♪ hold on ♪ ♪ hold on ♪ ♪ everything will be all right ♪ hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up here on "cnn newsroom." tributes continue in new york city this hour. beams of light where the twin towers once stood more than 20 years ago. honoring those killed on 9/11. the final stretch ahead of california's recall vote. a race that has wide-ranging national implications. . and the spectacular battle between two unseated teenagers.

an 18-year-old winning the highly-coveted u.s. women's open. it was a somber day across america as the nation stopped to remember the nearly-3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11, exactly 20 years ago. ♪ for the families of the victims, the tragedy remains a vivid memory, undimmed by time. one by one, the names of the victims read aloud. each one, precious to those who knew them. the grief and sorrow of so many captured by a young girl as she

spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. >> my uncle, firefighter christopher michael mazulo. i know you are with us every day watching over us and even though i never met you in person, i still miss you a lot. mom always tells me all the crazy, fun things you did and i'm sure if you were here, i'd probably be doing them with you. and new york city, right now, two brilliant shafts of light where the twin towers once stood in lower manhattan. the 20th anniversary ceremonies were also held at the pentagon and in pennsylvania. all of them, attended by the president and first lady. we begin our coverage with cnn's arlette saenz at the white house. >> reporter: president biden visited all three sites of the

september 11th, 2001, terror attacks. marking the 20th anniversary since those attacks on saturday. the president started his day in new york city at ground zero where he was accompanied at the 9/11 memorial by former-president barack obama and former-president bill clinton. they stood at that site as each of the names were read of those killed in the terror attacks 20 years ago. the president also stopped in shanksville, pennsylvania, to lay a wreath at the site where the flight 93 crashed into that rural-pennsylvania field. after some passengers overtook the hijackers who had hoped to land that plane in the capitol. instead, it crashed and killed those onboard in pennsylvania 20 years ago. the president wrapped up his day at the pentagon. laying a wreath there with vice president kamala harris. and in a video released ahead of the 9/11 remembrances, the president called for a moment of unity. and as he was speaking with

reporters on september 11th, he shared the story of how one of his friends lost a loved one, a son, in those tower attacks in new york city. and he recalled the emotions that many of these families are feeling on this anniversary. take a listen. >> it's a tough day for everybody who lost somebody. and -- and, you know, i know you heard me say it before, and i will probably get criticized for saying it, again. but these memorials are really important. but they're, also, incredibly difficult for the people who are affected by them. because it brings back the moment they got the phone call. brings back that instant you got the news. no matter how many years go by. >> so, the president trying to strike some empathy there on this 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. the president calling many of the actions of people that day genuine heroism. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house.

the fbi has released a newly-declassified document revealing details about its investigation into the september 11 terror attacks and suspected saudi government support for the hijackers. the 2016 document describes multiple contacts between the hijackers and several saudi associates in the u.s. the saudi government has long denied any involvement in the attack. and the saudi embassy, previously, said it welcomed the release of the records. more documents are expected in the days ahead after president biden ordered the justice department to review previously-withheld information about the attacks. now, the war that began in the wake of those deadly attacks has, of course, only just ended for the u.s. less than two weeks after the final u.s. military withdrawal, afghanistan's economy in shambles. prices are sky high. money, cash is scarce and many

afghans face an anxious daily reality. >> translator: the change of regime has brought disappointment for everyone, especially the younger generation and women and the educated class. who have no hopes for their country, their education, or their future any longer. they have no faith left and they are in a state of suspense. >> now, the taliban are seeking international legitimacy, and have formed an interim government. but its hardline makeup will complicate normalization. it's unclear how radical their interpretation of sharia law will be, this time around. but one taliban police chief told cnn nothing has changed. >> translator: there is no difference between the laws 20 years ago and now. only back then, the u.s. was too powerful. they were doing a lot of propaganda. all other countries were under the united states.

therefore, they had made plans for their invasion. there was no other problem. the mujahideen still have the same law. there hasn't been any change to it. obviously, people change but that hasn't changed. it's the law of allah. there is not going to be any change in it. >> our senior-international correspondent, arwa damon, has reported from afghanistan. she joins me now, live, from istanbul. arwa, that -- that police commander saying the law will basically be the same as 20 years ago does not go over well for the afghan people. it certainly doesn't suggest a more tolerant version of the taliban, does it? >> no, michael, it doesn't. and in fact, it's probably many afghans' worst fears being realized at this moment, especially if you are, you know, a young woman who is currently trying to complete her education. wanting to build a future for herself inside her own country.

