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CNN Poll: Trump Approval Rating At 36 Percent In Ohio; Trump Takes On Campaign Blitz To Traditional Red States; USS Lincoln Returning To Base, Ending Marathon Tour of Duty; Hundreds Of French Schools Disrupted By Student Protests; Judge Orders Tennessee To Preserve Evidence In Failed Execution; CEO Talks A.I., Rising Fares, Customer Loyalty; OpenAI Releases Hundreds Of New Mathematical Findings; Aired 12-1p ET

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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga. The second hour of "One World" starts right now.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Pretend that I'm on the ballot, because we get a lot more votes.

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GOLODRYGA: Well, what do the voters think? We're 26 days away from midterms and a brand-new CNN poll is giving us a snapshot.

They say the conditions are so bad, they're skipping school and taking to the streets. What is it really like inside French classrooms?

And later, home sweet home. After almost a year at sea, the USS Lincoln is almost home. We're live aboard the aircraft carrier.

We do start with big warning signs for President Trump and the Republican Party, as new CNN polling shows trouble in two states he won easily in

2024.

More than half of likely voters in Ohio and Iowa say they disapprove of Trump's handling of the presidency, adding his policies have increased the

cost of living. The dissatisfaction giving Democrats hope in two deep red states ahead of the midterms.

CNN's Harry Enten joins us to break down the numbers. Harry, I need to give you a second there, my friend.

HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: No, no, I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I've got my the ultimate producer who's standing right there saying your

shirt is a little bit ruffled. And I'm like, I'm trying to get it all thing, it's -- but this is live television. This is how you know it's live.

My shirt is not perfect at all. She is laughing so hard off on the side. I will note that.

GOLODRYGA: We need to bring your producer on air. Always looking out for you. That is quality.

ENTEN: She has -- she has been on television before. She was interviewed --

GOLODRYGA: That is quality.

ENTEN: -- when she was 15 years old outside of Yankee Stadium. She's a big Yankee fan today. She is very sad, but the rest of the world is very happy

because the Yankees think they lost, they're out of here.

GOLODRYGA: Yes. Well, no, my son was not happy, Harry. So let's not even -- let's not even go there.

OK. You know who else isn't happy? Voters.

ENTEN: Yes.

GOLODRYGA: Especially Republican voters.

ENTEN: Yes.

GOLODRYGA: So, the question is, if Trump is having difficulty and his party is having difficulty and ruby red states, what does that say about turnout?

And who people will be casting their ballots for in less than a month's time?

ENTEN: Yes, OK. So, you know, I got a gentleman up here on the screen right here. I got a gentleman. In fact, I'm going to make the lights a little bit

brighter right here. Let's see if I can do that. And there we go.

And basically you got this gentleman right up here on the screen, Sherrod Brown, who is in fact the senator from the great state of Ohio, or the

former senator, a Democrat. He's up by six in our latest CNN poll, a Democrat leading in Ohio, which Donald Trump won three times.

What is going on here? What is happening? Well, what I think is so important to note is that as Ohio goes, so goes the nation. Take a look

here. OK. The chance that the Democrats win.

You know, Sherrod Brown's chance, according to Kalshi prediction mark, was only 47 percent back on February 27, just before the Iran war start. But

the Iran war has super charged its chances. Now, he's at a 63 percent chance.

Look here though, the United States Senate, the chance that Democrats will control the United States Senate overall. It was 41 percent on February

27th, now it's 63 percent.

As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. And that is why that plus six-point lead that Sherrod Brown in our CNN poll is so important.

And I will note, it is part of a pattern. It is part of a pattern, Bianna.

Take a look here. OK. Sherrod Brown's polls. The last time he trailed in a poll was all the way back in June, all the way back in June. And even that

deficit was well within the margin of error. So, the race in Ohio, right now, seems to be leaning in Sherrod Brown's direction.

However, there is a bit of a warning sign. If you're a follower of U.S. politics, you may note that Donald Trump and Republicans have seemed to

have been underestimated in polls the last few election cycles. And no place is that more the case than Ohio.

Because just take a look here. OK. The Republicans outperformed their Ohio Senate poll average from early October. That is the polling average right

now. How much better did Republicans do when the votes were actually casting count on Election Day?

In 2016, they did seven points better. 2018, eight points better. 2022, seven points better. And when Sherrod Brown was running, he was, in fact,

an incumbent, but then lost, but now is running for a different seat.

Back in 2024, the Republican candidate, Bernie Moreno, did six points better in the final results and what the polls showed at this point. And of

course, right now Sherrod Brown leads by six points. Six, six. I don't know what's necessarily going to happen.

But the one thing I do know, Bianna, is this, and that is if Sherrod Brown ends up winning and Democrats end up winning Ohio and then likely the

United States Senate.

