>> plunged into political chaos. we're following breaking news out of south korea, where the president moments ago said he will lift the martial law. he declared just hours previously. we'll take you live to seoul. plus, a fight over the future of beijing and washington locked in a battle that could decide who controls the building blocks of the future global economy. >> and police now say a hawaiian woman. they were searching for actually went to mexico on her own. the family, though, has its own questions about how and why she left. we're following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central we have breaking news. south korean president yoon suk yeol is backing down, saying that he's going to lift his martial law order. and this comes after

the country's parliament voted to unanimously block that decree that he had made. and after the president's own party urged him to drop it. >> the declaration led to huge swarms of protesters hitting the streets of seoul demanding that he lift the order. many demanding the president's resignation. let's go live to the scene in south korea's capital with cnn's mike valerio. mike, what are you seeing well, we're seeing people in shock and dismay occupying this block, which is right in front of the national assembly one of the scenes where this drama played out, where as you mentioned, all the members of the national assembly or many of the members of the national assembly come back and unanimously vote to overturn and suspend martial law instituted here in south korea. >> so let's push in and show you some of these protesters. there were hundreds of people before, you know, when we were on boris and brianna earlier in the evening i would say about three hours ago, we saw two

military vehicles that were trying to get out of here. one of the pieces of good news that we've been able to report since we were on the air. we saw troops members of the military who were positioned up and down this street again, one of the main streets of seoul, one of the main avenues looking to the beautiful national assembly all of those military assets seem to have dispersed after that unanimous decision from the parliament, and after we heard from south korea's president that yes he was going to back down. now, what we're waiting for the cabinet has to come in of the presidential administration and simply give the rubber stamp and say, okay, this is all over, but it seems to be you know, a palpable sigh of relief. people still honestly befuddled boris and brianna of how this happened we have the south korean president giving a speech over live tv unannounced, saying that from his point of view pro-north korean and anti-state forces were working to overturn the

government and infiltrate the state. and we're all kind of wondering, what is he talking about? very unclear. no specific pieces of evidence. and people who you talk to are wondering some more things how did the president even decide this how did he take us down this path? it's such a sensitive, of course tributary of south korean history. wrapping up here, because this is the first time since 1980 that martial law was instituted right after the korean war this is a place where dictators ruled essentially, we have 28,500 american troops who are spread throughout the country. a crucial american ally stability here is key. so we seem to be breathing a sigh of relief. but need to hear from the president about why he did this and what is next for us. and brianna and mike. >> what about his future? he's so unpopular, as you have noted in your reports, can he survive this politically you know, so

many rules of politics have been rewritten over the past couple of years. >> it seems unlikely that he will be able to survive, but his critics would say that he does thrive on drama and taking a tough stand, especially against north korea and being a fighter so who knows? unable to answer that question before the sun rises, if he will resign, so many people want him to. will he survive it seems unlikely, but we're buckling up here in east asia. it remains to be seen. >> mike valerio with the latest from seoul. thank you so much for that update. let's bring in cnn political and national security analyst david sanger. david, thank you so much for being with us. one of the outstanding questions here is why south korea's president would have taken this step of declaring martial law if he had all suspected that his national assembly including members of his own party even the leader of his own party, would vote

unanimously to overturn that declaration. what was he trying to accomplish you know, it's a it's a real mystery because it does seem as if he has made one of the great political errors you possibly could. >> you know i covered south korea back in the days when martial law was coming to an end in the 1980s and the population does not want to go back to that age when even the first presidents who were elected were former generals. and so the transition to a true democracy and to becoming the world's 12th largest economy, which is south korea's, um position today is something that south koreans of both parties cherish. and so how he thought he was going to get away with this is a mystery to me especially because as as one u.s. official noted to me

in his initial statement, 5 or 6 hours ago, there was no mention of north korea, of a threat to the sanctity of the state of south korea. this was all about a way to resolve political gridlock. >> yeah. i mean, to that point, how is the u.s. viewing this david? because a stable and democratic south korea is so important to america when it comes to commerce, when it comes to its alliances and its power in the asia pacific region, how are u.s. officials reacting well, first, they were shocked brianna, because they had gotten no advance notice of this, uh, which is, you know, violation of rule number one with your major allies. >> second, they viewed it initially as a huge embarrassment to president biden, who in may i'm sorry, in march of 2023, invited south

