your business needs a network it can count on... even during the unexpected. power's out! power's out! -power's out! power's out! -power's out comcast business has you covered, with wifi backup to help keep you up and running. wifi's up. let's power on!

let's power on! let's power on! -let's power on! it's from the company with 99.9% network reliability. plus advanced security. let's power on! power on with the leader in connectivity. powering possibilities. comcast business. power's out. you are on the cnn newsroom. i am pamela brown in washington and we begin tonight with a cnn projection for cnn now projects that donald trump will win the state of arizona. this is the last race of the presidential race for cnn to call and gives a final total of 312 electoral votes. elena joins us live from palm beach,

florida, with more on this. you might hear that and say, well, we already know that trump is president-elect, but arizona, it is interesting, because he lost of course, to biden, right, in 2020, by less than 11,000 votes but i believe it was the thinnest margin. between the two. i think it is a reflection of how he was able to gain ground this time around, and he is already planning his next administration, who will be in it and not. >> that is absolutely right, pamela. obviously donald trump had won the race and waiting for arizona was not going to make the difference in the overall scheme of who was going to be in the oval office, come the end of january. but, it doesn't really show the way that donald trump has flipped so many of the battlegrounds that biden had won and even some that hillary had won back in 2016, and also, i will say, it has really contributed to this feeling i am being described that donald trump is feeling right now, which is a sense that him winning the popular vote, his success in this election, picking up battleground states, that they were unsure of whether they

would be successful or not, that is all contributing to donald trump reveling in his win, of course, but also to this idea that he feels like he will have a mandate once he is in office and really feels more confident that he will be able to deliver, and should be able to deliver on some of the key priorities. as to what to expect for the upcoming attestation there is no secret that on the island behind me were donald trump and his allies are, where a lot of people have been meeting and trying to get a table at on the patio at mar-a-lago to get an audience, a lot of jockeying is going on behind the scenes. people who wants to have some sort of role in a second term. but, two people that we know who will not have a role in a second term are nikki haley and mike pompeo. donald trump announced , tonight, untruth social, that he does not want either of them to serve in another administrator, and i will tell you, behind the scenes it is interesting. mike pompeo has been floated by many of the people close to donald trump, some people involved in

the transition , for potentially being considered as a secretary of defense. i will say there are some people in donald trump's orbit, who have really soured on pompeo, who believe that he really did not earn -- doesn't earn any loyalty -- shouldn't earn any loyalty from donald trump given his late endorsement of the former president, but there are people who think that he did a great job as secretary of state and that he earned another chance to sit at the table. i will say that donald trump has privately been asking people close to him in recent days whether or not he thinks he could trust pompeo. so, that is part of where this came from, i am told, this decision to say that pompeo will have no role in another administration. as for haley, i think there is no secret that while she has come out and said that she supported donald trump, that she would vote for him, that she wanted the country -- excuse me, the party, really, to unify around donald trump, he still harbors a lot of animosity toward her for the attacks that she lobbed at him during that republican primary. it was a very bitter

primary, but also he believes that she stayed in it for too long and that is something that donald trump still remarks about behind closed doors. i think that is where you are seeing some of this coming from. as we look ahead to the next few days, i am told that we could expect some announcements about who will be in his cabinet, more of those cabinet positions announced, as well as top white house positions, very soon. donald trump once to get this wave, this first wave they are describing it as, of hires done as soon as possible. pamela? >> elena, thanks so much. as resident elect trump prepares for a second administrator, president biden and his team are moving quickly to protect his legacy and the laws he passed from the incoming trump administration. arlette saenz has more, one focus is on the environment, right? the biden administrator and is already working to protect a key wildlife refuge. tell us more about that. >> yes, the day after the election, the biden administration actually moved

to limited drilling in alaska's arctic wildlife refuge. this is a very pristine area, in alaska, which is home to many endangered animals. they are trying to prevent expansive drilling in that area, it is just one of the steps the attestation is trying to take when it relates to protecting climate and energy and environmental initiatives, after president-elect trump appears ready to issue executive orders, proclamations trying to undo some of the policies of the biden attestation. really, the focus in the coming 10 weeks will be, for biden, trying to shore up and strengthen the existing initiatives to try to prevent trump from undoing them. one area they really want to focus on is trying to get more money and weaponry directly to ukraine at a time when u.s. support for ukraine remains in question, under trump . republicans potentially control both chambers and you also have plans for them to try to dole out and lament the legislation they pass, like the inflation reduction act which includes climate initiatives, also semi conductor manufacturing, they