There is one man more responsible for it than any other man, and that is Donald John Trump. Ohio voters on Trump. Back in 2024. Look at this. Trump

won in Ohio by 11 points. Look at his net approval rating now. It is 21 points underwater.

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Donald Trump may bring down the Republican Party in Ohio and in the United States Senate, shift it to the Democrats.

GOLODRYGA: I will tell you, Harry, I'm sure as you know, he brought you to Texas with him though. That Donald John Trump video.

ENTEN: He did. He did. I -- I saw it.

GOLODRYGA: Played to a MAGA loving audience and they - they ate it up. So, clearly, there are some polls that Trump actually views are positive that

you bring forward on our air.

ENTEN: That is true. I was just going to write, everyone loves, that's a heart, Harry. That is the bottom line. This is what I know. Your mother is

part of that group. I know you're part of that group and the president of United States is apparently part of that group as well.

I mean, the bottom line is I present the numbers and I do a little bit of a Liza while doing it.

GOLODRYGA: I don't know. I don't know how my mom's feeling. You were in Texas and you didn't go visit her.

ENTEN: I didn't visit.

GOLODRYGA: I mean, you weren't there. The video was there, but --

ENTEN: The video was there, but you know what? I think this sounds like a road trip that we're going to have to take.

GOLODRYGA: Houston, Texas, waiting for you, Harry.

ENTEN: Sounds good.

GOLODRYGA: All right. Your shirt looks great. Give your producers our best.

All right. Well, after taking his midterm campaign message to Texas last night, as we just noted, President Trump is back at the White House today.

Republicans are facing a tough fight to hold on to congressional control, so the president has been campaigning in states that were once considered

Republican safe havens like Texas.

Wednesday's trip highlighted some of the challenges the president is facing on the campaign trail. During his stop in San Antonio, protesters disrupted

the rally, forcing the president to pause his speech.

The president also used that rally to repeat controversial remarks, which the White House says is a warning about what could happen if Iran were to

develop a nuclear weapon. Take a listen.

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TRUMP: You want to see trauma, you want to see problems, and I said it the other day, let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way.

Let them hit. You want to see a horror show? You want to see problems? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. And you want to see some bad

things happen. You want to see a country that would be in free fall.

We're not going to let that happen. We protect our cities. We protect our country. We're not letting that happen.

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GOLODRYGA: All right. Let's bring in democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright and Republican strategist Maura Gillespie.

So, Maura, if one were to give the president the benefit of the doubt, because this is the second time that he has brought up potential

hypothetical Iranian strikes on two major democratic cities, Los Angeles and San Diego, one could interpret that as let them try, we won't let them.

And thus why -- that's why we are constantly threatening Iran of consequences if they don't come to the negotiating table or develop a

nuclear weapon.

This is probably day two or three of this controversy, though. At this point, what should the White House do, if anything, in response?

MAURA GILLESPIE, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: They're going to continue with it because this is really more so a messaging tactic to explain why we're at

war with Iran without saying that we're at war with Iran.

You know, the White House has struggled on that, you know, entirely explaining to the American people why we got in this in the first place.

So, this is a strategy to say if we had not done this, they could have attacked one of our cities with their nuclear weapons.

The -- the Trump administration has struggled to really prove to the American people that there -- that the Iranian regime was this close to

having a nuclear weapon that could have reached our cities, right? So, this is his attempt to do so by telling them that this is what could have

happened, but he's not going to let that happen. And that's why he did what he did. That's why gas is high, because we have to protect our cities.

It is a messaging tactic. Right now, obviously, it's getting some backlash, but he's going to continue to double down on it, because that's what Donald

Trump does. And I think that's what he's going to -- you're going to see that happen until election day.

GOLODRYGA: And it is interesting because he rarely, if ever, acknowledges a mistake or a misstep. And that's exactly what he's done recently as it

relates to the messaging of the war with Iran, saying that perhaps they weren't selling it well enough to the American public.

And that brings us to our polls. Antjuan, let me -- let me turn to you, because the new CNN polls show Democrats, as Harry just outlined,

competitive in Ohio and Iowa. These are two ruby red states that Trump won by double digits in 2024.

What tells you that this is support for Democrats and something that they can take advantage of in these final few weeks rather than simply voter

frustration with the president?

ANTJUAN SEAWRIGHT, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Well, sometimes in elections, people vote against the folks who are in charge more so than they vote for

the people who may be on the other side. I think this is a combination of people voting against the Republicans because they have failed on every

single major issue that they campaigned on 20 -- in 2024, but also a gasp of inspiration that people are voting for the democratic message, fighting

for an affordable America, holding the crooks accountable, saving healthcare and lowering the high cost of living brought to you and

sponsored by Donald Trump and your neighborhood Republican Party.

