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Talks Intensify In Effort To End U.S. Government Shutdown; U.S. Government To Reduce Flights At Dozens Of Airports; U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement After 38 Years; Typhoon Kalmaegi Slams Into Vietnam, 114 Dead In The Philippines; World Leaders Gather In Brazil For Climate Summit; Mexican President Takes Legal Action After Groping Incident. Aired 3-4p ET

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NICK WATT, CNN HOST: The stalemate on Capitol Hill continues now. Now, travelers are beginning to feel the effects of the longest government

shutdown in U.S. history.

I'm Nick Watt, in for Max Foster. This is WHAT WE KNOW.

Right now, on Capitol Hill, a strong push to bring an end to that longest government shutdown in American history. Multiple sources in both parties

tell CNN that Senate leaders are trying to hammer out the final details of an agreement. Positive signs, but sticking points remain, including that

crucial demand from Democrats to fund expiring healthcare subsidies.

And House leaders are clearly still divided on that issue.

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REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY), MINORITY LEADER: We're ready. We're willing. We're able to sit down with our Republican colleagues any time, any place

in order to reopen the government to find a bipartisan path forward and to decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis that continues to crush

people all across the country.

REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: No, because we did our job, and I'm not part of the negotiation. The House did its job on

September 19th. I'm not promising anybody anything.

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WATT: The shutdown now causing major disruption to air traffic just ahead of one of the busiest travel seasons of the year. The Trump administration

now planning to cut flights at 40 airports across the U.S., a source tells CNN, proposing a 4 percent reduction in traffic starting Friday. And those

cuts would increase by 1 percent each day that the shutdown drags on.

We just received a list of the airports that will be affected. They include Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson, Chicago O'Hare, JFK in New York, and LAX in Los

Angeles.

Let's go straight to Capitol Hill and CNN chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju.

Manu, progress, but still some major stumbling blocks, right?

MANU RAJU, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah. Major stumbling blocks. It's uncertain at this moment when this very damaging shutdown will

end the longest in American history, 37 days now and counting. Democrats in the Senate just wrapped up a meeting where they were discussing whether

they can go ahead with a compromise plan being negotiated by a handful of rank and file senators. That would include extending government funding

until later into the winter, and also a separate vote on extending those expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Remember, this has been the chief demand from Democrats from the get-go. They want an extension of these subsidies, saying that without that,

people's health care premiums would skyrocket. Republicans have said we must reopen the government first before we deal with the healthcare issues.

But as part of this compromise, Republicans are offering a separate vote to extend the subsidies. The question for Democrats is if they will agree to a

separate vote not tied to the government funding bill. And the wrinkle there is that there's no guarantee with a separate vote that it could

ultimately become law.

So, the question Democrats accept that. And that's something that speaking to Democrats today, they're very divided over that idea.

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SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT): There is no reason that we should have a separate vote on extending the healthcare tax credits. It ought to be part

of whatever government funding agreement there is. And settling for some kind of vague promise about a vote in the future on some indeterminate bill

without any definite inclusion in the law, I think is a mistake.

RAJU: Ad it would be a letdown to your voters?

BLUMENTHAL: I think voters would rightly see it as a surrender.

RAJU: Yeah, but I mean, some people would think that this is a capitulation if you only agree to a standalone.

SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): We need to understand how the Senate works. We have brought this issue as a major national issue from zero to a major

factor I think in the last election. And I think we're going to continue to make it an issue as we approach the next election in the mid-year.

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RAJU: But can they convince enough Senate Democrats to go along? Remember, here in the United States, it's controlled -- the House and the Senate are

controlled by Republicans. But in the United States Senate, it requires 60 votes to overcome any effort to try to thwart legislation known here as the

filibuster. And that means at least seven Democrats will be needed. And in this case, eight Democrats will be needed to advance the legislation.

So far, just three have voted to advance to reopen the government under the Republican terms. So, the question is, will there be an additional five or

so Democrats who vote yes, given some of the other concessions Republicans have made as part of this negotiation?

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All huge questions at this moment, as so many Americans now hundreds of thousands living without paychecks, federal workers, were seeing flights

delayed and canceled across the country. And critical federal food aid drying up as well. So the painful consequences are only intensifying,

putting pressure on senators to reach a deal and get this through the chamber here in a matter of the next few days -- Nick.

