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sending a new state of the art drone detection system to her state. but she says congress and the white house can do more. cnn's julia benbrook is in washington with the latest on the federal government's response to these mysterious sightings. >> following the uptick in reported drone sightings in the northeast. there are still a lot of unanswered questions, but homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is looking to assure the public that there is no known public safety threat and that his team is closely monitoring any developments. he also says the agency is in close coordination with state and local authorities. during his most recent comments about the drone sightings, during an interview with abc that aired earlier today, he said that the federal government has deployed additional personnel, resources and technology to help new jersey state police address the drone sightings. now, while mayorkas has said that there's no question people are seeing drones, he has also said that

the technology has confirmed that at least some of those drone sightings are actually small manned aircraft. he is calling on congress to act to help them address future situations, asking them to extend and expand the government's authority when it comes to drones. >> we are working in close coordination with state and local authorities, and it is critical, as we all have said for a number of years, that we need from congress, additional authorities to address the drone situation. we want state and local authorities to also have the ability to counter drone activity under federal supervision. that is one important element that we have requested, and we've heard it echoed by the state and local officials themselves. >> mayorkas was asked about president elect donald trump's social media posts suggesting that the government could shoot down the drones in response to that, mayorkas said that there

are some agencies within the department of homeland security and outside of the department that could do that, but that they need those authorities expanded as well. now, throughout these investigations and during these drone sightings, mayorkas has continued to say that his team is not aware of any direct national security concerns tied to the reported drone sightings. but he has pledged to provide an update if his team sees any cause for concern. >> all right. julia benbrook at the white house. thank you. several several key picks for president elect donald trump's cabinet are trying to build support ahead of possible uphill confirmation battles, the source telling cnn. trump's choice for secretary of defense pete hegseth is expected back on the hill this week. robert f kennedy jr., who trump tapped to lead the department of health and human services, is also expected to be meeting with senators. cnn reporter steve contorno joining us now from west palm beach, florida. steve. look there. we're going to have to see how this process plays out. but of course, senate republicans in

the spotlight here to see if they will go along with trump's picks or if any of them will buck trump here. >> that's right, jessica, we started to see last week this sort of pressure campaign building around some of trump's picks, trying to get these republican senators on board, certainly joni ernst, the senator from iowa, was one of the targets of that came and today campaign. and today, we're seeing senator thom tillis from north carolina suggesting that these allies of trump should back off and let some of these these nominees, even though they're controversial, pass on the merits. take a listen to what he said pete hegseth had a good week this week on capitol hill. >> i'm working with kash patel, the members are not really swayed by these. if anything, they could create a structural problem for future nominees if they overreach. but i don't believe that it's coming directly out of mar-a-lago. i think it's coming out of groups. sometimes. they're there. they

have good behavior. other times they're out there to make some change and and get their name out there. >> now it's going to be another critical week for these nominees, because we are heading into the holiday just after this week. so we'll see how another week of pete hegseth on the hill, how he fares. he's obviously in a much better spot than he was just a week ago in the former president, now president elect donald trump, giving him a really good show of support this weekend by inviting him to join him at that army-navy football game just outside washington yesterday. >> and, steve, senator lindsey graham says pete hegseth told him that he's willing to release a sexual a woman who accused him of sexual assault from a nondisclosure agreement. what more have you learned about that possibility yeah, that's something we've been hearing for a little bit now. >> in fact, i think on caitlyn's show, kaitlan collins show, a little bit ago, his lawyer also asserted that

that was possibly in the mix. and today, speaking on the sunday shows, we heard that from senator lindsey graham as well, and said that he was told as much behind closed doors in one of their meetings. take a listen to what he said yeah. >> he told me he would release her from that agreement. yeah. i mean, just think about what we're talking about. i'd want to know if anybody nominated for a high level job in washington legitimately assaulted somebody. i've known pete for years. i met him in afghanistan. i've heard nothing but good things about his service over there. >> now, it's not just the sexual assault accusation that has been dogging this nomination. it's also his vocal opposition to women in combat, as well as his stated opposition to gay men and women serving in the military. and also his these rumors that he has a drinking problem. it is something that has certainly