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Here's what Republicans cannot run away from between now and the November election day. The fact of the matter is gas, groceries, utilities,

healthcare, every single thing about the material well-being of everyday Americans. is much more expensive because Maganomics has been a failure.

What we know from the 2024 election cycle, and what we know from every single election that's happened, since Donald Trump has taken office, is

the -- the matter of fact is that people are voting on feelinomics, economics you can feel, and that's why you see frustration, pisstivity, and

that's why you see voters speaking out at the ballot box and in polling every chance they get.

GOLODRYGA: Yes, and to that point, Maura, voters in those polls say it's Trump's policies as it relates to the economy and increased cost of living

that they're very frustrated with. Can Republicans win the affordability argument without breaking with the president on tariffs and his economic

policies?

GILLESPIE: It will be hard for them to navigate around it, but I think what they'll probably do is point to Democrats not having a plan of how to fix

it. I think in a lot of ways, yes, you can point to all the policies that the Trump administration has -- has -- has done that have led us to this

point, but I think Republican candidates, what they'll do is point out that there isn't a plan of an alternative.

It is a -- a promise to fix it, but how does that work? And I do think there is a trust level issue. And so I'm -- what I'm looking for is what

turnout will be, because I do think, by and large, the American people are frustrated with politics as they are. They don't necessarily have trust in

our politicians on either side of the aisle, but namely right now, Republicans, because of the fact that Republicans have the majority in the

White House, Senate, and the House.

And -- and so not seeing action that they were promised two years ago, they are going to either come out and vote against Republicans or they're going

to stay home because they feel as though a little bit disenfranchised by what's going on.

GOLODRYGA: Voters then haven't made up --

SEAWRIGHT: Maura --

GOLODRYGA: Go ahead. Maura, can I just offer you what that plan is? Because you said Democrats don't have a plan. Let's start with expanding those

Affordable Care Act tax credits that impact 25 million Americans, that's 18.2 million Americans in places that Donald Trump won. That's putting

forth a legislative proposal to lower the high cost of living when it comes to housing, when it comes to utilities, when it comes to gas, ending

Trump's war of choice, unconstitutional, unpopular war of choice. Those are things off the top of my head that I can tell you that will be certainly

part of the democratic agenda.

And also holding the crooks accountable because the legislative branch, by way of the Constitution, is supposed to hold the executive branch

accountable. And we have not seen that. And that's why you see corruption overflowing from this White House and this administration.

GOLODRYGA: Maura, do you want to respond?

GILLESPIE: Sure. It's fine to say all that when you are in the minority, but when you're in a position of power, the only job that can be done when

the Democrats, which I believe they will likely win the Senate, sorry, excuse me, they'll likely win the House, the Senate is still to be seen,

but they can hold the Trump administration more accountable. That's absolutely something that can be done, but a plan for how we get gas prices

lowered when we're still at war with Iran, there isn't necessarily a plan to get out of that in a way that is cohesive to keeping us safe, but also

to our allies in the region.

And so I think that there is still a long ways to go for that to come to fruition. And unfortunately, we're not going to see that benefit for some

time because right now, we're in it.

GOLODRYGA: Antjuan, there are still a few weeks left for those undecided voters, and sometimes that comes down to debate performances. We saw that

in Maine this week and we're going to see it again tonight, I believe in Michigan and in Georgia. We're putting Jon Ossoff in Georgia against Mike

Collins tonight for voters.

Georgia remains a real test for Democrats' ability to win just beyond their base. They do have a strong candidate in Jon Ossoff. But what does he need

to say to voters who may be Republicans disenfranchised with Trump, and perhaps open to giving him a chance?

SEAWRIGHT: Well, candidate quality matters when you're this late in the game and you're so close to the goal line and getting across the goal line.

And I think Democrats are there. And so I believe in the candidate quality we have up and down the ballot when it comes to Senator Ossoff. I think he

should run on his record.

Down south we say, may the work we do speak for us. He's done tremendous work in a bipartisan way to deliver for all of Georgia. And he's done a

hell of a job of being a United States Senator. That means bringing together unique coalitions. And that's why he's been successful to this

point. That's why he's going to win the general election.

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I also think that when it comes to the politically unhoused, the politically homeless and those who are undecided in this election, they're

going to break against the party in charge because the party in charge has caused them severe headache and unnecessary pain, particularly when it

comes to their pocketbook.

The Republicans' broken promises have become their major problem in this general election across the country.

GOLODRYGA: We shall see. There have been a few times where the polls have been wrong, but it does seem to be pretty consistent thus far in the final

weeks before the midterms about voter frustration, in particular with the Republican Party and the president and his policies.

Thank you both. I appreciate you joining me.

And still to come on "One World."

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You saw a multitude of heavily armed police with guns in her father's face, her brother's face, her friend's face. It could have

been a significant tragedy. People could have been dead.

