and testosterone among other things everyone who goes through a medical transition does this to some extent i have to be a bit more strict about it. >> strict because schreiner submits her hormone levels in order to compete. she's a star sprinter, a two time all-american, and has broken numerous school records on the women's track team at a division three new york college every time you get on that track and field, what's it like for you? >> it's stressful. there's an extra level of nervousness and caution because there's always someone outside who's kind of rooting against me. sometimes there's a group of protesters. it's a bit of a mixed bag because i like to celebrate. when i do better, but then i have to immediately prepare myself for the backlash. >> that backlash was front and center this election. >> kamala even supports letting biological men compete against our girls in their sports, with republicans reportedly spending

more than $200 million on anti-trans ads. >> now, president-elect trump promising his administration will prioritize a federal ban. >> we will keep men out of women's sports according to an organization that advocates for lgbtq equality in sports. >> fewer than 40 of the ncaa more than 500,000 athletes are known to be openly transgender, even fewer are trans women athletes. >> there are so few of us that are actually setting any records that are actually doing anything of worth that people will take those individual moments and blow it up and out of proportion to create fear out of nothing. and my biggest fear is that someone's going to try and attack me while i'm on the field. >> but some democrats are also wrestling with what rights they should have. democratic congressman seth moulton telling the new york times recently, i have two little girls. i don't want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete. >> what do you say to the people who maybe have complete

empathy for your situation? >> right want you to be your authentic self, but have a daughter that they don't want competing against you? >> if you want me to be my authentic self, then you probably wouldn't also be scared to have your daughter compete against me. no one's at risk. part of the problem is it's been so politicized that being trans is not different than being a cis man. >> what do people not realize taking that medication does to your body? >> my body conducts itself, produces muscle, produces body fat. even just how my bones work, it is fundamentally changed because of my hormones. i'm now slower than i was in middle school. >> schreiner says she tries to tune out the critics and is hoping to transfer to a division one school, but with more states banning trans women from competing, it's proving nearly impossible. >> this isn't like i just can't go to texas. this is like i can't go to half of the country. >> what is your hope to actually get accomplished ideal

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palooza this weekend. >> if you blinked, you likely missed one. as the president elect filled out pretty much all of the major cabinet positions left with only a few positions left open. his cabinet is basically filled out, and with that, the focus very quickly shifts from deciding who to pick to deciding how to get them all confirmed. the confirmation process that could take months and a process that typically includes fbi background checks but the trump team has yet to file necessary paperwork to get the fbi to conduct those standard reviews. trump's transition team has so far bypassed that step, instead using private companies to conduct vetting before announcing some democratic senator on the judiciary committee says is a major problem if they keep delaying on these background checks, we will have a delay in getting these cabinet officials

in and i don't want to have a as i've done in the past. and i can't do that without the background checks. >> cnn's alayna treene joining us now with much more on this. and you are getting new reporting this trump's team, what they are focused on, right now that's right. >> and you're donald trump moved incredibly quickly, far quicker than we've seen many past you know, president elects people in his position move to really fill out his core cabinet and get his firm picks in place. and now with cabinet picks left a lot of the attention at mar-a-lago is turning to how they can give assurances for some of the more controversial picks. and working with senators to make sure that they can go through their senate confirmation processes. now, one thing i've been learning is that some of these different people have been staffing up on their own. they're starting to broaden out the people who will be helping kind of shepherd them through that senate confirmation process. we know rfk jr.. has hired katie

miller. she is someone who she's married to. stephen miller, i should say the deputy chief of staff for policy or incoming deputy chief of staff for policy. but she also worked and led communications for mike pence in the last administration. other examples of that are also taking shape. we're seeing a lot of the attention now really turn to how they can get these people installed, rather than just being appointed nominees trump's picks that have been viewed as the most controversial things that i know. donald trump's team recognizes and are working on behind the scenes. that includes people like tulsi gabbard, who many people we've heard over the weekend kind of sharing their concerns over her ties to foreign leaders or her visits with foreign leaders that are deemed as quote, unquote enemies of the united states. but also the way that she views surveillance and her skepticism of some of the surveillance practices that have been pretty traditional here in government. then you also have pete hegseth donald trump's pick to lead the department of defense. he is

