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united states and all around the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, hanging in the balance, controversial u.s. border restriction, title 42 is here to stay for now, at least. the reaction from the u.s. mexico border. stranded by southwest airlines, thousands of flights have been grounded. the ceos message for travelers. and, from one extreme to another, why warmer weather could actually be bad news for the united states. good to have you with us. well, the u.s. supreme court has ruled to keep title 42 temporarily in place while legal challenges play out. it's preventing the biden administration from winding down the trump era border policy after 19 republican led states filed a lawsuit, saying, this would result in a migration catastrophe.

title 42 allows border agents to turn away migrants in the name of covid prevention, and with no clarity on when it will be lifted, thousands of migrants and americas southern border are wondering when they will be able to seek asylum. although, disappointed with the outcome, the white house says it will comply with the ruling. >> and cnn's covering all angles of the story, leyla santiago has a reaction from migrants at the border. but first, let's go to priscilla alvarez in washington for details on the supreme court ruling. >> the supreme court said that a public health authority known as title 42 will remain in effect on the u.s. mexico border while legal challenges play out. the five court order is a

victory for republican led states who sought to intervene in the case and blocked a termination of title 42. it ultimately means that this authority, which was invoked on the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, we're remain in effect for several more months. the white house responded to the order,, saying that they will comply with the. but they also pointed the finger at congress. saying that it is on them to pass immigration reform. they also made the pit position clear saying, quote, title 42 is a public health measure. not an immigration enforcement measure and it should not be extended indefinitely. now, immigrant advocates and groups have been trying to assimilate information to migrants as to what the supreme court said on tuesday but they say that this will ultimately put migrants in harm's way as they continue to wait in mexico. legal learned an attorney at the aclu said that he has, quote, deeply disappointed by the supreme court's ruling. the white house in the biden

administration are saying that they will continue to put preparations in place for whatever this authority may. and >> priscilla alvarez, cnn, washington. >> there was a bit of a disappointing mood in conversations that i had with many of the migrants here. there was one mother who told me she was fleeing violence in venezuela. and she took months, bringing herself, as well, and two young children including a toddler all the way here that said he had been rocked in mexico. and that her intentions have been to cross into the u.s. illegally. but because of title 42, she was sent back. so, hearing the remains in place for many of the migrants, not just this, mother many of the migrants had the same sentiment. because as you can see behind, me these are migrants that had nowhere to go at this time. the city says that they have capacity at shelters. but many of these migrants say that they forgetting on any sort of bus not knowing exactly where they will end up. not having trust in any sort of

individual who may be trying to help them. so the city is saying that this is an issue, trying to find a place where they can put some of the migrants that have come up and refusing to go into shelters and staying on the sidewalk here where you will see children and toddlers under blankets. sleeping overnight. the other big thing with the city is also continuing to do is that they are moving ahead with their contingency plans. they are working on two vacant schools to serve as potential shuttles in the future. because despite this decision from the supreme court, the one that keeps title 42 in place, they still expect to have a lot of migrants because of what they are seeing across the border. seeing a lot of migrants just waiting for their moment to enter into the u.s. whenever that may be. i did speak to one shot or who said to me, an organizer one of the shelters who said that, he, too was disappointed with this

decision. saying that this is something that could extend the bottleneck that they're seeing. and quote, unsustainable pressure on law enforcement on the border. but for republicans, this is a. when the republican state that escalated this legal fight, this is a win for them. governor greg habit, here in texas, was very quick to tweet when this was announced. leyla santiago, cnn, el paso texas. airlines have already canceled at least 2700 flights in the u.s. for the day ahead. and the overwhelming majority are from southwest airlines. the weather was and mission ali to blame. but many are now pointing the finger at southwest aggressive flight scheduling and updating infrastructure. the company is apologizing but said it would take several days to get back on track. >> i want everyone who is dealing with the problems that we have been facing, whether you haven't been able to get to