want to get as much money out the door as possible there. there is also the issue of judicial nominations. biden, yesterday, actually nominated two additional federal judges , there are close to 20, now, still being considered on capitol hill. that is something senate democrats are eager to do, trying to get more judges confirmed, but what remains unclear is whether republicans will try to cooperate with them in any way. so, those are a sample of what the biden of menstruation is trying to do to shore up their work and their legacy, but they are also well aware that there is a lot of stuff that trump could undo, and he has made it quite clear that many portions of the biden administrator that he potentially wants to take executive action to that he did not agree with. >> there is a sort of this race against the clock that you can see when a different party is coming to take over the white house. arlette, thank you so much. senior legal analyst ron brownstein joins us now with more. i want to talk more about the atlantic, this atlantic article, where you write,

quote, it is virtually impossible for the incumbent presidents party to hold the white house when americans are discontent with the presidents performance. do you think any democrat could have won tuesday's election? >> in the end, i think the answer is no. some might have done a little better or a little worse, biden himself certainly would have done worse but as you know from my story, pam, we know , people familiar with the idea that when an incumbent president is unpopular, and runs for re-election, they have always lost. george w. bush, jimmy carter, trump himself, in 2020. what is less remarked upon , is that even when an incumbent president who is facing a high level of disapproval chooses , or has do not run for re-election, his party has also lost the white house. truman in 1952 went to republican dwight eisenhower. johnson in 1968 went to republican richard nixon. george w. bush in 2008 went to barack obama. i mean, the discontent with biden's performance , not the only

factor in the selection, obviously in any election there are many things that matter, but by and large, by far the most important factor. you know, 60% of voters in the exit polls said they disapproved of biden's performance, and over 80% of them voted for trump. 70% of voters said they were to satisfied with the economy and over 70% of them voted for trump. that was a headwind which, in the end, was probably impossible for any democratic candidate to overcome and in many ways, 2022 sent a false signal to the party, a sort of false positive about the degree to which it would be possible to run away from the discontent with biden, in a way which i think had very profound consequences. >> as you know, trump's base has been remarkably loyal, but his election this year was fueled by this broader coalition. you know, can republicans count on their support if he cannot make good on some of his sweeping economic promises, or a sweeping immigration premises?

>> right. that really is the question. if you look across the board , as i said, there was broad discontent with biden's outcomes. you know, the white house might say that is unfair, given the strong job market and the strong stock market, but you know, discontent about a big run-up in prices in his first two years really overshadowed this race all the way to the end and that became a dispositive factor, i think, for many of the swing voters in the electorate, but that does not mean that they have a writ erased all of their concerns about donald trump. we have our two major sources that tell us what voters are thinking in the election, the exit polls and the vote cast a study by the national human research center and between that they tell us that a majority of voters said they viewed trump as to extreme . a majority said they worry that he would steer the country towards autocracy. a majority

said they oppose mass deportation. a majority said that they believe abortion should be legal. the critical factor in this election was that a significant slice of each of those groups voted for him anyway, because, in effect, laying down that path seemed riskier to them than taking the leap into the unknown . for example, one quarter of women who said they were pro-choice voted for trump anyway, and that i think is the core dynamic which tells you how powerful discontent was over where we are as a country, and how much that overrode the continuing unease or concerns or hesitations about trump . he was hired to do a couple of things. you know, if the cost of living under control, get the border under control, voters want him to do that. do

they want sweeping tariffs? do they want mass deportations? how will they react when they get that? those are very different questions. >> they are, but you know, look, we just reported moments ago that cnn is now projecting that president trump will win the state of arizona, and take a step back, you look at 2020, to now, four years later, he is now projected to win all seven battleground states. what is that say to you? >> yeah. well, like i said before, 2020, there is a really important point here about how 2022 sent a false signal to democrats. what we saw in 2022 was that in the states where the parties weren't competing, whether they were blue states or red states, the states where not a lot of money was being spent, republicans improved everywhere because they were lifted by this rising tide of discontent about biden and the economy, but democrats of course it did much better in 2022 in the battleground states where both sides were competing. places like michigan and pennsylvania, wisconsin and arizona, which we just mentioned. and many people,

