who is president of the united states, and i think could lead to problems. >> i mean, we also, i don't think, should lose sight of the fact that musk has so much business before the united states government. i mean, there are literally billions of dollars on the line based on this relationship, whether it's you know, spacex, the approvals and that's not even money. that's, you know they need the government to allow them to do things. his security clearance starlink, he's involved with the fcc. i mean, there are so there's so much here. >> and yet does it seem, you know, i think of elon musk as somebody who makes a lot of electric vehicles. like, will this mean that donald trump is suddenly pro electric vehicle? i mean it let's i'm reserving judgment on whether or not this relationship is actually directly benefiting elon musk's business. for right now. i think it's he's just enjoying the ride. >> yeah. well, and here is famous rocket catch. i should say that donald trump has also repeatedly mimed in his campaign events. so there you go. that's what's at stake.

guys, thanks for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you at home for being with us as well. i'm kasie hunt. don't go anywhere. cnn cnn news central starts right now trump doubling down on one of his most controversial cabinet picks, personally calling senators to get them to confirm matt gaetz as attorney general. >> as house republicans will decide whether or not they want to bury the ethics committee report on former congressman gaetz, the recorded phone call from jail, from jail that a murder suspect had with his wife. >> she asks him what happened to the girl. i know you know something. the testimony coming out of the trial of that man accused of killing georgia nursing student laken riley one man survival story after receiving a groundbreaking face transplant. >> 85% of his face was reconstructed and replaced. i'm john berman with sarah cinia and kate bolduan. this is

cnn news central campaign surrounding president elect donald trump's embattled ag pick matt gaetz, reaching a new fever pitch amid new salacious details. >> not only is trump now personally calling senators his billionaire friend elon musk just a short time ago posted this. quote. matt gaetz is the judge dredd. america needs to clean up a corrupt system. as for the accusations against him, i consider them worth less than nothing going on to say. case closed. elon musk has an audience of 205 million followers, but it is the opinion of 51 republican senators who matter the most. will they soon get to see a house ethics report on gaetz? this as the lawyer for two women who testified that gaetz paid them for sex, is now

speaking out to our erin burnett. >> she testified to the house that representative gaetz did not know her friend's age at the time. they had sexual intercourse, and when he found out about her age that representative gaetz stopped having sexual intercourse with her and he only started the sexual intercourse interactions later on. once she turned 18. the testimony before the house was, yes, that representative gaetz paid my client both of my clients for sexual favors throughout the summer of 2017, all the way to the beginning of 2019. >> all right, let's get right to cnn's alayna treene. what are you hearing? and learning as trump is clearly trying to push through matt gaetz and get senators on his side. >> that's right. and i think you the last 24 hours with donald trump calling up personally, these republican senators and reiterating to them how

determined he is to get matt gaetz through, that he wants their help in in confirming him when this nominating process begins. i think we need to be clear, this nominating process hasn't begun. but all the attention around this almost makes it seem like it has. but he's really trying to put pressure on them to fall in line behind him, and it's clear that donald trump is not changing his mind at this moment, that he is very determined to get gaetz through. now, this comes as well, as we're told that donald trump and those around him on his transition team, they privately acknowledge that gates's confirmation chances right now are pretty slim, that he's going to have a lot of trouble. but again donald trump is not backing away. instead he's working the phones, trying to get people to fall in line behind him. now, i think it's interesting as well. and this is from our colleague kristen holmes. she reported that donald trump and his team have also been discussing behind the scenes what's called as the federal vacancy reform act. it's essentially something that could potentially allow donald trump to put gates in

place as attorney general temporarily and kind of skirt some of this confirmation process. we've also heard, though, as well, that remember, donald trump even before he had announced his attorney general pick or some of the other, you know, controversial picks that we're seeing him try to use for his cabinet? he's also talked about this thing called recess appointments. again another potential way to try and go around the official process of this. but all of this of course, is playing out as we're seeing. so much uneasiness about matt gaetz mount in the senate, but also in the house. now, i also think it's it's very interesting. sarah, you read some of that quote from elon musk. i mean musk has influence with trump, right now, has been really i mean, kind of matched to no one. he has spent almost every day with donald trump. they are clearly very close. they're going to be spending the evening together today. we've learned that he's going to be donald trump and him are both going to be attending the space x launch in texas. and so all of that to say is i think it's very clear where donald trump

