a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. >> ooni'm max foster. it is 4:00 a.m. on the eastern u.s. coast where abortion has become a key issue for democrats who are celebrating victories in elections. >> kentucky's governor won re-election tuesday overcoming his trump-backed challenger. >> this was our victory. it was a victory that sends a loud clear message, a message that candidates should run for something and not against someone. >> republicans did get a win in the mississippi governor's race. incumbent tate reeves defeated his opponent, a relative of elvis presley. and abortion was not directly on the ballot, but it is believed to be a strong factor in the results. >> and ohio is the latest state to enshrine reproductive rights in its state's constitution with the passage of issue 1, that means that republicans won't be able to redistrict abortion access for abortion around 4 to 5 months of pregnancy. >> reporter: and abortion rights are enshrined in the ohio constitution, that is the result here in ohio according to cnn projections, the first republican state to take such a move. and this was a hard battle fought on both sides of what is known as issue one. the effort to enshrine those rights in the state constitution. when skrn called thecnn pronlgs the results, i want you to listen to this room. it is a watch party of those who supported issue one. [ cheers ] >> reporter: you hear the cheering and i saw a woman burst into tears. it was jubilation as the results were read. supporters of issue one say that they won by trying to keep this as nonpartisan an issue as possible urging voters that this is about keeping government out of their lives. the group that was against issue one said in a statement it is heartbroken but it will regroup and aim to 2024 in battleground states. and in regard to the battleground states, it is sending shockwaves through states like arizona where abortion rights advocates there are also trying to get a measure on that 2024 ballot. a republican from arizona, a consultant, tells me that his party should be, quote, scared. kyung lah, cnn, columbus, ohio. >> and dianne gallagher has more details on the mississippi governor's race. >> reporter: tate reeves declaring victory election night telling his crowd of supporters here in this ball room that his opponent, democrat brandon presley, had called to congratulate him on winning and conceded the race. reeves, who had been dealing with low approval numbers, told his supporters that he spoke with former president trump on election night and that trump relayed a message of love to the people of mississippi for reelecting tate reeves. his opponent democrat brandon presley had run on a platform of populism, essentially telling voters that he wanted to cut grocery taxes and expand medicaid. but also on name recognition. his second cousin elvis presley helped get the word out, but again not enough to push him over the threshold. reeves thinking presley with national democrats throughout the campaign and even here in his victory speech on tuesday night. we did get a delay in results in mississippi due in part to ballot shortages in the state's most populous county, hines county, the home of jackson. the judge did delay the closing of polls for about an hour on tuesday to allow people to continue voting as lines of voters snaked around all throughout jackson, mississippi. again, reeves first elected governor in 2019 and reelected tuesday night. dianne gallagher, cnn. we're one year out from election day 2024. and a new cnn poll shows that former u.s. president donald trump narrowedly leading joe biden 49% to 45% among registered voters in a hypothetical rematch. biden is also getting low marks for how he is think thatting his job as president with an approval rating of just 39%. and 61% disapprovaling of his performance. >> and support is significantly weaker now among previous groups thate had won. black voters overwhelmingly picked biden and latino and younger voters are almost evenly split between the two candidates. and about a third of the respondents say the economy is the most important issue heading into next year's election which of course is nothing new. natasha lindstaedt is with us now. what do these polls spell for 2024? >> if you are talking about the local election results, it shows how important the issue of reproductive rights are and i think that that is something that we saw in the 2022 midterms as well. biden's approval rating wasn't very high, it was similar to what it was today. under 40%. there was also pretty bad picture in terms of the way that the people felt about the economy. only 19% of americans today feel that the economy is moving in the right direction, that the economy is doing well. and that is pretty similar to the results in the 2022 midterms as well. but in the end democrats performed much better than expected because of the issue of reproductive rights and how important that issue is to democratic voters and independent voters as well. and that really brought out the democratic base. so as we're seeing biden having a horrible week in terms of polling in these swing states that he was able to win like nevada losing to trump in the polls by 11 points now, and he had won that state, the state of georgia by six points, michigan and arizona do youwn by five po, pennsylvania four points, these are battle ground statesnd it doesn't look good, but things can change of course in the year. what will biden's campaign be about. he will have to focus on the issues that bring democrats together, that democrats really