president biden said that he would try to make an agreement to bring trevor home as well as paul whelant i think now that trevor is doing this hunger strike, there is more of a sense of urgency for me as his mother to make that teal, whatever it may be, to bring trevor and paul whelan home. >> are you worried about his health? >> absolutely. >> of course you are. are you worried that your son could actually die in these conditions, or do you think the russian government would not let that happen? >> i don't really know what the russian government would do. and i try not to let my mind go there. i just worry about him all around. for many things. not just -- his health of course right now, first and foremost. but on top of that, what this wrongful imprisonment has done for him and what it will do to his future. i try not to focus on just the hunger strike right now. >> paula, we will continue to track the case of your son. we really appreciate you being with us to talk about it. thank you. >> thank you very much for having me. >>> we'll have more on breaking news. a judge rejecting donal

there is growing anger aimed at the thousands of been is whelan's who enter the country -- venezuelanser the country. as migrants reach the border, there is heavy suspicion of new arrivals with reports of robbery and tacks by venezuelans. >> [speaking foreign language] >> venezuelans next stop to the capital is in northern chile, a location of protest undocumented migrants. tensions are high here. one of those illegal migrants had just graduated when she left venezuela, but it was not possible to make ends meet. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the crisis in venezuela has left millions desperately looking for a lifeline. but even when they make it to a safer place, the chance of a new life can still be elusive. bbc news. >> stay with us on bbc news. still to come, kamala harris becomes the first woman ever to serve as acting president of the united states after taking over briefly while joe biden had a medical procedure. ♪ >> he has claimed victory in pakistan's general election. heshe has asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. >> he turn himself into police in sant

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michael whelan covers the sector, spoke to the lucid ceo last night, joins us now michael, lot more orders than people were expecting i guess. >> yes, kelly. peter was happy when i talked to him, ceo of lucid. he said the sky is the limit for the valuation of the company and stock. we're seeing a lot of that today. honestly, talked to some investors that think they don't see an end in sight because of the ev hype going on, seems to be endless supply of funding for these companies and startups that are going all electric. >> let's talk about how many cars they can make, michael. it is not about demand for evs that can put up impressive numbers, we should expect demand to be strong how quickly can they make the cars, atwhat profit margin. >> that's a problem since tesla or any other automaker ramping up production is not a simple task. something that ford and gm have been doing a century or more, still have problems with sometimes. lucid is a little more conservative than some analysts would like honestly. they have a target of 20,000 vehicles next year when you look at the reservations, the

reporter: paul whelan is former marine in moscow and sentenced to 16 years in a labor camp that a espionagerge that his brother says was entrapment. he discussed this with president putin in geneva said he would not walk away from them. the families say little has happened. >> i think we're a little bit weary of waiting to see what the state department and other agencies in the u.s. government will do to help paul. >> just don't understand why it is taking so long to get our loved ones back home to us. reporter: reed's mother says this is young man who was in his career willing to stand up to take a bullet for the president. she is asking the president do the same and stand up for him. elizabeth: benjamin hall, great journalism there. great to see you my friend. we have former va head colonel robert wilkie. he was in the air force reserve and served in the u.s. navy reserve with joint forces intelligence command. colonel wilkie, thanks for joining us. your thoughts on benjamin hall's story there. how do we get the two marines out of russia? >> the tragedy, is, putin is playing three dimensi

dave whelan, lot of the drought conditions.we certainly welcome the rain many people, though, are still recovering from last week's storm and the damage it caused this was the scene in sandra fell just a week ago car submerged in water trees blocking the roadways. one business owner tells us the flood waters did a lot of damage to his business it's taken me a to a clean up remediation company is helping me is point. he says he can't second more water out. >> when he first came in and did the remediation. he took out 50 gallons of water. and this is a concrete slab with a very thin carpet on top of that. so there was a lot of water that he got it. >> we reached out to several fails, public works department about its response to the clogged drains and gutters that helped to trigger these flooded streets. but we did not hear back. >> santa rosa. fire department is officially declaring an end to its wildfire season. officials say after getting almost a foot of rain in october. the fire threat has been greatly reduced to the santa r