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viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. just ahead on "cnn newsroom," defiance in china. protests erupt across the country in an unprecedented challenge to xi jinping's zero covid policy. voters in georgia go back to the polls while we're already seeing long lines for a u.s. senate runoff even though it won't affect the balance of power in washington. and holiday travel may be over, but a major winter storm will put millions of americans at risk for severe weather this week. we'll show you where it's headed and the impact it could have. >> announcer: live from cnn center this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, protests are erupting across china in a show of outrage against beijing's unrelenting zero covid policy.

crowds hit the streets over the weekend as covid infections hit a record high monday for six days straight. the chinese government is reporting more than 40,000 new cases with many still unreported in wuhan where the virus was first discovered. this was beijing on sunday as large crowds chanting for an end to restrictions and even called for president xi jinping's resignation. anger against the government spread after a deadly fire killed ten people on thursday. some believe zero covid measures were the reason firefighters arrived too late to save the victims. meantime protesters have been carrying blank sheets of white paper as a symbol against government censorship. cnn's salina wang has more. >> reporter: i'm in the center of a protest in beijing right now. they're chanting they don't want covid tests, they want freedom. they've been chanting this for hours. people have gathered here at the

center of beijing to protest the covid measures. we're in the city center. this is also where the authorities have urged people to stay at home because the covid outbreak is severe here. now, the area is also important because this is where the american embassy is over there. there are many foreign embassies over here. there is a heavy police presence. i am surrounded by police. they're telling me to shift in a little bit. and if we turn the camera around you'll see there is a row of police. there is mostly young people who have gathered here, and many people are also holding white papers in their hands, which is a sign of solidarity against censorship. >> in shanghai residents confronted police and sang the national anthem in protest. some are already facing the consequences for protesting peacefully. sunday night took a violent turn

with police holding back the crowd as they dragged people away and loaded them into a van. and amnesty international is urging the chinese government not to detain peaceful protesters. meantime the white house coronavirus response coordinator says china's restrictive policy and mass lockdowns are not sustainable. >> i think it's going to be very, very difficult for china to be able to contain through this their zero covid strategy. i would recommend they pursue it making sure everyone gets vaccinated particularly their elderly. that i think is the path out of this virus, lockdowns. >> for more let's bring in the bureau chief. so steven what is the latest on these very rare protests in china in response to the severe zero covid policy measures there? >> reporter: yeah, rosemary

things appear to be mostly calm on monday after security and police forces around the country dispersed protesting crowds using various means. some using more violent means than others as you just mentioned in the case of shanghai. but it is extraordinary to see not only how widespread those protests were, but also in terms of demands from some protesters. as you mentioned to that point even the most vehement opponents of the zero covid policy had really been dancing around the issue in this country in terms of the policy itself. they blamed local enforcement, blamed incompetent, overzealous local officials but not pointing a finger at the ultimate decision-maker in this one-party system. but that all changed on the streets of shanghai on saturday night when those protesters really chanting slogans directly challenging the legitimacy of its ruling party and its strong man leader. that probably explains why they received some of the harshest treatment in the hands of the police authorities. but that's also the worst

nightmare, the biggest fears among the government officials here because they do not want this kind of message to inspire others across the country. but that's exactly what has happened since as we have seen in salina's pieces protesters in other cities in beijing and also chondu have started chanting similar slogans that go beyond calling for the immediate end of lockdown measures. not only are they saying things like no to covid tests, yes to freedom but also saying things like no to dictatorship, no to being a slave, and yes to being a citizen. it's also notable many of those participate wants in the protests over the weekend have been students at college campuses around the country. remember for many university students in this country they've lived their entire college life over the past three years in lockdown and also the group hit

hardest by the economic slow down brought by this policy. really there's a sense of growing hopelessness among many young people in this country. when you have this group of people who feel they have little or nothing to lose they're more likely to take to the streets and make their voices heard, rosemary. >> and steven, what impact were all these protests having on markets across the region? >> reporter: yeah, markets here in asia both in hong kong and mainland china both opened much lower. i think the mainland markets have recovered somewhat but still down more than 1%, but this is not surprising because obviously the last thing investors want to see is instability and uncertainty. now, with those widespread protests and also the government's -- at least the official insistence on sticking to the zero covid policy, they're really facing both. rosemary? >> all right, steven jung joining us live from beijing. many thanks. well, turning now to u.s.

