top of the hour, i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm bianna golodryga. happening this hour, a rare meeting at white house. house and senate leadership set to meet with president biden on the agenda, key legislative priorities and we're live at the white house and capitol hill in just a moment. plus the supreme court set to hear oral arguments in a case against the biden administration and its immigration policies. this is two republican attorneys argue that the department of homeland security is skirting existing federal immigration law. and the big sports drama, a bit of politics in qatar as team usa is set to take on iran in a must-win match-up for today. we'll take you life to doha. >> and that game happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern. but we begin with this to cnn. president biden is set to meet with congressional leaders at the white house this hour. m.j. lee is on the north lawn and manu raju is up on capitol hill.

m.j., to you first, what are you learning about this meeting? >> president biden said no matter what the final results, he wanted to work with republicans and democrats to figure out what they're legislative priorities are in the lame duck and convene the lawmakers at the white house. we're just learning that the meeting is going to take place this morning at 10:30. so we should briefly hear the president speak as well before he heads into that meeting with congressional leaders. but obviously there are a number of very urgent priorities for this white house and democrats. including things like raising the debt ceiling, like funding the government, they want to get more money for things like covid, for ukraine aid, and the same-sex marriage bill making its way across capitol hill. that is something that the president hopes to sign into law as soon as possible. and then on the issue of the assault weapons ban, we obviously heard the president talking about this over thanksgiving break. our reporting on the hill is that the votes simply aren't

there but the white house has made clear it is still an issue that they want to continue to at least talk about and push forward because they wanted to signal that it is a priority for democrats and this president. now the reason that there is such real urgency around all of these issues is because democrats are keenly aware that com january, things will going to change why washington. governing and legislating will become much difficult for democrats once republicans take control of the house. so there are a lot of reasons why in the next couple of weeks democrats are hoping to get done, a lot of the urgent things on the top to-do list. >> no question. there is say word for all that. it is called gridlock. familiar in washington. manu raju on the hill. so one of the priorities is the president calling on congress to intervene in this potential rail strike. i've spoeke to the head of the major unions, without congressional action, they are going to strike. does the administration, do they have the votes to push this

agreement through? >> reporter: it appears that way. iech been talking to sources in both parties since president biden made that call last night. and they are doing -- expect that there will be more than 60 votes to break a filibuster in the senate. now that is significant because of course you need to have bipartisan support in order to get anything through. and at the moment, that is what is expected. now, the process is still a bit uncertain. we do expect the house to move forward this week. nancy pelosi indicated they would have a vote between the unions anz the industry back in september. they do implement that tentative agreement in the house approved this week. we'll see how many republicans vote for that. we'll see how liberals vote against it. because there have been concerns among some progressives about the lack of guaranteed sick days as part of that program. now one of the persons people who have been raising concerns is senator bernie sanders. he's the independent from vermont. someone who caucuses with senate

democrats. he just spoke with reporters moments ago and indicated some criticism against the railway fl industry. and he would not say whether he would support the legislation or would not agree too expedite the vote. because in the united states volu senate, you need to have a quick vote. if one senator were to on bject that could delay until after december 9th to avert a strike. sanders would not say whether he would agree to expedite the process but that is going to be where the focus is going to be over the next few days. could they get it out of the house or on the senate floor quickly and could they change this and get it in time to avert the strike, all big questions but at moment expectations that they do have the vote in both chambers to get this to biden's desk. >> worse case they could extend the cooling off period but that is not an answer to the problem

and they want a solution as soon as possible. we'll continue to follow this for us. thank you. now to the supreme court, where justices are hearing argument this is morning in a major immigration case. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is following this. so this is a challenge to the biden administration policy, what is at stake here and what are we going to hear an outcome. >> not until the spring. arguments starting right now. but this is the case that pits the conservative states, that have taken the hard-line distance against the biden administration, against the secretary of homeland security which has tried to set guidelines for priorities about how they're going to arrest detained and depart undocumented migrants. so this traces back to a september 2021 memo from homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. he prioritized those who are a danger to national security and

