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states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. the u.s. midterm elections or supposed to be a giant red wave for republicans, instead they turned out to be more of a trickle at best. the gop is poised to take control of the also for president and, ifs with their final margin being much smaller than many predicted. with three races yet to be called, control of the senate is still undecided. right now democrats will hold 48 seats, republicans 49, in arizona incumbent democrat mark kelly is leading republican blake masters with hundreds of thousands of votes to count. now in nevada, republican adam laxalt is leading commitment at senator catherine cortez masto, state officials state final results may not come until thursday. in georgia, the race between incumbent democrat raphael warnock and republican herschel walker won't be settled until next month. no state rules require a runoff if no candidate gets at least 50% of the vote. republican control of either

house of congress will make president biden's job a lot more difficult over the next two years, but he is breathing a little easier after a lackluster showing for the gop. here he is. >> while we don't know all of the results yet, at least i don't know them all yet, here is what we do know. while the press and pundits are predicting a giant red wave, it did not have been. >> and live now to capitol hill, and cnn's -- so, talk to me about the mood on capitol hill right now, are republican sort of celebrating the fact they may take control of congress? or are they really disappointed at the showing? >> good morning to, it certainly is a mixed bag for both parties. in essence, the dust is still starting to essentially starting to settle right now on capitol hill, but it does look increasingly likely that this is going to be a divided

washington. that amounts to a huge power shift, both parties are going to have to get used to, now in the house while cnn is not projecting whether the republicans will take the majority, yet or not, there are still many outstanding races, the republicans are on a path to likely take in the majority, but key here as we mentioned, it is by how much. it looks much smaller than many republicans had hoped. that is going to put some real pressure on house minority leader kevin mccarthy. he of course is likely to go on to be the next speaker, and he will likely be facing a lot of headwinds and headaches from the caucus in a more conservative elements of his party. and we have already seen that play out over last 24 hours, as they try and leverage their power over him as he tries to move these votes to support him against the speaker. of course, over in the senate, that is still yet to be decided,

democrats feeling good, house majority -- senate majority leader chuck schumer yesterday told me he felt good of republicans, of course in a much different tone really, they are still waiting on arizona, nevada, and of course the runoff in georgia. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was asked yesterday how is he feeling, and he responded, i do not deal in feelings, there is a considerable amount of quarterbacking in essence going on among the republicans in the senate, about the quality of their candidates, and that was a statement that mitch mcconnell said just a few months ago, that got a lot of attention that certainly people are remembering now. the candidate quality is having a lot to do with, it when he predicted that likely republicans will take control of the house, but not the senate, certainly a lot of republicans thinking about those candidates in pennsylvania that lost, mehmet oz, and also of course herschel walker in that race yet to be

decided in georgia. >> all right, thanks so much, in washington, appreciate it. >> i want to bring in cnn's political commentator strategist elise stewart, and democratic strategist -- thank you so much for being here with us, so, all right, unpopular president, plus broad dissatisfaction with economy, plus the historical mid term headwinds, almost every president faces, almost all the conditions for a red wave that did not happen. so, i want to start with, you all along you have been pretty bullish on democrats chances, so what did you see that many experts and the pollsters seem to have missed? >> i'm so glad you asked that, kim, because what i have been saying for months now, is that the energy and mobilization that democrats saw right after the supreme court strikes down, roe v. wade, it was something that continued, it was a little bit more muted in terms of, it was not front and center, but

what we did see was in the five special elections earlier this year, democrats completely over performed, and one of them in the special election of -- he was not supposed to have one, every single pull up until the day of had him losing. he won by two. the kansas referendum, that was earth shattering. for something like that to happen in a deeply red state, i worked with a lot of democratic campaigns of senate as well as house, and i saw this energy on the ground, i talked to a lot of voters, and so many districts across the country are undoubtedly what i heard is that this was absolutely a motivational issue for women, for, men for republican women, who said that they are not going to stand for taking away their rights, they were going to go to the polls, vote for the democrat, and many of them were not going to tell their husbands. so to me, that said, and what

the results of this election told us is that americans like their democracy, american women like their freedom, and they are not going to stand around while others get elected, especially republican men get elected and tell them they cannot do what they feel is the best thing for themselves, their bodies, their families, their futures. >> yeah, elise, so a former george w. bush speech writer called it an absolute disaster for the gop, is that too strong? >> kim, i think it is a little too strong because what we had hoped for a big red wave, we did get a good read win. and, that is ultimately what we wanted, at least in terms of that is what we anticipate to have been, at least in the house. still to be determined in the senate, look, granted with all of the factors that you outlined that the beginning, with regard to really tough economic times with a president

