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peace is possible. >> the fighting across the lebanese-israeli border will end if hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal israel retains the right to self-defense, consistent with international law. >> ten hour travel day, but only for the holidays. >> we've had more success going to the airport than driving on thanksgiving. >> holiday travel is paying the pain in the. >> this was intended to be a periwinkle from the very start. the fact that some people think it's not a periwinkle, and it could be a poop emoji well, that's up to you to make your decision live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and christina macfarlane hello. >> and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'm christina

macfarlane. it's wednesday november 27th. it's 9 a.m. here in london, 11 a.m. in lebanon, where a new cease fire agreement between israel and hezbollah went into effect. a few hours ago. but already the israeli military is saying soldiers opened fire in lebanon at several vehicles to prevent them from reaching a restricted area, causing them to withdraw. now, the idf did not say where the incident took place this was the scene in central lebanon a short time ago highways packed as displaced residents make their way south despite warnings from both countries that it's not safe to return just yet. some residents near beirut waved hezbollah flags in celebration of the ceasefire agreement. the lebanese capital southern suburbs are known to be a key area of support for hezbollah. well, the ceasefire is based on a 2006 un security council resolution, and the u.s. and france will help to enforce the deal let me be clear. >> if hezbollah or anyone else

breaks the deal and poses a direct threat to israel, then israel retains the right to self-defense consistent with international law. just like any country, when facing a terrorist group, pledge to that country's destruction u.s. >> president joe biden also says the white house will build on the agreement in lebanon to make a renewed push to ceasefire in gaza. more now from cnn's arlette saenz in massachusetts president biden hailed this ceasefire deal between israel and hezbollah in lebanon, hoping that it will bring calm to at least one front of the conflict in the middle east. >> the president said that the deal, which was set to go into effect on wednesday morning, would lead to a permanent cessation of hostilities. this comes after the u.s. was engaged in negotiations for months to try to reach this agreement with amos hochstein a senior white house official, speaking with israeli counterparts and also lebanese counterparts who were mediating

on behalf of hezbollah. president biden said he spoke with the prime ministers of lebanon and israel on tuesday. and here is how he characterized his vision for this agreement. >> let's be clear israel did not launch this war. the lebanese people did not seek that war either, nor did the united states. but lasting security for the people of israel and lebanon cannot be achieved only on the battlefield. and that's why i directed my team to work with the governments of israel and lebanon, to forge a cease fire, to bring the conflict between israel and hezbollah to a close. >> president biden said the u.s. will also engage in a new push with israel qatar, turkey and egypt to try to secure a hostage release and ceasefire deal in gaza. a senior administration official said that they believe that this end, this ceasefire in lebanon, could potentially be a game changer in those talks relating

to the conflict between israel and hamas in gaza. they are hoping that this might push hamas to change some of their demands in the negotiations. of course, president biden has made clear he wants to try to find an end to that conflict in gaza, to get hostages back home to their families and more humanitarian aid before he leaves office. arlette saenz cnn traveling with the president in nantucket massachusetts let's go live now to abu dhabi and cnn's paula hancocks. >> and paula, since the ceasefire went into effect at 4 a.m. local time this morning, we have just been mentioning there that there have been reports of israeli gunfire in the hours since. what more are you learning about the circumstances around that and whether this truce is holding well christina, it certainly appears to be holding at this point. there is this incident, though that we've been told about from the israeli military saying that they fired towards vehicles which were driving

towards a restricted area and they said that those vehicles then turned around and went the other way. we're also hearing from the israeli defense minister that potentially referring to the same incident, saying, in light of hezbollah militants entering keilah, which is an area just along the border with israel, that the idf has been told to act forcefully and without compromise if need be, saying that if they see hezbollah fighters moving towards a restricted area, they should try and detain them. and if not possible, they can fire upon them. so that part is is similar to what we have heard consistently from israel, saying that if they saw or they believed that the the cease fire proposal was, was being violated in any way by hezbollah, then they reserved the right to respond. now, this is one individual incident at this point we will wait to see

whether there is any further response to it but for the most part, what we are seeing is a ceasefire holding, and it is a 60 day ceasefire, which all those involved hope will then form the basis of a more permanent truce between the two sides. now we are seeing in southern lebanon or coming towards southern lebanon many cars, according to state media. and we're seeing seeing the images forming traffic and moving with entire families back to their homes in southern lebanon. it's something that the the lebanese officials are saying delay your return to these areas the israeli military has said that that people should not move back to southern lebanon until they are given the all clear. and the reason for this is the idf is not expected to leave southern lebanon immediately under this deal. they have to leave southern lebanon and leave lebanese territory completely within the 60 day ceasefire and

