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ZAIN ASHER, HOST, "ONE WORLD": How do Americans feel about President Trump's handling of the war in Ukraine? A new CNN poll gives us insight.
One World starts right now. This as the Kremlin says, Vladimir Putin has sent, quote, "additional signals" about a U.S. ceasefire plan with Ukraine.
Plus, the newly elected Prime Minister of Canada is being sworn in in the next hour or so. We'll look at what his goals are for day one, after
President Trump's tariffs rocked Canada's economy. And two astronauts whose eight-day mission turned into a nine-month Space Odyssey, could be home
very soon. Bill Nye. "The Science Guy", joins me live to look at the efforts by both NASA and SpaceX to bring them back.
All right. Coming to you live from New York, I'm Zain Asher. My colleague, Bianna Golodryga, is off today. You are watching One World.
It is the beginning of a new political era in Canada. Mark Carney is set to be sworn in as the country's next Prime Minister at any moment. We'll bring
you those pictures live as soon as it happens.
But first, we want to start with Ukraine and a war that continues to rage despite high-level attempts at diplomacy. The Kremlin says that Vladimir
Putin has sent Donald Trump a message about the American-backed ceasefire proposal, and there are grounds, quote, "for cautious optimism". On
Thursday, the Russian President didn't outright reject the plan, but said the agreement would be on Moscow's terms, and then demanded new concessions
from Kyiv. And it comes as Russian troops make significant gains on the ground in the country's Kursk region, where Ukraine occupies territory and
maybe losing what leverage it has.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meantime, slammed the Russian President's response and accused him of being disingenuous.
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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT (Interpreted): Now we have all heard from Russia very predictable, very manipulative words from Putin in
response to the idea of the ceasefire on the frontline. He is actually preparing a refusal as of now. Putin, of course, is afraid to tell
President Trump directly that he wants to continue this war.
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ASHER: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed he would end the war in Ukraine on his first day back in office, but nearly two months later that,
of course, hasn't happened. The White House is, however, pushing for an immediate ceasefire. Not everyone is happy with President Trump's approach
so far. In fact, a new CNN poll reveals that 50 percent about, about half of America's think that the way Trump is handling Russia's war in Ukraine
is bad for the U.S., and most Americans are skeptical about whether it will bring long-term peace to the region. Meantime, about 54 percent of those
surveyed say Trump's foreign policy moves have hurt America's standing in the world.
CNN's Nic Robertson joins us live now from London. So, in terms what we understand about Putin's reaction, he sent signals, quote, unquote,
"signals" for Donald Trump, just walk us through what we know so far in terms of Putin's readiness to accept a version of this deal, assuming some
of his concerns that he outlined yesterday end up being addressed.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: And I think you'll also have to refer to that poll you're talking about there, because I'm not
talking to the American voters. I've been talking to diplomats, particularly here in Europe, and I have to say, those poll figures pretty
much replicate what international diplomats in Europe are thinking, that Trump is not getting the best results, not handling this well, not handling
it to the -- in the best interest of the United States. But, this is not for them, they say, to decide. This is an American issue.
However, on to your point about where things stand right now, President Trump on Truth Social is saying that they've had very good and productive
conversations, and he is -- there is a very good chance that this horrible war can end soon. That doesn't quite marry up with what the Kremlin is
saying about cautious optimism. This seems to be more than cautious optimism coming from President Trump.
But, I think the question on a lot of people's minds, and this is something that's essentially being expressed by President Zelenskyy, pointing out
that Ukraine has signed up to this deal, and the world can now see that it's Russia that's drawing it out and prevaricating.
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The reality of the situation is that Putin has already started publicly negotiating the terms of this. He did it in that press conference he held
late yesterday. So, while there are these private conversations going on between Steve Witkoff and President Putin, we don't know the details that
are inside of those. We don't know what precisely is being discussed. We know how both sides are characterizing it, slightly different versions of
optimism, OK.
But, the way it's being perceived by European diplomats right now, they would point to one of the things that President Putin laid out yesterday,
his concern about Ukraine using this ceasefire pause of 30 days to rearm, retrain, in essence, trying to sort of dictate sovereign issues of Ukraine.