that is low in the poll numbers and strong republican enthusiasm heading into these elections, we thought we were going to do much better, but the reality is, my friend maria has been saying this, she was right, there are a lot more enthusiasm or encouragement or motivation by voters on the abortion issue, and that was an under pulled topic and we are seeing a lot of women that did come out on the issue. but also, what republicans really need to reevaluate moving forward is as some had suggested, that the candidate quality, we had a lot of candidates out there that were appointed, and really anointed by former president trump, there were election deniers that we're okay with the storming of the capital on january six, that did not sit well with many voters, and we suffered for that at the, on election day. what we need to do moving forward is focus on candidates that are more about the

policies of the republican party, then about trying to navigate past grievances over the former president, and that is upon republicans moving forward to find candidates that are more about reflecting what people want as opposed to past grievances. >> but a lot of those candidates are still in congress, and you know, even if republicans do control congress, the margins will be extremely slim, so the maga members of the republican caucus, they will have an outsized influence. so, whoever is the majority leader, who will they be able to handle this? >> well, kim, right now looks like it might possibly be kevin mccarthy, and he has to navigate that. he has to try and real in the far right part of the republican party, and i hope that he is able to do so because the fringes on either side, democrats have this as well with progressives, the friendships really are alienating a lot of voters, and

as he tries to make his case to become speaker, he needs to bring in republicans on the issues that he has vowed to really try and reinforce, and his commitment to america in terms of improving the economy, fighting crime, securing the border. but it is also coming up on democrats and president biden to realize now, we have a divided government, and everyone needs to have a more bipartisan approach to working across the aisle to get anything done in washington. >> yeah, they have tried, that but everything is generally been blocked, so ask, you maria, is there anything you think that the biden administration would be able to get done on a bipartisan basis? >> i hope so. you know, we all know that president biden's best and biggest qualities is his desire, and frankly his ability to get things done across the aisle, in a bipartisan manner. it is one of the things he touted during his campaign, and frankly we saw the reality of it, right, the so-called infrastructure. it actually did happen under

president biden, and he got a great infrastructure bill with the help of republicans, i think it was one of the things that democrats were able to tell across the country for these midterms, as an economic driver in all of these districts in states. so, you have proof that president biden and the democrats do have the ability to do this, republicans as well obviously they were part of this, now i think there are certain issues that we do have, an opportunity to be transformational on together democrats and republicans, for example immigration. i think that the biden presidency, the biden administration would be thrilled to be able to do something on immigration and i hope that republicans will be able to join him in being able to do that without it demanding for it to be we have to secure the border first which has been a big talking point for republicans we have an

opportunity we should try. >> well, we will see whether the, happens before we go, i want to ask you both quickly we saw fox news and a number of conservative -- with to sort of twin narratives here that run desantis is in fact could be the party's new leader and that on the trump has never been weaker. so, you see them really sort of putting their thumb on the scale here so, first of all, is it possible to uncouple from donald trump? >> i will jump in. i've heard from a lot of top republican donors, as well as former trump allies that are saying it is time to turn the page with trump. we have lost the house, the senate, the white house, and we lost a lot of races the cycle due to his support. many are ready to move on, yes a super strong base but we need to win general elections moving forward unfortunately the republicans have an embarrassment of riches in terms of candidates waiting in the wings to step up to the plate rhonda scent has comes to mine, glenn youngkin, and several others. >> maria, do you think this

will have any impact on trump's possible announcement about the presidency? >> i think if it was up to him, he wouldn't have announced the night of the midterms you had to pull back i think is what i'm hearing, i don't think that it will have an effect on him, i think even more so he will want to do it because i don't think he looks at these headlines and he likes them from everything we have seen and the reporting from cnn is that he is very bothered that his beside himself about the outcome of this and we all know that donald trump wants everything to be about donald trump and he is going to look at desantis you already has a nickname for him, i think this will be a clash of the titans on the side of the republicans, and they will have to decide i think the republicans in congress are going to finally have to decide whether they now have the backbone to stand up to donald trump, if in fact what my friend alyssa says is true, they would be smart to do that to put donald trump aside and to finally say, okay, we

have to revive the republican party to actually have it be a sane common sense party without any election deniers, without conspiracy theorists, and with the focus on trying to work with democrats to get things done. >> yeah, the reality, though is easier said than done. >> that is right. >> we will leave it there, a lot stewart, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, kim. >> thanks, kim. >> presidential biden may be breathing a bit easier after the lackluster showing for republicans, but how much credit should gen z voters get for preventing the red wave. we will have details straight ahead. plus, florida braces for a rare november hurricane. >> you are looking at a category one hurricane, we think the storm will make landfall within the hour here across areas of eastern florida, of course you look at the numbers,, 1980's the last american made landfall in the month of november. we break this down in a few minutes. certified from headlamp to tailpipe.

