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Zelenskyy: Halting War at Current Lines a "Good Compromise"; Why Trump wants to be Compensated; U.S. Senator Protests Trump with Marathon Floor Speech; Judge to Weigh in on Keeping Guard Troops Out of Chicago; Louvre Reopens after Brazen Heist of Crown Jewels; Iconic Music Memorabilia will be Sold in London. Aired 11a-12p ET
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ZAIN ASHER, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: Steadily Russian attacks rained down across vast swaths of Ukraine. "One World" starts right now. The latest
Russian bombardment comes as President Trump is set to welcome NATO, Secretary General, to the White House today.
Plus, a federal judge is deciding whether the White House can go ahead with deploying the National Guard in Chicago. I'll get reaction from Illinois
Congressman Brad Schneider. And the Louver is back open after thieves stole crown jewels thought to be worth at least $100 million. We're live in Paris
with the very latest.
All right, coming to you live from New York. I'm Zain Asher. You are watching "One World". An onslaught of Russian drones has plunged parts of
Ukraine into darkness. The attacks were able to penetrate Ukraine's overworked air defenses. Seven people lost their lives overnight, including
a baby on the diplomatic front.
President Donald Trump will meet with NATO, Secretary General, Mark Rutte, at the White House. They'll likely talk about the next steps regarding
Ukraine. But plans for a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appear to be in limbo. Trump said yesterday it could be a waste of time.
However, Russian preparations for the summit are ongoing.
One administration official tells CNN there are no plans for a summit in the immediate future. Let's bring in our International Diplomatic Editor,
Nic Robertson. So, Nic, a lot of people are saying, particularly in Ukraine and Zelenskyy, essentially, that the latest attacks we've seen on Ukraine
are yet more evidence that the Russian President is not ready for peace, and he's using these negotiations to try to drag out the war walks us
through, Nic.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yeah. Another thing that President Zelenskyy has said as well is that the fact that President
Trump doesn't appear to want this time to provide Ukraine with those long- range Tomahawk cruise missiles. Zelenskyy says that is subsequent to that we've been able to see President Putin be less interested in diplomacy and
more interested in these strikes.
But the strikes that have happened overnight last night not the biggest by far, but part of a real, significant escalation over the past month
targeting Ukraine's energy sector in Kyiv and other parts of the country. In the early part of the day, we know that six people were killed, more
were injured.
And then later in the day, in Kharkiv, in the northeast of the country, a kindergarten there was damaged in a Russian strike. One person killed,
seven injured. The children in that kindergarten led away to safety. But it's -- it is very much a day where Ukrainians are recognizing that these
continued impacts on their energy infrastructure is going to mean continued blackouts, power shortages.
And this is what we've heard from energy officials inside of Ukraine, that these rolling blackouts will continue. President Zelenskyy has been on a
sort of a diplomatic tour in Europe. He was in Sweden earlier today, there visiting a Saab Factory that makes a grip and fighter jets.
And President Zelenskyy after that, saying that he had laid an order for a substantial number of those fighter jets. He went on to Norway, where he
met the prime minister there. Norway committing $150 million worth of energy aid to Ukraine and discussion there as well about those air defense
systems.
The difficulty that Ukraine faces at the moment is because Russia is increasing the number of strikes Russia's air defense -- Ukraine's air
defenses are quite literally getting overwhelmed. They were able to take down about 80 percent of the more than 400 missiles and drones that came
their way overnight.
But more are getting through than they used to, and that's a significant problem for Ukraine. Also, the Ukrainian President, speaking about
President Trump's position on -- Russia's position on the future of a potential ceasefire, this is what he had to say about that.
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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT: You saw messages, public messages from Trump. He proposed, stay where we stay, and begin conversation. I
think this that was good compromise, but I'm not sure that Putin will support and I said it to president.
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ROBERTSON: Yeah. And President Zelenskyy is expected to engage in more diplomatic meetings on this theme.
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Meeting expected to meet when European Union Leaders meet at a Summit in Brussels on Thursday and then a meeting on Friday in the UK of the support
group for Ukraine. So, more diplomacy to come from Zelenskyy, looking for all the supports he can use right now.
ASHER: All right, Nic Robertson live for us there. Thank you so much. Let's get some perspective from CNN Military Analyst, Colonel Cedric Leighton.
So, Colonel, one of the things I think is probably quite taxing for the Ukrainians is that President Trump keeps flip flopping and making all these
U-turns in terms of what he wants.
