hello and welcome, good to have you this hour on "cnn newsroom." the trump administration is beginning to take shape. we'll have a closer look at some of the positions the president-elect is ready to fill. the president-elect's announcement he has no tolerance for undocumented immigrants is no secret. even as the cop 29 climate conference gets underway, we'll look at how pollution levels are hitting dangerous, dangerous levels of impact. the eyes of the political world and much of the world at large are focused on florida right now, specifically on donald trump's mar-a-lago resort, which is where the president-elect is starting to build out his new administration. there has been a steady stream of visitors in the days since the election, not just those seeking jocks in

jobs in his new administration, but those seeking to have influence. he's tapping tom homan saying he'll be in charge of the nation's borders overseeing all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin in the words of trump. sources telling cnn donald trump has asked new york congresswoman to serve as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. we are expecting several more key positions to be announced in the coming days. one person who doesn't seem to have desire to fill a formal role in the new administration is nonetheless playing a very important key role in the transition process itself. we have more on the political evolution of elon musk. >> reporter: donald trump's mar-a-lago home has been teeming with allies, members, and potential new officials the last 48 hours as many people angle for a top spot in his

second administration or trying to influence him and who he will select for those roles, but the one person who has been looming over all of has been elon musk. he declared victory during the election and has been at mar-a-lago and around donald trump in the days since. i'm told many days this week he dined with donald trump just the day after the election bringing his children to trump's florida home where donald trump gave them a tour of his resort. he's also sat in many times when he's been with donald trump on some of the calls from foreign leaders, including ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. i'm also told elon musk has been weighing in on some of donald trump's potential picks making it clear to the president-elect who he believes should have that role and he's also been calling up allies of donald

trump himself, including lawmakers and starting to exert his influence in that way as well. one thing we saw happen on sunday is that he came out and waded into the republican senate leadership fight. he quickly endorsed rick scott after scott supported an idea from donald trump to allow for recess appointments, essentially trying to make sure he can swiftly confirm some of his nominees and many times bypass the senate confirmation process. three of the men are vying for that spot, but elon musk said he supports rick scott, and all to say musk has been very influential. he is very close with donald trump, specifically so in these final weeks before election day when he's been campaigning for the 40er president. now he is spending a lot of time with donald trump and making it clear he's going to be a top person who donald trump relies on as we look ahead. sources familiar with the conversations say that musk is not expected

to take on some formal role in donald trump's second administration. donald trump has mused before he would love for him to be a cabinet secretary. however, musk and others believe he could have just as much power on the outside. >> mr. trump is set to travel to the white house wednesday for a transition meeting with outgoing president joe biden. it's a meeting donald trump decided to skip on his way out of office four years ago. we have details. >> reporter: this is a big moment for the incoming and outgoing president when the two men are set to meet here at the white house on wednesday and this is a tradition notably was not afforded to president biden when he beat donald trump in 2020 as trump then really was challenging the election results. so the white house going into this meeting being very clear and explicit that biden is going to emphasize the

smooth transition of power, emphasize the transition should be peaceful and talk about the importance of working to bring the country together after the election season. here's national security adviser jake sullivan. >> president biden made clear when president zelenskyy was here in washington a couple months ago that we would spend all of the resources that were provided to us by the congress on time and in full. of course, president biden will have the opportunity over the next 70 days to make the case to the congress and to the incoming administration that the united states should not walk away from ukraine, that walking away from ukraine means more instability in europe. >> reporter: that's notable there that president biden plans to really push incoming president trump on some of his top domestic and foreign policy issues, many issues where the two men certainly have divergent viewpoints, most notably on ukraine aid, the white house telling us this is something biden will make the case about the future of

