hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. and i want to get to our lead story. hundreds of thousand of votes still being counted in arizona and never, but the control of the u.s. senate dramatically shifted in the democrats' favor. cnn now projects that arizona's democratic incumbent, senator

mark kelly, will win against republican blake masters. masters had the backing of donald trump, but there was little enthusiasm for him among the old guard republicans like mitch mcconnell. while new batches of confirmed vote totals are being released daily and should be completed by early next week, arizona still has several hundred thousand uncounted ballots yet to process. next shoe to drop could very well be nevada where republican challenger adam laxalt has seen his lead evaporate to over about 800 votes ahead of incumbent senator catherine cortez makes toe. and some republicans have complain the about the slow pace of the counts and hinting at nefarious motives of routine glitches. and state law dictates how quickly the process goes. >> we're not purposely holding

this process back. we are doing everything in our power to move balance lots forward just as quickly as we can, but the statutory deadlines that we have in place, i can't do -- finish all the mail until it all comes in. that is a very small number, but still, i can't finish until saturday even if i wanted to. monday, we have the cure deadline. i have to wait for those voters to give them an opportunity to get their ballot cured. >> and the projected win in arizona makes the democrats and republicans tied at 49 senate seats a piece. one more win for democrats either in nevada or georgia's runoff would give them control of the upper chamber. democrats continue to pick up house seats, but the math is against them. republicans only need seven more seats on control the house, which they are widely expected to do. cnn's gary tuchman is in las vegas with the latest on the nevada race.

but we begin with cnn's kyung lah in phoenix. >> reporter: the vote count here in maricopa county is still continuing, but cnn is now projecting that senator mark kelly, the democratic incumbent, will defeat a challenge from republican blake masters. the vote count here is 82% complete as workers here, you can see, are still going through the ballots. about 265,000 to 275,000 votes still remain to be counted. the masters campaign had hoped that this latest vote result would be the turnaround, clearing a path, a possible path to victory where he could catch up and overtake the democratic senator. that simply did not materialize. senator kelly released a statement after multiple news organizations projected that he would indeed win saying, quote, i'm humbled by the trust our state has placed in me to

continue this work and we're also getting reaction from republicans here in the state of arizona, the party here increasingly has seen a divide between the moderate mccain republicans and the trump wing. republican analyst and operative garrett morrison said arizona is a tariff state but not a trump state and voters keep telling us that. kyung lah, cnn, phoenix. >> reporter: u.s. senate race in nevada is so close. mail ballots still need to be counted. where reno is located, there are with 11,000 ballots still ton counted. and douglas county in western nevada, population 50,000, and it is very republican, that county hasn't elected a president -- a diddic president since before world war ii. they have about 2,000 ballots

outstanding. but this is the big prize, this building behind me, this is the clark county election department, clark county is where las vegas is. about three quarters nevadians live in this county. there are still 23,000 mail in ballots to count. and an additional 15,000 ballots are provisional ballots or ballots that need to be cured. what that means, some people don't put their signature on the ballot. as long as they do, it then gets counted. so that is a total of 38,000 more ballots. so still a lot of counting do in this race that is very tight. gary tuchman, cnn, las vegas. and professor of international politics at city university is joining us live from london. so good to have you with us, professor. so congress still up in the air, but we understand two states could determine the state of the senate, nevada and georgia. could potentially make or break the democrats' control of the

senate. are you surprised by that development? >> i think normally in midterms there is a bit of a backlash against the incumbent party, incumbent president's party. and to some extent that has happened. it will happen in the house. as you said the senate race is very tight, a lot tighter than people expected, but i think that there is a big problem with opinion polling in general. there is a vast range of very unreliable opinion polls which have become part of the battleground over hearts and minds. and i think democrats were part of the guilty where they suggested that they would be routed as a project fear to get their voters out and i think that republicans were commissioning polling which is overoptimistic and the two combined actually created the position where we now are, which is a little surprise. i think many people had seen this outcome as well, that it wasn't going to be such a big defeat for the democratic party. >> a lot of people are debating the usefulness of polls, but i

