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chinese leadership is facing unprecedented outpouring of opposition to its zero covid policies. large crowds of protesters are openly defying the chinese president and calling on him and the communist party to step down. this was beijing on sunday as protesters denounced zero covid restrictions and called for political freedoms but the government was quick to deploy police to control the growing crowds. sunday night took a violent turn in shanghai will police dragging people away and loading them into vans. all of this amid six consecutive days of record new covid infections, with more than 40,000 new cases reported just hours ago. a bbc journalist was among those arrested in shanghai on sunday, and it's unclear what caused his arrest, but this video obtained by reuters showing him being dragged to the ground by multiple officers.

the journalist has since been released but the bbc says he has been beaten and kicked. so for more now, let's bring in cnn's steven jiang. this level of opposition to the chinese government has not been seen since 1989. what's happening to the protesters? are they continuing to gather steam? >> reporter: well, bianca, things appear to be mostly calm today after security and police forces around the country dispersed protesting crowds. but, you know, they used different means, some more violent than others as seen in the case of shanghai. even today on monday, we have seen latest footage from the protest location in shanghai where security barriers have been set up to prevent people from congregating and with people who tried to stop to take photo is being taken away by police. but as you know, it's extraordinary to not only see how widespread those protests

were but also demands from some protesters as you played out some of the sounds because up to that point on saturday night in shanghai, even the most vehement opponents had been dancing around the issue of who is ultimately to blame for this growing disaster. and the devastating consequences from this policy. most people still had been saying, oh, it was the incompetent overzealous local officials. but those protesters in shanghai chanting slogans the strong man leader and ruling party basically saying the system was the problem, and that may explain why they were received some of the harshest treatment in the hands of police authorities. but the biggest fear, obviously, from the authority's point of view is this kind of message inspiring others across the country. but that's exactly what we have seen ever since with people, as you mentioned, in beijing but also in other cities in china as

well. you know, following suit, chanting slogans, really going beyond the immediate end of lockdown measures but also shouting things like no to dictatorship, yes to votes and no to being a slave, yes to being a citizen, bianca. >> steven jiang in beijing. thank you. dr. anthony fauci says china's restrictive covid vaxization policy is puzzling. >> it seems in china it was just a very, very strict extraordinary lockdown where you lock people in their house, but without any seemingly end game to it. if the end game was to let's get everything vaccinated, including and particularly the vulnerable, then you can see how a temporary lockdown like that. but they went into a prolonged lockdown without any seeming purpose or end game to it, which is -- really doesn't make public

health sense. >> you understand their vaccination strategy? >> in many respects, chuck, it baffles me. >> they refuse outside vaccines, right? they only use their own, correct? >> yeah. which clearly with all due respect was not particularly effective at all compared to any of the number of the vaccinings that were available, but also interestingly, they did not, for reasons i don't fully appreciate, protect the elderly by making sure the elderly got vaccinated. so if you look at the prevalence of vaccinations among the elderly, it was almost counterproductive. the people you really needed to protect were not getting protected. >> dr. fauci will step down from his position as director of the u.s. national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and chief medical adviser to the u.s. president in december. these protests are a glimpse of the chinese people standing up to the communist government and daring to openly call for the removal of chinese leader xi

jinping. here is why some experts say that is unusual. >> china has often allowed protests, people have the mistaken impression they allow no protests. there are lots of protests. always on very specific local issues, food shortage or local corruption, you know, something like that. what is extraordinary about this one is that they are allowing protests in which people are talking more generally about communist party rule, as you say, no to covid lockdowns, yes to freedom. there have even been shanghai protesters who have said xi jinping resign, things like that. that is completely unusual. it is unprecedented. and for it to be happening in shanghai, at the university, the university that xi jinping went to when he got his chemical engineering degree in the '70s, that is what makes this quite unusual. >> in china, i really doubt that we got a situation where you'll

see an overthrow of the chinese communist party and the chinese leadership. the chinese security services, like all intelligence services in authoritarian countries spend a lot of time to penetrate and get spies inside to know what they're up to. so it's a difficult balancing act, but i don't think we'll see the collapse of the chinese government any time soon. >> public protests and news of rising covid cases rattled the financial markets. in monday's early trading, both the shanghai come po set and hang seng took major blows and the chinese plunged against the u.s. dollar. a look at the u.s. futures ahead of the market opening in a couple hours. dip in asian markets may have impact on u.s. markets but also cyber monday. online retailers slashing prices to attract more customers. we'll see how the markets do in a couple hours time. just over a week left before election day in georgia senate runoff between democratic

