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world. i'm max foster in london, bianca is off today, just ahead on "cnn newsroom." president zelenskyy's visit to washington on tuesday will come at a critical moment as lawmakers are working to come up with a package that would include new aid to ukraine. we need to bring america to a stop. that's what leadership should be doing. >> donald trump doubled down on comments he made during a town hall on fox news earlier in the week. >> you know why i wanted to be a dictator because i want a wall and i want to drill, drill, drill. >> it's clear from fierce fighting that israel is still battling to control much of northern gaza. >> there needs to be a premium put on protecting civilians and making humanitarian assistance can get to everyone who needs it. ♪ >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo.

hello, it is monday, december 11th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington, ukraine's president will make his third trip to washington since russia invaded his country three years ago. he'll meet with president biden about further defense cooperation. aid is bogged down in congress amid a long-running domestic debate with some lawmakers saying it comes down to a matter of priorities. cnn's kevin liptak has the details. >> reporter: president zelenskyy's visit to washington on tuesday will come at a critical moment as lawmakers are working to come up with a package that would include new aid for ukraine, along with new rules on migration and into the united states. and certainly the fact that president biden invited zelenskyy to visit washington tells you that the administration is looking for some kind of dramatic way to break the impasse on capitol hill. so, while he is in d.c., he will

meet with president biden at the white house, to discuss what president biden's aides say is vital american support for ukraine. but he will also be on capitol hill. zelenskyy will speak to all senators in a meeting in person, and he will meet as well with the republican house speaker mike johnson. and certainly, his challenge will be in convincing some of these skeptical republicans that the $60 billion in additional american assistance that president biden is requesting for ukraine could make a difference on the battlefield. as ukraine remains bogged down in this counteroffensive that hasn't necessarily changed the battle lines so far. but already, you're hearing some republicans sort of oppose zelenskyy's visit. j.d. vance, the conservative republican from ohio said that zelenskyy will come to washington and demand that congress care more about his border than our own. remember, these talks are tied together with this conversation about tightening the rules on migration into the united

states. we did hear sunday from the two senators who are sort of leading those discussions, the democrat chris murphy and the republican james lankford, it did not agree they were close. >> i wish republicans were not hold israel aid and aid to ukraine hostage to immigration reform. >> can you get ukraine aid passed separate from this? >> no. no. the focus, what we hear from so many people, why would we deal with other people's national security and ignore america's national security? why would we literally allow people across the border, national security risks big the thousands coming into the country, separate from just the migrants coming for employment. we have individuals they've literally labeled national security risks coming into the country, why would we not work to stop that? >> reporter: now, president

biden did say last week that he was open to significant compromise when it came to border provisions. but he's caught in a bind here, feeling pressure from both sides, certainly, republicans and some democrats who want to do to stop the migrant flows from coming into the united states. but also from the other side, from progressivesnd immigration advocates who are worried about the steps that president biden might agree to, worry that it could amount to some of the restrictive policies that president trump enacted while he was in office. we did hear from senator murphfy that the white house was pressed to engage on the talks over the coming weeks. it remains certainly unclear whether presidential involvement will break the impasse. kevin liptak, cnn, los angeles. >> my colleague spoke earlier with jill dougherty and asked her what would happen in u.s. conservatives ultimately refused to approve more aid to ukraine. here's what she said their

likely motivation is. >> i think that zelenskyy has got a very difficult job. and this really may be the biggest, most important pitch that he has to make for his country. because right now, as was noted in that report, everything in the united states has been highly politicized. obviously, we have an election coming up. so any issue, and especially ukraine where you're talking about, you know, big amounts of money, we've got this package, overall package of $106 billion. $60 billion of it would go to ukraine. the rest would go to israel, to the border, and some other -- taiwan, in fact. but $60 billion is a lot of money. and as american lawmakers look at it, they don't believe that there's much progress. that the ukrainians are making. and also, they know, at least the republicans know, that joe biden is really kind of over the

