ever. get 25% off and free shipping at circulon com >> and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from around the world. i'm max foster. it's sunday, november the 24th. ahead on cnn newsroom donald trump names another former adviser to a top policy spot as his potential cabinet take shape. an israeli rabbi found dead in the uae after being reported missing days ago. we'll have a live report from jerusalem and the texas department of education approves a controversial new lesson plan. critics say it violates the separation of church and state >> this is cnn newsroom with max foster well we begin this hour with incoming donald trump administration picks. >> the president elect has picked most of his cabinet and

high level staff advisors and directors just shy of three weeks since his reelection. one of trump's last cabinet picks came saturday with the choice of rowlands for secretary of agriculture. more now from cnn's latrine well president-elect donald trump on saturday continued to quickly move to finalize his cabinet picks announcing his decision for who he wants to lead. >> the department of agriculture. he named brooke rollins his former policy adviser to that role she is someone who, in donald trump's first white house, served as the director for the domestic policy council. but she also led one of the top policy tanks out at her after her time leaving the white house. she was the president of the america first policy institute one of the key shops that really began shaping donald trump's policy priorities and the priorities that he could take on if he were to win a second term. now rollins is someone who has known donald trump for several years. she is

viewed as someone who is very loyal to him, and she has been in close communication with the transition team ever since he won the election. now, she was actually one of the candidates and one of the names that donald trump had initially been considering to serve as his white house chief of staff. however, we had reported that she had withdrew her name from consideration once it was clear that susie wiles donald trump's 2024 campaign manager, was likely to get the role. now, i'm told that rollins had made it clear to donald trump's team that she was interested in serving in the top job in the agriculture department, but she also is someone who could be confronted with some controversy in that role particularly because we know that one of donald trump's key policy priorities, his promise to impose sweeping tariffs on imports, could directly impact the agriculture community. we've heard many economists argue that farmers could be hit by those tariffs in a negative way. so that's one thing to keep in mind. if she is confirmed to that role

alayna treene. cnn. west palm beach, florida a long running chinese cyber espionage campaign could become one of the biggest national security challenges facing the incoming trump administration. >> national security officials met with u.s. telecom executives at the white house on friday to share information on the chinese spy efforts. the spy campaign has targeted the phone calls and text messages of senior u.s. officials and some telecom networks are having trouble removing the hackers. senator mark warner, calling it the worst telecom hack in u.s. history. the senior figures targeted are in both the republican and the democratic parties and the fbi notified fewer than 150 victims. cnn political and national security analyst david sanger spoke with us earlier about it the american telecommunications system is this hodgepodge of old and new equipment. >> some of it 40 years old much

of it uncatchable. and the chinese did a brilliant job of working the seams, getting inside it and then heading for the crown jewels, which in this case was the system that enables the government to put lawful wiretaps on suspected criminals or spies including the fisa system. the federal, you know, intelligence surveillance system so they would have a chance to look at whether the u.s. was following, for example, chinese spies. >> well officials are still investigating the full scope of the hack and its impact on national security and all senators classified briefing on the matter scheduled for next month. china has denied the hacking allegations. donald trump met with nato secretary general mark rutta in florida on friday. nato says the two discussed a range of global security issues facing the alliance. rutta and his team also met with trump's pick for national security advisor, congressman mike waltz. in

ukraine, air defenses shot down dozens of drones as russia carried out a fresh overnight attack. the air force says it downed 50 of the 73 drones launched across the country. meanwhile, ukraine's president says the war could end next year as he embraces a new trump administration. volodymyr zelenskyy says he's confident about that prediction >> as for when the war will end, when russia wants this war to end when america has a stronger position, when the global south is on the side of ukraine and on the side of ending the war it will happen. i'm confident in that. it will not be an easy path, but i am confident that we have every chance to do it. next year zelenskyy said last week that the war returns to the white house. >> for his part, trump said last july that he could settle the conflict in just one day.