we've heard from one senior biden administration official that they do not want to leave too soon in case there form some kind of vacuum. they want to make sure that the lebanese military who is tasked with patrolling this area, along with unifil and the un peacekeepers and making sure that hezbollah does not reform and rearm, they want to make sure that they are in place and they have been strengthened before. they fully withdraw. now we're also not seeing much of a movement in northern israel at this point. we know that tens of thousands of residents were displaced there after october 8th of last year, when the the hezbollah rockets started flying. and there isn't a a blanket approval in israel of this ceasefire. it did pass the security cabinet with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tend to one. but there was some criticism from the more far right elements of his coalition.

we've also heard from some mayors in in towns in northern israel that they believe it was too soon, that they are concerned that the threat from hezbollah has not been completely eradicated. so there is certainly optimism that this ceasefire has been put in place, but it is cautious optimism on both sides of the border at this point, hoping that it can hold christina. all right paula hancocks there with the latest on this ceasefire. just a couple of hours old now, paula, thank you now, u.s. president elect donald trump has announced more picks for top spots in his new administration. a notable choice is jamieson greer, set to serve as u.s. trade representative. he served as chief of staff to the trade representative in trump's first term. when the president signed on to the us-mexico-canada trade agreement and implemented high tariffs on china and those could return when trump is back in the white house this week, he rattled key trading partners

with the threat of punishing new tariffs not just against china, but also against america's neighbors canada and mexico. he's claimed the taxes on imported goods would be retaliation for illegal immigration, crime and drugs entering the u.s.. mexico's president is warning that one tariff will lead to another risking a trade war and putting shared companies at risk president trump. >> president trump threats and tariffs are not the way to address the migration phenomenon or drug use in the united states. >> claudia sheinbaum called for cooperation and shared understanding instead. in a letter to trump and the canadian prime minister, also taking a diplomatic approach, justin trudeau said he and trump recently spoke about some of the challenges they can tackle together the reality is we're going to continue to work constructively with the incoming administration to protect canadian jobs, to protect canadian growth to take the responsible approach that

isn't steeped in partisanship, that pulls together the team canada approach that stands up for canadians. >> instead of throwing our arms up and saying all is broken like the leader of the opposition. >> well, the big fear, of course, is that a back and forth tariff hikes will lead to an all out trade war, and consumer prices will consumers will pay the price. cnn's vanessa djokovic explains which goods could soon become much more expensive. reporter a trade war is brewing. >> we're going to tariff the hell out of them. >> the casualty, the american consumer. we're going to see higher prices. on his first day in office, president elect trump says he's putting a 25% tariff on all imports from mexico and canada. china will get hit with an additional 10% tax on top of existing tariffs. the reason trump says incentive for these countries to stop the flow of migrants and illegal drugs coming into the u.s., i suspect we'll encounter some new headwinds that our industry

will have to navigate. mexico, canada and china are the united states key trading partners. the u.s. imports the majority of cars and car parts from mexico, so the price of your car could go up. shares of the big three u.s. automakers all finished lower, with gm down nearly 9%. america's top import from canada is oil. the tariffs could send gas prices up 25 to $0.75 in some regions and the u.s. imports a lot of electronics from china. in addition to sneakers, toys, sports equipment and furniture. for example, china makes a sneaker, a u.s. company buys it, pays the import tariff, and then makes a choice. eat the cost or pass it to you before the higher tariffs announced monday night. americans could expect to spend $2,600 more each year under trump's original tariff proposal. inflation is expected to rise by 1%. u.s. retailers like steve madden are already moving production out of china to beat

the tariffs and keep prices low for u.s. consumers, small businesses don't have that same option. there isn't really an easy solution beyond passing that cost onto consumers. >> small businesses are very much uniquely challenged. i don't have the option of calling up jamie dimon at j.p. morgan to do a bond offering to build a factory. >> and then there are retaliatory tariffs, which could also impact u.s. businesses who export to other countries. mexico's president hinted at that very notion tuesday. reporter one tariff will be followed by another in response and so on until we put common businesses at risk. there are people that support president-elect trump's tariffs, but mostly in his inner circle elon musk says that tariffs are highly effective. billionaire bill ackman says that tariffs can be used as a weapon to help achieve foreign policy political and economic outcomes. and then there is