barrel on this. he needs to continue that funding that is a major purpose that he set out to do. and so they can hold him. and they can pressure him on this issue of the border. >> our thanks to jill for her expertise there but ukraine has said its air defense has destroyed eight ballistic missiles launched against russia against the kyiv region. an all-clear has been issued for the city. authorities are assessing the damage done to the area. so far, at least four injuries have been reported but no deaths. a last-minute change of course by former president donald trump. against the advice of his lawyers he declared friday he would take the stand today in his $250 million new york civil fraud trial. but just a few hours ago he announced on his truth social platform that he'll not testify after all. cnn's zach cohen has that story. >> reporter: a last-minute reversal by former president donald trump who announced on

truth social that he will no longer testify for a second time in his new york civil fraud trial on monday. now, trump had been expected to take the stand again in the civil fraud case despite his lawyers advising him not to, because of the gag order in effect that prevents him from criticizing court staff. on thursday, one of trump's lawyers said former president trump was adamant to testify because he wanted to reiterate how unfairly he'd been treated by the judge and other lawyers in the case. a statement released trump had nothing more to say to a judge who imposed an unconstitutional gag order. the new york attorney general issued her own statement on sunday accusing trump to trying to distract from the case which she says he committed years of financial fraud and unjustly enriched to himself and his family. the judge did already rule that trump did commit fraud. and this trial was simply for the damages that trump must pay.

zachary cohen, cnn, washington. >> as zach mentioned, trump has taken the stand from a defense perspective. not much to be gained from other round of testimony and a lot to lose. cnn legal analyst elie honig explains. >> this is the smart move, or i guess i should say the lease self-destructive move for a couple reasons. first as said, trump has lost a piece of this case. the judge has ruled for the a.g. on one of the causes of action. it's not that donald trump's testimony was going to get the judge to reverse himself. the second thing, donald trump also testified. he was called to the stand as one of the a.g. witnesses. that did not go well. has testimony was all over the maps at times, self-contradictory. from a lawyer's point of view there's no reason for him to get on the stand. politics and p.r.-wise, that's not my area, but he's done that by deciding not to testify.

>> elie honig speaking earlier on. in tennessee at least six people are dead and dozens are injured after multiple tornadoes and strong thunderstorms tore through the state. one tornado hit madison and nearby hendersonville with peak winds of $140 mile an hour according to a preliminary survey by the weather service. and another tornado, over an 11-mile path, where officials say nearly 100 military families lost their homes. cnn rafael romo has more on the recovery efforts. >> reporter: what we've been able to see by the devastation caused by the 13 tornadoes in tennessee, offices of emergency management said that's how many tornados were spotted here on saturday. and what i can tell you is that in his particular neighbhborhoo here in madison and the north side of nashville, many homes are a total loss. there are many downed power lines and trees, total devastation here.

authorities say 22 structures have collapsed. and governor bill lee has declared a state of emergency. i was talking to a gentleman who lives here on this block earlier. and he was telling me that him and his wife were watching tv. they realized after listening to the forecast that their area was in the danger zone. and they ran to the kitchen. a decision that ultimately he says save third lives. let's take a listen. >> what i remember is, is we got into our safe place. next thing i know, all we hear is stuff started flying. glass was breaking. and it seemed like it lasted forever. but it was probably maybe 30 seconds. >> reporter: and restoring power is a huge challenge authorities here are facing. according to officials, tens of thousands of people are still without power. and officials for the local utility was saying it's not a matter of hours but days before

they can turn everybody back on. >> we expect some of those outages to be prolonged. and we'll know more today as crews further assess the damage. we don't have an estimated restoration time. but we do know that the outags in hendersonville area will be prolonged. >> reporter: and the damage to the power grid is so extensive that two utility providers are operating on generator power. rafael romo, cnn, nashville, tennessee. all right. that same store is currently impacting the northeast with heavy winds, high rains and snow. massachusetts expected to get the heaviest rainfall. under 40 million people are under flood watches from eastern maryland, delaware, to parts of maine, philadelphia and new york city. winter storm alerts are also forecast across parts of the appalachian mountains in the northeast, through monday evening, likely accompanied by snowfall. still to come, one in

southern gaza now a major focus against hamas. we'll have the latest on the fighting ahead. and israel says it will not stop fighting in hamas is how the palestinian prime ministste is r responding g next.