someone that many people in senate in the senate have argued may not be completely qualified for this. they've been questioning his credentials for the role, but also, of course, there is that police report that was published last week or excuse me released, that people had um, obtained different media outlets that kind of caught the trump team off guard, detailing sexual assault allegations against him. so there's a lot of controversy around some of these picks. and donald trump's team now recognizes they need to do the work before these hearings become public and really before they begin in earnest to make sure that people are feeling assuaged about whether or not these people are in the right jobs for for some of these roles. >> kate alayna treene, thank you so much, omar. >> all right. joining us now is cnn's senior political analyst mark preston. good to see you york times are reporting that this will be one of, if not the most ideologically diverse cabinets. i just i wonder how do you see that actually playing out realistically?

>> well, i think it plays out differently for for different paths. >> for instance robert robert f. kennedy's nomination to, you know, lead health care at hhs is going to have opposition from some republicans, perhaps. right. we talk about his views on abortion and really, the those on the hard right are certainly concerned about that. and you look at someone like tulsi gabbard again a democrat, i was i remember being with her backstage during the democratic debates and now she has embraced maga and, you know, concerns about whether or not she's been compromised as we heard, senator duckworth tell dana bash yesterday on cnn and then of course, you know, you got someone like lori chavez-deremer she's considered to be a pro, a pro-labor republican. you know she has co-sponsored very favorable labor legislation, you know, and then, of course, at the end is pete hegseth, you know,

drip, drip drip that we keep hearing about this incident from 2017, this alleged sexual assault. this is the reason why it's so diverse. it's diverse because these are folks who to the point haven't been vetted by the fbi but, you know, they haven't taken traditional paths in politics necessarily. they've all come at it a little bit differently or they've done it a little bit differently. >> and you know, being considered by the trump transition team is one thing. to even be appointed or nominated, i should say, to even get to this point. but then, of course, you got to be confirmed. and while i think a big question has been all right, which republicans are going to go here, which republicans are going to go there we have started to see some signs that some democrats are supporting some of who's been nominated or at the very least, are open to it. i mean, what is the democrats role in this confirmation fight if they're in the minority? >> well, they play two roles. one, they play the role as the minority and try to trip up everything that they can out of out of the president's nominees

from the political standpoint of things, i know people don't like hearing that, but politics is a sport. i mean, the reality is it's one one person against another person, one ideology against another ideology but in addition to that, though, in order for our government to function, they are going to have to support and very likely will support several of these nominees. nominees such as marco rubio, somebody who they've worked with. you know, for, you know, many, many years in the united states senate, someone like him, you know, so, uh look, the democrats are going to have a very difficult time, and it's going to be very frustrating for them. a lot of people think that donald trump has lost because matt gaetz is out at this point. but matt, matt gaetz was just was just another matt, i like to say in government, the fact of the matter is donald trump can put any of these people or put anybody into these cabinet positions as long as they do what he tells them to do. it doesn't matter who's in there and one of the story lines we've seen in this process as well is, of course, whether the fbi will actually conduct background checks on some of these folks is something that

the trump transition team has to agree to. >> they haven't to this point. and we've seen folks like senator amy klobuchar, but also really in a bipartisan basis, call for this. i mean politically what why wouldn't you do something like this, especially if your audience is going to be the u.s. senate right? >> well, a couple of things. the fbi is eventually going to do it or do some of it anyway, because the united states senate is going to ask for it. what this is going to do is that it's going to slow things down because a lot of this groundwork won't be done. can you imagine the fbi starts looking into some of the backgrounds of these folks until they get an official ask from from congress? i mean, that would be devastating to them. but what it does show is the deep distrust of washington and donald trump's deep distrust, his personal distrust of of of the intelligence state. so to speak, doesn't trust the fbi, doesn't trust the cia, doesn't trust anybody in government. >> and we could see that manifested in a potential appointment for the head of the fbi. but that's a long that's