trump's pick for treasury secretary scott bessent, who says that he supports targeted tariffs but thinks that excessive tariffs or blanket tariffs could actually hurt the economy. vanessa yurkevich cnn, new york. >> now, with thanksgiving just a day away in the u.s., this is set to be the busiest year for holiday travel ever. cnn's pete muntean has more on the travel rush. >> reporter the thanksgiving travel rush is already off to a blistering start from roads to transit hubs to airports where the transportation security administration has already screened more than 5 million passengers since the start of this week. >> ten hour travel day, but only for the holidays. >> we've had more success going to the airport than driving on thanksgiving. holiday travel is playing the pain in the by the end of tuesday, another 2.8 million people are expected to pass through airports

nationwide, with 2.9 million expected on wednesday. >> the busiest day for air travel, leading up to the holiday. there are going to be days where we are just at full capacity in all triple a predicts 80 million people will travel 50 miles or more over seven days. a forecast extended from five days for the first time. >> what we have noticed is that a lot of people, because they have that remote hybrid flexibility now leave at different times. so tuesday and wednesday afternoon are going to be very congested on the roads. >> the early start may not stay easy for long. airlines are watching snow in the forecast for some major airports like denver, as the federal aviation administration is warning of potential flight delays due to a shortage of air traffic controllers. united airlines says in a new memo that faa issues at its newark hub have impacted 343,000 passengers. this month. >> faa chief mike whitaker if we are short on staff, we will

slow traffic as needed to keep the system safe. >> even still, the federal government is monitoring how airlines perform with new refund rules in place for the first thanksgiving rush ever. airlines now owe you automatic cash back if your flight is canceled or significantly delayed by more than three hours. >> any airline that failed to proactively offer refunds to passengers could be in violation of federal law. >> the new pressure comes as a just released senate report shows airlines made $12 billion over five years by charging for so-called junk fees, like seat selection and carry on bags. it's insult to injury on what's to be another travel rush. for the record books. >> the airlines are relying more and more on these junk fees as a source of revenue, and they are obscuring them very often. you as a passenger won't know how much you're being charged until after you buy the ticket. >> airlines insist that separating out fees has made

tickets themselves. cost less, though triple a says the average price for airfare has gone up about 3% compared to a year ago. the good news is, for those 70 million people hitting the road, the cost of driving has gone down. the average price of a gallon of regular gas is now $3.07. pete muntean, cnn, reagan national airport. >> well pete mentioned there that airlines are keeping an eye on the snowy weather conditions in denver and it's for good reason. here's what it looked like on tuesday on interstate 70. and mother nature appears to be serving up more unappetizing conditions for the holiday. meteorologist elisa raffa has the forecast. >> well, we got rid of one travel headache for the thanksgiving holiday week, but the other one is already starting to brew for wednesday. >> your travel delays continue to work their way east. we'll find some possible hiccups over parts of the central plains getting into the tennessee valley as our next potent storm continues to develop. we got rid of one from tuesday again. here comes the next one where

we could have some rain and snow impacting the rockies. parts of the midwest. and then by thursday this thing really flourishes and explodes with some rain and snow up in the northeast. could have a couple of inches of snow for parts of interior. new england. and then that rain stretches from new york down to d.c., charlotte atlanta, even down towards new orleans. much of the southeast will have a pretty soggy thanksgiving. then after that it gets cold. high pressure comes in and temperatures will start to nosedive by black friday. so your travel forecast again will have some hiccups across the rockies. but some of that snow as that storm develops across parts of the midwest by thursday really shifts to some of those big cities along the east coast from new york, dc atlanta down to new orleans with rain and snow impacting travel, we could find some hiccups at airports on thursday. if you're doing any last minute traveling by thursday morning, things will be wet along that i-95 corridor and then by friday you'll find some snow. really impacting

parts of the new england area, where we'll have a couple of inches of snow possible in maine. so it's a soggy go for your turkey day. rain for that macy's thanksgiving day parade will find the showers stretching down the east coast, and it gets really chilly behind this front some of the coldest temperatures of the year. so far. that cold air coupled with the rain will leave temperatures stuck in the 40s. during that parade in new york city on thanksgiving day all right still to come, donald trump promised big changes to us immigration on the campaign trail. >> but can he actually make it happen? we'll tell you the blueprint he's looking to for answers. plus, an attempt to de-escalate tensions in pakistan following the latest clashes between security forces and supporters of jailed former prime minister imran khan. and later, a new tourist attraction in china that has sure to make most daredevils bucket list and many others avoid at all costs

