>> people and fans who recognize my name is cool. it's a pleasure. it's kind of a dream as a kid. you make it to the nba, you want to be a phenomenal player. it's fun. i'm not going to let it get to my head though, but it's fun. we had a big game in college hoops. second ranked gonzaga playing texas. the zags wrr the wrund dogs. texas favored by 2. maybe should have been more. texas fans having fun afterwards as they all ran on the court to celebrate. the u.s. men's national team gearing up to start the world cup on monday. earlier this week, pretty cool move. they invited some of the mieg grand workers to come from the airbase and u.s. embassy personnel to watch yesterday's training session.

they signed some autographs for them. cool deal there. world cup, christine, starts on sunday. u.s. plays first game monday at 2 eastern against wales. >> that's going to be a lot of fun. how nice to share the field there. thanks so much. nice to see you, andy. >> have a good one. >> thanks for joining me. i'm christine romans. "cnn this morning" starts right now. good morning. good morning. >> your singing voice. >> the voice of an angel for you this morning. >> no one has ever described me as an angel, poppy harlow. everyone, it is thursday, november 17th, we're so glad you can join us because hours from now nancy pelosi, the current house speaker set to make an announcement about her political

future just as republicans take back the house. >> he said the capitol insurrection was the most difficult day as rioters chanted hang mike pence, yet he still will not testify before congress. and commit to hard core or leave. elon musk issuing an ultimatum to his employees who have until 5:00 today if they want to embrace his marching orders or resign. we start with nancy pelosi and her plans. the outgoing house speaker is set to make an anounouncement today. some insiders believe she may step aside for a new generation of leadership. straight to jessica dean live this morning on capitol hill. good morning, what are your sources saying about pelosi's plans? >> reporter: this has been the buzz since the midterms but

reached a fever pitch last night. a source is telling us she is planning to address everyone this morning in a floor speech, she took two versions home last night but it's still up in the air how it is. part of t it, speaker pelosi has been overwhelmed by calls from friends, colleagues, and supporter. the speaker plans to address her future plans tomorrow to her colleagues, stay tuned. of course, nancy pelosi, looms over the capital, the house, and has been a monster figure guiding the democrats for years. and passed an enormous amount of legislation through the house in her last term as speaker. all eyes are on her as to whether she will continue forward in a leadership position. if she will continue serving here in the house speaker. what exactly her plans are. of course, don, lingering behind in the back of her mind has to be the attack on her husband,

paul pelosi at their home in san francisco a few weeks ago. >> and in the senate, same-sex marriage protection cleared a critical hurdle in the senate. can you talk to us about this, jessica? >> this is something they were trying to get done before the midterms. i say they it's a bipartisan group of senators that were trying to get the legislation through. we're through the midterms we saw this vote yesterday that moved it forward. 12 republicans joining all 50 democrats in voting for this legislation. so that tells us this is a good indicator it's on a glide path forward. but the question is procedure, something they get done before the thanksgiving break or finalize once they get back. it doesn't enforce same-sex marriage legalization across the country. instead it forces every state to recognize another state's law. if you're legally married in one state, that will count and be

recognized under the law in whatever state you're in. >> thank you, jessica dean on capitol hill for us this morning. let's take a moment this morning to remind everyone of the words of supreme court justice anthony kennedy who wrote that opinion that established that right to same-sex marriage that was 2515 writing no union is more profound than marriage, it em embodies the highest levels of love and family. as some of the petitioners in this case, marriage embodies a love that my endure past death. it would misunderstand these men and women to say they don't respect the idea of marriage. they do respect it and respect it so deeply they seek to find it themselves. their hope is not to be excluded in loneliness. they ask for equal dignity in

the eyes of the law and the constitution grants them that right. this morning there is a new balance of power, republicans have flipped the house by a slim majority. it's a victory that falls short of their red wave hope. president biden wasted no time saying he's ready to work with republican lawmakers, congratulating kevin mccarthy for winning control. here is how kevin mccarthy reacted. >> we are the only republican entity that can stop this disastrous biden agenda. think for one moment, it is official. one party democrat rule in washington is finished. we have fired nancy pelosi. >> the victory allows house republicans to claim subpoena power, set the agenda, and they have already promised to make investigations into the biden administration a top priority. former vice president mike pence is weighing in on trump's

2024 bid for the white house saying he believes the voters may have better choices than his former boss. he left open the possibility that he might seek the republican nomination himself and revealed how he dealt with the events of january 6th calling it the most difficult day of my public life. we're live in washington this morning. what else did we hear from pence as he was opening up about what that day was like behind the scenes. >> reporter: the former vice president was very forthcoming about his feelings about being in the capitol on january 6th describing the moments for him. but about the big question that is now facing him, if he will launch a presidential campaign, he played it coy, essentially saying stay tuned. >> i think it's time for new leadership in this country that will bring us together around our highest ideals.