not to mention, you know, the impact that this could potentially have on young girls having access to an education, at all. and this has been one of the many issues over the last few weeks is that it does really seem as if the taliban does not yet have a coherent set of rules or even of messaging. statements that they are putting out there. because you can hear from one taliban spokesperson that, you know, women and girls will be allowed to go to school. albeit, under a different set of guidelines, separate classrooms, et cetera. you hear that, you know, certain liberties will, perhaps, be allowed to move forward. but then, you also hear, you know, that reality that -- that you just played from the -- the taliban -- um -- police chief in mazar-i-sharif. and to be an afghan, and listen to that kind of rhetoric. i mean, we cannot even begin to imagine the fear, the psychological impact that that has. the way that all of a sudden, so many afghans just saw their futures, their aspirations just completely and totally shredded

at this point. the country is in such a state of uncertainty. there is so much humanitarian aid that is needed -- um -- countrywide. and for so many, it's not even that it's one day at a time trying to get through one day at a time. although it is. but it's also about, psychologically, how do you keep yourself going forward? if you are a parent, how do you explain all of this? you know, to your children at this stage. i mean, it still at this stage, at this day, defies logic what we have seen transpiring in afghanistan. >> all right arwa, thanks so much. arwa damon there in istanbul for us. now, despite some u.s. states showing a decline in recent covid infections, others are struggling to stay on top of a surge that is taking a devastating toll. the u.s. averaged more than 1,100 covid deaths, every day,

over the last week. that's according to the centers for disease control. the recent increase prompted u.s. president joe biden to hla out a plan on thursday for vaccine mandates. he is hoping to curb a spread that has largely been driven by the delta variant and the unvaccinated. >> my message to unvaccinated americans is this. what more is there to wait for? what more do you need to see? we've been patient but our patience is wearing thin. and your refusal has cost all of us. >> arthur kaplan is a professor of bioethics at nyu's grossman school of medicine. joins me now. and thanks for doing so, professor. in an ethical context, not just can but should places like schools, workplaces, airlines, and so on require vaccinations when it is for the common good of the broader community? what are the issues there?

>> well, hi, michael. thanks for having me and, yes, absolutely. we are in a plague. it goes on. i think we're well past a year and a half of it. worldwide, it's killing millions. it's costing us a fortune around the world in hospitalization. schools have been closed. kids damaged, psychologically and socially, from having to quarantine and stay home. the economy, stagnant in many parts of the world. on and on, the misery goes. we have tried to persuade people to take vaccination. we have tried to incentivize them, sometimes, with free meals, free drinks, lotteries, and so on. but there is a core, particularly in the u.s., who won't do it and it's time to say you must do it because you have to protect the weak and the vulnerable in your community. the people who can't vaccinate. young children. people with immune diseases. and you've got to be a

responsible neighbor in terms of trying to cut down on the transmission. >> why -- why do you think so many of the willfulfully unvaccinated because as you point out, not everyone can get vaccinated -- the willfully unvaccinated feel that they are being imposed upon when, in pandemic terms, their refusal to vaccinate is a massive imposition on everyone else. >> well, for too long, we have allowed the rhetoric of my body, my choice. my right to decide what i want to do to dominate the pandemic response, particularly, again, in the u.s. and i think president biden has, finally, stood up and said enough. i have been arguing for months that we've got to shift the eth ethical focus away from the rights of the unvaccinated, the willfully unvaccinated, toward the people who are doing the right thing. the way to reward vaccination is to make sure that you get your liberty. you can work. you can go to recreational activities. you can go to school.

you can visit with friends and neighbors. if you don't vaccinate, i don't say we should, you know, force you to sit down and have the vaccine police administer a shot to you. but you lose your right to go where you want. or to put it quite simply, critics of vaccination have it backwards. it's not their body, their choice. it's their choice that leads to the loss of freedom for their body. >> i think one of the more extraordinary parts of this, of course, and -- and it's been mentioned often is that, you know, vaccines are already mandated for things like polio, smallpox, measles, the list goes on and on and on. why do you think there's debate at all on covid vaccines? >> you know, michael, it's even worse than that because many of the critics of vaccination, particularly legislators in the southern states in the u.s., keep arguing that it's tyranny. that it's an imposition of the central government to require vaccination.