korea to be one of the co-sponsors ofnef the whe house democracy summits and the agenda calls for countering authoritarianism. so martial law doesn't exactly fit into that. you may recall that the biden administration, to its credit, brought south korea and japan together to help counter china and of course, north korea and considered that one of its major accomplishments in the indo-pacific and that was an initiative that ran through with with president yoon. but they were clearly worried about him just because of of the question of his political unpopularity. um they were shocked. today. i had text messages from administration officials who said their public statements were going to be pretty mild so that they could leave the president room to

back down. president yun, rumored to back down. and that's exactly what he did. and, you know, we'd all love to hear what those private messages to him were. >> david, i'm curious about the veracity of his claims. his justification for installing martial law, one of them being that pro-north korean operatives had infiltrated the state apparatus. now we've seen north korea conduct some international operations before. i think the sony hack is one example. kim jong un going after family members abroad murdering family members abroad. but is that a legitimate concern for the south korean government well, as i mentioned before, the statement said nothing about the stability of the south korean state. >> so are there north korean operatives or sympathizers in south korea? yes. of course. have there been since the war

ended in 1953? yes, of course there have been. and so what he didn't do was make the connection about whether or not those influences were actually a true threat to south korea. and, you know, the only threat to south korea from the north that i can see is, is a nuclear one, right? the north now has 60 or more nuclear weapons. uh, even mounting a conventional attack across the dmz would be hard for for north korea. so this seemed more like pretense in order to get the upper hand in, uh what i described before as political gridlock than any real threat to the south korean state. and in fact, i can recall many other moments when i think south korea's nascent democracy was more threatened in the late 80s and early 90s than it is today great perspective. >> david drawing from your

years of reporting there and watching in the last decades. david sanger, thank you so much thank you. >> great to be with you. >> back here in washington on capitol hill pete hegseth is meeting with republican senators who will decide whether he will become the nation's next defense secretary as he is facing some serious new allegations that could that will complicate the confirmation process. >> the new yorker is reporting that the former fox news host was forced out of two previous leadership roles, with veterans organizations for allegedly being drunk on the job, multiple times. that's, among other allegations, according to a whistleblower report and other documents obtained by the magazine. let's take you to capitol hill now with cnn's lauren fox. as these key meetings get underway. lauren, are you hearing any indication from lawmakers about pete hegseth chances of confirmation? >> well, i would put republican lawmakers really in two different categories boris.

there are those who want a rubber stamp. donald trump's selections for his cabinet who believe that donald trump should get whoever he wants to serve in his administration. and then there are the members who really do take this advise and consent declaration. and the rules of the senate really seriously and have serious questions about this nomination. now, today on capitol hill hegseth came back and is meeting with a series of members who are serving on the senate armed service committee. we expect that those meetings are going to continue to take place into the afternoon, and perhaps even early evening. today but this comes after he did meet with a number of members yesterday who said that they didn't even push him on some of these allegations, that the new yorker and you guys just referenced. and so i think that that is really something to keep an eye on in the weeks. and days ahead. it's important to keep in mind that it only takes just a handful of republicans to derail his nomination. and i think that in

the reporting that i have been doing over the course of the last several weeks, there had been questions about hegseth and his involvement in these veterans groups, as well as questions about some of his past comments. he's made about women serving in combat. i mean those are issues that have come up repeatedly in conversations that he's been having with members. one other thing to keep in mind is that this is going to be a long and arduous road. obviously, we are still weeks away from any potential confirmation hearing that would happen in public, and you're starting to hear from some republicans that they want those fbi background checks for some of these nominees, because that is going to be a really important part of just making sure that these individuals are vetted. i heard that yesterday from senator susan collins in conversations i was having with her about what she thought of these nominees lauren fox, thank you so much for the update. >> let's dig deeper now with democratic congressman pat ryan of new york. he's a member of the armed services committee, and he served two combat tours in iraq. congressman, thank you so much for being with us