ukraine, especially making sure that ukraine continues to receive aid from the u.s. certainly president biden's legacy is at stake here as he deals with what he focuses on both domestically and on the world stage in the last 70 or so days he has in office. there has been a lot of finger pointing, plenty of soul searching in the face of this massive loss by democrats last tuesday. last hour i spoke with director of the center on u.s. politics at university college london to ask him whether he thought the party had, as bernie sanders contends, lost touch with working class voters. >> there's been a significant realignment among both parties to the point where now donald trump has really captured particularly the white working class, but in doing so also added significant percentages of vote shares among latinos and black americans as well. i do think this is partly a

substantive problem in terms of democrats not offering exactly what middle class voters are looking for, but it's largely also a communication problem. joe biden and kamala harris really did not do a good enough job kind of communicating how they're going to help these americans. >> is it your sense that has gotten through, in fact, to party leadership that look, this could be an opportunity for an important reset for the democratic party? but this is certainly not the first time the democrats have had an issue with their messaging. >> no. i think you're absolutely right. there's going to be a postmortem among democratic elites about what went wrong with this campaign. i think there's a lot to grapple with. if you listen to some democrats, all they're doing is blaming republican voters and saying essentially that they can't believe that they wouldn't prioritize some of these social and cultural issues over economic issues. i think rather than blaming voters, i think there needs to

be inward introspective look at what democrats aren't doing, what they can do better because there's certainly an opportunity here. i think there were significant percentages of voters particularly in the center that voted for donald trump reluctantly that really didn't buy into sort of his character, his morals, what he represents, but felt they were better off economically under his administration. >> it is an interesting tactic to blame the voters, especially after what we just saw. let's move to the republican side, if we could. some of the announcements coming from donald trump today, what also struck me was, frankly, the loyalty test already in effect when we look at senate leadership, donald trump saying whoever is in that role of senate leadership needs to be all in on recess appointments. there is some concern these could be used to bypass senate confirmation. how do you see donald trump using that? >> well, i think that this is

all about loyalty and it's all about donald trump kind of throwing his weight around in washington. we saw that with the speaker debacle when kevin mccarthy was toppled that he's exerting a huge amount of influence on congress members and congress members, by and large, are happy to acquiesce to him because he's so powerful. that's going to be even more so now after donald trump took this resounding victory. there's going to be very few leaders in congress, in either the senate or the house, that's willing to stand up to donald trump. they'll have to do what he says. >> there's also a certain element of donald trump saying hey, you can't just push this through and you can't do anything now in this lame duck session is somewhat rich given what we've seen from republicans. >> no. i think you're absolutely right. in the past we've seen republicans do something similar remember when merrick garland was pushed through the supreme court and instead kind of republicans

were able to block it, to stall, to say you can't install supreme court justices during this lame duck session. so yeah, it's certainly right. donald trump did a lot at the end of his term before democrats were able to take power. for him to say essentially that democrats can't do the same is quite rich, as you suggest. >> i'm curious. what are you hearing at university college in london since the election? what are the questions people are asking of you as they try to make sense of what things will look like moving forward in the u.s.? >> i think there was a lot of angst and anxiety in the leadup to the election. there were a lot of questions about how americans could vote for a convicted felon, someone who has been impeached twice, someone who has been just riddled with all these scandals and many scandals. i think there's still a lot of

curiosity about what is sort of the underlying trends driving american politics because i think here in europe all they saw was kind of trump on the world stage taking it to multilateral institutions and not respecting world leaders and so on and so forth. so i think a lot were relieved whenever donald trump lost in 2020 and now some of that bracing for what's to come is back. >> yeah. it's going to give you a lot to talk about and study. thank you. >> thanks. turning our attention to the u.s. house races, cnn projects gabe evans flipped a seat in colorado's denver suburbs and gives republicans 214 seats now in the house. they need four more to reach majority. still not clear, though, who will control the lower chamber of congress. these are still 16 races yet to be settled. we have the latest

analysis. >> 214, need 218 for control. if you look at the seats where the parties are ahead, at this particular point republicans are ahead in 222 seats, democrats just 213. i want to sort of go into that colorado district you talked about and point out the problem. gabe evans flipped it. 97% of the vote is in so far. one of the real issues democrats have had is if you go back a little bit in time, if you look when 71% of the precincts were in, evans was trailing and he, of course, in the later vote count was able to take the lead. this is one of the big problems that sort of democrats have had in this entire trying to somehow find the seats to get to 218. another sort of example of that, a district where right now they're behind in arizona,