where you need to go, or your one of our heroic employees, count of any massive effort to stabilize the airline to know that we're doing everything that we can to return to a normal operation. now police also here that i'm truly sorry. >> more now from cnn's lucy kafanov, reporting from denver colorado. >> unfortunately, our next available seafood booking, the 31st and beyond. >> it's another day of travel chaos. >> every flight is canceled so i don't know when i will go back. >> another day of flight cancellations, delays and frayed nerves. >> phone calls are busy, you couldn't get a hold of anybody, it's awful. >> exhausted passengers braving long lines, only to receive more bad news. >> because they said even if you go through this line, it might be up to new years to get a flight. >> travelers on southwest, bring the brunt of polls business -- many stranded until the. near >> the next flight offered

was in january. and they couldn't even get us home back to pecksburg. >> southwest, ceo, bob jordan warned of more tough days ahead. according to a transcript of a company wide message cnn has obtained. while chief operating officer, andrew waterson, said the airline system were unable to match available crews to available aircrafts. and i had to be done by hand. >> from what i could tell, southwest is able to locate even where their own crews are let alone their own passengers, let alone baggage. >> their system really has completely melted down. and they made clear that our department will be holding them accountable for their responsibilities to customer. both to get them through the situation and to make sure that this can't happen again. this is a deep failure of management not to have supported its i.t. infrastructure. >> so, i don't know where my luggage is that. >> the travel chaos, leaving mountains of lost luggage is. >> in las vegas, a sea of

unclean bags. some passengers told, it would be days before they could get their luggage. >> denver's airport, leading the nation in terms of delays and cancellations. passenger nick has been stuck here since december 21st. >> i will never fly southwest airlines again. i will tell everyone i know never to fly southwest airlines again. >> why is that? >> i mean, you can leave people stranded for eight days and saves the weather when it's not the weather. >> denver airport hit hard by the delays in the cancellation, and although there's not a lot of folks behind me in line at the southwest ticket counter, the problems are far from over for south west that company airline ceo bob jordan releasing an apology via, saying that the plans for the next few days include flying a reduced schedule, adding that the company is optimistic that it will be back on track for next week. lucy kavanaugh, cnn, denver.

>> the devastating winter storm, hammering the northeastern u.s. is over but the country's weather worries are not. millions of people out west are now under flood watches and high wind alerts and the western new york is still a mess, cnn meteorologist tom sater has the ford cars. >> from one weather extreme to another, as faster than temperatures drop, they are warming up. high temperatures today, still cold enough for the snow pack to head around, chicago 20, for st. louis the freezing, mark buffalo only 24 degrees, but look at denver. only have 60 today and rapid city 57 overnight they had a windchill of minus ten degrees. snow pack across the u.s. and, of, course in canada still very high and getting heavier in the mountains from british columbia down to the central rockies. a lot of snow in the upper midwest. winnipeg, picked up 200 centimeters of snow. that is the earliest they picked up that much tunnel and then to get into ontario. but of course, travel bans

still in. police in and around buffalo. the governor of new york has opened up the freeway, thank, goodness but the only advisory, and it is just an advisory, there's watertown and the surrounding county. the warm-up begins but with problems. we're not gonna see temperatures warm up and refreeze. they get up above freezing in buffalo and stay that way. however rain comes, and saturday, sunday and monday. and with the massive warm-up coming of course the flood problems we could see with the ice, jamming the drainage, area we could see the water main breaks and that could be a big problem. but above average, how about much above average for the east. staggering, out to the west, however the first in the city of storms moved in. heavy mountain stone, heavy coastal, rain about 100,000 lost power and coastal areas because trees are down and winds are so high but this atmospheric river is a fire hose. again, it's not one system, it is a series of them. this is a multi day event. it will see this atmospheric area plowing into the area. with all the fires we had was,

burn scars can really create some debris flows. but it's going to be flash flooding as heavy rains already in san francisco with sliding down towards, ali all the way to the mexican border. but it's the high mountain snowfall from the front range to the, rockies where the advisory and already the warnings are in place. excessive rainfall from coastal areas to the pacific northwest, all the way down into southern california. so, big travel problems here, flash flooding is going to be a big, concern and when you look at the new year's day and first week of the 2023 above average precipitation is good news although it comes with the flip side. and temperatures are warm on the, east it is rain for most locations. which is a good news for everyone. back to you. >> thanks, for that and back in buffalo new york, rescue crews have been doing well for checks on people stranded by the blizzard. they're getting a hand from a group of snow believes. the handbooks noble bill club has been delivering critical supplies to residents in areas hard to reach ever since christmas eve.

