another chapter in the jake paul phenomenon i'm here to make $40 million and knock out a legend yes, you heard that right paul will be paid $40 million. for his part tyson, who retired in 2005, will make half that at their pre-fight weigh in a preview of what's to come oh, ladies and gentlemen, randi kaye joins us now. who's favored to win certainly betting on jake paul to win this. >> he has a 67% chance of beating mike tyson but mike tyson has the advantage of experience. if you look at this stat that we found today when jake paul was born in january 1997, mike tyson was already a 30 year old boxing champion. his record at the time was 45 and two, and he had 39 knockouts by the time jake paul was even born. anderson i think i'm going to be watching randi kaye thanks. the news continues right here on cnn

our viewers joining us from the united states. >> and around the world. i'm christina macfarlane ahead on cnn newsroom. some of president elect donald trump's cabinet picks are sidestepping federal background checks. and it might be clear why. we'll take a look at two current investigations into picks for top posts. and president joe biden meeting one last time with his chinese counterpart. what we're expecting from the leaders discussion in peru today plus, we have a recap of the much anticipated fight between a youtuber turned boxer and the one time undisputed heavyweight champion of the world >> this is cnn newsroom with christina macfarlane controversy surrounding some of donald trump's picks for his new administration. >> trump is said to be considering a push from right wing allies to put loyalists

kash patel in charge of the fbi. patel has threatened to go after trump's perceived political enemies in government and the media meanwhile, there's new information about the investigation into trump's pick to be attorney general matt gaetz, the attorney for a woman who testified before lawmakers, says she told them she saw gaetz have sex with a minor. and there are new questions about the viability of trump's selection for defense secretary pete hegseth trump's transition team is said to have been surprised by word of an investigation seven years ago into an alleged sexual assault involving hegseth he was not charged and he denies any wrongdoing. but it's casting a shadow over his selection i think the problem they're facing in this case is what prosecutors always face in, he said. >> she said cases that happened behind closed doors, which is they have two distinct different versions of what occurred and what was consent. and the prosecutor's office uh, probably came to the conclusion that they didn't have enough to sustain a

conviction at trial to go forward. so that file is basically closed right now well, that controversy now has some members of the transition team wondering if hegseth is a good choice. >> kyung lah reports these allegations involving pete hegseth date back to 2017. >> in monterey, california, the city of monterey says that its police department became involved in a quote, alleged sexual assault involving pete hegseth that it took place allegedly on october 8th, 2017, in the early morning hours at the hyatt regency in monterey, and that the police department became involved four days after this alleged incident when it was notified that something may have happened. now, i want you to take a look at this picture from facebook. it comes from the california federation of republican women, and it shows hegseth speaking at a podium he was a speaker at their conference according to these photos now, the city statement,

while not being specific in identifying hegseth as an alleged assailant does say that he was involved. it also talks about an unnamed victim and injuries and the injury being described as, quote contusions to right thigh. the city says that it would not be releasing the full police report that hegseth has not been charged in the county since 2017. up until today. we did reach out to hegseth lawyer, who issued a denial saying that yes, an allegation was made but no charges were filed. and we also reached out to trump's spokesman, who says that hegseth has vigorously denied any and all accusations and, quote, we look forward to his confirmation. kyung lah cnn, san francisco. >> well, more now on the controversy surrounding trump's pick to be his attorney general, matt gaetz. the attorney for a woman who testified before lawmakers, says she told them she saw

gaetz have sex with a minor. gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. the house ethics committee was investigating gaetz, but ended that investigation when gates resigned. this week to become attorney general. gates would have to go through confirmation hearings in the senate, the senate judiciary committee asked the house to send it the ethics committee's report. meanwhile, the speaker of the house says he doesn't want the committee's report to be released to the public i'm going to request that the ethics committee not issue a report, because that is not the way we do things in the house. >> and i think that would be a terrible precedent well, sources say several members of the trump team are frustrated that hegseth and gates weren't properly vetted. >> but they aren't the only ones the transition team is said to be skipping the usual fbi background checks for many of its cabinet picks. our evan perez has more. >> reporter the president elect's transition team for now, is bypassing the