European position on this is, look, Ukraine needs to be fully secured. Europe will continue supplying weapons, will continue supporting Ukraine
militarily, will continue to do whatever it can to support the army to get the training that it needs to get.
This is in a complete variance where President Putin is. The big question at the moment, given that Europe wants a stake in the conversation, is,
where is President Trump on this issue? And we don't know his talking about productive -- good and productive conversations. From a European
perspective, they don't have the details to tell them that yet. They still see yawning gaps in positions here.
ASHER: All right. Nic Robertson live for us there. Thank you so much.
All right. Anna Borshchevskaya is a Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and a Fellow at the European Foundation for
Democracy. She is also the author of the book "Putin's war in Syria", and she knows this live now from Washington.
So, Anna, thank you so much for being with us. I mean, obviously we don't necessarily know what exactly Putin telegraphed to Donald Trump. Obviously,
his conversations between himself and Steve Witkoff are private as well. But, based on what we know about Vladimir Putin and about his long-term
objectives in Ukraine, how optimistic are you that we will end up seeing a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine?
ANNA BORSHCHEVSKAYA, SENIOR FELLOW, WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: Well, good morning, and thank you so much for having me on the
show. Well, the first thing to say is, based on what we know about Vladimir Putin, ceasefire or no ceasefire, he may accept it. He may not accept it.
Most likely, he is going to drag this out, as he has been. His response has been so predictable, very much the classic Putin that we know. But, the --
but, what really matters is that his fundamental goals have not changed, and that is, his chief goal is to destabilize Ukraine and really the rest
of the world. So, ceasefire or not, his goals are the same.
ASHER: The fact that these negotiations, I mean, obviously, I mentioned that a lot of them have been kept private, but the fact that at least part
of these negotiations are playing out publicly, how much does that limit the prospects for lasting peace, do you think? I mean, obviously, for
negotiations to actually really work, there has to be some level of diplomacy that takes place behind closed doors, without the media sort of
telegraphing everything that's going on. The fact that it is so public, does that damage the prospects for lasting peace, do you think?
BORSHCHEVSKAYA: Yeah, I think it does, at least based on where we stand, based on where we are at present, and the reason for that is because, if
the goal is to pressure Putin to really end the conflict, there are things we could be doing there. We could be doing beyond what's currently in
place. Of course, there is some pressure on him right now, but there is so much more that the United States could do, and we're simply not doing that.
What we're telegraphing instead is that we're putting all the pressure on Ukraine, where Russia was the real aggressor here.
The issue is raising the costs on Putin so high that it changes his fundamental cost-benefit calculus in his strategy and what he aims to
achieve, and that is, again, keeping Ukraine to stabilize, and that has not -- and we're simply not showing that yet. We're not telegraphing that. So,
really getting him to sign on a pause is beyond that, until we fundamentally shift his cost-benefit calculus on approaching what he wants
to do.
ASHER: We know that Trump and Putin have spoken several times since Trump assumed the presidency, and we know that they will likely speak in the
coming days. What does Donald Trump need to say to Vladimir Putin to get this deal over the line? What are your thoughts on that?
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BORSHCHEVSKAYA: Well, one thing Trump could do is say, well, we talked to Ukraine. We did get a ceasefire. We did get an agreement. Ukraine has made
concessions. Now, the ball really is in your court. And remember that so far we've tried this approach, but there is other things we could do. We
could really turn on the pressure, and that could include giving Ukraine a lot more weapons, really all the weapons it needs, and ratcheting up
sanctions far more, putting on a lot more economic pressure than what has been done to date, because, remember, from a big picture perspective of
what matters here is that, of course, we all want a peace deal. We need a peace deal, but a bad deal is not worth it, because if Putin wins in
Ukraine, we're in a whole different world, and the stakes are too high, not just for Europe, but really for American interests.
ASHER: All right. Anna Borshchevskaya, thank you so much.