the person who led the charge on vaccination just as recently as last year was donald trump. he was the person who said the way out of this plague is through vaccination. he ignored masking. he didn't push for testing. he said we are putting all our chips down on mass vaccination. so, to see these critics, mainly conservatives, take the stance that somehow there's something unusual about requiring covid vaccination is doubly unbelievable. >> yeah. >> you're right. there are many vaccines that are required in many walks of life. not the least of which, children to go to school when we have vaccines for them. for measles and mumps and rubella and so on. many, many in the military are quite familiar in the u.s. with mandatory vaccination. many jobs in the u.s. have required mandatory vaccination or you can't hold them. and president trump said this is the way out. so why, at the last minute, i can only say poor politics and a

misunderstanding. a fundamental misunderstanding of what the concept of liberty is all about. >> well put, professor arthur kaplan, thanks so much. good to see you. >> thank you, michael. now, in the coming days, the british prime minister, boris johnson, is expected to lay out england's strategy for managing covid through the winter. according to a statement from the prime minister's office, vaccines will continue to be the first line of defense, supported by new treatments, testing, and monitoring of variants. downing street also said it expects to confirm the details of a vaccination-booster program with plans to begin this month. california's governor fighting for his political life ahead of tuesday's recall election. next, why some democratic voters believe the race will be close, even though they far outnumber republicans in the state.

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fight to keep his job. his fate will be -- biden is set to campaign for newsom before that, as natasha chen reports for us now, millions of ballots are already in. >> reporter: more than 7 million ballots have been cast so far in this recall election. many of them, mail-in ballots because every california voter automatically receives one in the mail. but with just a few days left until the election, there are also early, in-person voting centers like this one in beverly hills available for people to walk in. now, we talked to voters in this heavily democratic area who tell us this election is about preventing a republican takeover. and what they're seeing in other parts of the country are influencing their decision here in this state election. >> thanks to the deliberate incompetence of the republican governors in texas and florida, i'm a grandparent, our sons are

all in their 30s but i'm a grandparent. where parents are not allowed to protect their children going to school because the governor prohibits mask mandates in the school. >> reporter: the people we talked to said they voted no to keep governor newsom in office. but they also said they don't feel 100% confident that will happen. there was caution in their voices as they recognize how much division there is even in a very blue state. now, the ballot has just two questions. but it can be confusing for some. the first question asks voters whether they want to recall governor newsom. if the majority of people say no, he stays in office. but if the majority says yes, the second question becomes important. the second question asks voters, who should replace newsom if he is recalled? and lists 46 candidates to choose from. the person with the most votes becomes governor. now, you can choose a candidate for governor even if you oppose the recall. but governor newsom's campaign has been telling supporters to simply leave the second question

blank. back to you. cnn senior political analyst, ron brownstein, joins me now. ron, let's start with this. governor newsom. he's got the overwhelming support of the vaccinated in this race. tactically, could that translate to the national stage? could it be a winning strategy for democrats pushing the vaccinated narrative over the gop's support for people to not get vaccinated? >> i think that's gonna be one of the big takeaways from this race, michael. and thank you about the arc of this contest, it's kind of extraordinary and ironic. the recall got on the ballot, in the first place, because of the backlash in the most conservative parts of the states against the stringent measures that governor newsom put in place to try to deal with the first round of the outbreak in 2020. punctuated, of course, by his hypocritical decision to go to a dinner at a very fancy restaurant when most of the state was still in lockdown. and that's how it got on the ballot and the proponents of the recall thought they would send a message about the strength of

the backlash. but in the end, in the final weeks, the exact opposite is happening. and what you are seeing is a silent majority of the vaccinated who are indicating that they want to stay the course with the vaccine mandates and mask mandates that california has put in place. two polls in the last week, showing that two-thirds of californians who have been vaccinated and that's over four-fifths of the adults in the state. um -- they are voting against the recall. so i think there could be a very clear message to democrats out of this that there is, in effect, a silent majority of the vaccinated who are ready for tougher steps to try to increase the vaccination rates and get this virus, finally, finally, under control. >> yeah. and -- and it could be a political strategy, too, for them heading into the midterms. it -- it -- you know, while -- while the indicators are moving in the governor's favor at the moment in terms of -- how -- how much of a scale or wake-up call has the process been for democrats, nationally? >> well, i -- look, i -- i think