One minute, he wants a meeting with Vladimir Putin. The next minute he says, well, you know, it could actually be a complete waste of time, which,
by the way, Zelenskyy had been warning him. On top of that, we've seen the U.S. President flip flop on this idea of just how much land Ukraine can
actually win back.
One minute, he says, the battle line should be frozen. You know, Ukraine cannot win this war against Vladimir Putin. But late September, he was
saying the total opposite, that Ukraine could actually win back all land from Russia. When Zelenskyy is negotiating with a president or speaking to
a president who does not know what he wants from this, how does that complicate things here?
COL. CEDRIC LEIGHTON, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Zain, it's a huge complication for Zelenskyy. And you know, you have to try to put yourself in his shoes,
where he's trying to actually move in a diplomatic fashion to preserve and protect his country and protect its sovereignty.
And he's dealing with, you know, what should be an ally the United States, and he's having to deal with these erratic policy moves on the part of the
President of the United States. And you know, so the complication means for Zelenskyy that not only does he have to fend off both Russian military as
well as diplomatic efforts to undermine Ukraine.
But he also has to deal with this very erratic policy -- these policy U- turns, as you correctly point out all the time, from the United States. So, the United States really needs to take a take stock of what's going on
here, and realize that Russia is the aggressor state in this particular case.
And what you're also dealing with is the fact that if you don't have a consistent policy, this could have a significant impact for other conflicts
around the world. People are watching, whether it's the Chinese or local conflicts in perhaps in Southeast Asia or also in South America, they are
looking and seeing what the United States is doing.
And if the United States gets to a point where the policy that is implemented is one that is more favorable to Putin that would then really
weaken the United States diplomatic and military hand in the rest of the world. The best way for the United States to move forward is to
consistently support the Ukrainians, and that is definitely something that you see at the very least sporadically from the Trump Administration.
So, when they do make their policy changes, hopefully they get to the point where they actually say, OK, this is going to be a policy that is
supportive of Ukraine's sovereignty. And Zelenskyy's reaction to the Trump proposal of freezing things in place as they are right now is actually a
very positive step forward, and that could then be built upon. But right now, with these erratic movements, Zelenskyy does have his hands full.
ASHER: And obviously, when it comes to any negotiation, I mean the personal relationships between the parties involved is paramount, but especially for
somebody like Donald Trump. And when you think about this meeting that took place between Zelenskyy and Trump on Friday, I mean, he had just gotten off
a really positive phone call with Vladimir Putin going into that meeting.
That meeting with Zelenskyy and Trump appeared, by all accounts, to have gone very badly. Obviously, Zelenskyy, we knew he wasn't necessarily going
to get the Tomahawks that he had come asking for. Obviously, he walked away empty handed. The fact that their personal relationship is so fragile. I
mean, obviously this meeting didn't go as badly as what we saw in February, but still, that has to be a factor in all of this too.
LEIGHTON: It is. And personal relationships are important. And it's interesting you know, you kind of look at the juxtaposition between these
personal relationships. And you're right, the one between Trump and Zelenskyy is a fraught personal relationship. But then you also have to
look at the interests of each of the nation states involved.
And if the best situation for the Ukrainians is of course, if they can get along with Trump and with the Europeans, they're doing very well on the
European front, for the most part, with the exception of Hungary and Slovakia. But generally speaking, they're getting along extremely well with
the rest of NATO.
And the NATO powers are supporting Ukraine, and they're trying their best to fill the void that is being left by the United States.
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And you know, when you look at that, you see -- you know the efforts that the Ukrainians are making are actually quite extraordinary, both from a
diplomatic as well as from a military standpoint. But these differences, these personality differences, do weigh heavily on the issue.
And in many ways, you know, Trump is somebody who doesn't really forget some of the slights that he perceives from his first term. I even though
the slights were either not intended or they're basically only existing in his mind. So, there is -- you know there's a real issue there that you know
on some-day -- on some days, we think it's being resolved on other days, we're not secure.
ASHER: All right, Colonel Cedric Leighton live for us there. Thank you so much. All right, U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is set to visit
Israel Thursday, joining a list of high-profile American officials already there who are trying to shore up the Israel Hamas ceasefire in Gaza.
Rubio joins Vice President J.D. Vance and Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Vance met Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier today to
discuss the day after scenario for Gaza, including who could provide security in the Enclave decimated by two years of war. Vance also met
released Israeli hostages and family members of victims.