traditional fbi background checks at least for some of his cabinet picks. while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candidates for administration jobs. trump and his allies distrust the fbi and they complain that the system is slow and plagued with issues that could stymie the president elect's plans to quickly begin the work of implementing his agenda. people close to the transition tell us that they believe that the trump team will eventually submit the names of at least some of the nominees to the fbi for these background checks and, of course, the senate can request that the fbi do background investigations before they vote on these nominations. in his first term, trump ordered security clearances for about 25 people who had run into problems in their background checks, including for potential conflicts and unreported foreign ties, according to congressional testimony. his son in law, jared kushner was among those who trump ordered to be given clearances despite

not completing all of the requirements for those background checks. even before the election. some of trump's advisers were circulating a memo urging him to bypass the traditional background check process for at least some of his nominees. among those who were behind that memo were people who had struggled to complete the background checks. evan perez, cnn washington. >> well, natasha linstead is a professor of government at the university of essex. she joins us now from colchester, england thanks for joining us, natasha. the revelation about pete hegseth just underlines why these fbi background checks are necessary. and, you know, this has been established protocol since world war two. >> what would be the consequences of trump sidestepping this and is he within his rights to do so what's going to happen because trump has shattered so many of our norms and really pushed the the boundaries of what the democratic institutions are

able to do. >> he's flexed so much executive power. i know he wants to just push through some of these nominations, but of course, with this nomination for secretary of defense of pete hegseth this could potentially pose all kinds of issues for the u.s. because he's putting someone in charge who is he did have some combat experience, but most of his experience is being a news host for for fox news on the weekends, and he's putting him in charge of you know, millions of people, about 3 million people in the department of defense that he has to oversee. this is really an enterprise of some 800 billion, and he would be in charge of making incredibly important decisions that affect national security. i'm not sure if trump chose him because he likes his views on, you know ousting, quote unquote woke generals or trying to clean up the military to make it more america first. and in line with trump's agenda and

unless so, having some of these generals that really wanted to abide by the constitution, it may also be that trump wants someone who's sort of a lightweight in this position so that he can flex more muscle, but i'm not sure this one is going to pass. this is really going to be a test to see how loyal the senators are to to trump and the extent to which they feel that they have to support trump or they will lose their reelection. there may be 1 or 2 that won't support it, but this is really going to be one of the first big tests. >> yeah. and we'll get to that. those confirmation hearings in just a second. but at first, you know, speaking of potential problematic nominations yesterday, speaker johnson said he would refuse to release the house ethics report looking into sexual misconduct and drug use of matt gaetz, saying it goes against house tradition. i just wanted to get your thoughts on this because does he have the power to withhold this report because there seems to be a lot of bipartisan support in the senate actually receiving this information so it would

actually have to be a republican in the house that would have to push this forward. >> and i don't think that's going to happen. the republicans in the house seem to be really in line with trump's agenda as well. i mean, this is in spite of the fact that matt gaetz is not a popular figure in the house. he's not well-liked amongst other politicians, and he poses all kinds of of issues being in charge of the very agency or being in charge of the very department, the department of justice, that was actually recently investigating him for for allegations of sex trafficking of course, the house ethics committee was investigating him for sexual misconduct and improper drug use. so he putting him in charge of this position is controversial for that reason, but also because he's going to want to weaponize the justice system and go against any of his own enemies and trump's enemies. and i think that's why

trump put him in this place. he wants an attack dog. >> he wants trump wants someone as attorney general who will viciously go after anyone who opposes him. and to set the tone and to your earlier point natasha, i mean, all of this will come down to whether or not these controversial picks are going to be confirmed by the senate. how much pressure are republicans going to come under to agree to, you know enabling these picks to take place or even allowing trump as he has touted already, to use recess appointments to get these nominees put in place so there's just going to be huge pressure on on the republicans to push to push through. >> i mean, you're already hearing republicans in the house saying that they have to step in line, that they have to jump. if trump says to jump, i mean, this is actually a direct quote from a house member and the senate has largely been loyal to trump when it was under mitch mcconnell, there