All right. A new era is beginning for Canada. This hour, Mark Carney is being sworn in as Prime Minister. These are live pictures for you from
Ottawa. Carney succeeds long-time Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and enters office in the middle of a trade war, of course, with the United States.
Paula Newton has been covering this for us and joins us live. So, one of the things that Mark Carney has said as Prime Minister-designate is that he
is ready to negotiate a brand new trade deal with Donald Trump, as long as there is respect for Canada's sovereignty. It's interesting because just as
recently as yesterday, Paula, as you know, Donald Trump in his Oval Office meeting with the NATO Secretary General talked about Canada, and said that
Canada would make a great 51st state, and that the border essentially between the two countries is basically artificial, and that it just makes
sense. This idea of Canada being part of the U.S. makes sense on every level.
Based on that, Trump is not backing down from this idea of Canada being a 51st state anytime soon. How does Mark Carney work with that going forward?
PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: He isn't going to work with that. I think that the bottom line here is, as you see, again, a historic transition.
Justin Trudeau was Prime Minister of Canada for nearly a decade. As you see this transition, is the fact that Mark Carney has made it very clear. When
he talks about respect, he is not talking about a tone. No. He is talking about language.
And Canadian politicians in the last few weeks who have been in meetings with U.S. officials, Trump officials, have made it clear this is a serious
thing, and they need to back off of that before they go into any kind of a trade negotiation. It's not a coincidence saying that one of his first kind
of campaign-style events in the last few days was to go to a steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario, one of those that was targeted by the Trump
administration. I want you to listen now to what Mark Carney said there.
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MARK CARNEY, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER-DESIGNATE: I'm ready to sit down with President Trump at the appropriate time, under a position where there is
respect for Canadian sovereignty and we're working for a common approach, a much more comprehensive approach for trade.
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NEWTON: When he is talking about comprehensive, he is saying, look, we're not going to sit down and start discussing a tit for tat here. No. If you
want to reopen a trade deal that you signed in 2020, we were -- we will sit down. But, this issue of becoming a 51st state, this issue of looking at
the border and acting as if there is something to reassess, no. And to that point, Canadian media, I have not been able to confirm it yet, saying that
Mark Carney will travel to the UK and France over the next few days, and the reason is to really shore up alliances with other allies in the United
States. It's not lost on anyone, Zain, that normally one of those trips, in fact, the first trip would have been included is a trip to the White House,
and he is definitely not going there.
This is a real roll up your sleeves, down to business type of government that's about to come in. And job one, though, I want to make clear, is
likely to be calling an election in the next few days, and the Liberal Party up against the Conservative Party on what will be a very tight race.
ASHER: Yeah. I mean, a lot of people have been questioning, yes, we have this new Prime Minister in Canada, but how long he is actually going to be
Prime Minister for you? We're actually just looking at live pictures of Rideau Hall. This is where the swearing-in ceremony is going to be taking
place. We saw Diana Fox -- Diana Fox Carney, who is Mark Carney's wife, sitting there in the front row. She has an empty seat next to her. She is
waiting for this swearing-in ceremony to take place.
So, it's not just about who the Prime Minister is, Paula. It's also about who Mark Carney is going to be keeping from Trudeau government, in terms of
the Foreign Minister and especially the Finance Minister. Just walk us through that aspect of it, because, obviously, when you're dealing with a
trade war, it is all hands on deck. I mean, this is a team effort for Canada's government.
NEWTON: Yeah. I think the core cabinet, certainly, around him will be familiar faces to the Trump administration, at least for the next couple of
months.
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If Mark Carney and the Liberals win the next election, I think you can expect more changes than to cabinet. But, for right now, you will be seeing
people that have both been able to build relationships with the Trump administration, but that are also standing firm on what Canadians want to
see. And Zain, it is so important that whatever the Liberal team emerges out of this swearing in in the next few minutes, that that is the team that
Canadians are going to see on the campaign trail. And right now, that nationalism, that anti-Americanism, I hate to say it, is what is proving to
be successful and popular among Canadians that want any future government to really stand up.
