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Senate Breaks Gridlock In Vote Toward Reopening Government; Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa Visits The White House; Car Blast Kills At Least 10 People In Delhi, India; U.S. Strikes Tow More Alleged Drug Boats, Killing Six; Russia Attacks Energy Infrastructure Amid Winter Weather; Trump Demands $1B from BBC Over Edited Jan. 6 Speech; Typhoon Fung-Wong Slams The Philippines, At Least Four Dead. Aired 3-4p ET

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MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: U.S. lawmakers inched towards reopening the government.

This is WHAT WE KNOW.

The U.S. Senate could hold a vote as soon as today that would end the more than 40-day old government shutdown. A handful of Democrats and an

independent joined Republicans to advance a proposal that would reopen the government. But it doesn't include the extension of health care subsidies,

which was the Democrats' main demand.

Senator Angus King is one of the eight senators who broke ranks and voted to end the shutdown.

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SEN. ANGUS KING (I-ME): Republicans position all along was very clear. We'll talk about health care. We'll talk about the aca, but not until the

shutdown is over. So, the question is, was the shutdown a stimulant for talks about the ACA or an impediment? And it turned out to be an

impediment. There's no point in continuing the shutdown if it wasn't accomplishing anything.

MANU RAJU, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Was the shutdown worth it?

SEN. TIM KAINE (D-VA): To federal employees who are not going to be traumatized by risks going forward? Yeah. You know, I've got some folks who

didn't like the vote, but I'm going to have a whole lot of federal employees who are going back to work, and they're getting their paychecks,

and they can live through the holidays without worrying that they're going to get a bad email at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, telling them they're laid

off. They have been living under a cloud of anxiety since January 20th, and we've lifted that cloud to some degree.

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FOSTER: Well, that's crazy. The deep divide, though, amongst Democrats, including the House minority leader, who is vowing to push back.

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REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY): Continue to wage this fight no matter what comes over to us from the United States Senate to the House of

Representatives, at some point this week.

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FOSTER: Well, let's turn to CNN's Annie Grayer on Capitol Hill.

Because this has caused a massive divide, hasn't it, amongst Democrats. And the question is whether or not that's going to get in the way of a deal.

ANNIE GRAYER, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: That's absolutely the question. We are seeing this divide on full display today. But the Senate is moving full

steam ahead. We're expecting that the Senate could vote as soon as tonight. And that would set up a vote in the House as early as Wednesday. So, it's

now not a question of if this government shutdown is going to end, but it's more of a question of when.

But let's get into the deal that eight Democrats signed on to. It will fund the government through January 30th, and it will also fund key government

agencies through fiscal year 2026, including critical food assistance. So, if the government were to shut down again at any point in the near future,

that food assistance would still go out, it also would reverse the firings of federal employees that occurred during the shutdown and ensure that all

federal workers, including those furloughed during the shutdown, will be paid.

Now, what is not in this deal is an extension of those expiring Obamacare subsidies that that with the with those credits going away or causing

people's health care prices to rise exponentially, Democrats made those expiring credits the center point of their shutdown argument, but instead,

what Democrats are walking away with is just a vote on the Senate floor that has no guarantee of passing and no guarantee that it would get taken

up in the house at any point.

So, take a listen to how Democrats on both sides of the party are framing last night's vote.

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SEN. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH): All those people who oppose this agreement, staying in a shutdown mode was not getting us anywhere, and they need to

train their fire on the people who are responsible.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT): Now, I know as part of this resolution that the majority leader is going to say, well, Democrats can create put

together their own bill and it will come to the floor here in the Senate for a vote, as everybody here knows, that it's a totally meaningless

gesture.

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GRAYER: So we'll see and be monitoring the floor to see if there are any final hiccups. But those eight Democrats who voted for this bill last night

say that there's a major win in just getting this vote on the senate floor, because Republicans control the floor in the Senate. So, for Democrats to

be able to put something up on the floor, that's going to get a vote, they say is a major win.

But once it passes the Senate, we'll be looking at House Democrats who largely coming out against this deal. And if there are any breakaways

there. The House has been out since September 19th and we expect them to be coming back as soon as Wednesday.

FOSTER: Okay. Annie, thank you so much for that.

U.S. President Donald Trump hosting his Syrian counterpart. Meanwhile, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the 42-year-old, led a campaign that toppled the decades

old Assad dynasty late last year. Today marks the first ever visit by a Syrian head of state to the White House.

