good morning. what is it? >> tuesday. >> it is tuesday. it welcome to "cnn this morning." so glad you could join us. president biden called on congress to intervene and block a rail strike as it looms. they could act as soon as this week. ahead of today's mass against the u.s. iranian players told in get in line or their families could face torture or imprisonment. also this -- >> well, he should condemn those kind of things that anybody would stand for. no matter who they are. >> clear, there's no bottom to the degree to which president trump will degrade himself and the nation. >> a stream of republican

lawmakers are now speaking out about the former president's decision to dine with an anti-semite with his former vice president essentially going further than all of them urging his former boss to apologize. >> we're going to begin with a very tall order from president joe biden calling on congress to come together to keep the nation's freight rail workers from walking off the job and asking lawmakers to adopt a tentative contract agreement that was reached in september by rail management and labor leaders. getting congress to come together on anything can be a real challenge, as we know, but the president says heading off a rail strike is a challenge that has to be met, and house speaker nancy pelosi agrees. she says we must act, quoting "to prevent a catastrophic nationwide rail strike which would grind our economy to a halt." bring in cnn chief business correspondent christine romans this morning. hi. >> hi, good morning. >> down to the wire. >> down to the wire and a very big deal. something that an economy

showing shaking resilience just cannot afford a big nationwide rail strike, and we thought this has been averted. a lot of concessions made. 24% pay increase. improved health care benefits. flexible, time off, and the big sticking point is paid sick leave. so what you're seeing on your screen there is what would be affected by a rail strike -- everything. everything that touches americas rails. gas, fertilizers, food, factories would probably have to close. you would see disruptions again and even commuter traffic could be affected. so this is a very big deal that affects every corner of the economy. >> because congress has not one, not two but three different ways to avert this, what are the chances of this actually happening a strike? >> you know, everyone agrees it can't happen. the question is who has to pay for that? right? are you going to try to pressure these other unions into not accepting paid time off they want? granted one extra paid day off, but many of these union leaders

of the four unions that have not agreed to this say it's unsaleable to rank and file. you have to have paid sick leave. especially just going through a pandemic. people stayed out due to sickness. >> can't happen? you mean shouldn't? >> i think she means won't. >> it should not. should not. all agree can't happen and now have to figure out how to make it not happen. >> the issue with that, biden calling on congress. the house take up the deal but the senate, but this stance from biden surprised me yesterday. very aggressive. saying, this is what should happen and puts him at risk pitting him against the rank and file rare workers who say they have been violated by bosses. >> and he wanted the process ratified along a normal pathway,

but the consequences are just so great here. there's a lot of pressure in washington and, frankly, in the business world. heard from business leaders and trade groups saying congress has to do this now, because we cannot risk this, and the deadline i think is december 6th, but really the deadline is right now, because companies are ordering products for their factories and they are planning shipments of things. that's happening right now, and if you don't have certainty, that is a real enemy of economic growth. >> to katelyn the point, such a good point. senator, 92, one of few to vote against legislation to block a rail strike. different when you're president. >> lots more to come and will continue this. christine romans, appreciate it. we'll speak to a rail worker who says biden is catering to oligarchs, more on that, straight ahead. and new this morning, disneyland shut down again because of china's rigid covid policies. just reopened four days ago. ahead, new reporting on president biden's view of what

is happening and protests and unrest in china. also, the u.s. and iran will face-off this afternoon in a world cup match. expected to be tense and also overshadowed by anti-government protests happening at home and iran. cnn learned iran's players have been warned by their government to "behave or risk their f families being tortured or imprisoned." earlier you saw them refuse to sing their national anthem and asking the u.s. men's team captain, what it's like to represent a country they claim has "discrimination with its borders." live in doha, amanda davies. this is such an intense match, because it is consequential and decisive whether or not they will continue to play, but also we are seeing the way that politics at home is overshadowing all of this. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, katelyn. the u.s. team fating a pre-match press conference like never

