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public's gaze of who she really was and what she was capable of. but she broke all of these barriers. she became the biggest actress in the world. and the biggest cultural icon of the 20th century. i mean, she really was truly extraordinary. >> with the sun setting and one shot of film left in the camera, marilyn turns to george. "this is for you." >> you do miss sometimes just being able to be completely yourself and someplace and people just know you as another human being. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'm laila arauk.
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ahead this hour, georgia on the mind in american politics with election day for the senate runoff just around the corner. first blood drawn in the world cup's knockout stage 14. the winners, the losers, and today's matchups ahead. lava oozing from hawaii's mauna loa, inches closer to a main highway. cnn has a team up close and personal to the volcano bringing you the report. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with laila harrak. >> we're just two days away from the final vote of the 2022 midterm elections on tuesday. people here in georgia will go to the polls in the state's u.s. senate runoff election. they'll choose between democratic incumbent, senator raphael warnock, and republican, herschel walker. state data says nearly 2 million
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voters have already cast early ballots. a warnock victory would grant democrats an outright majority in the u.s. sena, providing a legislative boost and making confirmation of the president's judicial nominees easier. dianne gallagher has more on the final stretch. >> reporter: we are approaching the end of overtime here in the georgia senate runoff election, as both candidates are making their final pitches to voters. senator raphael warnock with a busy saturday, which is pretty much in line with the way his schedule has remained throughout this four-week runoff period. he spent the morning talking to unions. he did another rally in a different part of the state. then returned to atlanta for an aapi victory fund event full of surrogates, politicians, entertainers, and his fellow georgia senator jon ossoff, who he was elected originally back in january 2021 in yet another
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runoff race. now, look, warn knock has a busy schedule on sunday as well. his opponent, challenger republican herschel walker, had a much more relaxed saturday, which is also in line with his campaign strategy during the runoff period. he didn't hold any public events per se or anything open to the press, but he did have a tailgate before the s.e.c. championship game. walker, of course, a star on the football field for the university of georgia. he won the heisman trophy and national championship back in the '80s. he took plenty of selfies and shook hands with supporters there at that tailgate before the game. but he didn't talk to the media and that's something that's pretty much been a trend for him throughout his campaign on this runoff period. again, much more relaxed schedule. he has one event scheduled on sunday. both candidates trying to reach those voters that did not cast some of the 1.85 million ballots
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during the early voting period. they note that there are still voters out there, and they need to convince them to come out on tuesday. dianne gallagher, cnn. back to you. let's talk now about the state of the georgia senate runoff with tia mitchell, the washington correspondent for "the atlanta journal-constitution" she joins me now from atlanta where she is right now. thank you so much, tia, for your time. where do things stand right now? >> well, right now things stand -- it's crunch time, you know? we're going into the final days of the campaign. and quite frankly, without, you know -- there's no early voting. so it's just about reaching as many voters as possible who haven't cast ballots yet, encouraging them to come up with a plan to do so tuesday. a lot of door knocking, phone banking, texting, and of course
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the candidates are also still holding public events and rally s to get people energized and enthusiastic about getting out the vote on tuesday. >> what is driving voters? is it political party or candidates? >> you know, i think it varies. for herschel walker in particular, there are some people who are motivated by him as a candidate. you know, as that popular athlete that they grew up admiring. but you're also seeing, particularly on the republican side, people saying, it's not about the candidate, i might even believe the candidate is flawed, but i can still support him because i want a republican in that seat. now in the case of raphael warnock, i think that democrats in general are more enthusiastic about their candidate. you know. people who are voting for warnock tend to say they really believe in him, they really think he's superior, he's better