>> will that be you? >> i'll keep you posted. >> reporter: former vice president mike pence looking ahead to 2024 but stopping short of announcing his own presidential bid after former president donald trump declared a third run for the white house tuesday. >> i think in the days ahead whatever role i and my family play in the republican party, whether it's as a candidate or a part of the cause, i think we'll have better choices than my old running mate. >> reporter: pence said it was a great honor to serve alongside trump at a town hall while promoting his new book "so help me god". >> in four years we rebuilt our military, revived our economy, appointed conservatives to our courts at every level. but in the end our administration did not end well. >> reporter: pence said those final days of the administration were the most difficult he's had in public life. he supported the trump campaign's legal challenge after

the 2020 election but said he urged the president to accept the results when those concluded. >> he was hearing different voices. and frankly there were some legal experts that were allowed on the white house grounds that should have never been through the gate. >> reporter: pence spoke of the tweet sent out by the president urging him not to certify the presidential election on january 6th. >> when i read a tweet that president trump issued saying that i lacked courage in that moment, it angered me greatly. but to be honest with you, i didn't have time for it. the president had decided in that moment to be part of the problem. i decided and was determined to be part of the solution. >> reporter: the former president also spoke about rioters calling for him to be hanged. >> hang mike pence! >> jake, it saddens me, but that day it angered me.

i must tell you. when i saw the images of people smashing windows, ransacking offices, and creating the mayhem that ultimately cost lives i was filled with a simmering indignation. >> reporter: pence said he's disappointed with the partisan nature of the january 6th committee on capitol hill and believes he should not testify because he believes it would violate separation of powers. the leaders of the committee are out with a statement responding quote the select committee has proceeded respectfully and p responsefully in our engagement with vice president pence. keep in mind it was only a few months ago, back in august, when pence said he would consider testifying before their committee. >> and some of his top aides when he worked in the white house already have but he's not going to.

thank you for summing that town hall for us. jake tapper is going to join us live later in the show. and twitter employees have a choice to make. commit to doing and i quote here, extremely hard core work or take three months of severance and get out. that is from elon musk, who continues to keep his staff on edge less than a month after taking over the social network and after laying off half the company's workforce. cnn obtained a copy of an email he sent to employees where he stressed staff will work long hours at high intensity. and high performance will get a passing grade. sarah fisher is here with us this morning. good morning. he's been there a short time. i know it's a tough job but is it insulting to employees? i wonder how it's going over with them?

>> it's not going over well. if you're not part of the 3,700 laid off, you may quit because of the new rule. remember, this is like a 180 for them. you have people who are told you have to work hard core, long hours, come into the office every day. i would expect 10 to 15% of the remaining employees to quick or decide they don't want to take the new package by 5:00 p.m. today. >> is it defined what hard core is? >> by elon musk standards it's sleeping on the floor overnight. it's dedicating all of your mental space towards this company. but the challenges, you know this, any company needs to have a healthy work life policy balance so people can work their best. elon musk has built two successful companies with this culture but this is a new era. >> he built them.

this is something we talked about last week. everything he's run he's founded or co-founded. he's like, you know, parachuting in here, it's his right, he bought the company. changing the culture of the work. i think missing there is we're going to pay you more, by the way. and he testified, he did this testimony because tesla folks some of them are mad. he said on the stand i'm not running twitter that long. >> tesla shareholders are frustrated right now. he's supposed to be running that company, but he's sleeping on the floor at twitter. so they're saying do we deserve to pay you over $50 billion in comp if you're putting your attention towards somewhere else? and elon musk in that moment his defense was well, i'm not going to be running it for long. did he give a time line though? no timeline. >> we were talking in the break what kind of product twitter was when he took over it. can it operate effectively if