Meantime, Israel has identified the remains of two more hostages who have been handed over by Hamas, including an 85-year-old who was the oldest
hostage taken on October 7th, both men were from Kibbutz Nir Oz in Southern Israel. This, all of this on the heels of the U.N.'s top court issuing a
legal opinion saying that Israel, as an occupying power, is obligated to facilitate humanitarian aid in Gaza. CNN's Jeremy Diamond joins us live now
from Tel Aviv. Jeremy, what's the latest?
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: A Well, we've just gotten a ruling from the International Court of Justice regarding how Israel is, you
know, its responsibilities related to humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
And the International Court of Justice, in this non-binding ruling, is saying that Israel, as the occupying power in Gaza is obligated to
facilitate humanitarian aid into the strip, rebuking a blockade that Israel imposed earlier this year on humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Now this ICJ case is separate from the genocide case that we've spent a lot of time talking about. This one comes after Israel passed a law banning
UNRWA, the primary U.N. agency responsible for providing aid to Palestinians, both in Gaza, but also supporting Palestinians in the West
Bank.
And following that, the United Nations asked the International Court of Justice to review this case, and as a result, what we are seeing is a
reinforcing of Israel's obligations as the occupying power, to provide aid and also its obligations to cooperate with the United Nations.
This court ruling also says that UNRWA, that U.N. agency, again, has not violated its impartiality obligations, and said that Israel has not
substantiated allegations that this large swath of UNRWA employees are affiliated with Hamas. As we know in the past, the United Nations found
that only nine of its employees had ties to Hamas, and swiftly moved to remove them from any positions within UNRWA.
Israel's ban on UNRWA came into effect in January, though, and now, in a statement, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is rejecting this
opinion outright, insisting that it will not cooperate with UNRWA, saying that it is an organization, quote, infested with terror activities.
It does insist that Israel upholds its obligations under international law, and is effectively rejecting this ICJ ruling as a political one rather than
a legal one. Now it's important to note that while this ICJ ruling is non- binding, it still carries quite a bit of weight, and it will carry a lot of weight with the member nations of the United Nations.
And so that could have ramifications over how many of these countries within the United Nations choose to view Israel's future decisions related
to UNRWA, related to humanitarian aid, into the future, and it could help bolster some of the arguments that many of those countries have been making
now for two years, Zain.
ASHER: All right. Jeremy Diamond, live for us there. Thank you so much. All right, still to come with no end in sight, the U.S. government is now in
the second longest shutdown in its history. The latest from Capitol Hill, just ahead. And Donald Trump believes the U.S. government owes him money.
We'll tell you why he acknowledged he could be seeking more than $200 million from the Department of Justice when we come back.
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ASHER: All right, the shutdown continues in Washington as the U.S. enters day 22 of a government shutdown. There's been little movement on Capitol
Hill, the Republicans in Congress, still refusing to negotiate until their demands are met. President Donald Trump says he's willing to meet with
Democrats, but there's a catch.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: I would like to meet with both of them, but I set one little caveat. I will only meet if
they let the country open. They have to let the country open. The people want to go back to work. They want to be served. They want to -- they need
the services of some people, and a lot of people need the money the payroll, so I'll do it as soon as they open up the country.
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ASHER: All right, the Democrats Leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, says he plans to press the president for a meeting on a shutdown before Trump
leaves for Asia on Friday.
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SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): President should meet with us. It's not me, him or anything political. It's that the people are in crisis. Every day
they're getting these bills these notifications of how much they're going to pay, and they're just people are just struck of the difficulty they will
be in.
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ASHER: CNN's Annie Grayer joins us live now from Washington. So, Chuck Schumer there, trying to get a meeting with the president. The president
doesn't necessarily want to meet with Democrats just yet. But it's really important to know that this is now the second longest government shutdown
in U.S. history.
And lot of people on both sides of the aisle believe that the U.S. President, Donald Trump, is the only person who can change that, who can
tip the scales at this point in time.
ANNIE GRAYER, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: That's right. And that's a new development here, that what you're hearing from rank-and-file Republicans,
both in the House and the Senate, saying that at this point, with the stalemate going on, as long as it has been, with no one in sight, that
maybe the president needs to come in to get directly involved, to be the disruptor, to be the negotiator that can bring these two sides together.
And as you mentioned, the Democrats really want this to happen. They argue that they should be negotiating directly with President Trump, because they
think that the Congressional Republicans are just going to follow what the president suggests anyway. So, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have
reached out.
They're planning on reaching out again. But all of this right now seems to be a moot point, even though this is what is building on the rank-and-file
behind the scenes, because Congressional leadership is very adamant that no negotiations around health care costs are going to happen until the
government is reopened. Take a listen to how House Speaker Mike Johnson puts it.
