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Spanish Lawmakers to Vote on Government Housing Proposals; Student Protests Force About 400 Schools to Close in France; NY Times Reports New Detail of Cornell Rape Allegations; Letitia James to Oversee Probe of Cornell Rape Allegations; Hochul & James Give Update on Cornell Rape Investigation; NY Governor, Attorney General Give Update on Cornell Rape Investigation. Aired 9-10a ET
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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Protesters making their voices heard right outside Spain's parliament as lawmakers vow to address the
country's housing crisis. It is 03:00 p.m. in Madrid, 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi. From our Middle East broadcasting headquarters, I'm Becky
Anderson, you're watching "Connect the World".
Also coming up this hour, the pilot in the Flydubai plane attack is out of danger and speaking about the moments that he realized his life and more
than 100 others were on the line. I'm going to be live for you in Dubai and in Tel Aviv this hour. Tear gas, burning buildings, and chaos on the
streets.
Hundreds of schools shut down in France as students there complain about underfunding. And we are about 30 minutes away from the start of trade on
Wall Street, and it looks like a higher open despite volatility in the bond markets. These are the futures showing the markets are good, 1 percent or
more higher, pretty much.
Well, I couldn't let everyone else die. Those are the words of the heroic pilot on the Flydubai plane who fought back after being attacked by his co-
pilot. A decision that may have saved the lives of everyone on board. Captain Smit Machchhar is being treated in the hospital here in Abu Dhabi.
He was brought from Saudi Arabia, where his Flydubai plane made an emergency landing. The suspect in the attack, the co-pilot, has also been
moved to the UAE, which is leading the investigation into the incident. Well CNN is obtained new footage that shows passengers trying to help the
pilot.
One crew member can be heard calling for a doctor, while another man shouts that they need a pilot. Speaking from hospital to India's Prime Minister,
Captain Machchhar explained what unfolded after his co-pilot attacked him.
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SMIT MACHCHHAR, FLYDUBAI CAPTAIN: You are the hero pilot -- and sir, I've been flying planes for the last 17 years, and I've been a captain for the
last 11 years. And even if I shut my eyes, I know what is happening in the plane. And when I was on the ground, I realized that the aircraft was
falling down, and I knew in that moment, one last push, Smit, just do it.
The door is right there, and even at that time, he was beating me up. And then I just opened it, sir, and then everybody came, and everybody else
also played an equal role in this. I was telling sir that I was doing this for my life, but at the same time, I knew that I cannot let everybody else
die.
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ANDERSON: Humility there. Well, Eleni Giokos in Dubai. Nic Robertson is at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport. Stand by, Nic. Eleni, this investigation
taking place here in the UAE. What's the latest, as we understand it?
ELENI GIOKOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah. So, we know the attorney general is looking into whether there's any links to terrorist activity, whether there
was any pre-planning to this, and importantly, it's also going to be alongside Israel. And the preliminary investigation started in Saudi Arabia
with UAE security officials.
And as you say, both pilots now currently in Abu Dhabi receiving treatment. I mean, really important insight that we heard from the pilot Smit
Machchhar describing those seconds where he had to find the strength to open the cockpit door, and in those seconds, basically, you know, between
life and death, frankly, Becky.
But all these accounts are going to be absolutely critical in piecing together what exactly happened in the cockpit, and importantly, looking at
all the footage, the passenger accounts, and also the experience from the crew. A short time ago, Anwar Gargash, the Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE
President, posted this on X, and he said that Smit Machchhar embodied the meaning of courage and responsibility.
And this is important, he says, in the face of a dangerous act of a terrorist act and a potential disaster. At the same time, he talks about
vigilance and caution essential in confronting the risks of extremism and terrorism. So, this all playing into what we are starting to understand the
details of what happened, keeping in mind Israel is viewing this and taking this as an attempted terrorist attack.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that the co-pilot is of Omani nationality. We don't know his identity just yet.
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Those details have not been revealed, but there are a lot of investigations into security clearance for Omani pilots, not only from the UAE
perspective, but also the way Israel conducted security clearance. So, we're waiting for that to piece the sequencing, the timeline of exactly
what transpired.
And Becky, this was absolutely harrowing, and you can see there the pilots and some of the wounds that he endured with that bandage wrapped over his
head. So, a lot is going on and developing very quickly, Becky.
ANDERSON: Yeah. Thank you, Eleni. Nic, what if any official role does Israel have in this investigation?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Well, the prime minister has said that he has spoken to the President of the Emirates, and
that Israel would be part of the investigation, part of the interrogation, was the word that he used of this suspect.
And of course, Israel has a vested interest in trying to find out more about this pilot, about how he came to be flying that plane. What are the
protocols that they need to put in place, as Eleni alluded to, Israel's internal security services, the Shin Bet, generally speaking, have an
understanding with airlines that fly here, of knowledge of the pilots that are piloting those aircraft in Israeli airspace.