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>> also not clear which party looking charles congress, but we do know some of the newly

elected lawmakers are making history. rail and elected its first -- another democrat -- mckay massachusetts first female and first lesbian to be elected governor, in florida democrat maxwell frost became the first member of generation z to serve in congress. here he is. >> when people ask me what chairing the cares, about i think we all care about the same issues, but generation z is seeing them through a different lens, right, the life we have been through. i think about my timeline growing up, seeing occupy wall street, learning about trayvon martin who estimated just 30 minutes north remy, parkland, march for our lives, these are the moments that are defining our generation, and i think i'm taking that perspective to congress and the urgency these deserve. >> a content creator trying three now, she also goes by the -- on twitch, please thank you so much for being here with us. if there was a blue wall holding back the red wave, it

was built in no small part by young voters. exit polls, different but according to national election pool, voters age 18 to 21 overwhelmingly for democrats 63% in that age group. now conventional wisdom is that young people just don't turn up, so what was the difference here? >> yeah, absolutely, i mean jen is the real literally made history with these midterms and i think the important things we need to talk about is that chance he is highly under looked. a lot of people overlook them, they do not care about gen z, they do not speak to them when they are campaigning, but time and time after again after 2022, after 2020, both of these past elections we are seeing that they are coming out in numbers. they are really mobilizing and telling people, hey, listen, stop messing with our reproductive rights, stop continuously attacking the lgbtq+ community. i mean, gen z is ready to fight,

they are showing they are ready to fight, and every single example we are seeing right now is showing that we are coming back in large numbers, and it is so amazing to watch. i think the whole entire nation is absolutely nation is impressed, by the way we have been able to mobilize and come out and change the trajectory in the whole tire race. every single analyst -- most analysts were really saying that it was going to be a red wave, we are really seeing a pink puddle, it is not a red wave at all. and, chance he is taking a lot of the credit for, that i think they should. >> in previous years, pulling was off because -- he has come down to the fact that they are not reaching youth where they live? >> absolutely. i think it is a number of different things, the youth is really, like i said, they are under alert, and they are not

meeting the youth where there. truth be told, the youth is on social, media tiktok, twitter, instagram and twitch. they are not consuming the media the way although generations do. so we really need to focus not just on the polls, but also the racist and even democrat party. we really need to focus on meeting the gen z and younger voters where they are at, which is primarily social media. >> people were wondering whether influencers would actually have an influence this time, do you think -- what do you get the sense? >> absolutely. i might be a little biased, because i would say, so absolutely, even the primaries, there were a lot of candidates that used social media, especially tiktok to really reach the voters and we saw how

beto and his campaign obviously beto lost, but i think it is a really good marker to see what can candidates do, and how can they utilize tiktok and different social media platforms to really reach their constituents and just be able to fund-raise money and different things like that. i do think social media had a really big role in this whole entire midterm, and the outcomes as well, especially when it comes to gen z, because gen z is not really in taking news the way that the older generations do. like i said, we really need to start working on meeting them where they are at which is social media. like i said, i might be a little biased. >> i wonder what republicans make of all of this, i mean we know the useful activism can be a useful foil for, them here we have a republican governor ron desantis, just listen to a bit of his victory speech from the other night. here he is. >> florida, was a refuge of sanity when the world went mad.

we stood as a citadel of freedom for people across this country, and indeed across the world. we will never ever surrender to the woke mob. florida is where woke goes to die. >> all right, so i guess, you would be part of the war mob. it seems the culture war particularly against issues, championed by the next generation, gen z you know will be targeted here. >> yeah, absolutely, i mean if you can't tell from my background, obviously, i am the woke mob. but, let's look at what happened in florida. yes we did see a large red push in florida, but also maxwell frost was elected, and maxwell frost really ran a progressive campaign. he is also the first gen z to be placed in congress if you actually spoke about it before came on as well, yes the woke mob might be scary to

republicans, and traditional voters, excuse me traditional candidates that run the gop. but, that is not really matter, because young voters are voting really largely with the democrat party. i mean, the republicans do not resonate with them in a larger scale, and at the end of the day it does not even matter in my opinion, because young voters are voting democratic and drove anyways. >> all right, well, i appreciate your perspective on this, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> american voters tonight are republicans predicted red wave on tuesday, but key house and senate races are still up in the air, and if you won't be settled for weeks. we will speak with our political analyst after a short break. please stay with us. but are these lines enough? a subaru with eyesight... (kid vo) hey dad! (vo) ...watches the lines for any danger... and can automatically stop itself.