6th congressional district. the incumbent republican is ahead by 1,230 votes. again, if you were to go back when there was 59% of the vote in, again, the democrat was ahead there. so basically what you're seeing in these types of situations is democrats keep trying to stay okay, is the math for us there and each time you think the math may there being for them, what you find out is the math actually just sort of goes away for them. where could democrats potentially pick up seats? let's go out to california. there are a few districts i'm keeping my eye on there. this is a district i think they have some shot in. in the 13th district 57% of the vote is in. adam gray, the democrat, is only about 2 1/2 points behind. another district is the 22nd. this is a district that always takes forever to count its votes, the long time republican incumbent ahead by seven points, but just 71% of the

vote is in. finally, let's say we'll go to southern california. i like going to southern california. let's see if i can click this district. there we go. sometimes it gets a little interesting. california's 45th district, orange county, big chunk of that, michelle steele, incumbent republican, up 2 1/2 points. there are opportunities for democrats, but the bottom line is this particular hour the math is thin and the hour is late for democrats. republicans look on their way to maintaining house control. >> harry enten, thanks for that. at least 2,000 north korean troops are in russia, some now employed in the kursk region ready to engage against ukraine. we'll update you on that. plus immigrants and activists are now mobilizing against the uncertain and potentially hostile future they see coming with a second trump administration.

yet another deadly weekend in lebanon and gaza, lebanese media reporting israeli strikes have claimed at least 80 lives. this town is in central lebanon

north of beirut, a shiite muslim majority village outside of hezbollah's usual strongholds to the south and east. on saturday more than a dozen separate locations in lebanon were hit. on sunday the idf hit two homes in gaza killing at least 41 people. you're looking at the aftermath of a strike in central gaza. the other home was in jabalia where one ngo says it was parents, children, and grandchildren among those killed. the idf says it was targeting terrorists. paula hancocks is joining me with the very latest. what more can you tell us at this hour, paula? >> reporter: well, if we start off with lebanon, we did see in central lebanon in a town there were more than 20 people

killed, including three people, according to state-run media. it would appear to be at least one building that had been completely destroyed and there was heavy machinery according to images we saw trying to sift through the debris to see if there were any more survivors. one of the local politicians there said it was a well known resident's house and it is possible there were many displaced sheltering within that house as well. there was more than a dozen separate strikes from israel on different parts of lebanon since late saturday. we really have seen the focus on the southern suburbs of beirut moving to the eastern lebanese areas and, of course, southern lebanon, a hezbollah stronghold has been pounded since the beginning of these hostilities. the idf late saturday said they eliminated dozens of hezbollah terrorists in lebanon over the past day. we are also seeing rockets continue to be fired by

hezbollah into northern israel. when it comes to gaza, much of the focus is still on northern gaza. there were two homes that were hit, one in jabalia where there is that massive refugee camp, also one in gaza city and we understand at least 41 were killed when those two homes were targeted. they also say at least half of those killed were children. this is something that has really been backed up by the international ngo for children saying three generations of families, children, parents, grandchildren, had been killed. >> appreciate it. thank you. a massive number of russian troops are preparing to launch an assault on ukrainian forces in the coming days, an attempt to push them out of russia's kursk region. that plan also

has north korean troops. what more do we know about how involved they may be at this point already? >> reporter: yes. we've already heard from president zelenskyy some 11,000 north korean troops are on those front lines. he says his forces have clashed with these north korean troops already resulting in casualties. i think what's most concerning for president zelenskyy is what he is saying russia is preparing to do which is retake the territory of kursk. you may remember kursk inside russia is where ukraine launched this surprise offensive a few months ago claiming russian territory the first time since world war ii, a huge morale boost for ukrainian forces. now president zelenskyy says the kremlin is preparing to take kursk back. it has tens of thousands of troops preparing along those front lines alongside those north korean forces and what is also worrying for president zelenskyy is the objective