WATT: Manu Raju, thank you very much.

And as Manu just mentioned, the pain travelers are bracing for more chaos at U.S. airports as the government prepares to order those flight

reductions amid the shutdown. We're already seeing thousands of flight delays and cancellations due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.

Passengers are flooding airline customer service hotlines, frantically trying to make alternate plans. At least three airlines are waiving fees

for travelers who want to change their tickets.

CNN's Danny Freeman is live at Newark Airport in New Jersey.

Danny, how's it looking in Jersey?

DANNY FREEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, Nick, I got to be honest with you. I've done a lot of various different airport stories, certainly in the

context of this shutdown as well. Today is one of the strangest days because all the passengers and travelers that we're talking to today are

relieved. And one woman told me she was overjoyed because they were able to get on their planes today. And they are very well aware that tomorrow, the

entire air travel world could look a lot different because of the impacts of these looming shutdowns.

So, Nick, let me set the stage, including what you were just talking about in your intro right there. As soon as tomorrow, we understand the

Department of Transportation is preparing these airlines across the country in some of the 40 largest airports across the country to start reducing

their flights by as much as 10 percent. There's been a little bit of reporting that we've seen from our own Pete Muntean that say that it might

start as low as 4 percent reduction in flights tomorrow, and that might climb up as each continued day of the shutdown goes on.

But that -- our guidance is that that still is preliminary at this point. So, people are preparing for and certainly the airlines are preparing to

see that cut in 10 percent starting tomorrow.

Now, Nick, just want to describe to our viewers how we got to this point. The shutdown is impacting many federal workers, including, of course, air

traffic controllers. Now, air traffic controllers have been experiencing staffing shortages because some of them have been calling out sick since

they have not been getting pay. And again, because of that last paycheck, now many of them are having to work other jobs and take more time off from

their day job here in these flight towers or in these air traffic control facilities.

Well, because of that, that's why the Department of Transportation says we need to start reducing the number of flights because it is just not safe if

they continue to operate at this level with such short staffing elements here in these facilities.

I want you to take a listen, Nick, to what the secretary of transportation said just this morning about this on --

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SEAN DUFFY, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY: They missed a partial payment in early October. They missed a full payment a week and a half ago. This

morning, they're getting their pay stubs that they're going to get another big fat zero, no paycheck for the second time. They've all told me it's

really hard, really hard to navigate a full month of no pay, missing two pay periods. So, I think you're going to have more significant disruptions

in the air space. And as we come into Thanksgiving, if were still in the shutdown posture, it's going to be rough out there, really rough.

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WATT: That was Danny Freeman at Newark Airport. Thanks very much.

Now, after months of speculation, U.S. House Representative and a longtime figurehead of the Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi, said she will not seek

reelection. Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987, representing San Francisco. She later became the first and only female speaker of the House.

That was in 2007.

Pelosi released this video to her constituents announcing the decision.

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REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA): I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know I will not be seeking reelection to Congress. With a grateful

heart. I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative. Thank you, San Francisco, for trusting me to be your voice

in Congress.

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WATT: Annie Grayer joining us now from Washington.

Annie, does this give us any crystal ball look into the future of the Democratic Party? Is this a passing of the baton?

ANNIE GRAYER, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Well, it certainly is a passing of the baton. And Pelosi felt like this was her moment. She was a major figure in

Democratic politics and foundational to the core of the House as an institution. She's the first and only woman to ever be speaker of the

House, and has served in the House for nearly 40 years.

And in her second term, she really provided a check on President Trump during his first term in the White House and try to her best to keep a very

divided Democratic Party together.

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She is a prolific fundraiser and has left her mark on this place in so many different ways, particularly for women, as they are running for Congress,

being in Congress as mothers, raising children. She has five children of her own, many grandchildren, and has tried to make that foundational to her

entire message and her career in Congress.

But the timing of her retirement is also crucial. She announced her retirement just two days after California passed an increment -- a huge

ballot measure that was going to give Democrats more seats in their redistricting fight that is playing out across the country. So that is in

part what she sees as her legacy in -- in being in Congress for as long as she has.

WATT: Annie Grayer. Thanks very much.

Yeah, she's 85 years old. A lot of Democrats will be bemoaning her loss. President Trump called her an evil woman who did a poor job.