before being confronted head dohead-on by politics and international relationships. given the events in iran over the last couple of months, here over the last couple of weeks it's impossible to explicate this sporting matchup from the international diplomatic landscape, much like the last time these two sides met at a world cup back in france '98. a winner take all match the world cup bringing politics center stage. the u.s. men's soccer team will face-off against iran in a match that will determine which team proceeds to the knockout stages here in qatar. >> there's no real distractions. you know, i know there's a lot going on here, but the group is focused on how do we get a win? >> reporter: the first time the two teams played in a world cup match since 1998 when iran beat the u.s. in recent days, iran's state media called for team usa to be

disqualified from the games after the team changed iran's flag on its social media accounts for 24 hours to show solidarity with protests for women's rights. >> it was meant to be a moment. we made the post at the time, all of the other representations of the flag remain consistent, and will continue to. >> reporter: players and their coach say they have no previous knowledge of the posts. >> we support the women's rights. always have, always will. that message will remain consistent, and what we're doing as a team is -- is supporting that while also trying to prepare for the big et game that this squad has had to date. >> reporter: as a press conference monday and iranian reporter called for u.s. team captain tyler adams to correct his pronunciation of the country's name, and pushed him to address discrimination in the u.s. >> my apologies on the mispronunciation of your country. yeah, that being said, you know,

there's discrimination everywhere you go. you know, one thing that i've learned especially from living abroad in the past years and having to fit in in different cultures and kind of assimilate into different cultures is that in the u.s. we're continuing to make progress every single day. >> reporter: this comes as a source involved with security at the games, telling cnn that iranian players' families were threatened with imprisonment and even torture if the players did not behave ahead of the match. these threats made after the iranian players did not sing the national anthem during one of their matches. the players sang during their following game against wales just days later. >> what we're seeing right now in the past two months of this protest movement is any indication it could be very dire. they could be killed. they could be tortured. they could be prevented from leaving the country. >> reporter: the iran coach calls for the politics to be put to one side for 90 minutes of

the match. his side just a draw away from a place in the knockout stage for the first time in the world cup. for the u.s. it's simple. win or go home. >> yep. we'll be watching this afternoon. 2:00 p.m. eastern. am amanda, thank you for that update. joining us to talk about that, david scott, late ert report on qatar and treatment of migrant workers there, which is critical aspect in all of this, streaming right now. thank you very much for being here and good morning to you. i mean, where is do we start? the exchange we just talked about remarkable between that iranian journalist and the u.s. teammate. i thought it was interesting that an iranian british actor and comedian said this, the most significant and politically-charged match in the histories of the world cup. think about '98, u.s. played iran. white roses iran team brought, hugged end of the match, right, despite tension. this is so much different. will this be as big as he says?

the most significant and most politically charged? >> very likely it is the most politicized match in modern world cup history. in 1998 it was all about bilateral geopolitics. today it's all about the rebellions burning in the streets of tehran and that really has changed everything. >> wow. >> what does it -- everything using the world cup, our team wants to win, our team wants to win, this is just, to go off what poppy was saying, this is more than just sports. this is about the women in iran. this is about the lgbtq people in iran, and worldwide. this is about civil rights. it's more than just a soccer match. >> much more. and really gives lie to fifa's almost delusional claim that the world cup is somehow above and beyond sports. no. it's -- it's showcasing politics, and, you know, inadvertently, even in spite of itself, millions of people will learn about the rebellions in iran through the world cup games.