care about. and of course as you mentioned, because he is doing so poorly amongst young and latinos, he will have to targethissues th ce about as well. because he has really neglected that base and we've seen him focus quite a bit more on what older votes want and that essentially is what his base is. >> ohio, you know, is evenly split between republicans and democrats as a swing state. but also showed that the republicans support abortion rights as well. so how clear is that going to be when it comes to an issue in terms of the two sides and how they will both play it? >> i think again this is going to be super important to the democratic campaign to emphasize that reproductive rights for women are under threat because it is a majority of americans that support the right to choose. it is not a majority that were in favor of the recent supreme court rulings and the attacks on women and reproductive rights. if the democrats are able to capitalize on fears that women may lose further reproductive rights, this is something that will bring women to the polls, that will bring even, you know, men and women both to the polls who believe in the right to choose and believe that the attacks on these reproductive rights has all kinds of negative consequences. not just violating the 14th amendment and right to privacy, but it is an omen of what is to come. there will be greater infringements on other types of civil rights and civil liberties. >> what does turnout tell us from these recent local elections about the level of popular engagement in politics right now and apathy or enthusiasm toward either party? >> i think that there is very high level of apathy in general and polarization. these are two things that aren't particularly good for democracy. they are very concerning for democracy. you see that we don't have any candidate that is particularly popular at the moment. if you look at trump's approval ratings and favorability ratings, they are also incredibly low. under 40%. similar to biden. we have concerns that both candidates are too old with trump being 77 and biden about to turn 81. and we have a lot of americans that aren't just excited, period, about that match-up. but about the issues, about the local issues, the local elections have seen a better turnout, a more enthusiasm. there is a lot of enthusiasm about the recent election results in ohio. and we'll see that these types of issues might be the one thing that can bring people to the polls. >> natasha lindstaedt, thank you very much. and just days until funding runs out for the united states government. and there is apparently no clear strategy. but the new house speaker mike johnson says he will release a funding plan in the coming days. >> several ideas have been floated including a short term spending bill through january 19. but any measure would have to get the support of the democratically controlled senate and the white house. still ahead for you, much more on election night in america as democrats celebrate big wins in a number of key states. >> and israelis are volunteering to support their troops and other civilians. some to fulfill a national duty and others as a formrm o of the. and fleeining south with clothes on their backs. reality that gaza resident are facing leaving everything behind hoping to escape the war. is . now to gaza where israeli forces are tightening their grip on the besieged territory and its main city. israel's defense minister says the idf is at the heart of gaza city and prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israeli forces are now operating inside it and putting severe pressure on hamas. >> translator: we're increasing pressure on hamas every hour, every day. and we have killed thousands of terrorists. above ground and below ground. >> but the biden administration is once again warning israel against occupying gaza. that came hours after netanyahu said that israel will have the overall security responsibility in the territory once the war ends. but israel's defense minister says there is only two certainties right now about who will run gaza once hamas is wiped out. >> translator: it will not be hamas and it will not be israel. everything else is a possibility. and i want to say one more thing at the end of this conflict, there will be no hamas in gaza. >> top aide to netanyahu is denying israel intends to occupy gaza long term. here is what he told christiane amanpour. >> we're not talking about any sort of ongoing occupation of the gaza strip. once again, we want gazans to rule themselves and we think that there will be an international effort for that. and a month and a day after hamas attacked israel, the pain is not gone especially for those whose loved ones were taken hostages. many are calling for a ceasefire. >> and palestinian ministry of health which draws information from gaza which is controlled by hamas says more than 10,000 palestinians have been killed since the war began. women, children and elderly making up more than 70% of the skashlities. but the u.n. i'm rights commissioner says the situation is incredibly disturbing. >> it is one month anniversary of this incredible escalation of violence that we have seen and of course from a human rights perspective, extremely worried about the swituation and what i happening and it is important that solution is found to end the violence and to get out of the horrible human rights situation for what is happening in gaza. >> elliott is here to bring this all together. in terms of whether or not there will be an occupation afterwards, israeli says that they would