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Skier Lindsey Vonn Tests Ruptured ACL In Training Run; Bondi: FBI Arrests "Key Participant" In 2012 Benghazi Attack; High-Stakes Talks Between U.S. And Iran; Sheriff: I Believe Guthrie's Alive, No Evidence She Isn't; U.K. Police Search Properties Linked To Peter Mandelson; Officials: Russian General Shot And Wounded in Moscow; Poll: Buying A House And Getting A Good Job Harder Than Ever; The Power Of Early Detection To Help Survive Cancer; Aired 12-1p ET
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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga. You're watching the second hour of "One World."
The Olympic opening ceremony is just two hours away. And for the first time, two Olympic torches will be lit, one in Milan and the other in
Cortina.
Athletes, fans, and celebrities are ready for all of the action from the slopes to the ice rinks. The competition has already begun in some of the
sports. It was a foggy start to Friday for the athletes in Cortina. That is where American Lindsey Vonn did a practice run just days after tearing her
ACL.
Our Amanda Davies joins me now from Milan with more on this. And I can't get enough of Lindsey Vonn's story. It's just incredible grit, not only
talent, but obviously coming off of that ACL rupture. She posted on social media, doing some -- some weights and describing her journey ahead as full
speed ahead.
She wants to be careful here, but she had that practice run today. We discussed this in the last hour, but just talk to us about how much focus
now and how much support will be going into these games for Lindsey because of what she's been through.
AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yes. It's fascinating this. I mean, Lindsey Vonn's story to get back here to the Olympics was already a great one. But
this has certainly got everybody talking. You know, is she making the right call pushing through? Is she teaching us all how to triumph in adversity?
Or is she taking a risk too far?
But we did see her on the -- the slopes today for the first time. Her coach described it as smart skiing. And you have to say it looked like a
positive, another step in the right direction. It was this first downhill training run here in Cortina.
I mean, despite the -- the best efforts of the weather, once again, to thwart her return to action. Yesterday's training was cancelled. We had the
delay today.
But remember, it is only exactly a week on from that crash in Switzerland that saw her rupture, her ACL. It wasn't perfect by any means, but she made
it down. This is the venue that's brought her more success than any other female alpine skier. And even if so many of us watching on were very much
holding our breaths, full of nerves and wincing with every landing, twist and turn.
Vonn was pretty understated afterwards. She didn't really give anything away with her reaction, but ultimately posted a time that was 11th fastest
in a field of 43. And she has invested so, so much into this comeback.
Very much against the odds since her return to action. After that retirement in 2019, then the knee replacement surgery. And it seems from
everything she and her team are saying there is no chance she is going to give up on her dream of Olympic competition number five. And, of course,
chance of a medal 16 years after she won that gold in Vancouver.
She posted a post on social media ahead of the run today with a huge smile on her face back on the mountain. She said, I know how lucky I am. I am not
going to waste this chance.
But they've got a really big decision. Is she going to run again tomorrow in the second or what third training run? Or is it just going to be about
focusing straight on Sunday's big race? I have to say, if it was me, I would just go for Sunday, wouldn't put the risk out there at all.
But that is happening up in Cortina. That's about a six-hour drive from where we are in Milan where, yes, we've got the opening ceremony, but also
the U.S. figure skating team very much living up to their billing so far this morning.
They are leading the way after the ice dance, the pair's short program as well. And Alysa Liu posted the second best score in the women's short
program to help the team lead the way by two points from Japan ahead of Saturday's men's programs.
Hope is really high around the U.S. team. It's being described as the greatest U.S. figure skating team in history. And they're certainly living
up to that at the moment.
But it's very quiet at the moment. Apart from the sirens, people making their way home to get stuck to their televisions or get involved with the
Olympic ceremony. And just a couple of hours ago, the Olympic torch passed underneath us here at the CNN studio. It's making its final journey to the
San Siro Stadium.
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Such an iconic football venue, brings back so many amazing memories for me. The Champions League final hosted in 2016. It was the venue of that
Cameroon victory over Argentina at the 1990 World Cup as well. And, of course, it's the home of A.C. and Inter Milan.
But this evening, it'll be a very different vibe playing host to Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli and the -- the political delegations as well. We were
sitting just alongside from the U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Women's Ice Hockey last
night.
But they and the delegations with the other participating countries, all there in a couple of hours time for what we hope will be a real show and a
show with a difference taking place, not just here but as you mentioned also in Cortina and Livigno, which is the third venue. So it'll certainly
be one to watch and one for the history books.
GOLODRYGA: And we'll be watching you'll be covering it for us. We're lucky about that.
Amanda Davies, thank you so much.
