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snow in northern california heads east, the central part of the u.s. and the south are facing a multi--day severe threat. congress is facing a looming government shutdown deadline as lawmakers try to seal a deal on a spending plan by friday. republicans and democrats are still clashing over the spending priorities and what those numbers are going to look like including on social programs and the need to raise the government's borrowing limit next year. president biden and president zelenskyy spoke yesterday on the phone. that conversation coming as biden, the other g7 leaders and zelenskyy will have a lirtal meeting this morning as the recent round of russian air strikes have damaged critical infrastructure in ukraine leaving many without power and heat as winter is setting in. this morning brittney griner is at a military facility in texas after ten months of russian imprisonment. we have learned the basketball star will spend some time there before she returns home. her agent told espn that she had

a light basketball workout in texas on sunday. no word yet on when she will officially go home. a college student who is currently studying abroad in france. the family of kenny deland jr. say they haven't heard from him in more than two weeks. he's a senior at st. john fisher in rochester. he last made a purchase at a store on december 3rd. no one has seen him since. first this morning we start with the clock ticking in washington, as it seems to happen almost every year. congress finding itself with just five days left to keep the government funded and avoid the latest republican threat to shut down the government. democrats looking to seal the deal on a full-year spending plan. some republicans may be trying to buy time until january. cnn's m.j. lee is live at the white house this morning. what is the white house's stance of where these talks stand and if any progress is being made?

>> kate itlynkaitlyn, one offic talking to yesterday who has been involved in these talks said this time of year is the time of year when there is no weekend for people who work on these appropriations matters. the two sides are basically slogging through it right now. at the stage i'm told the two sides are presenting to each other vary various bottom lines. by the end of the weekend they were still billions of dollars apart. even though there was some progress made over the weekend, we know there are serious disagreements particularly on spending on some of these priority domestic items. republicans have basically been saying to democrats you guys have spent so much money already this year on things like covid, climate change and health care, so you shouldn't get as much next year. democrats have responded in kind. this was money that was absolutely crucial and necessary, and that shouldn't affect how much we get to spend next year. >> there's not going to be a government shutdown.

it seems very unlikely they'll have an agreement on this hammered out by friday. what is the next step here that congress is likely to take? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. there is agreement right now that come friday at midnight which is when the funding runs out, there is not going to be a government shutdown. there is an agreement on both sides that there will need to be some kind of shower or thunderstorm measure that gets passed to buy everyone a few days more time. that's what people are talking about whenever you hear the term short term cr or continuing resolution. the white house saying yes something will get done on government spending, the government will be funded, there is a path, there is time. right now the big question is when exactly is that going to get done and, of course, how. >> we'll be waiting to find out. m.j. lee, we know you'll be on the white house lawn. thank you. this morning use of the keystone pipeline has been paused after a huge leak. an estimated 14,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into a creek

in northeastern kansas. homeowners along the creek are devastated. this woman who say it is woman has spilled onto her longtime family farm. >> we know we have pasture grass that's black that probably will have to be removed. things happen. we just have to repair it and move forward. >> crews have been dispatched to work on the repairs and the cleanup. it' not clear when the pipeline will be back up and running. we want to get to a possible milestone in the pursuit of clean energy. here is what "the washington post" is reporting, and the "financial times" as well, that scientists made a major breakthrough using nuclear fusion with the energy department set to make a big announcement tomorrow. and for that cnn's chief climate correspondent -- mr. bill is doing his own sound effects.

>> you deserve it. >> good morning to you. >> i guess so. we'll see how he geltz through this. it's fascinating, this fusion thing, it's been so hard to achieve and how it can change the game for the climate crisis. >> yes. this is the holy grail of energy. imagine a glass of water fueling your house for hundreds of years with no waste, cheaply, renewbly. this is what they've said is just a decade away and always will be, is the joke about nuclear fusion. fusion that we're familiar with splits atoms and creates all the nuclear waste we know about. fusion jams them together by basically creating a star in a box. you're creating the power of the sun and using hydrogen atoms, water, h2o and smashing them together. up until now, the way to do it is using massive magnets, big enough to lift an air california