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REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA): He's ready, but he is not going to negotiate with the Democrats -- nothing to offer to Democrats who are using this for their
own selfish political purposes, plain and simple, that's what it is. The president has nothing to offer them. There is, there is literally no issue
on the table.
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GRAYER: So round and round we go here, where there is a growing group of lawmakers who want to negotiate, but leadership and the president are
adamant that will not happen until the government reopens. So, we are in the second longest shut down in history and counting, with really no end in
sight.
ASHER: All right, Annie Grayer live for us. Thank you so much. The U.S. President has confirmed he could be asking the Justice Department to pay
him more than $200 million as compensation for past investigations into him. "The New York Times" says that Trump filed complaints with the DOJ in
2023 and 24 about the investigations into Russian election interference and his handling of classified documents.
Trump has claimed the Justice Department was weaponized against him. "The Times" notes that the same lawyers who defended Trump or his co-defendant
in those cases are now senior DOJ officials, and could help decide whether he is entitled to compensation. Here's what President Trump had to say
about any potential settlement.
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TRUMP: I'm looking for money. I'd give it to charity or something. I would give it to charity, any money. But look what they did. They rigged the
election. Now with the country, it's interesting, because I'm the one that makes a decision, right? And you know that decision would have to go across
my desk, and it's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself.
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ASHER: It should be noted that any payout would come from U.S. taxpayer funds. A former lawyer in the first Trump White House said he thinks Trump
wouldn't hesitate to take the money.
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TY COBB, FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE LAWYER: I don't think he has any difficulty doing that. He took a $400 million plane from Qatar. You know,
he's got real estate deals going on around the world. He's shaking down law firms and shaking down universities. This guy doesn't have any difficulty
trying to, you know, absorb financial wealth.
And you know the absurdity of the claims that he has filed, you know, in connection with the Russian investigation, and, more importantly, in
connection with the classified documents case, where whatever he did was far worse and more dangerous than anything Bolton is charged with in terms
of classified information.
So, it's just crazy that he's demanded the money in the first place, but he fully expects that Todd Blanch or Pam Bondi will do his bidding and write
him a check.
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ASHER: Trump's reported claims are not technically a lawsuit and would not go before a judge or jury. It is simply up to the top people the DOJ who
are among Trump's most loyal allies. A DOJ spokesperson would only say all Justice Department officials follow the guidance of career ethics
officials.
All right, still to come here on "One World", one U.S. Senator is using his voice to protest Trump's push to deploy troops to his state.
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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 today. Russia launched a
deadly, wide scale air assault on Ukraine overnight. Among the targets, the Eastern City of Kharkiv, where firefighters rescued children when their
kindergarten was hit.
Also, under fire major cities like Kyiv and Ukraine's energy infrastructure too. One man was seriously injured when shots were fired outside the
parliament building in Belgrade Serbia. Local media report one person was detained. Happened near a tent erected by supporters of serving -- the
Serbian President, who has been facing massive street protests for about a year.
Protests against immigration turned violent in Dublin, Ireland, overnight, hundreds of protesters gathered outside a building housing asylum seeker --
asylum seekers, excuse me, they burned a police banner through bottles and fireworks at police. The unrest came after a man was arrested and charged
with the sexual assault of a young girl. Local reports allege the suspect is an asylum seeker.
In Uganda, a bus crash on one of the country's busiest highways has killed at least 46 people and injured dozens of others. It happened late last
night between the Capital Kampala and the Northern City of Gulu. Investigators say the two busses traveling in opposite directions ended up
colliding head on after trying to overtake other vehicles.
All right, about 17 hours ago, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon stood up to give a speech on the floor of the Senate, and he is still
there. Merkley's marathon speech is a protest against Donald Trump with a special focus on Trump's efforts to deploy National Guard troops to
Merkley's Hometown of Portland, Oregon.
Earlier this week, a federal appeals court gave Trump the go ahead to send troops to Portland. Merkley says that is a dangerous decision.
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SEN. JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR): President Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots, because if
he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there's a rebellion, and if there's a rebellion, he can use that to strengthen his
authoritarian grip on our nation.
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ASHER: In addition to Portland, Trump has been trying to deploy the National Guard to Chicago as well. That move has been blocked by a federal
judge, and she's expected to extend her order at a hearing that is happening right now, both the City of Chicago and the Trump Administration
say it's time for the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the president can deploy troops to U.S. cities.
