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our viewers in the united states and all around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom. biden's big week. the u.s. president tackles russia's war in ukraine, climate change and china, all at the u.n. while dealing with an impeachment inquiry and possible government shutdown. we're on the pickett lines with striking workers in michigan. are the big three automakers and the uaw any closer the a deal? plus, donald trump leaves the friendly confines of right-wing media to actually meet the press. will he bring the truth with him? we'll do some fact-checking. >> live, from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." it's 2:00 in the morning in new york, where u.s. president joe biden will kick off a busy week in the hours ahead. mr. biden will be attending the
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annual united nations general assembly. ukrainian president zelensky will also be there for support for its counteroffensive against russia. the two are expected to meet later in the week. mr. biden is facing a number of challenges in washington. that includes the possibility of a government shutdown later this month and impeachment inquiry launched by house republicans. as we have more on mr. biden's trip to new york. >> reporter: president biden will put his diplomatic skills to the test this week, as he attends the general assembly meetings in new york city. he arrived on sunday.
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on monday, is set to hold fund-raisers before delivering remarks before the general assembly. he will talk about america's vision for leadership and make the case that countries need to work together to solve problems. this comes as the president tries to highlight his alliance-building going into the 2024 election. mr. biden will meet with brazil's president on wednesday. and also on wednesday, he is set to sit down with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it's the first time they are meeting since netanyahu came back into power last year. there was questions if the meeting would occur after the white house had expressed criticism and frustration of netanyahu's government making reforms in that country. when the president wraps up in new york city, he will head back
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here to washington. on thursday, he will host president zelensky who is making rounds on capitol hill. this gives him a chance to speak about the counteroffensive under way against russia. and the meeting comes at a time when biden is pushing congress to pass more aid for ukraine. that is meeting resistance from republicans in the house. ukrainian president zelensky will be attending the u.n. general assembly for the first time on tuesday. after, that he will head to washington to meet with joe biden at the white house. while mr. zelensky is pushing for support from allies, ukrainian lawmakers told cnn the guns are firing 6,000 shells a day. the military cwants more than
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10,000. mr. zelensky is leeager to show his allies that he is making gains on the battlefield. cnn investigative producer joins me now live from london. president zelensky will make an in-person appearance at the u.n. he is sure to be the center of atte attention. >> he will be meeting with leaders around the globe, to remind them about how important the counteroffensive is, and how much he needs support from many allies around the world as this war continues. he will be meeting with leaders on the sidelines as he gives an address. he will be going on to washington. not just to meet with biden. also to meet with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, as the concern about u.s. public support for the funding of
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ukraine and the worry that it may be declining. and the need to shore up support, particularly as we move into the winter months. this counteroffensive has been m making marginal gains, it will be more challenging. it will give russia more time to shore up the defensive lines and make it difficult to make ukraine have progress. demonstrate why it is so key that he continues to need this military equipment, this ammunition, this support, from the united states. one of the key things are long-range missiles that we've been discussing. and the reason for that is long-range missiles can get behind enemy lines and target areas that russia is using for this war. for example, we looked last week at a variety of ukrainian attacks in crimea. it's expected they use long-range missiles.
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that's because they can reach so far to target areas, such as the port, that had a key repair facility. key for rebuilding ships that may get damaged during the offensive as it continues. this is what ukraine needs. while it has long-range missiles, it doesn't have the u.s. ones that they want. the army tactical missile systems. they can reach over 180 miles. biden is said to be considering giving these to ukraine. he's not made a final decision. this is what zelensky wants out of this trip, more assurance that more missiles will be delivered to ukraine. >> thank you so much. negotiators for the united autoworkers are set to meet with representatives with carmaker stalantis. a source familiar with the talks
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says, no new contract offers has been put forward since before the strike deadline last thursday. >> reporter: negotiations continue between the union and the big three. on sunday, they negotiated at the main table. on saturday, it was ford. on monday, it will be stellantis. no word on a deal. the last offers in a the big three put on the table were about 20% increases and wages over four years. the union has been demanding 40% in wage increases for the next four years. there's been a rotating cast of elected officials. sunday, we saw hakeem jeffries, the highest ranking democratic official, take to the pickett line with workers.