myself included took from that, was that while the broad discontent was likely to reduce the democratic position in the popular vote, republican's were likely to run better in both texas and new york in his election, the 2022 president suggested they could build a kind of a moat around the swing states , and in the places where they were knocking on doors and making campaign appearances, and buying ads, they could shift enough voters away from the discontent over biden and the economy, toward other issues, democracy, abortion, you know, views of trump himself. and to some extent, they did , in the sense that she ran better in the swing states, lost less ground, then she did in the states that were competitive, but not nearly as well as 2022. it turns out, i think, when people are voting for governor or senator, it is one step removed from voting for president, they do attribute the authority and

ability to affect those national economic outcomes, and in many ways, this was the key dynamic . the discontent with biden, discontent with the economy, the content of the border really radiated everywhere. trump improved in 90% of the counties in the country between 2020 and 2024. something in that uniform system it wasn't tactics or messaging or which ad ran in which a state, it was a shared national verdict of discontent that really affected voters in all 50 states. >> ron brownstein, as always, thank you so much for breaking it down for us. >> thank for having me. ahead in the cnn newsroom, urgent efforts happening right now but credit governors to protect their states from president-elect trumps conservative agenda. tough talk on the economy helped donald trump win the white house, but what were his promises on pricing and tariffs

actually to mean for millions of struggling americans? and how trump could potentially handle conflict in gaza and ukraine as he returns to a world stage which looks very different from the last time he was in the oval office.

we are following breaking news tonight. cnn is now able to project that former

president trump will win the state of arizona and the states electoral votes. arizona is the final state to be projected in the 2024 presidential election, mr. trump now has 312 electoral votes. vice president kamala harris has 226. we also have another cnn projection for you right now. in arizona, democrat greg stanton has one for re-election, he beats publican kelly cooper in arizona's fourth district, a critical hold for democrats as they try to win the house after losing the white house and senate to republicans. while democrats wait to learn whether they can win the house, democratic governors are hoping to insulate their states from the conservative policies expected under the next trump administration. eric bradner is keeping a close eye on this and joins us. eric, what is the threat they see from a new trump white house? >> they are certainly worried

about abortion rights, especially states that consider themselves safe havens for those traveling from red states with abortion bands. they are worried about climate change rules. some states have passed their own vehicle emissions standards, but one of the biggest concerns we are hearing so far is over what the president elect mass deportation plan will ultimately look like. several democratic voters are vowing that there state police will not be involved no matter what that plan looks like. some others have expressed fear that if they do fight, the incoming administration, president trump may target federal funding for things like infrastructure projects, disaster relief, and other federal dollars that blow into those states. that, by the way, is why some governors were a little less eager than others to really go after the president-elect immediately . in a state like maryland, the biggest employer is the federal government, so, governor westmore had this to say at a cabinet meeting on friday. he

said, we are ready to push back on this new white house when necessary , but where we can find common ground, we will. that was a town that is several democratic governors , in states that are not dominated by democrats sort of took. >> the illinois governor, for his part, jb pritzker had fighting words earlier this week that i want to listen to what he said. >> to anyone who intends to come take away the freedom and opportunity and dignity of illinoisans, i would remind you that a happy warrior is still a warrior. you come for my people , you come through me. >> what legal battles are these governors bracing for? >> to some extent, they have to wait and see exactly what president-elect trump does when he takes office. particularly executive orders that he signed early on, but for now, some

states are drafting briefs that they anticipate they will be filing , they are debating where to file their lawsuits, and they have options, of course. democratic governors and democratic attorneys general are communicating with each other about this, and by the way, of course we have done it before. this is a strategy that we saw them and act after the 2016 election, when they filed a record-breaking number of lawsuits against the first trump administration. so, they are preparing without knowing exactly what every fight is going to look like, but they do anticipate several at once. >> eric bradner, thank you so much. a federal emergency management agency worker has been fired after telling a disaster relief team to skip homes with signs supporting donald trump for president when the team was in florida last month after hurricane milton. a

fema administrator called those actions, quote, reprehensible, and, quote, a clear violation of fema's core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation. the agency says it believes it was an isolated incident, and is not naming that person. house oversight committee chairman james comer has invited administrator dn criswell to testify at a hearing later this month to discuss the incident. coming up, what we know about donald trump's plans to morph the country's long-held role as an international leader and what that could mean for u.s. international allies but you are in the cnn newsroom.