be in charge of security but not governance. so therefore they could argue it is not an occupation, right? but then those are suggesting that want to occupy without taking responsibility for governance. >> i think ultimately no one really knows for sure what is going to happen. i think that includes prime minister benjamin netanyahu and also assumes that netanyahu remains prime minister afterwards. which history would show is actually unlikely. opinion polls point to the fact that most israelis want him to go. but we are where we are and netanyahu says that they would maintain overall security responsibility for an an definite period of time. and i think that those comments were vague to give wiggle room for what will ultimately happen and he really doesn't know what is going to follow. i don't think that the israeli government -- yes, there are some right wing ministers in the government who would like to reoccupy the gaza strip as they did until 2005, but that is unlikely to happen. we heard it from the defense minister saying that is not what israel wants. i think what israel really wants is just to have the kind of freedom of movement i think is what mark rager was saying. in terms of what actually happens to the gaza strip with the governance, it would be to come back in with israeli that it administered it until it was thrown out in 2007 by hamas. but clearly the palestinian authority and mahmoud abbas said that they would go into take control of gaza, but only alongside a real political solution including an independent palestinian state or move towards one with east jerusalem as its capital. certainly right where we are right now, that also seems quite fanciful. so ultimately we won't know what happens the day after the war ends. >> in terms of the images we saw inside gaza city, pretty extraordinary that they got in so quickly, what sort of resistance are they facing? >> let's not forget that there is a month of aerial bomb board. from israel on to the gaza strip with a focus on the northern part of the gaza strip and israel again reopened what it calls a humanitarian corridor to low for those still in the north to head south today for the next three hours or so. but israel says it has bisected north and south gaza. it sees israeli as a kind of fortress of hamas both above and below ground. >> but the focus is not tunnels? >> above and below ground. but they are saying they are fighting 14,000 targets that have been hit, it says killed thousands of militants from hamas. but of course as we've seen from those figures, from the hamas controlled health ministry, more than 10,000 people overall with -- >> are they plincluding hamas fighters? >> they are saying 70% of the casualty figures of the more than 10,000 people killed in the sgaz gaza strip were women, children and elderly who one presume were not militants. so civilians who were killed because of -- wells as part of the fighting. >> elliott, thank you. away from the frontlines, israeli volunteers are stepping up their duty by flippingburgers and chopping onions. so not only does the free food provide much needed respite for the troops, it also serves as a distraction for those who lost family members to hamas. nic robertson reports. >> reporter: a few miles from the front lines, soldiers relax and enjoy free food. and the support of their country. >> everybody in war. everybody wants and needs to contribute. >> reporter: an army vet stepped up immediately cooking bigurger. >> second day we had 1,000. and right now we're delivering around 20,000. >> soldiers just show up here and -- >> yeah, people from all over. >> reporter: it feels relaxed and anywhere else it might be. but so close to war, it is therapy and not just for the troops. >> continue to take us a good place to live here. >> reporter: this is this man's first day volunteering. chopping onions for burgers. his only liam, 28, murdered at the music festival. >> they start to shoot. nobody stay. three good friends. >> reporter: and not just food that volunteers are stepping up to help out with all okayacross country. people doing what they can to support the soldiers and civilians. so you are building resiliency. >> build resiliency, make sure that our military responsibilities are its best. >> reporter: and ronnie has thousands of volunteers working for him. this is the heart of the operation. >> this is the heart of the operation. so we are starting to be hard and that is why we need to every day to rebuild the spirit. >> reporter: in this room one of dozens like him across the country, volunteers working 18 hour shifts rescuing families from frontlines, finding them places to live. >> helps me keep busy so the head doesn't get stuck on the war and atrocities that happened and keep happening. >> reporter: like everyone here, sean ettinger, a 21-year-old student, sees the suffering on the other side too. >> i do want it for it to end completely. >> reporter: and this third generation holocaust survivor fought in the last incursion and wants to billed back stronger. >> we seek for peace.billed bac. >> we seek for peace. only thing we can do is rebuild. >> reporter: and for this man who lost his son liam, that building back is only just begun. >> like very much that we won't ask for much. until us continue the life, the good life. >> reporter: nic robertson, cnn, israel. u.s. house of representatives voted to pass a resolution to censor democratic congress one rashida tlaib for her comments criticizing the israeli government and supporting the palestinians. tlaib is the only palestinian american in