stands on matt gaetz and sarah as well. i just want to point out behind the scenes another kind of contentious fight that we're seeing. take place at mar-a-lago, which is donald trump really continuing to move forward on the hunt for a treasury pick? we know there's been a lot of uneasiness as well about who he is going to choose for that. he had come close potentially last week to wanting to make a pick, but as of now, he still has a number of people that he's going to be interviewing this week. and so we're waiting to see what happens there as well. >> sarah alayna treene a lot going on. thank you for all your reporting there. kate, the critical decision remains for lawmakers sitting on the house ethics committee right now. >> do we or don't we? the panel is set to meet tomorrow to consider what to do with its months long investigation into. well, then, congressman matt gaetz, now that gaetz has resigned that seat, the house speaker, mike johnson, keeping up his campaign to keep it under wraps pandora's box. >> we're in a we're in a

different era okay. >> i would be concerned about opening the pandora's box of saying that the house ethics committee, with its vast resources and unlimited power effectively could could investigate private citizens and release reports about them. i don't i don't think we want to go down that road cnn's lauren fox tracking all of this for us this morning. >> lauren, what are you hearing about this today? >> yeah, there's a lot of pressure that is mounting, not just in the house of representatives, but also in the senate for lawmakers to have an opportunity to review this report. >> a lot of republicans in the an important step for them in trying to make a determination whether they think matt gaetz is up to the job of being america's top lawmaker now we're going to be watching very closely to see whether the ethics committee actually goes forward with their meeting. as you noted, they are expected to hold a panel tomorrow, potentially discussing what to do about this report. there's also a question of whether or not they would vote to release

it. yes. you are hearing from speaker johnson that he does not think that that is the best step forward. but we should note that there is some past precedent for releasing a report that is finished even after a member has left congress that happened back when representative bill bonner had won a race for the mayor of nashville he had an ongoing ethics report. he resigned his seat in congress and then later congress decided to actually release that report so there is some precedent for it. but you see there, mike johnson, really putting his thumb on the scale, which is an unusual step for a house speaker in saying that he does not think that that is the step that the house ethics committee should take. here is a democrat, though. the top democrat on the committee on what she thinks should happen we have a scheduled meeting on wednesday, and it remains to be seen what the chairman's agenda is for that. >> but i believe we should vote on whether to disclose it or not. and we'll see what happens after that. everybody on the

committee now has the report. so they've got the opportunity to be reviewing it. i believe there will be a unanimous democratic consensus that it should be released now. >> kate the senate judiciary committee has already requested this report. right now, that committee is controlled by democrats. that is going to shift after the election where republicans will control that committee. but there are a number of republicans who have made clear over and over again over the last week, and a half that they want to see this report. this is one of them. kevin cramer of north dakota get the votes of the majority party, which is his >> i just think it sets it would set the attorney general up to not have all of the confidence and the strength that that that person needs and the first step, of course, for matt gaetz will be getting through the senate judiciary committee chuck grassley is going to helm that committee in the new year. >> he has been noncommittal on whether or not he's going to

fight to get this ethics report as part of his process for vetting kate, and one currently one of the top democrats on that committee, chris. >> he's going to be joining us a little later in the show to see what moves they can make and what moves they will make to try to get that report. good to see you, lauren. >> a lot going to happen today. thank you john. >> all right. the prosecution expected a rest its case today in the murder trial of the man accused of killing georgia college student laken riley. details on the revealing new evidence that ties him to her death. breaking overnight, russian president vladimir putin lowers the threshold to use nuclear weapons. what it means for u.s. forces and u.s. national security and, quote the bottom already fell out in dallas. the top might as well. two new details on why a huge chunk of metal fell off the roof at the cowboys stadium things are not going well for the cowboys friends were being held hostage that was being led across the