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This is also part of a larger push for serious diplomatic reinvention.

Mr. al-Sharaa has spent much of the last year trying to transform his global image. He's a former al Qaeda member who once had a $10 million

bounty on his head. He's even entered Iraq to fight against U.S. troops.

But over the weekend, the jihadist took on his former enemy on the court. Here, you can see the Syrian president playing basketball with top U.S.

military officials.

Extraordinary scenes, Alayna. I mean, it's just a the turnaround here. He was enemy number one for a while for the U.S. military.

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Oh, absolutely. I mean, previously had a $10 million bounty on his head, fought Americans on the

battlefield in Iraq. I mean, this is a type of meeting, max, that was once unthinkable, particularly if you look back to last year.

But, of course, the situation and environment in the Middle East, particularly with Syria, is quite different now. And this comes, of course,

after al-Sharaa was the one who led a rebel group backed by al Qaeda to topple the nearly 50 year or, excuse me, 53 year -- 53-year-old as we know

it, Assad regime in Syria. And then that allowed him to appoint himself president in January.

And since then, it's been very clear that Ahmed al-Sharaa has his goal has been to try and make sure that Syria is less isolated under his leadership.

He has traveled immensely ever since becoming Syria's new head of state. In January, he's come to the U.S., this is actually his second time to the

U.S. this year. He was previously in New York in September for the U.N. General Assembly.

And even though this is his first time to the White House, the first time any Syrian head of state has come to the White House in history, it isn't

the first time, Max, that he's actually met with President Donald Trump. The two had tea back in May when Oresident Donald Trump was in the Middle

East. He met with the former jihadist when he was in Syria, and that was when, during that visit, the president actually announced that he was going

to be lifting the sanctions that the United States had had on Syria.

I'd remind you a lot of those sanctions were targeted toward the previous regime under Bashar al-Assad and his family before him for their human

rights abuses in the country. But this is a major deal for Syria. And it's not just the isolationism and wanting to kind of bring not only his

leadership, but all of Syria back onto the global stage at this time.

There's also other things that they're looking for. One, those sanctions that the President lifted were huge deal and made a huge impact on Syria's

economy. But the more stringent sanctions are actually some of the things that we were told were being discussed during that meeting earlier today,

particularly ones that would essentially need the approval of congress to actually fully lift and make more permanent. So that was one of the

priorities we know of the Syrian leader.

He also wanted to talk to the president and urge President Donald Trump to try and convince Israel to seize some of their attacks in the country. And

so, it was a huge, very historic day, a very big meeting. We know that the United States as well had said that Syria will announce that it's joining

the global coalition to defeat ISIS. That was a big part of this visit as well.

I will say they have been helping the United States and others in the region try and fight ISIS already. But again, a very important, not only

symbolic, but in practice, meeting for these two leaders today.

FOSTER: Alayna Treene, thank you so much for joining us from the White House.

Now, the U.S. Justice Department says President Trump has pardoned a long list of political allies for their role in attempts to overturn the 2020

presidential election. Amongst them are his former lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, along with his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows.

Presidential pardons apply only to federal charges, since no one on the list was charged at the federal level, the move is seen as largely

symbolic.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided it will not revisit the landmark decision that legalized same sex marriage across the country, conservative

legal scholars were hoping the court would use a Kentucky case to reevaluate the groundbreaking 2015 decision, but the court declined.

However, the court agreed to hear a case about mail-in ballots. At issue is whether states may count ballots received after Election Day. Republicans

have been calling for tighter restrictions on mail-in voting, and believe the case could impact election law in more than a dozen states.

Turning now to a car blast in Delhi, India. At least 10 people have been killed, dozens more injured, police say. Before the blast, a slow-moving

car came to a stop in a densely populated area near the historic Red Fort monument. The exact cause of the explosion still under investigation.

Airports, railway stations, government buildings and heritage sites across the country remain on high alert.

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Here with me now is Nada Bashir with the latest.

It seems as though they don't have much to go on. So they're -- they're being very cautious.

NADA BASHIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely. And this is still an ongoing investigation. But this is an area, a region that has a history of such

extremist attacks. So that will be a key focus and concern for police officials as they continue their investigation. Important to underscore, of

course, we don't know -- don't yet know the cause of the blast that hasn't been announced by police officials.

But as you mentioned, they are putting airports and railway stations and government buildings under high alert. And of course, this has come as a

huge shock to many in the Delhi community. At least ten people killed, at least 30 said to be badly injured, according to hospital officials,

officials. Some of them, they say, are not in a position to make a recovery.