but he didn't, and still hasn't provided any detail on how he would do that. all this happening as russia's use of north korean missiles in the war is growing stronger. it's growing and manufacturers in the west are helping to make it possible to. cnn's nick paton walsh has more, but a warning. the video you're about to see is disturbing. reporter the living horrifically commonplace in ukraine. >> yet this series of homes in kyiv turned to rubble by something other not russian, but a north korean supplied ballistic missile. and made able to fly here to cause this barbarism killing a man and his four year old son by circuitry from the united states. reporter ukrainian officials told cnn ballistic missile attacks by russia were rising fast. 194 so far this year and about a third of them, at least 60, were using north korean

m23's. but these crude missiles part of growing aid as north korean troops also come to russia relying on a sophistication smuggled into the hermit kingdom investigators at this kyiv warehouse of missile fragments. it is a house of horrors. drones that haunt the night skies, rockets that tear down lives. they pick through the dust to learn how the killing machines work. here rebuilding a shahed iranian drone missile, a shahid iranian drone and a russian orlan reconnaissance drone. all things ukraine has been subjected to for many months. but key these north korean kn 23 missiles rely on, they say on components from the united states and the netherlands this box containing dozens of small bits of circuitry made by a household names in the usa or europe subject to sanctions globally but smuggled often via

china to north korea when you open all this up and find american components, how do you feel electronic chips and circuits take to russia may lead through north korea even china, as a middleman though ultimately they are u.s. design and make chip rustem umerov sonya massey summer lee. >> arlette saenz zach ertz malaysia rostock as the toll from these missiles deepens, ukrainian officials say the western firms need to be held

accountable. >> from thursday's russian launch of a new weapon to their growing use of purloined north korean missiles the global reach of this war grows. nick paton walsh cnn, kyiv israel conducted a deadly strike on a residential building in central beirut. >> the death toll is now at at least the eight story building. lebanon's national news agency says israel used bunker busting bombs, but the israeli military didn't give any warning ahead of the attack and hasn't actually commented on it. in gaza, the israeli military attacked and destroyed a mosque on saturday

and debris fill the air as people run. some of them were rushing to help the injured, but gaza's health ministry says in this instance, only a few people were hurt. but in other parts of gaza, the ministry says more than 100 people have been killed by israeli military operations over the past two days. meanwhile, the un's aid agency says 97 aid trucks were looted in southern gaza, calling it one of the worst incidents of its kind this is cnn breaking news breaking news coming to us. israel saying the body of an israeli rabbi missing in the united arab emirates has been found, and that he is the victim of anti-semitic terrorism. zvi cogan had been missing since thursday. in this video, you can see him in front of a kosher supermarket in dubai. the video was shot only on monday nic robertson looking at this for us from jerusalem. hi nick yeah hi, mark.

>> so it's understood that that was his kosher grocery store. rabbi zvi cogan was part of the chabad group. really a sort of a jewish community outreach group. his he had gone missing on thursday, and it was reported by his family to authorities in the uae, who then quickly started searching for him along with mossad and other israeli agencies. there was a real concern late last night that terrorism, terrorism was involved, and with the discovery of his body, of course, those worst fears have been realized. the government here, the prime minister's office saying that this is a heinous act of anti-semitic terrorism and the government will use all its resources, all means to bring those responsible to justice within, within the use of the law. so this is being taken very seriously here, but also taken

as a reminder for israeli citizens and the jewish community more broadly around the world, that anti-jewish, anti-semitic anti-semitism is on the rise and in particular in the case of the uae, the israeli government has has reissued its warning to citizens not to go there unless it's unless it's really necessary. and telling those israeli community members, israeli citizens there and jewish community members that they should avoid gathering in business and leisure environments where typically where typically the jewish and israeli community do gather. so that's a very, very clear warning. his wife, who is a rabbi zvi cogan's wife, is an american citizen, and she is the niece of another chabad rabbi who was along with his wife murdered in a terrorist attack in mumbai in india back

in 2007. so this, this chabad community is no stranger to this sort of terrorism. but of course it sends real levels of concern among the jewish community worldwide. and this commitment by the israeli government to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice within the reach of the law okay nick, thank you so much for that update well, still to come, a major breakthrough of the world's top climate summit. >> but why are so many nations unhappy about it? details ahead. much of northwest europe, facing severe weather. just up next an update on storm bert after it turns deadly in southern england is also your body. >> last one everyone. i asked myself, why doesn't pilates exist in harlem? so i started my own studio, getting a brick