And for more on the games, I want to bring in CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan. Christine, it is always a privilege to talk with you. So, let's
talk about these games.
First of all, is it true this is your 23rd consecutive Olympic games that you're covering?
CHRISTINE BRENNAN, CNN SPORTS ANALYST: Bianna, you've given me one extra one. That'll be L.A. hopefully in two years.
GOLODRYGA: OK.
BRENNAN: Twenty-two in a row. I start -- I started when I was in kindergarten, and that's my story. I'm sticking with it.
GOLODRYGA: Well, you don't look a day over 25. So I don't know what it is that -- that you're doing to stay so active. And on top of it all of these
Olympic games later and there's always something new in covering them, Christine, and that goes for these games as well.
These are the most spread out games ever. You, in fact, have not been to all of the venues, as we heard there from Amanda. Three sites here, six
hours apart. Just talk about the -- the impact that that's going to have in covering these games.
BRENNAN: Absolutely. There are satellite opening ceremonies tonight and there are satellite media centers where -- where colleagues and -- and --
and other reporters, of course, are -- are going to be in those sites and we will never probably see each other and that's the first.
This is so spread out. For example, in 2010, Amanda was talking about Lindsey Vonn winning the downhill in Vancouver. I went up there. I took one
of the shuttle buses from Downtown Vancouver up to Whistler, covered the Lindsey Vonn race. She won the gold medal, wrote my story, and got back in
time for dinner.
You can't do that here, but that's OK. I mean, it's certainly a well-known thing. If you're -- if you love skiing, if you love the snow sports, you're
going to the mountains. If you -- the big, you know, indoor sports, obviously, ice hockey, speed skating, and figure skating are here in Milan
and that is where I will be -- and -- and it's really kind of funny and interesting.
It has been raining. It's now the sun came out. But, you know, I -- I had to joke that being in Washington D.C. to get away from the snow, the cold,
and the ice, I had to come to the Winter Olympics, because it is quite temperate in Milan itself.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And by the way, I think it's going to be below freezing again here in New York over the weekend, so you're not missing anything.
Stay -- stay where you are.
As we were discussing about Lindsey Vonn, can't say enough just about her - - her grit and pulling through this and her determination also to ski smart too.
Given the setback, given her injury, Christine, what's the likelihood in your view that she will be able to medal?
BRENNAN: It would be one of the great stories of all time in the Olympics, any Olympics, Winter and Summer, if she were to win a medal.
You know, skiing smart, skiing big, getting down the mountain, I think sounds like a victory in and of itself for her.
But Lindsey Vonn is such a unique person, 41 years old, as everyone knows, coming back, wanting this so badly. She knows her body. She knows what
she's doing. She's probably ended up with surgery on that ACL anyway.
So, the idea that she's doing something wrong or stupid or, you know, untoward, no -- but no, she's doing what she wants to do and that is fine.
I -- as I said, when I first heard that she was going to give it a go, this is the most Lindsey Vonn thing that Lindsey Vonn has ever done.
And by that I mean, the ultimate compliment. This is -- she is very much a modern American woman in all ways and should be celebrated for that.
I think if she were to win a medal, it would be absolutely astounding. But if anyone can pull this off, it is Lindsey Vonn.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And we will be watching, you know, never bet against Lindsey Vonn, never bet against someone so determined to continue with
their dream, their passion and really, really admirable.
Christine, I want to ask you what I just asked Nathan Chen in the last hour, and that is what the U.S. men and women's, just the team in team USA,
in general, on the ice, what they come with these Olympic Games, because it does appear that they are stronger that they have been in many, many years,
and this will be one of the many events that Americans should be watching closely.
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BRENNAN: Figure skating is always a big draw. It is one of the highlights. I mean, going back to Peggy Fleming and Dorothy Hamill. I mean, these are
names that are much more than just sports icons or culture icons, and on and on it goes. Brian Boitano, Scott Hamilton, Nathan Chen, of course. You
know, this is a -- these -- these are household names.
And so figure skating will -- will deliver that. Now the question for the U.S. women, they are in quite a drought. They have not won a medal since
Sasha Cohen's silver medal at the 2006 games in Turin, just a -- a few hundred miles away.
And so it's been 20 years since the U.S. women have won any Olympic medal in figure skating. That's stunning. I'd just say that. I mean considering
the area of Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski and Sarah Hughes and going all the way back.
So -- so that is it. This team though is deep. These three women are terrific. They're fun to watch Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito.
And then you've got Alysa Liu is a defending world champion, came in second today -- today in the -- in the team competition in the women's as -- as
Amanda said.