♪ israeli forces and hamas fighters are engaged in intense fighting as israel expands its operations in southern gaza. the palestinian news agency says dozens of civilians were killed in air strikes on sunday across gaza. including in the jabalia refugee camp in the north isn't the city of khan yunis in the south. there, one resident described intense artillery shelling and dire situation. with food and water shortages. we want to warn you, the next contains images disturbing. it shows being rushed to a hospital in khan yunis. those arriving for treatment having to lay on the ground because there are no beds or medical supplies available. cnn's clare sebastian joining me

here in london it's gone from bad to worse, basically. >> yeah, this is intense fighting, whether the troops want to say it's more intense, max, before that, but certainly, it's happening over a wider area, because it's expanded to the south, we're seeing fighting in the north around jabalya. and after air raids to a house, and another nine in a square. we saw the israeli soldier death toll now hitting 100. and civilian, 18,000. khan yunis in the south, heavy focus and heavy artillery fire according to a resident over the weekend. and israel continues to say that they've seen success when it comes to eradicating hamas. they say they've now killed some 7,000 militants, hamas militants, during this conflict but now how the war is expanding

is still a major focus. we know they've issued an urgent appeal to civilians in khan yunis over the weekend. i think we can show you the map out on "x," on twitter, and there with evacuating and moving them to shelter it's in west. secretary blinken was asked about this on cnn sunday, he made it clear while he noted what they're doing here with these maps, it's still not enough. take a listen. >> i think the intent is there, but the results are not always manifesting themselves. and we see that both in terms of civilian protection and humanitarian assistance. even as israel has taken additional steps, for example, to designate safe areas in the south. to focus on neighborhoods, not entire cities in terms of evacuating them. >> well, the u.n., coordinated humanitarian affairs, she went

to where you could question what she called patches of land, and we're just wondering how the war is going and the mounting death toll. >> what about the aid? is it getting in, in quantities? >> we've seen 100 trucks go in on sunday, the same on saturday. that's a fraction of what the u.n. has said that the gaza strip was getting before the conflict. keeping in mind the humanitarian aid situation, that the agency is saying humanitarian aid is almost impossible. in rafa, it's too dangerous. and impossible because of the breakdown of law and order. so you get a picture of the challenges there. >> unbelievable scenes, clare, thank you. 100 aid trucks arrived in gaza from egypt on sunday.

as clare was saying it's consistent with the daily average allowed in over the past week, at least. but still less than a quarter of the aid going into gaza before the war and that's according to the u.n. the world health organization says the lack of basic supplies is allowing diseases to spread and one that gaza's health care system is, quote, on its knees and collapsing. >> as more and more people move to a smaller and smaller area, overcrowding, combined with the lack of adequate, food, water, shelter and plantation are creating the ideal conditions for diseases to spread. health needs have increased dramatically, and the capacity of the health system has been reduced to one-third of what it was. >> well, israel says hamas is likely holding 137 hostages in gaza, but 20 of them are believed to be dead. some of the hostages released by hamas joined a hanukkah

gathering with displaced residents from the kibbutz camp, a community devastated by the october on october 7th. a mother and daughter are thankful to be freed but still feel the pain of the remaining hostages. >> translator: it took us a lot of time to understand what happened when we were here, what you did to get us we want to say a huge thank you. thank you for returning us, thank you for succeeding throughout all of the pain and mourning to return us. we love people who are so dear and everyone we knew and everyone we will remember forever. and our people who are here who so close and so far from us, they are our hope in this pain. >> the war in gaza took center stage during the first day, the international forum in doha. cnn's becky anderson moderated a panel of world leaders including the ukrainian prime minister. he told her he was disappointed

in the new pause in the fighting but not giving up. israeli has categorically ruled out that the military operation will continue in it's destroyed hamas and freed all of the hostages. 137 hostages are still being held captive in gaza, including americans. and israel has yet to come up with compelling evidence that it can execute on that goal of destroying hamas and freeing the hostages, without continued catastrophic loss of human life. i spoke to the qatari prime minister earlier on "today." qatar involved in the heart of the talks which affected the humanitarian truce, a week-long truce, which allowed for the release of upwards of 100 hostages. that, of course, now is over. and the qatari prime minister told me that he's deeply