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announced that brooke rowlands, a former adviser and current head of right wing think tank group, will be his agriculture secretary. now a las vegas police officer shot and killed a 43 year old man who called 911 for help. that officer is now on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. cnn's camila bernal has the story the family continues to speak out and describe this tragedy and what they're going through, saying they are heartbroken but also asking for the officer involved in this shooting to be arrested. >> now, this all happened when brandon durham called authorities on november 12th. he told dispatch that he feared for his life, said that he heard gunshots outside of his home. at some point in the conversation he also tells dispatch that he believes he knows who is outside of his home by the time officers arrive, he is now in a confrontation with alejandra boudreaux, and he is trying to get a knife from her. there is

this confrontation that is now then caught on police body cam video. but what's also caught on this video is the six shots fired by one of the officers that was responding. the family again is speaking out and describing how horrible this has been for them and for his daughter take a listen to what his sister said and how she described all of this he was everything to her and his life was ripped away. >> while she's down the hall in her room, while his his life is being taken from him. after calling for help like he is supposed to do, like a good citizen would do he's calling for help to get assistance, to try to defend his home, protect himself protect his daughter and we allndra boudreaux was arrested and is facing multiple charges. when she talked to authorities, she said that the two of them had a casual relationship and said that she was essentially suicidal and

wanted police officers to shoot her, but instead durham was the one that was shot and killed. we also know that according to the las vegas police, durham had made a call to police. the previous day that day, though alejandra boudreaux agreed to leave his home. so there's a lot of questions as to what happened the day before the shooting. now, the officer was placed on administrative leave and the attorney, the general counsel for the police association, the las vegas protective association, releasing a statement and saying that the officer was doing his job and did not intend to commit a crime. now, the family attorney on the other hand, is saying that this officer should not have used deadly force. they are, of course, seeing some support from the community. there was a rally at city hall in las vegas and many continue to call for this officer to be held

accountable. camila bernal cnn, los angeles the trial of a marine veteran who held a man in a fatal chokehold on a new york city closing arguments, which will be next month daniel penny is charged with manslaughter and cr criminally negligent homicide in the death of jordan neely last year penny told investigators he put nealy in a chokehold just after the homeless man started shouting at train passengers how long had he been on there before you intervened? >> i mean, he got on he whipped his jacket off. that's i mean, usually i don't crackheads, you know what i mean? i just kind of like to do the thing. but then he started threatening people. once he starts doing that, that's when you try to subdue him. yes i'm. i'm not. i wasn't trying to like injure him. right. i'm just trying to keep him from hurting anybody else. he's threatening people. that's what you. that's what

we learned in the marine corps. that's what you guys learn is in the cop. that's police officers. >> well, prosecutors say they don't believe penny intentionally tried to kill nealy, but argue he went, quote, way too far after holding neely's neck for about six minutes. a witness for the defense argued penny's chokehold wasn't fatal, but said a combination of factors led to neely's death. now a major breakthrough of the cop 29 summit in azerbaijan is nearly 200 countries have agreed on a new climate deal after days of intense negotiations saturday more than 30 hours past the scheduled deadline. as part of the agreement, developed nations have pledged $300 billion annually to help poorer countries tackle the devastating impacts of the climate crisis. the 11th hour deal comes after two weeks of bitter divisions and tense negotiations people doubted that azerbaijan could deliver

they doubted that everyone could agree they were wrong on both we never accepted that the task was impossible we knew that breakthroughs demand courage. >> we understood that reaching for the highest possible ambition is difficult and we asked everyone to be brave with the amount. >> however falls far short of the $1.3 trillion that developing nations say they needed to help them cope with climate change impacts that they by and large, didn't cause. the many are criticizing the deal as vastly insufficient this is an insult to what the convention says that the developing country is saying that it's taking the lead with $300 billion till 2035 is a joke and it's not something we

should take lightly. >> i do not think it's something we should clap our hands and force us to take it. i do not think so. i us president joe biden, meanwhile, praising the agreement as an historic outcome in a statement apparently referring to his successor president-elect donald trump, biden said quote, whilst some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution, that's underway in america and around the world nobody can reverse it nobody. >> joining me now from baku, azerbaijan is avantika goswami. she is the program manager for climate change at the center for science and environment. thank you so much for joining us. i mean, it was a very tense atmosphere, wasn't it just this just came down to negotiation, right? the richer companies wanting to compromise on how much money they were giving and the the countries really being affected by climate change, having not caused it in the first place, wanted more yes absolutely.