Now one of the most powerful tropical cyclones of the year has made landfall in Vietnam. Typhoon Kalmaegi hit Central Vietnam with a strength

similar to a hurricane. This after the typhoon killed at least 114 people in the Philippines, where more than 100 are still missing.

Joining us from the CNN weather center is meteorologist Derek Van Dam.

Derek, what do we expect to see in Vietnam?

DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, Nick, we've already seen and witnessed the tragedy that unfolded across the central Visayas islands here

in the Philippines with Kalmaegi. Look at the path of destruction that was left behind. Clearly, from a heavy rain event that overflooded the

riverbanks here, causing the destruction you see on the tv screen. So as Kalmaegi raced from Central Philippines across the South China Sea,

slamming into the central portions of Vietnam, it still had a lot of moisture to work with.

So, it is wringing itself out, producing torrential rainfall across this region. Central Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, even as far north as Laos.

Still, a formidable typhoon, but it is starting to lose some of its punch in terms of the winds.

But it's the rain we're concerned about here because of the rainfall totals that have occurred over the past 24 hours, have been impressive. Over 100

millimeters in some locations. And mind you, some of that fell within the span of about 12 to 15 hours. So that will certainly cause flash flooding,

especially in these flood-prone areas as well as the super saturated environment from the past weeks rain leading up to Kalmaegi's arrival.

So here it is, another 100 millimeters of rain possible across this region. Then we have to focus on the next storm system. I mean, they're lining up

one after another after another. This is a typhoon train, we'll call it. Here's the path that Kalmaegi has made. But now we're focusing our

attention on this new typhoon that is forming. This is Fung-Wong, and it's starting to get its act together. You can see that counterclockwise

rotation in the satellite presentation. In fact, 85 kilometers per hour, that's actually increased in speed since the last time I talked on air

live, just about 45 minutes ago.

So, it is undergoing that strengthening process. The official forecast from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, interesting to note here, actually

doesn't have it as strong of a typhoon by the time it reaches Luzon by Sunday into Monday local time, but nonetheless a formidable category three

Atlantic hurricane equivalent.

So, we need to pay close attention to this. It does appear that it will be north of the Visayas islands, where Kalmaegi reached, but this is an area

that's heavily populated. Think about manila and those regions. A lot of rain, the potential for flooding in the Philippines here, Nick, is just

sitting in bathtub warm water. That's like jet fuel for developing and strengthening typhoons.

Back to you.

WATT: Derek, thanks very much.

The U.N. says 2025 is set to be among the hottest on record, a year that has seen an unprecedented number of those extreme weather events. That's

the backdrop to the COP30 climate summit taking place in Belem, Brazil, the gateway to the Amazon rainforest. More than 50 heads of state are in

attendance.

At the opening of the summit, the U.N. chief called the inability to limit the rise in global temperatures a, quote, "moral failure".

British police have mounted a major security operation in Birmingham to prevent trouble at a controversial football match. The Europa League game

between English club Aston Villa and Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv has just kicked off. Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are not attending the game due to

security concerns. Pro-Palestinian groups have gathered outside the stadium in Birmingham, which has a large Muslim population, and there have been

some calls on social media for counter-demonstrations.

CNN's Nic Robertson is in Birmingham and joins us now.

Nic, what's the scene?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: The scene right now is a noisy one.

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This is the pro-Palestinian protest here behind me. Tom, you can perhaps give us a little look around some of the signs that are being held. That's

one you're looking at now. It says for 21 Palestinian football players killed, that's what they say.

There was a sign before Maccabi not welcome. Israel -- you know, show Israel the red card was another one. But I have to say where I'm standing

right now, just a few minutes ago, 20 minutes ago, before the match kicked off it was a pretty hustling sort of situation. There were a bunch of

supporters, football supporters that came up.

They were protesting in support of Israel, very right-wing group, that it was taunting. It appeared, the pro-Palestine protests. The police kind of

moved in, separated everyone out. Six arrests made during that.

But let's just step away and you can paint and I will paint perhaps a fuller picture of the scene here. You have the protest. The streets are

empty. The police have the situation under control. The stadium is here, and we've been told by people inside the stadium that the Maccabi players

on the pitch won't be able to hear this protest out here.