you expect 10 to 15% of the employees not fired to quit because of the policy can they operate with such a reduced workforce? >> regulators don't think so. if you talk to people in europe where strict privacy rules, they're concerned. there are advertisers pulling their ads out of twitter because they don't think they can enforce the policies and keep content moderation under control. so i don't think it'll be to the point where people expect to do business with it, regulate it effectively. i'm hopeful the product will improve, the user experience hasn't changed in the past decade. >> he's not wrong that they needed to make money. >> he's not wrong. but you don't make money by scaring your advertisers away. i know he said he wants to make twitter more subscription based

revenue charging for verifver fic regulat -- verification but they had to roll that back. >> you don't make money scaring the advertisers away and also probably scaring your employees away as well. >> exactly right. >> that could end up hurting the company. we all sleep on our couches we never leave. >> you two are hard core. >> i need a bigger couch. also this, a rare special meeting this weekend in uvalde, texas, the fate of the city's acting police chief may finally be decided after he failed to act during the deadly school shooting. a critical shortage of the adhd drug adderall. the fda said that shortage might last for months. ♪

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welcome back to cnn this morning. new this morning, cnn has learned that the city of uvalde's acting police chief is expected to be fired at a meeting this saturday following a cnn report revealing the veteran officer failed to act despite being told by his fellow officers that students in the classroom were calling 911 during the shooting. shimon prokupecz joins us this morning. this is a result of your reporting, what have you learned? >> reporter: yeah, so following our reporting earlier this week the city council and mayor in uvalde, it was the first time they were learning some of this information. certainly the fact that he received information, the lieutenant received information

about the 911 call and then all this video showing the lieutenant walking around, leaving the school hallway, crossing the street. so as a result of all of this information, the mayor has basically told us he wants him removed from the uvalde city police. the lieutenant has been on paid relief but they want him fired. they're giving him until the end of the week, if the decision is not made by the end of the week. the mayor said they're going to have a hearing, we're told at that hearing, a rare saturday hearing they're calling for, they would move to vote and fire the lieutenant. >> let's talk about the family members of the uvalde shooting victims, they called for this lieutenant to be fired at a meeting yesterday. what are families saying to you? >> reporter: right. so this is at a county commission hearing. he's an elected official, he's also an elected official serves as a county commissioner. he was just re-elected last

week. they want him removed from the county commission, it's complicated, involves a lot of steps but they want him removed. but they're continuing to be upset over the information coming out. we spoke to a grandmother of one of the little girls that was killed. take a listen to her reaction. >> he was trusted to protect and serve but not only did you turn your back on the 911 calls for help but you washed your bloodstained hands and walked away. for years your badge was unblemished, almost perfect. the worst decision of your life took that all away. >> reporter: so the frustration here continues for all the family members here. they're not getting the information they need, they're not getting the accountability they need. so this is the reaction we're seeing from them. >> you can hear the frustration

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deep and pay whatever to go to disney. >> so that's why it's more expensive for certain parks than others. >> exactly. maybe people went to one now they're going to get them to maybe go to the animal kingdom. >> which is my favorite. >> is it? >> it is. >> this is before the $35 ears. the $30 magic watches that i told my kids no. and that genie pass that you have to pay double to skip the line, it is like out of control and unatenable for so many american families. >> again, this is why i'm astounding, because people do it. they will continue to do it. >> it is pretty amazing. >> for some people this is once in a lifetime, but for some people they do it every year. the last time i was there for a story, there was all these bachelorette parties. >> i remember seeing that. >> to me this shows that disney is recession-proof here, at

least on the theme park side. not other parts of the business. but it shows the consumers want an experience and they're not buying stuff as much as they're buying experiences. and that's advantage disney parks. >> i want you to stay with us. we want to talk about this, yale and harvard law schools dominated the u.s. news and world ranking reports but they're pulling out. so why are they calling it quits? yale explains, i believe that u.s. news operates with the best of intentions it faces a nearly impossible task ranking 192 law schools with a small set of one-size-fits-all metrics that cannot provide an accurate picture of such varied institutions. its approach not only fails to advance the legal profession but stands squarely in the way of progress. here with us now, cnn