today. i want to ask you about pete hegseth. but first, there are some 29,000 u.s. service members stationed in south korea not to mention contract workers and their family members. what's your reaction first, to this declaration of martial law? the national assembly's response and now the president of south korea saying that he would lift this order. yeah. thanks for having me a lot to process here. >> obviously, in a short amount of time one of the first things i learned as an army intelligence officer is the first report isn't always necessarily full or accurate. excuse me. so i think it's important to take a breath here i'm very encouraged by what appears to be the backing down of the president. but we're watching this incredibly carefully. i'm proud to serve on the armed services committee. we're centering and thinking about those almost 30,000 brave american men and women under important for the american people to know under the able leadership of general lacamera, who's a commander there, who we've been briefed by multiple times. and i think

i'm optimistic we'll make it through what appears to be a turbulent time there. >> given that it is a turbulent time and that north korea and china appear to be getting closer to russia and it's a delicate time in that region. i'm curious what you think the approach from the incoming trump administration should be, given his previous comments about charging billions of dollars from south korea to maintain a u.s. troop presence there. >> well it's so important to center our men and women in uniform, especially in a situation situation like this volatility now in the asia pacific in ukraine and europe, in the middle east including, you know, just in the last few days in syria we need leaders cabinet secretaries that are serious qualified nonpartisan and i mean, just the coverage of mr. hegseth it's incredibly concerning and i think this should not be seen through the

partisan lens unqualified unexperienced, unserious and now mountain a growing mountain, i should say, of evidence to to be concerned about will a few republican senators not behave as partizans but actually act as patriots here and think about our troops? i hope they will. >> it would only take roughly four of them to go against his nomination to essentially upend it. i do want to ask you about a comment from wyoming senator cynthia lummis. she told reporters, quote at a time when americans are losing confidence in their own military and our ability to project strength around the world that pete hegseth is the answer to that concern. now, polls do show that confidence in the military has hit its lowest point in two decades. i wonder why you think that is and why there's a belief among some that someone like hegseth can buck that trend and turn it around. >> look, i was part of serving in our our two longest wars in

our country's history. i served in iraq, and i think there's an important distinction between respect and appreciation for our troops. and those in harm's way who are following the orders that they're given versus some of the senior leadership whether appointed or or, you know up senior military officers there's good reason to have healthy skepticism about our failures and shortcomings in those two wars. but it's been so infuriating to me, frankly, to see the politicization of our military especially by president trump and by folks like pete hegseth, who i think, um, whatever their intent is there, what it's done is put our service members who take an oath to follow the orders they're given as long as they're lawful, it puts them right in the crosshairs of a political battle when that's so counter to our whole founding principles and our constitution of an apolitical military with civilian oversight and now we're seeing that trust erode we have to build that trust

back up and hegseth would unequivocally do the opposite for a whole bunch of reasons. >> what about the argument that a president should have in his or her cabinet, whoever he would like? >> i think that goes counter to just the the history and the founding principles of our country. the checks and balances captured so importantly and powerfully in the constitution, the senate now has to really have full investigations and if the transition team doesn't do it, they should demand full impartial investigations. and this is again, go back to our troops this is what we owe them, especially the secretary of defense. such a serious position. it holds the lives of our our precious lives, our young men and women in uniform, in their hands. this has to be a serious, apolitical process to your point about investigations and background checks, there are some senators that have expressed an openness to forego what's become a standard part of the process. >> these fbi background checks,

should that prevent any nominee not having an fbi background check from being confirmed? >> i don't know that it has to be by the fbi, but it should be seen as an independent objective nonpartisan, apolitical background check. i mean, i went through this for my top secret security clearance. everybody that has been through that process understands the sort of sacred nature of the trust that comes with a security clearance or such a senior position as secretary of defense. and we have to maintain that trust with especially those that raise their right hand and take this oath that's that's what we owe them. >> finally, congressman, i want to get your reaction to some of the criticism that we've been hearing from fellow democrats about president biden pardoning his son, hunter biden. do you believe, as some democrats have expressed, that he put personal considerations over his repeated vows to uphold the rule of law? >> yeah, i think it was a major mistake a disappointing mistake, one that erodes that