Seven hundred police special stop and search powers in place in Birmingham tonight so that they can control any situation. And perhaps the controversy

here is not just the sort of pro-Palestinian versus the sort of very right wing British, supporters that were here taunting the pro-Palestinian

protest.

But there's a political dimension to it as well. When the local council took the decision several weeks ago to ban the Maccabi fans from coming

base, they said on concerns about violence based, it appeared they were making their decision on what they'd seen when the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

were in Amsterdam, where there was some taunting. They were taunting some of the people in Amsterdam.

Then there was video as well, of Maccabi fans being chased down the street, beaten up people viewing that as very sort of antisemitic attacks. The

police here advised the council that it was unsafe to have the Maccabi fans here.

And I spoke to Maccabi fans earlier today and they told me they were disappointed that they're not a violent group, that they're misunderstood,

but they have a feeling that when they come here into England, it's a very hostile environment for them. And I think having witnessed, the anger here,

the crowds chanting, you know, from the river to the sea, death, death to the IDF, very anti-Israel chants going on from the crowd here. If Maccabi

fans had been here, you can see it could have been a volatile situation.

The police have kept it managed, kept it under control. Now the soccer players get to play out the game and the Maccabi supporter I talked to

earlier today told me that as much as he wanted to be here, he kind of figured if they were, they'd be watching their team lose and perhaps lose

decisively, Nick.

WATT: Nic Robertson in Birmingham, thank you very much.

Turning now to the deadly cargo plane crash in Kentucky. There's new dash cam video that might give investigators clues as to the cause of the crash.

We'd like to warn you, the video is disturbing.

This shows the moment leading up to the UPS plane crash. It shows the aircraft was missing its left engine. MD-11s are equipped with three

engines, one on each wing and one on the tail. More than two dozen investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are now

involved in this investigation. At least 12 people were killed in that crash.

Coming up, Mexico's president takes legal action after disturbing incident. Details ahead on what this moment says about safety concerns for women in

Mexico.

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WATT: Mexico's first female president now taking legal action after a disturbing incident went viral. Claudia Sheinbaum pressing charges against

a man who seemingly groped her after breaking through a crowd of people while she was walking along a street in Mexico City on Tuesday, the

president described the man as quote, completely drunk and calls this episode an assault on all women.

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CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM, MEXICAN PRESIDENT (through translator): And my reflection is if I don't file a complaint, even though this is a crime,

then what position does that leave all Mexican women in? If they do this to the president, then what will happen to all the young women in our country.

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WATT: Now over the past five years, Mexico's National Electoral Institute has recorded more than 500 cases of violence against women in politics.

Let's discuss with my next guest, Pamela Orta Galicia. She is the director of La Sabinas, which focuses on mental health and activism for survivors of

sexual violence. First of all, I want to ask you, what is the reaction been in Mexico? I mean, you not only have the president of the country with a

man able to get so close to her, you have that aspect, and you also have a woman just being, I suppose, attacked in this way.

What's the reaction been?

PAMELA ORTA GALICIA, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, LAS SABINAS: Well, I think that the reaction has been very varied, but it has been kind of shock that it

happened to the president here in Mexico, but also the treatment and the care of the video that have been happening has been -- that have to be

centered of their needs. So, I think that there are a different point of views of what happened here.

But the very important thing that we have to think is about the sexual violence culture, it's something that starts and is something that is

putting the topic in the table. And now the organizations that usually work with this are trying to say that this happened to Claudia, but this also

happened to a lot of women around the world and in Mexico. So, this is kind of tricky what is happening. Yeah.

WATT: And it seems like the laws in Mexico, or at least in parts of Mexico, aren't really designed to prevent this kind of thing, right?

GALICIA: Yeah. And something important is Claudia now, during the morning press conference that she is going to review about this law, but in fact,

sexual harassment is criminalized nationwide, they have different sanctions in the different states, but, there are laws that exist before what

happens. And something important to say is now we have to look what is happening, and how we are going to guarantee that these are implemented.

WATT: And, I mean, if there's any sort of bright spot to look at in this, which I struggle to find.

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But might this draw attention to this issue, might this help change and improve attitudes and laws in Mexico to prevent this kind of thing

happening to women as frequently as it appears to?