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i had a conversation with him about how he thought negotiations were going. take a listen. union has not backed down from demand. but do you think they need to compromise a little bit to get this deal done? >> as president obama inld kated, uaw workers bailed out these companies. they are around today because of the sacrifices that were made by the uaw. it's time that the uaw benefits from the fruits of their labor and sacrifice. >> reporter: we've seen some of the big three have to idle workers and lay off workers because of the targeted strikes. i know you're in support of the sp folks on the pickett line. are you concerned about the impact on the industry or the economy, as folks are grappling with high inflation? >> there's pain and sacrifice involved in any righteous struggle. the cause is just.
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lifting up the great middle class dream for uaw workers is a critical fight. it will raise the bar for workers across the country. >> reporter: this week, the acting labor secondary and the white house adviser are expected to come to detroit to try to help with negotiations. shawn feign has made it very clear he wants the administration to stay out of talks. but president biden is hoping they can move a deal forward and prevent targeted strikes from making place at plants across the country. natasha lindstaedt is a professor of government.
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warm welcome. no quick resolution on the horizon on the strike. what are the political ramifications of this industrial action? and do you think this could potentially become an electoral issue? >> it could. there could be political ramifications if this goes on for a long time. average autoworkers strike in the last 30 years have lasted about five weeks. this would be bad if it goes on an own. on the local economies of the swing states and the national economy as a whole. and biden, he has proclaimed himself as the most pro-union president ever, he has a tricky situation. he wants the strike resolved as quickly as possible. but he has to appear to be as pro-union as he can.
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he needs to be on the side of the autoworkers. there's really important demands that might not get met that soon. they want more pay. there's a huge divide between what the ceos are making, in some cases 365-times what the average autoworker. the autoworkers are saying there's a 40% increase in ceo pay where we can't afford to buy the cars that we're actually making. in terms of what the values are, it would be to be on the side of the autoworkers. but he is dealing with the way the nation perceives his ability to run the economy as a whole. and recent polling has revealed that it's not so great. that 70% of americans don't think that the economy is going in the right direction. 84% it's due to the cost of
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living. and one-third think that biden is doing a good job of running the economy. in head-to-head polls against trump, trump is 10% ahead of him in terms of how americans think he will be better to run the economy, compared to biden. biden will want this to be resolved quickly, without him appearing to lose sight of what the needs are of the autoworkers. >> that's not the only crisis that president biden is facing. there's so many challenges this week. there's the looming government shutdown at the end of the month. are there efforts underway to break the impasse on capitol hill and avert a shutdown? there's always efforts to avert a shutdown. we saw this during the trump administration that we were on the brink of shutdown or feeling that there was a deal that was sorted out. seems to be this will pass in
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the same type of way. they will try to avoid it. if they don't, biden will have to go on the offensive and claim this is the republicans that are instigating this shutdown. this isn't the democrats that want this. they're trying to find a solution. we see in the economic speech, he was going on the attack with the economic credentials and what are they offering the american people? and he has to focus on that, as well. while trying to ensure that the shutdown doesn't happen. >> also on the president's to-do list, an impeachment inquiry. what will this do to the president's re-election campaign? >> it's a bad week for biden. the impeachment inquiry is the good news. i think it's going to backfire. it showcases there is infighting within the republican party that house leader kevin mccarthy is
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trying to appease this maga wing that wants to get rid of kevin mccarthy and pursue extreme policies. as a result, we had the impeachment inquiry mess. impeachment inquiries tend to backfire because a little bit of overreach here. every time they try to investigate and find information, they don't have any facts or proof there was wrongdoing that took place. this will probably backfire. >> natasha lyindstaedt, thank yu very much. former president trump has given his first broadcast interview. it was packed with dubious
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departures from reality. he sat down with kristen welker on nbc's "meet the press." the wide-ranging interview covered his false claims of election fraud, abortion, afghanistan, russian pipeline, inflation and january 6th. the capitol insurrection that he improperly claimed on then-house speaker nancy pelosi. >> by the way, nancy pelosi -- why would i tell you that? >> you don't want to talk about that? >> nancy pelosi was in charge of security. she turned down 10,000 soldiers. >> did you call military or law enforcement? >> what? >> did you call military or law enforcement? >> i'm not going to tell you anything. let me put it this way, i behaved so well, i did such a good job.