same trust that's so foundational to our our democracy. um i have two kids. i get it on a personal level, but we have to hold our elected officials both president biden and president-elect trump to that higher standard, whether it's about pardons, whether it's about appointments or any policy or political decision that they make and that's, again, there's such distrust right now, especially in a district like mine, a very purple district. that's what i hear over and over from people is, is that distrust? and it's our job as elected officials to rebuild that trust. >> congressman pat ryan, we appreciate your service. we appreciate you being here to answer our questions. thank you so much for joining us. thanks for having me. appreciate it still ahead on cnn news central, the race for tech dominance. china banning the sale of materials crucial for the production of semiconductors and electric vehicle batteries to the united states. here. what prompted this move and the potential consequences for the economy of the future? plus, the lapd saying they have new video that

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going on. tell us what's happening here, sean. >> well, brianna this is really an escalation in the trade war between china and the u.s. and it comes, obviously, as president trump is poised to take power, and he's promising a steep increases in tariffs. >> so this is kind of further ceding that ground. and what we saw today from china was an announcement that they are going to block some shipments to the u.s. of critical minerals that are used, like you said, in just about every walk of life we're talking about electric vehicles. we're talking about weapons systems. and that's a direct response to what the commerce department on monday here in the u.s. announced against china that export controls to china in some of those same areas were being restricted. so it's very much an escalation, a for tat. and it all comes as u.s. officials are increasingly concerned that china could invade taiwan in the next several years. so that is where it really matters in terms of how this technology is being used. it's the two biggest economies in the world fighting over scarce resources and their

fight has the potential to send shockwaves through the global economy. >> brianna, what's really at stake here? what does this come down to as they're battling it out? >> right. it comes down to how these competing chips are used. you know you're talking about advanced weapons systems that can be used to target, uh people in the pacific. and elsewhere where china and the u.s. could have a potential conflict and you're talking about breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, where we've all seen some of the rudimentary ai that's being used now in five years, that's going to make that look like child's play. so china and the u.s. want to want to have a leg up on each other on that. brianna. >> all right. sean thank you for the reporting. we appreciate it. boris. >> and russia's war on ukraine. a cnn team was on the front line with ukrainian soldiers fighting inside russia's kursk region, an area that's been taken by ukraine. their ukrainian soldiers told us they faced a quote unlimited supply of russian fighters. one

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on her connecting flight to new york police say that she hung out in la for a few days before video captured her walking into mexico with her luggage. no cell phone but seemingly unharmed ryan kobayashi family just issued a statement about the investigation, saying in part, quote, our family remains hopeful that hannah is safe and urges everyone to continue the search. >> we want answers and a resolution that ensures hannah's safety and urge law enforcement and the public to stay focused on finding her to avoid speculative conclusions. let's discuss with bobby chacon, a former fbi special agent. sir, thank you so much for being with us. what are your thoughts about how the lapd is handling this case? do you think they acted appropriately or something they missed and should have done differently i think they did a superb job. >> i mean, from the moment she landed in lax lapd has established her whereabouts each day from the eighth to the 12th, when she was seen walking into mexico. now, i mean she

was seen all around la. they have video of her unharmed by herself seemingly doing the things that a tourist does around la. who wants to she was seen at the grove, which is a popular outdoor shopping center. she was seen outside a nike event. she was seen in a bookstore. the lapd has put her whereabouts all around. i'm seeing terms like vanished or this woman disappeared. she did anything. but i really pushed back on those assertions she. the lapd, has laid out a timeline, and you can see her almost each day doing something by herself, unharmed around la. there's no sign of foul play. there's no sign of the crime has taken place. >> but they haven't interacted with her. and i wonder if that is key to this just being sure that she is safe, that she is mentally healthy and that she's not in any danger. how important is that three days into her trip to la. >> she was seen back at the airport at elie honig talking to a ticket agent at lax. they've obviously interviewed