This is not a point in the next few weeks where Canadians feel -- any Canadian politician feels that they need to give a measure or an inch of
anything to the American government. It will be all eyes on shoring up allies beyond the United States and then fighting this election on Canadian
ground. I do want to make the point, though as well, those cabinet colleagues, those that have deep experience, are important to Mark Carney.
While he has a lot of experience around the world as a central bank governor, he does not have any experience in politics. He is absolutely a
novice. And the next few weeks really talk about learning as you go. It is going to be a challenging few weeks ahead here.
ASHER: Yeah. And that's why it makes a lot of sense for him to keep some people who were part of Trudeau's government. I understand that Melanie
Joly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is being kept on. She has a lot of deep contacts within the Trump administration. So, that will be put to use,
I'm sure, in the coming months.
Paula Newton live for us there. Thank you so much.
And once again, Mark Carney is going to be sworn in as Canada's next Prime Minister. This is Rideau Hall in Ottawa. We'll bring you this live event as
and when it happens. We're still waiting for it to take place.
All right. Still ahead, President Trump says that he is taking the long view, as the American economy is rattled by tariff threats and uncertainty.
We'll have live reports from the White House and New York for you ahead. Plus, Senate Democrats say they are stuck with no good options. They only
have hours left to pick between backing a Republican spending bill, they really don't like, or shutting down the U.S. government.
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ASHER: All right. Welcome back. President Donald Trump's erratic trade war has made for a volatile week on Wall Street.
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Let's take a look at where the markets are right now. Let's see here. So, the Dow is up quite a bit, up about 500 points or so. Markets are in the
green. It follows some wild swings this week, as you may have noticed. It was a steep sell-off on Thursday, as Mr. Trump threatened to impose steep
new tariffs on European allies. The Dow fell by 537 points. The NASDAQ dropped around two percent, S&P 500 tumbled into correction territory, down
10 percent from its record high last month. This is on the heels of President Trump threatening to slap a 200 percent tariffs -- tariff,
rather, on wine, champagne and other alcohol products from Europe unless the European Union removes a 50 percent tariff on U.S. spirits.
CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich is in New York for us. But, let's begin with White House Reporter Alayna Treene. So, Alayna, good news for investors. The
markets are up as of now, but there have been some pretty wild swings on Wall Street this week, not to mention the S&P 500 falling into correction
territory, dipping below 10 percent. Obviously, the President does care about the markets. Walk us through how he has been spinning some of the
tumultuous swings that we've been seeing.
ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, it's interesting, because you're exactly right, Zain. He does care about the markets. But, I will
note, he is acting very differently this time around in his second term than he did during his first term, when he used to make and really base a
lot of his decisions off of how his policies were performing in the market. We are not seeing that this week. Obviously, we've seen several days now of
the markets falling sharply, as you mentioned yesterday, going into correction territory, and yet, we still continue to hear the President, his
top allies, really dig in on the tariffs and the policies that are causing this market reaction.
Now, one thing that's been very clear to me, and I've spoken with White House officials about this repeatedly, is that the President believes very
strongly in his tariff policy. He believes the United States is being taken advantage of. He believes that the United States really does need to
overhaul the way that they do trade with its allies and other trading partners across the world, and really wanting to focus on American goods.
And he made that clear again yesterday when speaking to reporters. Take a listen.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: We don't need their lumber. We don't need their energy. We have more than they do. We don't
need anything. We don't need their cars. I'd much rather make the cars here, and there is not a thing that we need. Now, there will be a little
disruption, but it won't be very long.
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TREENE: Now, Zain, when he said there will be a little disruption, it may not be very long, that is the same line we are hearing others like White
House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, all of them arguing that there is going to be this disturbance
period, or as Bessent calls it, in his words, a detox period. None of them have been able to really say how long we should expect that period to
continue.
But, all in all, this is part of this strategy. They are not moving away from some of this controversial policy, despite what they're seeing in the
markets and hearing from Wall Street and those on Capitol Hill as well, Zain.
ASHER: All right. Alayna, stand by. Vanessa, let me bring you in, because, obviously, we've talked about Wall Street. Let's talk a bit more about Main
Street. Consumer sentiment, we got those numbers in today, deteriorated sharply in March. What does it tell you about how ordinary people are
viewing the U.S. economy right now?