♪ ♪ with so much great entertainment out there... wouldn't it be easier if you could find what you want, all in one place? my favorites. get xfinity streamsaver with netflix, apple tv+, and peacock

included, for only $15 a month.

around the world, leaders are preparing for the return of donald trump and the political landscape and conflicts are in a dramatically different place than they were four years ago. new conflict in ukraine and the middle east, both will be challenges for the president-elect, no doubt. cnn political and national security analyst david sanger joins us now. hi david. you have this article in the "new york times" titled, trump 's win ends a post-world war ii era of u.s. leadership. what does that mean for the world? >> reporter: pam, good evening. what it means is this. in the post-cold war world, the united states, through both parties, when both parties were in power, would make the case that the u.s. was going to be the leader in promoting democracy, in promoting free trade, in promoting western values. when president biden came in, he said to the world, we are back,

and try to make the case that the four years of donald trump , 2017 through 2021, were an aberration, and that basically, the united states was back to its traditional role. now, after the results of this election, it looks much more like the biden administration was sort of the last gasp of this era . the question, now, around the world is, will president trump , in his second term , do some of the things he walked up to the edge of in the first term. withdrawal, or lower the importance of nato. will he pull out of ukraine, a conflict which was not underway yet when he left . how will he deal with the growing partnership between russia and china ? >> you also write in the "new york times", that the first

test of u.s. policy changes under trump will come in ukraine. earlier in the year as you know, trump claimed he would end the conflict in a day, i think that was on our cnn town hall. what do you expect to see happen on that front? >> it is a little hard to predict with any great certainty . there is only one way that i can think of to end the conflict in a day . that is to call vladimir putin and say, what do you need? he will say, how about the 20% of the country that russia currently controls , with its troops, and then call president zelenskyy , of ukraine, and say boy, do we have a deal for you. if you give him 20% of the country, we will keep up our funding. now, zelenskyy had a long phone call with president-elect trump a few days ago . that is the one

that elon musk joined in on , and did not walk away from it sounding desperate. it is possible that he believed the end of it, it is important , zelenskyy has begun to think this is the end of large-scale u.s. military intelligence support for the war against russia and he will have to find another way out. >> so much has changed in the world in the last four years since trump has been out of the office, you know, you have these going relationships between russia and china. today, cnn learned that russia has ratified a mutual defense treaty with north korea. how does all of this change the calculus in that region, especially with american troops stationed in south korea? >> is a really fascinating question and while we saw that this agreement was coming, it

is, nonetheless, a big shift. you will remember, the russians were, by and large, relatively helpful in the u.s. efforts to try to convince north korea to give up its nuclear weapons program . of course, that didn't work. and in the efforts to restrain iran in its nuclear weapon program. russia was on the u.s. and european side of the bargaining table. now, it is pretty clear they have switched sides. they need something from the north koreans, and they are getting it in the form of ammunition for artillery, and now upwards of 10,000 troops . it is not clear what the north koreans are getting in return , but the expectation in washington is that they will get help on their missile program, and maybe on the nuclear program. it is very possible that putin has concluded that it is in his interests to have a kim jong-un with the capability of being able to threaten to hit the

united states. it extends his power , to some degree. >> do you think that trump is in for a rude awakening when he comes back into office? you talk about how often he will typify things with russia, with china, and so forth. what you think? >> i think he is. he won't admit as much, he will say that the reason that russia invaded ukraine was that joe biden was in office and had pulled back from afghanistan and that putin didn't respect him. you know, there were elements of that argument that i think are sustainable, including the effects of the afghan withdrawal and it had on putin's own calculus, but i think that the hardest thing for the new trump administration to sort of get their heads around, and figure out how to play , is the new relationship between china and russia. cause, clearly, they are creating an alternative to the u.s. period it influence. i