politics and the senate runoff election in georgia, state officials say well over 70,000 voters turned out to cast ballots early on saturday and choose between incumbent democratic senator rafael warnock and challenger republican herschel walker with a little over a week until election day. both candidates are working to get every single vote. >> reporter: senator warnock rallying georgians at a souls to the polls event sunday. souls to the polls of course popular in the black church tradition, the idea being that you go to church and then you get your souls to the polls. you get out and you go vote. what we have seen in georgia thus far is really robust turnout among black georgians. about half of the 70,000 georgians that turned out on saturday were black georgians. i asked senator warnock about this, and he says he's proud the democrats have built this multiracial coalition here.

but he told supporters earlier on sunday that the saturday vote did not come easy, that it is something that democrats had to fight with republicans for. take a listen. >> we filed a lawsuit so you could vote on saturday. they filed a petition asking for emergency relief. what you ought to ask yourself is what do they want relief from? you want relief from people voting? >> for his part herschel walker not on the campaign trail over the weekend, but he has a number of events this week. georgians have all this week to vote early. and if they don't make it out this week they can vote on election day, december 6th. cnn, atlanta. ron brownstein is a senior cnn political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic.

he joins me now from los angeles. always great to have you with us. >> hi, rosemary. happy thanksgiving. >> to you, too. and early voting is underway in the state of georgia for the december 6th runoff election between democratic senator rafael warnock and his gop challenger herschel walker. and we're already seeing long lines of voters waiting for hours to cast their ballots. what does this early enthusiasm signal to you as well as these long wait times? >> well, first, one of the reasons why the lines are so long today is because as part of the legislation that the republicans controlling the governorship and the state legislature passed after 2020, they shortened the time period for the runoff, and what that's done is left less time for people to request, receive, and return a mail ballot, so in fact you have local election officials in the media in georgia over the weekend basically encouraging people if they haven't requested a ballot already to vote in person.

so it's kind of tilting it back toward more back to in-person, back toward longer lines. look, this is a continuation of what we have seen in the country really since 2018 but especially in georgia. voters are deeply engaged. we're long past the era of the early 2000s, but sometimes, you know, there was an argument it didn't really matter which party won. people talk about not seeing any difference between george w. bush or al gore in 2000. people recognize there are enormous stakes in which party is setting the national direction, and georgia really has been at the epicenter of that increased engagement. >> on another issue former president donald trump is experiencing considerable backlash even from within his own party for a dinner he had with kanye west and a well-known white supremacist at his mar-a-lago home. what impact could this have on the 2024 presidential candidate and of course his party? >> well, first, trump, you know,

throughout his national political career one of his most consistent goals has been to knock down the barriers between the center right and the extreme right. i mean he has in many ways going back to very fine people on both sides in charlottesville and different twitter accounts that he's engaged with over the years, he has repeatedly taken steps to validate and empower and amplify voices that previously had been consigned to the fringe of american politics. he's not alone in that. what we're watching from elon musk on twitter in many ways is a parallel campaign to use the rubric of free speech to empower more far right voices and bring them into the main stream of the political dialogue. we'll see if this costs trump in 2024. republicans have been willing to look the other way or ignore it so long as they thout he was bringing them electoral benefit by mobilizing his base.

now that they seem more of a cost which was apparent in 2018 with so many of his candidates losing in swing states in pennsylvania again and georgia, it may be there may be more push back against this than we've seen so far. i think, rosemary, this has moved way beyond donald trump. you see it in elon musk, other major figures in the republican party, margery taylor greene, paul gosar. >> ron, even though president joe biden did better than expected in the 2022 mid-term elections by retaining control of the senate, he is still confronting a lame duck session without the benefit of controlling the house of representatives. so what can realistically be achieved in the next month particularly in the area of gun controls? >> well, he still does have the house, of course, until january of 2023. so in the lame duck they still

have unified control. the problem is not the house. i mean the house is already past, you know, a renile of the assault weapon ban that biden was perhaps his greatest legislative achievement when he helped shepherd that into law in 1994 as part of a broader crime bill. the problem is the filibuster in the senate eliminates the possibility of action there. i mean one of the things, you know, i have noted if you look at the 20 states, rosemary, that have the highest gun ownership per capita, those 20 states sent 32 republicans to the senate. if you look to the states that have the lowest gun ownership per capita those 20 states send 32 democrats to the senate. same number of senators from each of the states to the polls of gun ownership. the difference is the states with the lowest gun ownership have about 20 million more people in them. but because of the structure of