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>> for one thing, it was only a week ago that we were reporting how the defense and the prosecution talked about that agreement. they had to have a bench trial instead of a trial by jury, a deal that was approved by the judge. and we heard the prosecution in open court on monday say that they expect to wrap up their case today. the defense meanwhile, said that their testimony is only going to take a half a day and they two in the case was full of heartbreaking testimony. john one of the things that we heard that was very difficult to hear was smart smartwatch data showing the precise moment when laken riley heart stopped beating. we also heard about cell phone data showing how jose ibarra cell phone was placed very, very close. an fbi special agent said to laken riley phone for about 20 minutes, and then we also heard a recording from

a phone call between jose ibarra and his estranged wife in new york, where she urges him to tell the truth. let's take a listen that he has her tired and if he can just tell the truth she continues to ask him what happened with the girl. >> she tells him that he has to know something and he just continues to tell her. like lei ling enough! lei ling enough. she thinks it's crazy that they don't have anyone else's dna they only have his. and she says she doesn't understand how someone can see someone dying and not call 911. >> also, on day two of the trial, john, we heard from two police officers with the university of georgia police department who testified how jose ibarra had injuries in his arms hands, wrists and when he was asked what happened, he was unable to give him a straight answer. there was no clear answer there. we're also

expecting this is something that may happen. no, not confirmed yet but two of jose ibarra brothers who lived with him in his apartment may be called to testify. the trial resumes at 830 here at the athens-clarke county courthouse, where we are. john now, back to you. >> and as you said, moving much more quickly than people thought it would. rafael romo in athens, thank you so much sarah. >> all right. breaking overnight. a third person has died after a man went on a stabbing spree across manhattan yesterday. a man is in custody. this morning. what police are saying today about the suspects eight prior arrests and donald trump promised to bring down prices, extend tax cuts and protect social security. how his second administration could affect your finances america's favorite holiday. >> spend thanksgiving morning with cnn with live coverage of

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up. you know >> now streaming on max the key issue for voters this election and the overarching reason they say that voters are sending donald trump back to the white house, the economy and with that in mind, cnn business is digging into what that means going forward. >> the seven ways the next trump administration could impact your finances. >> cnn's matt egan is here with that. and what are you finding? >> well, kate, as you mentioned, the economy front and center in this next trump administration, and he has proposed a lot of sweeping changes. let's start with the tax front, because that's where we saw some of the biggest changes during the first trump administration. and it could be again in this one. no secret that trump likes low tax rates he's proposed tax breaks on a lot, right? no tax on tips. no tax on overtime, no tax on social security, tax relief on car loans. and also he wants to fully extend those 2017 tax cuts. now if that happens, you

could have a $1,000 savings. according to the tax policy center, for the typical family, that's about 1.3% of income. nothing to sneeze at, but it's a much bigger savings for the top 1% of earners, $70,000 or 3%, 3.2% of income. so this is going to be something that we're going to see play out in congress, of course, because extending these tax cuts would cost $5 trillion. now relatedly, there's a lot of focus on what social security looks like under trump, because there's some concern that those tax breaks especially eliminating taxes on social security benefits, are going to hurt social security by eliminating a key revenue stream. the committee for a responsible federal budget has found that under trump social security would go insolvent in 2031. that is three years earlier than otherwise, and that would prompt a 33% cut across the board of benefits. unless congress acts. so we

have to watch that space very closely. okay. >> so tax cuts and tariffs are two things that have definitely were promised over and over again from the campaign trail. >> kind of like a promise and a threat. >> you put them together if if he follows through with both what kind of impact can that have. >> well, there is a risk that we hear over and over again from mainstream economists that it could be inflationary. right? larry summers told you that just the other day that this could be a bigger inflationary spike than what we saw. right after covid, which is really saying something. >> what does it mean for people's finances? >> well, it means that your dollar wouldn't go as far right if prices keep going up. now let's talk about tariffs because that is where trump has really been very aggressive. he's called for across the board tariffs massive tariffs on china. and we've seen that there's estimates that this is going to cost real people money. the national retail federation has warned that we could see price spikes on everything from furniture and clothes and footwear appliances and toys. and one other point on the inflation front, kate

mass deportations. right. we know that there is a risk that mass deportations could create worker shortages, especially for things like housing, where there's a lot of undocumented workers and also for groceries, because there's a lot of undocumented workers in the food supply supply chain. so we need to watch that space very closely, because obviously voters don't want prices to go even higher. >> yeah. and it's the details on what he needs when they when the president elect defines the policy of mass deportation is going to be critical because that's when you when you talk about exactly who's going to be working in some of these jobs, are they going to still be able to work in some of these jobs, or are they part of this mass deportation? >> the devil is in the details on both the deportations and on the tariffs. >> that's exactly right. >> it's great to see you, matt. thank you so much. much more to work on with this for sure, sarah. >> all right. ahead, a lawyer whose client testified in front of the ethics committee investigating matt gaetz says his client witnessed gaetz at a party having sex with a minor. but report ever be made public? and