carrier. the lawrence livermore laboratory decided to use lasers. they're heating this hydrogen plasma, making it so hot that the reaction creates more energy that you put in. this could be a major breakthrough, secretary granholm expected to announce tomorrow. >> the question is commercial use, right? when is it going to be something that's -- >> it could be decades away. it could be decades away. but it's one of those things where you think nothing is going to happen and then something happens and it's all at once. >> decades isn't that long. >> it isn't that long. >> for this. >> there's other pathways to this that could have even bigger breakthroughs. i think the bigger sense is, the lead-in to the story was another pipeline. >> that's just what i was thinking. this doesn't have spills like that. >> exactly. >> there are implications, too. >> of course. there are tradeoffs for everything, for wind and solar. you're looking for the least horrible options it's obvious that, depending on the fuels that leak and burn is

what got us into this climate crisis. the closer we can get to a -- the faster the better. >> you were saying you were looking atwater pouring your home -- >> it's the hydrogen atoms in a glass of water is the fuel source for this. >> i kept thinking from a family who grew up with two parents who worked for exxon oil and chemical plants, they must be saying wait, what's happening? are they happy about it? >> anything that challenges the status quo business model, that's the most profitable industry ever. the smart ones will probably get behind these transitions. i'm working on a special on this now, these ideas of things that are -- everything you can see in your fiscal world will have to be reinvented in some way or another. energy sources, how you clothe and feed and shelter your children. everything is changes in the most dramatic ways moving

forward. this can be a write brothers moment for energy tomorrow. >> we'll see what secretary granholm says in her announcement. bill weir, thank you, as always. >> the future is now. we looked at all those movies for the future when we were kids, and now we're living it. >> thanks, bill. orange county california, once a strong republican stronghold has now officially declared racism a public health crisis. the resolution was adopted by the board. it calls for a review of county government policies and operations by an ad hoc committee tasked at identifying potential practices of concern. areas of review will be county services, homeless shelters, to ensure underrepresented communities are not being inadvertently denied access. the resolution was sponsored by the republican member of the orange county board of supervisors andrew joe and met

with contempt from the audience. >> thank you for passing this reso resolution. can i please speak? we need to have this resolution in this county. with that i thank you for your work. thank you. >> go back to china. >> go back to china? and you think racism is dead. so irony is a concept that's foreign to some of us. >> for those of you who care enough to follow, i am far from the left. i've been attacked more of my party affiliation than anybody on this board for the last eight years. don't get on your soap box and preach to me. >> i don't know what to say. >> pushing back -- they were talking about what this is actually going to look like when

it comes to these reviews of the systems. obviously that was a moment there. >> it gets us directly into what we're going to talk about now. this one is out of los angeles. this is a city council in the thros of more controversy with council member kevin deleon facing scrutiny after dramatic video shows him in a physical fight with a community activist. that is not a good look, right? earlier this year he faced calls to resign following leaked audio of a council meeting, that he and other members were making racist comments. cnn's nick watt in los angeles this morning. good morning, nick. the new video is stunning. this is just another chapter in what has become a saga for the los angeles council. >> reporter: that's right. that audio leaked a couple months ago. it was secretly recorded on a meeting on redistricting. a lot of very unpleasant things

were said. kevin delee on hoped it had all blown over by now. he was trying to dip his toes back in public waters and it really didn't go well. >> resign, kevin. >> resign, kevin. >> reporter: kevin deleon is wearing the santa hat, a wounded lion of l.a. politics. green jacket is jason reedy, a community activist. >> you're a racist. >> reporter: a quick descent into foul-mouthed face-off. the santa hat falls. this was a holiday party. okay. there is back story here. in october some year-old audio leaked. city council president nouri mrs talking about a fellow council member and his kid. >> there's nothing you can do to control him --

>> reporter: translation, little monkey. she apologized and later resigned. on that tape she also said a councilman uses his son like an accessory. deleon appeared to agree, made a joke. >> they used to have those statues -- >> the louis vuitton bag -- >> officially censured, deleon has expressed rebut refusing the resign. he's high-profile. took a tilt at the mayor's job, ran in a primary for a u.s. senate seat, well known enough to go by an acronym, kdl. he claims jason reedy was the aggressor. reedy launched a pell vet thrust