correspondent mark stewart. i'm going to let you start this ms. law student. >> i have a clear bias. >> you're a lawyer. >> i'm not. i have a masters. i went to yale law school last year. i think what the dean is saying here, it's appropriate. it's notable it was ranked number one law school saying we don't need that ranking. right. and all law schools are so different. >> they are very different. i think that what the dean of yale said reflects what many universities have felt. i reached out to a number of people in the world of academia and no one is a fan of these lists. education in general means very individualized, even law school is individualized. i was talking to one source last night who brought up a point if you look at the broader college rankings, which are very popular, they look at some

pretty finite factors, including percentage of alumni that gives back. that is significant, because it's not the amount that they're giving but the percentage. if you are a school where a majority of your student base is first-ever -- first generation college graduates, they don't have this history of giving that perhaps a more established school would have. so is that more important in ranking than perhaps classroom size? >> no, it's not. >> yeah. and teacher accessibility. that's why these lists get a little bit amermurky and uncomfortable. >> i think the important number is the student's number. what is right for the student. we have a student debt crisis in this country, people going to schools they can't afford that they don't match. it should be the financial reach school is what people should be really looking at here.

and also, i feel like it's the 100 best songs of all time. we'll have a different list all of us. how can you rank the 100 best anything when the students, whether they're first generation going to college, they have money saved, don't have money saved they'll be getting loans, there are so many factors. the list is too simplistic. >> you take out these massive student loans and you think you're going to the number one or two law school and it's 15 in reality. i think people want a list, i want to go to the number one law school in the country. >> it's just bragging rights. >> yes. >> and universities, as much as they condemn them, if they have a good ranking i'm sure it's active in their marketing portfolio. but we do like lists. whether we're talking about colleges or micro waves, it makes things easy. >> here's where i think the danger is and what makes this a good move. companies often only recruit at

certain universities and certain law schools. and they just go to what's the best on the list. then you miss all these amazing people at other schools. my husband made this change where he works saying why aren't we going to these schools, talking to these students? and the people he's hired have been remarkable. so it's dangerous for people who aren't going to those top schools. >> the bias is baked into the system. >> totally. >> i worry about the people who take on a whole bunch of debt because they're going to a number one or two school and take a year off or god forbid they don't make it. and you're stuck with a number one not degree and pile of debt. also we know that harvard and yale are the best -- we know they're really, really good. not being on that list is not going to mean that people don't want to go there. those are very good schools. >> i heard from a recruiter last night who talked about the point you brought up. she feels now that companies are looking -- they really don't care where you went to school.

it matters in some -- >> i hope so. >> it matters in some areas like recruiting for -- like if you work in finance, certain schools are ripe for recruiters. but companies, recruiters, they are still looking for strong skills no matter where you received your education. >> and it's -- >> amen. >> it's all about your initiative and how motivated you are. >> go ohio state. >> i was going to stay role tide. >> we know you went to harvard. >> thank you, romans, thank you mar very much. many fans love a snowy football game but historic snowfall is causing concern for bills and browns fans. and a nationwide shortage for adderall as demand skyrockets. what officials are saying about that next. that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's one that'll really take you back.

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aurora, which is where the game will be played. i spent 17 years there shoveling money as a kid. >> you're talking to minnesota over here, so same here. >> that's right. minnesota yeah, you beat us last week. >> we did. 8-1. wait for us patriots. >> participation trophy for the bills. >> anyway, two to three feet of snow over the niagara frontier down into erie county and wyoming county, seeing snow in parts of michigan from the same cold air. it's cold everywhere. and that's the key to lake effect snow. you ever sit out on a dock on a cold morning and watch the steam come off the lake because the lake is warm. that's the steam this lake effect snow machine is going to use. that's the extra moisture you get off the lake, lake erie and lake ontario, that's where the snow comes from. it will be cold air, not rain,

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so cash pouring into georgia for the senate runoff there and the show down between republican herschel walker and democratic

incumbent raphael warnock, they are fighting for the last undecided senate seat but amid allegations and criticisms that have plagued walker's campaign. elsi granderson has an op-ed that said we have to look beyond that. this is what he said, the clips of walker fumbling over his words, talking in circles and just completely making stuff up are painful. some are funny, most are sad reminders that walker isn't a new voice in the movement, just a pawn in the game he's not aware is being paid. elsi granderson joins us now. good morning, sir. >> good morning, don. >> is he a pawn and doesn't know or is he a willing pawn? maybe it's a combination and you think he doesn't know. he's not aware? >> i think both things are true.