what you are seeing is the power of an engaged republican base. that allowed this to get on the ballot, in the first place. and that is, obviously, traditionally, the biggest risk to the president's party during the midterm elections is that the party out of the white house is more engaged. and that was, you know, the wake-up call in july when that one poll came out showing that the recall was virtually tied among the most likely voters. but the interesting final turn in this is that newsom has discovered that standing up for the mandates, and warning that republicans would implement the policies of states like florida and texas, has awoken the democrats. what -- what one analyst here called the blue giant. so, i -- i think this -- the resonance of this will not only be about, kind of, the impact of -- of the mandates on the middle. but it does seem to be a motivating issue for the base democrats, and a possible response to what is traditionally the biggest threat to the president's party in the

midterm which is the other side is more engaged and more -- more eager to get to the polls. >> right. it -- it's significant and perhaps a pointer. i know you have been pointing this out, too. that newsom's opponent, larry elder, his website already has a link to a form for supporters to challenge the election results before the votes even been held. what do you make of that? and -- and is it a signal of what might be to come down the line? >> this is what's coming. i mean, you know, republicans have now kind of internalized the idea from 2020. that they should and can challenge any election they lose and claim that democrats are pursuing, you know, fraud. i mean, you know, donald trump's argument in the aftermath of the election when he went down to georgia. he said this is our country, and they are trying to take it away from us through rigging and stealing. and if that is your perspective, if you believe that your side, your coalition represents the, quote, real america, almost by

definition, any victory by the other side is ill egitimate. so i think democrats have to recognize that this is what's coming and they face an existential choice in -- in the senate, michael, which is going to come to a head in the next few weeks. do they pass a revised version of this legislation called h.r.1 which is designed to put in place a nationwide floor of voting rights. make it harder to subvert elections and undo a lot of what we are seeing in red state, after red state. joe manchin and kyrsten sinema in effect give republicans a veto in the senate over any federal response to what republicans in the states are doing. and it -- it's hard to imagine a more consequential choice for a political party but i think the -- the elder website gives you an idea of what's coming. and -- and for democrats to unilaterally disarm in the face of that would really be astounding. >> yeah. yeah. really, shooting themselves in the foot. ron, good to see you, my friend. thanks for that. ron brownstein there. >> thanks for having me. coming up here on the program.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. you're watching "cnn newsroom." now, the women's tennis final at the u.s. open was billed as the battle of the teenaged sensations. and it certainly was that. the first all team championship match for the american title since 1999 and it did not

disappoint. in the end, 18-year-old brit, emma raducanu, won her first grand slam title by defeating 19-year-old canadian, leylah fernandez, in straight sets on saturday. both women had disposed of far more experienced opponents as the tournament progressed. perhaps just as incredible, raducanu did not drop a set in the entire tournament. britain's queen elizabeth, ii, calling her victory a remarkable achievement at such a young age. well, cnn's patrick snell joins me now here on set. and i got to say, a very proud weekend for british tennis fans. raducanu. what a story. >> yeah. >> what stats. >> just incredible. stats are amazing. first of all, michael, i do want to say both finalists deserve applause. it was incredible. fernandez, as well. amazing performance throughout but i want to get into emma raducanu. just coolness personified. she was a qualifier, michael.

winning the u.s. open for the first time she plays it. just amazing. in the end, comes out of this. she just out-fought and outplayed her opponents. not dropping one set along the way. ranked 338th in the world when she got to wimbledon as a wild card. remember that? a wild card. but the buildup to that was about her exams and her levels. but wow. what a performance here. raducanu then up against fellow teen, fernandez, the canadian player. and i think that emotion just says it all there. because she had said throughout the week that she didn't even expect to be featuring in the tournament for this long. getting the job done in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. the trophy there from the great billy jean king, as well. both of these players born in canada. emma moving to the uk when she was just 2 years of age. nerves, michael? what nerves? itself it was ap amazing

performance. let's listen to the 18-year-old raducanu. >> new york, thank you all for making me feel so at home for my first qualifying match all the way to the final. i have loved playing in front of you. and you have really spurred me on in some very difficult moments and i hope that me and leylah put on a good performance today. >> so, very true. michael, you said at the top the stats. there is a saying the stats don't lie. let's just reel through them, again. because they are amazing. first qualifier to win a slam in the open. she had to play three qualifying matches to even get into the main drawl of the u.s. open. >> for the first round. >> first british woman to win a slam since 1977 when virginia wade won at wimbledon. and the youngest major champ since maria sharapova in 2004. and, you know, when it comes down to world rankings, she went into this u.s. open 150 in the world. she is now going to be up 23 in the world. talk about life-changing performance. this is going to change her life