followed by a head putt to my foremade. my response in defense of myself was to push him off me. reedy gave this video from the lapd. we're awaiting comment from police. reedy did not inifiinitiate fis contact with anyone. his lawyer said not only has kevin deleon lost all political legitimacy, his claims he was the one attacked here simply underscores how he's lost touch with reality while appearing to grab hold of a constituent. now, all this comes at a moment in history for los angeles. yesterday karen bass was sworn in as the first female mayor of the city, the first female of color to serve as mayor of the city. she has serious things to deal with. she's going to declare a state of emergency on homelessness, over 40,000 people homeless in this city right now. with all that as the backdrop,

don, as you say, wrestling like this really is not a good look. >> not a good look, especially from our leaders or from anyone really. nick watt, thank you very much. well, if you ride the subway in new york city like we do daily, well, it's going to cost you more. the city's public transportation is going to be three bucks. we'll talk about that, what is driving the possible price hike. reaction across washington and the nation after senator kyrsten sinema announced she was leaving the democratic party. independent senator angus king who made the same move in 1993, who is also an independent, is going to join us to discuss. >> there he is. >> the breakfast nook. >> i want some breakfast. perfect for lunch or dinnener. only at ihop. download the app and earn free food with every purchase. good news!

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all right. a lot of reaction pouring in after arizona senator kyrsten sinema announced she's leaving the democratic party, becoming an independent. senator bernie sanders says it's due to politics in her home state, not in washington. >> i think the democrats there are not all that enthusiastic about somebody who helped sabotage some of the most important legislation that protects the interests of working families and voting rights and so forth. joining us now is

independent senator angus king from maine who first ran as an independent as the governor of maine in 1994. you got another independent. what's your reaction? >> my caucus just increased by a third. i don't know who is going to be chair. when you have sinema, king and bernie, that's a pretty broad section. it actually says something. there's a lot of speculation, is she trying to avoid a democratic primary. one of the problems with primaries today is they tend to favor the activists on either side, republican or democrat. so somebody who does reach across the aisle has trouble. you can lose your seat in a primary, not because of your position on immigration or any of those kinds of things. you can lose your seat because you're viewed as someone who talks to the ear side. i have a republican friend, he was facing a primary in the set. i said what are they going to charge you with? you're conservative as hell.

he said they're going to charge me for being reasonable. think about that for a sec. >> you talk about the makeup of the senate. in arizona, if she does run for re-election, if there was a three-way race between a republican, a strong democratic candidate and senator sinema, does that complicate things for democrats come 2024? >> of course it does. it will be a complicated race. if you run as an independent, you either have to win or you're a spoiler. >> hand it to republicans. >> that's the danger. that's the situation. lisa murkowski wouldn't be re-elected to the senate. she's one of the best senators in my view. in this jungle primary everyone can run, it doesn't matter about party. there used to be something like a hundred balanced competitive house districts. now there's ten, where they're

all republican or all democratic. if people come to washington afraid to talk about solving the problems, we'll never get there. >> you mentioned the whole spoiler thing. we have kyrsten sinema talking about that, criticizing someone for doing the exact same thing, joe lieberman, that she's doing. watch that. >> so what does that mean? in the senate we no longer have 60 votes. some of those argue we never had 60 because we had joe lieberman. nelson, too, but really lieberman. i think as the president eloquently said on wednesday, there's none of this false pressure to get to 60. what that means is that the democrats can stop kowtowing the joe lieberman. instead seek other avenues to move forward with health reform.

it's likely they'll move forward with a process called reconciliation which takes 51 votes. >> that's the problem of trying to appeal to your party rather than doing sort of what you think is right. am i wrong about that? >> no, you're not wrong. as i say, the issue is primaries. about 20 to 25% of the members of a party vote in a primary. who are those 20 to 25%? they're the activists, the people on the democratic side more over toward the progressive, on the republican side more toward maga and the conservative. so somebody who will listen and talk -- kyrsten sinema. watch c-span on a vote and you'll see this milling around. she's all over the hall. she's talking to republicans, john thune, john cornyn, mitch and over to the other side. frankly, we need that kind of thing where we can reach some kind of organic group in the

middle that can build out. all these major things we've accomplished this year, the infrastructure bill, the p.a.c.t. act, the veterans bill, the chips and science act, all came from people getting together on both parties and building a consensus outward. that's really the way it has to work. i understand what she's doing and don't really criticize it. you can say, well, she's trying to avoid a primary. i think you have to look deeper than that and say where are we with this primary system. if lisa murkowski had to run in a republican primary in alaska, she would be gone and we would have lost one of our very best senators. >> you were on 60 minutes last year. it's quick, but i want people to watch what you said about being an independent. here you were. >> i have no automatic friends in the legislature, but i also don't have enemies. i have 186 skeptics. >> i like that. >> this when i was governor.