>> thank you so much for having me here. and you know, this moment is something that has the countries have been working towards for about ten years. it's been known that before 2025, a new climate finance target was due to be negotiated and the demands were placed very clearly on the table by the developing countries asking for 1.3 trillion. the majority of which about 600 billion should come from public money from the governments, the government budgets of developed countries. but what we have here in baku is an astonishing disappointment. um we see a commitment of $300 billion as a part of a larger mobilization of a 1.3 trillion vague target. but the from country governments. it's it's expected that other sources, like the private sector and multilateral development banks may play a role. so there's a lot less

predictability and certainty that these funds will flow to developing countries so this is, i would say, a historic moment, but it's a historic moment of disappointment because we have been waiting for this for a long time and essentially it locks us in for the next ten years to what is essentially an inflation adjusted sum of money equivalent to the previous goal of 100 billion, um, up many in, um developed countries who will be saying, you know, this is a tough time for them. >> the cost of living crisis economies are shrinking in america. there isn't the same focus on climate now we have a trump administration coming in, many would argue. so this was still a very generous sum in the in the context of that, when it could have been less absolutely. >> it could have been less. it could have been a no deal. there's no doubt about that.

and times are tough geopolitics are particularly difficult and one thing that we hear from developed country governments is that it's difficult to explain to their domestic constituencies and their domestic parliaments that we are here to, you know, sign off trillions of dollars of money to fund some climate projects in countries far away. but the reality is as the u.s. and the european union and other developed countries frequently say at multilateral forums, the climate crisis is here. it's the biggest existential crisis of this moment, and we are seeing the impacts of that, not just on developing countries and the poor world, but also on the rich world europe is facing massive floods, the u.s. is facing worse cyclones every year so what we need is essentially funding to help the developing world adapt and mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis. and if this doesn't happen now, because developing countries don't have the funds to do it, uh, it's going to make global efforts to address climate change much

harder, the impacts of which will be felt by the u.s., by the european union, by australia and their allies as well. >> okay avantika goswami, really appreciate your time and thank you for joining us from baku thank you. now coming up, texas is giving public schools the option of teaching bible lessons to children. why? critics say that's unconstitutional tribute. >> find out who will be named the cnn hero of the year. sunday, december 8th at 8:00 on cnn. some people just know they can save hundreds on car insurance by checking allstate first. >> like you know, to check your spelling first before taking off your shirts jane doe stew virginia. so check allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. >> i was so excited to buy my first home, but i needed a lot of work done on it. i went on to angie jaime was the first person to call. >> i explained to her some of the things i could do and showed her some pictures. >> he's resurfaced my flooring.

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after your first application, call the number on your screen. call one ( 800) 845-4316. >> i'm rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn the alarm about a controversial new school curriculum in the u.s. >> state of texas. the materials, developed by texas education officials and heavily infuses bible stories into its lessons. schools can choose whether to use it, but critics say it's unconstitutional for the state to play or to use public funds to promote christianity over other religions. in schools. rosa flores has the details

led effort to infuse christianity into public schools. >> eight seven the motion passes officials in texas approved a controversial public school curriculum called bluebonnet learning, that critics say disproportionately focuses on christianity. >> please don't know the days long debate at times becoming heated. >> please respect the rules. >> both sides voicing strong opinions, public schools are not sunday schools these biblical references do not constitute an establishment of religion. the texas education agency, defending its curriculum telling cnn bluebonnet learning incorporates multiple faiths and religious content, is a small part of the product reaction outside schools in houston, mixed kids need the bible. >> i just don't think it has a place in school. >> and while these controversial k through five lessons are optional, some are concerned the state funded $60 per student incentive could