And also, you know, the question in part that's been raised as well, if he was an Omari citizen, Israel doesn't have diplomatic relations with Oman,
and that is a sort of would have -- should -- would or should have raised the flag. Was he vetted? Was he not vetted? These are the questions.
So, Israel has a vested interest. 5.7 million passengers a year, by the way, fly that route from Dubai to Tel Aviv here.
ANDERSON: Yeah.
ROBERTSON: The reason we're here as well is some of those Flydubai flights. They've been put on hold. So, some passengers normally expect to fly with
Flydubai are getting other ways to fly back to Tel Aviv later today. That's expected. But look, from a security and intelligence point of view, Israel
will have a lot to contribute.
It has a lot of skin in the game, and it would have been very hard for them to work with the Saudis because they don't have diplomatic relations. They
do, of course, have a really good working relationship in the Emirates.
ANDERSON: To both of you, thank you very much indeed. You are up to speed, folks, on what we understand at this point on what is a fast-moving story.
All right. Well, let's move on, and we're watching Spain's parliament in Madrid, the scene of ongoing protests and an expected vote by lawmakers.
The protesters want them to approve new measures to protect tenants and curb the country's acute housing crisis. Demonstrations erupted after last
week's dramatic eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her Madrid home of more than seven decades. She was facing a staggering 200 percent rent rise.
She's since been allowed to return home. Well CNN's Pau Mosquera standing by for us in Madrid. How wide ranging are these protests? Just describe the
atmosphere where you are.
PAU MOSQUERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, the mood around the Spanish Parliament is the one that you can already see right behind me. Here we can
see dozens and dozens of protesters that have concentrated in the very entry of the building. Right now, they are quiet, but until few moments
ago, Becky, they were sharing some slogans opposing housing speculation.
And right now, they are all keeping a close eye on what is happening inside the parliament, because right now, as we talk, Becky, the members of the
parliament are voting on the two decrees that the Spanish government presented this Tuesday. So, as you can imagine, the expectation here is
very high because all of them are expecting the measures to go ahead to get the green light from the deputies inside the chamber.
But it is likely like none of these decrees will go ahead, as the government has not secured enough support as to get them to come into
force. Also important to say, Becky, that most of the people that you can see here, right behind me, are coming from the encampment that over the
last few days has become famous.
Meaning the encampment that is just 300 meters away from where we are in central Madrid, Puerta del Sol. They have been coming back and forth. They
have been getting back to get some lunch, and then again back in front of the parliament. And we're expecting them to keep putting more pressure, not
just on the government, but also on the members of the parliament.
Because if none of those decrees is to come into force, they will try to convince them to keep working and get another text on.
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So, they get any solutions for the housing crisis that isn't going in the country, Becky.
ANDERSON: Good to have you, Pau. Thank you. Well, protests seeing classrooms across France, with around 400 schools expected to remain closed
today. Some of the demonstrations have turned violent there, leading to injuries and arrests of hundreds.
The demonstrations, which started in the Paris region last month, have grown into a nationwide movement. Students protesting what they say are
poor conditions in schools, including staff shortages and rundown buildings. CNN's Melissa Bell following this for us.
And Melissa, you and I have been discussing these protests now for some days. No sense, it seems, that the disruption is calming down. What are you
seeing on the ground there, where you are today?
MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, here at this high school on the left bank of Paris, we've just been watching them take
down some of their barricades, but it's been at the center of the protests as have, according to authorities, some five -- more than 560 high schools
now they're counting that are impacted by this Friday across the country.
And of course, what we've seen are those violent scenes, we've seen teachers being beaten up. We saw policemen this morning being beaten up and
sent to hospital. There have been fires. These barricades have been seeing that sort of violence getting worse and worse.
In fact, what the authorities are now talking about, Becky, is this sort of switch that happened yesterday when nearly 2,000 people were held by the
police. And what authorities say is that that was the moment when the student protests really kind of turned into something that resembled much
more urban violence, as they're describing it.
And what authorities here in France are saying, very much blaming the far left for fanning the flames, for being present at some of these rallies,
some of these demonstrations. For its part, the far-left LFI party has defended its actions, its presence in some of these barricades, saying that
the students have a right to make their feelings plain.
And you are quite right. It is a question of funding that they are protesting, not just here at high schools in central Paris, but on the
outskirts of Paris, in many French cities. Now, students who say they simply don't have the resources that they need. Sometimes lacking tables,
chairs, teachers that aren't there.
What we have seen so far in terms of a measure is an announcement by the government that one of the plans it had for its 2027 budget, which is to
slightly raise the inscription fees for some of the high schools, that's now been scrapped as a concession. And we know that there are meetings
going on today between student leaders and the education minister, to try and find some kind of solution that would go some way to meeting some of
their aims.
But apart from that, no sense so far, Becky, that this is running out of scene yet.