want to focus now on the races. a lot of close races, wins with very small margin, few or no refusals to concede defeat for now. what does this tell you broadly speaking about the state of the race, mindset of the american elaectaectorate electorate? >> i think that this midterm election has its ebbs and flows and specific micro areaing. but the big picture is nothing has changed. nothing has been resolved by these midterms in the big picture in terms of the mind of the electorate and the kind of state, if you like, of american politics and of the american political system. and it remains deeply divided, large proceed possessions of the electorate are very disappointed in general with both main political parties and there is a kind of fear among many scholars of civil laws and of civil unrest and so on and state breakdown that the united states

continues to hover around what was said in 2021, which is that it is hovering around the area of a civil war. and so overall, this -- only way this election could have done something really decisive was a decisive defeat for trump and trumpism and transformation of the gop this election, 2024, and into the 2030s. i don't think that will happen. second thing is i think to some extent elements of trumpism have gone into bidenism as well. and so i believe that the two parties are not sure that they have the solution to the kind of illegitimacy crisis which exists in the united states and on the electorate itself. >> whoever ends up taking the congress, and it looks like it is leaning republican, takes the house with a very slim margin. what will it mean for the biden administration going forward, but also the gop, will anything

get done? >> i doubt it because they have the power now to block the "build back better" agenda and the very large scale industrial policy which president biden had inaugurated and so on. and so i think that that will be halted. but even more, i think that spending and so on will be scrutinized. social security, health and other things. but also i suspect a lot of investigations and possibly impeachment processes which are going to then further derail american politics. and what is going to happen is the deepening of that very crisis which this midterm election if you like is symptomatic of. and the only things that i can see which might really change things in the big picture is if you like, if there is transformation of the republican party can which is european terms is a far right party where nobody appears to be committed to td, a transformation of that,

a far moure radical jaenagenda the democrats. and the two main parties and their leaders are very far out of touch with the electorate as a whole. really the democrats ought to have been sweeping this election if truth be told, but the fact that they haven't suggest that people are dismayed about inflation, the economy, their livelihood and their future and so when the two main parties don't appear to have decisive answers to those big questions. >> i'd like to get your take in conclusion arguably the man of the moment right now is reelected governor of florida ron desantis. if he were to decide that he wants to run for president, is he someone that can bring people together? >> no. i think he is if you like, he is a disciple of trumpism without trump. you can get rid of trump and the whole kind of personal style and so on, you can institutionalize trumpism within the gone which

has already been done, ron desantis if you like doesn't have the taint of going on and on about the stolen election and so on. a lot of republicans are fed up with that all together. it is all about donald trump and he has not been particularly s successful. he does have the culture war style. he also believes in deregulation of big corporate power, and he believes in tax cuts for the very wealthy. that is the core elements of trumpism. he has them all. so if he were to run nationally, i'm not even sure that he would defeat donald trump because donald trump still has a lot of support among the republican electorate. if he were to run, he would further divide the country along all the fault lines that donald trump has already carved out, identified and deepened in all sorts of ways. so i don't think that the answer

to the big questions really lies in the politics of the republican party at the moment at all. and i think in terms of unifying the country, i would say as an outsider but observer, decisive de defeat would be the healthiest thing for the american democracy going forward. >> professor, thank you for sharing your views with us. >> thank you very much. well, republican lawmaker kevin mccarthy is facing tough hurdles in his bid to become house speaker. if his party takes the house with a slim majority, he may not have enough votes to secure the job. that is because conservative hardliners are withholding their support up some of their demands are met. to win them over, some say that he will need to adopt the far right policies of former president donald trump. >> i do think that kevin

mccarthy, if he wants to have a chance of being speaker, he has declared that he is supporting donald trump. so i thought tsteelise stefanik yesterday was very smart and it will be a maga republicans in the house and even in the senate leadership. >> and mr. mccarthy needs 218 votes to become speaker and right now no one in the party has that kind of support. and now a story we first brought you earlier this week. days after suspicious letters were spent to the headquarters of arizona's republican gu gubernatorial candidate kari lake, police concluded that two of the envelopes did not contain any powder or harmful substances as was feared. a volunteer had found the letters and placed under medical supervision, but the campaign says that that person is now doing fine. a day of freedom in the