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his exit from the world stage in january, cnn's kayla tausche is traveling with the president in rio, a windy rio. good morning to you, kayla good morning john. >> we expect president biden to make his way to his final day of his final world summit in just a few minutes from now, where he's expected to take the wraps off of a $325 million contribution to a world bank fund that will help other countries fund their own clean energy transition. >> it's meant to help countries mimic the president's own inflation reduction act, which we expect him to tout but it just highlights, john, the fact that this week for president biden on the world stage has become more of an exercise in highlighting his own accomplishments that could simply be reversed by the incoming administration or forgotten by other leaders than it has been. perhaps the boisterous laudatory sendoff that perhaps he envisioned. just a few weeks ago. for president biden, it has been a

relatively quiet trip here he had poolside meetings with the leaders of canada and mexico yesterday, thanking them for their partnership. of course, to close allies both in proximity and in and in ideals that the two countries share. but president biden is set to make his departure here from brazil in just a few hours, marking his first major summit without a press conference since he took office as he heads back to washington, d.c. guys. >> all right trying to get a lot done and not much time left. kayla tausche. thank you very much, sarah. >> all right. president-elect donald trump is personally pressuring republican senators to push them to confirm one of his most controversial cabinet picks, matt gaetz as attorney general. with us now to discuss republican strategist and former rnc communications director doug heye and kendra barkoff, former press secretary to then vice president biden. thank you both for being here. doug, our sources telling our reporters that trump is making these calls personal calls to to senators to try to push matt

gaetz through. why is he willing to spend so much political capital on this partially i think it's a move by trump to essentially do some star wars and say these are not the droids you're looking for so by distracting senators and us, by the way, with matt gaetz, it makes it easier for him to get through some of the other nominees that have that have been more questionable most of his nominees are are good normal, rational people. >> some of them have real issues. so if we're focused on gaetz, we're not talking about those other ones. but also, i can tell you sarah, there are a lot of conversations that are happening, not just donald trump calling senators, but senators, talking to other senators. and what i mean by that is senators who've only been in the united states senate and haven't been in the house are talking to their colleagues who did serve in the house and say tell me about this guy. and what they're hearing from their colleagues who've served in the house with gaetz may be pretty illuminating for for them as they go through this decision. it's not just the headlines

that they're going to respond to, it's what their colleagues are telling them as well. and a lot of that is not positive. >> you know, it's interesting, as one of the questions i had for you, if this is sort of a look at the shinee thing over here and the other folks who are controversial, sort of get pushed through because there's a fight over gaetz. kendra, i do want to ask you about this. a lawyer representing a client who testified to the house ethics committee in this accusation concerning gaetz having sex with minors is spelled out to our erin burnett. here is what he says happened what his client told the ethics committee happened in the case of matt gaetz having sex with a 17 year old the testimony before the house was, yes that representative gaetz paid my client. >> both of my clients for sexual favors throughout the summer of 2017. all the way to the beginning of 2019. she testified to the house that as she was walking out to the pool area she turned to her right

and she witnessed her client, i'm sorry, her her friend having sex with representative gaetz and her friend at that time was 17. >> now he goes on to say that gaetz at the time didn't know she was 17. when he found out he stopped and later on started paying them, um, for sex. kendra, are any of these revelations going to make a difference to trump or the senators looking at whether to confirm him i really hope so. >> look, at the end of the day donald trump is asking these senators to put a blindfold on, walk a plank, and trust him that this guy is going to be a disrupter. the only thing that he has done is shown his loyalty to donald trump. he has not managed anything except for an online account for for looking at women. and this is not somebody we want and nor the senators, frankly, should want to lead a department with the highest law enforcement agency in the land with 115,000 employees that work there. they do a lot of very serious things

cybersecurity, sex trafficking, child predators. these are things that the that they should be taking very seriously and and the report should be released so that these senators know exactly what he the type of man that he is based on all of these allegations. >> doug, i want to ask you about this, the wall street journal editorial board says that while everyone and as you just sort of mentioned, is talking about gaetz, it's tulsi gabbard that needs to be scrutinized as much as him. here's what they said. the world today is far more dangerous than it was in mr. trump's first term. he will need honest assessments of the threats and not an intelligence chief. animated above all by fear that any u.s. action other than appeasement will result in world war iii. miss gabbard has given no indication across her long political career that she is the right person for that vital duty. doug, when you see