behind kursk has yet to be achieved. of course, he expected that russia would claim back its territory at some point, but president zelenskyy had hoped it would offer some distraction to russian forces that would weaken and soften their defenses along those very long front lines in the east. none of that has materialized. also ukrainians across the country very far from those front lines continue to suffer from this onslaught of drone strikes by the kremlin over the weekend. 145 drones on saturday night fired at ukraine. president zelenskyy said the country faced its worst ever drone assault. their response was their biggest ever drone assault on moscow. there at least two major airports in the capital had to divert, delay flights because of dozens of ukrainian drones, but this pales in comparison to the consequences that ukrainians are facing with the much larger

arsenal at president putin's hands. all this doesn't bode well when president zelenskyy is preparing for a president trump who has made clear he wants this war to end quickly, to end soon. that means bringing these two warring parties to a negotiating table at a time when ukraine may be at its weakest negotiating position yet. >> absolutely. appreciate it. thank you. just ahead, the cop29 climate summit officially underway, but with donald trump bringing his america first back to the white house, a shadow looms over the global fight against climate change.

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28 minutes past the hour now. you're watching "cnn newsroom." u.s. president-elect sunday spoke to olaf scholz, the subject peace in europe. many leaders are watching trump with some trepidation about changes that may be in store when he takes office for the second term. despite trump's tough rhetoric toward ukraine, it's unknown whether he will, in fact, cut the purse strings for kyiv. in russia there is some celebration over trump's win, hoping that turmoil at home could perhaps distract him from foreign policy. immigration, a cornerstone of trump's campaigns and first term, is front and center in many places following the election as well. activists in california, a state home to more immigrants than any other in the u.s., are mobilizing ahead of trump's second presidency. here's more from our los angeles-based affiliate. >> reporter: on the steps of

san bernardino city hall community activists hold signs with messages like migration is natural, welcome people with dignity. >> we have the knowledge and experience to know how to defend our communities and each other. >> reporter: these immigrant justice groups feel they have to defend themselves. >> we don't know what's coming our way. >> reporter: against president-elect donald trump. >> i will launch the largest deportation program in american history. >> reporter: trump believes undocumented immigrants take jobs away from u.s. citizens and make the country more dangerous. according to the american immigration council, there are 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states. deporting 1 million people per year could take 1,000 new courtrooms to process and cost taxpayers an estimated $88 billion. that's roughly 11 times i.c.e.'s annual budgets. >> there's probably going to be more dhs resources, but, you know, as far as some large scale military operation, i

think that's highly unlikely. >> reporter: claude arnold is a retired i.c.e. agent. he says the trump administration will likely reinstate executive orders erased by the biden administration to prioritize deporting undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of crimes and not just knocking on families' doors, but he says here in california sanctuary laws will be a huge impediment. >> there's going to be some legal wrangling between the federal government and state of california over that issue. >> reporter: he also says trump may step up job site audits to check for immigrants' work authorization. for many here in southern california, that sounds like an uncertain and even hostile future. >> what we do know is we need each other. >> thanks to nicole comstock. new york city is known often for its liberal politics and winnable races for democrats. vice president harris easily won the big apple, although president-elect

trump saw some big gains. in fact, he made inroads in every single district since 2020. here's cnn's gloria pazmino with more on that shift. >> reporter: new york city just got a little more republican. >> from corner to corner new york city we saw the republicans gain traction. >> reporter: here in brooklyn republican steven chan defeated state senator chu in a race defined by public safety, operated by a homeless district and newly arrived migrants. >> people want change. >> reporter: while harris easily carried the city with about 68% of the vote compared to trump's 30%, trump made significant gains this election cycle. roughly 94,000 more people voted for trump than in 2020. >> you look at a map of southern brooklyn now after this election, it's going to be actually almost all red. >> reporter: trump made gains across all of new york city.