VANESSA YURKEVICH, CNN BUSINESS AND POLITICS CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, and this is just the preliminary reading for March. This is just the first couple
days that this report picks up, essentially indicating that consumer sentiment fell by 10.5 percent. That's the third straight month of
declines, and that's coming off of a period in December when consumer sentiment was at an all-time high after the presidential election. So, you
can just see the change in mood from consumers.
And one of the main reasons that this report points out is that people are souring on the economy. They're not feeling great about the direction of
the economy. It's very uncertain for them. They do not know how to plan. This survey looks across all different political parties, and there was a
decline in sentiment across political parties, as well as long-term economic inflation. People are not feeling good about where the economy is
headed, even in the next five years from now. Really the worst reading that this report has picked up since 1993, and of course, this is all because of
tariffs.
And we heard from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick earlier this morning. He was asked, what is the next round of tariffs look like on April 2nd?
Does that include the auto industry? Listen to what he said about that.
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HOWARD LUTNICK, U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY: That would be fair, right? If you're going to tariff cars from anywhere, it's got to be tariffing cars
from everywhere.
MARIA BARTIROMO, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK ANCHOR: Right.
LUTNICK: That's the whole point. It's bring it home. Don't make it so that Japan has an unfair advantage over Korea or Germany or anywhere.
BARTIROMO: Right.
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LUTNICK: The idea is Donald Trump is focused on fairness, and fairness is, look, it's cheaper to buy an American car. It's cheaper to buy the parts
that are American. Let's bring American production home.
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YURKEVICH: Now, Wall Street is really not paying attention to much of Lutnick's comments there, or this Consumer Sentiment Survey. Instead, they
are focusing --
ASHER: Vanessa, I've to interrupt you. We want to go live to Canada, where Mark Carney is being sworn in as Prime Minister. Let's listen in well.
CARNEY: (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CARNEY: I, Mark Carney, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles III, King of Canada, his heirs and
successors.
CARNEY: (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CARNEY: I, Mark Carney, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I shall be a true and faithful servant to His Majesty King Charles III, as a member of
His Majesty's Privy Council for Canada. I will in all things to be treated, debated and resolved in Privy Council, faithfully, honestly and truly
declare my mind and my opinion. I shall keep secret all matters committed and revealed to me in this capacity or that shall be secretly treated of in
counsel. Generally, in all things I shall do as a faithful and true servant ought to do for His Majesty.
CARNEY: (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CARNEY: I, Mark Carney, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will truly and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute
the powers and trust reposed in me as Prime Minister.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Prime Minister and the Governor General and the clerk of the Privy Council are signing the oath books to formally witness
the swearing in of the Prime Minister, but they're also signing the instruments of advice nominating the new Canadian Minister.
ASHER: And with that, Canada has a brand new Prime Minister, Mark Carney just there being sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada at Rideau Hall in
Ottawa, telling reporters, just as he arrived to Rideau Hall there, that he is set to get straight to work and that he is willing to negotiate with
Donald Trump over this trade war as soon as, in his words, Donald Trump starts showing Canada some respect, referring there to Donald Trump's
continued comments about making Canada the 51st State of the United States.
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He has two key decisions to make. Number one, of course, how to handle this brewing sort of tit for tat trade war with the United States. Donald Trump,
obviously, just days ago, imposing 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, also just in terms of the other major decision he has
to make is when to call snap elections. Currently, elections in Canada are set for October. But, some people are wondering whether or not he is
actually going to call for elections as soon as in a few weeks or perhaps a few months. So, could he be Canada's Prime Minister for very long?
Obviously, that does remain to be seen.
This is a man who has not held political office before, but yet, he won this election quite significantly, by quite a significant margin. Just in
terms of his background, he was once governor of the Bank of Canada and also governor of the Bank of England as well, and that's really key,
because he is the first, or rather was the first non-British person to hold that position in the Bank of England's 300-year history. But, here we have
it. Mark Carney being sworn in as the next Prime Minister of Canada at a really crucial time in terms of Canada's relationship with the United
States.