ukrainian city of kherson after months of russian occupation. still ahead, ukrainians rejoice after russian troops leave their city. and u.s. president joe biden is in cambodia attending the assistian oig summit and meeting with asian leaders. we'll have a live report after the break. and to support my family's immune health, i choose airborne. unlike some otothers, airborne giveses you vitamin c and so much more. it's an 8 in 1 immune support formumula. airborne. do more. it makes it really easy and seamlessss pick an order print everything you need slap the label on ito the box and it's ready to go our cost for shipping, were cutn half just like that go to shstation/tv and get 2 months free

that is how people in the city ofcomed ukrainian troops friday following months of russian occupation. moscow announced it had pulled out from the west bank of the dnipro river conceding 40% of the kherson region to ukrainians including the city itself. and ukrainian troops also swept through other towns in the area holding up their flag to mark the end of russia's occupation. while at the same time they also displayed ammunition and other military gear that russians left

behind. and that contradicts russia's claims that they took all their equipment with them. ukraine says russian troops destroyed critical infrastructure on their way out, including at least seven bridges. president zelenskyy said ukrainians endured hardship because they always knew that the russians would be driven out. >> translator: the people of kherson waited, they never repudiated ukraine. they were rit to pin their hopes on ukraine and ukraine always returns its own. i'm glad to see those people despite all dangers repression and suffering inflicted by occupiers held on to ukrainian flags. believed in ukraine. >> and sam kiley is joining us now live from the ukrainian capital kyiv. sam, ukrainian flag flying once again over kherson. was this russian retreat inevitable? >> reporter: it was inevitable in that this was a campaign that

began a few months ago before the very rapid advances made in another campaign to the east of the city of kharkiv. that was a rout of russian forces whereas this has been a pretty professional retreat frankly. they have been able to get out without substantial loss of their own lives, although they have left some equipment behind. they have substantially been able to remove most of their military material and that is very significant. and also the russians will now be digging in on the other side of the dnipro river and returning to pre-prepared artillery positions using that river as a natural defensive line. so, yes, they have been driven out. this is a very successful military operation by the ukrainians, very important strategic bound forward from the ukrainian perspective. but they are very unlikely to be able to advance any further across that part of the front line because of the natural barrier and of course as winter

is setting in. but from the ukrainian perspective, they will now want to consolidate those gains and protect themselves from what will inevitably be a campaign of bombardment. as soon as ukrainians start to get into fixed positions, the russians can be relied upon to attack them from the other side of the river. >> what does this defeat change? >> well, i think first of all, it is strategic in that it gets rid of the major bridge head that the russians had for further advances into ukraine. back in march when this city fell, this was the first of any regional capital that the russians had captured. if they could have consolidated that and moved forward from there, it would have been part of their campaign to try to capture the rest of the country and create a pressure point towards kyiv and elsewhere in ukraine. and secondly, of course this also means that now the russian -- sorry, ukrainian forces now have their himars,

their long range missiles now within range of russian location on the crimean peninsula. that was an area captured in 2014 illegally annexed back then. ukrainians are clear that they want to recapture and drive all of the russians out of all of the territory that they have laid claim to. and perhaps now that they have had some strategic success, perhaps start start thinking about talks. but that ukrainian perspective is ruled out. they are on the front foot. benefit of the nato type weapons that they have been supplied apply the united states and the united kingdom and others have been very, very important in prosecuting this war. and that is what we've seen the significant use on the kherson front. without that weaponry, it would have been impossible for the ukrainians who were outnumbered on the ground. >> sam kiley reporting from

ukraine. thanks so much. and we're more than 8 1/2 months in to the war in ukraine with no clear end in sight. and ukraine's first couple is now talking to cnn about what motivates them to keep going. and president volodymyr zelenskyy and the first lady spoke exclusively with cnn's christiane amanpour. >> translator: you asked whether i thought this war would last so long. no. because i didn't start this war. and i'm sure that there is not a single ukrainian who knew what this will be and what tragedy this will bring to every home in our country. because we did not start this war. but ukrainian society united. and showed that it was ready for what unfortunately was such a tragedy.