the snowmobile stepped up after buffalo police asked for help with search and recovery have efforts. the group vice president said they delivered more than 100 meals and for hours on monday. members also pulled vehicles out of ditches, and got nurses to and from work. while the warming temperature will bring some relief to the snow weary city. buffaloes troubles are far from over. cnn's miguel marquez shows us the situation on the ground. >> please, please, you heard the mayor, beg i'm begging. stay home. >> erie county officials, over. calling in help to keep nonessential drivers off the road. >> 100 military police are being brought in as well as additional troops from the new york state police department are coming in to manage traffic control because it has become so evident that too many people are ignoring the ban. >> the death toll, continuing

to, rise more than 30 did in buffalo and the surrounding area. >> some are sad stories of carbon mine oxide poisoning. some are said in that summer outside. we have snow banks and some of our first responders are not hopeful about what we're going to find once those snow banks are cleared. >> the storm, blowing through. record snowfall in an area accustomed to snow. >> this is the front of our house. we are buried. i can make it to the front door. >> as of tuesday morning, buffalo snow total before the season came to exactly 100 inches. >> here's what it looks like outside of our front door. one, two, three. go, -- >> that's the fastest the city has ever reached 100 inches of snow with records that the back to the 18 80s.

>> i would definitely classify this is the worst storm i've ever seen with the entire upstate new york. >> the snowplow, running 24 hours a day, but the buffalo international airport remained snow, it might reopen wednesday. >> people are not fully prepared, and it all has been about big drifts of snow and gusty. >> miguel marquez, cnn, buffalo new york. >> high-profile russian opposition leader is speaking out from prison. we will tell you the queens alexei navalny is making through a series of tweets. plus, a congressman elect faces fallout after admitting to lying about his background and work experience. the latest on the george santos scandal, just ahead. hot tub, why not? and of course, puppy-friendndly. we don't like to say perfect, but it's pretetty perfect. booking.com, booking.yeah.

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hospital maternity ward in -- on tuesday. that's according to an aid to ukraine's president. they say that the doctors managed to complete a variant sector, just before the attack. and quote, miraculously no one was injured. the shelling also reportedly hit infrastructure and other parts of the kherson region. causing the civilian casualties. and this comes as the u.n. human rights office says that it least 6800 civilians had been killed since russia's invasion began. the office says that it believes the actual figures are considerably higher. meanwhile, ukraine's prime minister says that power outages are decreasing as critical infrastructure appears are streamlined. but the country's energy minister says that the situation remains, quote, really difficult. ukraine's military reports heavy fighting in the country's east. president volodymyr zelenskyy

has said that the situation there is difficult and painful. that pain is being felt in kyiv, where ukrainians gathered to pay their respects to a fallen soldier killed on the front lines, cnn's will ripley has a report. >> so many tears, for yet another victim of what russia's war on ukraine. mourners in kyiv paying their final respects to a fallen ukrainian soldier. it has been, brother and son. >> he was reportedly killed about a week. intense fighting has the city almost run unrecognizable. debris litters the streets. buildings are on fire. >> a house was destroyed, now it's not there anymore. >> in this besieged city across the country, millions are still living without power. ukraine accuses russia of persistently targeting ukrainian energy facilities using engineers littletown to repair the grid for the next rate comes.