the most significant shifts were in neighborhoods with large asian and latino communities. he narrowed the gap in the bronx, parts of queens, and here in the benson hurst section of brooklyn where asians, generations of italians and latinos work side by side. >> nobody gave us a handout. we went to work. >> reporter: more than 200,000 migrants have arrived in new york city since spring 2022. the crisis has manifested across different cities but has been particularly hard felt here. >> they're poisoning the blood of our country. that's what they've done. >> reporter: why are so many immigrants willing to support that kind of language? >> they understand exactly what president trump is talking about. he understands that president trump is not talking about them. >> reporter: this family from ecuador agrees. >> we need a change. economy is really a mess right now. it's affecting all families. >> reporter: sadi and her husband say they've spent

years working to open up a barbershop and put their kids through school. >> he has to work 14 hours a day to have what he has right now and if he's not there, another business open on the corner with no permit, no insurance. i don't think it's fair at all. >> reporter: republican operatives see trump's inroads in new york as the beginning of what's to come, a chance to grow their party and elect more republicans right here in blue new york. >> we're hochul better watch out. we're going to come after her. she's going to be in trouble. i believe we can win the governor's race in two years. >> reporter: governor hochul's reelection is less than two years away. we asked her about the results. she told us that democrats across the state should not be taking their voters for granted. gloria pazmino, cnn, new york. donald trump's comeback in the u.s. presidential election has the trump of the tropics dreaming of a similar return.

brazil's president and his followers have celebrated trump's win which they see as an omen for a bolsonaro comeback and his supporters are setting their sites on the 2026 election. bolsonaro is barred from running until 2030. japan's prime minister surviving a critical parliamentary vote to stay on as leader a short time ago. shegeru ishiba was far ahead of his first challenger and now leads a minority government. ishiba came into office last month and called a snap election. the move backfired as his scandal ridden coalition lost the majority the first time in more than a decade. in haiti the prime minister is out fired by the transitional presidential council. gary camille had only been in office about six months. one council member said they voted to remove him because he made decisions

without informing them and took on duties of the president. he'll be replaced by a businessman, the latest political shakeup in the country which has been devastated in recent years by widespread gang violence, food shortages, and political instabilities. police in paris announced they'll deploy 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium employees to monitor this week's football match between france and israel. those added security measures will be in and around the stadium and on public transportation. the move comes days after israeli fans were assaulted in amsterdam after a match there. dutch police say groups of young people were responding to online calls to attack jewish individuals leading to classes with police. on sunday dutch police detained several people for taking part in a demonstration. you may recall all protests were banned following last week's violence. as for this week's match in france, french president emmanuel macron is expected to

attend in part as a show of solidarity against anti-semitism. a powerful earthquake rocking cuba's eastern coast just as the island is recovering from widespread blackouts in the impact of recent hurricanes, we'll bring you the very latest after the break.

residents in lahore, pakistan, are urged to stay home as the air quality index pushed back the 1,000 mark, three times the level needed to be deemed hazardous. >> reporter: the traffic is still flowing in lahore. the government officials are urging people to stay at home. the smog, too toxic. for a city that often ranks as one of the worst in the world for air pollution, face masks are mandatory. a thin shield against the skyrocketing at of pollutants in the air. the

city's air quality index topped 1,000 again last week, an unprecedented level, as the iq air index defines hazardous as anything over 301. many public spaces like zoos, parks, and historic monuments have been closed along with many schools which have shifted to online classes for at least another week. >> everyone has a right to clean air. everyone has a right to enjoy seeing the sun. >> reporter: some types of barbecue restaurants have been banned, but the smog is a recurring problem, especially at this time of year when particles from low grade diesel fumes and crop burning get trapped in the cold air and some residents say that the closures aren't stopping that. >> translator: they have closed the schools that don't create the smog. they have not closed the factories. they are not closing the things which create the smog.

