAVO: Yes, and especially to explain that approach, that descent to the airport, the speeds and the variations. You know, they may say that look,
hey, our weather radar was a solid mess of red thunderstorm cells. We were getting buffeted around, so the fact that our rate of descent wasn't
steady, that we had some difficulties as we were coming down, maintaining a steady rate of descent.
And they might very well say, you know, the moment we touched down, we got this horrific tailwind because the weather report did say it was gusts. It
didn't say it was a steady, you know, wind towards the nose or off the cross wind or from the tail, and they might explain it that way and say,
look, we got this tremendous gust from behind.
And it just floated this up in the air again because you can see halfway down the runway they're still flying, and so this will help explain what
everything happened. The facts of what happened are recorded by the black boxes and by many helpful, very helpful videos that people have and could
share.
But the why is going to be something that the pilots can shed light on and also shed more information about the state of their equipment and the fact
that what's called PAPI lights, Precision Approach lights, on this runway, we're not working. And you don't really need those if you're doing
instrument flying and you have, you know, many instruments to help you get on the right glide path down glide slope.
But they're reassuring because they're red and white lights, and they tell you if you're lined up and exactly on the right glide path. And they were
not working. So, there's many things the pilots can explain about what happened as to why it happened.
ASHER: Right, Mary Schiavo, live for us there. Thank you. Appreciate your expertise on this as always. Right, officials say eight airports in
Indonesia, including two in Jakarta, remain closed today due to volcanic ash from a series of eruptions at Mount Anak Krakatau.
The flight cancelations have left more than 170,000 travelers stranded in the region since Sunday. Eruptions began Friday, sending ash up to 15
kilometers into the air, blanketing the region and forcing authorities to cancel flights. Officials warned today, quote, the probability of further
eruptions remains high.
Passengers said they were not notified of cancelations in advance. All right, still to come here on "One World" as the tensions between the U.S.
and Iran goes up. Social oil prices. After the break, the not-so-great fuel forecast. Your bottom line.
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ASHER: Right. This is actually not the prediction you want to hear on a big travel weekend, but Goldman Sachs predicts crude oil prices may rise to
$120 per barrel. It's actually technically under 100 right now. Of course, the reason behind that prediction is the war with Iran and the recent
escalation of hostilities.
Iran's declaration of a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz has not helped the situation. There's also the supply problem as well.
Analytics firm Kpler reports in the last 10 days, an average of 10 ships have crossed the strait each day. That is the lowest since May.
All of that translates to higher prices at the pump. The average U.S. fuel price is currently $4.15 per gallon. That's more than $1 higher compared to
a year ago. Let's bring in CNN Business Writer Samantha Delouya. And Samantha, another superlative is the fact that this is the highest gas
prices on record for Labor Day.
Again, not good news for one of the biggest travel days of the year in the U.S.
SAMANTHA DELOUYA, CNN BUSINESS WRITER: Absolutely not good news, Zain. That's correct. It's been a very expensive summer travel season for
Americans. And experts told CNN it's not likely that gas prices are going to fall very significantly for at least throughout the fall, unless there's
a big break in fighting between the U.S. and Iran.
But even so, gas prices often take longer to fall, even when oil prices fall. So, it could be a little while that we're still seeing these elevated
gas prices. And even if there was a breakthrough in the fighting, there are some signs that this war with Iran is leaving lasting impacts throughout
the economy.
Now, these oil prices are leading to stickier inflation. We're seeing higher borrowing costs as a result. Mortgage rates have been rising in the
U.S. making it more expensive to buy a home. And then, my colleague David Goldman reports there are also ways that this war is having a lasting
impact on the entire global economy.
Now, one of those ways is that Iran has learned that it can control the Strait of Hormuz. Even if the conflict stops, that may not end. That will
impact things because that strait, which used to be a huge passageway for a big bulk of global oil supply, has now been choked off, as you said.