senator raphael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker. democrats have a slim senate majority but a win in ga would make passing legislation much easier. state officials say well over 70,000 voters cast early ballots on saturday. here is more for you. >> reporter: senator warnock rallying georgians as a souls to the poles event sunday. souls to the poles popular in the black church tradition. the idea being you go to church and get your souls to the poles, get out and 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. he said 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? >> reporter: now, for his part, herschel walker not on the campaign trail over the weekend, but he has a number of events this week, including in coupling and dalton, georgia. georgians have all this week to vote early. if they don't make it out this week, they can vote on election day, december 6th. eva mckend, cnn, atlanta. 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 that heavy rain, tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail all possible. so let's bring in meteorologist

pedram javajeri. tell us more. >> we're watching this carefully. the system is developing across portions of the western united states, impacting that region, parts of at least nine states dealing with winter weather alerts in places as much as over a foot of snow is expected. generally speaking, some of this has settled in for places in the highest elevations and down into the lower lying areas, places like seattle on average december 26th or so, you see the first snowfall of the season, they can tap into snowfall the last few days of november and see multiple chances of wintry weather where the average temperature is 50 for this time of the year. that's the initial impacts of this particular storm system that brings with it some snow showers scattered about western u.s. going to impact travel in that region. we get a pattern similar to what you see develop across the southern united states in the spring season. system migrates off towards the east, tapping into gulf moisture from the south, back behind us,

dry air coming in, cooler air coming in certainly with the front as well and put it in place around the southern tier of the united states, tuesday afternoon, tuesday evening we expect severe weather potential to exist there across areas of memphis, points to the south near jackson where the highest likelihood here is in that area indicated in red, that's a moderate risk on a scale of 1 to 5, that's a 4, not something you see every single day and certainly not something you see in late november every single day. the threat level increases for damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes possibly some stronger tornadoes and 15% probability within this zone here with 25 miles of the point where tornadoes are possible and again significant tornado threat there for tuesday afternoon and tuesday evening including large cities such as memphis. now, going to show you just how potent this front is here. notice these temperatures, places like dallas from the 70s to the 40s. st. louis going from 63 down to 38 degrees. the passage of the front certainly brings with it gusty winds and the severe weather

from tuesday into wednesday. forecast looking ahead to your monday afternoon there, salt lake city, 30s. san francisco only 57 degrees and bianca, looking at temperatures in and around atlanta, not too bad, 60 degrees. the calm before the storm in place there before the system arrives some time tuesday afternoon and tuesday night. >> ped ram jaf harry, thank you. u.s. state of maryland, a passenger and pilot have been rescued after their plane crashed and caused a blackout near washington, d.c. this was the scene of the crash. you can see a small aircraft tangled in power lines high above the ground. cheers went up in montgomery county, maryland, one of the crash victims was taken to hospital. the rescue took hours because emergency crews couldn't go straight to work. here was the scene as one of the people in the crash was taken to

hospital. they had to make sure that the power lines were grounded and bonded first, so they wouldn't be electrocuted. a rescue worker and witness described what happened. >> both patients have been transported from the scene to local area trauma centers with serious injuries. and aircraft hit an aerial tower about 100 feet in the air. it's not going to be stable until it's chained and strapped in place. any movement, any accidental movement, could make the circumstance worse. >> yeah. i kept praying. i've been praying for hours just because i wanted to see them come out alive. that was my only hope. and that was hopeful seeing everybody just it was a great moment. >> remarkable. the local utility company says tens of thousands of customers lost power due to the crash. still to come, a member of the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol is

down playing reports of what may be excluded from the committee's final report. plus, a defiant speech by iran's supreme leader as the u.n. is expressing concern about the on going situation in the country. details on that for you next. and it's been one week since football's top tournament descended on qatar. and the games have not disappointed. we're going to be live in doha with amanda for the highlights. >> reporter: once again, it's impossible to suggest politics and sports don't mix. the politics taking center stage ahead of tuesday's big clash between iran and the usa. i'll be here live from doha with all the latest in just a couple of minutes. and twice the choice. sirloin salisbury steak and all-natural salmon. perfect for lunch or dinner. only at ihop. download the app and earn free food with every purchasese. lactaid is 100% % real milk, just without the lactose. tastes great in our iced coffees too.