congress. four republicans voted against the measure, but 22 of her fellow democrats voted in favor of the public reprimand. before the vote rashida tlaib gave an impassioned speech defending her remarks. >> let me be clear. my criticism has always been of the israeli government and netanyahu's actions. it is important to separate pe people and government. no government is beyond criticism. i can't believe i have to say this, but palestinian people are not disposable. >> tlaib had posted a video to social media of protestors chanting from the river to the sea which the anti-definamation league says is a rallying cry for the destruction of israel. >> we will remember in 2024. >> tlaib says the sfrazphrase f the river to the sea is an aspirational call for peaceful co-exist tenence and not hate. just ahead, democrats scoring big wins in kentucky, ohio and virginia over abortion politics. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? have we piqued your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible. goli, taste your goals. it's happening. welcome back. i'm bianca nobilo. >> and i'm max foster. an update on the election results, in kentucky andy beshear won re-election after defeating a challenger with close ties to donald trump. >> and in virginia, democrats hung on to the senate and taking control of the house of delegates. in ohio, voters legalized recreational marijuana. >> and they also delivered a strong rebuke to republicans determined to redistrict abortion access. they have enshrined the rights in to the state constitution. >> and abortion rights mattered to many voters in crucial swing states. jeff zeleny explains. >> for the next year as republicans try to win the senate, keep their narrow majority in the house and win back the white house, abortion will be front and center in their strategy. the lessons of tuesday night's elections in virginia, in ohio, and in kentucky certainly serve as reminder that abortion is still a very potent issue and now it has become a motivating factor for democrats. of course since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade with the dobbs decision, there are so many examples now election after election where republicans are largely on the losing side of this argument. we'll see much of this discussion at a republican presidential debate here in miami on wednesday. there is a difference of viewpoint to some degree about the way forward. nikki haley for example, former south carolina governor, has stride to strike a middle ground. donald trump for his part will not be participating in the debate, but he has tried to not dwell on abortion. he believes it is a losing issue in the words that he has spoken to some of his advisors. but look for democrats to try to turn it to their advantage over the next year. it could be one of their big motivating factors. so no doubt as republicans try to win control of the senate, hold their narrow majority in the house and win back the white house, abortion will be front and center. jeff zeleny, cnn, miami. >> and joining us is professor of government in cambridge. thank you so much. obviously trump always a theme in these elections. biden also a theme. perhaps his age. but abortion rights as well. how do you think that this will play into national elections next year? >> clearly democrats and republicans both were looking at this as some sort of proxy vote for the national party platforms next year. and perhaps as a harbinger of how a trump biden rematch might play out, you know, if you are the democrats obviously you're pretty happy. as you reported, democrats did well across the board on abortion where that was on the ballot directly or even a proxy vote, not just in kentucky and virginia, but pennsylvania perhaps. you saw the pro-choice position do very well indeed. and that has been a consistent theme since the dobbs decision last year. so if you are the democrats, you are looking at joe biden's pretty poor recent polling results and thinking, well, but we can reshape this election around perhaps more popular social agenda. as you noted, former president trump is trying to distance himself from the new republican push to criminalize abortion, but he promised in 2016 that he would appoint only judges to the supreme court and beyond frankly who would vote to overturn the roe v. wade decision. he skepkept that promise. and so it will be hard for him i think to change that position very strongly without alienating the voters that he needs in the first place on the every angeli side. >> how do you explain that disd discrepancy between president biden's weak polling and the democrat success in the local elections? is it clearly because they are just leaning into the issues? >> in part i think. remember these kinds of elections are a tribute to american federalism. in the u.s. we have policy making at the state and very local level that is really not paralleled in other countries around the globe. we're very decentralized nation and the local races turn in some part on what is happening where you are. so if you are blaming joe biden for inflation or for being old, that is not necessarily going to reflect itself in how you come out to the polls on the local issues. but again democrats looking to nationalize the issues will look at things like abortion rights, they might look to andy beshear in kentucky, a democrat who won re-election in a very red state, a state that trump won i think in 2020 by close to 30 points. and thinking about ways that they can borrow from that kind of more localized agenda almost to take, you know, the attention