The White House is arguing that the courts are not allowed to block the president on military decisions like this. Let's go live now to Chicago and
CNN Law Enforcement Correspondent Whitney Wild. So, Whitney, just explain to us what Democrats are saying as this legal battle continues to play out?
WHITNEY WILD, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think Democrats are very strongly against this idea of the National Guard coming into
states, particularly the idea of a National Guard from an outside state moving into another state.
For example, what we know is that members of the Texas National Guard have been authorized to move into Illinois. They believe that is a direct
affront to Illinois' sovereignty that was upheld by the Seventh Circuit here, which is the court of appeals that upheld that original district
court's decision to put a temporary restraining order on the National Guard's ability to move throughout the state.
So here I'll just bring you up to speed. And I think the note that quote you just heard about rebellion is really central to what is being argued
here and what judges are reasoning.
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This idea that there's a rebellion inside the State of Illinois that would require the National Guard to suppress it is just not something that the
district court or the Court of Appeals here is buying. And in fact, in the Court of Appeals upholding this temporary restraining order on the National
Guard.
They pointed out that protest is not rebellion. Protest, even when it is organized, even when it is large, even when it is noisy, and even when it
is sporadically violent, does not constitute a rebellion. Instead, a rebellion is an organized violent uprising against effectively, the concept
of government as a whole.
A rebellion is not a fight against a single part, you know, a single law that people disagree with, or a single government action that is being
disagreed with, which is the case here. People are protesting direct actions this immigration crackdown from the Department of Homeland
Security.
And then further Zain, I think what is important to understand here is that the Court of Appeals here in Chicago is taking a different position than
the Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit, because what we know Portland, that court is allowing the National Guard to move into Portland. And the
reason is the conditions are different.
In Portland they are not getting that much help from local law enforcement. Here in Illinois, there is a huge amount of local law enforcement help to
protect these ICE facilities. We've seen many members of the Illinois State Police, the Cook County Sheriff's Office, the Broad View City Police
Department, which is the city where that ICE facility is located.
And the Court of Appeals has stressed that it's because there's so much local help, there's simply no need for the National Guard. And then the
other -- the final reason here that the Court of Appeals has upheld this restraining order against the National Guard is because they say that, by
DHS's own admission, they have been able to conduct robust immigration operations.
They are touting large numbers of arrests. So, the circuit court's looking at this and saying, you still can do your job. You said that you're getting
help from locals. You haven't even had to intervene personally, because there's so much local police help, so there's no need for the National
Guard.
Now a judge this hearing has been paused. A judge is laying out three options, the TRO can continue, there can be a preliminary injunction, or
the TRO can just be dissolved. So that's what the parties are looking at right now Zain. We expect to hear more later this afternoon, when she
brings the parties back to court. Back to you.
ASHER: All right, Whitney Wild live for us there. Thank you so much. Joining us live now from Lincolnshire, Illinois is Brad Schneider, the
Democratic Representative for Illinois' 10th District. Congressman, thank you so much for being with us.
We just had our correspondent lay out some of the reasons as to why what's happening in Portland is very different from what's happening in Chicago,
particularly because of the level of local law enforcement that's assisting in protecting ICE facilities there.
But just the fact that you have the Trump Administration asking the Supreme Court to step in here to allow the deployment of National Guard troops.
From your perspective, Congressman, what does this moment say about American democracy?
The fact that you have the Trump Administration pressing the Supreme Court of the United States as to whether or not the president will be allowed to
deploy American military in U.S. cities. Just give us your take on that.
REP. BRAD SCHNEIDER (D-IL): Well, you raise a key question, and it is about American democracy. Democracy that's built on the constitution that was
designed to create three co-equal branches. The First Amendment of that constitution articulates the light of the people to peaceably assemble and
the right to free speech.
And that's been our history, from our founding and something that is held dear. We also are a country of laws and built on that constitution and the
idea that our military is at the control of a civilian government, mainly that the Congress, not necessarily the president.
So, the President Trump, is trying to undermine the Constitution, the rule of law. He's looking to a Supreme Court that he stacked with his own
nominees to back him up with unlimited monarchical power, and the Constitution specifically denies that. And I'm pretty confident that the
court will uphold the Constitution and prevent the president from sending troops willy nilly across the country based on his whim or vendetta.
ASHER: Just in terms of what's happening on the ground in Chicago right now. You know, many people have spoken about the fact that crime rates in
Chicago are down substantially, but it is true that the city does face real problems when it comes to gun violence and public safety.
What are some of the real solutions, right? What's -- what are some of the real solutions you would like to see from the federal government in a way
that doesn't violate state authority, but still addresses the actual problem here?