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♪ you're looking at a group of estatic morocco fans celebrating after their team's world cup victory. not only did they win their first tournament match since 1998, they did it by defeating

world number two, belgium. meanwhile, at the belgian capital, a completely different scene after the match. fans lit fires in the street and threw objects at police. they dispersed the crowds. it's unclear what caused the unrest. authorities have not issued blame. we have another full day of group stage matches, starting in less than an hour. so here is a preview of the action. world number one, brazil, will take on switzerland but do it without neymar who is out for the rest of the group stage. and cristiano ronaldo back as portugal looks to punch its ticket to the round of 16 in their match against uruguay. meanwhile, controversy before the u.s./iran match. the u.s. soccer team altered the iranian flag as a sign of solidarity with the iranian

protesters. iran state media says the u.s. men's team should be kicked out of the world cup for posting that image. so let's go now to amanda davies in doha, qatar. amanda, there is so much to get into. first of all, let's look back on yesterday. don't be influenced by the fact that i have croatian roots and look ahead to what we can expect to see today. >> reporter: yeah, bianca, there is so much to talk about. these games coming thick and fast, the shortest world cup for ever taking place just five weeks as opposed to the normal seven or eight. the buildup to today's brazil match dominated by the talk of one man, that man, of course, somebody who is not going to be in action in neymar. and coach said panic not. he has a plan. he knows who is going to step in to replace their forward, but he's keeping everybody on his

toes, not revealing his secrets until just before the kickoff. he said he has a couple of players who absolutely have stepped up. 4 million followers extra on social media last week after a sensational performance in the first match. also 21 star rodrigo may step in. the big thing for them is to try to control the emotion around losing such a star player as neymar. that was something we saw the impact, the negative impact of that in 2014 after he was ruled out of that tournament as they try and keep their unbeaten run going. as you mentioned, the other match in that group cam rue that and serbia about to kick off in the next half hour or so. those two teams looking for their first win of this tournament, to keep their hopes

alive. and that is something that morocco produced in sensational fashion on sunday. you could hear the north african fans cheering their side on very much enjoying their moment. not only just getting the victory, but getting the victory as you mentioned over the second ranked side in the world, a belgium squad dubbed the golden generation. morocco, just their third-ever world cup success. that one a very, very special result. still being celebrated. the other one just to mention quickly the big european heavy weight clash germany against spain finished 1-1. >> you alluded earlier, amman ad we are witnessing an astonishing politicization of these games. we were just telling viewers that the united states' soccer federation posted the iranian flag without the emblem of the government, this led to huge backlash from the iranian regime. what's the fallout from that?

and what more can we expect as they lead up to the game on tuesday? >> reporter: yeah. the match against iran and the u.s. was always played against a political backdrop, wasn't it? but the u.s. men's national team very much put that -- brought that to the fore on sunday with that decision on social media to post the iranian flag without the symbol of the iranian republic. they did it as they said in support of women in iran fighting for basic human rights in the midst of the political turmoil and unrest. they've said it's very much just a move for 24 hours. and only via the social media platforms, not other platforms. but iran, for their part, via state media have called for the usa to be kicked out of the world cup, to be given a ten match ban. fifa haven't commented yet.

as is so often the case, even though u.s. soccer haven't revealed who took the decision, who was involved in making their decision, it's the players who front up publicly and have to answer these questions. and that is what happened on sunday. have a listen. >> like we said, we support women's rights. we always have. we always will. that message will remain consistent. and what we're doing as a team is supporting while also trying to prepare for the biggest game that this squad has had to date. and so, that is -- in this moment our focus. supporting them, supporting the women's rights and also preparing for what is a crucial game for our group. >> reporter: there's no doubt both coaches will be asked more about that later on monday as

they address the media for the last time ahead of that crucial game. both sides treating it as a knockout, knowing they need to win if they want to make it through to the last 16, bianca. >> amanda davies life from doha, thank you so much. iran's supreme leader is praising paramilitary forces for their role in the deadly crackdown on protests. the nationwide address he called the protesters, quote, rioters and thugs. cn >> reporter: iran's supreme leader making these comments during a meeting with members of the volunteer paramilitary force that is affiliated with the revolutionary guard corp. they have been at the forefront of the regime's crackdown on the protest movement. praising them for confronting the thugs and rioters, the agents of foreign enemies, as he