disappointed that the two warring parties have not been ablele to come together to effe further negotiations, further freeing of hostages on the one side held in gaza, and palestinian prisoners held in israeli prisons. but he did sound a tone of optimism. have a listen. >> for the way forward, we are going to continue, we are committed to have all of the hostages being released. but also, we are committed to stop this war and stop the bombardment of the palestinians. it always takes two parties to be willing to such an engagement. unfortunately, we are not seeing the same wilillingness that we d seen in the weeks before. >> reporter: while this region, the gulf and the wider middle east is absolutely determined, and you hear this echoed around

this region, that it is an immediate cease-fire that is needed at present. certainly, the u.s. administration is very enthusiastic about trying to get a plan for what's known as the day after, the day the guns go silent. a plan about what a post-conflict gaza may look like. i spokoke to the palestinian pre minister who was here with me in qatar. and he has zrdescribed talking the americans about a plan which could involve hamas as a junior partner, if hamas signed up to the p.a. alone platform. i asked mohammed shtayyeh whether governing gaza, going forward and what a plan for the day after might look like. this is what he told me.

>> i think it's very important that we should, one, realize that hamas is an integral part of the palestinian part. and for israel to say they're going to eradicate hamas, this is something that -- first of all, it's not going to happen, and totally, it's not acceptable to us. >> reporter: inside the director general of the united nations general assembly i was joined on the stage by the jordanian foreign minister. and all three regional leaders that i spoke to today, said any plan going forwardrd h has to include a palestinian horizon. must include a solution for the palestinians. must include security, dignity and self-defense, as part of any conversation about where this region goes tomorrow.

becky anderson, cnn, doha. former president donald trump pushing back on catastrophe over recent comments about being a dictator. but he's turning to a familiar playbook, the story ahead. plus, are gentine's new president promised change is in store for his country's battling economy. that start of that story straight ahead.

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♪ welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with the top stories. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set to visit the white house on tuesday as additional aid for ukraine remains stalled in congress. this will be zelenskyy's third visit to washington since the war in ukraine began. donald trump said he's no longer planning to testify in his civil fraud trial in new york today. trump's attorneys had previously advised the former president not to testify because of the gag order in the case. trump has been taking heat over plans to use his extra power in unprecedented ways during a potential second term. and for comments on whether he would be a dictator. but he's trying to refrain the narrative that he would be a threat to democracy by calling it a hoax. cnn's alayna treene has more.

>> reporter: well, donald trump speaking at 'event last night, hosted by the new york young republican club doubled down on comments he had made during a town hall with fox news earlier in the week. he essentially said he would be a dictator for one day if he reclaimed the white house in order to build a wall and to quote, drill, drill, drill. but trump also attempted last night to undercut the narrative that he would be a threat to democracy by characterizing it as a new hoax cooked up by democrats. take a listen. >> in the past few weeks, the radical left democrats and their fake news allies have unveiled their latest hoax that donald j. trump and the republican party are a threat to democracy. can you believe it? that's what it is, a hoax, we call it the threat to democracy hoax. that's what it is. >> reporter: the former president also repeated claims last night that he thinks joe biden is the, quote, real threat to democracy.

i think there's a couple things worth pointing out here. there is a concern and i've spoken about this with donald trump's advisers and other republicans that some of this ramped. up rhetoric is not going to play out well outside of his loyal base, especially if he were to go on and win the republican nomination and add advance to the general election. that's why we've seen donald trump do it time and time again to reclaim the narrative on this. that's what he's trying to do, flip the script and put this on joe biden. he's claim this is an artificial narrative being spread by democrats, when really biden is the one going after him and his political enemies pointing to the series of indictments that he's facing but that's not really an argument that seems to be resonating outside of donald trump's closest group of supporters. and of course, there's also no evidence that the white house has had any involvement in the indictments against trump. now, i do also think it's very important for us to be clear

about the greater context of this which is that trump himself has said publicly that if he were to reclaim the white house in 2024, he would use the justice department to go after his political foes. and his team has already been formulating plans to move the justice department under presidential control and try to strengthen the power of the executive branch. now, theory thing i think is just very interesting, is the unintended consequences of donald trump continuing to talk about this. and that is, that it's giving joe biden and the democratic party an opening. what democrats have been trying to do is paint the election as not only a rematch between trump and biden, but a choice between authoritarianism and democracy. so this is just another opening for democrats to use to go after donald trump. alayna treene, cnn, washington. argentina's new president is promising that his inauguration marks start of a new era for the country. >> translator: we cannot seek, nor do we want the hard