resurfaced and has become a question, something that question has been that some of these republican senators have questioned him and asked him to actually abstain from drinking if he were to become the nominee. so, you know, it's just it's been a cascading number of issues. but like i said, he seems to have momentum at this point. and we'll see what happens in another week of hearings on the hill. >> yes. cnn senior reporter steve contorno, thank you so much. we appreciate that. and joining us now, former republican governor of arkansas asa hutchinson. he's also a resident fellow at the harvard institute for politics. governor, good to see you. thanks for being here. >> thank you. jesse. good. good to be with you. yeah. >> i want to talk first about what senator mitt romney told my colleague jake tapper earlier today about the republican party. i'm going to play a quick clip of that maga is the republican party, and donald trump is the republican party today. >> and if you were to ask me who the nominee will be in 2028, i think it will be j.d. vance. the republican party has become the party of the working

class, middle class voter. >> governor hutchinson, when you were running your presidential campaign, i know you were really trying to contrast yourself with donald trump and others. do you agree with what senator romney just said there? maga is the republican party well, to a large extent, yes, but i would disagree with him about 2028 that it's a foregone conclusion as to who's going to be our nominee and the president of the party. >> so president trump defines the republican party because he's the leader of it. and so his positions, his policies, what he says defines our party. but what's going to be a test is 2028. there will be a new referendum on the future of the party at that time. and it's still very early, but one of the key tests is will donald trump and his agenda be able to fulfill the high level of expectations that he's given the american people mass deportations, solving the

problem of inflation, pulling back on the united states leadership role. these are things that he has said he's going to do, including high tariffs. and will these work? will he be successful in that? and that will help determine the future in 2028? >> yeah, it will be really interesting to see how all of that plays out. if he can make good on those promises, that that probably is one future. if not, that's probably another. i am curious, though, if you think that without president trump as the head of the party, because he will be term limited at that point, you know, does he? does does maga continue to exist? has he remade the party in a way that will go? it will go on with him without him, even if he's not actively in office well, certainly with him setting up jd vance as senator romney has indicated, that is a continuation of the maga that

donald trump has defined for the party. >> again, it's a question of success. it's a question of new voices and how the competition flows between now and 2028. there is a lot of time to transpire. he's going to have a honeymoon of some kind. we've never seen a honeymoon in a second term. in my lifetime. we'll see how that goes. but that will determine the success of the maga movement and the change of direction of the party. and it should not be under over. it can't be overstated as to how much he has changed the party from no tariffs to high tariffs from america's leadership to america's withdrawal. these are significant, significant changes that we have to say. there's going to be another debate about that in 2028. >> they are significant changes. and yet he was able to win this election. what do you think that says about where americans are right now?

>> well, first of all, he's identified the pulse of americans. and so that's why he has momentum, and that's why he should have some deference. both republicans and democrats on trump's nominee should be substantive in their review of it. they should be deferential because the american people elected him. and he's, as mitt romney said, just simply carrying out what he promised. so we want him to be successful. but he's promised a lot, and there's going to be a test as to the level of that success, and there's going to be new challenges that you can't even anticipate now. and so we want him to be successful. i want him to be successful, even though i disagree with many of his policies. >> one of the things he promised, and he's repeatedly said since, since winning in november, is that he will issue pardons for some of those who took part on the january 6th insurrection. he's saying on day one of his presidency within minutes. what do you

think of that? >> well, i'm a former federal prosecutor. i believe in the rule of law, and i believe in pardon power as well. i exercised that as governor. but you don't do it in mass for an attack on our capital. and that's exactly what it was. it was an attack on our police and our law enforcement. people were hurt, people died. and so this is a serious matter. and there's one school of thought that he's going to weigh them individually and that's fair. but if he does a mass, all of the above, everybody that was involved in that, i really think that does a disservice to our jury system to respect for it and for the rule of law and for the support of law enforcement. so we'll see which path he takes. >> and another thing, speaking about mass doing things in mass mass deportations, of course, he's promised run on was

elected on. he started to kind of go through that, saying that they want to start first with criminals who are here illegally and they want to deport them first. but, you know, governor, there are a lot of questions about logistically, how would you implement mass deportations? how would you know? will he be using the national guard as he said he might? will he be using local sheriffs, things like that? what do you think? as a governor, you were a governor of arkansas. of course you had a national guard. what do you think about that? that potential option. >> well, jessica, first of all, i had that responsibility of border security during the bush administration. right. and so i know the challenge that is faced, and you don't need the national guard unless you are, in fact, going to do a mass deportation that is far above the criminal element that every administration has targeted. and so the national guard would