were different issues here and there where there was an agreement, but for the most part mitch mcconnell was able to maintain huge levels of party discipline and ensure that all senators voted with whatever trump wanted. and i think you're going to see increasing pressure because trump is saying, i have a mandate whether that's true or not. but he's claiming he has a mandate to to execute this agenda and that means that everybody has to get in line with his picks, no matter how bizarre they are, no matter how crazy they are and no matter how much this may pose a threat to national security. so i think he's going to try to ram it through the best that he can. and thus far, we have seen very few senators. only 1 or 2 here or there that have been willing to go against trump. >> all right. we will watch this space and natasha, great to have your thoughts and your analysis thank you. >> thanks for having me well, democratic election officials in pennsylvania are being accused of breaking the law to keep their candidate in power.

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significant political change. but he didn't share publicly at least, how the world should deal with that change allies who have fears about the incoming trump administration what is your message to allies, sir well biden met with the leaders of japan and south korea and celebrated the strengthening of that three way coalition, which is something he considers a major part of his legacy in east asia. >> china's president xi is also in peru and will meet with mr. biden today. given donald trump's past disdain for multilateral organizations it's thought china is sensing an opportunity for expanded influence in the international stage. cnn's mark stuart reports from beijing the anticipated meeting between president joe biden and chinese leader xi jinping obviously comes at a time when world leaders are trying to assess what life will be like under the incoming trump administration and as china tries to portray itself as a world leader and a stable

alternative to the u.s., an example of that ambition was on full display friday. >> in addition to the apec visit, she was in peru to formally open a massive deep water port. it's a $1.3 billion investment by beijing as the world's second largest economy. china wants the world to know it's a global player especially amid uncertainty over what trump's next term will bring. as one observer told us, china wants to send the message to other nations it may not be smart to completely side with the u.s. and to consider working with them as far as the meeting between xi and biden, it may be a way for beijing to signal to the next administration it wants communication and stability. the incoming administration and its potential. china critics like secretary of state nominee marco rubio, could be challenging especially alongside trump's calls for new u.s. tariffs on chinese

made products while ties plummeted to some of their worst in history earlier in the biden administration, the two nations currently are holding more diplomatic talks and visits. just this year secretary of state antony blinken and national security advisor jake sullivan and treasury secretary janet yellen have all made visits here to china and we've seen some agreement to work together on issues like climate change and fentanyl diplomacy that beijing would most likely hope to maintain. mark stewart, cnn beijing. >> well, for more on what is arguably the world's most consequential political relationship, we go live to chong jiayin, political scientist at the national university of singapore. thank you so much for joining us. so as we've been saying, biden is set to meet with xi today, but not in the way he'd have hoped with a lame duck duck presidency and the u.s. headed back to isolationist policies under donald trump. so what will both leaders be looking to

get out of this meeting so i guess for xi, it's probably more straightforward. >> he's probably wanting to signal not just to the united states but to the world at large that the prc is a force for stability, that they're open for business. this is very similar to what he did in davos in 2017. however, the prc today is very different from that of 2016. they have far more economic headwinds for president biden. i suppose what he would want to do is to cement his legacy and to try to keep us, the u.s. prc relationship, on as much of an even keel as possible. while at the same time hoping that the sort of lattice work that he's been putting in place with the other us allies uh, you know, hoping that will hold up under the pressures of the trump presidency. >> yeah. an even keel for only, just perhaps the next 60 days for president biden. there's no doubt, of course, that china is seeing the trump presidency as a possible opportunity for them to assert themselves in the

region of south america. we know that she is departing for a nine day diplomatic tour on wednesday. what inroads will china be looking to make during that trip? what message will they be sending so the prc will be trying to send a message that, you know, it is economic opportunity that it will be able to provide investment. >> it will be able to provide markets for many of the minerals coming out of latin america. and they would be a partner of choice. of course, behind that is an effort to continue sort of isolating taiwan. uh, of course, that message has been sold before with mixed results elsewhere in southeast asia and africa so i suppose it comes down to how much people in latin america buy or believe that message of opportunity coming from the prc and there's a lot of concern obviously, among in china about this impending tariff war, that the trump administration may be bringing. >> are they viewing there these