ukraine's energy minister describing the situation is really difficult. the strikes have left ukraine with a power deficit and unable to meet the basic msg needs of the country. fears are growing among officials that moscow could be planning a large strikes around new year's day. in this small village near her song, people bracing for a bitterly cold winter. winter without power. collecting firewood in other supplies to protect against plummeting temperatures. >> we will get through the winter because we've fixed the chimney. now we need to have. we will get through it. we don't have another option, where would we go? >> on top of all of this, a war of words brewing between moscow and kyiv. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov issuing an ultimatum. that ukraine must bowed to russia's demands, including

giving up occupied ukrainian territories, or else the russian army will take matters to its own hands. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says that won't happen. he is vowing to retake all captured ukrainian ground. >> diplomatic negotiations seem just as gridlocked as the battlefield. a little sign of peace coming this holiday season in a conflict that continues to grind on. will ripley, cnn, lviv ukraine. russian opposition leader, lexi navalny says that he's being injected with an on known drug while being held in a high security prison. he made the claims in a series of tweets. joining us now from london's clare sebastian. good morning to clare. so, what more are you learning about alexei navalny these

claims and of course the conditions he's dealing with right now in prison. >> yes, well on the subject of his, held don't, forget it was just over two years ago when he was poisoned with a nerve agent that took five months to recover from that. on his return to russia. immediately was put in prison and we've been hearing from him and his reporter that is conditions have been deteriorating over the last two months in june. he was moved to a high security facility in november, he reported to be put in a cell type room. so not the usual barracks in this piña colada knee. and he says the. now he was made to sit on a stool for 16 hours a day or the floor presumably. but that is contributing to we're seeing back bone problems. let's look at this tweet as part of the series of tweets he put out. he said, seeing how the system works when you're not allowed to beat up the person but your leadership or did you to hurt them badly. for example. he says i have a problem with my spine. it's clear what one has to do to make the problem worse. keep me immobile as punch as possible. making the point that they are using his health as a way to

pressure. he said, he asked to see a doctor, he had to file a request for that it took a month and a half. the person arrived and said he wasn't allowed to see his diagnosis, needed to fall another request for his medical records. during that time. he was injected with an unknown substance. he asked what it was and was given a vague answer that it was b vitamins. but it did nothing to help. and he said. he will continue to fight necessary in the court. so he continues to, do a, course what the russian government doesn't want him to do. which is speak out by its social media against his conditions and against the war in ukraine. which we should, note rosemary, it has gone hand-in-hand with an intensifying crackdown on free speech and dissent inside of russia. all, right there sebastian, many thanks to you joining us live from london. well, ahead, it comes with no short of diplomatic challenges, russia's invasion of ukraine, tensions with china and the climate crisis will all be in focus. cnn's international diplomatic

editor, nic robertson, has a preview. >> [sound of gunfire] this year's war in ukraine is the biggest land fall since 1945 is both a symptom of diplomacy's limits on a harbinger of potential decay to come. russian president, vladimir putin's unprovoked aggression is yet to be tamed by sanction or reason, despite diplomatic outreach. >> i believe it is right to have constant discussions, there must be a moment where russia realizes that it needs to get out of this situation. >> china's using paying, who's increasingly -- diplomacy defying claims took taiwan is watching ukraine. learning possible international limits on his own potential land grab. scholz, who is picking up his predecessor, angela merkel's -- used his recent visit to beijing to try to shut down

russia's war and head of one over taiwan. >> >> translator: it is important for china to use its influence on russia, it is about principles of sovereignty and territory and integrity. >> 2022 has tested diplomacy more than any other year in decades. on the upside, democracies have risen to the challenge. diplomatic unity in the face of russian aggression. >> translator: as war returns to european soil we need to become brothers in arms, once more. >> on the downside, it showed diplomatic words alone or not or. they need to be backed by military muscle. >> what happens at the negotiating table depends on what happens on the battlefield. therefore, the best way to increase the chances of peaceful solutions is to support ukraine. >> we will not back down. >> the past year has set the stage for diplomatic storms to come. >> we will defend ourselves with all available means at our

disposal. >> putin continues to tease the threat of a nuclear strike. potentially taking diplomacy in 2023 to its limits. >> to a point where unity of the international community cannot be bridged. >> add to this, the increasing tensions with china and 2023 is shaping up to be an even greater challenge than 2022. >> we recognize that china poses a systemic challenge to our values, and our interests. a challenge that grows more acute as it moves towards even greater authoritarianism. >> paradoxically, another growing challenge, climate change, perhaps offers a way out of the downward diplomatic spiral. i need to to -- combat global warming together. >> without china, even if the