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GOLODRYGA: Why the woman known as Jane Doe feels terrified after her gang rape allegations shook the campus of Cornell University.

And the Tennessee death row inmate who survived an execution attempt is awake and talking. More on what her lawyers want the state to do now.

And Russia says, there's no epidemic risk after a worker at its plague lab died. However, the U.S. is still taking precautions. We'll take a look at

what those are after the break.

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GOLODRYGA: Pressures mounting at Cornell University after gang rape allegations and as students held a seven-hour sit-in on campus last night.

And as Cornell comes under the microscope, the accuser, a former student known as Jane Doe, is facing threats. Her lawyer says she's terrified after

a swatting incident.

All right. And in the coming hours, sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln will complete their marathon tour of duty and return home. CNN cameras were

there when Lieutenant Commander Jason Tross surprised his daughter, Hannah, aboard the ship. It was her first deployment.

Service members aboard the Lincoln have been away for nearly a year, 321 days to be specific. Two hundred and sixty-five of those days were

uninterrupted at sea.

When they arrive in San Diego, it will end the second longest Navy aircraft carrier deployment since the Vietnam War.

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CNN's Pamela Brown is on board the USS Abraham Lincoln. Once again, quite a different setting this time, Pamela. Back on U.S. soil, we saw that one

reunion. What are you hearing from all of those on board that you've spoken to about what it feels like to finally be home?

PAMELA BROWN, CNN CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: I'm hearing just so much excitement, anticipation. There are 122 dads on this ship who have

never met their child. There are so many young people on this ship. The average age is 23.

This has been a deployment that has changed them. They all say they are coming back to land today, a changed person after this historically

demanding deployment. And there also -- there's some -- some nerves. There's some mixed emotions too. Some of them have told me they're --

they're a little bit worried of how am I going to readjust to being back on land. For many of them, this is their first deployment.

And I mentioned the dads. I have one of the dads here and you hear right now over the speaker a message coming through. There's been a lot of those

today. And I'm just going to take a moment to listen actually.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In a few minutes, we will set the sea and anchor detail and make final preps from our arrival in San Diego. The sea, the entire

city is ready to put on a heroes welcome for all of you.

Well deserved. It's going to be quite a show. And I'm looking forward to see you then. Very Exciting times for all of us. That said, if you're on

the detail --

BROWN: So, this is Captain Dan Keeler, who is speaking right now, talking to the crew, getting them prepped and ready to go to the pier. That'll be

in a few hours while it will dock. And there's going to be a huge homecoming. Thousands of family members will be there ready to receive

their loved ones from this ship, from this long deployment, nearly a year long.

And you can hear him giving the kudos to the amazing service members right now who have worked so hard.

I mentioned Timothy Milch. He's here with us right now. He is what's called a shooter. So, he helps the jets take off from this flight deck that we're

on right now. Very important job because there were thousands of missions here.

But most importantly, you're looking ahead because when you came on this appointment, you had just met your baby and you had to leave your baby just

after a few days. Tell us about that.

LT. COMMANDER TIMOTHY MILCH, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Yes, that's right. My son, Mackenzie (ph), was born in November. Had to go to training for this

job early December. Had to move my family to the West Coast. And then right after the holidays come to this deployment, you know, this historic

deployment.

So, I've really only had about two and a half weeks with him and miss a lot of milestones. So, I'm really excited to come back. And on top of that, my

four-year-old daughter, Lucy, you know, she went from a toddler to she's in school now.

So, you miss a lot of milestones when you get out here, so I'm really excited to get back into the fold and just be an active dad again.

BROWN: What do you think you're going to do when you see your two little kids today?

MILCH: I don't know who's going to be running faster, me or my daughter Lucy, you know, for that first embrace. And I hope they're as excited to

see me as I am to see them. I'm probably going to be a mess. I'm going to be an excited dad. That's what I'm going to do.

BROWN: How would you describe this moment to everyone watching right now, what this moment means to you after such a demanding deployment?

MILCH: It's beyond surreal. Most people say we don't think it feels like it's happening. A lot of us just expect to get back to work in a few hours,

but, you know, it's almost like every last day of school you've ever had compressed into one morning. (TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY)

GOLODRYGA: All right. I believe we've just lost Pamela's signal, but you can just feel the anticipation, the excitement. Lieutenant Commander Milch

just hours away from reuniting with his baby son, Mackenzie, his little daughter Lucy. We thank him so much for that service, for everyone's

service, and obviously a sacrifice that all of these service families have made.

All right. Still to come on "One World," thousands of students are taking to the streets across France demanding change. And the conditions inside

their classrooms may shock you. That's ahead.

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GOLODRYGA: Hundreds of schools remain closed across France as student protests continue despite government efforts to calm tensions.