these new ties with south america as a potential way around tariff barriers with the us? >> so i think that's a potential that she would be looking at. so these latin american countries could provide some markets. they obviously don't have the buying power of the united states. they could provide some sort of inroad into the u.s. market indirectly. those are things i suppose, that, uh, i suppose things she will be considering. >> but if tariffs or anything near it there will be for tat. a lot of the economic connections will be very much in disarray. how these plans will actually pan out are really big questions. >> mhm. >> um and we've talked about we know trump's administration is going to be looking for more isolationist policies pushing in that direction. what impact will that have on the prc. and as they view international institutions like the un, like the w.h.o. and and potentially forging new relationships with

those right so the republican party and, uh, president trump elect trump in particular, have shown a lot of skepticism towards international organizations. >> the un, in particular. but other un agencies they will likely be far less enthusiastic. they may withdraw some of that support. it could offer an opening to the prc to try to shape rules but that will, of course, depend on how the other members take to it because what the prc has shown, uh in in the sort of past eight, eight years is that they too are a great power, and they can be disruptive as well in terms of their economic posture. they can be somewhat protectionist, too. so i think what we will see is probably a lot more tussling over that space that would open up, uh, in the, in the face of a less engaged, united states. >> yeah. i mean, the world is familiar, of course, with the chinese belt and road initiative and some see this or view this as an extension of

that. what is their plans for south america and we were marc stewart was just talking there about this massive port that has just been opened i think the chang'e-6 port in peru. i mean, is the idea already taking hold in south america or the seed been sown that china would be a better states? >> i mean, it does seem that the prc um, looks like a big trading partner. it looks like a big opportunity that is opening up in many respects, the us latin american relationship has already matured. so this is a new opportunity. but we've also seen with the belt and road um, elsewhere in the world that it has really mixed results. right. some of the big infrastructure projects can deliver. sometimes they don't. uh, she himself earlier this year has talked about the belt and road moving away from big infrastructure towards what he calls small and beautiful. so i suppose there's a lot of hype. of course there would be with this big state visit, um, with

the sort of big port being inaugurated. but how things will pan out, i suppose that is going to be subject to how the global economic winds really blow yeah. and as you say, of course, the prc in a very different place economically now to when it was during trump's first term in office. it's going to be fascinating to see. kim jong-hyun. thank you so much for your analysis thank you now, donald trump's allies are said to be pushing for him to select kash patel as the next fbi director, and patel has promised to go after trump's perceived enemies. the latest on the controversy next. plus, iranian drones and missiles were headed towards israel and us warplanes were scrambled to shoot them down before it was too late. now, us pilots talk to cnn about a dramatic air battle they had never fought before >> sanjay gupta ventures across the globe to see how the new weight loss drugs are transforming lives. is ozempic

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does thorough vetting of candidates before they go through the senate confirmation process and donald trump is said to be considering a push from right wing allies to put controversial loyalists kash patel in charge of the fbi. sources say patel has been lobbying for the job, including speaking directly to trump. in trump's first term, patel worked on the national security council and in the defense department, and's threatened to go after trump's perceived political enemies we got to put in all american patriots top to bottom. >> i thought it would be fun to go on a manhunt of government gangsters together. your civil liberties are taken away from you and you're sent to prison. >> we will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government, but in the media. yes, we're going to come after the people in the media well, the next chief of u.s. >> intelligence agencies could be a person who echoed russian propaganda in the past. former congresswoman and presidential candidate tulsi gabbard has been tapped for the director of u.s. national intelligence. she not only has no experience in the field whatsoever, but as alex marquardt reports, gabbard