i had to build my own coalition every time. >> it goes to the question i had which is do you think many more of your colleagues should become independents? >> i think that's a lot of where the public is. the problem is the structure is such that the two-party system really dominates how everything is set up, how you get on the ballot. and the other part is, and i was fortunate running as an independent for governor of maine because we'd had an independent governor 20 years before, so it was thinkable. the hardest thing for an independent is to convince the voters that they're not wasting their vote, that it's not a flakey side -- >> spoiler, to don's point. >> yeah, you've got to convince them you're for real. i think in my view when i ran for governor, my view was there's a road down the middle. we had just had a government shutdown. in maine the poll sitics were v

polarized when i came in. >> let's turn to some topics. government funding and what the heck is going to happen. would you agree that funding the government is one of the most important jobs of a sitting member of congress? >> you think? absolutely it is. >> i kind of ask in jest but not really. you guys -- not pointing to you -- but the collective keep getting here. >> it's ridiculous. september 30th was the deadline. again, not to go back too much. we had trouble getting a budget one year. part of the legislature came to me and said let's do a continuing resolution like they do in washington. i said not on your life. once you open that door it's too damn easy. will we get it done? yes. will it happen probably, i predict, christmas eve, a couple days in that area? it should have been done a long time ago. they're trying to agree on

what's called a top line. once they agree on a top line for defense and non-defense, then you can do the rest. what's happening -- we passed a major veterans bill, and i think the negotiation is defense, non-defense and veterans. in other words, put the veterans in a different category, and i think that may be helping them to get to a deal. the last i talked to people on friday was they were close, but i think you outlined it, your reporter outlined it well that the republicans basically say, look, weave had enough domestic spending. we don't need parity here. >> i want to put you on the spot. if there is no agreement, would you support a one-year continuing resolution? >> well, i'd have to. that's the second worst outcome. the worst outcome would be a shutdown. a one-year don'ting resolution would be terrible. we couldn't fund ukraine.

we couldn't fund any of the new initiatives. it would be terrible for defense. i'm on armed services. i can tell you it would be devastating for the military. >> another big thing we've talked about is the electoral count reform act which for people at home are like, what? it's basically what congress has been trying to pass that would prevent what trump did, which is trying to take advantage of that and say what pence's role was. >> that's my highest priority for the next two weeks. >> if the senate doesn't act by the end of the year, the process will start again. it goes back to the house. the house is going to be controlled by republicans. >> it won't happen. they've already said i don't think republicans have the least interest in fixing the electoral counteract. they ought to stop and think for a minute. one of the things we do with this reform is make it clear that the vice president doesn't have the power to throw out votes which is what donald trump wanted mike pence to do. i don't think they've woken up to the fact that the vice

president two years from now is going to be kamala harris. this is reform that out to make sense to both parties. >> why? >> why isn't it done? >> why the tribalism on something that seems to make sense, common sense? >> you're making too much sense. >> line of the morning, senator. >> well, the bill came out of this committee, the results committee 14-1. mitch supported it, all republicans except one. can you guess who? ted cruz. >> here's the thing. didn't the midterms show us that the american people want things done in washington rather than just -- >> of course; and i think we will get it done. i think we'll get it done by the end of the year. >> you do? >> absolutely. i think they'll find a way to do it. mitch mcconnell wants it done. chuck schumer wants it done. nancy pelosi wants it done. i think we're going to get there. i've been working on it for over

a year. it's one of the highest priorities. this is a time bomb underneath the democracy, this electoral counteract, such a mess and so subject to abuse. >> that's a sound bite. a time bomb underneath american democracy. >> it is. >> we appreciate you. >> we know you've got a train to washington. >> i do. >> we'll get you out the door. >> real quick. you didn't get the memo. >> the tie? >> he's wearing a tie. i'll let you pass. usually people don't wear a tie. >> it's the constitution. we the people. you can get one at the store at the library of congress. >> senator angus king. >> thank you, senator. >> safe travels back to d.c. this morning's number is three. i'll tell you why. harry enten is at the wall with how this affects your commute. >> who didn't make it out of the white lotus? no spoiler for now. will sharp, the actor who plays