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with the brothers being almost resentenced or even immediately left out of left let out of this habeas corpus hearing is. >> sure, kate good morning to you. so what happens is habeas corpus. what does that mean? what does it mean? they're detained improperly and should be sprung in essence, right so what happens is that a status conference what you're going to learn is where are we? the judge is going to want to know what's the universe of how things look and what does that mean? since the petition was filed by the outgoing prosecutor, there is an incoming prosecutor who is set to take office on december 2nd, and as a result have a lot to say with respect to whether they should be freed. so i think the judge wants to get a sense of whether the incoming prosecutor has evaluated the totality of the file. what more time do you need? will you be supportive or not? i think it's maybe too early to tell incoming prosecutors said they want to review transcripts, meet with the families take a look at things. but certainly all

indications are december 11th, the incoming prosecutor said he wants to hold firm to that date, which would be the actual hearing with regard to whether they should be sprung or not from jail. a lot of support they're getting from celebrities family itself has mixed reviews, some within the own family say it's cold blooded. keep them in. and of course, the d.a. and others say the time has come. new evidence suggesting that there was this abuse there. and as a result of the abuse, perhaps it's time to look anew at whether they've served their time 35 years plus, and whether that would be appropriate when you when you talk about the the evidence that this new evidence the defense says it bolsters their allegation that sexual abuse was at play here and was the motivating motivation for their actions this was evidence that it was not presented at either of the two trials. >> what does the judge need to consider with this now? >> so what happens is, is that a lot has changed since then, right. just brief timeline. we know what happened in 1989, right? that is the murders

there. then arrested in 1990. right. there was a mob hit et cetera. they go to trial initially, and when they went to trial 93, there was this evidence presented of sexual abuse. the jury hung right. they both had separate juries. the jury is hung when it was represented in another case in 95, that evidence of sexual abuse, a lot of it was kept out as a result of that. they were then convicted so here we are. the judge now has to evaluate and looking at this new evidence, whether or not the sexual abuse played enough of a it's what we lawyers fancy term called mitigation. does it explain why you acted in that way and the judge is going to look at punishment deterrence and rehabilitation is the punishment of 35 years. is that appropriate? have they been significantly rehabilitated? that was what the d.a. said. the district attorney that they've done a lot in jail. they've got multiple degrees. they've helped other prisoners. so perhaps rehabilitation will carry really the day here and say we're okay, you're good. you can get let out. you've helped. so many people. you've educated yourself. and then of

course, deterrence. is this enough of a deterrence for other people not to commit crimes? knowing you might be out 35 years later? >> the one thing that has remained continued to stick out to me is the outgoing da in october said that there's no question that a jury today would look at this case probably very differently than a jury did 35 years ago. that's what you're talking about here. but if that is a consideration as part of what could potentially lead to a resentencing for these men, what could it mean for other cases from around other cases and other convictions that continues to i don't that's a critical point it could mean a lot because, you know times and circumstances change right? >> just public opinion changes. we've had the metoo movement right. women. i'm mad as heck. i'm not going to take it anymore. and there's a feeling that it doesn't excuse. right. the fact that there were two killings here of the mother and father, but it explains the mindset. and so the difference in circumstance is that look, sexual abuse is not a good thing, right? not appropriate

never appropriate. i think the feeling is such that if that did occur and there's evidence which suggests it did, perhaps we should look at the case anew and render a sentence proportionate to what occurred back then. but other cases, as a result, to be clear, could be reopened with the same argument as to again not excusing any explain the mindset and maybe getting a sentence proportionate to what actually occurred. >> super interesting. let's see. let's see what comes of today. and then december 11th especially. we'll be back at it. thank you so much joey. >> thank you kate. >> always so a long running chinese cyber espionage campaign and one that's targeted some of the most senior u.s. political figures in the country. now, telecom executives are getting involved to try and help help them boost defenses and it was a blockbuster weekend at the box office and a weekend that has spawned a new super hyped movie duo, wicked, wicked and gladiator two coming together

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networks, but it is part of a much larger, much broader infiltration of us critical infrastructure. >> i think right on cue there. i think we still have you as soon as you started talking, your screen went out. so hopefully that's just a normal technical difficulty. chris, if telecommunications companies, the regulators, the u.s. intelligence agencies? i mean, where where can you improve sort of the defense infrastructure here if you're sort of assessing what we've seen. so far i think the issue is that in the united states, cybersecurity is a team sport, and it's a very cliche term that we've been throwing around in the industry for decades now. >> but the regulatory authorities do not extend far enough to to really adamantly require security posture from a range of critical infrastructure. instead, we have a corporate responsibility. and i think that's in part what you're se the white house call senior executives from telcos in saying, hey, what help do you need? what more do you need from us? what more can we