u.s. is, as we are, moving towards a 1. 5 degree program, which we are, if we do not have china, nobody else can make to that goal. >> as with previous years, pre-2023 will offer opportunity to develop diplomatic off-ramps. perhaps none more poignant than the g7, to be hosted by japan in hiroshima. there will be another climate summit to, but as this year's cop 27 in egypt shows, during global economic hardship, domestic politics trump collective salvation. the g20 in india could be a place where compromises are made. the war in ukraine would be in its 19th months, and by then, battlefield reality is hard to ignore. despite putin's new threats of a long war. >> this will end, and it will end almost certainly with diplomacy, within negotiation. but, what i think we have to see is a just and durable peace. not a phony piece. >> so the big diplomatic question for 2023, how to get putin to agree? the answer may lie in the

soaring food and energy costs triggered by the war. if the global situation worsens, collective pressures for some kind of peace will increase. the test of 2023, what to do if putin ignores the warnings? nic robertson, cnn, london.

still to, come fresh details on the january six committee's investigation into the u.s. capitol attack, what we are learning from newly-released a witness interview transcripts. plus covid outbreaks in china have other countries worried that the virus may spread across their borders. the new measures they are enforcing to slow the spread. when we return.

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as beijing continues to peel away layers of covid restrictions, other countries are taking precautions to make sure that incoming travelers are not bringing the virus with them. all travelers, from, china will be tested for the virus upon entering japan and india. and we'll have to quarantine if they test positive. india has expanded the restriction beyond just mainland china. also, requiring anyone coming from japan, south korea, hong kong or thailand to undergo testing. the italian officials also testing every traveler from china who comes through the milan mall pent-up international airport in the north. well, the change in china's restrictions also means some chinese to distance will finally be able to return home. after years away due to the pandemic, cnn's selina wang has more. >> the world's harshest quarantine is no more as covid

sweeps through china, the country is scrapping quarantine until january. aiden sowing to restart pandemic, china has severely limit who can go in and out of the country, drastically cutting the number of flights and forcing all arrivals into government facilities. i went through multiple quarantines in china this year, lasting as long as 21 days. there is no choice of where you go or what room you get. one to the doors closed, you can only open them for a covid test and food pickups. workers spray disinfectant in the whole days every few hours, so deliveries is not a rollout. for breakfast, lunch, and dinner are part of quarantine fees. all of that is now soon going away. it is a huge relief for chinese nationals living overseas, like this woman in new york city. >> i really want to go back to my home, immediately. but right now i am very emotional, i am almost in tears right now. >> one was the last time that

you went home to china? >> before last several of my family members during the pandemic. i lost my beloved golden retriever. i feel like i missed everything. >> how is your family doing now in china? >> almost everyone got covid. and they are suffering. i lost my grandfather, i cried so badly. at that moment, you do not know if i will get a chance to see him. i got covid and, i hope that he will be okay. >> on chinese social media, people have been sharing everything that they, lost during three years of border controls while they were stuck out of their home countries. >> one writes that i received the bad news of my father's unexpected death was in a quarantine hotel. but i could not go back to see him for the last time. another rights, because of the pandemic, i would not even know that my grandma passed away and i heard it from my mother, a

month later. this new change finally ends china's ban on nonessential travel for chinese citizens. i feel like the pandemic is finally over, the travel plans that i made three years ago may finally become a reality, she says. it is exciting news for potential travelers, but at home the country is struggling to grapple with an explosion in covid cases. >> the hospital is overwhelmed from top to bottom. there was no preparation. nobody knew. there was no stockpiling of medications. >> this viral video in the southern city of -- shows a man kneeling on the ground at a fever clinic, reaching down and begging the nurse to let him see the doctor after waiting for hours. fever and cold medicine are nearly impossible to get at drugstores across this country. antivirals are also extremely hard to get, but in a major move, beijing has announced that is going to start distributing paxlovid to community health centers in the coming days. there is chaos and confusion. but with zero covid in the past,