We're looking at live pictures from Paris where it is 6:30 in the evening. Police have clashed with protesters in the last few minutes. When 200 high

schools remain shut, nearly 500 people were detained during Tuesday's demonstrations, while police have faced criticism over their heavy-handed

response to protesters.

Students are demanding more teachers, smaller class sizes, and better school facilities as well as billions more in education funding.

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DIANE DI SCIULLO, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER: some working class neighborhoods, as we've seen in many videos, the ceilings are actually collapsing. My protest

sign today says that students help me catch cockroaches in the classroom, and that's the absolute truth.

Last year, I was in a neighborhood where my students and I would hunt cockroaches during lessons. There were cockroaches that would crawl up onto

the teachers' desks and the students' desks.

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GOLODRYGA: Time now for The Exchange. We're joined by Alexandre Boza, a high school professor in Paris. Thank you so much for taking the time to

talk to us. I would imagine this has been a whirlwind the past few weeks. Just tell us about how, if at all, these protests have disrupted your

classes. Have you been able to teach?

ALEXANDRE BOZA, HIGH SCHOOL PROFESSOR: For now, it's been a week since we last saw the -- the pupils and the students because the high schools are

closed now. They are closing to avoid -- to avoid blockage and above all to avoid confronting the police.

GOLODRYGA: You've taught for nearly 20 years and you say that teachers have raised these exact problems for decades now. So, what finally pushed

students and now some teachers to the brink of taking to the streets and making these demands loud and clear for government officials to hear?

BOZA: I think the -- the turning point is a few years ago with the new system of selection to university. We have experiment -- we have

experimented a new -- a new system that is more selective. And the -- the - - the pupils feel now that they -- they got excluded from many universities without knowing why.

And it took some times before they realized that it was a clear problem for them and that the reason was many others, among others, excuse me, that --

that they were studying in -- in such conditions that they couldn't succeed for some of them.

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GOLODRYGA: What -- what are these conditions like? Just -- just give us a sense of what a school, a typical school looks like, your school looks

like, and a classroom that these students have to sit through for hours everyday.

BOZA: Yes. Well, let's say that the schooling day is from 8:00 in the morning to 6:00 in the -- in the afternoon, in the classroom. And the fact

is it's a -- it's a huge amount of time studying. But above all, well, for -- for us, we have class with, let's say, really crowded classes with 35

average, 35 pupils per class, per classroom.

And well to -- to make them progress, because in our classroom there are really several and different levels of let's say competence or -- of

knowledge from the -- from -- from the pupils and we have to adapt but with a -- a large amount of -- of pupils in the classroom, it's harder to do.

And we are, well, sometimes we are helpless to make them succeed while they are trying as well, but they don't have time enough and let's say support

enough because we don't have time for everyone.

GOLODRYGA: Larger class sizes because there are not enough teachers?

BOZA: Yes, it's the case. We are -- we are lacking many teachers because, well, it's not very attractive. We are in Europe. We are one of the -- the

countries with -- with the lowest -- the lowest salaries. So, it's -- it's become -- it -- it was a problem 20 years ago. It's still -- it's still now

a problem. And we have, well, other -- other issues, like I said.

GOLODRYGA: And we saw an increase in the birth rate over the last 20 years as well. So, this has created this perfect storm scenario where you say you

have some 30, 35, even 40 pupils in a classroom.

The education minister has promised in response to this no job cuts, but students, as we noted, are facing teacher shortages that can't be remedied

overnight. And the budget won't come until November 12. Does this promise, though, at least sound optimistic to you that the government is heeding

some of these demands?

BOZA: It took some time for them. I think there -- there is - there is now a lack of confidence from the -- the young people -- young people to the --

to the government because they weren't even heard during the past weeks.

And now I think, well, we -- we are -- we are in holidays in -- in a week now. And I think there is a problem with the -- with the timing of the

government. They said that we will have an answer after the holidays and we all can imagine that it's a way of letting the -- the movement rot before,

well, before doing something.

GOLODRYGA: Alexandre, what do you teach?

BOZA: I teach history, geography, and cinema.

GOLODRYGA: Oh, wow. Well, sort of a jack of all trades. Would love to sit in one of your --one of your classes. And I know it must be frustrating not

to be able to teach these subjects that are so important and that you're passionate about.

Thank you for taking the time. Appreciate it.

BOZA: Thanks to you for inviting me.

GOLODRYGA: Well, now to Tennessee and the case of the botched execution of a death row inmate. Christa Pike's lawyers are requesting that her hand be

unshackled as she receives medical care at a hospital.

This as Pike remains handcuffed and shackled to her hospital bed despite damage to her arms from the lethal injections last week.

CNN's Ryan Young reports from Nashville, Tennessee.