provide to you? and i think that's going to be the real challenge going into the next administration is how do you balance regulation? how do you balance the responsibility of industry and social and corporate responsibility to get those security outcomes we want? because, look china is super aggressive here. they are preparing for war. and what are we doing to to rise to the challenge chris. >> we're going to try to refresh your signal to get you back in a second. here but but over this campaign season you know, we saw a lot of this. and you know, if you just look at the trump side of things, todd blanche one of trump's lead attorneys, had his cell phone tapped by chinese hackers, but also chinese government linked hackers also targeted the phone communications of donald trump and jd vance. obviously, there's a lot of attention when it com new reality of cyber espionage? that the dynamic that this dynamic not only will be prevalent, but should really be expected at this point well, i think you have to separate it into a couple different things but to your first point, there is a large espionage component

here that is just steady state. >> this is what intelligence services do. they hack into networks they try to get information on political figures, political candidates leaders in the state department, the intelligence community, the finance, the, the treasury department. that is steady state and should be expected. we have to prepare for that. we have to do better securing our networks there's a larger component here as i mentioned. china is preparing for war. they are looking to infiltrate our most critical of infrastructures. the power grid, the water systems yes, the telco systems. so that if they do make a design or a decision to move on said, he wants to be ready to move militarily by 2027, that they can fire a first shot that's digital. they the u.s.. instead, they can knock us off our posture and our position so that we can't rise to the challenge to go support taiwan and the war is

effectively over before it starts. so that again is the real challenge here politically in congress and in the white house. can we secure ourselves so that they can't take us down? >> i mean, it's a frontier that, as you know, is constantly, constantly evolving and you put it best that it is a team sport here. chris krebs, really appreciate you being here but i got to leave it there. thanks for being here all right. a new study. this seriously affect your health and the impacts can happen almost immediately. plus going back to my younger self and telling her that we get to do this writer engineer, self-proclaimed space gal emily calandrelli has now become the 100th woman in space. she's going to join us live to talk about that incredible moment. stay with us

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has wasted no time naming his presidential cabinet something that seems to be resonating well, new numbers into cnn show the president elect gaining a vote of confidence from the american people for his swift decision making, especially compared to his first presidential transition in 2016. that's why we've got harry enten slowly making his way back and forth to me. >> now i'm going to try and stay on my side of the screen. >> yeah. please do. please the space is safe for a reason. yes how do americans view this transition process now versus they did last time around? >> yes. >> mr. omar, take a look here. president trump's transition net approval. you go back to november of 2016. look at this. he was just at one point, just at one point that was well, well well below the historical norm look at where we are today significantly higher plus 18 points. that's 17 points higher on the presidential transition net approval rating. the bottom line is this if eight years ago, americans were lukewarm on donald trump at this particular point, they're

giving him much more of the benefit of the doubt. a lot more americans are in love with this transition. this much more meets the historical norms, where normally presidents get that boost coming out of their victory and what we're seeing here is donald trump's presidential transition is getting a thumbs up and, dare i say, two thumbs up from the american people. and you know, we're still in the appointment phase at this point. >> but it does give insight to sort of where this team is thinking to lead some of these key departments. of course, i mean, but how do people feel about the prospects of his presidency given the context of some of these picks? >> yeah, it's not just that they like what donald trump is doing right now. they're optimistic for the future. so again, let's compare ourselves now versus where we were eight years ago. and what you see eight years ago, 53% of americans were scared or concerned. the majority towards the upcoming trump term. look at where we are now. the shoe is on the other foot. 53% of americans are excited or optimistic. it's flip flop where a majority, a narrow majority eight years ago were scared or concerned about the

upcoming trump term. now, what we see is that the majority is excited or optimistic about the trump term. so what we're just seeing is very different numbers from where we were eight years ago, eight years ago, folks really were not that in love with the trump transition. now they are. and more than that, looking forward to the upcoming trump term. for eight years ago, the majority were scared of concern. now the majority are excited or optimistic. >> and look, i mean, the reality is for for these cabinet picks they've got to get confirmed by the senate here. and so i think rightfully so, a lot of concern has gone into okay where will republicans fall in supporting these picks since they are the majority but but democrats were also very opposed to trump's picks and his presidency overall in 2017. coming in. where are they now i think one word to describe democrats now, it's just they're exhausted. >> they're tired. you know, it's very hard being in the opposition. donald trump wears out his opponents and i think they've done that here. so democrats trump trump's win motivates me. in what way to do