GALICIA: Yeah, I think that it's important that now happen this because the sexual violence is something that have been seen in historically and

sometimes this topic are not discussed as we want in the organizations being discussed, because it's like a kind of taboo.

So, now that this happens, we are not happy that Claudia passed for something like that. We are not happy of this, of any woman or any person,

pass for something like that. But now that this happened, it's important to think, how we are going to change this now.

WATT: We have to acknowledge coming out --

GALICIA: What?

WATT: Pamela, carry on.

GALICIA: To the definition of sexual violence or consent, for example.

WATT: Pamela Orta Galicia, thank you so much for joining us.

Now, Claudia Sheinbaum has also weighed in on the drama surrounding the Miss Universe competition. This after an organizer from the host nation,

Thailand, berated Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch for failing to post promotional content.

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SHEINBAUM: I mean, women look more beautiful when we raise our voices and participate, because that has to do with a recognition of our rights. So I

recognize this young woman.

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WATT: Here, you can see fellow contestants staging a walkout earlier. The miss universe organization condemns the organizers actions, and he has

since apologized.

Still to come bracing for travel chaos. The Trump administration is preparing to cut flights at dozens of airports as the U.S. government

shutdown drags on.

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WATT: Back now to one of our top stories. Dozens of the busiest airports in the U.S. will soon be affected by new flight reductions, just as the

holiday travel season approaches. The Trump administration has announced it will cut flights by 10 percent amid the ongoing government shutdown. A

source tells CNN the administration is considering beginning with a 4 percent reduction starting tomorrow. And the cuts would then increase 1

percent every day that the shutdown drags on.

Affected airports include Atlanta Hartsfield, Chicago O'Hare, JFK in New York and LAX in Los Angeles.

So, what we want to know is how disruptive will a reduction in U.S. flights be for travelers?

Joining me now is aviation journalist Chris Sloan.

Chris, first of all, if you have a flight booked in the next couple of days, what should you do?

CHRIS SLOAN, AVIATION JOURNALIST: Well, thank you again for having me on, Nick.

I mean, there's a number of things you should do. I mean, first off is become very aware by checking your app or the website. Call centers are

very crowded, but seeing what the status of your flight is, especially if you're in one of those smaller cities that's affected. It may not be a bad

idea to delay travel if it's not essential or if you're in a smaller city, perhaps to drive to one of the larger hubs if it's close by.

And also, consider buying a backup ticket. And of course, an airlines are offering, you know, refunds and waiving change fees. And if you're

particularly a member of an advantage, like a mileage program, sometimes you can buy those tickets with miles and refund them at no cost.

So, there's a number of things you should be doing to be aware.

WATT: And Chris, I mean, it sounds to an outsider, oh, they're just canceling some flights. But what are the kind of medium and long term

potential impacts of this? I mean, the air traffic system is obviously a well-oiled machine that if one part starts coughing, it can spread. I mean,

what could the longer term issues be here?

SLOAN: Well, I mean, it's a good question. You say well-oiled machine, and it's been remarkably safe, but it's been under pressure for a long time.

There's thousands of shortages of air traffic controllers.

And we've seen you remember back in May what happened in Newark, where there was ATC issues and there was technology issues and runways, and they

had to cut flights. So what you're going to see and it's going to get progressively worse is that you're going to see you know, more and more

disruptions, more and more delays, and where the impact is really going to be felt most acutely initially are the in the smaller cities where you have

the regional jets, because the airlines are going to do everything they can to preserve the big hubs.

But the smaller 76 passenger, 100 passenger airplane flights, instead of maybe having three to four flights from a smaller city to a larger city,

that could cut to one or that could cut to two, or it could be removed completely. And that's kind of just for starters. So that's where you start

to see the effects. And we're not even at the busy Thanksgiving period. This is a low period right now. So, it's not a huge deal yet in that

respect.

But you know, we're also getting that time of year where the weather can get very severe and you have regular operations and it becomes much more

difficult for airlines to correct operations when crews and planes can't get in the same place. So they're really treating this like they would

proactively, preemptively, like when a storm is coming and preemptively canceling flights. Except this storm happens to be affecting the entire

country and progressively get worse if this shutdown doesn't end.

WATT: And I mean, we're -- what is it? Day 37 now, I believe. I mean, why is it only now really kicking in? I mean, is it the air traffic

controllers?