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>> his claims against pelosi are not true. mr. trump said he was and would be again, the most anti-abortion president in history and made this startling comment about abortion. >> you have new york state and other places that pass legislation, where you're allowed to kill the baby after birth. >> that also is not true. from january 6th to abortion, to afghanistan, to the 2020 election, to inflation, trump got it wrong. here's cnn's danielle dale with details on all of the false claims that trump put forward. >> it was an interview filled with false claims. i'm comfortable calling lies. and abortion was one of the topics he was most dishonest. he claims that new york state and others have passed laws allowing people to kill babies after birth. that's out and out wrong. no state has done that.
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that is infanticide, illegal in all 50 states. new york passed a 24-week abortion limit with exceptions after that for the health and wife of the pregnant woman and the viability of the fetus. he repeated his false claim that nancy pelosi was in charge of capitol capitol security on january 6th, 2021. there's no evidence he made an offer to national guards troops. it is donald trump, the president of the united states, who had the authority to order the national guard to the capitol on that day. he repeated his lie that he won the 2020 election, he was cheated and it was rigged. we know this was false. he made a claim there was no terrorist watch list encountered at the southern border. the number in 2019 was higher to this point in the fiscal year
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than this year under president biden. he repeated the false claim that he killed the nord stream two, before he imposed sanctions on it. during his presidency, russia announced it was going to resume construction. he exaggerated even on fact where's the actual facts would be helpful to him. for example, he claimed talking about inflation, that the price of bacon has gone up five-times under joe biden. it has gone up. but gone up about 11%. not five-times. not even close. he said the u.s. left behind about $85 billion worth of military equipment upon the withdraw from afghanistan. the actual number is significant, but nowhere close to what trump said. about $7 billion. rescue crews in libya are working to recover the dead after floods ravaged a portside
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cleanup continues in libya from deadly flooding over a week ago. it's unknown how many people have died. the united nations has revised a death toll of 11,000. they cite the number of nearly 4,000 lives lost. 9,000 people are missing and treacherous conditions are making search efforts difficult. >> reporter: teams have been working out at sea, trying to recover the bodies of the thousands of victims of last week's catastrophic event that hit the city. we have seen libyan teams here
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to try to reach the bodies of those victims. w we're hearing from international teams that this is a near-impossible mission. they say that one team told us they were able to recover more than 60 bodies since they got here. but right now, they are not able to do that anymore. one team says they spotted the bodies of about 300 people. but the conditions are so challenging, they say they don't have the right equipment to reach these really hard-to-reach areas. coves where the bodies have ended up. shallow waters where the boats can't go. they don't have the equipment, the manpower to deal with a situation like this. they are telling us they spotted the bodies over the past couple
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days, right now, the bodies have disintegrated into remains they just cannot reach, they cannot retrieve because of the health hazard. this is devastating for the so many families survivors here, who we were speaking to. who told us, all they want was to find the bodies of their loved ones or the remains to give them a proper burial. onespeaking with earlier, said they had dealt with accidents in the past. they've dealt with research and recovery operations, but never had they had to deal with a situation, where something on this scale before, where they're looking for hundreds and thousands of bodies.
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the european commission chief and the italian prime minister say they are working to resolve the migrant crisis facing the italian island. they visited a reception center on sunday. during the trip, she outlined with a plan to deal with the surge in migration. saying europe and italy are committing more resources. this last week, the island saw a massive uptick in the arrivals. we go live to rome with more on this crisis, unfolding in italy. tell us about the situation and how long has this been going on for? >> we've seen an uptick all commer long. it started in smaller boats coming across from tunisia.
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because of the geopolitical situation there, the boats are small boats with few people on. each one arriving directly there. we saw thousands of people alive on their own on the island, that caused the crisis that everyone is dealing with now. >> we've just seen the european commission president visiting. what solutions is she proposing? >> you know, the solutions are difficult. she visited the island. she didn't meet with a migrant or refugee when she was there. and the ten-point plan doesn't address the problem, which is the countries of departure. not necessarily the transit countries, where it's tuesday knees ya and libya. let's listen to what she had to say. >> we have an obligation, as part of the international community.