decisions that will need to be taken in the coming weeks, but unfortunately, we have been left with no choice. however, our commitment to argentines is unchangeable. we're going to make all of the necessary decisions to fix the problem cost by 100 years of waste by the political cast. even though it's going to be hard first. if a country is lacking in reputation as is unfortunately the case with argentina, businesses will not invest in they see a fiscal readjustment bringing it down. and no less important for gradualism isn't necessary that there is financing. and the report is showing, i have to tell you again that there is no money. >> the world is watching to see how he adjusts an economic crisis of epic proportions. president milei claim no, sir government has ever received a worst inheritance. cnn's patrick oppmann has an

approach. >> reporter: argentina has a colorful and controversial new president. for much of his candidacy, ja javier millei called himself an anarchist with a chain saw that he wants to make to argentina's loaded bureaucracy. but milei was able to tap into what many feel is previous leftists of argentina and brought it to financial collapse. milei has brought many ideas as president, reducing the ministries that the argentine government has and upending relationships around the region and that's why we saw ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in argentina for milei's

swearing-in. it remains to be seen how much of this will get done. his administration does not control and means it's an uphill battle and while it's politically successful for milei to campaign as an outsider, governing as one is much more difficult. patrick oppmann, cnn, atlanta. and invitations of another win for president abdel fattah el sisi. he started serving as president in 2014 and should he win, he could remain in office until 2030. one egyptian voter says she asks the right to vote vitally important. >> translator: i just came out at the end of the day, but i found large turnout and lines of

people waiting to participate. and this is a great patriotic spirit. i'm calling on everyone to go down and participate. you should. this is our president and this is our country. and we have to preserve it because, thank god, no matter how much trouble and problems we're going through, we're still much better off than others and we need to preserve the condition we're in. >> four candidates are in the ballot including sisi, voting is to take place over three days. tensions between the philippines and china flowing up again in the south china sea. both are accusing one another of the dangers in the spatially island change. the philippines president has summoned them to complain, and latest in the maritime complications between the two countries. steven jiang joins us now with

more. what do we read into this particular instance, steven? >> yeah, max, as you know, not surprisingly both governments claiming the other as the culprit that caused the incidents over the weekend. but the real cause is the long running territorial dispute between beijing and many of this neighbors including china claims sovereignty over the entire 1.3 million square miles in the south china sea. but there are other reasons why we're seeing more about these dramatic encounters. philippine president marcos has been more support and the vast urgency. what the philippines has done back in 1999 they deliberately ran ashore a vessel on the part of the spratlys, and rotating in and out.

and supplying it with emissions. and that's changed since xi jinping took power with china's policy and military operations in the region being more assertive and some say more aggressive. now with the filipino ship being so old, it's literally rusting away. so, they need to repair it to shore up their claim. otherwise, the fear is it's just going to be washed away by water. that's exactly what the chinese are waiting for, to swoop in and take control of the reef and potentially mar ly militarizing. and that's why we've seen president marcos hitting deep with the u.s. giving the u.s. more access to the filipino bases, and restarting the joint air-to-sea patrols with the u.s. and that's also why in the eyes-beijing, all the philippines has been doing is doing the u.s. government's bidding to stir trouble in the region, so that the u.s. is very much seen as being involved in

this growing saga. so, max, these latest incidents really is worrying to a lot of people because it doesn't bode well for where the situation is headed with global and regional implications for sure. max. >> yes. the u.s. urging china to abide by the 2016 arbitration ruling, clearly, china isn't doing that. so what's the end game, do you think? >> well, the chinese does not even recognize the legitimacy of the tribunal. that's why they're saying time and again, even more recently, they're going to continue to ignore the ruling brought down by that court. but what i mentioned the chinese taking control of more previous uninhabited reefs and islands in the region and militarizing them. max. >> steven, thank you. the head of the cop28 summit is warning that progress is not coming fast enough as they spar over fossil fuels.

the president says major divisions remain over whether or not fossil fuels should be phased out and if so, how and at what pace. with the conference due to end on tuesday, the u.n.'s climate chief has made a plea for negotiators to look beyond their disagreements. >> global stock tape needs to help all countries get out of this mess. any strategic land mines that blow it up for one blow it up for all. the world is watching, as are 4,000 members of the global media and thousands of observers are here in dubai. there is nowhere to hide. still to come, a show of support for harvard university's president as she faces pressure to step down from her testimony in congress about anti-semitism.

on more on that foulout, the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned saying a change of leadership is necessary and appropriate. details next.