So, a huge point of concern and distress for many in the area, and we've seen the video of the aftermath of that blast, at least six vehicles

engulfed in flames. It's understood that this vehicle, one vehicle, was sort of the source of this blast, but it's unclear at this stage what

exactly happened, why it led to that explosion, whether it was a car bomb, for example, or not. That will be a line of inquiry for police officials as

they continue their investigation.

We know that they are looking at CCTV footage in the area, for example, but it could be some time before we have a full answer from officials.

FOSTER: OK, Nada, thank you so much for the update.

The U.S. has carried out two new strikes on alleged drug boats in the Eastern Pacific, brushing off accusations the attacks amount to

extrajudicial killings. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the latest strikes killed six people in two separate boats. He said the vessels were

run by designated terrorist organizations without naming them or proving anything or providing any proof, as it were.

CNN's Zachary Cohen is in Washington.

I mean, we've seen it before, haven't we? But, you know, they're not letting up on this campaign,

ZACHARY COHEN, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER: No, Max. That's right. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth making good on his promise that these

strikes will continue until drugs stop coming into the United States. This brings our total, though, to 76 people who have been killed by the United

States military since this campaign against the -- to try to stem the flow of drugs coming into the U.S. started back in September. We obviously know

there have been about 19 strikes in total that have resulted in those killings.

And like with those that came before it, Hegseth again saying that these individuals who were these six individuals who were killed in the latest

strike, were known to U.S. intelligence as being members of a designated terrorist organization. That's, of course, a label the Trump administration

has applied to several drug cartels and criminal organizations that it claims now can be treated as enemy combatants, not as suspected criminals

and ones that would normally require some sort of legal review or due process.

So, this has been a really a tension point. Critics and human rights groups arguing that these individuals should be prosecuted for their actions if

they go through the court process and are found guilty, they should be punished that way. The Trump administration obviously taking things a

dramatic step forward and arguing that they have the authority to essentially kill these people without any sort of due process.

So, we -- it's interesting, though, because like in the other strikes, Hegseth is not really providing any of any of the particulars as it relates

to evidence to support his claim that these were in fact members of a drug trafficking organization. Pentagon officials have told members of Capitol

Hill, members of Congress that the intelligence actually doesn't even provide them with the known identities of these individuals, and before

they conduct these strikes.

So, again, a lot of questions about this ongoing military campaign that's really focused on both the Eastern Pacific Ocean and in the Caribbean. And

of course, there's concerns that the U.S. may be looking to expand this campaign to include targeting strikes on land. That's something that the

Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has publicly warned could be a precursor for a regime change operation, even in his country.

So, a lot of concerns here as these strikes continue, seemingly on a day by day basis.

FOSTER: Okay, Zach, thank you so much for that.

Now, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is out of prison. He is the first glimpse we've had of him. The former president was released after a

Paris court ruled he can be freed pending his appeal of a criminal conspiracy conviction. Mr. Sarkozy told the court his 20 days in prison had

been very hard.

Melissa Bell has the latest from Paris.

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MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONENT: The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is back at home after serving 20 days in a

Parisian jail, the very first time a former French leader had served time behind bars since the end of World War II. It was just a few weeks ago this

autumn that Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of conspiring to fund his 2007 election run, with money taken from the Libya of Moammar Gadhafi. He had

been sent almost immediately to jail.

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He's now been released pending an appeal to that ruling. So, he'll be able to wait out that time at home.

He described his time in jail to a French court on Monday as grueling. What we understand from French press reports is that Nicolas Sarkozy only ate

yogurts for the 20 days he served behind bars, for fear that other inmates might have spat on his food. We expect the appeal to that conviction to

come sometime in the spring, possibly in March.

Nicolas Sarkozy will be at home and still facing certain conditions, including the fact that he's not allowed to leave France during that

period. He's also not allowed to contact any of the other witnesses involved in the case surrounding that 2007 campaign financing. He's also

not allowed to contact France's current justice minister, Gerald Darmanin, who visited him back in October.

So, a certain number of conditions on his being allowed to serve that time, pending the appeal back in his own home.

Melissa Bell, CNN, Paris.

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FOSTER: Ukrainian officials say Russia has intensified attacks on the country's energy infrastructure, just as winter is starting to hit.

Electricity is being rationed in Kyiv and we saw just how that looks, as a reporter from "The Guardian" was interviewing President Volodymyr

Zelenskyy.