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qualified, better prepared to go to the senate. so it's less of that mixed bag that we're seeing when it comes to herschel walker. >> now, mr. walker is backed by former president trump. what is the when mr. trump's role in this runoff? >> so mr. trump, former president trump, has been kind of hands-off in this runoff. you know. of course he supports herschel walker. he said as much when he announced that he was running for president again. he said, "oh, by the way, don't forget, support herschel walker." even behind the scenes, i'm sure he's doing what he can. but he is not, for example, campaigning in person with herschel walker. he isn't campaigning in georgia at all. so he is keeping some physical distance. but you know, we can't ignore, can't hide the fact that he and herschel walker are friends,
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very politically aligned, very instrumental in herschel walker winning that primary. >> so why not show up for mr. walker? >> well, i think herschel walker's advisers and president trump has agreed that it won't be helpful. and one thing that president trump needs is he needs a win to hang his hat on in these midterms. a lot of his other handpicked candidates were not successful. herschel walker would be the most high-profile trump-endorsed candidate to win if he were to be successful on election day. so i think trump has decided he wants a win more than he wants to kind of be on stage with the cheering crowd in georgia. he's been willing to forgo that because he has been told that that will help herschel walker win. he really wants this win in georgia. >> why is tuesday's runoff
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election such a big deal? i mean, we know republicans will control the house. democrats are retaining the senate. is there enough at stake to motivate voters to come out? >> i think there's still much at stake. i think voters are getting that message. you know, now it's all about, will democrats get to 51? and that will have big implications for democrats if they do retain this seat. they get that clear majority on the committees. right now there are judicial appointments held up in committee because right now there's that even split, which means republicans can just not show up and keep committees from getting the quorum they need. democrats can't just show up and say, we're the majority, we're going to push it through, the way they could if warnock wins the seat. so, you know, there are implications. it might not be as easy or compelling as saying, control of
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the senate, but we hear that on both sides. you hear republicans saying, hey, we still need to win this seat to control how much power democrats have. you hear democrats saying, we need this seat because it will give us that much more ability to do what we'd like to do in the senate. so those stakes are out there. i think georgia voters understand what's at stake. so now it's just a question of how many of those voters believe that it's important enough for them to show up and cast a ballot? >> tia mitchell of the "atlanta journal-constitution," thank you so much for joining us. saturday was the start of the knockout round of the world cup and the first two matches didn't disappoint, unless you're a fan of team usa or australia's socceroos.
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the netherlands ended the u.s. dreams of world cup glory. you can see the dutch team celebrating at their hotel after the match. they beat the americans 3-1, sending them home to cohost the next world cup in 2026. but the losing team received words of encouragement from u.s. president joe biden. "fellows, you made us proud, we get up and keep going, here's to a bright future in 2026 back here at home." "world sports" don riddell has highlights from the match. >> the netherlands are famously one of the best countries never to have won the world cup. they've played and lost three finals. but maybe they're starting to fancy their chances now. here at the khalifa international stadium in qatar, they have advanced to the quarterfinals thanks to a 3-1 win against the usa. this was the first game of the knockout stage between two teams that didn't even play in the last world cup in russia. the usa had their chances but couldn't take them whereas the
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dutch were clinical. medical fies fired them in front after 10 minutes before blin doubled their advantage on the stroke of halftime. a u.s. goal from haji wright briefly made things interesting, but the netherlands re-established their dominance five minutes later when denzel dumfries made it 3-1. their proud fans are starting to wonder if this could be their year. >> tonight we saw finally the dutch team as a team. before we saw some good players but not a team. but tonight, they pack together and go for it, fantastic, happy. >> good progress for the dutch team. we were not looking that great in the group phase. very flat, not a lot of creativity. but this time it did come out pretty well, i would say, the counterattack. u.s., a lot of bawl possession, strong with that. netherlands, they allowed confidence and the counterattack looking pretty strong. >> definitely we have the best team and the best coach. that makes the difference, i think. solitary in the back, extraordinary strikers. good goalkeeper.