described them. many seeing this as the supreme leader giving the green light for this brutal crackdown to continue. this has been the regime's narrative from the start. dismissing the grievances of their people, these protests as a foreign plot by countries like the united states, israel, the uk and others to try and destabilize the islamic republic. and they have used this as a pretext to crackdown on the protests. we heard from the united nations human rights chief on thursday, urging the iranian regime to listen to its people, to address their grievances. saying that this narrative is a convenient one, a typical narrative of tyranny, as he described it, saying these old methods and the fortress mentality don't work anymore, that they need to listen to their people because this narrative is only aggravating the situation. this is exactly what we have

been seeing happening over the past more than two months of these protests. the more they crack down, more people are killed, people arrested, these only making people angrier, more defiant, more determined to continue protesting, risking everything for regime change. mexican authorities are searching for an american couple who went missing during a kayaking trip in the gulf of california. local officials say that they're scouring the area near rocky point. according to a gofundme page, cory allen and his wife young su kim were kayaking when winds picked up. she is a professor at northern arizona university. in pennsylvania, police say that this teenager has been charged as an adult after allegedly confessing to murder on instagram and then asking for help to dispose of the young woman's body. 16-year-old joshua cooper is in

custody and faces several charges, including criminal homicide. officers say they found the victim's body inside a mobile home on friday with an apparent gunshot wound. a 12-year-old is dead and five teenagers are injured after a shooting near a popular shopping district in atlanta. police say a group of juveniles were escorted away from the atlantic station retail shops for unruly behavior. they say that a gunfire broke out a short distance away between individuals who knew each other and had a previous conflict with one another. authorities say that three guns were recovered from the scene. the debate over banning assault style weapons heats up after recent mass shootings in virginia and colorado. what some gun lawmakers are saying about passing bans to ban assault gun weapons coming up. mccarthy is accusing to

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the new subway series. ♪ welcome back to "cnn newsroom," i'm bianca nobilo. anti-covid protests erupted in china on sunday. demonstrators are calling for chinese leadership to change their zero covid policy and want xi jinping and the chinese communist party to step down. severe weather will impact more than 25 million people from eastern texas to southern

indiana on tuesday. forecasters say that heavy rain, tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail are all possible. turning to american politics now, in the much-anticipated report from the house select committee. adam schiff is rebuffing a new washington post piece that says the contents of the final report could potentially leave out other investigations and focus solely on former president donald trump. >> i would like to see our report be as broad and inclusive as possible. we are discussing as a committee among the members what belong in the body of the report, in the appendixes of the report what is beyond the scope of our investigation and we'll reach those decisions, you know n a collaborative manner. you know, i think that one of the things that has made our committee so successful is we have worked extremely well together. that doesn't mean we always agree on everything, but it does mean we have a lot of respect

for each other and we get to the goal, which is providing the american people with a full accounting of what took place on january 6th. we're also going to be releasing the evidence, which may be the most important thing. the voluminous transcripts the documents and emails. we want to make sure that's put before the american people. we certainly don't want the jim jordans of the world to cherry pick anything not disclosed and make a false or misleading narrative out of it. so the country will have the evidence. they're going to have our report. and i'm enormously proud of what we've done. >> schiff didn't comment on allegations of liz cheney's spokesperson accused staffers of trying to slip liberal biases into the report. >> there does seem to be tension surrounding the vice chair of the committee liz cheney. one former staffer told "the washington post" that people working for the committee became, quote, discouraged when they felt it had become a cheney

2024 campaign. that fair? >> i've never viewed it that way. and i think her role on the committee has been indispensable. i have tremendous respect for her and for adam kinzinger. they have shown a lot of courage and backbone, something in very short supply in the gop these days. so, the committee would not have been the same without both of their participation. and i have nothing but respect for both of them. >> congressman schiff slammed kevin mccarthy after he promised to strip schiff of his positions if he becomes speaker of the house. >> mccarthy's problem is that he krnlt get to 218 without marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar and matt gaetz. right now they're asking me to be removed from my committees. he's willing to do it and anything they ask. that's the problem. kevin mccarthy has no ideology.