ANDERSON: Yeah, I mean, I just I wonder whether the sort of noises we're hearing from government will be sufficient at this point.
BELL: What we're likely to hear, yes, some concessions. We're likely to hear some moves towards meeting their demands. But I think one of the
difficulties that they have is that this has now become a very political issue. You have again this back and forth between government ministers up
to the president, for the far left LFI party about the right of the students to demonstrate.
And of course, when you see this kind of movement, sort of really get together, as we've seen over the last few days, spread as it has been by
social media, you sense the anger of the students, and they've been complaining about these kinds of things for many years.
But also, the fact that they now sense that there are far-left politicians willing to hear them and make their case, this is likely further to drive
up the anger. The question is how far the government can make concessions without encouraging or fanning the flames of this further, Becky.
ANDERSON: Yeah, absolutely. Thank you, Melissa. Melissa Bell is in Paris. You're watching "Connect the World" with me Becky Anderson, out of Abu
Dhabi. Still to come, exclusive footage of the arrest of Luigi Mangione. How officers were able to apprehend the United Healthcare CEO's killer.
And later, New York's Governor and Attorney General are set to update everyone on the investigation into an alleged sexual assault at Cornell
University. That, in just a moment.
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ANDERSON: CNN has exclusively obtained video of the arrest of Luigi Mangione. Remember him? He pleaded guilty to fatally shooting United
Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024. My colleague Kara Scannell shows us the moments before and during the arrest and explains why this footage was
finally released.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just give me a favor. I want to pat you down.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stand up.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a jar of peanut butter by the way. I'm going to pat you down. You can take that, but I'm just letting you know.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yep. Just put your hands up on the wall.
KARA SCANNELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Newly unsealed police body cam footage, first seen on CNN, shows the moments Altoona, Pennsylvania police officers
handcuffed Luigi Mangione and took him into custody, ending a five-day man hunt.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Keep your hands on the wall, OK? Left hand first. Bring your right hand back.
SCANNELL (voice-over): A New York State judge unsealed the footage at the request of CNN after Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges
and admitted to fatally shooting United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson. The videos were played during a suppression hearing last December, but have not
been publicly released until now.
Officers responded to a 911 call on December 9, 2024, that the suspected New York City CEO shooter may be in a McDonald's restaurant.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you doing? Can you put your mask down real quick for me?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, sure.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Appreciate it. Thank you. OK.
SCANNELL (voice-over): The officers immediately thought it was him.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's 100 percent him.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I told you, man.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That shooter checked into a hostel with a fake ID.
SCANNELL (voice-over): Officers confront Mangione about a fake driver's license bearing the name Mark Rosario.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is that your name, Mark Rosio? Rosaro.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Uh, no, sir.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Then what's your real name?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Uh, Luigi.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Luigi?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mangione.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll write it down. Give me the date of birth then too.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How do you find your full name?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: L-U-I-G-I.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: L-U-I-G-I.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mangione. M-A-N-G-I-O-N-E.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why are you lying about your name?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Clearly, I shouldn't have.
SCANNELL (voice-over): A search reveals a gun magazine.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's f--king him dude. It's f--king him. 100 percent.
SCANNELL (voice-over): About 10 minutes later, Mangione is taken to the police station. Mangione is asked to remove layers of clothing so he can be
searched more thoroughly. While another officer unzips his backpack and finds a gun that authorities later link to the crime scene.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's a weapon. So, you want me to clear it?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let's just clear it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Clear it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good. There's another magazine that was hidden in this underwear. F--k, silencer.
SCANNELL (voice-over): She also finds Mangione's handwritten notes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It looks like a journal.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bag it?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I would.
SCANNELL (voice-over): While a different officer ticks off the evidence, including a checklist.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He has a handgun.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pretty cool.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Suppressor, his cell phone is in a Faraday bag. He has a checklist for today. Tomorrow he's supposed to do an intel check-in and get
a survival kit.
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ANDERSON: That was Kara Scannell reporting for you. Meantime, new details emerging of a 2024 allegation of sexual assault at Cornell University. Now,
"The New York Times" reporting that the alleged victim told her roommates about the incident right after it happened, and grappled with it for days.
The contents of that report were corroborated to CNN by an attorney for the woman. Separately, "The Times" reports that the men involved denied any
wrongdoing. One of them told investigators he was a victim of sexual misconduct too. "The Times" says four Cornell Frat members acknowledged
having sexual contact with the woman, but said what happened was consensual.
The others denied participating in sexual encounters. Well New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she's appointing State Attorney General Letitia
James as special prosecutor in the investigation. She says she's lost faith in the ability of the local district attorney to fairly oversee the case.
Well, the university says it supports the decision, but students are calling for greater transparency and accountability. CNN's Jason Carroll
with this report.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We, as a campus community, stand with victims of sexual violence.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A public hearing at Cornell University, where students reacted to the alleged sexual assault at the Chi
Phi fraternity house.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm also speaking as a fellow Janet Bell (ph). I was sexually assaulted almost two years ago.