All right. The big question on Capitol Hill right now, are Senate Democrats really ready to vote in favor of Donald Trump's agenda? Democrats face a
midnight deadline to either pass the Republican spending bill or shut down the government. With no good options, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer
announced on Thursday that he would vote in favor of the bill that virtually every Democrat in the House refused to support. Schumer says
Donald Trump and Elon Musk would love a shutdown.
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SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse. A
shutdown would give Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE and Vought the keys to the city, state and country.
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ASHER: All right. Let's talk more about this with Arlette Saenz. Arlette, I think the big question is, obviously we know which way Chuck Schumer is
encouraging other Senate Democrats to go. But, does he have the votes in the Senate? Will there or won't there be a government shutdown by midnight
tonight?
ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well Zain, that really is the big question, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision to go ahead
and vote to avert a government shutdown certainly gives some space to other Democratic senators to potentially get on board as well, but his move has
certainly sparked a lot of frustration, especially among House Democrats, who really had for the most part remained united in opposition to this
bill, and also with the base which has been clamoring for Democrats to do more to try to stand up to President Trump's agenda.
Now, Senate Republicans will need eight Senate Democrats in order to clear a procedural vote on this funding bill that would fund the government
through the end of September. So far, there are only two who have publicly announced that they would be yeses on those votes. That's Chuck Schumer and
also Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who we just caught up with moments ago. Take a listen.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is there a smarter fight for Democrats to pick a smarter place for them to take their stand? Is it just the Election Day?
SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN (D-PA): What I'm saying is, is like, recognize how zero leverage, and if yelling on social media is your -- if you think that's
leadership, I know a lot of them are fundraising off of that. Well, good on then.
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SAENZ: So, it really this entire episode highlights the very deep fissures and debates within Democratic Party about how to proceed in this Trump era.
And what's interesting about this vote is you have a lot of senators across the Democratic spectrum who have said they're going to vote against it. You
have progressives and moderates. Younger Senate Democrats also say that they will be no votes on this. So, there is a big question of whether
Senate Democrats will be able to provide enough votes to avert a government shutdown. Last night, Schumer would not say if the votes are there, but if
not, then the government -- the country could be hurtling to another shutdown at midnight tonight.
ASHER: All right. Arlette Saenz at Capitol Hill live for us there. Thank you so much.
From populist President to defendant at The Hague, former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared for his very first hearing at the
International Court.
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ASHER: All right. Welcome back to One World. I'm Zain Asher in New York. Here are some of the headlines we are watching for you today.
The NTSB is investigating this incident at Denver International Airport. Here, you see something you do not see every day, dozens of passengers
being evacuated onto the wing of an American Airlines flight after the engine caught fire. That flight had been diverted after the crew reported
engine vibrations. 12 people suffered minor injuries.
Hamas says it's willing to release U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander and the return of the remains the four dual nationals held in Gaza. The
militant group said it is part of a proposal put forward by mediators, but did not go into further detail. The Israeli Prime Minister's Office accused
Hamas of engaging in what it called manipulation and psychological warfare.
The G7 is wrapping up its foreign ministers' meeting in Quebec. Reuters reports the ministers have reached a deal on a joint statement reaffirming
their unwavering support for Ukraine and calling on Russia to agree to a ceasefire.
Canada's Foreign Minister said she had a frank discussion with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio about Trump's tariffs.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made his first court appearance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Duterte is
charged with a crime against humanity for his brutal crackdown on drugs in his country. Some rights groups say as many as 30,000 people were killed
while he was in office, including civilians caught in the crosshairs.
All right. Melissa Bell is joining us live now from Paris with more. I mean, obviously, this is an important chance at accountability for the
thousands of people who were killed mercilessly and without due process, I might add, during Duterte's war on drugs. Just walk us through what came
out of the hearing today, Melissa.