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welcome back everyone to cnn this morning. we have a new clip, it's from the harry and meghan documentary, what we can expect from part two of their series release. russian president putin cancels his annual end-of-the-year news conference. and cnn's hero of the year has been named. she's going to join us now live. here's poppy. >> we'll talk about something i know well. >> i was going to say you're the hero of the year. >> if only. we'll talk about the subway. hi, harry. >> i'm reading this camera. riding the subway in new york city could soon cost you even more. it is thanks to, no surprise here, covid. cnn senior data reporter harry enten joins us this morning with the number. a bunch of people didn't ride

the subway during covid. the mta is consistently underfunded. how much is it going to cost? >> this is just one idea of how to close a potential $3 billion budget gap. it could be up to 302. that's up from $2.75 now. that may not seem like a lot. when you're taking the subway every day and not using a weekly or monthly pass. we could go over $3. why is it that we could have this large gap, this large budget gap? take a look at the current new york city subway ridership level as a percentage of the prepandemic period. we're only at about 65%, only 65%. of course, we're already well past the time of which we've gotten the vaccines into our arnls, and yet folks are not returning to the subway in new york city. >> because a bunch of people are working at home. not us. >> there are a lot of people. this is something we've seen throughout the country, right? this is not just a new york city thing.

if it was new york city, it would be fun because we could have that conversation. most folks would be like why are we talking about this. take a look at this as a percentage of the prepandemic period. san francisco only about 40%, in washington, d.c. about 45%, boston only about 50%, chicago only about 55%. these are pretty huge, mass transit systems. we're not seeing the folks coming back. why? why are fewer people using mass transit? well, there's more remote work. upwards of 50% of folks depending on which city you're in are still working from home. it's a fear of crime. some of it is real and some is what is being betrayed in the media. as you mentioned, a fear of covid is still going on. when you combine all these things into one giant envelope, it gets you to the ridership levels where we're only at 50% depending on which mass transit system you're talking about.

>> your brain makes up for your lack of arrow drawing ability. >> i prefer to type. it's easy enough to type out the slides. drawing on the slides, i'm iffy on that. >> thank you, my friend. i take the subway. i'm a friend. >> i do, too. "white lotus" friends, were your theories correct? spoiler alert. turn down the volume, don't turn off the tv. we'll break down the finale with will sharp. he's here live. >> i was wrong, will. >> he wasn't killed. >> i know.

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truth. >> we have to warn you. this is a spoiler alert. if you don't want to know what happened, i would say turn the volume down. we don't want you to change the channel. just turn the volume down. fans have spent the past season theorizing who was the floating body. they finally got the answer. it was last night. >> very bad luck. the best thing about luck is it can always change. >> so romantic. you're going to die. >> who is going to die? >> will sharp is here. he plays ethan on "the white lotus." we should note that hbo is a parent company to cnn; warner brothers discovery -- wait a minute. warner brothers discovery, we're in the same company.

>> distant cousins. >> you predicted, you've been telling everybody that things are going to get messy. you said fans should expect fireworks. there were fireworks. i have to say i was wrong. this is a spoiler alert. i thought that you were the killer. i did. >> okay. i think that's fair. i think that's fair. i don't know what kind of conversations mike has with the rest of the cast, but i remember him being very up front with me towards the beginning about how he did want ethan to be a kind of enigma, especially towards the beginning of the series and for it to be like an available theory that maybe he is going to be the killer. i was mindful of that in the playing of that. whilst also having an eye on the long game of how it plays out. >> you started the show and the cast doesn't know who the killer is and who dies? >> we did. we had all seven scripts.

we've been carrying those secrets for a while i guess. in a way it's a relief to be able to talk about it more freely now. but, yeah, wow. what a bold move on mike's part. >> am i missing something? i still don't know who the killer is. >> i don't think we should say who the killer is. >> turn the volume back on. >> kind of a spoiler alert. the twist is it's a double thing because the killer ends up being something else as well, which i won't say. >> yes. >> right? it's a sort of double twist here. >> yes. and i think, you know that's part of the beauty of it is that it plays out in a kind of complicated tragic comic way. it's kind of playful and bombastic, but also sad and