away from the top of the ticket. and that is difficult in a 2024 election year. i do think that democrats will be thinking that maybe some of the polling is something of a protest vote. as our poll showed, young voters breaking practically half and half. inconstent for the consults here. so i think that democratic strategists will be thinking even with an unpopular biden maybe it is an even more unpopular trump and the platform that he will represent. >> andrew, thank you very much for joining us. still to come, egypt's important diplomatic role in the war between israel and hamas and why the government is playing a difficult balancing abilities. is it possible my network could take my business to the next level? it is with comcast business. powering all your devices with gig-speed wifi. and you get fast downloads and uploads. pick it up! pick it up! oh we got this! because it's powered by the next generation 10g network. more speed for your business? it's not just possible. it's happening. get started for $59.99 a month for 12 months. plus, ask how to get an $800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. comcast business, powering possibilities. foreign ministers discussed several issues including reiterating support for ukraine. >> and they want humanitarian pauses in gaza to release the hamas hostages. secretary of state antony blinken escalated his opposition to a ceasefire in gaza. >> marc stewart is joining us from beijing to discuss this. marc, do you think that this unanimous call from the g7 nations for humanitarian pauses and corridors to support the civilians will have any impact on israel? >> reporter: if you look at the g7, these are nations that are economic super powers. so to an extent their words have some weight. so this decision to call for humanitarian pauses and not necessarily a ceasefire is significant especially as we have been reporting, many of the g7 arab counterparts have been pushing very firmly for this idea of a ceasefire. this is at odds with that, that is a contrast. and yet the g7 feels that this will still allow for humanitarian aid to reach civilians in need and it will also give israel the opportunity to perhaps free its hostages. let's take a listen to secretary of state antony blinken, he spoke just a short time ago from this g7 foreign minister gathering in tokyo. >> when it comes to post conflict governance in gaza, a few things are clear and necessary. one, gaza cannot continue to be run by hamas. that simply invites a repetition of october 7 and gaza uses the place from which to launch terrorist attacks. it is also clear that israel cannot occupy gaza. now, the reality is that there may be a need for some transition period at the end of the conflict. but it is imperative that the palestinian people be central to governance in gaza and in the west bank as well. and that again, we don't see a reoccupation. >> reporter: so bold words from secretary of state antony blinken. almost laying out a blueprint for the future of the entire region. so just exactly how will this be digested by the united nations and of course in the middle east we'll have to see, it is day break in many parts of the world, so we'll have to see how the news is digested in the hours ahead. >> marc stewart, thank you so much. tuesday schohools of palestinians fleled soututh tak adadvantage of a a corridor.r. a prprimary highwaway was open four hours for people to pass through. >> they carried lilittle t to nothing with them and some waved white flags or held government i.d.s as they moved hoping for safe passage. >> melissa bell is joining us from cairo with more on that. this idea of having to walk through their own land with these flags, but there have been of course attacks beyond the north. >> reporter: that's right. in fact the ferocity of the israeli bombardments hasn't shown any sign of letting up, quite the reverse. nor has the total siege that was imposed on gaza in the wake of the october 7 attacks. what you have seen is the humanitarian corridors being opened up for four hours once again today civilians being urged to take that road and head further south as they did yesterday in their thousands as you say many of them on foot and carrying what little they have and white flags. that effort on the part of israel to open that corridor seeking to rid, to empty northern gaza of its civilians since it is now an active battlefield has a couple consequences. first of all, of course ththe he humanitarian strain on southern gaza. it is now 70% of the territory's population that has been displaced. most of those have headed south with allll of the weighted problems with that humanitarian strain on the part of the world that frankly didn't have t the memeans to suppoport it. but a second consequence is increased pressure on gaza's southern border. for a month now, israel's war on hamas has mostly focused on the north of gaza. splitting the enclave in two and forcing civilians soututh even foot. with 70% o of gazazans now displalaced, the preressure aro the rafah crossing is growing. so too are egyptian fears over an influx of refugees. >> the assumption was the south is safer and now the south is also being bombed. and of course from the south they will be asked that, well, since we're still looking for competence, you need to move out and move east. i don't know a case in history where israelis have allowed palestinians to go back. >> reporter: egypt has from the start of the conflict played a key role opening up its airports for international aid, setting up field hospitals for the most severely