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>> well, votes are still being counted to decide which party will take control of congress, a razor-thin republican takeover at the house is widely expected, but their final margin will be much smaller than many had predicted. with three races yet to call, control of the senate is still up in the air. we are not joined by political analyst -- who is also the president of the equal pelosi institute at the -- so looking at the historical patterns, not to mention biden's popularity, the economy, it was supposed to go like this, why weren't biden and the democrats punished more in the polls? >> what color me surprised, all of the analyst and -- a bit surprised, the democrats did far better than anyone

expected. i think there are a couple of reasons why did it better than predicted, one is that we thought the abortion issue is going to fade, it seems to have had legs and a number of suburban women voted, inflation, it may have voted on abortion, young voters really came out in droves, and overwhelmingly as your last guest suggested, voted with the democratic party. i think also black and hispanic voters came out, democrats in most states florida being the exception, perhaps and independents i think swung to the democrats. that was a big surprise as well. so i think there are some factors in the way the electric -- were seen issues and candidates, and i think the democrats while they are not going to be thrilled with the outcome, but the republicans are very upset i think. >> well, the right side for republicans, rhonda santas, we have seen the conservative media pivot from trump to

desantis. so what, do you think that means for desantis? >> well, we know the postmortems are already starting, republicans are trying to figure out if the reason why they lost was donald trump. when you contrast donald trump with desantis, who did very well, in florida, and is now the head of the party -- i think trump was the big loser, desantis was the big winner, so the question is will republicans see trump in the rearview mirror, saying he had trouble in 2018, 2020, and in 2022, is he at the top of the ticket ahead of the party, is he the person you want, or do you need to sort of basically say, well, today is the first day of the end of the trump era. you republicans are going to have to make that decision. donald trump will not -- >> yeah, no kidding, former white house press secretary jen psaki tweeted so dems have a florida problem, but

republicans have a trump problem. that seems harder to solve. so putting aside the florida problem which is a big one, the gop is donald trump -- how possible you talk about the moving on from him, but still plenty of maga republicans out there who won't let the party move on, especially in these primaries. >> that is right. desantis's job for the next 6 to 10 months is to make peace with those people, to basically give them permission to leave donald trump by not attacking trump, but by saying, jumped a disservice, he was one of our -- but he was yesterday, i'm today, and i am tomorrow, and if you want to win you have to come with me. >> all right, before we go, i want to ask, you republicans might still control both houses of congress, but no sign was given a real mandate, so looking at governing over the next two years, you have written about the trend of the so-called two year presidency,

because the president's party almost always loses control in the midterms, and can't get anything done for the rest of the time. with that be more true now with republicans still in congress, and with the added chaos of pursuing all sorts of hearings, possibly even impeachment? what do you see happening over the next years? >> well i do see a two-year presidency in effect again, and the first two years biden had control of both houses, and congress and got a lot of legislation through so big ticket items. in the next two years who will not have the luxury of having control of either the house, and maybe not the senate, therefore he is going to have to switch to -- strategy. you have to move from landmark legislation, through an administrative strategy. he will still be able to govern, still be relevant, still have power, but he will not be able to get legislation through the congress, not big ticket items so he will have to govern through administrative actions such as executive orders and

administrative tools which is actually what most presidents have learned in the last couple of cycles. >> all right, still so much in the air, we will have to leave it, there michael, thank you so much, appreciate it. >> thank you, kim. >> all right, still to come, right wing conspiracy theorists crying fraud after a ballot printer issue in arizona. we will look at one election officials are saying next. why do nearly one million businesses choose stamps.com to mail and ship? stamps.com is convenient you get the services of the post office right on your computer stamps.com saves you money with great rates from usps and ups mail letters ship packages anytime anywhere for less a lot less get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale

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>> right-wing personalities who spent the last two years convincing americans the election system can't be trusted are pointing to a printer issue in some arizona polling locations, as proof that the right -- maricopa county officials are pushing back saying it did not stop anyone from voting, trying to get to the bottom of the issue, not even went before a judge that said there is no evidence that anyone would want

to vote wasn't able to. the new system to flush out fake accounts is apparently no match for impostors, the company started requiring users to buy blue check marks, which should prove their account is legit, but just hours later twitter appeared to be flooded with impostors who created blue check accounts posing as politicians, celebrities, or major companies, those impersonated included former president donald trump, lebron james, and video game company nintendo of america and some users started creating fake accounts was easy, even though twitter's new owner elon musk said the new system would deter impostors. i'm kim brunhuber for our international viewers. world sport is next. everyone else, please stay with us, i will be back with more cnn newsroom after the break.