the senate and the filibuster, those small predominantly rural, predominantly white states dominated by republicans have a veto over national gun policy. and so long as the filibuster is in place, i don't think it is realistic to believe that we are ever going to see much more action on ideas that have broad support in the public, assault weapon ban, ban on high capacity magazines, tougher red flag laws, universal background checks. all those ideas have majority support, even majority support from republicans who don't own guns. but they're not plausible politically so long as the filibuster is in place in fact giving a veto to those states where gun ownership is more prevalent. >> always good to get your analysis. many thanks. >> thank you. and still to come, yukraine says it's making progress in getting the country's energy system up and running again. we will have an update on where things stand right now.

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well, ukrainian officials are reporting more russian shelling overnight south of the city of dnipro. this comes after officials on sunday said at least seven people were killed and 19 injured in attacks mostly in the south and the east where russia is ramping up its strikes. in recent weeks russia has launched attacks aimed at crippling ukraine's power infrastructure. now ukraine's prime minister says the energy system has been stibalized at 80% of its normal capacity with more than 1,000 experts working every day to repair the network. >> translator: after the massive terrorist attack last wednesday we have been restoring electricity generation and supply day after day. as of today in most regions of the country, only stabilization schedules of shutdowns are in

effect. the situation is under control by energy workers. >> cnn's claire sebastian joins us live from london with more on this and more. claire, russian mothers are launching an anti-war petition on russia's mother's day. what more can you tell us about that? >> yeah, rosemary, interesting because over the weekend we saw president putin actually meet in a somewhat staged meeting with wives and mothers of soldiers and people called up to fight in ukraine, apparently. but that doesn't seem to have paid attention to the potential pr issue they have with women in particular. they have been a formidable sort of political force in the past when it comes to issues around war with chechnya. but this particular petition called the feminist anti-war resistance has not exactly reached critical mass yet. it's about 4,200 signatures so far but interesting because it's actually calling for the withdrawal of forces from

ukraine very clearly talking about, you know, how people have had to pay themselves to provide equipment to send their children and husbands essentially to their deaths. and not only that but it paints a pretty bleak picture as well how russian life is changing as a result of this war. it talks about a rise in poverty particularly for families, how state aid is being devalued by the rise and inflation. and quite interesting talks about a rise in domestic violence. this has been a problem in russia for a number of years ever since putin signed a law decriminalizing some elements of domestic violence. they say because of the rise in poverty it's increasing men come home traumatized by war, and that's causing an increase. perhaps all of this to be expected, but still interesting that it's being put out publicly in this petition in this way particularly because the kremlin does not acknowledge these kinds of impact on russian life. >> and, claire, there are signs that russia may leave

zaporizhzhia's nuclear power plant. what more are you learning about that? >> yeah, these comments came out over the weekend from the head of ukraine's energy nuclear company. he said he's received information. he talked about reports in russian media. we've not seen those reports. it's not exactly clear where he's getting that information, but he says there are signs russia is preparing he says to leave the nuclear plant. this is a site russia has occupied since the early weeks of the war. if they do withdraw it would be incredibly significant. it's a sitepute has signed a decree taking it under russian law. there are concerns, you know, as the site has been repeatedly disconnected from the energy grid that that's russia's attempts to try to connect it to russia, so it would be very significant, but we've heard this morning from the russian administration in the adjacent town saying that the reports of any withdrawal are fake. so they are at this stage denying this, rosemary. >> our thanks to claire sebastian joining us live from

london. appreciate that. and as the war rages on, a new documentary is highlighting the horrors of russia's brutal invasion. "freedom on fire" showcases the resilience of the ukrainian people and their ability to unite and fight for their country. it also aims to raise awareness about the war, which the director says is slowly waning from the public's mind. here's a quick look at the film.