things just 44% say to oppose donald trump. the majority, the 56%, either 46%. it doesn't motivate me at all, which i think is really the exhaustion pick, right? this is the plurality or 10% say it actually motivates them to support donald trump. together, these numbers get 56%, far higher than the 44% who say they oppose donald trump. the bottom line is this republicans very motivated by donald trump's win and compared to eight years ago, democrats just really really tired. they have just given up. we'll see what happens. right trump gets sworn in for 2024. >> i think a lot of people are exhausted after the election. >> i think a lot of people are exhausted. but this is really a very different picture from eight years ago. the american folks are much more behind donald trump than they were back in november of 2016. and democrats who are so, so rich in their opposition to donald trump eight years ago. at this particular point, they're just like, hey, i'm going to take a step back. all right harry enten everyone, appreciate you being here. >> thank you being here and staying over there, that's distance is good. kate. >> so this morning a new report

shows there's new evidence of the dangers of vaping that vaping has an immediate impact on vascular health. and oxygen levels. even when the e-cigarette does not contain nicotine cnn's jacqueline howard has the details on this. she's joining us now. jacqueline, what are you learning from this study kate, we're really learning two things that happen as soon as you vape. >> researchers found that number one, you see decreased blood flow in the arteries. and number two, you see decreased oxygen uptake by the lungs. so these are two immediate effects that researchers say happen. and in this study, what researchers did to come to these findings is they looked at 31 healthy volunteers who have a history of smoking or vaping and they examined each person immediately before they smoked or vaped, and then immediately after they smoked or vaped and after they vaped these findings. and even though this research right now, it's just being presented, it hasn't been published in a

peer reviewed journal, for instance. but researchers say they're putting out these findings to really encourage for more studies to look into this. they say that this doesn't seem to be tied to nicotine because they saw these effects even when smokers were not vaping nicotine so it's something in the e-cigarette ingredients. according to the researchers that must be having this impact on the body and you're talking about these. >> the scary bit about this is this is an immediate impact that it's having. but what does that also does it say anything about the long term risks and effects? >> well, that's what researchers really want to look into because the lead author of the study, doctor marion abbott, said this in a quote. she said if the acute consumption of an e-cigarette can have an effect that is immediately manifested at the level of the vessels, it is conceivable that the chronic use can cause vascular disease so in a nutshell, she's saying that these immediate effects may give hints to what could be happening long term. so again

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working right now to assess moscow's latest military technology. >> after russia fired a new type of missile on central ukraine. nick paton walsh has the very latest from dnipro. >> well, it was the dead of night here that people in the dnipro saw the extraordinary scene on their skyline of that multi warhead russian missile experimental. according to us officials. and here a children's rehabilitation center where some of the debris from the attack that night indeed landed children were here at the time still broken glass from the ground below me. and really it's these vulnerable ukrainians are on the receiving end of the broader geopolitical message that russian president vladimir wanted putin wanted to send the parts of the debris of that missile on display to news agencies in kyiv today, a select amount clearly kyiv trying to show the world exactly what technology was used against them and there is, of course, going to be a lot of forensic attention as to exactly what those missile

parts indeed show. there appears to be a consensus that this was a hypersonic missile, and it was one with multiple warheads non-nuclear, indeed vladimir putin suggested that it can potentially get through all western air defenses, and i'm sure that the parts on display will be pored over to see if indeed, that provides any clues as to whether this is a technological leap by russia or not. but still here, the message itself and terrifying surely, for those who saw multiple different fragments raining down on them from above and the damage still here palpable in the freezing night nick paton walsh cnn to dnipro, ukraine thank you, nick, for that reporting this morning, russian forces captured a man from the uk who they say was fighting for ukraine in the kursk region. >> it comes as russian president vladimir putin continues to send thousands of troops to the front lines and says russia will continue to test and begin mass producing the hypersonic ballistic