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lake monroe in stanford is north of orlando, you can see the choppy water and waves crashing over the rail there as hurricane nicole comes ashore. the category one storm as beginning to make landfall, florida has been lashed by heavy rains and strong winds for hours now. meteorologist pedram javaheri is in cnn weather center tracking these storms movements, so tell us where is it heading? >> yeah, kim, looking at the storm system, we do believe it will be making landfall officially inside the next, 30 maybe 45 minutes as it takes its track up north towards fort pierce, just south of -- where we think landfall will be made again, category one storm the first time since november 21st 1985, in november system make landfall across the united states as a hurricane. so pretty impressive storms system when you take a look at how things are playing out, this future of course, winds are gusting at about 90 miles per hour it is moving west northwest at around 14 miles per hour, the check of this system will bring with it dangerous amounts of storm surge, possibly up to four,

maybe five feet on some immediate coast of florida and hurricane warnings have been prompted across -- even as far north as savannah on charleston tropical storm warnings remaining in effect. notice on the western side there of the state, the tropical storm warnings in effect follows the system and has an incredibly wide reaching impact with its wind field. you can compare this to the storm that made landfall 42 days, ago hurricane ian, that was a category four, a significantly stronger storm. but the winds from the center of the storm expended about 320 miles away as far as how far the impacts were felt with his reach or it is a much weaker category one storm, but the winds tropical force winds are expanding as much as 500 miles an hour to the center. so even though it is making landfall across here in florida we are still seeing winds close to -- in southern georgia and parts of south carolina. notice the area in yellow which part of the regions of the tropical force winds shrink quite a bit as this interacts with -- and we do expect it to weaken

rather quickly as well and flooding potentially remaining a very high here if the system moves inland, as much as 45 inches widespread and notice how quickly it skirts off towards the northeast and by the time we get to say thursday night, friday, morning the system is really screaming prosper shuns of the northeastern u.s. and enough cold air up there to produce some wintry weather as well as nikole makes its what is left of it at this point, across that region. notice, just go back to the three systems on record, dating back to the 18 60s just going to show you how rare it is to see a hurricane make landfall in the month of november. with kate back in november 1985, there was a hurricane by the name of yankee in 1935, and the expedition hurricane as it's known in 1860s. that is how unusual it is to see a system again make landfall across the united states in the month of november. hurricane season officially ends on the 30th of november, but very rarely, kim, do we see a storm push ashore and see this happening at this hour across south florida. again, notice widespread

coverage of these wind gusts that are currently at 30, 40 miles per hour, and we do have upwards of 55,000 customers right now across the state of florida that are in the dark as the system approaches land. so we do expect that number to pick up here in the coming hours as nikole makes landfall. >> all right, we will keep monitoring, that thank you so much, let's go live to cocoa beach where cnn's chris is standing by. so, chris, what are the conditions there where you are right now? >> well, high winds, heavy rain, and significant flooding were of course expected throughout the night but here the conditions continue to deteriorate, if i have to be honest with you it is hard for me to hear you because of these powerful wind gusts that we are experiencing, that storm surge has arrived here in this area here and officials are really urging folks to stay off the roadways to stay home especially as this hurricane inches its way into florida,

now up in volusia county at least 22 homes have already been deemed unsafe evacuations are in place there and coastal erosion as high tides, a major concern right now in that area. overall here in florida, 45 counties are currently under a state of emergency, kim. >> yeah, you are talking about the warnings that officials have been putting out, are you getting the sense that people are taking safety precautions seriously? >> yeah, that is a really great question, earlier today we were at a local supermarket where it was completely packed with folks trying to pick up necessities, stocking up their hearts with non perishable goods, really preparing for the possibility of power outages for the next day or two. 16,000 utility workers are currently on standby throughout the state of florida to help