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so who knows? maybe this is our year. >> so a bitterly disappointing night for the usa, whose young and inexperienced team have reach the end of the road. they are look ahead with optimism. they're going to be cohosting the next world cup along with canada and mexico in 2026. the dutch advance to the quarterfinals and an intriguing clash with lionel messi and argentina, a repeat of the 2014 semifinal which argentina won. the dutch will desperately be hoping for some revenge. back to you. >> so the americans are disappointed to be coming home already, but ever since team usa held england to a scoreless draw, their fans have been riding a wave of euphoria about the future of the sports in their country. here's cnn's andy scholes with more and reaction. >> team usa fans across the country going through a range of emotions today, including those
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fans here in atlanta. this place holds about 600 people. a line around the building. people just wanted to be in here, be a part of this atmosphere. and the team usa fans that were here got a gut punch right before halftime when the netherlands scored to go up 2-0. but team usa, when they battled back and they scored that goal in the 76th minute, this place went absolutely bonkers because they were back in it. they had a chance. it didn't turn out the way team usa fans had hoped, losing 3-1. but all the fans i talked to, super optimistic about this team's future. >> i'm really happy for our boys. really happy we made it this far. i want to say 2026, when it gets here, it's going to be an incredible world cup, i'm incredibly excited. >> we're a young team and we have a lot of potential. this wasn't our year, but that's okay. we're looking forward to the next one. >> it was an exciting game. it's unfortunate the way it turned out. but i think we've played well through the group same.
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i'm really excited about 2026. our hometown. i mean, atlanta's getting a game. how much more excited can you be? we've got a young team, one of the youngest teams in the world cup this year. and it's really exciting going forward. >> u.s. soccer fans have a lot to look forward to with the world cup coming here in 2026. if the atmosphere is anything like it was today here in atlanta, it's going to be an amazing time. in saturday's other match, australia put on a strong showing against against heavily favored argentina but it wasn't enough. in buenos aires, fans of argentina were ecstatic after their 2-1 win against australia. the victory sends them to the quarterfinals and it was a milestone game for lionel messi. he played in his 1000th career match. he scored his first-ever goal in the knockout round and passed the legendary diego mar donia in
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career world cup goals for argentina. messi has nine for second-most all-time. after the match, he shrugged it off. >> translator: no, not really, it was a tough match, a tough day. too little time to rest action we were tired. we recovered well. it was a physical game. we're happy for this victory and to take another small step. >> argentina will now face off against the netherlands on friday. here's your viewing guide for today. defending champions france are favored as they take on poland in the first match. and after that, england faces senegal, a team that last reached the quarterfinals 20 years ago. england is favored in that clash. brazilian football legend pele wants his fans to know he's doing well as he undergoes treatment for a respiratory infection at a hospital in sao paolo. there's been an outpouring of support and well-wishes across the world since the 82-year-old
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former champ was admitted tuesday. pele, who's been battling cancer, thanked fans on saturday saying, "i have a lot of faith in god and every message of love i receive from you all over the world keeps me full of energy." gary hopkins, ceo of soccer vx.com and the author of the book "star-spangled soccer." he joins me from princeton, new jersey. so good to see you, gary. heartbreak for team usa. it's the end of the road for them. did it come as a surprise? >> the result, probably not for most soccer folks. they knew they were facing a formidable side. so i don't think so. most soccer aficionados realize they're really into a really, really tough game. but the real story i think is, they've come through it. they came through the group. they are excited.
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they're excited like i haven't seen in a long, long time. this is a team that didn't qualify for russia. and in 2018, they got pilloried by the press, the media, by every soccer site. redemption, really. to get through the group, to have a great game against england, beat iran -- i think we exceeded expectations for this world cup. i think it bodes very, very well for 2026. >> so would you say -- how would you characterize this team? this is a team that's still very much in the making? >> oh, very much so. this is as i said, a team that didn't qualify for russia. the country fell out of love with them, like england when they didn't qualify after of the group. no this team, it's made the country realize, we've got some great young talent. talent you can get behind and develop. all these players are playing in leeds, arsenal, chelsea, top teams in europe, ewe convenient
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does. the country has fallen in love with this team which is fantastic. we've got a four-year buildup to the world cup. for the team to do so well, it means the country will get behind them again for the next four years. and believe that the next world cup, they can really do something exciting. they're young kids. they're hungry, young, talented. but you don't -- you know, you learn when there's hard knocks games you learn. going into the world cup, playing england, doing so well. no, on the field this team has really exceeded i think every expectation american had of them when they went to qatar. no, real pleased with that. >> gary, briefly can we talk about the dutch team? they will have to face argentina in the quarterfinals. >> yeah, i mean, look. the dutch, they out-organized the u.s. today. they got their goal, sat back, defended it incredibly well. they knew the usa didn't have great penetration up front so
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they sat back and played the game an experienced team would. argentina had plays that can break down that dutch defense. great game but go for flair over organization. i think -- i'd be surprised if argentina don't quite come through that one. >> a lot of soccer fans around the world are thinking about pele, arguably the greatest player of all-time. can you tell us a little bit about the towering figure that is pele? >> look, i can see it from obviously globally. he might be the greatest player that's ever lived. that takes in messi and ronaldo, in my view. if you look at his impact in the u.s., this guy almost built soccer in the u.s. he plays the new york cosmos, kicked off the old nsl lead with its stars, the new york studio 54, excitement, entertainment. he was a towering figure in the u.s. if you talk to most americans over the age of 40, you talk soccer, in america they'll say pele before ronaldo or messi.