missile that it fired at ukraine last week. joining me now is retired army major mike lyons. we're going to talk about all of this. i want to pick up sort of in the types of missiles that we're seeing. obviously, we talked about the the arrest, the hypersonic missile that was used first in the dnipro last week. but i just wonder what what do you assess as how that changes things on the battlefield or just sort of what you're seeing right now? >> so here's why that's different. >> that's called a mirv multiple independent reentry vehicle. and what happens is one missile gets fired from russia, but it hits multiple different targets up to ten within that system the mirv system, it was designed for nuclear weapons virtually unstoppable one one rocket can't take it out on one because of the multiple different ways it can enter the atmosphere. they fired it conventionally. they used conventional warheads to do that so that was the that was kind of the message that russia was sending to ukraine, that we've got this capability to do that fire. it goes at hypersonic speed, can't shut it out of the sky it's definitely a new weapon system introduced to the battlefield that's going

to give ukraine a lot of problems and, you know, this comes after the united states allowed ukraine to start using its army tactical missile systems. >> atacms longer range firing here. they hadn't provided it to ukraine in the beginning two years of the war. now we see that dynamic changing. how do you see that dynamic changing sort of the the the offensive or the counteroffensive? >> so what will allow ukraine to do is attack fixed targets that russia couldn't move before atacms is going to give them that more range up to, let's say, 175, 200 miles inside of russia and in the past they had moved some of those mobile targets around. now fixed targets, ammunition dumps, clear military targets there are going to be targeted here. now, the drone technology that ukraine has still goes a lot further than that. it's just that the atacms provides a combat punch that's really significant. that will be very damaging to russian equipment there. >> and i should note that atacms came after we saw the deployment of north korean troops in this region. the

kursk region. this is also where we saw ukraine actually make some gains into russian territory as well. and of course, here's some of the info on the attackers missiles. but i want to shift regions a little bit from israel to to lebanon because as we're learning, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has approved an emergency seat, an emerging sorry cease fire deal with hezbollah in principle, according to a source familiar. still, a lot of things to work out on that front. but context wise, how do you view a potential cease fire deal between israel and hezbollah regionally? maybe in comparison to one that i think has been further out of reach between israel and hamas? >> this one makes sense because military objectives seem to be accomplished moving hezbollah troops north of the litani river, for example, inside of lebanon. it's important from israel's perspective, for the world now humanitarian aid can flow in back to lebanon and help there 60 days. these things always count on mechanisms that make them enforceable bring other countries in, potentially to enforce them. so. so israel has no choice really. they have to

accept these conditions. let's see how the mechanisms work to make this cease fire enforceable or not. if hezbollah continues to fire rockets inside of tel aviv, these cease fires in the middle east often go to go to the wayside. >> and i guess along those points, you know since the let's just start with the israel-hamas war began, there have always been concerns of wider regional escalation, and we've seen that at points, you know, some strikes back and forth between iran and israel themselves based on conflicts that we've seen here. is there a pressure point at this point that concerns you most, given the progress that we've seen with with hezbollah, at least from what's been reported, the issue is israel, as they tried to cordon these off to three separate conflicts between gaza and hezbollah and iran. >> the question is, what does iran do? do they now retaliate for what israel did a few months ago with with striking their nuclear facilities? what what does iran do? because they can also take this cease fire and make it not workable as well. they can provide pressure on hezbollah in order to keep attacking israel. so as israel, again, they're trying to

compartmentalize things into three separate locations. but but iran is the wild card. if they decide to put pressure on hezbollah, then this whole thing falls apart yeah. >> look, a lot of factors to keep an eye on, but anytime we can report news of progress or a cease fire, i think it's a good day. really appreciate you being here thanks. all right. on our radar this morning, a shocking moment out of the university of washington. take a look at this. phd student tyson ramirez trapped inside his car for 90 minutes after a massive tree collapse, crushing his vehicle and pinning him inside. tyson says he gave the people who pulled him out of the car a hug right away. okay. feels fair. he'll definitely be extra thankful at the thanksgiving table this week. also hollywood saw a big boost at the box office over the weekend with wicked leading the charge. the film alongside gladiator two, helped generate $270 million worldwide. wicked now holds the title for the biggest opening weekend for a musical adaptation of a broadway show, passing into the woods. while gladiator two set a record for the largest november opening day for an r-rated film and an american