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MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it was a remarkable moment. This is, of course, the first time that a former Asian
leader finds himself before the International Criminal Court. The circumstances, very dramatic arrest over the last few days, the political
about-face from the current Filipino President that allowed the ICC's arrest warrant to be served, all of that had been fairly dramatic. And I
think the images we saw today even more so, partly because of Rodrigo Duterte's poor health. He was allowed to participate by video link,
although he is physically in The Hague. He was asked for his name and date of birth, and as you listened to him speak very little, but nonetheless,
you got a sense of just how frail and fragile he is and how fragile his health is.
He then listened to the prosecution lay out the cases against him. And essentially, the prosecution's case is limited to the killings that took
place, so, not the rapes, not the torture that allegedly was part of this war on drugs, the killings that took place between 2011 and 2019 when the
ICC lost its jurisdiction because the Philippines left the court. And that period, Zain, covers both the time when he was the mayor of a southern
Filipino city and the time, of course, when he was President, and the world's attention was drawn to his very ruthless tactics, his focus, first
of all on crime and drugs specifically, and his very ruthless tactics for trying to deal with the problem. Now, what his critics say, and what the
prosecution, the ICC alleges is that essentially, these were thousands of extrajudicial killings.
And you know, what's interesting is that we've never heard any remorse from Rodrigo Duterte. As recently as October, in front of a congressional
hearing, Zain, he said he offered no excuse and no apology, boasting, in fact, of the gang of thugs he had around himself as mayor when he was
there. So, it will be interesting to see what line the defense takes, but certainly, an extraordinary moment today, the first time we saw him in that
box.
ASHER: All right. Melissa Bell live for us there. Thank you.
We'll be right back with more news after this short break.
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ASHER: There is anger here in the U.S. at both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
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This was the scene at a town hall held by North Carolina Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards on Tuesday. Chants of shame on you after Edwards
expressed support for Elon Musk' government cutbacks. And the mood inside was also tense when one veteran confronted Edwards after the congressman
said he voted yes on a government funding bill.
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ASHER: Donald Trump's right hand man did not get the welcome he expected when he showed up Thursday night to a performance at the Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts.
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ASHER: Vice President J.D. Vance was loudly booed by the crowd. Donald Trump was elected chairman of the Kennedy Center board after he removed
members who had been appointed by Democratic presidents. The audience clearly indicated to Vance that they did not support that move.
All right. Astronauts that have been stranded in space way longer than they planned could be headed home soon enough. They just need tonight's launch
from Earth to actually happen after it was delayed on Wednesday. Bill Nye, "The Science Guy", joins us next. We'll ask him what he thinks.
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ASHER: All right. Let's spend a few moments contemplating the heavens. Shall we? First rare cosmic alignment, the Moon, the Earth, and the Sun
were all literally perfectly lined up last night in a lunar eclipse, and people across America saw the first blood moon since 2022. The first time
in three years that has happened.
And in the coming hours, NASA and SpaceX are preparing to send a crew to the International Space Station. Once they arrive, NASA astronauts Butch
Wilmore and Suni Williams, who you see here, will finally get their chance to return to Earth. They've been on the International Space Station for
nine months, even though the mission was actually only supposed to last for days. It was extended after the Boeing Starliner that was supposed to bring
them home was deemed unsafe to return them.
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Today's "Crew-10" launch could happen later today. A planned launch was called off on Wednesday because there was an issue with the launch pad's
ground system. Now, who better to ask about all things happening in space? And of course, Bill Nye, "The Science Guy", he joins us live now from LA,
not space, by the way. Bill is also the author of this book "Great Big World of Science". Bill, thank you so much for being with us. So, there is
obviously so much attention on SpaceX's Crew-10, because it will allow for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to hopefully be able to return. Obviously,
we saw this mission delayed on Wednesday. What are the prospects, do you think, of it getting off the ground, literally without a hitch today? Give
us your take.
BILL NYE, "THE SCIENCE GUY", & HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "THE END IS NYE": I think the prospects are fine. Everybody -- I have been to several
rocket launches over the years, and one of the problems you have as a space tourist or a space rocket launch watching professional is you have to book
hotels for several days because you don't know when the thing is going to go. And so, this is teen, you guys. I don't mean to be dismissive, but you
may be -- we all may be used to getting on airplanes and complaining when it's three or four minutes or five minutes delayed. Well, rocket launches,
there is so much more energy being expended so fast that you got to wait until everything is absolutely in place before you, as the saying goes,
light the candle.