Take a look.

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REPORTER: So, we've seen some crazy stuff in the last couple of months. Russian -- hello -- hard times.

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FOSTER: Well, "The Guardian" reports the lights went out twice during that interview, Zelenskyy said these are our living conditions. It's normal.

Coming up, turmoil at the BBC. Why Donald Trump is demanding $1 billion from the British broadcaster and two top executives were forced to resign?

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FOSTER: Donald Trump is demanding $1 billion in damages from the BBC over their edit of a speech he gave in the lead up to the attack on the Capitol.

Two top executives quit the British broadcaster this weekend after a memo revealed a documentary shown on flagship BBC news program "Panorama"

included an edit critics say misrepresented Mr. Trump's speech from January 6th, 2021.

Outgoing BBC News CEO Deborah Turness was asked this morning whether the BBC's reporters can be trusted.

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REPORTER: Do you think journalists --

DEBORAH TURNESS, FORMER BBC NEWS CEO: Our journalists aren't corrupt. Our journalists are hardworking people who strive for impartiality, and I will

stand by their journalism.

REPORTER: Is there institutional bias --

TURNER: There is no institutional bias. Mistakes are made, but there's no institutional bias.

REPORTER: But why weren't the mistakes --

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FOSTER: So, what we want to know is. will Trump get $1 billion from the BBC?

Joining me now, Mark Stephens, the solicitor and media law expert.

Thank you for joining us.

You're the right person to speak to because of your expertise, not just here in the U.K., but also in the U.S. I mean, what would the case against

the BBC be if he eventually followed it?

MARK STEPHENS, SOLICITOR, HOWARD KENNEDY: Well, he'd have to sue them for libel. And of course, the problem with libel is it has to be published. So,

one of the issues here is that the "Panorama" wasn't screened in America and BBC iPlayer, which is the sort of Internet way of getting it isn't

available. So, it's not clear that Trump has jurisdiction to sue.

But even if he gets over those kind of technical hurdles, he's got a bit more of a problem, I think, because, you know, this isn't just about a

bruised ego. The libel is not about something that is wrong or misleading, which the BBC accept. But the key question is, does it damage your

reputation? Was it that statement that caused to the defamation, the reputation loss?

And, you know, the BBC spliced together two things, but there is an argument that the BBC can, and I think would have to run that it was

substantially true. And that's a killer defense for the BBC.

So, you know, you've got a situation where over the January 6th riots, nine judges in America have ruled that his speech led to the insurrection. We've

got the D.C. court, circuit court saying that people can sue Trump for inciting the attacks. And there have been multiple sort of findings in

official reports and things that it was plausible incitement.

And it only just missed incitement and insurrection charges on a criminal basis. So, if the BBC can say this is substantially true, then in those

circumstances, that's a problem for Donald Trump. And being able to shake down the BBC.

FOSTER: But they haven't said that, have they? They've admitted that they made a mistake by editing it in the way that they did. They misrepresented

what he said. And perhaps he could hold that case in the U.K., where "Panorama" was shown.

STEPHENS: Yeah. But I mean, the -- I mean, he can't do it in the U.K. because it's now over a year old. He had to sue within a year. So he's

essentially statute barred from a claim in England. He could still sue in Florida, which has a two-year limitation, or indeed some other states,

which has a three-year limitation.

But he'll have to prove in America that, A. as a president, he's not a public figure, that is essentially protected from libel suits, or he's

going to have to show that, somebody in Florida watched this "Panorama" and thought the worse of him, and that's the worse of him after having been

found by judges across the country, essentially saying that he was responsible for incitement at some level on January the 6th.

And so, is that really something that Donald Trump wants to have picked over forensically in a courtroom? Is that something he really wants to, to

argue about? I suspect this isn't the hill he wants to die on. And what he will do is accept an apology for the -- from the BBC for the obvious lapse

in standards, that they were there by splicing together two different parts of a speech that came an hour apart.

But the more substantial question for lawyers is, did that lower him in the estimation of right thinking people? And I think there's a really

substantial argument to be had there.

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FOSTER: It's not very clear, is it? This letter from his lawyers, exactly what he wants out of this. He wants the apology. I'm sure they won't have a

problem issuing that because they've already issued an apology, haven't they, to parliament here. So, I don't think --

STEPHENS: To be fair, Donald Trump deserves an apology --

FOSTER: Yes.

STEPHENS: -- because his words were misrepresented.