trailblazer received a special honor over the weekend. retired major general marcia anderson was honored as the sponsor for a combat ship, the uss beloit. anderson is the first black woman to achieve the rank of major general in the u.s. army reserve in 2011. this is what she had to say about the honor but then the weight of it kind of hit me that, you know, when you're the first, you have a responsibility to get it right, because the people that follow you are going to have to walk in your footsteps and you don't want to leave them a bad legacy and make their lives harder. >> so in many ways, that's what i felt you know, after i was promoted. and then i was grateful to all the people that went before me the ship was named after the city of beloit, wisconsin which is also anderson's hometown after 37 years of service, she retired in 2016 as deputy chief of the army reserve so there's also this another historic launch for blue origin

with a crew in it. >> it launched six space tourists to the edge of space and back friday on board the first married couple to go to space together now twice and also tv host emily calandrelli of netflix and youtube fame. she made history as now the 100th woman to go to space here's how she described the trip immediately upon returning to earth, the landing legs deployed. >> i immediately turned upside down and looked at the planet. and then there was so much blackness. there was so much space. i didn't expect to see so much space and i kept saying like, that's our planet. that's our planet. it was the same feeling i got when my kids were born and i was like, that's my baby that's my baby. and i like, had that same

feeling where i'm like seeing it for the first time. >> i'm feeling the emotions with you right now. emily calandrelli joins us right now. it is great to have you here. um, thank you for coming in. i mean, your reaction in space and afterward really was just everything. i mean you've had a couple of days now, i guess maybe to process the experience. how do you describe it? emily i mean, i don't know when you come down from this high this is the best thing that i have ever experienced. >> second to watching my kids being born. and i think this is the beauty of sending more women into space is that we get to describe it in a way that moms can understand that women can understand because i've never heard anybody describe space like that and to me, thatl feeling this discovery, this joy. but also a little bit of fear involved. it was like so many emotions intertwined and look, this is not only

amazing for women, not only amazing for everyone to see, but you are such a rock star when it comes to bringing girls like girls and little girls and boys, but especially in my household of girls, you are bigger than any name of any bold name, politician or whatever that i've ever interviewed. >> they were like, you're interviewing emily from emily's wonder lab. can we come to work with you? so your ability to the way you teach and speak and the energy and passion that you bring to the work is just a totally different way of describing it. what does it mean for you and your life's work to now have this additional awesome label of now, the 100th woman to enter space incredible honor to be a bookend on this milestone for women. >> that was hard fought and hard won by all of the women that came before me. but i also see my mission of going into

space beginning right now. like the the work begins now, because now i want to bring this view, this experience, this joy and awe to all of those girls that you mentioned, all of those kids that watched emily's wonder lab. so that they can have that inspiration and want to reach for their big dreams to astronauts that i've spoken to in the past, and it's always stuck with me because i myself have wanted to experience it. >> is this the overview effect of the overview effect of the view from above? when you're up there and you look back at earth in the in the vastness of space, how it changes people, do you? is that what you think you've experienced tell. >> i feel like i've seen the ocean for the first time, or the grand canyon for the first time. and i think when you have those incredible travel like experiences, even though this feels like it was multiplied by

a thousand, it takes some time for that to sink in. so now i think i need to do the work of of writing writing about what i saw and my emotions and creating content about it to really figure out what it means to me. i think to be honest, it's too soon to tell well, i'm looking forward to those writings. >> i did want to bring up, because we were talking about how great this is for women and girls. and as i was, i knew that we were speaking today. i was looking at some of your your postings yesterday and something that that really disappointed me. and angered me was that you had you posted that there have been some inappropriate reaction to your spaceflight writing about how men almost immediately started sexualizing your reaction to the flight what happened yeah. >> you know, i think when you look under the carpet of the internet you are going to find some dusty crumbs. and that is embarrassing for them. but if you go to my page and you look at the comments on my video that i posted you will see

walls and walls of positive comments from other women other moms who found somebody who described space in a way that they could relate to, and they are sharing in my joy and my awe and my excitement and i'm focusing on that. >> i think that's a great way to focus not on the smallness of those people who decided to take it. the wrong way. you talked about this is kind of the beginning step for you, kind of like step one of the next chapter. you've made a career of making science fun and accessible. what what do you think you can do with this? what can you how can you bring this to the work? now i am trained as a professional speaker, so i am already going into classrooms and doing assemblies and going to universities, and i already have all of that set up as part of my career. >> and so now i have this aspect of my story that i can share it with. one of the reasons i was able to go into