And then the ice dancers, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, world champ, seven- time U.S. champs. And, of course, Ilia Malinin and the Quad God who will go for the first time tomorrow night in the team competition.
So, I think Ilia Malinin should win the gold. The U.S. looking good for team goal maybe silver and -- and the team competition.
Women, they could win a medal. I think they will. The Japanese women are terrific also. And -- and then ice dance is going to be a real battle as
well.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. Ilia is one to watch, for sure.
Christine, I know if anyone can do it, it's you. You've got the games there. But we also have something called the Super Bowl going on the same
time here on Sunday. It's going to be very early in the morning your time. But will you be tuning in? Who -- who's your team? Who are you rooting for
this year?
BRENNAN: Yes. Well, you know, as a journalist, you know, I'd say -- I just -- you want to see an interesting storyline and good game. And I covered
the last one of these with that crazy interception at the end, of course, New England and Seattle, and New England winning that game. Just a stunning
interception. That Seattle, you know, made a terrible decision to throw the ball and so New England won. Tom Brady won. So anyway, you know, here we
are again.
I believe it starts around six o'clock, Eastern Time, which is midnight here in Milan. So, yes, I will be tuning in. And I don't know though, 3:00,
4:00 in the morning. That could be tough with a busy work day ahead, but I'll -- I'll do my best.
But it is world colliding, isn't it, with the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics. Lindsey Vonn skiing on Super Bowl Sunday kind of the -- the -- in
the prelude to the big games. I don't know what's bigger, Lindsey Vonn, Super Bowl we know in the United States, but it's going to be a fascinating
day of storylines in sports.
GOLODRYGA: It's a high-class problem to have if you like sports. You've got so much to -- to watch and so much to follow, so much at stake as well. And
it's interesting you brought up Tom Brady the last time these two teams met.
He wasn't much older than Drake Maye is now. So -- well, Drake Maye, really impressive season. We'll see how far he can take it at this time around,
but it will be a fun game to watch, as well halftime show.
Christine Brennan, you're always fun to watch and just thrilled to get the chance to talk to you. Thank you so much.
All right. To other news now, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the FBI has made an arrest related to the 2012 Benghazi terror attack. Bondi
calls the suspect a key participant in the attack and says that he was brought to the U.S. early this morning.
The accused faces a series of charges including murder, terrorism, and arson. This arrest comes more than a decade since militants attacked the
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi Libya. You'll recall four Americans were killed including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Let's go straight to Evan Perez in Washington D.C. covering it all. This was just a couple of hours ago, Evan, that we heard this announcement from
the attorney general. The FBI director also was speaking.
What more do we know about this suspect and when this arrest was made?
EVAN PEREZ, CNN SENIOR U.S. JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Bianna, the FBI and the Justice Department is still being a little bit short on detail about
exactly how this arrest was made. We know only that Zubayr Al-Bakoush arrived earlier today at the FBI.
The FBI took custody of him and brought him to the Washington D.C. area. Now, he's facing these terrorism, arson, and a number of other charges.
According to prosecutors, he was a member of Ansar al-Sharia militant group that -- that took responsibility for that 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate
in Benghazi. It killed four Americans including Ambassador Chris Steven. And those -- that's the -- the basis for these charges. Now, he's the third
person that has now faced charges related to the -- the attack.
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What we know is that in the past, the FBI has relied on the help of -- of - - of militant groups, friendly militant groups that are allied with the U.S. recognized government there in Libya.
This has been a very, obviously, a very difficult place to try to carry out law enforcement investigations or -- or do any of these -- do any of these
operations, simply because of the instability that has followed since the ouster of Muammar al-Gaddafi back in -- in 20 -- 2011.
So, we know that the FBI now, the work of the prosecutors, is to try to make these charges stick to make sure that this -- this goes -- this goes
forward.
You remember that there was another suspect who was -- who was captured back in 2014, Ahmed Abu-Khatallah, who is now serving a 28-year sentence
related to his role in this attack.
So, we now anticipate that this is the course that this case will now take here in Washington, D.C. Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: OK. Evan Perez, thank you so much.
Well, Iran's foreign minister says indirect talks with the U.S. that were held in Oman earlier were a good start, and that he indicated there's a
willingness to continue negotiations without offering specifics on when that might happen.
Abbas Araghchi told Iranian state media discussions with the U.S. delegation were focused solely on the nuclear issue.
CNN's Nic Robertson joins me now live in Jerusalem. So you have Araghchi, Nic, saying that the conversation is focus solely on the nuclear issue. The
United States expanding those demands beyond nuclear to ballistic missile and proxy, and notable that the director of CENTCOM was there as well. Just
tell us about the U.S.'s statement coming out of these meetings.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yes. So far, we've yet to hear anything from Steve Witkoff. And it is interesting that the CENTCOM
commander was in the room, but I think perhaps the effect has lost a little bit because this was not face-to-face talks with the Iranians, it was the
Omani foreign minister who was the intermediary.