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that's just the impact he had on the game. i've met him a few times, fortunately, in my business ever defers. he was not just a great player, but off the field he was so gracious with fans, is gracious with fans. gracious with everyone that came for an autograph. i watched him sign autographs for two hours once in a store. amazing character, amazing for soccer in the u.s. we wish him the very best. there's still a pele store in times square in new york, that's how important he was in american soccer. so yeah, i think in america he -- bicycle kick, just a great -- great for american soccer. helped kick it off, really. >> just a final thought from you. everyone has a favorite pele moment. what is yours? >> oh, mine's not a pele moment, it's gordon banks' save from pele in the mexico world cup. i'm of an age where i watched that, it was just fantastic. the save that banksy made, 1970
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i think, was my favorite pele moment. he was just a gracious -- he is a gracious, gracious man. as i say, just a towering figure in world soccer. also in american soccer. >> we are all thinking of him right now. gary hopkins, thank you so much for joining us, thank you. >> my pleasure. thank you. ukraine's power system is still getting back up and running after a string of russian strikes. ukraine's foreign minister says new attacks are a matter of time and they could be even worse.arl y and all night. prilosec otc reduces excess acid for 24 hours, blocking heartburn before it starts. one pill a day. 24 hours.. zero heartburn.
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those annexations are illegal under international law. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says world powers didn't go far enough with their new cap on the price of russian oil. the european union, g7, and others set the cap at $60 a barrel to limit the cash flow to the russian economy. but mr. zelenskyy said russia can take that financial aid, and he accused world powers of hesitating to make what he called a big decision. ukraine has been bracing for the next wave of attacks, the country's foreign minister told cnn the next time round, russia will try to knock out the entire power grid. cnn's will ripley has more on the damage that's already been done. >> reporter: temperatures get colder here in kyiv at night. that is certainly not a god situation for the millions of people in this country who are living without electricity right
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now. here in the capital, the outages are fairly well organized and usually only last a few hours a day. but if you get farther out, there are places in ukraine where people maybe have electricity for two or three hours per day, the rest of the time they're in the dark. whether that affects their heating system depends on the type of home that they live in. certainly being in the dark combined with the drastically cold temperatures, temperatures that are only going to plummet even further in the weeks and months ahead, means this could be a very difficult and long winter for the people of ukraine, especially given the concerns raised to cnn exclusively in an interview with the foreign minister on friday where essentially they said that they're bracing for a major russian attack at some point in the coming days. presumably on their power grid. they are saying that they believe that the goal of the russians is to try to shut down electricity across as much of ukraine as possible by launching
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a barrage of missiles in a very short period of time. last week they launched more than 70 missiles over a period of just a few hours, including dummies. these are 1980s-era nuclear-capable missiles that didn't have warheads in them but can still cause considerable damage if they hurtle into a target like a power plant or in some cases hitting apartment buildings, people's homes and businesses. but what the ukrainians believe is the reason russian is firing these is not necessarily that they're running low or missiles or don't have an adequate stockpile, but that they're trying to exhaust the missile defense systems by firing at a combination of rockets with warheads and dummy missiles. the reason for that is that ukrainians are remarkably adept at shooting these things down. out of the more than 70 that russia fired last week, the ukrainians say they shot down more than 50. that leaves around 20 or so hitting their targets
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effectively. and just as they've now started to rebuild and repair the power grid, if there is another major russian attack, it would certainly be a devastating blow which is why the ukrainian foreign minister is calling on the united states to make a decision as soon as possible on getting patriot missile defense systems into the country. they're also asking other nations, including germany, for missile defense systems to try to get those systems in place, not in a matter of months in a matter of weeks at the latest so they can defend against these attacks and try to lower the cost, the tremendous cost, both in terms of suffering but also in terms of rebuilding infrastructure each time that russia decides to attack in this manner. will ripley, cnn, kyiv, ukraine. grain from ukraine is making its way right now to some of the people who need it the most. the first cargo ship under a new ukrainian program has docked in jib beauty with its cargo of 25,000 tons of food bound for