suspect that president trump, once he gets into office will think his relationship with putin will be enough to work his way around that, but it is clear that putin is going to play the russia and china relationship off against the united states to some degree, and that relationship is big and deep. remember, president xi jinping and president putin have met something between 50 and 60 times and deep into their relationship a lot in the past 8 to 10 years. >> david sanger, thank you for your always a smart analysis on world affairs. we appreciate it. spidery to be with you. still to come, and indiana jury will need at least one more day to decide the fate of

the man accused of killing two teenaged girls in a case which has gripped the committee for more than seven years. you are in the cnn newsroom.

a jurors in the delphi income indiana double murder trial will resume on monday at 9:00 a.m., after another day of discussing the fate of richard allyn but he is accused of killing 14-year-old libby german and a 13-year-old abby

williams, and leaving their bodies near a hiking path more than seven years ago. the case has drawn a huge amount of attention since then, and questions remain about whether prosecutors can secure a conviction due to a lack of physical evidence tying him to the crimes. susan at delphi. susan, great to see you. tell us more about this and where the deliberations stand right now. >> pam, great to see you. it has been so long if you think about it, those girls would be 21 and 22 years old right now. the family has been waiting so long, law enforcement has kept very little detail in the press, i have been in the trial every single day and we are finally hearing details. what we have learned is that richard allyn, while in prison, has been confessing to this. we also hear what was on libby

german's phone. for so many years, it was known as the bridge guy, and what he said, guys, down the hill. when you saw what was on her phone, 42 seconds, i was looking over at the family and you heard their voices and they sounded so young. what we heard on it, we were all leaning forward, it was libby saying, there is no path here and then abby saying, do we go this way? is he behind me? and then someone says a gasp, and then down the hill. so we heard that, crime scene photos, libby was completely naked, abby was dressed in libby's clothes. for years, authorities knew this, but they do have an unspent bullet in between the bodies that the authorities say is richard allyn's gun. but, nothing, as you said. you can ask plane thataway. the battle of the experts, as it goes. you never really know, pam, as you know, how the jury is thinking. >> does describing that video gives me chills. so awful.

people at home might be wondering, he has already confessed to the murder, why is a conviction not such a thing? >> reporter: exactly. excellent question. the defense paints a picture, hey, botched investigation, you got the wrong guy, the ballistic experts don't match. he didn't arrest this guy, he was hiding in plain sight as the authority said, he worked at cvs, married to his high school sweetheart, he had a daughter who recently walked down the aisle. but i believe it is him and those confessions. the defense claims that away and says this, he was in a maximum security prison. no other inmates had been in there that weren't convicted. the authorities say, we couldn't help hold him in county, because so we put him there, and that he was a suicide risk to himself. so, he was in a special area. but, the defense is saying that is not true, he

is in solitary confinement, losing his mind, and therefore he confessed. but pam, i heard about seven confessions that they played. i am not saying that where he was did not affect his mind but he sounded very calm and saying to his mom, mom, i did it. i killed abby and libby. as calm as that. but, you never know, so the family is really on kind of high alert, pins and needles wondering. it could just be a holdout but today this is key, they ask for evidence of what is on libby's phone and at interview, he did in 2022 to say we are looking at you again, we found that to and they are comparing the voices. so we are kind of guessing what it means. >> if alan were to be found not guilty, or if there was a hung jury, what then? could this case be tried again? >> that is what the talk was today. i talked about it with five different people, they always said you are not going to predict because you never really know, but i'm doing

that, i'm predicting, and i'm saying, so if it does, absolutely it will go and they will do it once again. but, these jurors, i have been looking over at them and they are paying close attention , and indiana is one of the few states where you can ask questions to each witness. so the judge says any questions? they raise their hand, they break it down, they go to a sidebar, then they come back and the judge asked the witness to question and then he answers it. so, it gives you an idea of how they are thinking. they are intelligent questions, especially when it comes to ballistics, and they are engaged. they are paying attention and they take it seriously. >> susan hendricks, thank you so much for bringing us news on this important case. when we come back, tax breaks, cheaper prices for gas and groceries and of course, terrace. when we come back. we are talking with personal-finance expert george kamal about some of donald trump's economic promises , and what they would actually mean for your money if they come to pass. lots of questions . you are in the cnn newsroom.