The question that then goes on is, having got that apology, does he still want to sue for libel? And my thought is that he doesn't want to sue for

libel. He doesn't want to get into, you know, essentially blaming the BBC for the wreckage of July the 6th is a bit of a stretch. And in those

circumstances, libel isn't the way to go on this occasion.

And it's much more difficult for him to put pressure on the BBC. You know, that he won against CBS because there was a fear that he would interfere

with the merger talks that were going on. BBC doesn't have the same sort of -- he doesn't have the same sort of leverage over the BBC.

So, I think he's better to let this one play out. The BBC is already on a back foot, and what you don't want is them turning onto the front foot and

starting to say, well, actually there was more to January the 6th than meets the eye, and you should be held to account for it because he's never

been held to account in a courtroom yet.

FOSTER: No. Mark Stephens, really appreciate your time.

BBC says it's -- well, Donald Trump, I think, has given them until Friday, hasn't he, and to respond. So, wait to see what they come out with. Thank

you, Mark.

Still to come, hopes may be rising over a possible deal to end the U.S. government shutdown. But in the meantime, a growing number of air travelers

can't get off the ground.

We'll be live at one of the busiest American airports next.

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FOSTER: U.S. senators could vote as early as today on a measure that would bring an end to the longest federal government shutdown in American

history. That's after a group of Democratic senators, along with one independent, agreed to back a Republican proposal that would reopen the

government.

While an agreement may be close, flight delays and cancellations keep piling up at major U.S. airports. Staffing shortages are also piling up.

President Donald Trump is demanding that all air traffic controllers get back to work now, and is vowing to punish those who don't. Those who are

reporting to work are doing so without pay.

One Southwest Airlines pilot made an unusual plea to passengers.

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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOT: I don't really care what your political persuasion is, but you should really call your senator because I'll tell

you, this is costing the airlines millions of dollars. I just think of 30 airplanes with one engine running. And it's going to take us at least 90

minutes to take off. So, it's frustrating. It's really frustrating for me.

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FOSTER: Well, you can understand, can't you?

Let's check in at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one of the busiest in the U.S., and CNN's Ryan Young is there.

I mean, I know there's not mega queues, but there's lots of delays, lots of frustration. It seems like it's a very tight system.

RYAN YOUNG, CNN SENIOR U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, Max, it is a tight system.

But one correction here in Atlanta, we really take this very proudly, this is the world's busiest airport. You can't take that away from us.

You know on Monday is a massive reset when it comes to travelers across the country and across the world. Even if you go to London, you see a lot of

business travelers trying to get their way through the airport. This is the Delta side.

Usually normally, very busy on a Monday. As you can see, it's not as busy as normal. Walking this direction because something that they were able to

do for us here is they put this up on the board. You can see the checkpoints, the TSA wait times, one minute, two minutes, two minutes.

Look, as a business traveler ourselves, Max, we would kill for times like this during a normal Monday. They are short times. That's because the TSA

is out here working fully staffed. And if you look back this direction here, you can see how the lines are moving very quickly.

Very few people here, but if you watched all this, you would think everything is moving smoothly. Hey, we've talked to travelers who have

walked through these hallways, been very upset at the fact they had to have their flights canceled, maybe about 200 flights canceled so far today, 300

delayed. So, you feel the impact, the worry from some folks, especially during these tight economic times, where buying a ticket is not cheap

anymore.

Take a listen to one traveler we talked to who's actually missing a day of work because of these cancellations.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Three times and then we waited three hours. Then they cancel the last second. And it was a stressful situation. I got a one-year-

old, we had to find a hotel. All the hotels are booked because everybody's flights canceled.

YOUNG: Yeah.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A big headache.

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YOUNG: Yeah. So, you could hear that some of the hotels are actually packed up as well, because so many cancellations have been going on. I'm

walking this direction, Max, because what I wanted to show you is just the line here. This is the normal checkpoint.

And if you look through these windows here, you can see just how light it is. But there is still impact. At one point, Dallas had its airport have a

ground stop. You think about the staff that works behind the scenes here, not getting paid, still having bills come in. That's a real impact to those

folks.

And then you have travelers who are counting on the airlines to get them from point A to point B for family reasons for recreational use or for

business reasons. And they can all get to the places they want to go.

So, Max, there is some real pressure, some frustration on the system itself, but hopefully we'll see some sort of relief in the next few days.

FOSTER: Yeah, hopefully. Thank you so much, Ryan.