a threat to public safety and those who pose a threat to border security. because of those guidelines, republicans in texas and louisiana, they sued. they said that since federal law provides that all illegal migrants must be deported in certain circumstances. that the administration was acting contrary to federal law in that memo. the administration of course pushed back. they said that he had no choice since there are more than 11 million undocumented people in the u.s. and dhs lacks the resources to deport all of them. now at this point, a federal judge has already blocked these biden administration guidelines. so now the administration is fighting to get them back into effect. and, jim, the biden administration is really arguing here that, sure, federal law said that most undocumented migrants under certain circumstances must be deported, but they say it is up to the administration to set these guidelines and these priorities since they have limited

resources here. of course, republicans states, this is their latest fight against the briegs iden adminisn whether it comes to mission. we saw them busing to democratic led states this year. flying them to martha's vineyard. so this is the latest fight here. the justices are hearing these arguments now. they'll have to decide whether these states even have the standing or the legal right to sue here. and then they'll decide whether the administration had the right to enact these guidelines. we'll see. >> a big case going forward. we'll have to wait for the spring for the answer. thank you very much. well moments from now, ukraine's first lady will address parliament in london, asking the british public not to forget the tragedy playing out in her homeland this christmas. it is the latest effort by ukraine to secure support and key up the support from key allies in the west. we typically see her husband addressing parliament and via zoom but here we have the first

lady doing that ahead of the holidays. now ukrainian officials say millions of citizens are facing a winter with limited electricity, water and central heating. cnn's fred pleitgen joins us now from moscow. so the humanitarian situation in southern ukraine is now critical. we were sananticipating this. and concerns as the cold weather sets in, fred. >> yeah, it is certainly a lot of people were anticipating it and i think the u.s. allies were anticipated this as well. specially as the russians continue to hit the key infrastructure in ukraine and in the south of ukraine a lot has been destroyed by the fighting as well. one of the interesting thing that happened today is the nato secretary general, he came out and he once again accused vladimir putin as he put it, of weaponizing winter. nato is saying that the russians flat out are failing on the the battlefield and are therefore trying to starve but specially freeze ukrainians into

submission. one of the interesting things that we've heard from vladimir putin over the past couple of days is friday he met with soldiers mothers and he seemed to indicate the exact same thing. he believe that's right now the russians are not fighting against ukraine in ukraine, but fighting as he put it against those who bank roll and supply ukraine. trying to stylize this into some sort of wider conflict with nato and of course especially with the u.s. as well. and you know, one of the interesting things that we've been picking up on the ground here in moscow, watching state television and listening to russian officials, is that they make no secret of the fact that this is going to continue. if you look at demitiry peskov, he said that the strikes on ukraine infrastructure which makes people freeze for so many days and so badly now in winter, is going to continue until russian demands are met. and if you look at it on p prokremlin state tv, they believe at some point this will have an effect on the ukraine

population. the u.s. said they will continue to support ukraine, guys. >> they're suffering through so much. it is the deliberate strategy of the russian military and it is just hard to imagine in the midst of winter. fred pleitgen in moscow, thank you so much. still to come, consumer confidence in the u.s. economy at its lowest rating since july. the impact it could have on the all-important holiday shopping season ahead. >> people still seem to be shopping. but arizona a secretary of state is suing a county for failing to certify the midterm elections why auto election denied, despite no evidence. and they have to win this one but also some politics. the u.s. national soccer team faces iran and in a game they got to win. no draws, no looking at the other teams, they have to come away with a "w." we wish you a happy holiday, only at ihop.