showed it was ready for these challenges. i was impressed by the power of one nation and the swiftness of the response of europe. the whole world and the whole international community that rallied around ukraine for this challenge. >> first lady, what motivates you to get up in the morning, how do you feel that you have endured this war? >> translator: well, thank you. it is a big question. covers many spheres of my life. and what helps me get up in the morning i'm surely as you said is my husband's example. i know that if he endures, then i have to endure. we want to take you to kherson now, a city that vladimir putin once said would be russia's forever. and nic robertson is in the liberated city and he is joining us now live. nic, take us with you, you are walking in the streets of kherson. what are you seeing, what is the mood, what are people telling

you? >> reporter: absolute euphoria here at the moment. we're using the phone and we're communicating with the satellite. a bit of a celtic message. no phone signals here. russians have taken that down, destroyed the electricity, water, gas, everything here is in a bad situation. but everyone here is out celebrating in the square here. people are wearing the ukrainian flag, they are hugging the soldiers. they have come out to see how it is to have freedom. and i'm joined here by una and olga and we'll have a quick conversation. tell us about the last eight months under occupation. >> it was really hard time for everyone. every ukrainian family waited

for our soldiers, for our army. >> how does it feel now today to see them? >> it is amazing. thank you very much for supporting us. we feel every day your support. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. can we talk? >> yes, sure. >> you can tell us about your experiences over the last eight months? >> we were waiting so long, but we were sure that this day will come. and we celebrate together with our people here. and everywhere in the world. thanks for all world that assumed us, that help us, and this day we're so happy to be here. we are so happy with our people to celebrate this day. this is something amazing. it was hard, but we always knew

that this day will come. >> and i think what everyone wants to know know who is outside of here, what is the situation here now? please tell us about that. >> the situation is very terrible. no gas -- sorry, gas we had. electricity, no, power no. connection. connection, this is very important for people. people are lost. >> no internet connection. >> no internet connection. right. no water. but it is okay. we can wait. we can wait but more important, ukraine back here. we can call to our families, to our relatives and friends and we want to say we are together. >> and i think a lot of people were worried that the government was worried about if the russian soldiers would stay behind if there would be a battle here. do you feel the city is safe now? >> yes, the city is safe for us. >> and tell us how it was,

because again, we haven't had good information here. what was the situation like living with russian soldiers in control? >> the people you can see here now, i think that many of them were hiding. they are hiding their ukrainian flag somewhere in the corner. we were terrified by russian army. we were terrified by soldiers that could come any moment in our house, in our home, just open the door like they are living here. and steal, kids nap, torture. and this was very, very terrible. but we did that, we wait and we celebrated now. >> and what now, what are your hopes? now you have liberation and freedom. what are your hopes? >> we feel free. we are not slaves.

we are ukrainians. we are proud. yes. i agree, i agree. >> thank you both very much indeed. >> thank you. >> reporter: and they are saying freedom for ukraine. i tell you a little bit about our journey down here because it was quite the journey. driving through vast areas of countryside, going through there were mines on the road, there were blown bridges on the road to get here. the russians really made it hard for ukrainian forces to advance down here and liberate kherson. and that said, the countryside is almost entirely deserted, very, very few vehicles on the road. and the road is badly damaged. so i think for this city to get the restoration of power, to get the internet connection again,

and everyone has been coming on here to use our internet connection that we're talking to you on right now. to get these things established, there is clearly a lot of damage that has happened and clear that it will take a long time. but this is just a moment of euphoria here, just a moment of celebration where people can come in the square and show their flags. remember, back at the beginning of the war, this was the city, back when the russian troops rolled in here, the beginning of the war, this was the city that tried to resist. they had protests -- [ cheers ] and now celebration. [ chanting and singing ]

this is what liberation looks like and feels like. the people of this city tried to resists russians. the russians suppressed them. this is what ukrainians are like when that suppression comes off. [ singing ] [ cheers ] i think it might surprise many -- it would surprise i think many of those russian

soldiers who were here to know that these passions and these feelings were just hidden beneath the surface. this was a city where people were taken away, where they were tortured, where they were disappeared, but this is the spillage -- this is the spirit when the russians are gone and they can be themselves. it is quite remarkable to witness. that this was the square where people began when the russians invaded to try to resist them eventually, beaten back eventually, shot back, eventually driven into their homes essentially underground. now they are out and this is a new day of liberation. >> a new day indeed. nic robertson there surrounded by a jubilant crowd in a newly liberated kherson talking to very relieved residents. we'll be right back. that actively cools, warms andd