the director of "freedom on fire, ukraine's fight for freedom." he joins me now from new york. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me tonight. >> so let's start with your new film. how difficult was it to put together in the midst of this brutal war? and what did you and your team learn about the resilience of the ukrainian people? >> well, first of all, it's a compelling piece to -- 2019 i was also doing a whole story with you about the protests starting across the globe. it's literally a completing

piece. another thing i already announced the war starts because the real war starts in february 2014 for ukrainians and for me documenting the history. we even wrote about this. now, i led this story for eight years and i think it was neglected but the brutality that increased this year was enormous. to bring the voices of the resilient ukraine people, their humanity, that despite all these difficulties, despite all these horrible crimes that we see, the war crimes we're seeing there i think that was important for me to give a voice through the lens of my camera, a bigger voice to

of the ukrainian nation who's fighting for their mother land, defending their future, their freedom, their democracy. and i think it's important to admit they're fighting for the rest of their world, because they're fighting for the freed of this world, for democracy. >> a very important point. of course our correspondents have reported on horrifying acts of brutality in this war, things of potential war crimes. and we've heard the voices living through this traumatic period. how do you think your film adds to that daily coverage of the shocking events? >> i think majority -- and you're the ones i see most often on my screen i see in the news that you guys cover ukraine. the majority covering ukraine from the war perspective, from the trenches, from the soldiers, yes, there's a human perspective you're tell. but due to the limits of the network, due to the limits of

timing -- for example, our story is a few minutes only. so due to all these limitations you're able to convey to the audience only short pieces of these human tragedy. what i try to do is i try to go and bring humanity up front. there's one foot inside of the door with world war 3. i think i wanted to bring the human stories. a mother praying every night that your son, your child will wake up next morning and connect you to the mother here in new york, in miami, in san francisco, every morning enjoying seeing the smile of your child. i wanted to connect doctors that -- i wanted to connect humanity and build these bridges. i wanted to show two sides of this war, propaganda war which

is on the media space, and the war that is on the ground. not just trenches and soldiers but to show how deep and wide this war, that it's literally everywhere. but what i see today, we are able to stop it and the world will be united. sometimes we say if we have a fire in the kitchen we need to stop this fire in order for the entire house not to be burned. i think the whole world need to be reminded we are one big house, one big home. and it is important to stop this madness, stop this fire because otherwise it will burn the rest of the world. but ukraine will win, and it will happen very soon. the faster it'll help ukraine, the faster it'll be. >> thank you so much for talking with us. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. retired u.s. astronaut scott

kelly travelered to ukraine to visit one hard hit city and meet with those affected by the ongoing war. kelly who is an ambassador for ukraine's united 24 fund-raising platform visited the country's largest pediatric hospital in kyiv where he met with children and their parents. he spoke later about the young ukrainians he met. >> on one hand it was really sad to see the -- the horrific injuries that these children have as a result of russian air strikes, but, you know, somewhat, you know, it was also heartwarming to see their resilience and, you know, like the resilience i think that all the ukrainian people are demonstrating in this horrific war. >> kelly also visited in the kyiv region, a city devastated by heavy shelling earlier this year. the niece of iran's supreme

leader ayatollah homeni has been arrested. he was detained last week and he released video of his sister condemning the ruling theocracy led by their uncle. >> translator: oh, free people be with us and support us so that your government stops supporting this murderous and child killing regime. this regime is not even loyal to any of its religious principles and does not know any laws or rules except force and maintaining power in any way possible. >> anti-government protests have rocked iran for more than two months following the death of mahsa ameni after her arrest by iran's's so-called morality police. the crack down on protesters has killed more than 300 people. and still to come here on cnn, a powerful new storm system in the u.s. has the potential to

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a severe storm system developing in the u.s. could affect more than 25 million people from eastern texas to southern indiana on tuesday. forecasters say heavy rain, tornados, damaging winds, and large hail are all possible. so let's bring in our meteorologist pedram javaheri who's been keeping a close eye on all of this. and pedram, a dangerous mix for millions of american. what are you seeing? >> it is. we're getting an update here when it comes to the severity

potential of this particular storm system. you look at the western united states, active weather in place there, and that is essentially going to set the stage here for the severe weather across portions of of the southeast. we have parts of at least eight states under winter weather alerts. some of these areas including seattle could run into snow showers in the coming days. and as the system migrates off towards the east we'll see the energy translate here into a severe weather potential tuesday afternoon and tuesday night. as we get into the afternoon hours of tuesday, the system quickly skirts across the eastern rockies and beyond this into portion of the southern united states. and with that the elements in place here not only to produce gulf moisture but instability to spark severe weather, which we haven't seen here in several months across portion of the southern united states. so the storm prediction center issuing now a moderate risk here. that is a level four on a scale of 1 to 5. not only does the threat exist here for damaging winds and large hail but potentially