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its landlocked neighbor, ethiopia. the initiative has raised over $150 million to send ukrainian grain to countries in africa and the middle east. ukraine says about 60 more ships are expected to follow. according to president z zelenskyy, they'll help over 5 million people who are facing star. in a few days, georgia voters will determine who will fill the last remaining seat in the u.s. senate. even weave that race is decided, democrats are already looking to make major changes in the next election cycle. we'll have those details after a short break. the political scandal in south africa ramps up as the president refuses to step down we report live from johannesburg coming up. of relief gives you s from chest congestionn and any type of cough, day oror night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. we all need fibeber for our digestive health, but less than 1010% of us get enough each day.
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. this tuesday will determine the final balance of power in the new u.s. congress. with georgia's senate runoff between democratic incumbent raphael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker. the last of the house races has now been called for republican john due wear day in california. as it now stands the gop will hold a slim 222-seat house majority in january. democrats are projected to have 213 seats. not surprisingly, both parties are already looking ahead to 2024. now the democrats are proposing major changes to their presidential nomination calendar. we get the details from cnn's arlette saenz at the white house. >> reporter: president biden has
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proposed upending the calendar democrats use to nominate their presidential candidates, removing iowa from the top spot and replacing it with south carolina. the rules panel at the democratic national committee approved the president's proposal, which now needs to be voted on by the broader committee early next year. president biden's argument for making these changes is he wants to see a more diverse slate of states have an early say in the nominating contest. iowa and new hampshire are the two that had typically gone first. and they have more predominantly white populations. but now president biden wants to see south carolina moved to the very start of the calendar. it would then be followed by nevada and new hampshire on the same day, and then add in georgia, which has become a battleground state in recent years, followed by michigan to represent the midwest. now, there are some steep challenges to actually getting these dates enacted. each state has their own primary
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date and process for doing so. some have it enshrined in their law they go first in these nominating contests. they're also a challenge in that republican plan on holding their contests in the same order, but president biden is hoping the democratic national committee will be able to push through these changes heading into 2024. incendiary statements from former u.s. president donald trump are nothing new. but on social media saturday, he made an extraordinary declaration calling for the termination of the u.s. constitution. he wrote in part, "a massive fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the constitution." mr. trump's post came after the release of internal twitter communications about a "new york post" story in 2020 that the team suspected came from hacked
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material. cnn senior legal analyst elie honig had this withering view of trump's post. >> virtually every word of that statement is wrong, crazy, and dangerous. i mean, the only accurate thing donald trump says is that to do what he's recommending would require termination of the constitution, which of course would leave us without a democracy. i don't think doj is paying any attention to this. sometimes you just have to sort of look past the hoopla and focus on the facts and the law that are relevant to a crime. i think doj prosecutors are looking at this statement, probably rolling their eyes or feeling some sense of disgust, and just ignoring it. now to south africa where after days of speculation, the president's office says he will not resign. ramaphosa has been under intense pressure to quit after an independent panel found he may have acted unconstitutionally. the president's office says the report is, quote, flawed. let's get you more on this developing story. cnn's david mckenzie joins us live from johannesburg.