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the work. i'm the assistian summit is under way in cambodia. and u.s. president biden is there. he arrived earlier with a full agenda and plans to boost the strength of u.s. indo-pacific relations. he is meeting with cambodia's prime minister and while he is there, he will also meet with xi jinping next week at the g-20

summit in indonesia a. and will ripley is there for you in and joining us live. and president biden at assean ad will it be more than a handshake and photo-op? >> reporter: we certainly hope so. i believe that the answer is yes given the fact that the white house has been planning this bilateral meet beinging for quie time. and this is really significant because it will be the first face-to-face meeting for biden and xi since bipartisan became president. they have had virtual talks during the pandemic. but president biden has always stressed the importance of meeting face-to-face and president xi is just now dipping his toe back into international travel after spending most of the pandemic inside china managing the situation there. so they certainly have a lot to talk about. one of them being the issue of climate change, which biden was just talking about in egypt,

talking about the issue of ukraine, china continues to refuse to think come dem the russian invasion of ukraine. you saw nic robertson's powerful reporting from kherson.dem the russian invasion of ukraine. you saw nic robertson's powerful reporting from kherson. and saecretary of state antony blinken reaffirmed the united states support saying that the support will last as long as it takes. which is statement from the biden administration which some have received as being divided over what should happen in ukraine with the top u.s. general calling for diplomatic options with the resistance. certainly the ukraine issue will come up. the north korea issue will come up with the seventh underground nuclearxpected at anytime. and then of course the rising tenses with china which biden will be addressing directly with xi and talking with key u.s. allies getting input ahead of

that crucial meeting. so busy agenda. president biden just left his hotel minutes ago and he will be arriving at the summit venue at the hotel you see behind me. and so we'll be listening for his remarks happening in the coming minutes. >> and will ripley there in cambodia, thank you so much. and we'll get more perspective on the u.s. president's trip to asia next hour from aaron connelly, he is a senior fellow for southeast asian politics and foreign policy. so stay with us for that. coming up, turmoil builds at twitter, why the company could be in hot water with the federal government just weeks after elon musk took it over. was painfully slow . then we found shipstation. now we're shipping out t orders 5 times fastr and we're saving a ton. go to shipstation.com /tv and get 2 montnths free.

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comeback on wall street after this week's encouraging report showing inflation cooling. investors are hoping it means that the federal reserve may opt for smaller interest rate hikes going forward. at the closing bell on friday, the dow was up about a 10th of a percent while the nasdaq and s&p 500 saw even bigger gains. this was the best week for the s&p since june. and for the nasdaq since march. the trillion dollar crypto industry may see more regulation in the future. with the leading crypto executive warning of a possible regulatory crackdown. the industry is in chaos due to the implosion of the exchange ft k3 x and the firm announced that it was filing for bankruptcy. and its chief executive bankman-fried resigned from his position. and the 30-year-old was behind the early success of ftx. friday he apologized for what happened at his firm and said he hoped the company could

recover. and twitter could be facing legal trouble just weeks after elon musk took it over. and with the billionaire now warning the platform could even go bankrupt. experts say the company may have violated the concept agreement with the federal trade commission. and that could result in legal and financial penalties. one more issue hitting the twitter since musk assumed control. >> reporter: chaos continues. we could lon melon musk has own twitter for two weeks and the future has never seemed so in doubt. twitter has seen an exodus of top level executives, alienated powerful advertiser, blown up key aspects of its product and then launched and up launched other features designed to compensate for those choices completely. also in those early days, twitter has battled a wave of fake verified accounts posing as donald trump, rudy giuliani,

lebron james, nintendo and others. and imposters had even forced eli lilly the pharmaceutical company to apologize for misinformation spread under parity accounts it didn't create. in response, twitter has temporarily stopped taking signups for twitter blue, the new paid subscription service it launched just days ago offering a verified blue check mark for anyone who pays $8 a month no questions asked. according to multiple reports, muchk has canceled the remote work policy and even warn the cocoa could potentially face bankruptcy. that is not all. according to legal experts, twitter's layoffs and resignations are jeopardize its ability to comply with government regulations that protect the security and privacy of user data. violations could lead to hefty fines and even personal liability for musk that would tie his hands at twitter and wherever he may go next. brian fung, cnn, washington.