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heading home despite warnings not to return just yet. one of the fbi's most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the uk after 20 years on the run. daniel andreas, san diego, a suspected animal rights extremist, was wanted for multiple bombings in california in 2003. the 46 year old was arrested monday in wales and now faces extradition and the traffic citations against miami dolphins wide receiver tyreek hill have been dropped because one of the police officers, who pulled him over in september failed to appear in court. this video shows officers pulling the nfl star out of his car and placing him face down in the road after he did not immediately comply with their commands more now on our top story this hour. right now, the 60 day cease fire between israel and hezbollah is in effect, but already the israeli military says its soldiers opened fire in lebanon to prevent vehicles from reaching a restricted area. although they didn't say where the

incident took place, this was the scene in central lebanon earlier as unending, an unending line of cars heading south as displaced residents rush to go home. this, despite israel and lebanon's army urging them to delay their return. well, the new ceasefire deal calls for israeli ground forces to withdraw from lebanese territory and lebanese government forces to regain control of the hezbollah held area, and us and france will work to ensure the the agreement is enforced. and president joe biden has been praised, praising the deal. >> i applaud the courageous decision made by the leaders of lebanon and israel to end the violence. it reminds us that peace is possible. say that again peace is possible as long as that is the case. i will not for a single moment stop working to achieve it now for the first time, moscow is admitting the efficacy of ukraine's attacks with us made

missiles. >> on tuesday russia's defense ministry acknowledged that two of ukraine's recent strikes using atacms missiles hit their marks in the kursk region. one strike damaged a radar system and caused casualties and a second damaged infrastructure on an airfield and wounded two servicemen. last week, ukrainian forces used the u.s. provided longer range missiles for the first time to target military infrastructure inside russian territory. but for ukraine the fighting grinds on as the war approaches the three year mark, the outlook seems bleak for one unit in pokrovsk that is so low on infantry, it's resorting to drones instead. nick paton walsh has more and a warning some of the video in his report is graphic. reporter they're running out of time. space and people. night is killing time for drones. >> they've switched on the anti-drone device because of the threat around here. this ukrainian drone unit of just two hunting, but also hunted. i

think i hear a drone inside. inside inside. is it a russian drone? is it one of theirs? they don't know, but they have to carry on yes, yes. dogs are not friends. their heat signals can give their launch spot away to russia's thermal cameras. they close in on the target. a house jamming hits the signal but they fire anyway. russia advancing too fast here. south of pokrovsk in the east. to miss any chances the skyline speaks of how pokrovsk is in russia's crosshairs. ukraine is short of manpower but it is so bad here they say they must rely on drones, not infantry, to slow a brazen russian daylight assault like this one. still, some elie honig to be

drawn sophie raboud to tomo doge to zain asher no brendan carr cargurus russell vought julian alcala. watch how the first russian tank here is relentless. a trump presidency and possible peace talks loom. do they even have time for that? here to help us is arizona markwayne mullin arivaca the newly appointed momentum doge term lee zeldin moment. talk here is abnormally negative with weeks of costly and chaotic retreat on film like these ukrainians hit when they're mistakenly told this building didn't have

any russians in it this house has an encircled ukrainian drone unit without any infantry to help fight advancing russians. so they send a drone to fly just 30m across the street yeah yeah. >> to say some arivaca not sasabe asieh namdar. >> jussie smollett but so russia andrew serwer ukraine. across center of civil war. >> russian troops savage in the assault. this footage shows a local in orange who has shown russians where ukrainians were hiding. they are led out

and shot while face down part of a pattern of surrendering ukrainians executed, say prosecutors investigating this incident. a fortnight ago pokrovsk key site bombed. but so far spared russia's trademark devastation. it is possible, some say moscow is moving so fast it thinks it will spend the winter here. nick paton walsh, cnn outside pokrovsk, ukraine. >> well, salma abdelaziz is joining me here in samoa. i think that report from nick just lays bare how bleak the situation is in pokrovsk for those ukrainian soldiers many of them as we saw there. so isolated. but the question is how bad is the situation now reflected across the entire eastern front? and is there a danger? in fact of that front collapsing, given what we're seeing? just to go back to nick's excellent reporting, because you have that soldier

yes. >> laced with profanities is his statement, but he really lays out what is happening on the battleground. he says, i'm alone. that's because there is simply not enough men on the ground fighting for ukraine they are desperate for more soldiers. he's run out of resources. he's relying on drones. that's despite billions of dollars being poured into the country. they are on the back foot. russia simply has the larger arsenal. the larger number of weapons, the bigger number of troops on the ground. and they are also on the back foot in places that they believe they were going to be gains. and i'm speaking here of kursk russia, on the other hand, is absolutely gaining momentum president putin has accused ukraine of using those atacms in kursk. that is something that president biden has approved. these u.s. made long range drones, but the consequence of using those from president putin has been high. he's lowered the nuclear