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we fulfilled it in the past and we will do so today and in the future. we will decide who comes to the european union and under what circumstances. and not the smugglers and traffickers. legal pathways and humanitarian corridors. >> legal pathways would include going into saovereign nations ad setting up an infrastructure for people to leave. and so few of the people coming over are from countries that qualify for asylum. it's complicated. words mean one thing. actions mean other. >> thank you so much. north korea's leader has returned home after nearly a week-long visit to russia. we'll dig deeper into kim jung un's international report, in a
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north korean leader kim jung unhas wrapped up his visit to russia. video shows kim boarding his personal armored train, waving to local officials as a band played. kim made several stops ahead of his departure. he visited russian military sites, fueling concerns of a possible weapons deal. what did the russian and north korean leaders achieve during this trip? >> yeah. they achieved a lot, in terms of drawing closer together. it was a long visit, after
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almost a week in russia. kim jong-un is on his way home by train. he brings along with him, warming military ties between russia and korea, and parting gifts. like a bullet-proof vest and clothing that is invisible to cameras. including drones, five attack drones. russia has gone out of its way to publicize this visit. russia state media showed footage of kim jong-un, after walking the red carpet to enter his green, armored train. the visit was hailed by saying this, a fresh heyday of friendship and solidarity and capt cooperation is being opened up in the history of the relations between the dprk and russia.
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he inspected warplanes and ships. they discussed military cooperation. at the beginning of this visit, kim met with the space sport that vladimir putin said that kim showed interest in space and rocketry. we don't know what was discussed. but it was clear what both nations want. russia wants ammunition as the war with ukraine drags on. north korea needs food aid. it needs military technology as it continues with its weapons and missile program. the u.s. and the allies in the region are disturbed by the scenes of this deepening alliance. earlier we heard that arms talks
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britain's foreign secretary says the entertainment industry has a lot to answer for in the wake of sexual assault allegations against actor and comedian russell brand. saying those in power must be better at listening to those that are relatively powerless. three british outlets published a full investigation, who says four women says brand assaulted them between 2006 and 2013. brand has denied the allegations. and during that time period, he worked on radio programs for the bbc and hosted comedy events for amnesty international. those events are urging anyone who had issues with him to come forward. crews in the u.s. and canada are working to rescore electricity in the wake of
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posttropical cyclone lee. the hurricane made landfall in nova scotia and new brunswick to bring rain and coastal flooding. tens of thousands of customers in maine lost power in the storm. 3,100 are waiting for power to be restored. lee is expecting to weaken tomorrow, with conditions improving slowly over the battered regions. climate activists took their message to one of berlin's most famous landmarks. they sprayed the brandenburg gates with paint on sunday. the group last generation took responsibility saying it's time for a turnaround, away from fasselfas fossil fuels. for our international viewers, "world sport" is up next. for those in the united states and canada i'll be back after this short break.
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find the killer of a los angeles county sheriff's deputy. ryan clinkenbroomer was found shot in his vehicle while stopped at a traffic light on saturday. officials say this surveillance video shows a dark gray toyota, pulling up alongside his patrol car before speeding away. it's unclear if more than one person was involved in the killing. and described those involved as cowards. >> i'm going to continuously refer to them as cowards. that's what they are, cowards. to attack a deputy sheriff in a black and white, sitting at a red light, about to go out and serve our community. authorities are asking the public to come forward if they have video that may have captured the shooting. border patrol officers are separating children from their parents.
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that's the conclusion of a new report saying the overcrowding is forcing officers to put children in separate holding areas from adults. some children were separated from their parents for days. a customs and border protection official says separateling families is a last resort. but it happens for safety reasons. it's important to note that the separations are different from the ones that happened during the trump administration, when a zero tolerance policy kept families apart. in some instances, importants were deported without their children. american dreamers are facing a new legal setback. a judge has deferred the action for childhood adrives program or daca. it shields undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children.
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the order doesn't impact those protected. but it's creating uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. >> reporter: the success of this mexican candy family business, is in part to daca. >> when we have daca, it was like a boost. like a cat list. and things just happened faster. things were easier. >> reporter: licenses, loans, leases, all after he began benefitting from this program. now, ignacio and his two siblings benefit from daca. they make part of the 580,000 so-called dreamers in the u.s. undocumented immigrants, often arriving to the u.s. at a young age.