forever now. >> she beat so many top players. i mean, it was just an amazing performance. >> i have got to say it one more time. didn't even drop a set. >> not one set. unbelievable. now, okay. so we got novak djokovic. >> yeah. >> he's questing for history in the men's final. >> yeah. huge amount at stake. no pressure on him. i tell you what. serbia's world number one talk about a date with destiny, michael. he is eyeing up a men's record 21st grand slam title. had to work hard, though, for his place in the final. throwing five sets friday night against alexander zverev. now, in today's final, he is up against a dangerous opponent, again, in the young russian, the man from moscow medvedev who reached the final two years ago there in the big apple. losing a five-set thriller. an epic clash with rafael nadal. the calendar slam. what does that mean? that means winning all four major tournaments in the same

year. that is the australian, the french, wimbledon, and the united states open. last man, michael, i know you know the answer to this. last man to win the calendar year slam. the legendary in which year? >> '69. >> 1969. you got it. winning number 21, though, that would see him surpass two of the maestros of the modern game, mainly, roger federer and rafael nadal. that was unthinkable, a few years ago, wasn't it? djokovic taking inspiration from the iconic basketball great, kobe bryant. >> it's his famous interview where he said what's it -- what it is -- why should i be happy right now? job is not done. so, you know, he's been someone that was, you know, as -- as probably millions of athletes and people around the world have been looking up to him and admiring him and so that's kind of an attitude i have. job is not done.

um, excitement is there. motivation is there, without a doubt. probably, more than ever. but -- um -- i have one more to go. >> michael, you can see the steely focus there in his eyes. >> really. >> he means business. and you know what he said after friday night? he said he is going to play today's final as though it's the last match of his career. >> wow. you know, it's one thing to pass n nadal and federer which would be incredible. i don't think people really understand how hard it is to do a calendar grand slam. >> yeah. >> i mean, not since 1969. that is -- that is just -- >> it defies belief and remember earlier ahead of the tokyo olympics in japan, there was talk of him winning gold there and just adding another amazing accolade to his career. >> who is the only one who did that? >> yeah, incredible. another icon. look, it is going to be a thrilling sunday. i know what i am doing later. >> yeah, i will be, as well. i will be watching, as well. um, i could chat to you all day.

the producer is yelling at me. got to go. yeah. it's all about the clock, isn't it? good to see you. >> likewise. thank you, mate. >> patrick snell there. all right. the mexican government getting ready to raffle off luxury homes and real estate confiscated from former druglords like joaquin el chapo guzman. tickets are $12 each and will help fund social programs for mexico's poorest citizens. cnn's raphael romo shows us some of the luxury properties up for grabs. >> reporter: it was announced with great fanfare by the president, himself, featuring the beloved and national lottery. it was the beginning of what the mexican government calls great special lottery 248. a raffle of raffles that features not cash prizes but luxury real estate property and prime land across mexico. the national lottery director says this is the first time they will raffle houses,

condominiums, and land. there is a total of 22 different properties in some of menxico's favorite hideaways, including the acapulco beach resort, and some of mexico city's ritziest neighborhoods. what the president and the lottery director didn't mention was that some of these properties used to belong to some of mexico's most notorious citizens, including fuentes who at one time was leader of the infamous juarez cartel that controlled the vast regions just south of the texas border. this $3.7 million luxury home in mexico city, featuring four bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a pool, multiple terraces, and a lush garden. this house used to belong to joaquin el chapo guzman. the sinaloa cartel leader, after

being convicted of multiple drug trafficking charges in the united states. president andreas manuel lopez andres manuel lopez obrador says this is about generating revenue to fund education, health and infrastructure programs for mexico's poor. this is not the first time the president organizes a headline-grabbing raffle. last year, he decided to raffle the $218 million presidential airplane whose luxury he had decried as a candidate. but what would the average citizen do with that kind of aircraft considering the government tried to sell it before raffling it and failed to do so? the raffle turned into a fiasco when ticket sales were slow and the president was forced to forget about getting rid of the airplane. turning the raffle into multiple cash prizes, instead. the president promoted, again, the raffle this week. hoping for better luck and faster ticket sales. winners will be announced on september 15, just in time to celebrate mexican independence