i believe that there are gains happening that involve him that he's not aware of. i pointed it out in the column because of the fund-raising tactic used by not only save america which is the pac connected to donald trump, but actually pacs connected to other white members of the republican party who have absolutely nothing to do with the georgia race, such as jd vance. it was reported that jd vance's pac, or the committee connected to jd vance sent out an email that said help walker defeat warnock in georgia, when 90% of the donations were going to vance's pack, and 10% to walker's. unless the donors clicked to allocate otherwise. we know the campaign didn't know this was happening. because the manager said, and

they asked the republican party to stop. that was one aspect of the game happening that walker didn't know what was going on. his name and image was used to raise how much money without his knowledge. it inreminded me of a college football player in the ncaa. . >> we were stuck when senator lindsey graham said this a few days ago. we wonder what you think. let's play it and get your thoughts on the other side. >> they're trying to destroy hershel to deter young men and women of color from being republicans. if they destroy hershel it will destroy people from wanting to be a republican because you just have your life ruined. the conservative movement for people of color is on the ballot in georgia. >> what do you think he's doing there? >> he reminded me of sally

strutters with the save the children commercials, remember those in the '80s and '90s? that's what he reminded me of. it was that cynical to me. it reminded me of that because he's making this plea, i don't want to denounce save the children, it wasn't meant to slight the organization. but the aspect of having herschel walker sitting there sort of blan trying to pretend as if herschel walker represents the black conservative thought. the thing that's really irritating to me about that, besides the fact that it makes herschel look like he's incapable of raising his own funds, is lindsey graham knows there are no white southern democrats. so when he says he's trying to destroy them, it's democrats. so it's a round about way in which he's trying to suggest

that black people are trying to tear herschel walker down. as far as i'm concerned, i can't speak for the entire black community, but we haven't been thinking about herschel walker in decades. we weren't out trying to destroy herschel walker. donald trump recruited herschel walker from texas to move back to georgia to pretend as if he wanted to be in the senate to say awful things about the black man who was the pastor of church of dr. king's state in a state we watched the aubrey video happen. in which there's a group of officers beating up a black man who is in custody already and not resisting arrest. so this whole notion that they're trying to destroy herschel walker when, in fact, it was donald trump who brought herschel walker into this conversation so he could control and manipulate him and then sitting back and watching the elected officials in florida

trying to get herschel walker to denounce donald trump and accept their brand of conservatism with the governor, the lieutenant governor on cnn the day of the election or soon after the midterm elections saying herschel walker needs to tell donald trump to stay home and go and beg and ask desantis to give him help. once again, herschel walker is not in control of any of this. he's a pawn in the proxy war that the republican party is having with donald trump. >> that was on this show. that was a kaitlan collins question that he answered. >> yeah. he said there were three things and he didn't say calling you black people. can you imagine being a black man born and raised in georgia of allstates and you're not advised to call any black people to help you win an election? you have to call florida? it's shameful. but at the end of the day, this is really about what georgians are comfortable with representing them. i guess we'll find out in

december. >> one of the things you wrote, you said the georgia senate race is still an interesting story even though we know who's going to control the senate. you said the runoff election is about deciding what kind of black leadership voters in georgia are comfortable with. >> yeah. yeah. absolutely. you know, you may recall, you know, the red summer, i was just talking about this with the author per ccivell everett. when black people came from the war, tensions spiked because white men in the south did not want to see black men wearing uniforms. and they did not want to see black people representing the country, appearing to be noble, appearing to be leaders. that's continued to be an aspect of the conversation unfortunately nearly 100 years later.

you can look at what happened with the election of president obama but it didn't stop there and begin there. we're looking at it again with herschel walker. we all know he's not qualified to run for office, let alone be a member of the senate. nonetheless, he's being kept propped up like sajia from american idol, if you remember that debacle. in which they didn't care that he wasn't the best, they wanted him there just to kind of stick it to the man and it feels that's what's happening with herschel walker they know he's not the best qualified can't but it doesn't matter because they're comfortable with him being in the position because they know he'll never run or control anything in their lives. >> oh. thank you, sir. i don't know if there's follow to that when you talk about him, some is embarrassingly and funny, i don't know if it's funny statements. but i know there are a lot of

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