So, I don't mean to be dismissive, but this is the kind of thing. Scrubs of launches, especially in the last minute or two, are common enough. And so,
I'm sure Williams and Wilmore are just OK. It's another scrub. I also get that the Russians that they're ready to come down.
ASHER: Yeah, after nine months. By the way, you're not being dismissive at all. You're just stating your opinion. And the weather today actually looks
really favorable. 95 percent chance of everything going according to plan. So, we do expect this to take off without a hitch. But, just in terms of
their supplies, I mean, as I mentioned, they've been there for nine months. This mission was only supposed to last days. But, when you think about
their supplies, be it food, be it water, be it clothing, I mean, just walk us through what sort of challenges these two have experienced after having
their mission delayed, or the return home delayed several times, and it being extended by that much.
NYE: Well, what I would tell everybody is they thought of that. NASA is continually working on contingency plans for things going in for problems,
for things going on, and there have been supply missions in the interim that were on no crew, no people on board. So, resupply, I don't think has
been the issue. My understanding is the big issue is the -- these two astronauts missed their families. They missed being with ones here on
Earth, and that -- that's a real thing.
When people talk about, well, let's go to Mars, or let's go to some extraordinary dead South Pole the Moon for six months, what have you, the
psychological issues are real things where you're away from your family's human contact for weeks and months at a time, maybe years at a time, can be
a little difficult. So, when they get down, I'm sure they'll give us an earful about how they felt and what they look forward to and what food they
missed and they'll miss seeing a sunrise every 90 minutes, the way we have here on Earth, just once a day, they'll get. And then the other thing
astronauts talk about is when you're, I haven't done it, but when you're in Zero-G, you can just let go of something and it stays there, whereas here
on Earth, gravity.
ASHER: Yes, of course.
NYE: And so, there is gravity in space, but it's your relationship to it is different. So, I'm looking forward to those guys, or a guy and gal coming
back down and telling us what it's like.
ASHER: I think you bring us such an important point. It's not so much about the supplies. It's about literally the psychological impact of not
necessarily just staying for nine months, but assuming that you're going for a few days and then ending up staying for 10 times that amount. I mean,
obviously, yes, of course, you miss your family. That makes --
NYE: But --
ASHER: sense. Go ahead.
NYE: Well, I was just going to say, I've been on submarines, admit submariners, the people who drive these things around, and there is a type
of person that does not respond to claustrophobia, does not respond to being out of touch with the world, or not -- no contact with the world.
There is a type of person that, frankly, thrives on that.
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And I think astronauts, there is a spectrum of that reaction to being isolated or being in a capsule or space station for months. There is
probably astronauts have to be able to tolerate that environment.
ASHER: Yes.
NYE: But, I will say the difference just thinking objective, thinking out loud now, about submariners, they are out of touch deliberately. There is
no communication with the antennas in Michigan and so on around the world for days, weeks at a time, whereas astronauts are in touch with the ground
continuously. So, it's now that I give it some thought. Well, they'll tell us. When they get back --
ASHER: Yes. Yes.
NYE: -- they will tell us what it's --
ASHER: But, I love what you said about there being a particular personality type that gravitated towards being alone. I like being alone, but not for
nine months. I mean, that would be like locked down on steroids.
NYE: You said gravitates, everybody.
ASHER: Yeah. Yeah. See what I did there.
Bill Nye, "The Science Guy", so good to see you. Thank you so much for coming on the program. We appreciate it. We'll see what happens tonight. I
know we --
NYE: We had a great lunar.
ASHER: Listen, I know I wanted to talk to you about that, but sadly, we are out of time. We've got four minutes left until the end of the show, and
I've got to get the commercial break in.
Bill, thank you so much. Appreciate it.
Stay with us. There is much more news on One World after this short break.
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