with bidenomics in the rearview mirror, the american economy is going to reflect the priorities now of donald trump. so, what does that mean for you and your wallet? let's discuss with george campbell, he is a personal-finance expert, host of the george cannell show and

cohost of the ramsey show. george, great to see you. let's start with taxes why don't we. donald trump's tax cuts were due to expire, but with him in the white house, presumably those will be extended. what does that mean for us, potentially? >> back in 2017 the tax cuts and jobs act happened, he is going to look to do more of that. we should see the standard deductions they raised, almost doubled for most americans, lower tax rates and we will see the corporate tax rate potentially go down as well. he is looking to remove federal taxes from social security, tips and overtime. this could have positive effects for americans to the tune of about $1200 annually. >> what about the ballooning deficit? >> that is the trade-off. anytime you take money away from the government through tax cuts, it is going to increase the national deficit if you don't create revenue from somewhere else. and, that is where the terrace come into play. he is saying that he is

going to increase revenue through tariffs and make up for it in tax cut, lost revenue. >> on terrace he said, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff. the national retail federation, last week in this analysis found the price of a 50 pair of sneakers, would rise from 60 -- $59-$64 . so if we get maybe a break from, for example, taxes, would we be paying more for a pair of shoes, potentially, if he really follows through on this promise of terrace? >> absolutely. with your tax savings you will just be paying more for those goods that have the tariffs on them. this is a net negative for consumers out there, especially in the short term, because terrace just tax the u.s. importers , and guess what, they pass the cost onto the consumer. just like we have seen with credit card fees but the businesses will not pay that fee, they will just raise their prices in order to cover that. that could increase the cost for consumers, upwards of

$2600 per year. so, there is going to be some good and bad in all of these policies. >> what about inflation? trump blamed the surge in immigrants for the housing crisis. most economists disagree with that. will americans see any relief there on inflation? and also, on things like grocery prices . i mean, those are the things that really drove voters in the selection to vote for trump, frankly. >> absolutely. the housing market is not controlled by immigration. it is all about supply and demand. so, his hopeful message here is, hey, if we can cut back redtape and regulation and open up some of this federal land, we will increase the housing supply and therefore, we could see house prices reduced by about 5 to 10%. which would be a net positive. but, again, the president does not control interest rates for mortgages, they don't control the housing market. i think this is going to be a long game for us to get to a place where home

affordability is back on the docket. >> about to ask you about energy, because as we know, how many times have we heard trump say he wants to, quote, drill baby drill. what does this mean for americans? should we look forward to lower gas and energy prices? >> this is really more of a jobs play in part of his america first narrative. what we will see is with increased u.s. oil production we will not see prices at the pump skyrocket down, because u.s. oil, what we pay at the pump is largely controlled by global oil. so i don't think that we will see a huge effect at the pump, unfortunately. but, we could see some jobs out of this, and so i would not expect huge changes when you are pumping up your car. >> george campbell, thank you so much. >> absolutely, thank you. catherine princess of wales is back in the public eye today. we explained next right here in the cnn newsroom.

the princess of wales is back to public duties after completing treatment for cancer, catherine attended a remembrance day event in london alongside king charles iii and her husband, prince william. the 42-year-old princess was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, just one month after the king was also diagnosed with cancer. she finished chemotherapy in september, and said the road to recovery will be long. senior royal is expected to attend another

public event tomorrow. of course, we are all wishing her the best on the road to recovery . she looks great. a quick programming note for you, dr. sanjay gupta ventures across the globe to see how new, popular weight loss medications are transforming lives. you can watch dr. sanjay gupta reports , is ozempic right for you ? on november 17 that 8:00 p.m. , on cnn. thank you so much for joining me this evening. i'm pamela brown. you can follow me on instagram, tiktok, at pamela brown cnn. thanks for spending part of your sat