SCHNEIDER: Sure. You look, crime rates are down, but large urban centers always have had an issue of crime, and we need to invest in programs that
reduce that crime and ultimately work to eliminate. And we know there are things that work.
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Community policing, the federal government and President Trump is withholding $800 million from cities across the country. Federal government
can help communities hire more police officers, invest in community programs that keep kids off the street after school programs.
In my district, in the largest city of my district, Waukegan, Illinois, we've invested in gun violence prevention and have brought gun violence
down by more than 60 percent over the last couple of years. But these programs need funding to pay the people, to pay the folks, to go into the
community, build the relationships and stop violence before it happens.
And this program, gun violence prevention program, in Lake County, is at risk of losing its funding or losing its people because it doesn't have the
funding, and it doesn't have the funding because President Trump and the Republicans are blocking it.
ASHER: If the National Guard does end up, I mean, obviously there are so many sorts of legal questions here. But if the National Guard does end up
being deployed to the streets of Chicago, what sort of message do you think this will send to particularly black and brown communities in the city, who
already feel and who have felt for many years over policed?
SCHNEIDER: Look, ICE in the Department of Homeland Security agents are already in our communities, targeting black and brown people, arresting
people based on how they look, the color of their skin, and not apprehending them with due respect, but violent apprehensions intended to
terrify and divide the community.
And we're not going to be divided. It's the same message that will happen with the National Guard. What's happening so far as the National Guard is
being federal buildings, as was noted in the earlier report in Chicago, our local police and state officials are doing everything necessary to keep
those buildings safe.
What you're seeing and you can I'll just point to the protests across the country on Saturday, things protest, we had 7 million people gathering in
communities, large and small, gathering peacefully, but with a clear message, is that we are not a country of a king. We are a country of laws,
and that all are here equally and equal before the law, and that what's happening needs to stop.
ASHER: And then, just in terms of my final question to you, just in terms of the state of the U.S. democracy, again. I mean, what's your biggest
concern here? Because there are so many, there's so much at stake as it pertains to the line between presidential power and state authority, and
also the ability of American institutions to check executive overreach here.
SCHNEIDER: Yeah, my biggest concern is that the average American citizen doesn't think what's happening in Washington? What the administration and
President Trump are doing to dismantle the Constitution, undermine the rule of law? It doesn't affect them. And the fact of the matter is, American
democracy is built on the will of the people.
As Abraham Lincoln said, we are government of for and by the people. And it's what's kept us secure and made our country strong. And if people are
apathetic, they just don't stand up and protect our democracy. As Ben Franklin said after the signing of the Constitution, he was asked, what do
we have?
And he said, a republic, if we can keep it, it's up to each generation to keep our country, keep our country strong, to protect our democracy and
ensure that the rule of law continues for generations to come.
ASHER: Representative Brad Schneider, live for us there. Thank you so much. All right, there were some empty display cases at the Louver Museum, as it
opened earlier today. When we come back, we in Paris view for the very latest on the efforts to track down the thieves who got away with millions
of dollars-worth of jewelry. Plus, we pay a visit to an outpost of the Louver in Dubai, where priceless masterpieces are coming in Rather than
going out.
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ASHER: All right, the Louver Museum in Paris has reopened this morning after thieves stole an estimated 88 million euros, or $102 million dollars-
worth of France's crown jewels on Sunday, in a brazen heist. Those burglars are still on the run, with the Louver open once again.
The Apollo gallery where the heist took place, remains closed. The robbery took about seven minutes, and eight of the nine stolen pieces are still
missing. Experts believe the chances of recovering them are still very slim.
Let's bring in our Senior International Correspondent Melissa Bell. I mean, with every passing moment right, the chances of actually finding these guys
or these people gets the narrow window gets more and more narrow. Just walk us through what security is like at the Louver three days on from this
brazen burglary?
MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, this is the first day Zain that the museum has been able to reopen that Apollo Wing
Room in which the jewels were stolen -- from which the jewels were stolen has remained closed, but the rest of the museum is open again to the
public.
What French authorities and the French President in particular have ordered as a real speeding up and intensification of efforts to further secure
French museums in the wake of the robbery. But of course, a lot of questions about how could this could have happened at the world's most
visited museum, and you want to imagine a woman with a tough job?
Well, it is Lawrence Descartes, the Director of the Museum, who is even now saying explaining herself in front of a Senate Committee. It's the first
time she's spoken out publicly since the robbery. So, allies very much on what she has to say, and she's really been repeating, over the course of
the last half hour.