CARROLL (voice-over): Jane Wang, a sophomore, shared her own experience.
JANE WANG, CORNELL SOPHOMORE: Hearing any story from you know another student here on campus that they've experienced something similar is so
heartbreaking.
CARROLL (voice-over): Cornell continues to face scrutiny following "The New York Times" report that a crucial part of the school's internal
investigation omitted Jane Doe's statement. I can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped. That allegation not included in what the university
handed over to the district attorney.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The common sentiment is that there's like a moral failing.
LESLIE BAKER, CORNELL STUDENT: People are just like really frustrated that it's taking a whole lawsuit for these people to be held accountable and
that for the survivor to get the justice that she deserves.
CARROLL (voice-over): Students reacting to "The New York Times" report, which revealed the school gathered more than 1,000 pages of materials from
an internal investigation in 2024, which included a transcript of campus police interviews with Jane Doe, interviews with Chi Phi fraternity members
accused of sexually assaulting her, along with emails and text messages.
"The Times" report says Jane Doe spoke for hours to a Cornell police investigator as well as an investigator for the school's Title IX office.
According to "The Times", the transcript of their conversation stretches about 120 pages. The DA telling CNN Wednesday, we never received it and
still don't have it.
It was not part of what Cornell provided to us. We got the six-page statement and nothing more except the Snapchat video. The Snapchat was
allegedly sent from Chi Phi members asking others to join in on the alleged assault. Cornell's investigation also revealed Jane Doe documented her
injuries two weeks after the 2024 incident.
She went to an emergency room for a pelvic exam. She also went to the school's health clinic for treatment of a urinary tract infection, telling
a doctor she had contracted the infection in a traumatic way. The material reviewed by "The Times" showing Jane Doe went to police after she saw
online comments about what happened to her that night at the Chi Phi house, saying members were gang banging.
Jane Doe saying that's kind of when I came to the realization that I had been gang raped, gang assaulted, whatever you want to call it. That's what
happened. Cornell's investigation revealed Jane Doe planned to go back to the Chi Phi house the following week, after the alleged assault for a
Halloween party.
Her attorney telling CNN it was all part of processing what had happened. She was still in the denial stage. She could not accept what happened to
her. Cornell declined to comment about "The Times" report. No one from the administration spoke at tonight's student assembly. Jane Wang still has a
message for them.
WANG: Future cases of sexual violence or sexual harassment on campus cannot only be treated with urgency when it's something that reaches national
headlines or national news.
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CARROLL (voice-over): Jason Carroll, CNN, Ithaca, New York.
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ANDERSON: We are expecting to hear from New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the Attorney General Letitia James soon. They will be giving an update on
where the investigation goes next. That is expected at least in about five minutes' time. We will get to that as and when it starts.
Well, the merged Paramount Warner Brothers Discovery Company is getting a new name. CEO David Ellison says the combined company will be called
Skydance. A judge finally clearing the final hurdles for the merger this week. We should note that our network, CNN International, is a part of
Warner Brothers Discovery and will operate under the new company.
Well, President Trump spent Thursday campaigning for Republicans in Oklahoma and in Texas, just weeks before Americans vote, of course, in the
U.S. midterms. In Texas, he headlined a rally with Ken Paxton, even after an audio recording leak of the Senate candidate questioning whether Trump's
support is helping or hurting his election chances.
While the president defending his stops in Republican strongholds, he says that he is traveling to red states to thank them for voting for him.
Speaking in Texas, Trump called Paxton, quote, one of the most loyal people. Well, you are with "Connect the World".
And I'm Becky Anderson. It's just before half past five here in the UAE. Coming up, the start of trading and your business news headlines including
the latest U.S. jobs numbers and what they could mean heading into the U.S. midterms.
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ANDERSON: Right, welcome back. I'm Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi. You are watching "Connect the World". These are your headlines. And for the first
time since this week's attack on the fly new biplane from the UAE to Israel, the pilot speaking out about what unfolded.
Captain Smit Machchhar told India's Prime Minister that he fought back when he was attacked because he couldn't let everyone die. Protests outside
Spain's Parliament ahead of a key vote and two decrees aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis. The proposals would ban evictions of
vulnerable tenants and prevent abusive rent hikes.
And student protests spreading across France, disrupting classes there and forcing around 400 schools to close today. Some demonstrations have turned
violent, with dozens injured and hundreds arrested. Students there protesting what they say are poor conditions in schools.
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Let's get you to Wall Street then, and ringing the opening bell today, this Friday, American football team, the New York Giants. They are celebrating
the 40th anniversary of the Giants' 1986 Super Bowl championship season, and to honor the occasion, Giants legends Phil Simms, Harry Carson, and
Carl Banks of the 1986 Super Bowl Championship there to ring in the bell.