I mean, I've heard that a number of them have been calling in sick, having to work other jobs, resigning. Is that the real issue here? It's the air

traffic controllers?

SLOAN: Well, I mean, that's a significant part of it. I mean, as you've been reporting, you know, correctly they've been given partial paychecks

and then reduced now down to twice, you know, periods of no paychecks. And those are union supported jobs. You know, you can only work so long without

getting paid.

I mean, there are literally people who are -- there's a movement around the country in aviation world to send free meals and pizzas. This guy is

leading it to feed these folks because they're exhausted. They're demoralized. They need to keep the national airspace system safe.

And as again, we said before, it is a huge sore spot and has been a problem long before we got to this point.

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But now, it's going -- it's getting more acute and as, as fewer of those people are, are able to show up and do their jobs effectively, because if

there's an incident on people's watches, that's when, you know, the conversation changes. Something we pray doesn't happen.

WATT: You know, Chris, I mean, you mentioned you kind of equated this like a coming storm. I mean, some airlines are preparing -- United, I believe

has already canceled a couple of hundred flights, sort of preemptively. And a bunch of airlines are offering passengers like no cost cancellations,

right?

SLOAN: Yes. I mean, united and American Delta and those carriers have been pretty clear. I mean, schedules are still in flux, just like these numbers

are in flux, but the international flying, long haul flying with the large aircraft where you may have fewer flights a day, those are being less

impacted. And most airlines are saying the vast majority, for now of flights won't be impacted.

But, you know, when you're talking four to eight percent, then five to six to 10 percent, that becomes more significant. And so, the airlines are

treating this like a storm, saying, okay, we'll waive your change fees if we -- if you want to move your date, if there's -- you want to -- you

cancel all these things can happen at no charge. And that's why -- and some airlines have even encouraged people to buy additional backup tickets.

And again, a hack if you are a, you know, a -- you know, have a loyalty program that allows you to literally use miles to buy tickets, many times

you can refund those tickets to redeposit those miles without a penalty.

WATT: Nice. Good advice. Chris Sloan, thanks so much for your time.

It's the final moments of trade on Wall Street and stocks are down today. The Dow Jones tumbled after new data showed a bleak outlook for the job

market. There was also a big selloff in tech stocks.

This is our business breakout.

The wealthiest person on the planet may soon become the world's first trillionaire. Tesla shareholders today will vote on a new pay package for

CEO Elon Musk, worth nearly $1 trillion worth of stock over the next decade. The company has warned that Musk may leave Tesla if shareholders

reject that pay plan.

Layoffs in the U.S. surged dramatically last month, marking the worst October in 22 years. Job cuts climbed by more than 153,000, according to a

report by Challenger, Gray and Christmas. This, as A.I. continues to disrupt the labor market.

Qatar Airways is selling its stake in Cathay Pacific Airways for nearly $900 million. The Doha-based carrier is ending its involvement with Hong

Kong's flagship carrier after eight years. The buyback proposal still needs the approval of Cathay Pacific shareholders.

The CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase says A.I. is capable of making companies hugely productive.

Jamie Dimon concedes that the technology could decimate jobs in certain fields, but insists it will create positions elsewhere. He spoke

exclusively to CNN's Erin Burnett.

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JAMIE DIMON, JPMORGAN CHASE CEO: I think the much wiser way to look at is that there will be jobs that are eliminated 10 percent, 10 percent, 50

percent, 80 percent by A.I. It will also create jobs, just like when people had the car, you know, the horses, but the car created mechanic jobs.

Tractors eliminated and fertilizer eliminated, you know, 39 million jobs in farms. You get better food, better farm and all that brain power and human

capital went to do other things over time.

The only real risk for society, forget military, nuclear proliferation I worry about, is all things get used by bad guys. That's true for almost

anything. So, we need to think that through, and regulate it and proper regulation, not overregulation, and if somehow it's too fast for society.

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WATT: Still to come tonight, celebrating the beauty of our natural earth, a closer look at how each of us can make a difference in an increasingly

urban world.

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WATT: Today is the fifth Call to Earth Day, the CNN event which celebrates people coming together to protect the planet. This year's theme is "Guard

Your Green Space".

More than 600,000 people around the world are taking part in 100 countries. We're asking participants to show us how they're guarding their shared

spaces for future generations. And we have CNN correspondents across the globe covering today's special event.