he has no core set of beliefs. he it is hard to get to 218 that way and difficult to keep 218. that's his problem. so he will misrepresent my record, he'll misrepresent derek swalwell or omar, whatever he needs to do to get the votes of the qanon caucus within his conference. >> the january 6th report on the capitol attack is expected to come out at the end of the year. u.s. president joe biden has a packed schedule this week, including a state visit, an uphill fight to ban assault weapons and battle over the federal budget. cnn's jeremy diamond has the story. >> reporter: president biden returning to washington on sunday evening after spending the thanksgiving holiday in nantucket, massachusetts. the president returning to a washington that will be very busy for him over this next week. the president is expected to host french president emmanuel macron for the first official state visit of biden's

presidency. it's going to be a visit full of pomp and circumstance and also an honor to the french president to give him the first state visit, a symbol of the closeness between these two countries, an alliance that has been forged for hundreds of years but also, of course, become stronger through the crisis in ukraine. france playing a key leadership role in europe and the united states, of course, president biden working to keep that global alliance together. the president also has a lot of work to do on capitol hill. recently he floated the idea of trying to get an assault weapons ban through in the lame duck session of congress. that is unlikely to happen, but a slew of other items still on the agenda. the president needs to get the government funded over the next several weeks. that is going to be priority number one as the president prepares for a republican takeover of the house next year. needs to get that funding bill through before that happens. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. as we just heard, president biden has vowed to work on

getting support to pass an assault weapons ban through congress. this, after a spate of recent deadly shootings across the u.s. in virginia, where a walmart employee shot and killed six co-workers before killing himself last tuesday, the chesapeake city council will hold a special meeting on monday to confirm an emergency declaration to help fund recovery efforts. the mayor will lead a candle light vigil for the victims after the meeting. and despite the recent shootings, one democratic senator says his party doesn't have enough votes to pass an assault weapons ban. >> if you pass an assault weapons ban, you are not going to magically eliminate mass shootings in this country, but it is true that that ar-15 or ar-15 style weapon is generally the choice of mass shooters. and what you saw in 1994, when we passed an assault weapons ban was a dramatic decline in mass shootings that remained in place for a decade until the

expiration of the assault weapons ban when mass shootings started to spiral out again. >> meantime in colorado springs, colorado, people are still struggling to cope after the mass shooting at an lgbtq club where a gunman opened fire with a rifle and killed five people. the governor, who is gay, says he is open to passing better laws to improve gun safety as well as laws to limit so-called ghost guns and semiautomatic weapons. up next, ukraine says there are signs that russians may leave europe's largest nuclear power plant. a report that russia disputes. we'll have the details on that coming up. unlike some others, neuriva plus is s a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of b brain health. to helelp keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger.

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♪ retired u.s. astronaut scott kelly travelled to ukraine to visit one hard-hit city and meet with those affected by the on going war. kelly, who is an ambassador for ukraine's united 24 fundraising

platform, visited the country's largest pediatric hospital in kyiv where he met with children and their parent. he spoke later about the young ukrainians that he met. >> it was also heartwarming to see their resilience and like the resilience i think that all the ukrainian people are demonstrating in this horrific war, but also, you know, like i said, just very, very sad to see. it's just hard to understand, you know, how russia could attack this country and knowingly attack and kill and wound and maim children. it was really horrific. >> kelly also visited a city devastated by heavy shelling earlier this year. ukrainian officials are reporting more russian shelling overnight south of the city of de dnipro 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. since the start of the war in february, russian attacks have damaged about 32,000 civilian targets and more than 700 critical infrastructure facilities. only 3% of recorded attacks have been on military facilities. meantime, the head of ukraine's nuclear agency company now says that there are signs the russians may be preparing to leave the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, but russian officials deny that account. a russian feminist anti-war resistance movement along with mothers of russian soldiers have launched a petition demanding the withdrawal of troops from ukraine. it was introduced on sunday, the same day that russia celebrates mother's day and has now gained more than 4,500 signatures. the petition says the group is united by one desire, to live in peace and not be afraid for their children's future.

cnn's fred pleitgen is following these developments from moscow and claire sebastian is live here in london. fred, is this petition continuing to gain support? and how might the government respond to this? >> reporter: yeah, it's gaining some support. i think vladimir putin has already realized that the issue of the soldier's mothers is certainly one that he does need to tend to, regardless of this particular petition. there certainly have been some complaints by soldier's mothers coming up here in russia, especially on telegram channels and video messages as well complaining about poor conditions for those who are mobilized, for the russians more than 300,000s who have been mobilized since september saying that in many places adequate gear was very difficult to come by, but also that they had to buy their own food and their own medicine in certain areas as well this particular petition does mention. and it certainly seems to us, bianca, as though the kremlin identified this as an area where