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so maybe you have as much trouble as i do reading the economic numbers. because i had a record plblack friday and consumer sales on cyber monday but this morning they're showing consumer confidence was down again in november. the lowest reading since july. >> so sentiment may actually not be equating with what we're seeing in terms of activity. but one area where we're seeing a slowdown is in the housing sector and u.s. home prices slowed again in september as higher mortgage rates continue to put pressure on the housing market. so here with us to explain it all, is cnn's matt egan. so how do you talk about these numbers that we're seeing from retailers at the same time

factoring in how consumers are feeling? >> well, i think it is important to distinguish what consumers say they feel and what they're actually doing. so the new numbers out just a few minutes ago, from the conference board shows that consumer confidence in november dropped to the lower level since july. and the conference board that said consumers have marked down their expectations for what is going to happen next in the economy. they say the short-term outlook remains gloomy and remains at a low level that suggests that the risks of a recession are high. the reason why this is concerning of course is because consumer spending is the main driver of this economy. people stop spending, and all bets are off. but, we also have new numbers out suggesting that people are still spending. adobe analytics said that on cyber monday, americans spent a record $11.3 billion doing online shopping. that is up by a healthy 5.8% year-over-year and that does appear to be real growth. not just the reflection of

inflation. because it has been coming down. so if you do adjust for inflation, that means people are indeed spending more. i think the fact that confidence is low is a reflection of high inflation, and also some concerns about the jobs market, we have seen this wave of layoffs from tech companies and there is concerns that that could perhaps spread elsewhere. we have also got new numbers out this morning on the housing market showing that housing does continue to slow down. home prices year-over-year in september rose by 10%. that is still a big gain. but it is actually a deceleration from recent months. it is the smallest year-over-year gain since late 2020. month-over-month we've seen prices decline 1.5%. this is a reflection of high mortgage rates, mortgage rates that have only gone higher in recent weeks and bank of america ceo birian mania hand, told popy harlow, it could take two years to get mortgage rates back down. we may still see more turbulence

in the housing market to come. >> meanwhile, consumers kind of keeping a little air in that bubble. matt egan, thank you so much. >> thanks, matt. well this morning arizona secretary of state and its governor elect katie hobbs is suing for failing to certify the midterm elections and her win for governor. republicans in the county voted to push back certification until friday, citing concerns about voting machines. and in maricopa county, board of supervisors meeting on monday election deniers are vowing to keep fighting against the midterm results as well. >> i came here today to get an upclose and personal look at the seven traitors to the united states constitution. >> again. please. >> for sitting that desk. >> every single one of you ought to be ashamed of how arizona is now the laughing stock of the

nation because maricopa county is inept. >> this is a war between good and evil. and you all represent evil. including you. i'm going to look in your eyes. especially you. you sold us out. so we're not here to be civil. you're worried about language. we're worried about our voices being stolen and never getting a fail election again. that is what we're worried about. >> here is now john avalon. that is just a snippet but he think we get an understanding where bill gates went into hiding for a little while after the midterms because of the vit ye roll like that. election officials went and point by point addressed and a lost claims, kari lake posted only accusations and not the debunked responses. >> of course. >> what does that say, not only about what kari lake's motivation is, and her

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>> so republican officials and they are republican officials who contested a lot of these claims, and said, yes, there were some issues but no one was disenfranchised and votes were indeed counted. the issue involved some of the printing of the ballots. >> yes. >> but here is what they said when they issued a report in response to that concern. all voters were still provided with reasonable, lawful options for voting and then they went on to blame gop leader for encouraging voters not to follow through on other options. so this is arizona. i think we walked away from the midterms saying, wow, we really dodged a bullet, we were nervous about more situations like this. but should we nervous this is even happening in one or two states? >> absolutely. look, the good news from the election was election deniers who campaigned on election denyism is a core tenant out of feet to donald trump and defrauding and lost in swing

states. they won in some deep red states but they won't be contested. because they won't be truly competitive. but the fact of this virus still exists and it is been ingested by some folks and people are still continuing to not accept defeat is dangerous for democracy, particularly when you see the violent rhetoric that these folks have been pushed to. and you see threats now pushed to election workers. the bill gates, the head of the maricopa board of supervisors having to go to an undisclosed location. the constant threats to republicans who refuse to play along with this lie. and it is a lie. and it is being perpetrated by people who want to undermine their democracy who want to ruin if they could not rule. and there is all sort of laws. those who refuse to serlt certify could be held liable if they refuse to certify. and we're not done with it yet unfortunate. >> it is dangerous. >> it is extremely dangerous.