it's not what fifa intends, but that's what will happen. >> such an important point, because this is what is putting it front and foremost for so many people. you know, we talk about this every single day, because it's our job to pay close attention. for a lot of people tuning in to watch this is putting it front and center. i wonder what you're watching today to see how iran's team handles this? once on -- >> your heart has to go out to the iranian players. you know, they're playing at this ledvel of the game in fron of government, government protesters and theys themselves not silent. wearing black jackets for the friendly against senegal. not singing the national anthem in a country where you provoke that regime and anything can happen. >> yeah. they're threatening their families. >> that's right. that's right. so this is, you know, the stakes couldn't be higher for the players, for the, for the

regime, and in some ways, you know, the world has an opportunity to learn what's happening in the country of iran, because of these games. >> and for the people of qatar, can we show, highlight some of your reporting? you did a "real sports" reporting streaming on hbo max. so some of the squalid living conditions of migrant workers in qatar. have a listen to this. >> 22-year-old kum lived here amom 150 other men all of whom had to share two bathrooms. >> this is one of two. >> reporter: he told us there were fights in the morning just to get to one before the work bus left. >> where's the shower? >> so -- >> there's no shower? nowhere to wash your body? >> no. >> where do you wash your body? you wash your body in the toilet? >> yes, but -- >> take the buckets, and -- to go in the toilet and the wash

up? >> yeah. >> reporter: the men paid just a few dollars akas day if at all. and many forced to wait for years, many, for any money. >> paid to put on these global events. >> behind the shiny facade. >> qatar is a modern futile society. they can do whatever they want, a society that relies on some of the poorest people in the world to do all the heavy lifting, and so, yes. the, you know -- when we went it was 8 1/2 years ago, and the construction of the world cup was in the very early stages, and they can hardly hide it. you have, you know, a million people there, so, know, buildings, stadiums, building freeways, all kinds of infrastructure and being treated really as not just subcitizens but subhuman in many cases. >> david, thank you very much. a pleasure. good to see you.

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president biden urging congress to do something to avert the rail strike that would devastate our economy. a strike would happen as soon as december 9th leading to travel disruptions, chain supply, supply chain, i should say, shortages, and higher food and gas prices. let's discuss now. matthew weaver is here, served as organizer and ohio's legislative director for the third largest rail union in the u.s. his union, the brotherhood of maintenance of employees represents 23,000 rail workers. good morning to you. there's about 150,000 railway workers around the country. so this could potentially affect a lot of people. we're glad that you're joining us. talk about the main sticking point here. paid leave. why is it so important for you guys? >> in this point in time it's paid sick days that millions of employees need. we are considered essential, and

it seems like when you look at a ticker tape, we're expendable, from essential to expendable. it's very frustrating. >> i want to play something president biden said last year, how important railways are and here he was. >> you know, you've heard me say many times, i intend to be the most pro-union president leading the most pro-unions in american history. >> made clear he believes congress should step in and stop you guys from being able to strike. you said he is catering to the oligarchs. what do you mean? >> it certainly seems that campaign finance and lobbying affect our politicians, our public servants, votes and their actions. i think if he wants to really serve the american people, he should take what the tentative agreement was and impose paid

sickdays. that would, many more of our members would vote yes with paid sick days. >> do you believe a strike is worth it if it cripples the american economy and cost up to $2 billion a day and the president says up to 776,000 jobs? >> we don't want to strike. we want what's just. we want, in this day and age of high inflation, and a pandemic around illness, we would like paid sick days. >> matthew, you make a real important point there. that you don't want to strike. this isn't something you're seeking but something rail workers feel they need to push for because of not getting what the need here. in president biden's statement he said secretaries of labor, agriculture, seeing no path to

resolve the dispute at the bargaining table and why they recommend they seek congress to take action here. do you trust that the administration has basically done their best at the bargaining table to advocate for you? >> i like the fact that the influence from the dol and us, they're not bargaining in good faith. worshipping the shareholders. it's profit over people here in america and it's very frustrating, you just said you don't want to strike, don't think you're that close to a strike. to be kwai honest, a think you know this, the most bargaining power you probably have had or may have. it's getting close to the and so forth. if you're going to bargain, you're going to do it now, so i'm sure you're aware of the power you have in this moment? >> i think it's all of the working class. not just rail labor, that has