These were sort of shuttle diplomacy. The Iranians put their view forward, then the U.S. side got to talk, then it went back to the Iranians, back to
the U.S. side before the talks concluded after several hours.
And it really does seem to have been, and I think your point is a very important one, that the United States went into this wanting to talk, not
just about the nuclear issue that Iran said it only wanted to talk about, but they wanted to talk about Iran's ballistic missiles, that they wanted
to talk about Iran's use of regional proxies and -- and their treatment of the people of Iran.
So, was any of that on the table? Has Iran come out of this? And are they really dissembling what actually took place? It does, though, really just
seem to be talks about having talks. That's the view put forward by the Iranian foreign minister afterwards, who talked about these coming from a
place with a lack of trust, but he thought that it had a place to go in the future.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Nic Robertson, thank you so much.
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ABBAS ARAGHCHI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF IRAN: The negotiations. The plenary stage of negotiations, as finished now. But the negotiations will
continue in future.
If we built trust, then we can agree to some sort of framework for the longer negotiation.
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ROBERTSON: And I think that also is going to be a potential red flag for the U.S. team as well, because Iran does like to get into long
negotiations, protracted negotiations. And it's not clear that President Trump is willing to let the clock run.
Let's look back to the 2015 JCPOA, last nuclear deal with Iran. The talks there went on for years. I don't think that's the view that Steve Witkoff,
Jared Kushner, Brad Cooper, a CENTCOM commander, went into these talks minded that they should run that kind of time period.
GOLODRYGA: Especially with so many U.S. assets that have been amassed there in the region over the last few weeks. Can't imagine that the United States
would be willing to just let that sit for weeks and weeks to come.
We'll be following it all. Nic Robertson, thank you so much.
Well, it has been nearly a week since 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Arizona home. And now her family is releasing another desperate
plea for her safe return. Here's her son.
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CAMRON GUTHRIE, NANCY GUTHRIE'S SON: This is Camron Guthrie. I'm speaking for the Guthrie family. Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to
hear from you. We haven't heard anything directly. We need you to reach out. And we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward.
But first, we have to know that you have our mom. We want to talk to you and we are waiting for contact.
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GOLODRYGA: So far, there's been no proof of life, but the sheriff heading the investigation says he believes Guthrie is still alive. The FBI is
offering a $50,000 reward for the information leading to her recovery.
CNN's Marybel Gonzalez is following the story for us from Pima County, Arizona.
And Marybel, we like the sheriff there, we're all hoping that Nancy Guthrie is still alive, but is he backing that up with any specific information as
to why he shares that belief, given that nothing has been brought forward in terms of proof of life?
MARYBEL GONZALEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Good afternoon, Bianna. That's a great point. And that is something we have certainly asked of the county
sheriff, the Pima County Sheriff.
But he says that he is going to continue operating as though she is alive. That is how they conduct all of their investigations, unless they're able
to receive definitive proof that that is not the case. That is the assumption that they're working with and that is the hope in this case also
from the Guthrie family is you just heard from them in that social media post, they are urging desperate for the return of their mother.
They're also asking any possible abductor or abductors to communicate with them. We know that the FBI yesterday said that line of communication has
not yet been established. We know that the Guthrie family has reached out with that request.
But we also know that there were some details contained in these alleged ransom notes that are concerning both to investigators and to the family.
These have not been -- they have -- authority some not said, if these are legitimate, but they are taking that very seriously.
One of those notes that was shared with a media outlet said that Nancy is doing OK, but she is scared. It also details a demand for millions of
dollars in Bitcoin. And also contains information from what we hear that only someone privy to this case would know.
Now, another important thing that we've learned from the most recent update from investigators is a timeline in this case. We know that Nancy was
dropped off by her -- by family members here at her home on Saturday night.
And then we know that at around 1:47 A.M., her -- her doorbell camera was disconnected. And then a little bit later at around 2:28 A.M. is when the
signal to her iPhone from her pacemaker was disconnected.
Another key detail is that investigators were able to recover blood from the scene from the front porch of her home. And now they said they've
tested that and they were able to determine that that does in fact belong to Nancy.
So a lot of concerning details here. But once again, you know, investigators say they're holding out hope. And the Pima County Sheriff
said quote, we know, you know, that she's out there somewhere. So that is - - that is definitely the hope here.