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eligible for work authorization. but a federal judge in texas ruled that a regulation to preserve daca is unlawful. >> the time is running out. and if the biden administration ap appeals, which i believe they will, and it will go all the way to the supreme court. looking at the supreme court and looking at the law, i think it's likely that the supreme court would find it unlandfall. and then, it's over. >> reporter: jean reisz says it could form a more permanent solution. >> people are reminded of the uncertainty. and it puts pressure on reform. at the center of the issue is the scope of the president's authority. that's why, for years, congressional leaders have tried to come to agreement over immigration reform and failed.
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>> i think the agreement is there. but certain factions of congress has taken a stance against daca. >> reporter: at the end of the day, it's the beneficiaries of the program that suffer. >> the dreamers are in limbo again. it's a political ping-pong. >> reporter: the texas ruling does not impact current beneficiaries. but it does prohibit new applications. the reality is, that ignacio does feel impacted. >> i'm living comfortably, always in the back of my head, one day, somebody decides to come and end daca. in haiti, a heartbreaking story of abuse of power, where u.n. peacekeepers have left
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behind communities traumatized in the wake of their reported misconduct. paula newton met with several families who said they were exploited for abused by personnel while peacekeepers were in the country between 2004 and 2017. some fathering children and leaving mothers struggling with poverty and stigma. here's our report from western haiti. >> reporter: the u.n.'s promises weigh heavily in haiti. at its abandoned compound, there's pairly a trace of the peacekeepers that served their. and yet, much has been left behind.
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this woman, who asked to be referred to as rosalynn, due to the stigma of her situation, says she has been cast aside. she has a teenage daughter that was fathered by a uruguayan peacekeeper. she is one woman who was in abusive or exploitive relationships with personnel. peace is something this mother has never known. she has failed a paternity claim. but argues the u.n. should be held accountable, as well. he says she is left to raise a daughter on paltry sums authorized by the u.n.
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>> reporter: she was a child when she was lured into a relationship with another peacekeeper and became pregnant. he was sent home and served a sentence for abuse. she wanted us to see her home. a place she says dreams once stood. a plot for a house. still, a barren foundation. she has no money to build here. she live on this patch of land in nothing more than a tent. clinging to proof and staking her claim that the u.n. is also responsible for the harm done to her and her 12-year-old son. >> did he understood that you were a child?
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>> reporter: while her abuser was punished, that does not absolve the u.n. of its responsibility . >> reporter: we sat down with a half-dozen families, mostly receiving money for schooling. they were made to feel like beggars, not victims of exploitation. and wait years for little money that does not meet the needs of their children . >> reporter: she and her son have been victimized all over again. first, fighting for paternity tests, and financial support, submitting receipts to the u.n.
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waiting months or years for money that arrives sporadically if at all. >> reporter: allegations of exploitation and abuse have been a predictable problem in u.n. missions around the world. in 2017, the u.n. secretary-general launched what he called a new approach, pledging zero tolerance for future abusers. her expertise is matched by a pierce will to help. she acknowledges the limitations of the u.n. system. >> the u.n. doesn't provide compe
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compensation. and the u.n. is in the position to create cooperation with the member state. i would love to see more progress. but i think you can't -- you can't argue that there's been no progress. >> reporter: the u.n. has helped with school fees, medical expenses and assisted with paternity claims, at the behest of the initialtive of the secretary-general. >> i think we have made progress, with regard to the children going to school. with record to some of the paternity claims. some are ongoing. we have much more to do. >> reporter: it has been six years since the united nations and the secretary-general himself pledged to make the indignity of victims a priority. that was 2017. how far do you think you've gotten with that? >> the commitment is there.
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we're improving. but it remains imperative. and i think, more is to be done. >> reporter: what needs to be done, no strings attached financial support. that will restore the dignity and allow the children a measure of accountability that the u.n. has so far failed to provide. thanks for joining us. i'll be back with more cnn newsroom after this short break. i saw a prprevagen commercial and i did some research on it. i started taking prevagen about three years ago. i feel clearer in my thoughts, my memory has improved and generally just more on point. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription.
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