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as the countdown to the new year begins, in times square, they are getting a sparkly make over. almost 200 new motor foot crystal triangles have been added to the ball. each one of them cup by hand. this year's theme is cut on both sides of the -- >> each and every, year a brand-new theme of brand-new cut pattern, and this is actually one of the one that is here from behind me. so i can't put this up, because it's going to go up here. and you could see these intertwining on the cut offs on both sides this signed by the irish craftsman. but this is the question, about it this is a part of the brand-new theme and greatest gift, the gift of love. >> and for the first time,

since before the pandemic, revelers in times square can ring in the new year with no covid restrictions. and you can celebrate the new year this weekend with cnn international. we will feature the special coverage from across asia, africa, europe aladdin, america the united states and even the metaverse as the world welcomes in 2023 with new years eve live. starting in asia, new year's eve live will follow the salt set to follow the peak in major cities around the globe beginning at midnight and city, that is 9 pm saturday in hong kong. 8 am eastern time. and cnn's coverage here in the united states kicks off with anderson cooper and andy cohen at 8 pm eastern time on new year's eve. thank you so much for joining, us i'm rosemary church, for our international viewers, world sport is up next. and for those of you here in the united states, i'll be right back with more news. just stick around.

you are looking at live pictures of the u.s. capital, as a new batch of transcripts reveal details about the january six committee insurrection investigation. jessica snyder has the story. >> we are now seeing the intricate details of all four times that cassidy hutchinson testified for the committee. the last time in june 2022, really, the most illuminating. because by that, point she left her trump world attorney for a neutral council who told the committee that she's really needed to correct some of the previous testimony to clear up the record about what she had previously said. and the details that she gave are indeed damaging. so, first, all she told the committee that she saw mark meadows burning documents in their office fireplace. about a dozen times. which he, said amounted to once or twice a week. between december 2020 and

january 2021. and at least, why she saw meadows burning documents after meetings with the republican congressman, scott perry, who is ultimately subpoenaed by the americans to comply. in addition to that, hutchinson also told the committee that discussions about some qanon conspiracy really permeated the white house after the election. she said the mark meadows brought it up. also, the congressman, marjorie taylor greene could even mention the right wing movement which has the most outlandish conspiracy theories. and, then cassidy hutchinson said she had this exchange with the white house traded by sir, peter navarro. and, at one, point i had sarcastically said, is this from your qanon friends peter? because peter would talk to me frequently about his qanon friends. and, he said, have you looked into it yet cast? i think they pointed out a lot of good ideas. you really need to read this. make sure that the chief sees this. and then, when she was asked by vice chair, liz cheney, if they were being sarcastic, hundreds and, said i did not take it as sarcasm? so, in addition to that, we're

also getting new details from deputy white house press secretary jen deer. he told the committee that he heard gust of the week after the 2020 election from some of his colleagues at the white house that trump, in fact, was considering conceding and even considering inviting the bidens to the white house. judge dearie told the committee, here, that he was looped in on this on the conversation. because he is the one who would've been a raging the press access for any sort of visit for the bidens. so, obviously, neither of these things happened. of, course trump refused to concede and held on to the election. just to go schneider. cnn. washington. >> a u.s. congressman, elected you -- defending his resume and his campaign. george santos admits to lying about his background and education. he said that he still headed to capitol hill. cnn's eva mccann has the latest. >> in admission >> -- >> did i embellish my resume,

yes, i did. >> and an apology. >> yes i did. and it shouldn't be done. >> after a week of controversy, congressman george santos, fessing up about lying on the campaign trail about parts of his resume. as he seeks to minimize and defend the extent of his tall tales on everything from his education and work history to his pursuits and jewish heritage. >> i am politics dries if anybody feels heard or betrayed. i will gain everybody trust back by just delivering results for them and making sure that they do not forget what they voted for me in the first place which was to get stuff done. >> santos was working for investment banks, city groups, and goldman sachs. he now admits, he did not. the congressman elect claims he received degrees from both and why you amber college. he now says, he did not. but he maintains he is not a criminal. and still intends to serve in congress. >> i am not resigning. >> i had to leave congress, it is going to be by a pink slip