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from the start of the big game. and that is the u.s. versus iran at world cup in qatar. a win will see one of the teams advance to the next round of play. while the other will be sent home. >> it is a big game. but you also have politics entering this. the players and coaches have to contend with political over tones around this game as players took questions from reporters and american and iranian yesterday. >> 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 that while also trying to prepare for the biggest game that this squad has had to date. >> that regarding the u.s. team support for ongoing protests in iran. led by women. p joining us now is paul t tenorio, from the athletic. good to have you on this

morning. we knew that when the u.s. plays iran, this goes back for decades, going back to '98, politics enter the conversation between the two countries. we saw it pointed in the press conference where you had iranian journalists challenging the u.s. players on political issues and race relations. you've been covering this for some time. i just wonder how tense that has made this game as it comes up and whether it is something that is begun to bother the players? >> well it certainly was a tense press conference, that is for sure. i think it was one of the most surreal or different press conferences that i've ever attended just because of the way that the questions were asked, the fact that u.s. coach was asked about why he hasn't asked the u.s. government to remove the evil presence of the u.s. and the persian gulf and discussions off inflation and whether that was effecting the

team back home and the reference to tyler adams about representing the united states with the history of discrimination. i think, though, that the intensity of that moment in the press conference won't have as big of an impact on the players on the field once the whistle blows. at least the u.s. players have tried to say as much. they are focused on soccer once it starts. tyler adams feels like this is a good iranian team. and so if they haven't focused on the basics of the soccer side of it, then they would be doing a disservice to themselves and to the tournament itselfch. but when you have these types of tensions around a game, it could impact emotion on the field as well. >> yeah. >> tyler handles that with such grace at just 23 years old. for those that are not big soccer fans or don't know much about who these players are, one of the added pluses for the u.s. team is this is such a young, strong, healthy team. just from a sports stand point,

talk about this match-up that we're expecting to see, the players from iran and the united states. give us your assessment of what you're going to be looking for and who you think comes into this game the stronger of the teams. >> well, we've seen two different types of iran teams that tournament. we saw a team that lost to england in the opener 6-2. they played very conservatively. excuse me. they played very conservatively. but, sorry about that. they played very conservatively in that game. but in the wales game we saw a team that was very aggressive, that came out playing the best style of soccer that they could. they -- and that is the iranian team that the u.s. team is expecting. we know that this u.s. team is the second youngest team at the world cup. but they don't lack in experience. christian pullissic are in the premier league. it is a match-up that i think we

see an iranian team playing a little bit more defensive. they just need a draw to advance and the u.s. team has to have a win so i think it is a battle of trying to get the early goal to he's the pressure a bit. >> the u.s. has to score goals. quickly, paul, you cover this closely, prediction? can you hear us, paul? >> we might have lost him. >> i lost the audio. >> do you a prediction for the game. you cover this closely? >> yeah, i've all week, i've kind of been a little bit pessimistic, i felt like the iranian team is to difficult to break down and i thought a draw or a loss would be disappointing for the u.s. and in the last hours i've been flipping my mind. i think we've heard this u.s. team talk about how important this game is, i think a win is in store for the u.s. in this game. >> all right. we'll see if you're right. >> hey, jim, do you have a prediction? >> me personally? >> yeah. i'm going with paul. i'm going to say the u.s. comes

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house is treading carefully as civil unrest in china continues over the country's extreme covid-19 restrictions but top u.s. officials have made two chings clear. the administration supports the people's right to peacefully protest and does not agree with the zero covid policy. but the u.s. is choosing words carefully and deliberately. as it tries to find common ground on a host of issues, including tensions over taiwan. joining me now to discuss, mark warner of virginia. he's vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee. senator, thank you for taking the time this morning. >> well, jim, i hate to correct you right off the front. i'm chairman. >> i just demoted, you apology. >> i have been for the last two years and for the next two. >> i'm aware. too many soccer on my head. >> no problem at all. >> let's talk about -- >> sure. this is driving home the point