that from the wall street journal, which isn't exactly anti-trump, what do you what do you make of that? >> well, it tells me that there are very real concerns not necessarily with her experience in the house. i worked with her office a little bit in the house in planning some congressional delegation trips and so forth. always good and easy to work with. but what we've seen in the past few years, especially when it comes to russia and syria, have raised a lot of questions as to how she would potentially serve in this role. and that's why donald trump is very good at this donald trump is a matador, and he waves a red cape. in this case, it's matt gaetz and we all follow it. and we've done this for eight years now. donald trump can depend on us to do that. and it's why when things like the wall street journal editorial page put out information like this, republican members need to see it. but the reality is, in the united states senate. so let me take you on the house floor real quick sarah. a lot of conversations that house members and staff are having about what legislation is on the floor, about what you did that weekend, about what the

football game is this weekend. and so forth. but as republican senators are talking to each other and they're saying to say markwayne mullin, who served in the house as well, tell me about what matt gaetz would be like on the floor. markwayne mullin is going to tell them about lurid pictures that matt gaetz would show, and stories that he would tell on the house floor, completely out of bounds, completely unacceptable and that's why his his nomination is most likely doomed. but again, these are the things that draw headlines and conversations actual you know what? what is smart and policy or what may be a mistake and so forth with other nominees just doesn't get that kind of attention. >> doug heye, kendra barkoff, thank you both so much. appreciate you guys running through that with me. >> thank you. >> so three people are dead after a terrifying series of random stabbings that took place across new york city in just a matter of hours yesterday. it started just after 8 a.m., when a 36 year old man was randomly stabbed in the stomach while standing in front of a construction site. he was then pronounced dead at the hospital. more than two

hours later, a second person stabbed also pronounced dead later at the hospital. less than an hour after that, a 36 year old woman was stabbed. multiple times. she is also dead. the nypd says a cab driver who witnessed that final attack alerted police after he thought he had just seen a robbery. another bystander described the moment the police took the suspect into custody i saw this homeless guy walking with a purse, and then i saw this guy in the car telling him, stop, drop the bag. >> stop! i told him to stop it's not worth it. there's going to be cops up ahead. and of course, he didn't listen. and then all of a sudden, i saw the guys in suit and earphones rushing >> is this man, 51 year old ramon rivera, charged. now with three counts of first degree murder. cnn's john miller is here with us now because there's a whole lot of questions of why and of what, why and tell us everything. what are you learning about this man and any reason why this happened? >> well, ramon rivera is not

just the suspect in this case, but he's a composite of what mayor adams eric adams described yesterday as two broken systems. the criminal justice system in new york city, and a failing mental health system. you have an individual who has a string of arrests in florida starting in 2003, then a string of arrests in ohio, then a handful of arrests in new jersey. and then just in the time he's been in new york, which seems to be just a little more than a year, he's got eight arrests, felonies, one misdemeanor, two incidents where police encounter him as an emotionally disturbed person and he serves about eight months for this string of burglaries larcenies, burglaries, assault on a police officer. and that is an assault on a corrections officer in jail. so nowhere is the system figuring out this is someone with deep seated serious mental health issues who needs more

care. they seem to be passing him back and forth between very short stays in hospitals where he's discharged almost immediately and a short stay in prison for a long string of crimes. >> i mean, in that you're getting at this is it's small and it's big. i mean, three people are dead from random stabbings. there's it seems no real motive. just they were they were there when he was there and the system has failed everywhere on this. i mean, why why didn't this man spend more time in jail? >> well, this is a combination of of two things. one, on the mental health end, literally, since the mid 50s, we've seen a steady and sharp decline on the number of mental health beds available they are very short and federal funding for that has declined steadily. so hospitals are very reluctant to take these on as cases and keep them for any extended treatment. but on the criminal justice side, we have the 2020 revisions to the criminal

justice law in new york and a number of cities and a district attorney who has pledged to try and find every alternative to incarceration, every alternative to holding people on bail. so you have a system that has turned into a bit of a revolving door in a city that wants you know, had had the lowest crime literally since 1948. and it's it's struggling with these criminal justice reform things where it's very hard to get someone incarcerated for any amount of time for anything short of what we see here. murder and what we see here. yeah. >> and which it should not have to get to this that is for sure. john. thank you so much. thanks, john. >> all right. a leaky defense is one thing, but a crumbling roof that is a whole new level of bad. the dallas cowboys are having such a bad season. even the stadium does not want to stick around for it. and this morning, 50 hours of surgery,