GOLODRYGA: We are all hoping that there will be a reunion with Nancy Guthrie and her family very, very soon. There you see on the bottom of your
screen the tip line, the numbers to call if you have any information, any tips to provide authorities.
Marybel Gonzalez, thank you so much.
And we'll be right back.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Now, to the continuing fallout over the Epstein files. British police say they are searching two properties linked to Peter
Mandelson. He's the U.K.'s former ambassador to the United States, now under investigation for his ties to the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
Police say they have not arrested Mandelson. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under severe fire for giving Mandelson the ambassador's job in 2024.
The Epstein scandal is making waves elsewhere across Europe as well in Norway. The Crown Princess again apologizing, reiterating her regrets for
her past association with Epstein.
CNN's Melissa Bell joins us now from Paris at this raid. Melissa, happening earlier today, what more do we know about what led up to it?
MELISSA BELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: What we understand is that London's Metropolitan Police have now carried out these raids at two different
addresses in the context of that criminal investigation that was launched earlier this week.
What they're looking into are these allegations that emerged from the latest Epstein documents that suggest that back when Lord Mandelson was
business secretary in 2009, he is alleged that he may have passed to Jeffrey Epstein market sensitive information.
Now, that is the subject of this criminal inquiry. So there's been an escalation when it comes to that with these raids, but also meanwhile an
escalation with the political fallout from this, which is very much affecting Keir Starmer.
Now, the British Prime Minister ironically is not one of those people associated with Jeffrey Epstein. He'd never met him. He isn't terribly
prominent or figures at all, in fact, in the Epstein files. And yet, he looks at to be the political leader who could pay the ultimate price.
What we've seen over the course of the last few days are these questions grow over his wisdom in appointing Lord Mandelson to the job of ambassador
to Washington when it is alleged that it was known that they were dealing, he was very close to a man who was known by them to be a convicted child
sex offender.
So the documents related to the appointment, the vetting process now at the center of a lot of scrutiny. And this is something that's going to continue
to come out of the next few days and weeks.
Very difficult to see at this stage how the British Prime Minister survives. Already, there are grumblings on his backbenches and the prospect
of a looming rebellion.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Melissa Bell, thank you so much.
And still to come for us, Moscow is dealing with the latest attack on a top military leader. We'll have details ahead on the search to find the person
who shot a Russian general. That's next.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Welcome back to "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga.
Turning now to Moscow, where a high-ranking Russian general has been shot by an unknown attacker. That's according to the Russian Investigative
Committee. It says investigators are still searching for the shooter.
State media reports the general is hospitalized in intensive care and is in serious condition. The committee has opened a criminal case into attempted
murder.
The shooting comes just one day after Russian, Ukrainian, and American negotiators met for peace talks in Abu Dhabi.
Fred Pleitgen is tracking the story from Moscow.
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FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Another one of Vladimir Putin's top generals targeted right here in Moscow. This time, it
was the deputy head of Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev.
Now, the investigative committee here in Russia says, in the early morning hours of this morning, he was gunned down inside a residential building in
the northwest of Moscow.
The investigative committee says so far they've not apprehended any suspect. However, they are saying that there is forensic work going on,
that they are going through surveillance camera video, CCTV video, and have also talked to eyewitnesses as well.
The lieutenant general himself, the Russian say, is in a hospital now. And as they put it, in serious condition.
Now, this is not the first time top Russian military officials were targeted here in the Russian capital. In fact, about a month ago, a top
military commander was killed in a car bomb incident here in the Russian capital.
And at the end of 2024, there was a major car bombing also here in Moscow that killed another top military official.
So far, the Russians say they do not have a suspect. They don't know who is behind this. However, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has come out
and blamed the Ukrainians and accused the Ukrainians of trying to derail a negotiations process that, of course, is going on at the moment.
The Ukrainians themselves have not commented on the matter, but the Kremlin has, the Kremlin saying, they understand that their top military brass is
at risk, of course, with the military operation in Ukraine ongoing. At the same time, they also say that they wish the general a recovery and a speedy
one at that.
Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Moscow.
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GOLODRYGA: Turning now to a tragedy unfolding in Islamabad, Pakistan. Authorities say at least 31 people have been killed and dozens more wounded
in a suicide attack at a Shiite mosque.
It happened at the height of Friday prayers when the mosque was filled with hundreds of worshipers. The Pakistani Taliban, the TTP, has denied any
involvement in the bombing. This marks the deadliest attack in the country in three years.
And still to come for us, one of the world's most popular jewelers is making a major change to its signature products. We'll explain.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Let's go check on how the U.S. markets are doing right now. Green arrows across the board. The Dow up almost two percent.
The S&P 500, up percent and half. And NASDAQ also up nearly two percent today. This is your business breakout.