also sided with u.s. adversaries and spread conspiracy theories. >> tulsi gabbard journey from democratic congresswoman from hawaii to trump's choice for spy chief, has taken many twists and turns. democrats now say she's become an apologist for the putin regime, consistently spouting russian propaganda. ukraine isn't actually a democracy, as the war in ukraine began, she argued. as russia has, that ukraine shouldn't be allowed to join nato. >> president putin zelenskyy and biden it's time to put geopolitics aside and embrace the spirit of aloha, respect and love for the ukrainian people by coming to an agreement that ukraine will be a neutral country. >> days later, she repeated a debunked russian conspiracy about supposed american biolabs in ukraine developing deadly pathogens. >> these facilities even in the best of circumstances could easily be compromised and release these deadly pathogens. >> republican senator mitt romney quickly accused gabbard

of parroting false russian propaganda, saying her treasonous lies may well cost lives. hillary clinton suggested without proof that russia was grooming gabbard as gabbard ran for president in the 2020 race. gabbard, in response, called clinton the queen of warmongers embodiment of corruption. gabbard is 43 years old, a lieutenant colonel in the army reserves. after serving 17 years in the hawaiian national guard with tours in iraq and kuwait she was elected to the house as a democrat in 2013. the first american samoan to go to congress. she left eight years later and soon became a republican. aloha. campaigning for the gop and becoming a fixture on fox news where she often filled in for tucker carlson. >> this is the whole problem with the biden administration. they are so focused on how do we punish putin that they don't care and are not focused on what is actually in the best interests of the american people? >> concerns over gabbard extend to her position on syria. in 2017, she publicly doubted a

chemical weapons attack by the assad regime. >> but trump responded to by firing tomahawk missiles at syria. >> i'm skeptical. >> that was just months after the congresswoman took a secret trip to syria, meeting with dictator bashar al assad after hundreds of thousands had been killed in the country's war. >> whatever you think about president assad, the fact is that he is the president of syria. in order for any peace agreement, in order for any possibility of a viable peace agreement to occur there has to be a conversation with him. >> gabbard has never served in an intelligence role, but if confirmed, she'll oversee the country's 18 intelligence services serving a president who has long been suspicious and critical of the intelligence community, particularly over its assessment that russia supports him and trump has vowed to overhaul it. >> we will clean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus, and there are plenty of them.

>> gabbard is clearly one of donald trump's more outlandish picks for his cabinet. a source from the senate intelligence committee tells me that this is going to be a very uphill climb for gabbard to get confirmed by the senate that committee is going to want a background check and answers to a long questionnaire, both of which could make gabbard's hearing quite contentious. and then if she makes it out of committee, there's also a big question about whether she'd get enough republican support. susan collins, republican from maine, for example who sits on that committee, she wrote the bill that created the office of the director of national intelligence. and she could be among several republicans who oppose gabbard for that job. alex marquardt cnn, washington protesters storming the parliament on friday in the russian backed georgian breakaway region of abkhazia. >> opposition to a recent investment agreement with moscow has been building some of the region have expressed

fear the deal would result in pricing locals out of the property market in favor of richer russians. the governor's office of the breakaway region says it has now scrapped the agreement. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says russia's war in ukraine will end. quote faster when donald trump takes office. this comes as german chancellor is drawing zelenskyy's ire by opening dialog with russia after years of silence. in a phone call on friday, olaf scholz urged russian president vladimir putin to withdraw from ukraine and begin peace talks. but the kremlin says any agreement would have to recognize what it calls new territorial realities. it was the first time the men had spoken in nearly two years, and now zelenskyy is criticizing the exchange for olaf's call. in my opinion, is pandora's box. now, there may be other conversations, other calls just a lot of words and this is exactly what putin has long

wanted. it's extremely important for him to weaken his isolation isolation of russia and conduct talks as ordinary talks, which won't have any result the way he did it for decades now for the second time this week, israel is being accused of serious violations of international law. >> this time it's coming from a united nations special committee which concluded that israel's conduct in gaza is quote, consistent with the characteristics of genocide. the committee points to mass casualties among palestinians and israel's use of starvation as a weapon of war, among other things. cnn has reached out to israel for response. well, earlier this week, human rights watch said the massive displacement of palestinians and the enormous damage wrought in gaza amounted to a war, crime and a crime against humanity. israel said it's committed to international law and operates accordingly. meanwhile, a large plume of smoke hovered over southern beirut following a new round of israeli