poiand poignant as well. it's a very courageous move on mike's part to go there. it's one of the things i really admire about him. >> if you haven't watched the show, what's so fascinating, they're in these amazing settings. people go to paradise, but they still take their problems with them. it talks about privilege, about class, about sex and all of that. i wonder if you thought of the themes for this season. mike white said it wasn't initially what he thought it was going to be and he changed it based on the setting. >> yeah. i definitely think this season explores sexual politics and gender politics, too, i think. different ways in which men and women historically can behave, for better or worse. as you say, i think it's the sicilian setting that informs a lot of it. i remember him saying to me one of the first inspirations for the story this season was when

he asked a local about the sculptures that you see often in the show. ethan and harper have one in their bedroom, and the story that is relayed in the show is the actual back story for those. so, yeah, i think it's a dark series. i think in a funny way it's also romantic. i think mike does throw some pieces of light in there, and he explores the nature of relationships, but without shying away from the gnarliest, messiest, complex places that a relationship can take you. >> you're right. there's a lot of sex. i've got to be honest. even for me it's shocking. it's really great. congratulations. >> we're big fans of the show, will. we love the casting. we loved your character especially.

you'll beeth than to us forever. >> you and theo james don't have accents on the show. >> they're actors. they're acting. >> i get it. i'm used to seeing them in character. >> will sharpe, thank you. >> oh, my gosh. >> thank you. an ahead we have a very special treat. in addition to "white lotus," fan girling over here, cnn hero of the year will join us next. >> hi nelly. seconds. the face of clean. the face of whoa. some are of intensity, others, joy. all are e of - ahhhh. listerine. feel the whwhoa!

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♪ and now the 2022 cnn hero of the year is nelly cheboi.

>> it was the best moment. >> it was truly amazing to be cnn's hero of the year named last night. nelly cheboi provided access to computers in kenya and she brought her mom up on stage and sang with her. >> and now in front of the whole world i want to sing you this song one more time. ♪ ♪ >> nelly and her mother join us now. that moment, i'm so glad it was captured. you told us last night what the song meant. can you share it with our

audience why that song is so special to the two of you? >> because i saw how hard she was working, really i saw like she was working really hard and so i could not do anything, i could not do anything about it, i was only 4, maybe i was only 5, but then she would come home sometimes even at midnight and so i would sing her the song -- ♪ -- and then she would light up. she's exhausted, she's stressed but she would just light up. in that moment i realized that that became a tradition. she comes home, we go to bed hungry sometimes, i sing her the song, she lights up, we live for another day. >> can i just ask you -- i'm a total mama's boy so this is for me and i share everything with my mom. why are you crying? >> no, i am crying because she did not believe me. i kept singing it to her and she did not believe me. and so -- and to be able to sing to her on such a global stage and right now even here at cnn

this morning, i told her that i'm going to show her the world and she did not believe me and she did not understand, she did not understand what was going on at the event, she was just like that's you. she did not understand. when i sang to her she was like what, what? it dawned to her, she experienced the whole moment and so -- yeah. >> she doesn't speak english, right? >> she speaks swahili. >> can you just ask her what that moment meant to her? [ speaking non-english ] >> yeah, she says that she just felt so warm, she feels so warm and she believes me now when i said like i was going to show her the world, she believes me n

now. >> for a mother to see their child grow into what you are is beyond any mother's wildest dreams. i hope you know that. right? all we want for our children, i think, is just to be kind and happy and not only are you those things, you have used your power to change this world. >> and then also i think for her to be here with me, to be here with me, i think like so many people are lost their mothers and when they make it parents are not there, so i feel so lucky that she's here and she's able to share the moment with me. >> we are so glad that you won and you have this $100,000 now to expand your work even further than you already have and the impact that you have had. >> thank you so much. it's great. >> don. >> thank you. you are amazing. just i can't really -- that's amazing. congratulations. >> you know amazing mothers, don't you? >> i do. and this is -- you did it for her and this is her moment as well. >> yeah.

>> yeah. >> she is my hero. >> thank you, nelly. thanks, mom. christina, thank you so much. we will be right back.

i was wondering who that was. >> i'm showing poppy and don my pictures because it was a historic moment in the classic army/navy football rivalry not just because it was my first time going but for the first time in the 123 years that they have been playing each other they went into overtime. not just overtime, double overtime. >> ot. >> both sides -- it had been a pretty quiet game, back to back touchdowns. navy had a chance to win but