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RYAN YOUNG, CNN SENIOR U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Still a lot of questions about how this case will move forward because this has never

happened before. You got to think, Christa Pike was set to be the first woman in Tennessee, in over 200 years, to be executed. That did not happen.

This was a botched execution. And in fact, the two doses were separated by more than an hour. And yesterday in court, we heard from her attorneys who

were fighting for the evidence. They wanted to make sure all that was preserved. We're talking about photos, recordings, EMS calls. They wanted

to see what happened that led to that fateful day where their client, they believe, was tortured for quite some time.

Somehow, Christa Pike woke up even when they believed they were going to have to disconnect her from all the life-saving equipment she was connected

to. And listen to what her attorney says she first said when she woke up.

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RANDY SPIVEY, ATTORNEY FOR CHRISTA PIKE: I was not in the room when she woke up, so I -- I -- I don't want to speculate too much. What our

understanding was the first thing she said was, where am I and who are you? There's -- there's still a lot of cognitive confusion. And so I will say

that.

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YOUNG: Yes, all executions in the state have been postponed at this point as the state does an investigation to see exactly what happened. And the

guy who led the state's operation when it comes to execution has resigned from his position. So, this could be a long-term problem for the state in

terms of how they move forward next.

Not everyone's happy about that. In fact, there were some people who came to the courthouse yesterday to have their voices heard about what they feel

the state should have done when it comes to this case. Take a listen.

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MICHELLE NOWELL, TENNESSEE RESIDENT: It's disgusting and the -- and the -- and the worst part is that Colleen has been forgotten. All we hear about is

Christa, Christa, Christa. Today in that courtroom, as I sat in there and - - and listened and then on the steps, just a few minutes ago, the attorney talked about cruel and unusual punishment. And when is enough enough?

I would say, she doesn't know cruel and unusual punishment. Colleen is the one that knew cruel and unusual punishment.

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YOUNG: Yes, Christa Pike's attorneys told us they believe there'll be a long road of recovery for her as she's still suffering from the effects of

that botched execution.

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GOLODRYGA: All right. And breaking news just into CNN. A federal judge has extended CNN, "POLITICO," and MS NOW's access to the White House.

Last month, President Trump banned the outlets from the White House. The administration says that it was on national security grounds. But lawyers

for the three news outlets argue that it's unconstitutional. The judge has extended access until Tuesday while he considers a longer term ruling.

All right. Still to come on "One World," artificial intelligence, real world solutions. OpenAI stuns the math community by releasing hundreds of

solutions to problems that have baffled experts for years. So, what does this mean for mathematicians?

Plus, would Delta Air Lines ever embrace the use of A.I. pilots? Hear what the airline's top boss has to say on that, up next.

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GOLODRYGA: All right. Let's take look at the markets right now. Right across the board, the Dow down about three-tenths of a percentage point.

The NASDAQ down six-tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 down a little over three-tenths of a percent as well. This is your Business Breakout.

A new era in Hollywood getting the Wall Street treatment. Skydance CEO David Ellison rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange

celebrating the company's listing following the merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery. Skydance is CNN's new parent company.

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Amazon has a new tablet on the market. The tablet features the A.I.-powered Alexa Plus Assistant and they come with much higher price tags as well,

topping out at $550.

And Spotify has signed Joe Rogan to a new multi-year deal for his hit podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience." This extends a podcasting partnership

that began in 2020. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The head of Delta Air Lines says there's a place for artificial intelligence in his business and it won't necessarily be flying planes, but

solving problems and enhancing the customer experience.

Our Randi Kaye spoke with Delta CEO, Ed Bastian, who shared his thoughts on A.I. and what's driving ticket prices and much more.

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RANDI KAYE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Just to have your voice with all that's going on in the world, I think it's really important.

KAYE (voice-over): Ed Bastian has been CEO of Delta Air Lines for 10 years, and with the company for nearly 30 years.

ED BASTIAN, CEO, DELTA AIR LINES: The Wall Street community had declared us dead. They had us DOA, that we weren't going to make it.

KAYE (voice-over): He has seen Delta through bankruptcy, restructuring, 9/11 and COVID. And today is dealing with the effects of the Iran War,

energy shock and rising airfares.

KAYE: So, you have built Delta around this idea that taking care of employees ultimately takes care of customers?

BASTIAN: Take care of your people first, and then they will take care of your customers, who will reward you with loyalty and repeat business. And

that virtuous circle that goes around is really important in a high touch business like we are.

KAYE: And you're building Delta now more around that premium customer.

BASTIAN: And I'd say today, over 60 percent of our revenues are not in our main cabin for the company. It's coming from the premium side. And that's

growing double digits. We're focused on the upper end of the K.

And our consumer demographic we talk about has household earnings, a minimum of about $100,000 a year, which is not an elitist definition.

That's over 40 percent of the households in the United States fits that definition.