And Iran might learn that they could control that, you know, going forward, even when the war ends. Another way that this conflict has changed the
global economy is that some countries are actually catching on that the Middle East might not be a hub for global oil production as much in the
future, and so some countries are actually upping their oil production.
We're seeing increased drilling in Brazil, Guyana, Canada, and Norway, for example, to name a few. So, we're already kind of seeing these changes
throughout the entire global economy trickle as a result of this ongoing war between the U.S. and Iran.
ASHER: All right, Samantha Delouya, thank you so much for breaking that down for us. Right, still ahead on "One World", the speed of Formula One
without a driver in sight. Autonomous cars are taking on one of Italy's most famous racing circuits. CNN is there for work for a look at what may
be part of the future of motorsports.
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ASHER: The speed, the competition, the split-second turns, it looks a lot like Formula One, but with one big difference, there are actually no
drivers at the wheel. Autonomous race cars are putting artificial intelligence to the test at speeds that leave very little room for error.
CNN's Ivana Scatola has more.
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IVANA SCATOLA, CNN PRODUCER (voice-over): It's like Formula One, but without human drivers. Instead, the cars are entirely driven by AI.
SCATOLA: I'm in Imola, Italy, to watch the A2RL, a motorsport competition where fully autonomous cars go head-to-head.
SCATOLA (voice-over): The cars have no cockpits or steering wheels, just supercomputers, GPS, radar, and optical cameras.
MATTEO, ENGINEER, UNIMORE RACING: The actual weight, it's a fun fact is quite similar to a human driver. So yeah, the weight of the car is quite
similar to a real one. There's no driver, there's no seat, there's no steering wheel, but we control it as a human would do.
SCATOLA (voice-over): Engineering teams say they've spent months writing custom code for the cars, and on race day they press go and hope for the
best.
SCATOLA: Each team races identical Super Formula cars. The only thing that sets them apart is the coding.
SCATOLA (voice-over): This is the third year of the competition, but the first time that the race has been held abroad outside of Abu Dhabi. The
Imola circuit, famous with Formula One fans, is known to be a challenging one.
MARKO BERTOGNA, TEAM PRINCIPAL, UNIMORE RACING: Imola is a non-forgiving track. Let's say you achieve very, very high speed, and there are very,
very little room for errors. So, any time you take a wrong turn, you risk really of crashing in completely your cars.
SCATOLA (voice-over): While the autonomous taxis that are common in American cities prioritize safety and predictability, these autonomous race
cars are at the opposite end, optimized for speed and split-second maneuvers.
SCATOLA: The cars are programmed not to collide into each other, but the technology isn't perfect yet. The winning team this year was Kinetiz, which
started out as a rookie team and now has come first.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's overwhelming. It's -- I am still processing that all the emotions this morning, like before the restart. I was telling
myself it's not how you start, but it's how you finish.
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ASHER: Ivana Scatola, there. All right, your favorite TV shows may be up for Emmy Awards next week, but over the weekend, two early ceremonies were
held to honor winners. Rob Reiner won a posthumous Emmy for his role in "The Bear". It's been nine months since his tragic death.
On Sunday, he was awarded for Outstanding Guest Actor for his performance in the kitchen drama series, famed for directing classic films like "The
Princess Bride" and "When Harry Met Sally" Reiner received a long-standing ovation from his friends and peers in the audience.
The classic series "I Love Lucy" was also honored at Sunday's ceremony, receiving the New Legacy Award. The Emmy say, it's an award given quote a
television program that's made a profound and generational impact on audiences and remains relevant to society, culture, and the industry today.
And after her win, Sabrina Carpenter is halfway to an Emmy Grammy, Oscar, and Tony status or "EGOT". She won an award for her work on "The Muppet
Show". Plus, Bad Bunny is now an Emmy award winner as well, thanks to his Super Bowl halftime show.
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The show picked up seven Emmy wins in all, including outstanding music direction and best choreography. All right, stay with CNN. I'll have much
more "One World" after the short break.
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