Now, it's the final moments of trade on Wall Street. Stocks are higher hopes for an end to the government shutdown have lifted those markets.

There you can see the Dow up three quarters of 1 percent.

This is our business breakout.

China says it'll tighten the rules on exporting some chemicals to North America. The move comes after Chinese Leader Xi Jinping met with U.S.

President Donald Trump last month, where he agreed to ramp up controls on illegal fentanyl. Some of the chemicals listed in todays announcement are

related to those used to produce fentanyl.

Visa and Mastercard have struck a deal with retailers that could mean lower prices. They've agreed to lower some of their processing fees, settling a

lawsuit with merchants that's lasted 20 years. The deal is still subject to court approval, though.

President Trump has proposed sending every American a check for $2,000 from the money that the United States has collected in tariffs. Mr. Trump's

suggestion comes as a Supreme Court weighs arguments over whether his tariffs illegal.

Now, if you've seen the TV show "Succession", you'll know how hard it can be to pass on your empire to your children. Well, now, it's Warren

Buffett's turn. The legendary investor says he's speeding up the process of handing his fortune over to his children's foundations.

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The 95-year-old made the announcement in his annual Thanksgiving letter to shareholders. The last time he'll do so, before he steps down as head of

Berkshire Hathaway.

Anna Cooban is with us.

Quite a lot of money we're talking about.

ANNA COOBAN, CNN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS REPORTER: A lot of money. So, this guy is one of the richest guys in the world. He's 11th in the Bloomberg

billionaires index, $150 billion worth of wealth there.

But this letter to shareholders, it's a tradition. It goes back to 1977. Berkshire Hathaway, the company he owns, that goes -- he bought that back

in 1965. It was a struggling textile company. He turned it into a $1 trillion business.

And many people read this letter to shareholders, not as investors, but as people wanting to get his pearls of wisdom. And this year is no exception.

He talked about the benefits of learning from ones mistake's, but also gave an update on his health.

He says that a 95, he finally feels like he's slowing down, but he did say that he's in the office five days a week.

FOSTER: It's pretty impressive, isn't it? He's giving all his money to his kids. Is he or is it he breaking it up into charitable --

COOBAN: He's giving -- he's giving a lot of his money to his kids.

FOSTER: Yeah.

COOBAN: He says that he's going to carry on holding most of his stock in the company, while shareholders still get used to Greg Abel, his successor.

Once they get the confidence built up, he'll then sell those stocks.

FOSTER: OK.

COOBAN: So yes, he's a stalwart in the company, Abel, so hopefully he can do a good job.

FOSTER: Anna, thank you.

And Starbucks newest holiday products certainly proving to be a winner. Customers are going crazy for this glass bear cup called the "Bearista".

Some stores have been having long queues forming outside. People so eager to snag one of these up with the company even having to apologize to those

who missed out.

Still to come, the mystery behind this viral photo taken outside the Louvre has been solved, finally, by CNN's Saskya Vandoorne. We'll give you the

latest.

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FOSTER: Another typhoon has slammed into the Philippines.

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This is a second storm to blanket the country in a week. More than 1.4 million people were evacuated before typhoon Fung-Wong made landfall. That

was on Sunday night on the main island of Luzon.

The storm caused flooding and mudslides. At least four people were killed.

Our Mike Valerio has more.

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MIKE VALERIO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And of course, this is all happening just a few days after the first typhoon, Typhoon Kalmaegi, killed more than 200

people in the Philippines. Five people in Vietnam.

And to give you an idea of the power of the storm surge for this new Typhoon Fung-Wong that hit the Philippines on Sunday evening. Let's take

you to this video. You can see the incredible storm surge and the waves crashing above the roofs of those buildings.

So, our latest reporting here at CNN, according to the office of civil defense in the Philippines, about a thousand houses have been damaged from

this latest storm. And they say the office of civil defense, in terms of the number of people evacuated, their estimates translate roughly into

426,000 families who have left their homes seeking safety and shelter elsewhere, 6,000 more or less evacuation centers have opened across the

Philippines because of the storm.

In terms of a deeper human dimension, you know, we were able to speak with a 21-year-old who took refuge in his home as the storm passed over his

home. Listen to what he told us.

ROMEO MARIANO, SANTIAGO CITY RESIDENT: We felt the wind and some rain picking up around 6:00 p.m., and it got stronger around 9:00 to 10:00 p.m.

until the early morning. Almost all the tree branches nearby fell, and when we got out to check our home, we saw the damage. As you can see, even the

electrical post was damaged, so it might take days for our power to get restored.