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin has lost half its value from its peak back in October. Prices fell below $63,000 on Thursday for the first time in 16
months. Crypto has always been volatile, but the drop means it's lost so called Trump bump when investors sent Bitcoin surging after the president,
who is a staunch crypto supporter, was elected.
The regulators in the European Union have charged TikTok with breaching the block's online content rules. The charges were focused on the social media
app's addictive algorithm and other features. The E.U. watchdog told TikTok, it must change its design or risk a fine of as much as six percent
of owner ByteDance's global turnover.
Danish jeweler, Pandora, is changing its products to be platinum-plated rather than silver due to recent volatility in the silver market. While
platinum is significantly more expensive than silver, the company says it will use less of it to coat its signature charm bracelets, ultimately
making the product cheaper to manufacture. Pandora shares surge more than five percent after that announcement.
Meanwhile, lowering prices is also on the minds of most Americans. A new poll shows that many feel it's harder to buy a house or get a good job or
raise a family than for previous generations.
Harry Enten joins us to break down the numbers like only he can. Harry, from dog shows to talking about how Americans are feeling about pocketbook
issues, you can do at all.
HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: I can do it all, baby.
GOLODRYGA: I think my mom is watching the show today, Harry. She missed you the other day, so you've got to give her good performance. What do you
have?
ENTEN: I'm going to try my best. And I should note that I really rushed on to here. I thought that my hit time was like two minutes later, so if I
look a little disheveled, it's just because I ran here so freaking fast to be on with you. I should always put your priorities number one. I mean, I
love hanging out with you.
But look, let's sort of dig into the numbers here a little bit and just sort of see here that to me this is one of the biggest problems for the
President of the United States. Why do I say that?
The President of the United States, Donald John Trump, was elected, reelected back in November of 2024 to fix the economy.
And if you look in November of 2024, the percentage of Americans who say the economy is getting worse, it was 42 percent. It was 42 percent back
then.
Look at where this number is now. Look at where it is, 55 percent of Americans say the economy is getting worse. This is a recipe for failure
for Republicans going into the midterm election because the one reason that Donald Trump was reelected, he is failing. He is failing. And more than
that, more than that, we know. We know it is the top priority for Americans.
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I mean, just take a look here. What should Donald Trump, what should the Trump administration be focused on? Well, number one, you can see it right
here on the screen. The clear majority of Americans, we're talking 54 percent say lowering prices.
But what is Donald Trump in focus on? What is the administration in focus on? Not lowering prices. They've been in Minneapolis over the last month,
right? That has been the focus of the news cycles over and over and over and over again.
Twenty-two percent of Americans only say that controlling immigration should be the top priority. And then reducing crime, which of course is
what the Trump administration is saying that they're doing by being in Minneapolis, that's 10 percent.
You don't have to be a mathematical genius, Bianna, but I know that you are to know that 54 percent is bigger than either 22 percent or 10 percent and
it is bigger than the two of them combined, which is only 32 percent.
So the bottom line is this, that Trump administration is not focusing in on the things that Americans care about. And, of course, you know that Trump
has said over and over again, you know, affordability, oh, it's a hoax, it's a hoax, it's a hoax.
But, of course, when lowering prices is your top priority, if you're the American people. And then you take a look at what I think is the giveaway
here, party trusted more on affordability.
While when Donald Trump says it's a hoax, perhaps it shouldn't be so surprising that what we see here is Democrats are the party that are more
trust in affordability by 14 points. I mean, that is a blowout. That is a blowout on the key issue of the day.
And among independents who you know determine the elections, what do you see? You see Democrats among independents, get this, they're favored by 39
points when it comes to affordability.
These are the types of dumbers that Democrats dream about heading into the midterm elections. Dream about.
And if these hold, Bianna, well, then, I will tell you, the Republican Party in the midterm elections will go the same way that both of our
football teams went during this NFL season, which is adios amigos. They ain't going to win diddly-squat.
GOLODRYGA: You had to go there. Maybe -- maybe next year, the Texans --
ENTEN: Maybe -- maybe next year.
GOLODRYGA: Buffalo, the Bills can get it together.
ENTEN: Maybe they can get it together.
I have to ask you, going in to Super Bowl Sunday, one, are you going to watch the game? And then, two, what is your favorite part? Is it the game
itself, halftime show, the commercials? Or is it just getting together with friends and family for the food and the festivities?
GOLODRYGA: So I will be watching, Harry.
ENTEN: OK.
GOLODRYGA: And I actually like a good football game. So while --
ENTEN: OK.
GOLODRYGA: -- the -- the entertainment, that's all fun. That's -- that's added bonus. If it's a good game, that's what -- that's what I'm going to
be watching most. How about you?