♪ well, at least 600 members of harvard university's faculty have now signed a petition urging officials to resist cause for removal of the university president claudine gay. the petition comes amid pressure on gay to step down, following her testimony on anti-semitism before congress last week. she was amongst three university leaders who failed to say unequivocally that calling for genocide against jews would violate that school as code of conduct. a harvard position urges defending the university and resisting political pressures. meanwhile, the university of pennsylvania has appointed influenced leadership after

president liz magill resigned on sunday after her testimony on congress. the chairman of board of trustees, julie platte, the board's new chair said the change of leadership was necessary and appropriate. cnn's polo sandoval reports. >> reporter: the university of pennsylvania will begin final exams this week under new leadership after controversy resulted in the resignation of two university officials. among them, liz magill, now former university president. she along with the heads of harvard and m.i.t. have been heavily criticized since last week, for failing to recognize that calling for jewish genocide is a direct violation of the university's code of conduct. here on the campus, we have seen reaction and heard reaction from students including one in particular who is also the vice president of the jewish heritage program who told cnn over the weekend, that he felt this was a step towards accountability for university administration.

separately, we also heard over the weekend from the governor of pennsylvania who spoke at a litt local synagogue joining jewish and nonjewish leaders condemning violence against all faiths. this is what he said. >> whatever form, anti-semitism, racism, homophobia, it has no place here in pennsylvania on a place founded on the promise of william penn. we will not tolerate. >> reporter: the governing organizations of harvard continued with their regularly scheduled meetings the last few days, after calls for claudine gay to step down. a harvard spokesperson declining to comment. news just into us, the united nations general assembly will resume its session on tuesday, according to a

statement from uaga president dennis francis. it calls comes from the calling of cease-fire on friday. the resolution says the unga can maintain as it, quote, fails to exercise its primary responsibility to act as required to maintain international peace on security. this as the winner of the nobel peace prize wasn't able to accept her prize. what she says. a powerful speech written from her prison cell. that just ahead. ♪

tributes pouring in and being paid to one of the nfl's all-time greats.

he died on saturday at the age of 52. the former tennessee player was found unresponsive at his home. he fell and hit his head earlier in the day, wycheck was part of the 1992 playoffs. his family plans to honor his wishes working with experts of brain injury. the children of the activist n narges mohammadi has given a speech. the children read a speech written by mohammadi from her prison cell. >> translator: i'm confident that the light to freedom and justice will shine brightly on

the land of iran. at that moment, we will celebrate the victory of democracy and human rights over tyranny and authoritarianism. and the people's trial on the streets of iran will resonate worldwide. >> in her lecture, mohammadi highlighted how young people in iran has been a catalyst for the social existence. destruction and despotism through their assistance, i have no doubt this is certain. france has celebrated the declaration of human rights. the president said it's important to carry on and recognizes the rights of the lgbtq community. and in paris where the draft was signed. >> translator: the work is immense, but i know that you are courageous. i know as well that we are together, united by the strength of this fight.

and by the certainty that each time we give up a centimeter, it's a centimeter of regression that we accept for ourselves, before our children, before our brothers and sisters, because this fight is universal. give up up or accepting its loss in one place is accepting its regression for ourselves, too. nothing, nothing must be given up. the u.n. general assembly proclaimed universal declaration of human rights in 1948, establishing the groundwork of international human rights law. and dozens of swimsuit-clad people in santa hats endured the frigid air sunday in budapest. of course, the participants of the 20th budapest santa speedo run chanted ho ho ho as they ran through the city. despite the cold, organizers of

the run donate their participation fees, in the freeze, and this year, the donations will benefit the tiny ray of hope charity which supports families raising severely premature babies who have disabilities. brave men. thanks for joining me here on "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster in london. "early start" is next with brand-new cnn poll and the numbers coming out this morning in two battleground states for the 2024 u.s. general election. it's good news for joe biden it seems. stay tuned for that.

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