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david, can the president survive this scandal? >> reporter: that remains to be seen. we'll get a clearer sense of that in the coming days, laila. but this scandal has riveted south africans over the last few days. basically it boils down to a robbery that happened some time ago at his private ranch where the president says several hundred thousand dollars of cash which they had put in a sofa was stolen. and blames it on a robbery after the sale of his buffalo. the president famously is a trader in wildlife. but it took several years for this information to come out. and this report that was put through by parliament, by an independent panel, said that there could be enough evidence to move towards impeachment. both in terms of the allegations of a cover-up of this crime and other lack of information and
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forthrightness by the president. this is critically important here in south africa. ramaphosa has been seen and touted himself as an anti-corruption president. there have been moves in terms of prosecuting people in the very wide-ranging allegations of corruption of the last president's tenure. but this will, of course, cast a shadow over that push. the president's spokesmen are telling me he will fight this, that they are going to put that report under review. the next step is both legal and political. on the legal front, they will try and get this report thrown out. on the political side, it's clear that ramaphosa is trying to get support within the ruling african national congress today and into tomorrow to avoid actually moving towards impeachment in parliament. this will all be focused -- the intense focus of south africa and the fate of the president in the coming days. >> cnn's david mckenzie, thank you so much for that update. still ahead, tourists throng
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in hawaii, the lava continues to flow from the world's largest active volcano. the u.s. geological survey says molten rock from mauna loa has crept a bit more, two miles from a major highway. although the speed of the slow has slightly slowed down, the state's governor tells cnn if the lava crosses the highway, it could be "a tremendous inconvenience." cnn's david culver has more. >> reporter: 2 1/2 miles from where we're standing, you can barely see just under the cloud cover that's moved in the edge of the lava flow. you'll see going up into the air
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those are some of the plumes, not of smoke, but of acidic gases. so that's part of the concern with this is what's going into the air, vog, volcanic smog. it can be toxic. officials have been advising folks, particularly suppose with respiratory issues, to be mindful of that. still, they want people to enjoy what is a spectacular sight, one that is rare. it's been 38 years since mauna loa erupted. for them to be able to come out to what is the largest volcano, the world's largest active one at that, and to take it in, it's spectacular. but it's also one they want folks to keep a safe distance from. they're monitoring closely the flow of that lava because it's going now at a much slower pace than it was initially, about 25 feet per hour according to the governor here. it's making its way this direction. here's another really concerning part, and that is what's on the other side of this side street. a main highway that cuts from one end of the big island to the other.
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you cut that off, transportation-wise you're going to have a lot of issues. so they don't want that logistical nightmare to fall into place. until that point, they're saying, come on out, they're letting people park along this side street here that's been turned into a one-way roadway so that people can safely pull over. you can see folks there parked just to take in the sights. some bringing offerings, especially locals who see this as a very culturally significant and spiritual event. they're bringing leis, flowers, one woman, rosemary. while some are taking pictures, especially in the middle of the night where it is stunning and you have that glow into the sky, people are also just wanting to be here in the midst of the stillness of it all. there's a mutual respect you feel as well. people will say, do you mind turning off your car lights? take it in perhaps together in a more impactful way. people are doing that collectively, enjoying it. overall, it's still a potentially dangerous situation,
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potentially very destructive. they saw that here in 2018. it's one that they're monitoring closely and updating daily. david culver, cnn, hawaii. after years of fighting for equal world cup pay, the u.s. women's team got it. and now they'll be getting quite a payout from the men's tournament. more than they earned from their own championships. we'll break it down. bears and honey seem like a natural combination, but bears and a powdery illegal drug, it's not only based on real life, it's a new movie. it's a story you won't want to miss.