ENTEN: You know -- I -- I think that's right. I enjoy the football. I'm a genuine football fan. I don't have to be betting or anything on it. I
genuinely enjoy the game.
But I will also say, I use Super Bowl Sunday. I use it as an excuse to eat the things that I wouldn't eat the rest of the year. So maybe I'm going to
have some pizza, but I'm definitely going to have some fried chicken as well. I can't stay away from it. I just love a good piece of fried chicken.
GOLODRYGA: Hopefully not the dog food that you mentioned to eat last week.
ENTEN: No. That was --
GOLODRYGA: Or this week. I -- Harry.
ENTEN: I know. I -- I will note that it was actually Johnny Miller, who was the one who suggested that. And I -- I just went along with it. I was an
innocent boy from (INAUDIBLE) OK? In that situation.
I -- I'm a crazy person, but sometimes Johnny Miller, even he goes a little crazier than I do. Now, that's a fun fact.
GOLODRYGA: Times may be be tough. I know people are worried about prices at the grocery store, Harry. You're starting to eat dog food.
ENTEN: I know. I know.
GOLODRYGA: I got to talk to management here about your -- your contract, my friend.
ENTEN: Any -- any suggestions that I get a -- a raise, I will welcome with open arms, no matter for the reasons or who they come from.
GOLODRYGA: I'll co-sign that.
Harry Enten, always good to see you. Can't wait to watch the Super Bowl. We'll talk Monday.
ENTEN: Sounds good. See you later.
GOLODRYGA: Bye.
And still to come for us, the power of prevention. I'll speak to a lung cancer survivor and her doctor who say early detection is the key. We'll
have more on that, just ahead.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Time now for Time Out. We're going to take a step back from the stress and chaos that can come from living in an increasingly
divided world.
This week, we're going to talk about something that does not divide us, and that is cancer. Cancer does not care if a person is young, old, rich, poor,
sick or healthy, Democrat or Republican.
Doctors tell us that early detection is the key to beating any type of cancer. So, how can we speak up before our health -- for our health before
diagnosis?
Shira Boehler is a lung cancer survivor and a healthcare policy reformer. And Dr. Kim Lori Sandler is a professor of radiology and radiological
sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. And they both joined me now live from Nashville, Tennessee.
It is good to see you both. Doctor, welcome to the program.
Shira, my friend, you and I have known each other for a while back. So when you called me, when I saw your post about being diagnosed with lung cancer,
I was floored, because you are a woman who has never smoked a cigarette.
You are young, healthy. I believe before you even went in for your testing, you had run about six miles. You call yourself a kale enthusiast. By every
traditional metric, you are the picture of health. So, walk us through what led you to get scanned in the first place.
SHIRA BOEHLER, HEALTHCARE POLICY REFORMER: I mean, you're right, Bianna. I actually went with my husband over the summer and we did an elective screen
together. And we kind of both felt that we were the picture of health. It was a good time to take a look at the insides and maybe build a baseline in
case something changed as we continued to age.
And it was that scan and my father, who's a pulmonary specialist and my friend, Dr. Kim, who's on with me right now that ultimately led us to do
another scan and find that I did have lung cancer.
And I'm extremely lucky that I was able to find it and have a minimally invasive surgery to have it removed. And I can be cancer free today.
And I realized in that whole process how lucky I was. But also how it wasn't that special or unique that I had lung cancer.
I'm a never smoker. I eat out of the fridge and sit at the pantry. And it is affecting so many young women today as they have finding lung cancer and
oftentimes too late, too late to be cancer free.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And you've said that by the time most lung cancers are discovered, it's too late because we can't see it. We're not looking for
it. It happens through a situation where you're looking for something else. You're getting tested for something else and then the cancer diagnosis then
just pops up.
And this is where I want to bring you in, Doctor. As a radiologist, you see these images. And it's also interesting this week we heard even from Barry
Manilow finding his cancer, he said, by luck during an unrelated MRI.
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Why is this there still such a massive gap from being able to detect a cancer like lung cancer early on as opposed to just finding it accidentally
while getting tested for something else?
KIM LORI SANDLER, VERNDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: Yes. I think we have a really great screening tool to find lung cancer early. LODO CT is an
excellent study. Right now, it's only recommended for people with a significant history of smoking.
And that's largely because the evidence we have, the randomized control trials that we have performed have been done in people with a significant
smoking history.
We don't really have the clinical trial data for lung screening in people who have not smoked. We are seeing a lot of people like Shira,
unfortunately young women come in with early stage lung cancer, hopefully if we can find it from a screening test, but also with later stage disease.