Let's bring in CNN's Lynda Kinkade, who is at a high school in Atlanta where she's highlighting efforts by students to nurture green spaces.

Lynda, take it away.

LYNDA KINKADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Nick, good to be with you. Happy Call To Earth Day.

I'm here at Midtown High, where the students here are not only trying to improve their environment through building gardens, they're also running a

recycling project.

I've got two school leaders with me, Marcus and Jeremy.

How is this different to any other recycling project you've worked on?

JEREMY, STUDENT: Yeah, so we focus on impact rather than just words. So, our goal is to -- by integrating community service and bringing people

together, we're actually making a difference in our community and in the environment. So, by doing programs such as TerraCycle and Habitat for

Humanity with aluminum cans, we allow for real impact, real change.

KINKADE: That's great, Jerry.

And of course, Marcus, just tell us about how you can actually raise money through this project for Habitat for Humanity, which of course was founded

by the late President Jimmy Carter.

MARCUS, STUDENT: Right. So, like you said, Habitat for Humanity was founded in Atlanta. And basically how it works is we take all the aluminum

cans you see behind us, and we give them to Habitat for Humanity, who on behalf of us sells them. They sell the aluminum in bulk, and what they then

do is they use that money to build homes all around the Atlanta area.

KINKADE: Excellent.

So students here at Midtown High are certainly using discarded items recycling them for the benefit of the community.

And earlier I was at Springdale Park Elementary, where the youngest students there are growing seasonal produce to donate to community food

banks.

Take a listen.

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STUDENT: So we put this in this -- we put this food in this special room at Springdale Park. Then we donate it to -- and then we bring it to

downtown and down city care. Yeah, in town care. And then we bring and then in town care gives it to people in need.

In my class, in first grade, we are -- we are growing strawberries and were growing curly kale.

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And then we bring it up to this room to take the -- in town care to give to people in need.

KINKADE: What do you like about gardening?

STUDENT: It's really calming and peaceful and I really like it because, like, I just get it go, and also have fun and like, being next to nature

more.

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KINKADE: So from students as young as pre-K to seniors here, like Gracie, she has been with Earth Club for four years, why do you think all schools

should have an Earth Club?

GRACIE, STUDENT: I mean, people don't realize how much they waste every single day. And the fact that we have a club in community built to reduce

that waste is so important, not just for the school and the community but the whole world. And I think it's an initiative that people need to

implement whenever they can.

KINKADE: Well, you guys are doing a wonderful, wonderful job here guarding their green space, which I must say is beautiful on a lovely fall day like

this.

Back to you.

WATT: Lynda Kinkade, thank you very much.

Now, at just 10 years old, Maritza Morales Casanova founded the grassroots organization HUNAB, which promotes environmental education and awareness as

part of the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative. She tells CNN about her organization's eco-focused theme park and how it can help raise the next

generation of planet protectors.

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MARITZA MORALES CASANOVA, FOUNDER, HUNAB PROYECTO DE VIDA: Learning is a beautiful process for everyone, for learners from all ages.

I think that if you want to be an entrepreneur or a leader that promotes the protection of nature, first, you need to have this strong crush (ph),

just to speak out, just to keep moving forward.

My name is Maritza Morales Casanova. I'm an educator, scientist, and environmentalist, but mainly I am founder of HUNAB Proyecto de Vida.

We seek to inspire children, to inspire people on protecting nature through education. HUNAB is a non-governmental organization. It's a charitable

organization. It stands for Humans United With Nature in Harmony for Beauty, Welfare and Willingness.

It is located in Merida city in the Yucatan Peninsula. The southeast of Mexico, and currently we have a theme park. It's like amusement park. So,

imagine that your child and you want to be environmentalist so you can go to HUNAB every weekend and learn about how to be a hero for Grandma Earth.

If you are a child and you visit HUNAB Park, you're going to have a fun learning experience because we have like an open air museum. So you can --

you can play and have fun.

But then if you discover that you want to be an environmentalist, you can enroll to the local program that is two years of training. But after two

years, environmentalists and you need mentorship even when you are a child.

So, you enroll in the high performance program, and you can spend up to eight years developing the heart of your project for your life.