Ninety-five percent of our revenues come from that demographic. And that demographic, if you look post-COVID, has accumulated enormous wealth.

KAYE: What are you seeing from customers who aren't at the top end of the K?

BASTIAN: We still see the -- those consumers spending and investing. It's younger folks. It's our Gen-Z's, our millennials that see Delta and travel

as an aspirational brand.

KAYE: When you look at the Iran war, it certainly has sent gas prices higher, jet fuel prices higher, airline tickets higher. Which of your

customers would you say are absorbing most of that increase?

BASTIAN: I'd say they all are across the board. We expect oil prices to be about $6 billion higher than they were a year ago.

KAYE: Wow.

BASTIAN: And that's -- that's -- that's a substantial shock to have. We're not meeting any resistance along the way. Consumers understand why prices

are up.

KAYE: At some point, do you expect you would see resistance?

BASTIAN: We can see the holidays already. We can see kind of the first part of next year through advanced bookings. There's no slowdown in sight.

KAYE (voice-over): Delta Air Lines began as a Georgia crop dusting operation in 1925. Last year, Delta celebrated its 100th anniversary, the

first U.S. airline to do so.

BASTIAN: The promise of the next century of flight, to me, is exhilarating.

KAYE: We are walking under the Spirit of Delta airplane.

BASTIAN: Well, this is the airplane in 1982 that the employees of the company purchased and gave to the company. Three flight attendants took up

a call to action to all of their colleagues and raised $35 million. This is the very 767-200 that we ever flew. It was at the core of our relationship

with our people.

It means everything to me. And sometimes, I'll -- I'll just come down to the museum and walk around. I'll kind of speak to the Spirit, I'll speak to

the airplane. What do you think? It just helps me get settled on -- on priorities.

KAYE (voice-over): As Bastian looks ahead to the next century, that includes figuring out where A.I. fits into Delta's people first playbook.

BASTIAN: Our people will always be at the heart of whatever A.I. provides in terms of benefit.

KAYE: Is there any part of you that's worried that we're moving too fast with A.I.?

BASTIAN: Yes, of course it does. When -- when you hear the -- you hear the -- the -- the stories about what the A.I. inventors say it could do.

KAYE: How will A.I. change the Delta experience?

BASTIAN: I think it will make our people smarter, more efficient, being able to get answers to customers sooner, be able to solve tough problems

because our company, 100,000 people, 1,200 airplanes, 5,000 flights every day, it's like a Rubik's cube, try to always get the perfect answer and

response.

KAYE: What about A.I. in the cockpit?

BASTIAN: There will never be less than two pilots in a Delta cockpit as long as I'm here. And I -- I think that's going to stand true for a very

long time. You want to use the technology to make our -- our pilots' jobs as easy as possible and as safe as possible.

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KAYE (voice-over): Bastian makes a point to stay directly connected to passengers.

KAYE: When I reached out to you for this interview, I was surprised to find that your email is publicly available. I'm guessing you get a tremendous

amount of email.

BASTIAN: I get -- I get -- I get a lot, yes. I hear from everybody about everything every day. I mean, literally thousands a day.

KAYE: So, you actually respond to some?

BASTIAN: Oh, many, many, many. Many.

KAYE: Do you ever sit in coach?

BASTIAN: I do. I do. I want to make certain I'm seeing the product. I'm seeing all aspects of -- of our business. I know our customers, when they

see me back there, they are first puzzled. They're -- they're kind of curious why I'm back there.

KAYE: Exactly.

BASTIAN: But then they actually enjoy that I'm back there.

KAYE: Do they talk to you, your fellow customers?

BASTIAN: Oh, hundred percent. They talk to me wherever I am.

KAYE (voice-over): Ed Bastian is one of the most recognizable CEOs in the country, and he's still writing Delta's next chapter.

BASTIAN: There's a whole other world waiting for the next generation.

KAYE: Speaking of future generations, the grandkids.

BASTIAN: Yes.

KAYE: Do they have -- do they have medallion status yet?

BASTIAN: They're building it. I -- my -- my -- my older grandson, Miles, who'll turn four in December. He's already had like 50 flights. He loves

traveling. And -- and I love that.

KAYE: Does Miles understand when the safety video comes on that that's his grandfather?

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BASTIAN: He does. He does. He finds it pretty odd. And he calls me "big man." And he'll -- he'll -- he'll have half the plane saying big man's --

quiet -- tells everybody to quiet, listen to the big man.

KAYE: As others in the industry continue to chase Delta's playbook, Ed Bastian is focused on the future. He's excited about expanding their

international destinations and one day perhaps flying taxis.

Randi Kaye, CNN, at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta.

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GOLODRYGA: Well, 200 years for mankind, 88 hours for A.I. OpenAI says that it solved one of the biggest conundrums in math in just days, and the

results keep coming.