VALERIO: So, in terms of the track of this storm. Dinalungan is the oceanside locality where the storm made landfall around 115-mile an hour

sustained winds when it made landfall. It's about 185 kilometer an hour sustained winds again when it made landfall. Catanduanes province, one

reported drowning. Firefighters were able to wade through waist deep, high water in Catbalogan City and recover a body after a structure collapsed.

The body of a woman after a structure collapsed on top of her.

Our latest reporting as of Monday, 318,000 people were still in evacuation centers and the local authorities have said that storm surge of up to three

meters, roughly twice as tall as I am, could still be a problem, could still be something that people need to take seriously until the evening

hours of Monday.

Where the storm is going, it's in the South China Sea, headed towards Taiwan on Wednesday. "The Associated Press" quoting an official saying that

the United States and Japan stand prepared to help. But the Philippines has not requested international assistance.

Mike Valerio, CNN, Beijing.

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FOSTER: The world's biggest climate summit happening right now in Brazil. Politicians, scientists, diplomats gathering at the COP30 to talk about

ways to minimize a worsening environmental crisis. Amongst those not in attendance, though, are members of the Trump administration. The U.S.

president has repeatedly called climate change and the science behind it the greatest con job.

CNN's Bill Weir looks at what's at stake there.

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BILL WEIR, CNN CHIEF CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ten years ago, humanity was burning so much fossil fuel that Earth was on track to

overheat by a catastrophic 4 degrees Celsius by century's end.

But then came Paris, when nearly 200 nations agreed to wean themselves off of oil, gas and coal, protect more nature and hold the global warming line

at 1.5. The Paris Accords led to innovation and market forces that now make sun, wind and storage cheaper and more popular than ever.

But humanity is still burning way too much carbon. And the U.N. announced this week that Earth will likely overshoot 1.5 on the way to around 2.6,

which would still mean the end of coral reefs and mountain glaciers, coastal cities and island nations as we know them. So going into history's

30th conference on climate change in Brazil, the stakes could not be higher.

WEIR: And then at this pivotal moment comes a second coming of Donald Trump, who is actively trying to force all of these countries to go

backwards on climate. And then Bill Gates drops a 5,000-word memo in which he argues that less money should go towards the climate buckets and a lot

more should be poured into solving global poverty and global health.

But Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist at Texas Tech, argues climate is not a bucket. Climate is the hole in every other bucket.

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The hole that makes solving these problems that much harder and more expensive.

KATHARINE HAYHOE, CHIEF SCIENTIST, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: And that hole is getting bigger and bigger, the more carbon emissions we produce. And if

we don't patch that hole, we are never going to be able to address any of the other issues he cares about. His premise that climate change is just a

separate bucket at the end is profoundly flawed.

WEIR (voice-over): She is among the chorus of top climate scientists who spent the week trying to debunk the billionaire's confusing new message,

that rich cities will be immune from the worst effects and that technology can save us.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Those coal mines are opening up one after another, clean, beautiful coal.

WEIR (voice-over): Even if Republicans refuse to even try.

ZEKE HAUSFATHER, CLIMATE SCIENTIST, BERKELEY EARTH: Technology doesn't descend from the heavens on magical stone tablets. It comes from decades of

important R&D work, most of which is funded by governments and deployment work, which is funded by governments like tax credits for clean energy. And

so, this idea that we can somehow rely on technology to save us independent of policy, independent of what we actually do to get that technology out

there, I think is worrying.

DANIEL SWAIN, CLIMATE SCIENTIST, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: They had just fired their entire climate team at CBS. I was literally reading this

instead of going to do that interview. At the same time, there was a torrential downpour. Multiple people drowned in New York City.

And in the interviews that Bill Gates has given in response to the criticisms, specifically pointed out it's -- that it was ridiculous to

think that New York City was going to have problems with climate change. I was reading this as people were actively underwater in their basement

apartments in New York City last week.

So the rhetoric just isn't matching the real world here.

WEIR (voice-over): Meanwhile, former Biden climate czar Gina McCarthy is in Brazil, along with a group that includes California Governor Gavin

Newsom and others, who will try to convince the world that blue states and big cities are still in the fight with pledges to keep.

GINA MCCARTHY, FORMER EPA ADMINISTRATOR: This is a difficult time, Bill, that you know, and I've never been at a time when I felt that the federal

government was as much out of the loop as this federal government is. But that can't be what we focus on. We have a chance to go to Belem and let

people know that America is all in.