They have done their duty, and promise you they have done their duty. We just can't get any sound from there. Let's have a look at how trading has
started. We're expecting the giants to bring in quite a positive trading day, and that is what we are seeing. The Dow Jones up by about two thirds
of 1 percent and we are expecting to see the S&P and the NASDAQ do the same thing.
And we've had the jobs report in, and that is likely what most investors will be focusing on today the closely watched U.S. jobs report out the
final one before the midterm elections, and it comes at a time when Americans keep spending, but are also feeling the pinch of inflation.
Now you can see the numbers, 29,000 new jobs added in September. Analyst expectations had been that the number would be about 90,000, and the
previous two months were revised downwards, resulting in a negative number in July. So, let's get you to Matt Egan, and he's here out of New York for
you to break down the numbers.
Matt, talk us through what we're seeing here.
MATT EGAN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Well, Becky, this is the final jobs report before the midterms, and it did come in cold. Surprisingly, cold job growth
weaker than expected. Prior months revised down, unemployment rate unexpectedly went up. Let me just run you through the top line numbers
here.
So, the economy adding 29,000 jobs last month. That is a fraction of the 90,000 that was expected. The unemployment rate was supposed to expect it
to stay at 4.1. It didn't. It ticked up to 4.2 percent. Now, when we look at the trend for unemployment, it's not high, right?
Clearly, it was much higher three and four years ago. However, this is a three-month high for the unemployment rate, ticking up just a bit. I should
note, though, that one of the reasons why the unemployment rate went up is because more workers are coming off the side lines, and that is a good
thing.
However, digging further into the unemployment rate, there was some disappointing news when it comes to black unemployment. Black unemployment
rate it went up from 6 percent in August to 7 percent in July. That's the highest level since April, and it's the biggest one-month increase for
black unemployment since COVID, and before that, since 2012.
Now this is a volatile number, so let's see if it changes at all going forward. But we should pay close attention to that because in the past that
has been a canary in the coal mine. Now when we look at where the jobs are, we're seeing more job gains in healthcare, almost 17,000 jobs added there.
10,000 leisure and hospitality, that's bars and restaurants. However, other parts of the economy lost jobs, paying especially close attention to
finance and information because these are two of the earliest, the most aggressive adopters of artificial intelligence, and so it's noteworthy that
both of those sectors continue to lose jobs, and then outside of companies, we're looking at the government.
Government losing 17,000 jobs. That is mostly local government, and its mostly local government outside of schools. So that suggests this is not
something that was being driven by some shifts in the back-to-school calendar. The other really important thing that we're looking at is wages
against inflation.
So, the estimated inflation rate for September is 3.6 percent. That's obviously elevated. It's been driven up by gas prices, by diesel, and other
issues. Now we did just find out that wages were 3 percent year over year. Now before COVID, that was kind of an average number.
The problem is that this is well shy of the inflation rate, and this is a step in the wrong direction from August. So, this was weaker than expected,
and it shows that if you adjust paychecks for inflation, they're actually getting smaller. One last point for you. I know we took a quick look at how
the stock market was performing.
Looking again now that markets have had a chance to really open up, you see the S&P is up by almost 1 percent, the NASDAQ 1.3 percent higher. And
Becky, I think that's because the market suspects that this softer than expected jobs report, combined with the revisions going in the wrong
direction and the unemployment rate going up, suggests that the fed may not be in such a rush to raise interest rates again when it meets later this
month.
ANDERSON: Yeah.
EGAN: Because again the job market was looked a little bit softer than expected.
ANDERSON: Really interesting. All right, good to have you, Matt.
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Thank you very much indeed.
EGAN: Thanks, Becky.
ANDERSON: I want to get our viewers up to speed on some of the other stories that are on our radar right now this Friday. And a British Iranian
man arrested in London Thursday on suspicion of planning an act of terrorism. The arrest was linked to a suspected plot to target the Royal
Air Force base at Fairford, seen here.
Britain's Prime Minister says there are strong indications of Iranian involvement, although Iran denies having any connection with the incident
last weekend. The base has been used by U.S. bombers in the war with Iran. Russia's leader has issued a stark warning, saying Moscow is prepared to
use all weapons, including nuclear, to protect Kaliningrad.
Moscow concerned by NATO's recent military drills near the Russian enclave, described by NATO as defensive exercises. Kaliningrad is a small Russian
territory sandwiched between NATO members Poland and Lithuania. In the U.S. the family of a woman killed by an Immigration and customs enforcement or
I.C.E. agent has filed two civil lawsuits related to her death.
Renee Good was killed earlier this year in Minneapolis, and her death came at the height of the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown,
triggering protests in the city and sparking national outrage. CNN's Whitney Wild with more for you.
WHITNEY WILD, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRESPONDENT: In this search for accountability, there are two lawsuits that are being filed. The first is a
lawsuit against the United States government. In total, it is being filed by under rather the Federal Tort Claims Act.