that i've been trying to make for years. that my beef and those of you who have been harder on china our beef is with the communist party and we play into the propaganda agenda when they try to make this kind of almost a racial issue. so i think we're seeing the chinese people speak up for more freedom against the covid lockdown policies. ip support that, against the technology censorship. one of the things that the intel committee has spent a lot of time on making the case that the long-term technology, competition with china is the issue of our times and that is why we does the frankly the chips bill and that is why we do that areas around the 5g and the telecon. we're looking at other areas where we have to compete and it is around technology. >> let me ask you about this. because i understand the administration's reticence on not speaking out in favor of the

protests because they don't want china to do what it already does, this is a foreign plot and instigators from outside of the country are causing all of this when this is clearly a grassroots set of protests there. do you, though, believe there is something particularly as china is now cracking down on those protesters, something more that the u.s. could or should do to support the chinese people when they express them selves this way. >> i think there are things that those of us leader in the senate and the house have a little bit more flexibility than the administration. this administration, particularly after the most recent meeting between xi and biden, to try to have lower some of the tensions. this is a -- we don't want a active conflict to erupt. i think those of us in the congress have a little more freedom and i think we could push the administration, but as you said, we don't want to feed the propaganda machine.

that turns these protesters driven by chinese people into what the overall message would be of the chinese people and remember that is why i talk about the technology. the tiktok that the chinese people receive a-s different than what the tiktok that we receive. and those that owe their allegiance by law to the communist party, not they're shareholders. so if they're able to portray this as a anti-chinese, or western plot, that undermines the very protesters that we're trying to stand with. >> yeah. understood. no question. i do want to ask you about domestic legislative priorities particularly in the lame-duck session. you do have the senate to vote today on codifying same-sex marriage and interracial marriage but we should note, this basically allows for folks at home who are watching, requires that states recognize other states ability or marriages from other states,

same-sex marriages or marriages from other states. should congress pass a broader bill to protect the right more generally, if the supreme court overturns same-sex marriage. >> yes. i think that is a key point. right now it is protected bay supreme court decision. but as we saw with women's reproductive rights and with this court, that could be in jeopardy at some point. so this bill, which will basically make sure that if -- if the supreme court over turns the marriage equality at the court level, then we'd go back to the pre-court decisions and a lost states would still have state laws that would prohibit marriages in their particular states. that wouldn't mean that an state like in maryland where gay marriage is already protected. that would still have to be recognized in an alabama under the full faith and credit clause of the constitution. and this bill today doesn't go as far as i'd like. but the article of getting 60

votes is the art of the possibility and i want to thank kyrsten sinema and tommy volden who had put it together and in the final vote we may see a few more votes than the 62 we've gotten so far. >> 5you've pushed to get the electoral count act as well. you know trump is running for president at a time when the gop will control the house in the next election. or at least oversee the next presidential election. does congress need to pass eca now? >> absolutely. and we have a broad, 37 co-sponsors. it is already been passed in the house. it has the support of not only the democratic leadership but i want to give credit to leader mcconnell. he's one of the co-sponsors, and the bipartisan group of us who worked on this bill and the chips bill and the infrastructure bill. we put the band back together on the electoral count act and what this does for your viewers, very briefly, is it makes sure that

the vice president's role is to sim is my count the electoral votes, not anything else to interfere, codifying that mike pence did the right thing on january 6. and it said it will take more than a single house member to try to contest a state's electoral count. so it raises the number to 20%. and you could argue whether that should be plus or more. but it doesn't allow a few out liar in either party to disrupt the process. and it guarantees access to the federal courts and makes sure that a election denier isn't going to be able to overturn the ril of the people. >> do you have the votes to do it? >> oh, yeah, we've got -- >> in a lame duck? >> i think on a standalone basis, this bill would still get 60 to 70, more like 70 to 75 votes. i think at end of the day it will be attached because we need the full year funding. it krs crazy to go into a

continuing resolution again. that would cost the taxpayers tons of dollars and really hurt our zeefs establishment. we have to make sure we pass the defense bill. i've got our intelligence bill that goes along with the defense bill that needs to get passed. so this gets a little bit as we all know in these final days. if you don't follow the min issue, the timing in the senate. so i think the electoral count will be attached to another must-pass bill. >> senator mark warner, chairman of the senate intelligence committee, thank you so much. and go usa in this match in about three hours. >> go usa. >> thanks, jim. well still ahead, a woman who was kidnapped when she was just a toddler is now being reunited with her parents more than five decades later. we'll have the incredible story on how this all happened for you up next after the break. until i found some information. birth certificate. wow. and then you add it to the tree. it's like you discover a new family member.