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team usa was eliminated from the world cup after losing to the netherlands on saturday. but by getting into the knockout stage, the men's squad has earned a big cash bonus. as cnn's brian todd reports, the u.s. women's team also stands to benefit. >> reporter: with its stirring win over iran and its advance into the knockout stage of the world cup, the u.s. men's national soccer team gets a $13 million bonus as a team. and for the first time ever,
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they'll split that bonus equally with the u.s. women's team. $6.5 million for each squad. that's because of a new collective bargaining agreement that the women's team reached with the u.s. soccer federation back in may. >> in 1993 -- >> for brianna scurry, a goalkeeper who played in four women's world cups and made an iconic penalty kick save to help the u.s. win the 1999 cup, it's a sweet moment. >> for decades, it was very difficult to always be shouting at the rain, so it seemed. but now we have made this a reality. and it took every single player who's ever played and worn the jersey for the women's national team to get it there. >> reporter: in fact, the $6.5 million the u.s. women will make from the men's team advance is more than the women earned by winning the 2015 and 2019 women's world cups combined. their 2015 win paid out $2 million, doubling to $4 million in 2019. >> fifa has been unfair with the women. we've always been an afterthought to them. >> reporter: for decades the
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u.s. women's team had fought against the u.s. soccer federation, demanding equal pay. >> every time a woman is not paid equally, suddenly everyone is not and no one's potential is able to be reached. >> reporter: it took a lawsuit settlement to get the federation to pay the women fairly. >> there have been so many lockouts, so many times skipping camp, so many moments of labor solidarity. things really revved up after the women won the 2015 world cup. every step of the way, it's been a fight. >> reporter: and every step of the way, there's been a different kind of disparity on the field. in all of u.s. soccer history, the women's team has won four world cups. the men have won exactly none. >> women parity soccer in the united states, i love the men's team, but it's the women who have put this sport on the map. who are the pride of the nation. >> reporter: but while u.s. soccer has made progress on fair pay, world soccer remains far behind. this year the total prize money
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for the men's world cup is $440 million, more than 14 times as much as the prize money for the last women's world cup. >> they've just felt proud of themselves for giving the women props. it's just now that women's soccer has thrived despite the lack of investment. >> reporter: i asked brianna scurry if she or any other former players will benefit from this fair pay deal. she said she'll only benefit if the players union for the women decides to give former national team players some money. either way, she says she's okay with it. she says she's honored to have played a role in raising the visibility of the women's game and getting that deal done. the next time you grab a baguette, you'll be enjoying an official piece of french cultural heritage. this week unesco added the long, crusty loaf to its list of items that should be safeguarded and passed on to future generations, and for good reason.
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the french buy 6 billion baguettes every year. france is good to receive this designation including over 200 endorsements, letters from bakers, and children's drawings. sadly, some french bakingries making baguettes are disappearing. if you combine the drug-soaked movie "scarface" with the ursine attack scenes in the film "the revenant," it just might resemble the new flick "cocaine bear." cnn's jeanne moos sniffs out the truth behind the film and the trailer that has hollywood buzzing. >> reporter: when the name of a movie is "cocaine bear" -- >> a bear doing cocaine! >> reporter: you can expect critics to snort. but the bonkers trailer has moviegoers salivating to see the film, featuring a bear high on coke embarked on a murderous rampage.
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"sha "sharknado" but for webears, bu on cocaine. then there's that tease, "inspired by true events." this one, at least, is true. >> millions of dollars worth of cocaine fell from the sky this morning no knoxville, tennessee. >> reporter: that did happen in 1985. a drug smuggler named andrew thornton died in someone's backyard when he jumped from a small plane with bricks of cocaine in a duffel bag attached to it. >> the gentleman jumped out of an airplane with a parachute that's too small for his load. >> reporter: before he jumped he apparently dumped other cocaine-filled bags and a 170-pound bear was found dead among the drugs on a georgia hillside. officials said he od'd. the movie shows the bear dining on coke. >> no, no, don't eat that! >> reporter: the real bear died from the drugs and there was no killing spree. it's believed the stuffed bear
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eventually ended up in a place called the kentucky for kentucky fun mall, where you can buy cocaine bear earrings and even what they call a blow globe, does not contain cocaine. >> what the [ bleep ] is wrong with that bear this. >> the poor guy is being compared to scarface. some are calling him pablo escobear. a nickname even a coked-up bear might not take lying down jeanne moos, cnn, new york. before we go, we want to wish happy birthday to the world's oldest land animal, jonathan, he's a seychelles giant tortoise celebrating his 190th birthday. while there's no real record of his birth, the reptile is believed to have been born around 1832. island officials say he could be as old as 200.
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if you do the math, jonathan was born when elizabeth's ancestor, queen victoria, was a teenager. officials have made a series of commemorative stamps to mark the tortoise's long life. happy birthday, jonathan. that wraps up this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm laila harrak. kim brunhuber picks up our coverage after a quick break. i'll see you tomorrow.
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