So, what we've been hearing from the culture minister here in France these last few days that there were no security breaches, defending their record.
It's emerged that she did tender her resignation. This was turned down by the minister. But clearly there are a lot of questions about how this could
have happened?
About the security breach that allowed it to happen? About the fact Zain also that even before it happened, there had been this report by the
France's Constitutional Council, which is also sort of national auditing body, that had found that there were security lapses in the museum between
2019 and 2024 looking specifically at questions, for instance, like the fact that there are a third of the rooms in the particular wing where this
robbery happened that have no CCTV cameras at all.
And this report that had yet to be published was very critical of the security measures. This, of course, has been pounced upon in the wake of
the robbery as showing that these are long standing issues that really should have been addressed much more seriously. So, a decided effort there
to try and defend their record against evidence.
The evidence and the shock, really, that I think this has caused people, not just here in France, but around the world, because so many people have
followed this particular story. As to the investigations Zain what we're learning is that there are about 100 investigators on this day and night.
And whilst, as you suggest, with every day that passes, every hour that passes, the hopes of retrieving the jewels and find the robbers narrows,
but there is this hope, and what the investigators tell CNN is that they are building up this body of evidence they're going on clues for instance,
a scooter that was left behind by the thieves, a glove, a motorcycle helmet.
You'll remember that the truck that was used in the breaking in with that mechanical ladder on it. We now know from French press reports that someone
recognized it, knew that it had been stolen from them. He's been interviewed by the police, so they are collecting a number of clues,
evidence that they believe will help them bring these people to justice.
Something that the French President, in the early hours after the theft, had said this was not a priority to bring them to justice and to recover
the jewels. One final interesting thing today Zain is that we've learned the value of these jewels from Paris prosecutor, $102 million worth of
jewelry she says.
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But that would be much harder to fetch if it were broken down. And there is, of course, the invaluable historical amount that these jewels
represent, and the priority, of course, for the French and getting them back intact, Zain.
ASHER: Yeah. Jewels, are no doubt priceless. 100 investigators we understand, involved on this case. Melissa Bell, live for us. Thank you so
much. From the Louver in Paris to the much newer branch of the Louver in the Middle East and a work of art that's set to go on show for the first
time after long and painstaking conservation efforts. Here's CNN Yara Enany with more.
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YARA ENANY, CNN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER (voice-over): In the belly of the Louver Abu Dhabi, a mystery masterpiece is being brought back to life.
CELINE BONNOT-DICONNE, SENIOR LEATHER CONSERV: It's the biggest room we could have, because this is a huge project.
ENANY (voice-over): A centuries old artwork its origins and painter still unknown.
BONNOT-DICONNE: This artwork is 3.40 meters high and 17 meters long.
ENANY (voice-over): It's called the Triumph of David.
BONNOT-DICONNE: We have 31 strips of ladder attached together, but originally, probably we had more.
ENANY (voice-over): French Conservator, Celine Bonnot-Diconne is leading the project, and she says this rare decor is crafted on leather, one of
only a limited number of 17th Century masterpieces of its kind.
ENANY: I can see you mapping out basically how it all started?
BONNOT-DICONNE: We know for sure that it's coming from a Castle in Germany, and they moved it to France, to the Chateau De Ferrieres.
ENANY (voice-over): But instead of staying in Paris, home to the famous Musi De Louver, this piece found its way to Abu Dhabi, where its second
chapter is being written.
GUILHEM ANDRE, DIRECTOR OF CURATORAL AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT: This is actually the fourth large project of conservation treatment we have. It's
the largest, of course, and what we aim for is really using that type of project to grow the capacity of the teams here in Abu Dhabi.
ENANY (voice-over): Projects like this are part of a bigger plan to position Abu Dhabi as a global cultural hub through its tourism strategy
2030 a vision that aims to grow annual visitors from 24 million in 2023 to more than 39 million by the end of the decade.
ANDRE: Abu Dhabi is a museum that has, at the core of its originality, the idea of bringing global art history into its galleries, and to bring to the
region and to Abu Dhabi, this capacity of conserving, of preserving global heritage.
ENANY (voice-over): From European Palaces to Abu Dhabi's conservation labs, the Triumph of David may be a mystery, but will soon be unveiled to the
public.
BONNOT-DICONNE: I will be very happy when I see them in exhibition with visitors. Until now, we are only a few have seen them really closely.
ENANY (voice-over): Yara Enany, CNN.
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ASHER: All right still to come, Atlanta hurricane season is far from over as a storm, brews in the Caribbean, the latest on its tricky path just
ahead.