The tech giant has just released hundreds of new mathematical findings. And mathematicians are shell-shocked and concerned for the future of their

profession.

Hadas Gold is in New York with more. So, Hadas, my father-in-law was a highly regarded, very reputable math professor. So, we -- we revere math

professors in our families.

Just talk about the significance of these findings and the impact that it has on the math community, what they are saying about how this impacts

their jobs.

HADAS GOLD, CNN A.I. CORRESPONDENT: So, solving a lot of these mathematical equations and how these A.I. models do on math problems is actually one of

the benchmarks for these models where when you're trying to grade how good an A.I. model is against other models out there, they use these different

benchmarks and math is one of them.

And OpenAI, as you noted, recently claimed to have solved one of the Millennium Math Prize problems, the Navier-Stokes problem, which is about

how fluid moves over and around and through objects. This was a -- supposed to be a $1 million prize problem. OpenAI says they're not going to accept

the prize, but that was a big moment in the A.I. math world.

And now, just a couple days ago, OpenAI essentially dumped hundreds of new math findings that they say were done by their A.I. models and released it

out into the world. And there have been some mixed reactions from the math community.

Some mathematicians say that some of these results would be awarded the Fields Medal, which is one of the highest awards in math, if it had been

done by a human. And others are saying most of these theorems might be ones that we don't even necessarily care about. They questioned whether these

proofs even contain important or novel ideas or if they're just mash-ups of existing techniques.

Some people are questioning whether they're just sort of finishing the last bits of -- of theorems that others have proposed and are just kind of

completing the work that somebody else hasn't been able to get off to. And others in the math community are worried about OpenAI sort of dumping all

of these results without proper study or representation.

There's actually a new group called the Association for Human Mathematics who've actually urged mathematicians to stop working with OpenAI. They say

OpenAI has indicated total disregard for the norms of scientific research, norms that guarantee that mathematics remains trustworthy, ethically

researched, and in the public interest.

Now, OpenAI has actually convened a sort of board of mathematicians to serve as advisors for them as they explore this -- this kind of new

frontier.

And what's even interesting is that own advisory group said that they don't like how OpenAI is using these sort of proprietary models. That means that

they have not been released publicly to the world yet to solve these problems, say they do not endorse this practice and want OpenAI to stop

testing these advanced mathematical problems on their proprietary models.

OpenAI, for their part, they say that they're trying to push the frontier of human knowledge and enable further progress in mathematics, saying that

they want to empower scientists and that they are working responsibly to release these models that will produce these results.

But I think it's, you know, this is going to keep coming whether or not the mathematicians like it or not. I think there's a kind of a crisis moment

right now in the field of people are trying to figure out how to, you know, continue their work while working with these A.I. models.

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And for others they say this is really exciting and can potentially lead to a future of solving some of these major math problems that could lead to

advancements, you know, in so many other fields as well. Bianna.

GOLODRYGA: Yes, that's what I going to say. It's not limited to just mathematics. Every industry is now talking about this, preparing for it and

the development, the speed at which these A.I. models are becoming so much sharper, smarter. It's breathtaking, but also quite alarming.

Hadas Gold, great to see you. Thank you. We'll be right back with more.

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GOLODRYGA: well, to say Margaret Hamilton was a pioneer, to say she was ahead of her time, would be a dramatic understatement. Those are the words

of a NASA Apollo program professor who had paid tribute to his former colleague who has died at the age of 90.

Margaret is credited as one of the founders of the field of software engineering which helped NASA's Apollo astronauts to land on the moon. She

was honored by President Barack Obama back in 2016 with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to science and space travel.

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BARACK OBAMA, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Three minutes before Armstrong and Aldrin touched down on the moon, Apollo 11's lunar lander

alarms triggered. Red and yellow lights across the board. Our astronauts didn't have much time, but thankfully they had Margaret Hamilton.

A young MIT scientist and a working mom in the '60s. Margaret led the team that created the onboard flight software that allowed the eagle to land

safely. And keep in mind that, at this time, software engineering wasn't even a field yet. There were no textbooks to follow.

So, as Margaret says, there was no choice but to be pioneers. Luckily for us, Margaret never stopped pioneering.

Her software architecture echoes in countless technologies today. And her example speaks of the American spirit of discovery that exists in every

little girl and little boy who know that somehow to look beyond the heavens is to look deep within ourselves and to figure out just what is possible.

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GOLODRYGA: Margaret began her career in 1959 at MIT where she remained until the mid-'70s. But her work with NASA started in 1961 after her

department landed a contract with the space agency.

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She went on to lead a team of 100 engineers that would in less than 10 years help to land a man on the moon. And we thank her and honor her

contributions to this country.

All right. That does it for "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga. Thanks so much for watching. "Amanpour" is up next.

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