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if we're going to win this fight, every major nation needs to align with the 1.5 degrees. we can no longer plead ignorance to the consequences of our actions. or continue to repeat our mistakes. everyone has to keep accelerating efforts throughout this decisive decade. >> u.s. president biden there addressing delegates at the united nations cop 27 climate conference in egypt. he call the crisis a matter of security and said all nations including the u.s. must rise to the challenge. and correspondent david mckenzie

is has more. >> reporter: and the message he wanted to give is that the u.s. is ready to lead again on climate change. he touted his own legislative achievements and also said that good climate policy a good economic policy. saying that the u.s. is ready to make deep cuts in their emissions in the years ahead. he said countries looking particularly at the crisis in ukraine for possible fuels elsewhere should instead move to a green transition. >> it is more urgent than ever that we double down on our climate commitments. russia's war only enhances the urgency of the need to transition the world off of dependence on fossil fuels. no action can be taken without a nation understanding that it can use energy as a weapon and hold the global economy hostage and must stop.

and so this gathering must be the moment to recommit our future and our shared capacity to write a better story for the world. >> reporter: some developing nations will likely be disappointed that president biden didn't give enough attention to the issue of loss and damage it that is a concept that they need billions if not trillions of dollars to deal with the worst impacts of the climate crisis from rich countries, a major theme of this conference. they will hope perhaps that this is an issue that is dealt with at the g-20 meetings next week. david mckenzie, cnn, egypt. the asean summit is under way and u.s. president joe biden is there, you can see him here, he is meeting with the asean chair and cambodian prime minister. and these are live pictures that we're bringing to you. just three days after

winning re-election, florida governor ron desantis toured some of the area's worst hit by hurricane nicole. the storm made landfall on the east coast killing at least five. dozens of beach front homes and hotels have been declared unsafe. and thousands of homes and businesses are still without power. one resident spoke with local news shortly after returning home. take a listen. >> i was hoping that it would be a little bit better of a sight. i was hoping that just the two back bedrooms fell this morning, but it tore out the living room walls and the ceiling. so there will be some major rebuild going on. >> remnants of nicole continue to move north, high winds and significant rainfall are expected in parts of the u.s. east coast. a new report is painting a dire picture of the climate crisis in the u.s. the national climate assessment

released this week found that disasters like wildfires are getting worse. and that the country is warming faster than the global average. and the federal report says that the burning of fossil fuels is also contributing to the country's ongoing water crisis. let's get the latest now from meteorologist derek van dam. and that is not looking good. >> yeah, that's right, this assessment released every four to five years is really highlighting what life is like in america amongst this global backdrop of the climate crisis. it outlines some very painful, painful truths that the nation must confront, but simply hasn't. and namely our climate crisis is more frequent and more severe. take 2022 for a prime example. we often use this billion dollar benchmark to kind of gauge the severity of these natural disasters that we have here within the united states. and we've already had 115 $1

billion price tag events. and look at the increase in those events just in the past few years. now, we know that america specifically the united states, the continental united states, is warming faster than the global average and it is hitting some of our most vulnerable people first. that is also high lated within this report as well. what they talk about is reducing emissions by at least 50% by 2030. and this is very aggressive, but we also want to hit the net zero emissions by 2050. so what does net zero mean exactly? basically what we're striving do here in america as a climate leader is try to remove those greenhouse warming gases, the warming tracking gases, in the atmosphere. and actually remove them as much as we emit them. so that is what it means to be

net zero. and in order for us do that, we need to drop emissions by 6% per year. that is a steep climb, right? u.s. emissions only fell 12 3rs j 12% between 2007 and 2019. so not looking good. but if we cut the emissions significantly, you can see the difference in the expected temperatures by the end of the century. we certainly need to cokeep on track in order for our atlanta not to line up with the seven hottest years on record that we've seen so far. >> derek, thank you so much. and before we go, a look at this year's rockefeller center christmas tree which is due to arrive today in new york city. the norway spruce weighs some 14 tons and stands 82 feet tall, just look at the size of the people compared to the tree. and it was cut down in a small town about 200 miles north of new york city. the gigantic tree will be decorated with about 50,000 l.e.d. lights and also topped by

a 900 pound star made of 3 million crystals. when the tree is removed in january, it will be donated to habitat for humanity to be turned into homes. and thank you so much for your company. i'll be back in a moment with more "cnn newsroom."

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