this power, and people, it's like an epiphany. the light bulb went off. yeah. we produce this. we make this, and that's very important for the working class to realize the strength they have. i really think this is a time of awakening for the person that works 40 hours and just wants to raise a family and put their kids through school. >> matthew, quickly before you go. one thing missed in these conversations in the headlines is that you guys have also been asked to do a lot more work. as i understand it, one of the big groups that regulates freight rail says that you guys, the workforce largely has been reduced by 30% over the past six years so you have to do more work. right? and a lot of the substantive workers that would fill in with you guys when you're out are gone. so then you have to cover doing double the work. that's a big part of this. right? >> absolutely. we've lost substantial man power because of the consequences of precision scheduled railroading, psr. it's all about that profit

margin and not about serving the customers, the employees or the infrastructure. >> matthew, we know how important this is to you. thank you for joining us this morning to talk about this. >> thank you. good luck. >> thanks so much. call on me anytime. >> thanks, matthew. all right. also this morning, protests against china's zero covid lockdowns have spread to cities around the world. at least one campus even here in new york. also this, this morning -- >> i think it's disgusting to invite people like that to meet with a former president of the united states. >> he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification. >> those are top republicans coming out to condemn donald trump for having dinner with a white nationalist at mar-a-lago.

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welcome back, everyone, to "cnn this morning." it is half past 6:00 and this is coming up. a review from mike pence and other republicans over donald trump's dinner with a white nationalist. elon musk starts a war with apple accusing the tech giant of hating free speech. and hawaii's volcano erupts for the first time in more than 40 years. a remarkable story. a woman found 51 years later after being kidnapped ped as a toddler. that story straight ahead. we begin with a number of republicans issuing rare rue buicks of president trump after hosting a white supremacist,

nick fuentes at mar-a-lago along with kanye west. most of the criticism came from republicans on capitol hill yesterday marking a rare break in the upper echelons of the gop. >> well, he should condemn those kind of things that anybody would stand for. no matter who they are. clearly it's not our view. it's not my view. i don't think it's his view. but as you know, president trump doesn't -- doesn't condemn a lot of people who support him. >> well, i think he could make better choices, obviously. >> i think it's disgusting to invite people to meet with a former president of the united states. i think it's clear there's no bottom to the degree to which president trump will degrade himself and the nation. >> reporter: should he apologize? do you think that more republicans -- >> he never sees anything wrong in anything that he does.

it's characteristic of his approach, either say it was a joke or didn't know what was happening but that doesn't apply, obviously. this is something which degrades him, frankly. to do what he's done and something which diminishes the country as well. it's very unimportant. >> the strong criticism of trump's judgment is also coming from down in georgia where i spoke with the republican governor brian kemp yesterday. >> that was a bad decision. there's no place for that in the republican party. i know he's got, you know, his answer to that question, and i'll let him speak to that, but my views on that are very clear. >> it's not just on capitol hill. it's not just in georgia. the criticism is coming from those who worked for trump in the white house. jason greenblatt served at trump's envoy praised hit record in a cnn opinion piece this morning but set the dinner should not have happened, period. greenblatt hopes he condemn them

for what they are. haters of jews and the foundations of america. calling fuentes dangerous to the united states. perhaps the strongest condemnation came from trump's number two, his former number two, vice president mike pence who says his former boss should apologize. >> president trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an anti-semite and holocaust denier a seat at the table and i think he should apologize for it, and he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification. >> let's bring in cnn senior political analyst john avlon and cnn arranger and correspondent and host of the fantastic podcast "the assignment." thank you both for being here. >> good morning. >> we were talking yesterday on the program about where these republican voices in congress took a few days but they're there and there's a lot of them, but missing, big ones missing,

too. where mccarthy, in february called out marjorie greene calling it unacceptable, to place in the party to have this then. what about now? >> glad you're bringing up that event because that is supposed to be fuentes, in his mind, creating an alternative to cpat and has extremists there and marjorie taylor greene spoke there. after a chance of, yeah putin, or whatever. the real issue is, what exactly does this mean, if anything, based on what we've seen in the last couple of months, for the power of someone like marjorie taylor greene? seen kevin mccarthy talking the last couple of days, people he wants to elevate, people he wants to support and here's a perfect example why people had very serious questions about supporting this particular