And we don't really understand why we are seeing increased incidences of lung cancer in people who haven't smoked or who don't meet what we consider
to be a high-risk profile.
So, I think it's really imperative that we continue to study the effect of screening and the potential benefit of screening outside of the population
of people that are currently recommended to have lung screening studies.
GOLODRYGA: And, Shira, I know you have a website that you've put together, cancerdoesntcare.com, and it pushes for policy reform. So if you were to
sit across the aisle or across at a dinner table meeting with lawmakers, I know you have access to some of these lawmakers there in Nashville and in
Washington D.C., what are the -- the steps that you would advise them to take?
Because for those sitting at home watching this thing, I may not be able to afford to just go and get scanned for every single type of potential cancer
that I may have.
BOEHLER: You're exactly right. And it's something that I'm working on. I think that we should be mimicking what we have been doing for the last
number of years with breast cancer where women are going in and getting a mammogram at 40.
And if they're low-risk or high-risk, it dictates when they get their second. And I would love to see that with lung screens too. I think that we
should be starting them earlier in screening and understanding that anyone can get lung cancer. It's not a smoker's disease. It's not a deserved
disease. It's out there and it's affecting people of all ages.
And I think it's important that the lawmakers understand that. And that is something I'm working on. I'm, you know, pointing out to recent studies
that just came out stating that about two-thirds of those being diagnosed with lung cancer right now do not meet the guidelines.
They're being found by chance if they had a fall and then got a scan and realized they have lung cancer. Like Ruth Bader Ginsburg or by chance like
I did when I did an elective screen. But they are not meeting that guideline and that criteria that Kim discussed about having to smoke a pack
a day for 20 years and be over the age of 55.
GOLODRYGA: So, Doctor, do you think now this is time to expand the criteria and to make it more easily available for younger Americans, maybe that
don't meet that criteria of smoking or being obese to go in and be scanned for cancers like lung cancer?
Because we do know that the -- the chances of surviving and thriving and beating the cancer, the earlier you find it, the better.
SANDLER: Yes. I -- I absolutely do. I believe that adults should have the opportunity to be screened for lung cancer. I do believe we need more data.
I think that we understand personalized screening recommendations in other cancers like breast cancer. If your family history is different, if you
have other known risk factors, then your recommendation is different to someone who does not have those risk factors.
Same with colonoscopy, if you go in for a colonoscopy and you have a polyp, your recommendations moving forward are different to someone who does not
have a polyp.
So, I do believe every adult likely beginning at age 40, should have the opportunity to be screened. I think what we don't know yet is what the
screening interval should be. Should it vary depending on someone's risk factors? Should it vary depending on what we find on that initial screening
test?
But we know without question that early detection is essential. These survival benefits are outstanding if we can find the disease early. Shira
is the perfect example of a true success story where we find cancer early enough that it is cured with a minimally invasive surgery and does not
require chemotherapy or radiation therapy. And what a difference that makes for Shira and for her entire family and her entire community.
And I would really like to see everyone have the option to be screened for lung cancer.
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GOLODRYGA: Yes. And, Shira, you've turned a shouldn't-have-happened situation and diagnosis really into a movement. And here with our segment,
Time Out, we -- we really are hoping to inspire people to be able to have ownership and agency over their own health and the choices and decisions
that they make for themselves.
So, if there's one message that you want to share with our viewers now about what you went through and what your platform is now pushing forward,
what is that?
BOEHLER: Well, first of all, I want to say that February is Cancer Prevention Month, so it is the perfect time to go talk to your doctors and
say, I want to get a scan. I want to be screened. I want to prevent cancer.
Take control of your health from that perspective. I think that is very important. And I think it helps to go talk to your doctor and explain to
them that this is something you're interested in.
As it stands today, insurance is not covering scans. So, what I've been setting up is a nonprofit to help cover those scans because I know that I'm
very lucky that I was able to afford and pay out of pocket for it.
So I'm working on that through my cancerdoesntcare.com website. I think it's important to talk to your doctor about it, see if there's a less
expensive scan and then be able to, from there, have the doctors speak to their people about it and expand the narrative there and understand that
we're changing it. It is not a smoker's disease anymore.
GOLODRYGA: Right. Well --
BOEHLER: And then that is where I'm hoping to build.
GOLODRYGA: Well, attention and having these conversations is always the first important step here.
Shira, we are so glad that you are feeling much better now. You are in good health and we are grateful for your doctors and your medical team there.
Thank you so much for this conversation, Dr. Sandler, Shira Boehler, really appreciate the time.
And thank you so much for watching "One World" today. I'm Bianna Golodryga. We will see you on Monday.
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