by the voters november 2024. >> and then there are the questions surrounding his alleged jewish heritage. >> we are no stranger to persecution. my grandfather fleeing ukraine in 1920 to belgium, that in fling belgium to brazil in 1940. >> those claims were contradicted by family trees compiled by genealogy websites, records on jewish refugees and interviews with multiple geologists. one professional genealogy is who spoke with cnn said that there is no sign of jewish and or ukrainian heritage and no indication of name changes along the way. >> santos, now, saying he never claimed to be jewish. >> i always joke, i'm catholic. but i'm also jew-ish. as in-ish. and i made that joke because growing up, i grew up fully aware that my grandparents were jewish. >> cnn learning that santos described himself as a proud american jew. in a document, he shared with prominent jewish groups.

>> chabot shalom to everybody. >> santos, now drawing the ire of the republican jewish coalition who said that they were deceived. centers will no longer be welcomed at our jc events. >> i am not a fraud. i am not a cartoon character, i am not some of the co-creature that was invented. i am no russian puppet. >> to long island, incoming republican, congressman have come forward with one calling to an ethics committee investigation. and potentially a law enforcement probe tube. but, for the most part, they are following kevin mccarthy's lead and staying silent as this whole episode continues to play out. eva mccann. cnn. washington. >> u.s. gas prices could should back up to $4 a gallon as soon as me. that is according to an analysis by gasbuddy. the good news is analysts don't expect the wild swings we saw this year when the national average topped $5 a gallon for the first time ever.

still, gasbuddy's head on the list says that look will have a lock to do with it, take a listen. >> 2023 is not going to be a cakewalk. it could be expensive. and it could be made either better or worse. depending on the luck of the draw that is for -- that i've been a tremendous story of importance this year and if anything should destruct, we could again be seen with prices that are unseasonably high. >> the u.s. government has issued similar projections estimating the national average will rise as refineries ramp up production. well, if you're planning on returning that unwanted holiday gift, you may be better off just keeping. it retailers like j.crew and at the apology, each in them and abercrombie & fitch are charging up to $7 to return items bought online. it is part of a new strategy to cut the cost of returns and get rid of all stop. the u.s. national retail

federation says that customers have sent back 816 billion dollars worth of merchandise this year. putting a strain on retailers to process all of those returns. well, fashion designer, rebeca -- has grown her company from a one store boutique into a global brand. now she's building a community for other women to expand their businesses, cnn's chloe melas has the story. it all started with an eye heart new york teacher, worn by jennifer in 2001. the catapulted fashion designer, into the international brand she is today. so the brand really started out of telling a white lie. i was asked by a woman who was energy perform, and on new squirming at the time. if i decide. bags and i said, yes, yes i. do you and i said, well, great i needed for a start role. you have two weeks to get here. and that was really how the brand began. when i thought the design of, back it was really about the

emotional connection to women having these first experiences. and the back is usually there. so, six in the city was the rage, the morning after that was born. and. it had the nerve root. women >> all the, she ended up not making the deadline for the back to appear in offense, from the, first up the morning after back me cause careers. >> for one article, on daily, candy was the bible at the time, cure and to remember the daily candy was launched in catapult brands in a way that i wish could replicate today. and, you know, one email it was called the catwalk of shame. and i was immediately sold out of the one story that picked me up, my friend, purchased a bag from the start. and then the call started coming. >> she incorporated the brand in 2005 with the loan from her brother, who went on to run the empire with. there >> we went from one boutique. you know, not overnight but over several years and after having a child room to 500 stores. and, then the department store

scheme and then the rest is definitely not history. but that was the early. yours >> today, the brand has expended from handbags to ready to wear. but, where, jewelry, i wear and even swimwear. her latest initiative is the female founder collective. an online community with both free and pete services for women who own their own businesses. >> we actually have a free platform that's called our collective. and that gives you access to monthly free virtual events and then forced access to our in-person events, which we do both then for our pain membership community, called the tempest, and then in the ten, plus you get access to weekly programming. 's so, we base this off of the points that we see happening on our digital platform every single day. >> her advice is simple. don't give up. >> i really want to achieve something, i've got to put my head down, do the hard, work be strategic. and also be a bit fearless. that means you have to ask for what you want and no one's just

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