wounded palestinians and giving foreign pass porlts holders a desperately way home. >> you die or you leave. what do you choose between. your childhood memory, your home, your land, or being alive. >> reporter: but numbers and nature of those getting out of gaza has been carefully controlled by cairo. >> there have been concerns about that border area for quite some time but have cooperated with a really painful blockade under gazan population for much of the last 17 years. >> reporter: a complicated history with israel and gaza have fueled egyptian caution, but so too have domestic issues. >> standard of living in the country has collapsed, poverty has risen, and result is that people are verery frustrated. inflation in egypt reached about 40%, inflation on food exceeded 60%. >> reporter: with elections next month, and as the conflict drags on, egypt's president has taken no chances. >> translator: expansion of the conflict is not in the interest of the region. the region will become a ticking time bomb that harms us all. this is why i'm saying please egypt is a southernsovereign co we need to respect it. not to brag, but egypt is a strong country that shall not be touched. >> reporter: egypt striking a delicate balance between meeting urgent humanitarian needs of gazans without opening the door too far. even as it keeps a close eye on those voicing support for the palestinian people back home in a country all-too familiar with the power of the street. of course with every day that passes, what everyone in the arab world watching this conflict says is that the fear of unintended consequences grows, not just over the spillover of fighting or violence, and we have seen for instance some drone attacks here in egypt, there is of course what is happening over the border in lebanon, but also politically. the fear of what this ongoing fighting and lack much an end game means for the wider region. >> m melissa, thank you so m mu. and stilill to come, showin resilienency in the e face of climate change. hope to o scientiststs trying t proebt protect t one of thehe world's t natutural wonderers. climate scientists have day that showing that 2023 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record. this october was the warmest october on record globally with an average surface air temperature 0.85 degrees celsius above the average. >> and this graph shows the 2023 monthly temperatures in bright red. despite slight dip in october, each month since june has set a new global temperature record and sea surface temperatures are also setting record high this is year which corresponds with six consecutive months that antarctic sea ice has remained at record low levels. parts of the australian great barrier reef is showing some resiliency with coral starting to regenerate. that is wewelcome news a as the lobby to protect this natural wonder.. ivan watson reports.s. > reporter: n nighttime on auaustralia's great barrier ree. the sea explodes in an other worldly spectacle. this is coraral spawning, one o the worldest greatest natural wonders is made up of billllion of liviving creaeatures ththat reproduce like this each year and this season has scientists excicited. >> we wewere out divining until about 11:00 last nightht lookin at the coral spawning and we were lucky enough to see some of the species spawning. not t all, butut we saw the sof karls and thecorals and they fi with eggs and sperm. >> reporter: and the spectacular sight is a type of synchronized breeding. millions of sperm and egg bundles are spilled into the water all at once. when two bundles from the same species companyllide, new life born. and it is repeated around this img too of year nearly 133,000 squarere miles. but whilile some partsts of thef remain healthy, otother parts a bleaching and dying skikilled b temperature rise due to o globa warming. >> they need temperatures and other conditions to be just right and if they go outsiside the boundadaries, we have e thi cocoral bleaeaching. >> reporter:r: scientists are studyiying ways to boostst the chances s for successfsful reproducuction. right t now it is nanature that holds the key to the reef's survivalal. >> this process of sexexual reproduction which is what is going on is also one of the ways in which you get natural adaptation to changing conditions.. one of the b big challengeges i that climate change is happening so fast it may mean that the genetic variability is not able to keep up. but it is important that the process is happening. >> reporter: coral spawning gives hope that this wonder of the world might still be rescued. the speed at which we transition to green energy and the degree to which our planet warms will determine how much of the great barrier reef can be saved. ivan watson, cnn. and finally, brittney griner who was detained in russia for nearly 300 days last year says that it will be emotional as she plays in the summer olympics in paris in 2024. >> just a different feeling. you know, when you are playing with usa at the olympics representing the whole country, everybody tuning in. there was a lot of times a year ago, you know, a while ago, where i didn't think that i would play ball. i didn't think that i would ever wear this jersey again. that moment watching the flag go up, it will be a lot of emotions. i probably won't be able to hold that one back. >> the 33-year-old wnba star was released from russia in a prisoner exchange. she won gold at the 2016 and 2020 olympics. thanks for joining us. i'm max foster. >> and i'm bae anianca nobilo. 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