strong tornados on tuesday afternoon and even a 15% probability within an area of a 25-mile radius here where we could see tornados in and around yeas of memphis to the points of jackson, mississippi. you'll notice how quickly the temperature drops here as the front passes tuesday and wednesday from almost 80 degrees in dallas down to the 40s. it speaks to the severity of the system pushing across the southern u.s. >> unbelievable. thank you so much for keeping a close eye on that. we all appreciate it. pedram javaheri. still to come the artemis 1 moon mission september even halfway done, but already the orion spacecraft is breaking records. we'll explain. stay with us. they drorove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with t their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service the way you need it. >> singers: ♪ safelitite repai, safelite replace. ♪ changing microscopic batteries.

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the death toll from a landslide on the italian island of iskia now stands at 7.

italy's prime minister has declared a state of emergency providing more than $2 million in aid and assistance to those affected. more than 200 people have been evacuated from the area. cars, buildings, and roads were damaged when torrential rain swept through the island off the coast of naples on saturday. the artemis 1 moon mission is rewriting the record books. nasa says the orion spacecraft has surpassed the record set by the apollo 13 mission when it comes to the distance traveled a spacecraft designed to carry humans. on monday orion will be 270,000 miles away from earth. it also continues to send back stunning images including these close ups of the moon's surface. the artemis program is laying the groundwork for humans to return to the moon in the next few years and someday possibly mars. for our international viewers "world sport" is next.

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in just a few hours the world cup will resume in qatar with four matches scheduled for groups "g" and "h." here's a preview of the action. cameroon and serbia kick things off on monday and both need a win after losing their opening matches. south korea and gahana are next to square off with both teams looking for their first win of the tournament. world number one brazil will take on switzerland but do it without naymar who's out for the rest of the grand stage. those matches will follow another action and drama packed day in qatar. on sunday there was a matchup of two football powerhouses as well as two more upsets that added to the tournament's unpredictability. don riddell has all the

highlights. >> reporter: spain and germany have played out the first heavyweight clash of this world cup tournament and it was highly entertaining here in qatar. dominated possession and could have taken a first half lead when danny unleashed a ferocious shot which was tipped onto the frame of the goal. after the break they did get ahead. germany knew they couldn't go out tonight but they couldn't really afford to lose the game either. and their substitute salvaged a point with a brilliant seven minutes from time. group "e" costa rica recovered from their humiliating defeat by spain early on beating japan 1-0. they did so with their first shot on target in the tournament and it was a beauty. it means spain topped the group a point clear of both japan and costa rica. germany's point means if they beast costa rica on thursday and spain aren't surprised by japan

then the two european giants will go through. this world cup produced some shocking results. a tricky free kick before the man of the match who came out of retirement for this world cup made the decisive goal in injury time. elsewhere in the group canada surprised the 2018 finalist croatia with a second minute goal from alfonso davis. but their joy didn't last long. they were ahead at the break thanks to mario. a 4-1 win means croatia are the second team to be eliminated from the tournament. belgium they'll probably have to beat crochatia if they want to

stay in. by monday night every team would have played two games and will have a much better sense how brazil's bid is looking. they play switzerland. back to you. >> thanks for that report. the u.s. state department says it was not involved in a u.s. soccer's decision to alter the iranian flag on its social media accounts. the team posted images of the flag without its emblem as a sign of solidarity with protesters in that country. u.s. soccer told cnn the change was a, quote, one-time graphic and that the iranian flag remained intact on the team's main website. iranian state media say the u.s. men's team should be kicked out of the world cup for posting the image. the united states and iran will play each other in their final group stage match on tuesday. well, in the u.s. state of maryland a passenger and pilot have been rescued after their plane crashed and caused a blackout near washington, d.c.

a local fire and rescue official says they were both taken to the hospital with serious injuries. the rescue operation took hours. and here's why. the plane was snarled in power lines about 100 feet in the air, and that meant rescue crews couldn't go right to work. they had to make sure the power lines were grounded and bonded first. that's so they wanted be zapped trying to save people in the plane. the local utility company said late sunday nearly 90,000 customers lost power. nfl wide receiver odell beckham jr. was removed from a los angeles bound flight on sunday morning for refusing to comply with safety protocol. according to a statement obtained by cnn affiliate wvsn miami-dade police officers were dispatched when flight crew expressed concern for beckham's well-being after he would not comply with requests to fasten his seat belt.