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we are tracking typhoon chanthu as it makes its way up the coast of taiwan. it is no longer a supertyphoon, but still a formidable storm with category 3 strength winds and heavy rain expected to continue north and get close to the capital taipei in the coming hours. joining me now is meteorologist jean norman. what are you seeing in the track? it is still a monster, isn't it? >> it absolutely is, michael. from the latest radar out of taiwan, you can see the center

of the storm is just about to pass near the northeast section of taiwan in the next couple hours, as you just mentioned. the latest is that although the wind speed has decreased, it's not a supertyphoon anymore. it's still a formidable threat because it has been lashing the east coast of taiwan all day long. and now, it has its sights set on shanghai. perhaps, by this time tomorrow. again, packing winds of 125 miles per hour which is a category 3 equivalent type of storm. and again, you can see that eye right there. just approaching the northeast section of taiwan. and quite a bit of rain, as the storm has moved from south to north throughout the day. anywhere from 2 to 4 inches. but more is in store, as it moves north and here is the problem, michael. it's going to come to a crawl within the next 24 hours. you see it approaching southeast china. and then, you see it moving a little bit closer to shanghai. but that's the problem. it's going to take two days to get there. and once it gets there, it stops. so, that means that that rain is going to really accumulate. take a look at this forecast of

the radar over the next couple of days. and you'll see, it kind of sits and spins right over shanghai. that's not going to be good news because we are talking about anywhere from 200 to 250 millimeters, which is the equivalent of about 10 to 12 inches of rain. so, not a good situation in shanghai. you are looking at rain for the next couple of days. as far as the other storm we have been tracking, well, it dumped over a foot and a half of rain in sections of vietnam. it's raining itself out. michael, it's been a very, very rough couple of days in that part of the world and we will have updates, as the storms continue to move. >> yeah, yeah, the only thing worse than a big storm is a slow-moving, big storm. thank you. >> absolutely. >> yeah. really appreciate it. gene norman following all of that for us. we will check in with you later, gene, thanks. now, china announced this week that it will send nearly $31 million worth of vaccines and other emergency supplies to afghanistan. the donation will include at

least 3 million doses of china's covid vaccine, along with medicine, food, and winter-weather supplies. chinese leaders have repeatedly said the country will share its covid vaccines with the world, especially lower-income countries. the donations are seen as a way for china to boost its profile and influence as a world leader and it comes as beijing seeks to assert chinese nationalism at home and abroad. for some, this crusade is raising the specter of earlier crackdowns on western influence. cnn's david culver in shanghai with more. >> reporter: china's ruling communist party having just celebrated its 100th birthday is implementing a series of drastic policies. upending everything from multibillion-dollar businesses to pop culture. >> and the policy i think wants to remain ahead of the curb.

>> reporter: socialism with chinese characteristics, as it's called here. the party's returning to its self-acclaimed motto of serving the people. led by an increasingly powerful she ji xi jinping. >> he really wants a disciplined regime, disciplined people dedicated to the party in many ways and in making china strong. >> reporter: and it means weakening some of the country's biggest tycoons. in recent months, beijing has targeted some of china's most successful companies. imposing harsh regulations and fines on ride-hailing company, dd, and tech giants alibaba and ten cent. it's coincided with restrictions on materialism and the flaunting of luxurious living. president xi's gone a step further calling for a redistribution of wealth to close a widening-income gap. >> it means that for businesses be much more under the control of the government and the party. it means that the rich are going to be, also, much more under check.

>> reporter: the crackdown has also extended to chinese celebrities. those accused of tax evasion or simply being unpatriotic and sometimes even without explanations, not only cancelled but also erased from chinese social media and online streaming platforms. >> you can't get too high, you can't get too famous, and you can't get too wealthy. >> reporter: some are calling it a new cultural revolution. harking back to the '60s and '70s when then-communist leader led a movement to purify the party as he put it. but many say an obvious effort to reassert control in a power struggle. it led to brutal crackdowns on free thought, mass imprisonments, and death. though, in today's china, there is no question who is in charge. >> a comment by xi has massive consequences, nowadays, because the bureaucrats, the party officials today are eager to please him. are eager to follow through on his instructions nowadays. and that's actually found in the

capital markets, as well. >> reporter: and it spread into china's already heavily patrolled cyberspace from celebrity fan pages to university lgbtq groups. profiles and past posts, deleted. these policies to purify the internet and preserve party control seeming to target any person, company, or group with suspected foreign influence. most especially, from the united states. china is also challenging the u.s. for full control over strategic supplies from electronic chips to solar panels to vaccines. it wants access to these key items, unimpeded by western nations and eventually to become self-sufficient. meantime, some are tapping into china's rising nationalism. winning favor by promoting patriotism, morality, and more than anything else, the communist party ideology. starting with children as young as 6 years old with the recent introduction of a new mandatory academic subject, xi jinping thought. the chinese president already

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