The second lawsuit is much bigger, and it is being filed against several members of the Trump Administration, including Department of Homeland
Security Secretary at the time Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, Greg Bovino, the agent who opened fire, whom CNN has identified as Jonathan Ross, as
well as several unnamed agents.
Both lawsuits detail the moments that led up to this shooting, and the lawsuit alleges that as Renee Good was on that street in Minneapolis on
January 7th. She never posed any real threat to any of the federal agents, and that when Jonathan Ross opened fire, that he violated several DHS
policies, violated certainly Minnesota state law as well as the Constitution itself.
The second lawsuit is much broader and actually goes back all the way to November and makes the allegation that Renee Good's death did not happen in
a vacuum and actually it was the predictable result of a sweeping, ill- conceived and frankly reckless operation that happened here in Minneapolis, which, as we all know, was called Operation Metro Surge.
It was that enormous ramp up here in Minneapolis, where we saw thousands of immigration agents descend on the city over several weeks. For the first
time, we heard from Becca Good. She was there the moment Renee Good was shot, and in very emotional statement described how her life has changed
dramatically.
How much damage this has caused Becca Good, their son, Renee's two other children, and the entire family. Here's more from Becca Good.
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BECCA GOOD, RENEE GOOD'S PARTNER: Now I'll grow old without the love of my life. I think about how we should have had 40 or 60 more years together. We
were all robbed. Her youngest, our son, is six years old, and he's already lost more than anyone ever should.
And he misses his mama. Accountability and change, true accountability and change, is the only way to make sure that no other family has to go through
what we have. I don't hate the people who took Renee from us, but what I want them to understand is every single day they get to look at their
children, and their wives and their sisters, and know what they took from our family.
They took a mother away from her children. They know that, and they will carry it forever.
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WILD: CNN has reached out to those members of the Department of Homeland Security who are named in the lawsuit? We've also reached out to the White
House about the other lawsuit that's filed against the federal government. In total, the search for accountability here continues.
And in fact, in July, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said that they had received volumes of evidence in Renee Good's shooting. They are
continuing to investigate this case. They received those volumes of evidence from the Department of Justice, and so federal, excuse me, state
officials here say that they are absolutely committed to continuing to investigate her death. Back to you.
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ANDERSON: And we will be back after this.
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ANDERSON: We are expecting to hear from New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the Attorney General Letitia James relatively soon. I think they have just
started, so let's listen.
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GOV, KATHY HOCHUL (D-NY): Last night I signed an executive order appointing Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in this sexual assault
case at Cornell University. I want New Yorkers to understand what prompted that decision. Earlier this week, I called on Cornell to conduct an
independent investigation led by exactly what happened to her.
And according to new reports, she could not have been clearer that she was 100 percent confident that she had been raped -- Shockingly, those words
never made it into the account that the Cornell police sent to prosecutors. The attorney general then declined to pursue charges after reviewing that
incomplete account and never interviewing her.
Think about that. In what world would the police learn from a victim that she'd been literally gang raped while intoxicated by five men in a
fraternity house, and not elevate those allegations to the district attorney? In what world does the district attorney not even interview her,
or anyone else involved, or even request the full transcript.
This woman, this young woman, had already endured something that is utterly unspeakable, and that at every turn she was failed by people and
institutions with an obligation to protect her. When the Tompkins County District Attorney announced that he is reopening the case, he pointed to
Jane Doe's statement and said it did not establish that a crime had occurred.
But new reporting raises serious questions about the information his office relied upon when it made that decision. That's why I believe this case
demands a special prosecutor who will provide a fresh and thorough review of all the facts, including the information that has recently come to
light.
And that is why I'm invoking the power conferred to me as the governor of the State of New York to enlist Attorney General James as an independent
special prosecutor in this case. She'll follow the facts, she'll examine the evidence, and go wherever it leads. And if the evidence supports
criminal charges, she will pursue them.
No institution gets to protect its reputation at the expense of a young person seeking justice. No public official gets a look the other way when
the system breaks down and fails our young people. And as governor, I will not allow anyone to sweep this case under the rug.
We are ensuring that all the facts in this case are brought into the light.
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This case has also exposed another problem we need to address, a gap in state law. If someone is too intoxicated to consent, it should not matter
whether they chose to use drugs or alcohol. Voluntary intoxication is not a license for sexual assault or gang rape. Period.
I support closing this loophole, and will work with the New York State Legislature to accomplish this. But at the heart of all this is one young
woman, and what she deserved from the very beginning. Every parent who sends their child off to college expects them to be safe.
And if something terrible happens, the student deserves to know that the people they turn to will listen to them, protect them, and fight for them.
That is the bare minimum. This brave young woman deserves that in 2024, and she deserves it now. And I'm going to use every part of my power, do
everything I possibly can, to make sure that she finally gets it.
With that, I'll turn it over to Attorney General Letitia James.
LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK: Thank you. I want to thank Governor Hochul for her leadership of this great state. The governor has
entrusted my office with this investigation, and we do not take that responsibility lightly. Every New Yorker deserves to know that when they
report a crime, it will be investigated fully and fairly, that they will be seen and heard.
That is the promise of our justice system. I stand ready to lead a process guided by the facts and the law. In the coming months, my office will
dutifully carry out the responsibilities the governor has conferred upon us in this executive order. We will review the facts, gather evidence,
interview witnesses, and, if warranted, pursue prosecutions.
I know that you want answers. I do too. A comprehensive investigation of this nature takes time, but my office is committed to seeing it through.
This is now an active criminal investigation led by the Office of the Attorney General, and though we are limited in what we can share, we will
provide updates as they become available.
Again, I want to thank Governor Hochul for her leadership, and I thank you, New York, for your trust.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All right, guys, we'll be taking on-topic questions.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Attorney General, on your Facebook page three days ago, you wrote, what this young woman has been forced to endure is horrific and
unacceptable. I'm holding her in my heart and in my prayers. To her and to all survivors, you're not alone.
We stand with you. Why did you affirm her allegations as fact without doing your own fact-finding investigation into the governor? Why did you appoint
an official who made a public statement affirming those allegations as fact as someone who's supposed to be doing an investigation?
HOCHUL: I will answer that. I have every confidence in our attorney general to do what she has always done, look at the facts, examine the record and
draw the proper conclusions. That's exactly what's going to happen in this case.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Attorney General?
JAMES: I will not comment on a Facebook post.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you. Governor, can you clarify what made you lose faith in the Tompkins County District Attorney's office? Was it because you
believe there was enough evidence in that six-page police statement to move forward with the prosecution and for the attorney general?
How can you assure a transparent and faithful investigation when so many have already made a judgment about this case?
HOCHUL: Let's start at the very beginning. I'm deeply disturbed at Cornell University's police and how they handled this. They're the first ones to be
able to interview and have their questions answered, and yet this young woman tells her story. Them sending a partial record over is, in my
judgment, a failure.
We'll have the attorney general and others find out if this was actually the case of what happened, but somebody knew more than they were letting
people know, and this is what shocks me so much, not just as the governor, but as a mother, a mother who dropped her own daughter for college at one
point in my life.
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If you have the courage as a young woman to go and tell your story to campus police who are charged with protecting you. They are deputized by
the sheriff's office of Tompkins County to enact -- to follow the full force of the law for them to send a partial record over the district
attorney.
But when the district attorney receives something and it has information about allegations that have happened with an encounter with five people at
a fraternity, and you don't take the time to interview this young woman and ask more questions and rely on a partial record.
This is what I'm talking about. This is exactly why we're here today and why I took the action last night, we don't know enough. But what is coming
out beyond what everyone was told initially, or four years, two years ago, it is very contradictory and conflicting. And I want the truth.
I think every parent in this state, every New Yorker, wants the truth in this case. And that is why Attorney General James will be the one who puts
a spotlight on this case, and says, who knew what when? What did they do wrong? Why didn't they come forward? How was this woman denied justice?
And we anticipate that'll come out over the right period of time. I have every confidence of her to get it right.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- Governor, you said you're going to work with the legislature. Does that mean you're going to call a special session with the
legislature to change the law that would close the loophole? And do you have any comments about how the university itself also shields itself
behind the confidentiality of a Title IX investigation?
HOCHUL: That is a national law. Yeah, Title IX applies to all universities, and that is why it is crystal clear to me that a university that gathers
information about a case like this, and the law says you cannot disclose this information. This is deeply flawed, deeply flawed. But here in New
York, we'll work with the legislature.
The timing will be resolved, but at minimum, I would say this is something we could easily take up early in the session. There's legislation that has
passed one of the houses. We can take a look at that, talk to the sponsors, but find out in light of what we've learned. Are there any other glaring
deficiencies in state law?
This is critically important to me as someone who spent over a year as lieutenant governor traveling the State of New York on the issue of sexual
assault on college campuses, making recommendations to the state about actual training young people, making sure they knew the signs.
What a bystander should do to be an upstander when they see or become aware of information. So, we changed the laws before, but clearly this is still a
gap that needs to be addressed.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You mentioned that you spoke to Cornell's President. Do you have some early information or indication that the Cornell police did
give the declarative 100 percent statement to the DA, and he omitted it, and is that why you have lost confidence in the DA?
HOCHUL: I spoke to the president about my desire, my insistence that there be outside, independent counsel examining what happened on the civil side,
what the university did, what they knew when, how they handled it. That is appropriate. We don't have the results of that yet, so these are all the
questions I have that still will be answered in due time.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you. Governor, for you, what did you learn specifically, if anything, in addition to what's been publicly reported in
your conversations with the university? And will you call for the university president to resign? And for you, attorney general, we've
stopped hearing from the Tompkins County District Attorney in the past two days.