have a difficult responsibility, one, if they are nationalized, take it away from the governors of the states. and then secondly, going out there, assigning to arrest citizens, because either they have intelligence. now, if they're supporting ice, that needs more support for people who have already gone through the process and has an order of deportation, then that would make some sense, but is fraught with challenges. and we all want to have better enforcement. we all want to recognize that you have people who have overstayed their visas that came here legally and overstayed their visas, that are part of the illegal population that's here now. and so all of that has to be addressed, but it has to be addressed one humanely. but secondly, consistent with our law and, uh, and this is where donald trump is going to have some challenges, uh, going after the criminal element. there's nothing new about that. but going after those

that are working in our factories, working in our restaurants, then you've got challenges there from a legal standpoint and a humanitarian standpoint. >> all right. governor asa hutchinson, thanks so much for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. good to be with you today, jessica. >> thanks. straight ahead. chaos, confusion, destruction. after an suv drove through a texas strip mall, injuring several people. we'll tell you more about this when we come back. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn. >> the itch and rash of moderate to severe eczema disrupts my skin night and day. despite treatment, it's still not under control. but now i have rinvoq. rinvoq is a once daily pill that reduces the itch and helps clear the rash of eczema fast. some taking rinvoq felt significant itch relief as early as two days, and some achieved dramatic skin clearance as early as two

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>> oh the tbs original wipeout. all new tonight at nine on tbs. >> tonight the los angeles lakers take on the memphis grizzlies. but fans are wondering if lebron james will play after missing the last two games amid injury concerns. james has been the indisputable king of the court for the last 20 years, but he is just 15 days out now from his 40th birthday, an almost unthinkable age to be playing in the nba. let's talk more about this with rachel nichols, host of showtime's headliners with rachel nichols. rachel, great to have you here with us. one of the more famous sayings in sports is father time is undefeated. and it seems that perhaps time is catching up to lebron james. kind of like all of us. >> well, i mean, it's so jarring because lebron ran so deeply against that trend. he actually did a nike campaign a couple of years ago, which was him versus a character dressed as father time, who he kept beating. and it seemed totally reasonable for nike to do this advertising campaign because

that's what he was doing. even the beginning of this season, he was scoring triple doubles at this outrageous clip. he looked incredible out there, but he has hit a skid, as have the lakers. and it's brought up a lot of questions about how much longer he wants to keep doing this. how much longer can he keep doing this, and does he want to hang on on a team that doesn't seem to really have a chance of winning anything? >> yeah, and you've covered him for a long time. i mean, what is your insight into kind of how he thinks about these sorts of things? >> well, look, he said a couple of times he doesn't want to be a shadow of himself out there. he doesn't want to play just to extend the string. he certainly doesn't want to ever come off the bench or anything like that. kareem abdul-jabbar played past 40, so we've seen it before, but we haven't seen anyone at the level that lebron has been playing, and it's just really a matter of his internal battle over whether he wants to be out there. not quite himself, that he envisions not quite the super, super superstar or whether whether he's ready to walk away. i have covered lebron since he was a senior in high school, and i got to tell you, he has been a global international superstar since

then and someone who has identified himself as a basketball player, that's who he is to walk away from that. i've seen athlete after athlete wrestle with this derek jeter, wayne gretzky, joe montana. it's hard to walk away into this abyss that you frankly never experienced before, not being the you that you know. and i think lebron's wrestling with all of that right now. >> that is so true to just to go into something so different than what you've known your entire adult life is a very big deal. do you think the lakers would trade him or what do you think happens in the immediate? >> it's all the scuttlebutt right now around the nba. would lebron asked for a trade. he's got a no trade clause so the lakers can't deal him on their own. he's got to come ask. the only team we think he'd even really consider is the golden state warriors. he and steph curry played so well together for team usa in the olympics this summer. they really have become fast friends after being bitter rivals earlier in their career, and they've hinted that it would be fun to pair up in the nba. but lebron has moved teams quite a bit. for a guy of his caliber, his life is