person, and now the rubber meets the road what it means to be a leader. >> exactly right. if you look at kevin mccarthy, the two titles, words in his title are, you know, leader and speaker. he's not leading. and he's not speaking out, because he's constrained by the dynamics of the caucus he's desperately trying to lead or c corral is probably a better term. but if you can't condemn this you actually are incapable of leader. can't don dcondemn this, the lo bar possible. shouldn't have invited into his home a notorious white supremacist holocaust denier and anti-semite, what can you condemn? the great republicans are stepping up particularly in the senate. particularly romney. we've come to expect that. every else tiptoeing and those still silent. grow a spine, people. this isn't hard. >> listen, to -- to poppy's point. it took a while.

they stuck up their finger to see which way the wind was blowing with this and it took a while. there should be so many people speaking out if we ran it it would take all day to get all the sound bites on cnn for people. but there we have it. oh, my gosh, i can't believe don lemon is saying something positive about mike pence. he the correct response, should not have done it, period, and should apologize. he went even further than mitt romney. i don't know if that's because he's running for president. i don't know what -- presidential hopes. >> can i jump in a second. it is related. pence is someone who stood up to the president on january 6th. right? and one of the things we learned from the subsequent reporting of the last couple months is that there was sort of like a team crazy and a team normal around trump. there was some people who encouraged his worst impulses around trying to hold on to power, and others who fought it. and you do have to ask whether

or not a dinner like this happens because there are fewer and fewer people who will say "no" to the things that do not make sense for the former leader of the free world to be doing, and is that how you end up at a dinner like that? >> yeah. i think the answer is self-evident. the answer is, no. it's all team crazy all the time. that's all whos left. >> that's all left for this campaign, right? >> of course. what a second-term campaign would look like. donald trump's impulse. desire to never offend anyone who says anything negative about him and that's the undoing. already seeing it in realtime. >> one thing that stood out to me on that front yesterday. listening to these republicans seeing these statements come in as they returned to capitol hill and knew they would be asked about this by reporters. so many of them blamed it on staffing issues and they always sidestep issues. i covered trump. always happening. attorneys blame rudy giuliani for something said. something like this, i don't

know who let them in the door. it was trump. his club, he hosted. not a ruby tuesday's where anyone can just go in and have dinner. that stood out to mere even with republicans criticize him -- >> i don't think it was an unwi unwitting, i've seen -- i can't go to dinner with a former president with -- >> yeah. >> that makes no sense. >> still has a secret service. aren't these people supposed to be vetted? >> kaitlan, do they vet? >> they don't vet whether you're an anti-semite or not, if you have weapons or a criminal background. >> and i think you see something doesn't make any sense to do -- >> nor nick fuentes unknown in this corridors. >> good point. >> hear from the senate still impulse to find rationalizations. to deflect. a 70-plus-year-old man who was a president of the united states and we continue to fantsize him

and it's totally ababsurd. >> and ends justify a means, isn't it that? >> 100%. >> and incumbent upon republicans in the house if it's worth it for them. >> they've decideded that. >> no. >> and despite the statements made. >> how to assess a statement. ever mention his name? ever say what needs to be done? ever say if they would do it? if you don't hear any of those things in someone's condemnation it's not really a con ddemncond >> knee jerk this. not an anti-semite. no one asked. is it appropriate for him to do what he's doing. >> all about vote counting ahead of the january 3rd vote. right? mccarthy can't afford to lose anybody and terrified of alienating those who would defend kanye west and nick fuentes. >> thank you. up next, something very different but something you've got to see.