Have you spoken to him? And what can you say for the public to know about what immediate first steps you'll be taking in the investigation?
HOCHUL: My conversation with the university president was exactly as I just disclosed. It was forthright. It was concerning, conveying my deep concern
here. And they had an immediate willingness. In fact, they're having a board meeting. They had immediate willingness to go out and find what I've
asked for outside counsel to conduct a fully independent investigation.
I'm waiting for those results. So, we don't have enough information to draw any other conclusions at this time. I don't have enough information to draw
any further conclusions at this time.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, I haven't spoken to the Tom constituent.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, governor, will this investigation or maybe attorney general answer this? Will this involve looking at what the DA's
office did and how they handled this investigation, and would you call for the DA to step down?
HOCHUL: I don't have enough information at this time. Again, this is very early in the questioning. I'm not going to draw conclusions until I have
the full picture.
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JAMES: Our investigation is a criminal investigation, based upon all of the facts, and so at this point in time, we will not be focusing on the actions
of the district attorney.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Great, thank you, guys. That's all we have --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thanks, everyone.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Governor, is a woman saying she was raped --
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ANDERSON: Well, this is now an active criminal investigation. The words of the New York Attorney General Letitia James, appointed by the governor as a
special prosecutor for the alleged gang rape that took place at a Cornell frat house in 2024. And the governor went on to say, voluntary intoxication
is not a license for sexual assault for gang or gang rape. Period.
She said, I support closing this loophole and will work with the New York State Legislature to accomplish this. Just one of the issues that has been
sort of flushed out as this case has hit the headlines. Want to bring in Ankush Khardori. He's a legal analyst and Former U.S. Federal Prosecutor.
What do you make of what you've just heard?
ANKUSH KHARDORI, FORMER U.S. FEDERAL PROSECUTOR: No, I have to tell you, I found that to be quite unhelpful as a press conference. I mean, look, I do
think it was a good idea to appoint an independent prosecutor, but the governor sounds like she is expecting charges in this case.
It sounds like she has prejudged it, and it sounds like she appointed a prosecutor who she fully expects to bring charges. That is not helpful to
anyone involved. It is definitely not helpful to the prosecutor. It can prejudice the prosecutor's approach to this case.
It can prejudice a jury pool if there are charges actually brought and there's eventually a trial, she said way too much, a bunch of things she
didn't need to. It was very unfair to the defendants who are still who are just civil defendants. There's not even a criminal case yet, and we need to
be fair to these people.
And this is something where I feel like in this country, you know, we're really losing that sense of due process when a case hits the national
headlines here, so it makes sense to appoint someone. But you know, as Hochul herself identified, there is a major legal issue here concerning
this voluntary intoxication issue, or what someone might describe as a loophole, and that is clearly one of the issues that complicated the DA's
investigation.
So, it's very incongruous for her, on the one hand, to acknowledge that and say we need to close this legal loophole, but then to say, which I think
she strongly implied, that she believes the accuser that -- and that the defendant should be criminally charged. There are also factual questions
about whether her story changed over time, whether she consented to certain parts of.
Now, of course, in a situation like this, you would expect the victim or the alleged victim to be very confused. We can't expect them to be perfect
in their recounting, but we also have to be respectful of the criminal process here. And I want to just make one last point on this as well, which
is I know it has understandably gotten a lot of publicity that the accuser said that she was raped.
And there are questions about well, did that exact terminology make its way over to the DA? I don't know the answer to that question, but let me just
take -- make a much larger and more important point. Alleged victims are not the prosecutors. The prosecutors and the investigators have to make
assessments based on the facts and the law.
And sometimes, I'm not saying in this case, but sometimes, and we always have to keep this in mind, the person doing the accusing may not understand
the nature of what happened and how it is treated under law, and they may be under a misimpression that a crime has been committed.
That is why we have independent investigators and prosecutors. So, my very sincere hope is that we get an independent investigation here, but that was
not helpful. That was not helpful.
ANDERSON: You were talking about there's two things I think that you are specifically talking about here, the performance of the governor today in
announcing what she has decided to do, and then, you know, you are providing some detailed personal sort of thoughts on where this case may
go.
But you do say you think it is important and the right decision to open this criminal investigation, correct?
KHARDORI: Well, I think it's important in the right decision to have an independent set of eyes here, simply because it is very clear that the
public and New Yorkers have many questions and they don't seem to have confidence in the DA. So, for that reason alone, it is important to have
another set of eyes so that the public can have confidence in the outcome.
So, and I don't object to the press conference. That can be a very, very useful tool too to explain to the public what's going on and what their
expectations should be.
ANDERSON: Yeah.
KHARDORI: But the chief executive of the state, I mean, the same way we wouldn't want the president of the United States going around and
prejudging federal prosecutions. He does that, but we don't. He shouldn't.
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