vladimir putin needs to take action. he met on friday with soldier's mothers. there was some criticism of that meeting saying that this was a group of hand-picked people rather than the big mother's organizations who for a very long time have been criticizing the way the special military operation has been conducted, talking about that poor gear, talking about soldiers or newly mobilized being sent to the front way too early. if we look at this particular petition now, they also say that obviously if the breadwinner in many cases in the house is killed or severely wounded, then it will be up to the mothers once again to try to feed their families and to get by. they certainly definitely say they want support for that as well. one of the most important things of that meeting, though, that vladimir putin had on friday, was some of the other things that he said. he obviously tried to show empathy but did not look like someone who is willing and ready to back down in this at all in the conflict with ukraine. he said he believes that the

annexation of donbas or reu reunification with russia should have happened earlier and claimed russia is not at war with ukraine. trying to stylize this as a confrontation, a direct confrontation with the west. again, vladimir putin in that meeting with the soldier's mothers certainly looked as someone who is in it for the long run and definitely not someone who is ready to back down at any time. bianca? >> sounds like a potentially ominous rhetorical escalation there, fred. thank you so much, fred pleitgen in moscow. claire, turning to what we were talking about with regard to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a lot of concern has been focussed on this, justifiably over the last months, naturally because it is getting more difficult to get more information from the ground. we have these conflicts reports. ukraine suggesting that russia is making plans to withdraw, but russia denying this. >> yeah.

we don't have evidence -- we haven't been able to verify any claims russia is planning to withdraw, this comes from the head of the ukrainian nuclear power company who said over the weekend that he has received information that russia -- hasn't started yet might be preparing to withdraw from the nuclear plant. he cited information that's come out in the russian media. military bloggers have been speculating about this, but you know, i think without evidence you can assume that this may be sort of tactical by ukraine, that so much focus is on this nuclear plant and so much concern around it that talking about it russian withdrawal might raise further doubt. the authorities in the city just adjacent to the plant, they are denying this, saying this is fake. of course, it is somewhat implausible they would withdraw. this was such a big prize for russia, something they took over in the very early weeks of the war, putin now signed decree essentially an exing the nuclear plant. we know ukrainian staff are

running the plant. so i think conflicting information at this stage. >> and when we look at what's happening on the battlefield and obviously from the air, after the liberation of kherson which was a huge strategic gain and moral boost for the ukrainians, what does the current picture of russian attacks and air strikes tell you? >> well, sort of steady flow of air strikes continue. there seems to be a lot of concentration in the dnipro region just sort of north across the river from kherson, zaporizhzhia and in the zaporizhzhia regions as well, obviously this is now the southern front. we know ukraine had success with kherson. seems russia in the absence of an ability to take more territory is at least trying to defend against more ukrainian gains. of course, fighting still continues intensively in the east as well. >> claire sebastian, thank you so much. just ahead, super bowl winning nfl player is removed from a cross-country flight. we'll tell you why the airline asked him to leave and why his lawyer says it's unnecessary.

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comedian jay leno returned to the stage just two weeks after he was severely burned. the former tonight show host appeared at a comedy club near l.a. sunday night where he performed for a sold out crowd. leno, avid car collector, was burned on his face and hands while working on one of his classic cars earlier this month. he need two surgeries to treat the injuries. leno has three more shows scheduled at the club next month. nfl wide receiver odell beckham jr. was removed from a los angeles-bound flight sunday morning for refusing to comply with safety protocol. according to a statement obtained by cnn affiliate wsvn, miami dade police officers were dispatched when the flight crew expressed concern for beckham's well being after he would not fasten his seat belt. the football star didn't respond because he was asleep and called the incident completely

unnecessary. in the nfl, running back josh jacobs was a one-man wr wrecking crew on sunday. he ran for 229 yards and 2 touchdowns, including this 86 yard score in over time to win the game. final score, las vegas 40, seattle 34. and the quarterback carousel continues for the new york jets. but on sunday, they found some success with backup mike white who took over for the struggling zach wilson. white threw 315 yards and 3 touchdowns, leading the jets to a 31-10 victory over the chicago bears. new york improves to 7-4 with the win. the man personified as zoro in the '90s thinks that tom holland should be the next to wear the mask. he's used to wearing masks. antonio banderas who starred in the mask of zoro and sequel the legend of zoro thinks his

co-star should pick up the mask. he says that if he was called to do another movie he would pass the torch to tom holland. that does it here on "cnn newsroom." i'm bianca nobilo in london. "early start" with christine romans is coming up for you next.

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