For me, HUNAB, it's part of my philosophy for life. It's how can we contribute with others, not only with humans, with also with living beings

and ecosystems. I think that it is very important from childhood just to have this connection, this contact with the natural environment.

We need to focus on the younger population to provide these opportunities to learn about the environment, because its like a basic skill. We cannot

survive as humans if we don't know how to protect the natural ecosystems.

When children feel that they can contribute for their community, they gain this strong power themselves to keep moving forward. So, I think that we

are building a community engagement not only for the person, but also for the future.

So, I developed this methodology that helped children to find the heart of their project for their lives. So maybe a message is that it doesn't matter

if you want to be an artist or writer, philosopher, you want to be a businessman. What matters is what are you giving back to the planet?

We need to share this opportunities and the profits that the planet allow us to have.

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WATT: And you can join CNN chief climate correspondent, Bill Weir, as he sits down for an exclusive conversation with legendary oceanographer Sylvia

Earle.

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"No Blue, No Green" starts at 5:00 p.m. in New York or 10:00 p.m. in London, right here on CNN.

More news after the break.

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WATT: Meghan, who is probably best known as Prince Harry's wife, is reportedly headed back to where she first found fame, Hollywood. Sources

say the duchess of Sussex has a part in the film, "Close Personal Friends", which is currently shooting in Los Angeles.

This will be Meghan's first acting gig since taking a hiatus eight years ago for the royal life.

CNN's Lisa France is standing by with the latest details.

Lisa, tell me everything you know.

LISA RESPERS FRANCE, CNN REPORTER: Nick, we don't know a lot.

Reportedly, it's a very small role. She's reportedly playing herself and this works well for her because the premise of the film, it's an Amazon MGM

film, is that a regular couple becomes friends with a celebrity couple in Santa Barbara. So of course, the duchess and her husband live in Montecito,

right there in this very upscale enclave of Santa Barbara.

So, you know, this feels right in her wheelhouse. And it's also not going to help these people who have desperately been wanting a "Suits" reunion

movie. And for her to come back as her very popular character of Rachel Zane, who was a paralegal who became an attorney on the show. And so, she

was beloved in that role.

And so, the fact that she's getting back into acting, even reportedly on a very small scale, is not going to help the drumbeat of people who really

want that suits movie to happen, Nick.

WATT: Yeah. And listen, I mean, people are going to watch this. People are going to hate watch this, this is going to be big, right?

FRANCE: It will be big just because, like you said, hate watch. People have a lot to say about the duchess, and they have a lot of feelings about

her. And even though they say, oh, you know, we don't care for her, we don't like her, it doesn't seem to hurt, you know, like her deal with

Netflix and her very popular show or even her "As Ever" brand.

So, I think, you know, sometimes she benefits from that hate.

WATT: And -- I mean, she certainly lives well, it's not really a royal life anymore, but she certainly lives it on her own terms. I mean, the

British papers I was reading getting a little sniffy about it already, sort of you know, talking about the other people who were in the cast and

suggesting that they were all kind of nepo babies and her.

I mean, she's going to get a lot of grief, but frankly, she gets a lot of grief anyway.

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FRANCE: She does. And she's starring with Brie Larson and Lily Collins and Jack Quaid and Henry Golding. And yeah, people are always going to have a

lot to say. But if you see her, she looks happy. Both her and Prince Harry look very unbothered.

So people can say whatever they want to say. They seem to be living their best possible lives. And she's coming back to the screen. Her, you know,

her first love. She has always talked about how much she's loved acting, and she gave it up for, you know what? Like you said, it's no longer the

royal life.

But she's a mom. She's a wife. She's an entrepreneur. And I think she's going to be okay, Nick.

WATT: Yeah. I think she'll be fine. I mean, it is interesting that she's dipping her toe back in these waters. I mean, we never thought this was

going to happen.

FRANCE: No, but I think that as she has worked on different projects with Netflix, this to me feels like a natural progression, you know? And again,

she's -- this is not like she's starring in the film. It's a very small role, but it could lead to other things. And why not?

WATT: Right.

FRANCE: You know, why not just let her live her life.

WATT: Lisa, thank you so much --

FRANCE: Thank you.

WATT: -- for your time.

I'm Nick Watt. That is WHAT WE KNOW.

Stay with CNN. We have much more after the break.

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