beckham's attorney said the football star did not respond because he was asleep. he called the incident, quote, completely unnecessary. well, fans of former u.s. president donald trump in and around appalachia don't have to wait for a matchup against president biden. they have a version of it complete with full nelsons, pile drivers, and maybe the occasional atomic drop. cnn's elle reave has the story how a popular villain on the prowrestling circuit. >> reporter: this is politics in america right now channeled through a pro wrestling ring. progressive liberal dan richards

is a man who fans in appalachia love to hate. >> i say hit him in the mouth and they all come to their feet i hit him in the mouth and they go he did it for us. >> they came up with the gimmick when trump was first running for president. >> i said my god if we had a guy that was the anti-trump and we could send him to the ring in these towns, how much heat would we get? >> they want to see you get your ass kicked. that's the heat you want. >> it's the greatest feeling in the world. it's a high. >> reporter: now politics has gotten so intense it's getting too real for dan. >> the response to me and people who think like me are more violent. >> reporter: dan really is liberal. i first interviewed him in 2017 which now bizarrely feels like a more innocent time. so in 2017 you were wearing a

hillary shirt. what pieces of current events do you pull from to sort of trigger people? >> i've got a biden collage shirt and one of kamala harris. the biden one triggers more people than anything because i don't think half of these people even know who kamala harris is. >> reporter: dan says he gets more heat now than when trump was in office. he thinks fans feel like they got their hero taken away. >> there's so many people who think an election was stole. i see realism and emotion, it gets an emotion out of people. so whatever the headlines are that week that's what we're going to use. >> reporter: did you ever talk about the election being stolen? >> yeah. if dan wins by cheating then his opponent can go to the microphone like i do and i say a lot of these good people here tonight think you stole that just like an election was stole. the building goes nuts.

>> reporter: they usually wrestle in appalachia counties. >> it's a small town, poor community, no hope. he represents to them everything that's put them in that position. >> reporter: and do you think it's changed in the last four years how intense it is in. >> yeah, it's dangerous. >> the moment i think it's changed when i had rocks thrown at me and someone tried to light me on fire and someone pull a knife on me. >> reporter: so recently? >> yeah, that was a month ago. >> people are even more frustrated and divided so now there's a guy in this our town saying this stuff on television we don't agree with. so we can't get those people, we can't get the politicians, let's get him. >> reporter: they advertised him wrestling in virginia, a community of about 330 people. fans get ready to boo dan. >> we all have our own opinion

but especially in this area it's a lot different and everyone wants to punch him in the face. >> we love wrestling, first of all, but to come and show the liberal like, hey, we know what we stand for and definitely not the left side. >> reporter: so do you want to see him get beat up? >> yes. >> reporter: do you want trump to run again? >> amen. >> reporter: you do? okay. he doesn't like trump's politics but he's off the trump train. >> i don't see how things could get any worse but with trump we would find out. >> reporter: you think so? >> i believe so, yeah. when you stop putting america first, start putting yourself and what you want to do first, i'm jumping off any train. >> reporter: you've got to tell me when that moment was. >> twitter. if i'm at my job and i'm constantly tweeting, i'm getting fired. i want somebody that leads this country by actions, not by

words. >> reporter: the crowd is loud for other matches, but when dan w walked out, it was next level. then he got out of the ring and riled them up more. a guy looked ready to fight dan. some fans fought each other. so they cut the match short. backstage they said the crowd got too hot, too fast. >> we felt it coming. we pushed it too far. >> it's a different kind of hate now. it's at a level that i hadn't experienced previously. so anyone that doesn't think it's getter more violent and what side it's coming from needs to have a reality check. >> you have to know how to let

it breathe, how to hear it, feel it, live it. you can be great and do all that, the moves, all the stuff. if you don't know your audience, it doesn't matter. >> reporter: cnn, stickiliville, virginia. >> and thanks so much for joining us. i'm rosemary church. i'll be back with more news after a short break. you're watching cnn. do stay with us. pronamel repair because it penetrates deep into the tooth toto help actively repair acid-weakened enamel. i recommend pronamel repair to my patients. i'm excited by because it penetrates to help

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