>> reporter: delhi's air has also reached hazardous levels in recent days, though some residents are still exercising outdoors. the world health organization says breathing toxic air is harmful and can cause strokes, heart diseases and respiratory infections. one clinic in new delhi says there is a 20 to 25% rise in patients, especially after the diwali holiday when people set off illegal fireworks. sore throats, burning eyes, and trouble breathing are common complaints. >> translator: i have a severe cold and cough. no medicine seems to be working. i have been taking medicines, but there is no relief. >> reporter: officials in new delhi began a trial program recently to spray water from drones to clear away dust and pollutants, but critics say this is just a band-aid and the smog problem in south asia is in need of more long term

solutions. the united nations climate change conference cop29 is officially now underway in azerbaijan. donald trump's reelection is dominating the election. he has called climate change a hoax and withdrew the u.s. from the paris climate accord in 2015. president biden reversed that move, but trump vowed to withdraw again. >> trump winning the election is a huge setback to not only climate talks, but global cooperation in general. we know he's likely to reverse all clean energy policies and incentives in the u.s. he's going to go for fossil fuel extraction much more, which is going to be devastating for the planet, and he's not going to provide any climate finance, which is so vital for developing countries to transition away from fossil fuels. >> 2024 is likely to end as the hottest year on record. some climate experts say without cooperation from the united

states pushing investment in climate action will be difficult to negotiate. chief climate correspondent bill weir has a closer look at what's at stake at this year's cop29 summit. >> reporter: yes. cop29 began monday in a tiny little state on the caspian sea, the conference of the 29 parties. the last one a year ago had the world agreeing to turn away from the fossil fuel era, that dirty polluting planet cooking fuels. another petrol state is hosting it now with questions about their intentions whether to use this to exploit more oil and gas deals or really try to bring it all together and casting the biggest issue, donald trump reelected and the most notorious climate denier in history threatening to claw back and undo as much of the

biden climate agenda as he possibly can. some of it has momentum, especially in red republican states. ground has broken on big projects. it will be tough to claw those back, but we'll see if he tries to end new rules on tailpipe emissions, power plant rules, incentives for families to electrify with cleaner stoves or furnaces. all those are questionable, especially with the house of representatives up for grabs. that reality will cast a pall on all the climate diplomacy in week. president biden was never really planning to attend. there are diplomats from the u.s., but what kind of promises can they make with so much uncertainty for what comes next? at the same time all of this is playing out copernicus, the european space and weather agency, basically says the data shows 2024 will be the first to shatter that 1.5-degree celsius ceiling that the world agreed to in 2016 in the paris accords. this was the first

full year above that limit. that's about 3 degrees fahrenheit warmer than we were before the industrial revolution right now. the warmer it gets, the more fossil fuel pollution blankets the sky, the wilder and crazier the weather will get, the more of the wildfire phenomenon takes off in confounding ways. out in los angeles the winds were so found they had the ground firefighting airplanes and had to worry more about evacuations than actually putting out house fires. adaptation's everything these days and it seems to be happening at a calamity faster than people can adapt while all the politics around this issue are going in the opposite direction. bill weir, cnn, new york. a powerful earthquake striking off the coast of eastern cuba on sunday triggering landslides and causing damage to homes and infrastructure. here's the latest. >> reporter: the 6.8 earthquake that hit off the coast of earthquake sunday afternoon was so powerful it was felt in

miami and southern florida. however, at this point there are no reported deaths in the island nation. the quake hit the cuban provinces of santiago and guantanomo but did not produce a significant tsunami threat. the cuban president said authorities are evaluating the situation before starting their recovery efforts less than a week after powerful hurricane rafael struck the western provinces of cuba as a category 3 hurricane. the pictures out of cuba show cracks in the buildings and piles of debris as the island is still reeling from a very intense hurricane season as well as continuous blackouts due to a chronic shortage of electricity. a man is charged with arson in connection to a new jersey wildfire. officials say that blaze started after the 37-year-old fired an illegal dragon's breath 12 gauge

shotgun round. the ammunition effectively simulates the effect of a flame thrower which will tell you why it's illegal in multiple states. the new jersey wildfire scorched 350 acres of land and required 15 homes to be evacuated last week. rome's fountain is getting a bit of a makeover, how it's giving you a bird's eye view of the restoration just ahead.