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the world's largest volcano is erupts for the first time in almost 40 years. boy, you can hear and see lava is flowing down the side of the volcano. the images come out of the mauna loa, hawaii's big island. telling surroundi ing communiti they are not in imminent danger, as of now.

we bring in climate reporter bill weir. 40 years and now this? what is this? >> so thrilling. can't even tell you. volcanologists waiting. >> volcanologists? >> waiting for this event a long time studying it intensely and native hawaiians. i'll explain in a second. not the kind that spews big ash clouds like other islands in the south pacific. the kind that oozes a mesmerizing lava. fountains small and large popping that island. and the national park is open with restrictions today. the people are lucky enough to be there, will see this and here is why native hawaiians are so excited. take a listen to this. [ speaking non-english ]. >> reporter: lucca is a native hawaiian practitioner on kiluae. the most active of the volcanoes on the big island. [ speaking non-english ]. >> reporter: and he carries on

the belief that this molten power is evidence of the goddess pale. even when she is rearranging entire neighborhoods with the kind of eruption that came in 2018, she is described with an affection normally reserved for temperamental relatives. imagine if the whole world looked at their environment as their grandmother. or their father. treat them very differently. you know? so that's how we try to treat our environment in that same way. we look at them as, as family. >> reporter: to hawaiians, volcanoes national park is as sacred as the vatican to catholics or the mecca to muslims. >> homage to pale, as we head towards the glow on the horizon of the kilauea volcano and it's about 4:00 a.m. and the line of

tourists is already here as people race to get their best viewing spots to see splatters of magma and hopefully a glimpse into the lava lake. >> from "the wonder list" streaming on discovery plus, by the way. so cool. tourists get to experience the double eruption right now. >> for clarification, you said a big ash with an a.s.h. cloud. right? >> goes both ways. big-ass clouds. >> we saw what you just saw, rearranging neighborhoods. right? how do volcanologists, officials know? >> measure the size of earthquakes doubled since september. know something's come but not precisely when it will pop. lava now is flowing northward. most communities are to the south. that can shift. the biggest concern really is what's in the air. the gases that come off and pale's hair, that's these thin

strands of glass if you breathe them can be really dangerous. right now looks like nobody's in any danger. >> fascinating and always a pleasure. >> good to see you, don. congratulations. >> you like this? nice. huh? thank you, bill weir. appreciate it. on top of those remarkable images seeing an incredible reunion this morning. 51 years in the making. a woman kidnapped add a toddler finally got to meet her real family. plus this -- ♪ this could be love ♪ because i've had ♪ >> i love this movie so much just telling you. the star of the classic film "dirty dancing" revealing which of our favorite characters will be seen in the sequel. that's right. there's a sequelan. >> i can do it. i can do this! >> are we going to dot lift? [ laughter ] >> you guys -- so aaron's folksks could help hook him up

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morning." welcome back to "the late show" don lemon! [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, hi. ♪ >> hey! wow. oh, my gosh! >> yep. i got to stay up way past my bedtime last night to hang out with stephen colbert of "the late show" talking about this new gig with these two folks and how it's been waking up early for us. >> but, you know, i can be a little bit grumpy. i can be a bitch in the morning. [ laughter ] anybody can relate to that? i'm sure. [ applause ] just being honest. >> on cnn, are you allowed to say [ bleep ], you can't say it here? >> it's basic cable you can see [ bleep ] -- [ bleep ]. >> wow. >> you can say [ bleep ]. >> right there. >> i said much worse on cnn. >> i was going to ask if you were g-rated. you weren't. >> no. he asked me if i got any advice

from any other morning show anchors. i was telling him what gayle king said to me and quoting gayle who said something very nice. she said, you never get used to the hours because they are, i won't say the word this early in the morning. idi, but one of the best jobs in television because it's an honor to have people wake up with you. i agree with you, people in their homes. a funny moment. actually did a shot on television. >> of what? >> tequila. >> espresso? >> cull on! >> tequila. in honor of cnn. if you can't drink on cnn on new year's eve you can drink on my show so we did a shot. of course, probably giving it to our boss, which was his exec tib producer not so long ago. >> there's that. i'll watch it all tonight. not with the kids. "cnn this morning" continues right now.