that ticket agent to see what her mindset was about. my feeling is she was probably trying to get a cash refund for the portion of the trip from la to new york that she didn't take, because she was going to mexico the next day. and that was on the 11th of november and the 12th of november. she was seen walking into mexico without a cell phone. so she presumably wanted cash for that trip. this is a 30 year old woman who stopped talking to her family. that's what it is. we don't have any sign of any other crime taking place other than a cryptic text message that the family say they have, but this woman for whatever reason, there's an old post of hers that said she wanted to disconnect from the modern world or whatever, so she left her cell phone behind. um, she's on a walkabout, maybe. and i know that this is very difficult for families to um, to deal with, but this is a 30 year old woman. there's no sign of a crime. lapd has a huge caseload of of cases that these detectives have to deal with. and until a crime, you know, there's some semblance of a crime, some evidence of a crime taking place. um in this case,

i, you know i hate to say it, but this is a 30 year old woman who seemingly just stopped communicating with her family it's all the more striking bobby, given that her father died by suicide and became very involved in the search for her. >> i wonder how you factor that into all of this. could it be some kind of an indication as to why this all took place yeah boris, i think i think you're exactly right. >> and it's exactly what i thought when i heard the father committed suicide. you know, 4 or 5 days after he arrived looking for her that, to me, is an indication that there may have been issues in the family. and, you know, i would think i would look as an investigator. i would look heavily into those family relationships and what happened because it's unusual to spend such a short time looking for your daughter. she hadn't turned up, you know harmed yet. um, and for you to take your own life in that situation um, you know, i would really look into the family dynamics in this case, um, and

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warm up the relationships, get to know the people and we know that with president trump, it becomes very personal. so having that personal relationship with the president elect, especially with somebody like elon musk in his ear, and keep in mind, elon musk has wanted to fight literally fight mark zuckerberg before will be very important for mark zuckerberg especially because meta faces a federal trade commission antitrust trial this next year. it's a historic one. it was actually brought by the trump administration, as they're trying to potentially break up. meta. and because of their acquisitions of things like whatsapp and instagram that may cage match, that never happened perhaps, perhaps trump will make it happen at the white house. >> who knows. hadas gold, thank you so much. next, how an iconic pizza chain is fighting sluggish sales and increasing competition by redesigning its restaurants using high tech. stay with us i'm rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta this is cnn. >> you'll love this centrum

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were down 1.5% last quarter, which is kind of unheard of for mcdonald's. the sales are always going up. and let's think about the last year that mcdonald's has had. they had the e coli outbreak. that was a huge hit to traffic. all of the customer complaints about the prices the videos on tiktok, people are really kind of frustrated with this company right now. and then there's all the competition. there's kind of these fast food value wars right now all of their competitors are dropping prices. applebee's chili's, you know, they're offering discounts. so mcdonald's is in some trouble right now. and it's turning to the mcrib to try to bring some energy back. >> you said something that surprised me. honestly. honestly, i didn't realize the mcrib was made out of pork. it was a bit of a mystery to me. nathaniel peanut shaped, pork shaped pork yeah. it's got, like, bones, bone. it looks like bone. >> it looks like it. >> i would eat around it just in case. nathaniel pizza hut is

also making some changes to its restaurants to try to win us over. what can we expect from these new snappy pizza hut designs yeah, quite a quite a day in fast food, guys so yeah, take a look at those images on your screen of this new pizza hut in texas. >> it's the first of its kind. it's got kiosks. it's got a kitchen in the middle. kind of like a chipotle. when you go into chipotle, you see them making the burritos. it's got the drive through line. it's very much kind of in line with where the fast food industry is right now. and it's honestly it's a bit cookie cutter, isn't it guys? i mean, that could look like any other restaurant chain mcdonald's. where is the red roof? where is that red roof of pizza hut? that that there used to be there. >> they're raising the roof. i like your hot takes nathaniel. i like what's your hot take on the mcrib? >> i've always loved pizza hut. ever since i was a kid. i don't know, i would go to the restaurant anyway. that buffet. >> well, this is for the other

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