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saturday at nine on cnn this is cnn the world's news network >> russian state media citing the russian defense minister, is reporting ukraine has fired american missiles into russia it comes as russian president vladimir putin signed a new nuclear doctrine lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. the move is in response to president biden's decision to allow ukraine to use those long range missiles. cnn's senior international correspondent fred pleitgen, is in moscow with the very latest for us this morning. what can you tell us, fred >> syria. certainly a lot of moving parts in this. first of all, we're getting some details and this only comes from russian state media so far. by the way, we have no confirmation whatsoever from the ukrainians, but they're offering more details as to where exactly these missiles that the ukrainians apparently fired were fired into. it was the bryansk region, which is sort of in the southwest of russia. and the russians are saying they were fired towards a military object there. the

russians are claiming that the missiles, five of them were allegedly shot down by a russian surface to air missile system however, that some parts from these missiles fell onto the site of that military object. again, we're getting this from russian state media via the russian defense ministry. no confirmation coming from the united states or from the ukrainians so far. but of course, the other big story here in russia right now is that nuclear doctrine that's been updated as the russians say, by vladimir putin, including now a new scenario where the russians are saying that if russia is attacked using long distance weapons like those missiles by a non-nuclear country, like, for instance, ukraine aided by a nuclear country, like, for instance, the united states that that could now trigger a nuclear response from the russians. there's some other new scenarios in there as well. like, for instance using conventional weapons in general. sarah what we're seeing now with this updated

nuclear doctrine is the russians drastically lowering the threshold for first use of nuclear weapons again, right now, very difficult to see whether or not this is bluster on the part of the russians. pl kremlin trying or starting a campaign, if you will to try and dissuade the bidit has now made to allow the ukrainians to use these weapons to strike deep into russian territory. the russians are saying that this is very dangerous and could pit the united states and russia directly against one another. >> sarah, we will see if it is bluster. a lot of people looking to see what will happen next. fred pleitgen in moscow. thank you. so much for your reporting this morning, kate there are some scary moments at dallas cowboys stadium last night while opening the stadium's massive retractable roof before monday night football game, a piece of metal fell from the ceiling onto the field. >> the cowboys say thankfully, no one was injured. that's no small piece of metal. but reports are that piece of metal

did come close to hitting production staff on site after the incident. they closed the roof once again for the game and the team is now investigating what happened here. family members are searching for 30 year old hannah kobayashi who's missed a connecting flight in los angeles. now, more than a week ago, kobayashi was traveling from her home in hawaii to new york when she missed her connection. she was last seen at lax on november 8th. november 11th. her family. her mother texted her to ask if she had made it to new york, and received the response no, that's the last time anyone heard from her. her family is now desperate to find her. after receiving a series of other suspicious text messages from her phone, she sent messages to a friend saying that she didn't feel safe, that someone was trying to steal her identity. her sister also tells cnn that the messages she received just did not sound like her. the fbi says it's working now with the lapd on this ongoing investigation, and we're going to be speaking with hannah kobayashi's aunt next

hour. the first transgender woman elected to congress is firing back this morning against a republican lawmaker who is trying to bar her from using the women's bathroom. congresswoman nancy mace of south carolina introduced a resolution yesterday to ban transgender women from using the women's restrooms at the u.s. capitol. in a post on x congresswoman elect sarah mcbride responded with this in part saying this is a blatant attempt from far right right wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what americans are facing. she goes on to say, we should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, healthcare and childcare, not manufacturing culture wars. you can be sure this is not the end of that, john. >> all right, kate, thank you very much. with us now is congresswoman mikie sherrill, a democrat from new jersey, who just announced she is running for governor of new jersey. congresswoman thanks so much for being with us. let me just quickly ask you what kate was just talking about there. this measure being introduced by congresswoman nancy mace to ban

transgender women from using women's bathrooms on capitol hill. how will you vote on that if it gets to the house floor yeah to ban people from using the restroom. >> here's the thing we should be focused on actually passing our appropriations bills. >> we still haven't funded the government. and this is in the waning days of this congress. the republican majority has been incredibly ineffective. and i think with with these kind of culture wars that they keep trying to bring up, i think we see why we need to get to work for the american people. >> it's why i'm running for governor so we can actually address the real problems people are facing, such as housing costs and childcare costs and not continue to get into culture war issues that really distract us from, i think, delivering for people. >> republicans did run ads on that subject with some success around the country. i want to put up on the screen a tweet from our friend dave wasserman