encourage even some progressive budget strapped schools to adopt bluebonnet learning. >> there are better ways to spend that money than than giving it to schools that adopt this religious stance. this move in texas, i will now say a prayer and to be clear, students, you don't have to join i pray in particular for president donald trump coming just days after oklahoma state superintendent announced the purchase of over 500, trump approved bibles for classes across the state. >> we're not telling kids they have to pray, but we are telling kids they have the right to pray if they so choose. a group of oklahoma parents, teachers, and ministers filed a lawsuit against the state's top educator after he ordered the bible be taught in public schools the case is ongoing in louisiana. >> the legal fight over a law requiring the ten commandments be displayed in public school classrooms has been temporarily blocked. why is religion in schools such a flashpoint right now? >> well, i think it's one issue is because for republicans, it's it's an issue that mobilizes the base. >> mark jones a political science professor at rice

university, says president elect donald trump's push for christianity in schools. >> we will support bringing back prayer to our schools and his influence could help spread the bluebonnet curriculum to other states across the country, especially since the bluebonnet learning curriculum is open source. >> it's something that other states could adopt relatively quickly and relatively easily, and it's free. >> but like similar efforts in other states this one too is expected to end up in the courts and at least one advocacy organization says that it has attorneys ready for the legal fight. here's a statement from the americans united for separation of church and state quote, we urge all texas school districts not to implement this curriculum. if families learn that their public schools are using this curriculum, our attorneys are standing by and ready to defend their religious freedom. if bluebonnet learning survives the expected legal fight, it would be available for instruction during the 2025 2026 school year. rosa flores,

cnn houston of the texas state teachers association. >> she joins me now from atlanta. thank you so much for joining us just give us your view. so school teacher by trade, i can tell you that we we believe in teaching our students the the truth. >> and we believe that the, the, the >> and we believe that the, the, the new curriculum doesn't do that. we also believe that all of our students should feel welcome and included in our schools. >> and making one religion somehow more important than another is not what we want to do to our students. >> in this country, there's quite a tradition of having, you know, religious schools, but they're quite clearly defined. it is a church of england school or a muslim school, for example so you very clearly know what you're signing up for. so that's different from what they're

proposing here, right. because this is a general school where one religion gets picked up on yes that that is true. >> and that is one thing that is the biggest thing that is worrying us right now because our public schools should teach children facts about all religions or no religions, but it should not indoctrinate students into teaching a selected religion should not make students feel um, othered when when they don't practice the religion that is so being talked about in our schools. and we also believe that our parents have the control over the religion in their family and their household. and this infringes on that. >> um are you concerned there's an agenda here? i mean, obviously, any religion feels a duty to to grow and promote itself, but are you concerned that there's an agenda, perhaps within education itself

are going to have students that are feeling um, like they don't belong. >> and i think that is is one of the biggest things that is happening right now. um, we are getting groups feeling as if they don't belong in our communities. and that is not the united states. the united states is a place where all uh, are welcomed and all belong especially in our schools. uh united states and texas is a very diverse place and we should celebrate that and not make it to where that is something that is seen as some as something bad. and so as an educator um, making sure that our students are feeling welcomed is one of the priorities, but also making sure that our students are are learning an honest education. and some of the stories that are going to be taught especially to our kindergartners and our first grade students um, they may not understand that they are a

religious claim or story. they may see it as truth, and we don't want our students learning false information and believing it to be true. and that's one of the other big problems here is that the curriculum is not um, what educators would would want in their classrooms. and how do we teach that to our students? >> are you referring there to, you know, the legend that you you know, you find in the bible effectively yes. >> uh, you know, we want to make sure that our students know factual information that is going to prepare them for the world. and, and some of these stories, especially in the younger ages they may not know what is true and what is made up yeah. >> in terms of the legal challenges here, then there will be opportunities to challenge this and block it potentially. what are the plans for that and how confident are

you well we have we have several groups that are going to make sure that they are watching that and asking parents to make sure and report it and reach out but the issue for us as educators is ensuring that we have educator voice in what happens in our schools. >> we want people to pass curriculums and make sure that we are doing the best for our students listening to people that are actual experts in what happens in our schools. and this is not happening right now in texas. uh, the other thing is that this is being incentivized, and our school districts did not get money from the legislature last year, and this is one way where they can get money. so it's also being sort of like they're being bullied into using this curriculum, but they're being very clear, aren't they. >> all sides in this this does come down to individual choice. no one is being forced to receive these readings. for example well, if they're being

if a district chooses to use this and they're being incentivized by the state giving them more money, if they use it in a time when districts need more money. >> um then the curriculum will be used in that school district okay. >> ovidia molina really appreciate your time, and thanks for joining us. so early in atlanta today. thank you and we'll be back in just a moment >> but what if we turned our disagreements into discussions conflicts into opportunities? what if we acted a bit more civil? you see civility can sweeten even the most bitter conversations. >> and it. >> sherm we know people and businesses work best when we choose civility. so join me. join me in starting 1 million civil conversations because civility is a language we can all understand do you have a