news agency says at least three airstrikes hit the area this morning but there are no initial reports of casualties. the israeli military said it targeted hezbollah infrastructure. that's happening as a new cease fire proposal for lebanon is starting to make some headway. that's according to sources who spoke with cnn. they say hezbollah is now considering the joint us-israeli plan, which is also given to lebanon's government. >> the militant group is expected to respond in the coming days, according to those sources. they also say there's some optimism that hezbollah will agree to the plan but we now want to give you a first hand account of a dramatic in the skies over israel. last april u.s. warplanes were sent to intercept hundreds of iranian drones and missiles headed towards israeli targets. the operation was a first for the u.s. air force, which had never fought a prolonged large scale drone attack. cnn's natasha bertrand has more. >> reporter

>> go go go go go. >> as missiles and drones exploded overhead, u.s. troops scrambled to get fighter jets in the air. >> the scale that we expected for the most dangerous was vastly under probably 4 or 5 times under what actually occurred on april 13th, iran had fired over 300 missiles and attack drones at israel. an unprecedented strike. in their first interview since that night f-15 pilots and crew callsigns irish sonic rifle and voodoo described trying to hit dozens of missiles and slow moving drones while flying over 1000mph. >> it just took a few seconds that all of a sudden the next sweep of our radar, we just see all of first picture was a little overwhelming. i think for me in the back seat, just seeing how many are airborne and how many are tracking in our direction. >> for the f-15 squadron shown here at their home base in lakenheath, england, this was the first real test against a large scale drone attack.

>> can you talk a was to take down these very small, slow moving drones? >> you're talking about something that's on the very edge of a fighter aircrafts ability to detect what we call find, fix, track target and engage. we weren't sure if our radar. the best radar in the inventory is in this airplane behind us. no one really knew whether or these things. even existed. >> several of the f-15s air to air missiles failed to launch, leaving live munitions hanging on the wing. >> i mean, was there anything that really surprised you about that night? anything that went wrong? >> i mean, a lot of stuff went wrong. we had lots of jets that were coming back with ordnance, and that's treated as an emergency, isn't it? >> yes it is. so they are by default, an emergency aircraft. >> rifle was managing operations at an undisclosed base in the middle east, where missiles and drones were exploding overhead. the chaos is shown here for the first time. pilots called in asking what to do as debris fell on

>> really? all we can tell them is like, hey, stay airborne as long as you can with the gas that you have don't divert because even our, you know, divert air fields. we don't know what's going on there either. so if stuff's blowing up over our heads very likely stuff's blowing up there too. >> many troops refused to head to bunkers. >> there was an airman at one point standing next to a fuel truck with tons and tons of jet fuel in it, just pumping gas into the jet with stuff exploding over the base. i mean, the courage of that person to stand up and do that for an ally is incredible. >> almost every single plane that landed had to be reloaded. >> so had you ever seen that situation before where these jets are using all of their munitions and then they have to come back and get, you know, all of those replaced at once? >> we train to it. i never actually seen it ultimately u.s. >> and allied forces shot down nearly every projectile iran launched at israel sonic, irish voodoo and rifle all received awards this week for valor in

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at least 25% rise in my opd follow up patient many, like 65 year old aditya kumar shukla, tried to stay home. >> so many others in delhi are forced out into the pollution each day to work often menial jobs for little pay. >> people like auto driver mohammed ibrahim alex murdaugh with the pollution when i go home in the evening and wash my hands and face, black stuff comes out of my nose. the if i don't go to work, how will i fill my stomach? how will i pay my rent? how will i pay my autos rent? i'm a poor man. how will i eat? only if i earn can i eat delhi is in its dry period when emissions from cars and factories hang in the winter. >> air smoke from farmers burning their fields after harvest lingers. all day. >> most i use a mask. i use a

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