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ASHER: All right, as the Atlantic hurricane season winds down, the latest storm is proving tough to track. Right now, Tropical Storm Melissa is
crawling through the Caribbean Sea. It's expected to become a hurricane by the end of the week, but where it heads after that? It's actually difficult
to predict. Our Meteorologist Allison Chinchar joining us with the latest. I mean, it's keeping a lot of forecasters guessing, Allison?
ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes. And a lot of folks interested in where the system is going to go, because there's a lot of entities here
that could end up being impacted by this storm. So, let's take a look at what we currently know, and that is Tropical Storm Melissa has sustained
winds of 50 miles per hour, gusting up to 65 miles per hour.
The forward speed is west northwest, at two miles per hour. You mentioned crawling, and it is absolutely doing that. The average human, for
perspective, walks at about a three to four mile per hour pace, so you could actually walk faster than this storm is making any forward progress.
So here is a look at the track, and it really just doesn't really go much faster over the next 48 hours or so. Once we get into the weekend, though,
there is the potential that it starts to move back out over a more favorable environment. It can pick up at least a little bit of speed, but
more importantly, it picks up strength and intensity of the storm.
So, here's a look at the forecast winds. You'll notice again, over the next 48 hours, there's really not much going on, but you are going to start to
see as we head into the weekend, those winds beginning to increase along Haiti and especially into Jamaica through the weekend.
Also forecast rain, regardless of where this storm actually ends up going over the next few days, we are looking at an incredibly intense amount of
rain all along the southern portion of Hispaniola, as well as southern and Eastern portions of Jamaica, where you could be looking at 2 to 300
millimeters worth of rain in some of these locations.
You're talking 10 to 20 inches possible, especially in some of those higher sloped areas along the southeastern portion of Jamaica specifically, and
the southern edge of Haiti, that's where you're likely going to see some of those highest totals of rainfall over the next few days.
Now the question becomes, OK, but where exactly does it go? And this is why it becomes a bit confusing. Here you can see all of the spaghetti models,
and sometimes, you usually have them at least in alignment for, say, the next 24 to 48 hours, and then they deviate. This is a different storm.
They really don't know where it's going to go. You have a lot of them that are going to make a sharp turn to the north very quickly. You have another
that kind of meander it out a little bit longer then it makes the turn, and others that just simply want to make it keep going west.
So, there's a lot of confusion here, and a lot of it has to do with this trough that's setting up right here. Because in some of the scenarios, the
trough will actually steer it, pulling it farther north quickly. In other cases, the storm is perhaps maybe the strength is too strong, or it gets a
little bit stronger, a little bit faster.
In some of those cases, it can kind of go its own way. It doesn't need to follow the trough and where the trough wants to lead it. So, there's a lot
of factors here at play over the next few days, especially as that trough begins to shift as well as we head into the weekend.
Another thing to remember too is that if it does make its way a little bit farther west, it's going to be entering incredibly warm waters. The sea
surface temperatures here are incredibly warm, and we know that is fuel for these types of storms. That's why, if the storm does go west, we anticipate
that it's going to get stronger, because it's going to have that fuel for it.
The other thing to note is it's in a little bit of some wind shear right now, but a lot of that wind shear goes away over the weekend, also allowing
the storm to strengthen a bit more.
ASHER: All right Allison Chinchar, thank you. The Hindu Community in Pakistan held up lights and held prayers to celebrate Diwali. Diwali is the
Hindu festival of lights, and is celebrated on either Monday or Tuesday, depending on variations in local calendars.
A vast collection of music memorabilia is heading to auction this week in London. Hundreds of items will be up for sale from renowned artists and
bands, including the Beatles Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Michael Jackson and many others. Among the highlights, John Lennon's iconic tinted glasses worn
during his so-called "Lost Weekend Period" in the early 1970s.
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They're expected to sell for up to $400,000 more than 150 Oasis items will also be sold, including Noel Gallagher's 1960 Red Gibson Guitar. The entire
auction is expected to raise more than $4 million. All right, finally, this hour, she's been described as a once in a generation artist, Misty
Copeland, who made history as the first African American Principal Dancer at the American Ballet Theater, is just hours away from her final
performance with the company.
The Trailblazing Ballerina broke barriers on stage, and now she's making dance more accessible for children of color through her nonprofit
foundation. She'll be celebrated today at a star studded gala where she'll take her final bow. All right, stay with CNN, there's much more "One World"
and my colleague I and Bianna Golodryga, after the break.
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