over at redstate who tracked the rightward shifts in states around the country new jersey, where you are running for governor, had the second largest rightward shift in the election 10%, basically toward republicans. why do you think that is sure that we are addressing the needs of people. >> so while the state trended red, i you know, my district, i think we did quite well and that's because while i am wholeheartedly in favor of protecting people's rights and freedoms and will continue to do that at the same time we need to make sure we are focused on the things that make people's lives a little bit easier. so again, i have legislation to really address housing costs to make sure that we can repurpose commercial spaces and brownfields to into housing developments here in new jersey. we're the most densely populated state, so we want to preserve open spaces and create more homes. i have

legislation to drive down grocery costs and adding competition into the market um, and of course, i'm constantly working to get rid of the state and local tax deduction cap. when we're talking to people here in new jersey, too many of them are just saying, look, i look at the ladder of success and i feel like i'm slipping down it. we need to address what it is that's making people feel like they just can't get ahead. >> how do you draw the line or walk the line between that and in your announcement video, you really talked about being part of the resistance against what donald trump will do in the white house am going to focus on making sure that we are addressing the problems, and everyone knows what those problems are, that the state is not affordable for people, that not everyone has access to all of the opportunity in new jersey, and that yes, we will protect rights and freedoms but that

would sort of i think miss the first two really key pillars of addressing what it is that we are focused on. >> if you know we have attacks from washington here in new jersey on reproductive rights or how parents are able to raise their children, we're going to fight back. but at the same time what we are focused on is making sure we can deliver for people. >> you you are a veteran. i believe your daughter is serving right now, which is something i only know because i think you told me. how do you feel about the man who will be nominated to be defense secretary, pete hegseth who has said he does not believe he is a veteran? he does not believe women should serve in combat was graduating from the naval academy, the restrictions on women serving on ships and aircraft were lifted and that opened up really a whole new breadth of opportunity for women serving in our forces. >> and i think the gains we've seen in our our forces have

been amazing because of it and to think that women shouldn't be serving really misunderstands how our military operates and why we're the best fighting force in the world. we have after 30 years now, we've had two women members of congress, myself and elaine luria, who have been naval academy graduates. we have a woman who's been the ceo of an aircraft carrier. the superintendent of the naval academy, the chief of naval operations and importantly, we have women who fight in war that do jobs, that actually only women can do. so when we're clearing house to house to house in the middle east, and we're trying very desperately to win wars, but to win hearts and minds when we're clearing those homes, we have to use women. if there are women and children inside, if we are going to gain the intelligence we need, women who've served in the lioness squads for example. this isn't 1940, this isn't trench warfare where the men fight on the front and the women are nurses in the background. this is modern warfare, and i would suggest that anyone who thinks women shouldn't be serving in

our military doesn't understand how we fight, and is really unqualified to be the secretary of defense. >> congresswoman mikie from new jersey, appreciate your time this morning. thank you. sarah. all right. >> a michigan man who survived a suicide attempt not only has a second chance at life, but also a new face. he is one of just several dozen people in the world to receive a successful face transplant. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard spoke with him and joins me now with his story. i understand that he had 85% of his face gone, that they reconstructed. tell us how this all happened. >> that's right. sarah. >> the man is derek hough he's 30 years old now, but ten years ago, when he was a college student he says he was under a lot of stress he went home during spring break to his parents house, and that's when sadly, he attempted suicide. he shot himself in the face, suffering a severe, severe facial injury. now, he did have 58 reconstructive surgeries but he says they were helpful.

however his doctor said he really was a good candidate for a face transplant and that's what happened. this face transplant was performed at mayo clinic. it took more than 50 hours and involved more than 80 medical professionals and you're right, sarah, what? the medical surgeons did was they took the donor tissue they replaced and reconstructed 85% of derek's face. and here he is with his parents talking about that moment in the hospital when he saw his new face for the first time. >> yeah i do all that work and i look like a person again. it was incredible he says he looked like a person again sarah. >> and now he says his mission is to raise awareness around suicide. he wants other young adults to know if they're ever struggling to reach out for help call that 988 crisis lifeline and