There are solutions. There are opportunities. There is hope in the United States.

HAYHOE: We also see that businesses, organizations, nonprofits, churches, tribal nations, universities, all kinds of different entities are taking

climate action. So when Gina is going to Brazil to tell people that people in America, organizations in America are still acting, she's right.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

FOSTER: Bill Weir reporting for us there on the COP30.

Still to come, you'll meet the Kazakh singer with fans across the world. Find out what makes his voice so uniquely special, next.

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FOSTER: All right. My next guest is Kazakh singer -- is a Kazakh singer, a huge fan base, not just at home but right across the world. Dimash rose to

fame in China eight years ago due to his unique style, astonishing vocal range spanning six octaves, would you believe?

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FOSTER: Not only that, Dimash has performed in 16 languages. He's now taking his talents across the world. He's just played New York's Madison

Square Gardens this week, performing here in London as well. I mean, you're extremely well known in Central Asia, in China as well, and the rest of the

world is getting to know you a bit better now. And that vocal range is just something that absolutely wows everyone.

DIMASH QUDAIBERGEN, KAZAKH SINGER: Thank you, sir. Thank you.

FOSTER: Youve got a classical background. Is that basically where it comes from?

QUDAIBERGEN: Yeah, of course, of course. First of all, I want to say a lot of thanks for having me for me. It's a great honor to be here and get a

chance to say a lot of biggest respect from Kazakhstan for all our worldwide audience.

Yeah. My international career started nearby 15 years ago.

FOSTER: Yes.

QUDAIBERGEN: Yeah. When I was student in University of Arts in Astana. So first I got education like an opera singer and then moved to University of

Arts from Aktobe, from west part of Kazakhstan. And there I got education like pop jazz singer. And then a couple of years. I learned about

composition. And now still --

FOSTER: But you made that -- you offered a role, weren't you, at the symphony orchestra in Astana, but instead you went into a contemporary

route. Why did you make that decision?

QUDAIBERGEN: Because I think neo classical music is more suitable for my voice, for my vocal range. But sometimes I love to do some experiments.

FOSTER: Yes.

QUDAIBERGEN: At my concerts, my fans knows about that. Sometimes I'm doing rap, sometimes I'm doing rock, just for fun.

FOSTER: Full range. Just tell us about -- so, the six octaves, as I understand it, over your career, you've extended your range. It was two

octaves less not that long ago. How have you managed to do that?

QUDAIBERGEN: I don't know. Maybe it's something like. Like a gift from God and, just want to use this opportunity to say a lot of things for my vocal

coaches. And his name is Marat Akimov (ph). He's still living in Actavia.

And, yes, I'm still every day doing some vocal exercises, still learning some lessons. Just if you want to be better, if you want to improve

yourself. Yeah, of course you need to do hard work every day.

Pavarotti once said after 50 years, big career, in front of millions of audience, he understand what -- how to need to sing.

FOSTER: Yeah.

QUDAIBERGEN: So in that time --

FOSTER: Still rehearsing all the time.

Are you able to give us an example or? I know you didn't sleep very well last night.

QUDAIBERGEN: The day after tomorrow I'm going to do concert. So. So let me -- let me --

FOSTER: A little bit.

QUDAIBERGEN: Later. Let me invite you to be my guest.

FOSTER: Really?

QUDAIBERGEN: Yes.

FOSTER: I have a show at 8:00 every evening. I'm sure were going to clash. I'd love to do that.

QUDAIBERGEN: So sorry for that.

FOSTER: Not at all.

I know that when I was in Kazakhstan, where I first heard you, you're such an ambassador for the country, and I understand people there are now tours

around the school you went to and the home you grew up in. But you've been very vocal about that as well, haven't you? Because it's very important to

you to sell Kazakhstan to the world, because it's a country you're very proud of?

QUDAIBERGEN: Yeah, of course, it's my biggest mission.

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I become an international singer. Not because -- because of I want to earn money or not because of that kind of conventional things.

I just want to explain. I just want to share with worldwide audience about our history, our traditional things, about our culture, and about peace,

about love. So just welcome to Kazakhstan.

FOSTER: Welcome to London.

QUDAIBERGEN: Thank you.

FOSTER: Thank you for coming in, Dimash. Let's hear some more of your music as we play out. Thank you for watching.

That was WHAT WE KNOW.

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