in los angeles. he certainly influenced the lakers drafting his son, who is now there. it would be a pretty big deal for him in terms of his reputation and his legacy to decide. i want to ask for a trade and go to yet another team. i'm not saying that would hurt him in some way. that's not my opinion. i think he's earned the right to do whatever he wants to do. but i do know there is that sort of public pressure on him to stay put, that he went to these lakers. he's been a huge part of building who this team is, down to his son being on the roster. and i think there's a feeling among a lot of basketball fans that he should stick it out there until the end of his career. >> yeah. and you mentioned his son bronny being on the team as well. i mean, that's a milestone in and of itself to be playing with your son in the nba. talk about longevity i mean it. >> yeah. and it's never happened. i mean, it's such an incredible, amazing thing. you know, i joke i remember when bronny was born, i actually got to pick him up. and it's, you know, the first nba player who i've ever held as a baby is now on the court in front of me, which, you know, may speak more to me in how old i am or just we'll say bronny is very young. come on, bronny, he's a

young guy, not a young guy. >> that's right. >> he's a young guy. but but yeah, it is incredible. and he was playing so well lebron the last couple years that there has even been talk and including from his wife savannah, that not only was he going to wait until bronny could play with him, but their younger son bryce, who is still two years from playing in the nba, that lebron might be able to wait and play with him as well. that now looks like a little bit more of a far off possibility, because lebron is starting to slow down, as you say. yeah, yeah. >> and you start to think too about legacy. you know, the idea is he is he the goat. >> well you know obviously that depends on who you ask. everybody likes to think the goat played in their era, that they like watching basketball the best. someone who was very close, you know, covered michael jordan, covered lebron james for a long time. to me, it's sort of about the greatest of all time at what lebron certainly is the greatest of all time at mental toughness. there is no way you can stay in the game as long as he has. michael jordan left three times right that lebron has been able to stick it out, and he has obviously scored the most points. he has so many

other things that he is the best at. is he the best athlete to ever play basketball? i might give that to michael jordan. and i would also say, is he the best single game that the greatest of all time? single game. i might give that to allen iverson or steph curry. so i think it gets a little deep. what does the greatest mean to you? but he's certainly up there. and kareem abdul-jabbar, by the way, has a place in that conversation as well. i'm just going to throw that in there. >> yeah. well it's not over yet, but an incredible, incredible career, no doubt about it. rachel nichols, thanks so much for your your kind of thoughtfulness there. really great to walk through that with you. we appreciate it. >> thanks so much. see you guys soon. >> yeah. soccer's governing body is laying out the roadmap for the future of its biggest tournament, selecting host countries for the 2030 and 2034 world cups in 2030. spain, portugal and morocco will co-host the tournament four years later. the tournament will be in saudi arabia, marking fifa's first time back in the middle east since the 2022 tournament in qatar. world sport's amanda davies has more on this announcement from saudi arabia. >> saudi arabia and prime minister mohammed bin salman

have made no secret of their desire to become the world's sporting destination of choice. now, it's set to host the biggest prize of them all the fifa world cup qatar. it's the most controversial awarding of the tournament since that infamous day in december 2010 that saw russia and qatar given the nod for 2018 and 2022 amidst corruption scandals and human rights concerns. do you think fifa learned any lessons, steve? good or bad, from the qatar experience? >> my fear is that the lesson they've learned from qatar is that they can ride out the criticism. >> i think no organization, human rights organization, has been consulted. >> lina al-hathloul is a saudi human rights activist. hers is one of 11 organizations that recently raised concerns about fifa's approach to saudi's world cup bid. amnesty

international called it an astonishing whitewash, while human rights watch dubbed it an abysmal failure to implement mandatory human rights risk assessments. their latest report, published just last week, revealed that in the first six months of this year alone, 887 bangladeshi workers died in saudi arabia, citing unpublished bangladesh government data. the report said the majority were recorded as dying of, quote, natural causes. there have been questions about how many were caused by working conditions. fifa's told cnn it has implemented, quote, a thorough bidding process for the 2034 world cup, and its bid report says saudi arabia submitted commitments to respecting, protecting and fulfilling internationally recognized human rights. saudi authorities

haven't responded to our request for comment, but the head of the saudi bid says that while progress has been made, there's still room to improve. that is a commitment that we have in the areas of human rights across all areas. >> that was amanda davis for us. thanks so much for that reporting. still ahead, how our tourist group plans to tour the site of an infamous mass suicide and how they plan to turn that into a spot for tourists andy, take a seat. >> anderson. >> look at this. you're wet. disheveled. there's debris hitting you. we need to be ready for new year's eve maybe you are ready. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn. finish ultimate engineered for the toughest conditions. dry, burnt on stains, old dishwashers, very hard water. finish ultimate with cycle sync. technology helps deliver the ultimate clean.