threshold. the nuclear doctrine in the country. he used those experimental ballistic missiles a few days ago on dnipro. and he is pushing perhaps harder than ever to regain areas where nick paton walsh was, of course, in the east of ukraine. but also to regain kursk. all of this happened as the g7 was meeting these last 24 hours, meeting alongside ukraine's foreign minister, trying to reassure him that they have his back. take a listen we're determined that ukraine has the money, the munitions and mobilized forces to fight effectively in 2025 or to negotiate but from a position of strength but you hear there, of course, secretary, secretary of state antony blinken. but this administration is of course on the way out. and that's what everyone is preparing for on the ground. you have two parallel realities, almost, that were taking place yesterday. the g7 foreign ministers meeting in italy promising to do what it takes for however long it takes. but

on the ground soldiers that nick is speaking to, preparing for that very real possibility that they could be dragged into a negotiation room. >> and what blinken was saying there doesn't speak to the realities of what nick is seeing on the eastern front, right now. as you say, ukraine seems to be readying themselves for the the eventuality of a peace deal what that is going to be remains to be seen. trump is so unpredictable but the trump administration, as far as we know are involved at this stage. are they not in having some communication? >> there is communication. we understand the extent to which trump has authority or does not have authority is unclear he is not in office yet. of course we are still under president biden that means he has the final say but i think when you are looking at those final decisions, like allowing those long range missiles to be used, the atacms to be used, that sort of throwing a bone to the ukrainians, saying, try to dig in the trenches trying to improve their position on the ground. but it's not enough. president

putin is also ramping up his arsenal. we actually have reports that those ballistic missiles, many of them coming from north korea, the factories in north korea that are developing them. well, they're expanding. so not only now is president putin getting more troops from north korea, he's also potentially getting more weapons from north korea. his arsenal growing his gains on the ground growing. ukraine, of course struggling to hold on to anything it really is a concerning picture, isn't it? >> salma thank you our u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, is in italy, where he's expected to meet with the pope today he met with foreign ministers of g7 countries earlier this week amid the escalating conflicts in ukraine and the middle east. as we just mentioned these international concerns will likely be up for discussion during blinken's meeting with pope francis in the vatican city. cnn vatican correspondent christopher lam is joining us i guess this meeting with blinken is as much about bookending the biden presidency as it is looking ahead to the next

yes, that's right, cristina, we are seeing the first images of the pope's meeting with secretary blinken this morning. >> he also met with vatican officials, top of the agenda will be global conflicts of course, the pope and the biden administration having some quite significant differences over the war in ukraine and in gaza the pope calling for ukraine to negotiate a peace, even to as he said in an interview, the courage to raise the white flag, which was controversial. the pope also saying that allegations of genocide should be investigated in gaza. so quite significant differences with the biden administration, but broadly speaking, president biden and the pope have worked well together. the president, of course the second catholic president, has had a warm relationship with pope francis. of course, this is, as you say, the back end of the biden administration. it's a chance for secretary blinken to say

goodbye to the pope and, of course, now a more uncertain period opens for the vatican with the second trump term about to commence. >> yeah, and there are likely to be significant differences as well between the pope and the trump administration, between trump, i'm thinking perhaps chiefly of the issue of migration. where do you see this relations going during this the vatican, trump's second time around? >> well, look, pope francis's vision of the world is really very different from president trump's, as you mentioned, migration. the pope has made welcoming migrants an absolutely key theme of his pontificate he says the exclusion of migrants is totally wrong and of course, president trump is planning to deport migrants. so there's a major tension there. also on climate change, pope francis has made protection of the environment a key topic of his pontificate. so i do envisage potential for major

disagreements. it's also complicated by the fact that a lot of catholics in the united states voted for president trump, and some catholic leaders are supportive of trump different in a way to pope francis's position. however, the vatican will try and work with president trump's administration and perhaps on ukraine. the war in russia's war in ukraine, which president trump has pledged to end and which pope francis wants to see end. there may be room for some kind of collaboration we'll have to see. christina. >> all right. christopher lam appreciate it. thank you now, notre dame cathedral in paris will reopen its doors on december 8th. more than five years after it was engulfed in flames. the church was restored. painstakingly. and its bells rang out for the first time earlier this month investigators are still unsure of what caused the devastating fire in 2019, although they believe it was accidental. but very soon, people will once again be able to visit the 850

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