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glamor that the strip had to offer in vegas across the weekend. and for verstappen, the goal was simple crossed the line before lando norris and the title is yours and that's just what he did with a very steady performance throughout. verstappen starting and finishing in fifth, his friend and rival norris right behind him in sixth, and there were all the fist pumps and the hugs, the champagne celebrations all around as the 27 year old, in the end became just the sixth driver to win the drivers championship four times. >> as a team, you know, we kept kept it together. we kept working on improvements and yeah we pulled over the line. i mean, uh incredibly proud of everyone what they what they have done for me. and, you know to stand here as a four time world champion is, of course something that i never thought was possible. so yeah, at the moment, just feeling relieved in a way, but also very proud another title handed out stateside saturday. >> the orlando pride, led by the legendary marta winning the national women's soccer league championship for the first time

in club history orlando beating the washington spirit one nil in front of a sold out crowd in kansas city. the lone goal scored by the game's mvp zambia's barbra banda. and as for marta, another crowning achievement 38 years old, a six time ballon d'or winner, saying before and after this was the greatest match of her career. the cherry on top. she got to share the moment with her mom, who, after some last minute visa issues, was able to actually fly in from brazil and watch her daughter play in the u.s. for the very first time. very emotional moment there. incredible. in every other way. manchester city sudden decline in form now. five straight losses across all competitions. the first time that's happened in 18 years in pep squad. absolutely dominated from start to finish in front of their home fans by tottenham on saturday. james maddison scoring twice for the spurs in the first 20 minutes. then it was pedro porro, brennan johnson both finding the back of the net in the second half for nil. the final putting an end to city's 52 match unbeaten streak at home. and lastly for you, this morning, max and

anybody else who might not know a lot about college football here in america, welcome to the chaos number 21 arizona state hosting 14th ranked brigham young university arizona state had a five point lead with the ball in the final minute, meaning they should win. but on fourth down with seven seconds left, their quarterback launched the ball out of play to try and run out the rest of the time, and with that arizona state students rushed to the field to celebrate stadium crews started to tear down the goalposts for safety reasons, but hold on after review here. the officials determined that the ball actually touched a fan in the crowd with one second remaining, and because it was fourth down, the ball goes to byu so now that means everybody had to get off the field and when they finally did look at this byu heaving the ball toward the end zone, it was caught. but the receiver was tackled just two yards short of the score. so here come the students again. arizona state holding on to win a wild one 2823. the final max. we can't

get into all the details of what's happening right now in college football, but i can tell you it is just as crazy as it looks. >> back to you students breaking the rules. i'm shocked. caroline. thank you so much now it reads like a sci fi story, a robot turned kidnaper in china. the small ai powered machine apparently robots in a shanghai showroom to leave their jobs. security footage showed the bot talking to the taller robots, asking them if they wanted it go home. then the mastermind machine began to lead the captives away. the company behind all this said it was an experiment to see if a robot could command other robots without directly involving humans. so they sort of were involved. but in the end, no real robots actually stolen the getaway exit had been locked down in advance. kind of worrying. now face it, you'll likely never get a visit to planet mars, but you

can see a giant facsimile of the red planet in the historic painted hall of the old royal naval college here in london. spectators can gaze up at the spinning model made up of high resolution nasa images. each centimeter of the sculpture represents ten kilometers of the martian surface and it's probably no coincidence that it's in this building that the painted hall has paintings of mythological images, including the roman god of war, mars thanks for joining me here on cnn newsroom i'm max foster in london. for those of you watching in north america, cnn this morning. up next, for viewers elsewhere, going green after the break were being held hostage that was being led across the embassy compound. >> people were running up to me shouting death to america! >> the iran hostage crisis. how it really happened tonight at nine on cnn this holiday,

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