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right now president biden is meeting with congressional leaders from both parties at white house. he shared a few remarks before his priorities before it began. let's have a listen. >> i ask four top leaders of congress, whether they would be willing to come in and talk about what we're going to do between now and christmas. and in terms of legislation. and there is a lot to do. including resolving the train strike, the train -- what we're

doing now and congress, i think has to act to prevent it. noose it is not an easy call, but i think we have to do it. the economy is at risk. we're going to work together to fund, i hope to fund the government and covid and the war in ukraine. all controversial, consequential issues and we're going to find other areas of common ground, i hope, because the american people want us to work together. and so i'm going to stop there and get started because i'm sure this is going to go very quickly. all kidding aside. we're here to get work done and thank you for taking an interest in the time to meet with me. >> mr. president, are you confident you could avoid a rail strike? >> confident -- >> [ inaudible question ]. >> the president no shortage of questions coming his way. i want to get to cnn white house correspondent m.j. lee. the to-do miss, the must-list to get accomplished in this lame duck, it was already pretty

long, m.j. add another one and that is averting this rail strike if possible, within the next few days. >> reporter: we heard the president ticking through everything that he would like to see congress get done between now and the end of the year. and you're right, that the rail strike looming large over the economy. that is been a big consideration for the white house. that is a urgent priority and he wants congress to get this done essentially so that they could sort of force all of the parties to agree to this framework that was agreed upon earlier this year. he has been very clear that if there is a strike, that would be disastrous for the economy. i couldn't quite hear over the reporters shouting questions whether he said that he feels absolutely confident that this could be averted. but that is obviously the outcome that the white house is hoping for. he also mentioned there, as you heard, that the important of funding the government, he mentioned wanting more funding for covid aid and also more aid

for ukraine. that is a top priority for the white house. and there are other things that he didn't mention in these brief remarks. the same-sex marriage bill making its way through capitol hill. that is something that the white house wants to sign as soon as possible. the electoral count act which was born out of former president trump and his efforts to over turn the results of the 2020 election. that's a top political priority as well. the assault weapons ban, that is not something we heard the president talk about in these brief remarks but even if the white house is aware that votes aren't there right now to get that done between now and the end of year, it is still something that he would like to keep talking about, so that there is urgency there, so that he could make clear this is top of mind for him. and, again, as we were talking about earlier, this is because democrats are aware that come january it is more difficult for democrats to get anything done,

to legislate, to govern. it is a whole new washington. so between now and the end of the year, if they want to use this time to get everything done that they can and cram in as much as they can. >> priority right now is avoiding that rail strike. >> they believe they have the votes on the same-sex marriage bill. do they have the votes on the electoral count act. >> that is what it appears like and it is one of the things that they want to get done. and again it is important to emphasize that this is politically speaking very important. so much of what the white house is talking about and the president has talked about is about protecting democracy and so that is something that they really want to make sure they get done and looming over all of this is the dynamic that we saw recently of former president donald trump announcing another run for the presidency. >> we will continue to follow it all for us. m.j. lee, thank you so much. and thank you all for joining us on this busy tuesday morning. i'm bianna golodryga.

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hello, everyone, "at this hour," president biden sitting down with congressional leaders both parties at the white house as he's asking congress to step in and stop a potentially devastating rail strike from happening. plus protesters in china say authorities are searching for them. trying to find who took part in the unprecedented dom-e demonstrations we've been watching against the government's covid restrictions. and it will be a match like no other for sure. and the high stakes and highly politicized showdown between u.s. and iran at the world cup.