a sad loss in the world of dance and entertainment, judith jamison passed away saturday in new york after a brief illness. jamison was artistic director of the l.a. company for two decades and is widely credited with helping make it one of the most successful dance companies in the united states. she'll also be remembered as an internationally acclaimed dancer herself. jamison spoke with cnn in 2011 shortly after she selected robert battles to take over as artistic director at the company. >> good to see you again. i'm so glad to be here with robert. this is such an exciting time for us. >> this is wonderful because

you're both very joyous about the changing of the guard, but i know it's got to be bittersweet for you, too. >> no, it's not. i danced with the company 15 years and it's 21 years of directing it. i am so happy to be able to give it over to robert. >> judith jamison was 81 years old. an emotional tribute to the late one direction member liam payne at europe's awards sunday. >> he brought so much joy to every room he walked into and he left such a mark on this world. so let's just take a moment to remember our friend liam. ♪everything that you ever dreamed of ♪ payne lied last month at age 31 after falling from a third floor hotel room

balcony in buenos aires. looking at the rest of the awards ceremony, taylor swift, the big winner on sunday, the pop mega star landing four trophies, best artist and best video. swift was not in manchester because she's currently on tour in north america. she thanked fans via video message. sweat was followed by south africa singer tyla who picked up three prizes. other winners, serena carpenter, best song with expresso and rapper busta rhymes received the global icon award. a big cleanup in rome is offering a rare chance to see the fountain up close. workers are restoring the masterpiece and the city is offering a bird's eye view from a metal walkway over the fountain. >> reporter: this fountain is normally gurgling with water

into which millions of tourists throw coins each year, but thanks to a massive renovation project worth more than $300,000 that includes cleaning and scrubbing up of calcium, rust, and dirt, this iconic fountain is dry. the water should be at this metal walkway that's going to offer tourists a rare opportunity to take an intimate look at this 18th century masterpiece. the walkway will allow the city to have a proposed ticket system tracking the ebb and flow of tourists during the day. >> to avoid overcrowding, that's why there is a limit of people that can stay on this walkway. after the maintenance working there will be a cap on the people that could at the same time be inside the fountain to admire it in order to avoid the fact that overcrowding makes the experience worse. >> reporter: rome sees some 35

million visitors a year and around 4 million are believed to visit this site. the city believes by eventually charging a small entrance fee they can better control overtourism and protect the ancient stone. >> i still get to see the beauty of it. so yes, i would pay. >> reporter: the last cleaning and repair began in 2014 and took more than a year, but increasingly hot temperatures and steady tourism traffic have led to some of the erosion of the basin. this is one of many projects slated to finish in time for the vatican's holy jubilee year of 2025 which will draw millions more visitors than usual to the popular sites. for those who have come during this roman construction season, all is not lost. they can still throw their coin into the smaller basin for luck and they're getting an opportunity of a lifetime to see this

fountain up close. in mexico city hundreds of musicians gathering on sunday in an effort to break the world record for the largest mariachi concert. local media say the performance drew more than 1,000 artist, higher than the 2013 record, which was held by guadalajara, 700 mariachis performing back then. the massive concert was held the final day of the first world mariachi congress five-day event which aimed to honor and preserve the iconic music genre. it is deeply rooted in mexican culture and mariachi bands often perform at weddings, birthdays, and other celebrations. >> i'm erica hill. thanks so

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