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feedback was overwhelmingly positive. people expressed a genuine desire to learn more about this significant chapter of our past. the jonestown story is not only part of guyana's and the us history, but it's also a story of global significance. it is a reminder of the dangers of unchecked power, the importance of critical thinking, and the strength of communities in the face of tragedy and so who? >> what kind of person wants to go? what kind of people do you see the most on these tours the the the. i think we might have lost rosslyn. we're going to try to get her back. we'll keep checking on that. i think she's back now. roslyn, can you hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. >> okay, great. go ahead. what kind of. that's all right. what kind of people normally take these tours? are they american? what kind of person?

>> well, we've actually just started the tour, so it's. it's the tour is fairly new, and it's evolving, but we're committed to finding ways to honor and enrich the narrative while being mindful and compassionate towards those affected by these events. also adding that guyanese perspective and so what are you hoping people take away from this? well, the thing is. i hope visitors can walk away with a deeper understanding of the human cost of manipulation, power and unchecked authority. the tour isn't just about learning the facts, it's about reflecting on the lessons that can be learned from this tragedy and understanding the importance of critical thinking, individual freedom, and the dangers of cult like control all right.

>> a lot of lessons there. all right, roslyn, thank you so much. we really appreciate it. california is cleaning up tonight after a rare tornado hit a town about an hour south of san francisco. rare weather occurrences like that can catch people and officials off guard. but new ai weather models are making weather forecasts faster and more accurate than ever. but they might struggle when it comes to predicting extreme weather events. meteorologist chad myers explains this. >> we've all seen weather maps that look just like this, but how do we know it's going to be clear in texas? well, the weather models tell us this. we look at them, and this is one that i made a long time ago. i was an intern with the national weather service in silver spring, maryland, 39 years ago. and this is what the weather model looked like. now we use some human intelligence and sorted that celsius to fahrenheit and kind of figured some things out and knew it was going to be a 55 degree low. but then supercomputers took over and everything changed. it wasn't just digits, it wasn't just numbers. now we could make graphics, now we could take all

of this data and push it forward five, seven days make it so much better. but this was still human intelligence. now we have artificial intelligence. this is what our model looks like right now. this is how good we've come from. just numbers to this. but can artificial intelligence make this even better, make it more accurate? and the answer so far is yes. the google cast looks like out to 15 days. it will help our old models do even better. in fact, out forecast them in many locations. now the problem here with this artificial intelligence model is that we're only looking back 40 years and saying, okay, if this happened today, what's going to happen tomorrow? but is the last 40 years really going to be indicative of what the next 40 years really is going to look like? maybe not, but at least we have some hope, some at least increased accuracy. hope that we could see things get better with artificial intelligence and the human

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for this machine rag picking the very trash that's also poisoning her children. earning just $1 a day. >> during the winter months, their ribs start to hurt. mucus freezes in their chest. they vomit too. we're so worried. i have three children. they keep falling sick in this dust. >> but her children are the lucky ones. >> the doctor asked us to buy a nebulizer, but we don't have that kind of money. >> when deepak's daughter struggles to breathe, they rushed to a nearby clinic where he says each breath costs more than his daily wage. >> nights are his worst fear. no doctors just bombs and thoughts of mounting medical costs. >> i want to leave delhi, but i can't because i need to pay off a debt for my daughter's health. >> every winter, toxic smog blankets delhi a deadly mix of smoke from crop fires, coal plants and traffic. officials block cars and close schools as

air pollution can hit 60 times. the world health organization's air quality guidelines. but like winter, the smog returns every year, and its biggest victims are the tiniest lives. >> the human lung also develops till about 8 to 10 years of age. it's not in its mature form till that time, and a developing lung, if it's exposed to all these pollutants, that is when it causes long term trouble. >> while india's poor are bound to these slums, the wealthy rushed to hospitals gaza. >> but i don't think so that this kind of severity he has. >> so it might be very painful at that time for me. >> he wants to send his three year old son hospitalized with bronchitis, hundreds of miles away from delhi to his hometown. but even money can't save these children from the silent killer. when winter ends in delhi, the smog will lift.