with power restoration when it is safe for them to do so. governor ron desantis has also said that 600 florida national guards are also ready to assist with search and rescue efforts. so, a lot of coordination happening between agencies here as the state really prepares -- this gusts are powerful. they have been up in the 60s in the past couple of hours. and so, residents here, they were not put under a mandatory evacuation, there was an evacuation advisory that was issued, we got the sense -- i got the sense that folks were taking the warning seriously, staying off the roads, the roads were pretty bare earlier today. kim? >> all right, listen, staying safe out there, thank you so much, chris, really appreciate it. >> the cranium flag is flying

once again over recently reclaimed villages in the southern kherson region. that is after moscow ordered its forces to withdraw from the strategic city of kherson and other areas west looking for -- ukrainian forces have been advancing from multiple directions, officials are skeptical that russia will really give up so easily. vladimir zelenskyy says russia could be making a strategic move to regroup forces and still expects a battle for her son. here's what he told cnn's christiane amanpour in an exclusive interview. >> so, they're ready to defend this, region and they are not ready to leave this city. the fact that they are in these homes means that they are seriously preparing. but, we are also seriously prepared for these developments. but, we are not considering this as just one single operation we have a strategy,

and different directions. and you can see kristen amanpour's full exclusive interview with is orlanski on her program on thursday at six in london, 8 pm in kyiv right here on cnn. now, some abdelaziz joins me live from kyiv with the latest, and, salma, in kherson again, we see -- wary of being lured into a trap. >> absolutely, kim, but a stunning admission of defeat here from moscow in this very orchestrated press conference yesterday. we saw russia's defense minister standing alongside the top general for this so-called special military operation sergei saying that in order to save the lives of russian soldiers, they had to retreat they have to withdraw they are unable to continue supplying the city of kherson, and yes, you did hear from president zelenskyy in his nightly address, there is no gift from our enemies that was the quote

that he used, essentially in wants to proceed with caution, concern that this could be a trap to lure ukrainian forces in but all ukrainian officials are seeing movement on the ground. they say russian troops are withdrawing from the front line villages in kherson, they are also blowing up all these bridges along the dnipro river just to give you an outline of the plan, video is these russian soldiers would pull back from the city which is on the west side of the river, across the river to the eastern side of kherson, fortified those positions there, now ukraine for its part again saying it will proceed cautiously, it will wait and see what happens on the ground, just the overall picture here, kim, for weeks president putin has faced major battlefield losses to this ukrainian counter offensive that has been extremely successful looks that to recapture the one and only capitol, regional capital rather that russia has been able to claim in this conflict since the start of the invasion in february, so a major major

setback for president putin who just six weeks ago, him, was signing a decree in this very glassy ceremony declaring that kherson is part of russia and illegally annexed and now this defeat, the only word you can really think, of kim, here, is humiliation. this is an absolutely humiliating defeat for russia. >> absolutely, in the meantime, in the quest for peace here, our reporting suggest the u.s. has been quietly putting a bit of pressure on ukraine to at least explore the idea of a diplomatic solution, do you think that is feasible, what has been the response generally from ukraine? >> yes, so we do have this reporting, kim that privately behind closed doors the united states wants some reassurances that president zelenskyy would negotiate when the time does come, to negotiate. they seem to be expressing this in part because of european partners as well where some fatigued ukraine or fatigued appears to be sitting in obviously heading into the

winter europe's concern about gas prices about, inflation, so concerned about presidents illness key would come to the table. now president zelenskyy for his support has been absolutely clear he will not concede any territory to russia, is it failed to win back every inch of land that russian forces have taken his evening on so far after that illegal annexation admonition, he was so far as to say, i will not discuss anything with president putin all i would rather speak to the next leader of russia when and if that happens. so, very clear messaging there from president zelenskyy, he is not ready to come to the table, but again, that concern about ukraine, war fatigue, kim? >> all right, absolutely, thank you so much. some abdulaziz in kyiv. after shaun penn is showing his support for ukraine by loaning president-elect ski on his two oscars. the hollywood star and activist was seen handing and zelenskyy the statuette in a video posted on president social media account, zelenskyy for his part presented pen with the order of merit thanking him for the

symbol of faith in ukraine's victory. he told smolenski when you win, bring the oscar back. all right, that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom, i'm kim brunhuber, you can follow me on twitter at kim brunhuber, i'm back in just a moment with more, news please do stay with us. i know there's conflicting information about dupuytren's contracture. i thought i couldn't get treatment yet? well, people may think that their contracture has to be severe to be treated, but it doesn't. if you can't lay your hand flat on the table,

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