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2,000 GM workers to lose jobs on Trump Inauguration Day

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Robert Sheridan is a 40-year-old GM worker who voted for Donald Trump. He can barely contain his excitement about Inauguration Day, even though it will be a rough day for him on a personal level.

He's one of 2,000 GM factory workers losing their jobs on Friday, the same day that Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president.

Sheridan -- and thousands like him -- are desperately hoping Trump will save their jobs.

"Please help us in Lordstown," says Sheridan, a soft-spoken Midwesterner with three kids. "This is a great middle class job. You can't find one better around here."

These are GM's first layoffs in six years. About 1,200 workers in Lordstown, Ohio (where Sheridan works) are getting the ax and another 800 in Lansing, Michigan -- both key states that led to Trump's victory. Given the vote totals, many of these workers likely voted for Trump, breaking ranks with the United Automobile Workers union that backed Hillary Clinton.

Trump appeared to hear their outcry. In early January, he slammed GM in a tweet.

"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border," Trump tweeted.

"Trump's tweet really gave us hope," Sheridan says. He's worked at GM for seven years and makes $25 an hour installing brake lines. It's the kind of pay that finally allowed him to buy a house and decent sports equipment for his kids. Other factories in the area pay only $9 to $12 an hour.

Related: Donald Trump's childhood home heads to auction

GM still doing layoffs in Ohio and Michigan

This week, Trump did a U-turn and thanked GM. The car giant announced Tuesday it would invest heavily in the U.S., generating about 2,000 "new and retained" factory jobs in the coming years. Trump cited it as another example of how he's delivering "big stuff" for America, although GM said the plans had been in the works for awhile.

But that doesn't help workers in Lordstown and Lansing. Those 2,000 workers are still losing their jobs now, GM confirmed. On top of that, another 1,300 factory workers in Detroit are scheduled to get the ax in March.

It's another blow to America's Rust Belt.

"This county has been going downhill, slowly," John Fowler, a retired GM worker, lamented as he gazed out of the McDonald's window in Warren, the town next to Lordstown. The region is about an hour's drive from Pittsburgh or Cleveland.

Related: GM to invest $1 billion in U.S. plants

Counting on Trump to bring back jobs

Just about everyone in the Lordstown area knows someone who has worked at GM. Cars are in everyone's blood. Local diners and Dairy Queens are decorated with clocks and posters depicting American-made cars. Anyone driving a foreign car is likely to get a look ... not a friendly one.

"GM is the pride of this town. We build these cars. And we buy these cars," says Heather Lexso, a 41-year-old mom of three, who has worked at the GM plant in Lordstown since 2012.

GM is the top employer in the Trumbull County, where the plant is located. The county voted solidly for President Obama in 2008 and 2012. But in 2016, it went 51% for Trump.

Like many in the region, Fowler voted Trump for one reason: "Trump wants to bring the jobs back to this country. We need jobs here."

In its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the GM plant in Lordstown employed about 15,000 in the factory. Now it's down to 4,500. After Friday, the factory will employ barely over 3,000 workers, meaning GM will no longer be the top employer in the area, according to the county.

Still, it's a coveted job because of the pay. Many GM workers in Lordstown make about $60,000 a year, the UAW says.

"If you could get a job at GM, it was like winning the lottery," says Lexso, who will also lose her job on Friday, which also happens to be her husband's birthday. "I don't think I'll ever earn $25 an hour again."

CNN wants to know: Is your town losing jobs?

Many ask why workers like Lexso and Sheridan don't pack up and move somewhere else for a job. GM says it's trying to find other openings for workers. Some are heading to Tennessee.

But it's not that easy, especially for people with deep roots and family ties. Lexso has three children. Her husband nurses an injury from his factory job at another plant and she's also caring for two sick uncles.

Her best hope is for a job to open up again in Lordstown or at the GM plant in Parma, Ohio, about an hour away.

Related: U.S. inequality keeps getting uglier

"I'd like to see everything brought back here," says Glenn Johnson, the president of UAW Local 1112 in Lordstown. He remembers walking into GM as a "19-year-old kid" in the late 1970s, when jobs were fairly easy to get. Today he faces a deluge of workers coming by his office to shout or cry.

"We're a hot spot in Ohio. The Democrats underestimated how many angry people there were here," says Johnson. He credits President Obama for keeping the auto bailouts going and saving many jobs a few years ago. Johnson has a photo of Obama on his office wall.

U.S. car sales have surged in recent years, hitting records in 2015 and again in 2016. All that demand made places like Lordstown boom.

But people don't buy new cars every year. And there are fears these layoffs in Lordstown could be a sign of what's to come elsewhere if the industry slows down.

Related: The party may be over for car sales

The Lordstown plant is especially hard hit because it produces just one car: The Chevy Cruze sedan. It's a small car that was in huge demand when gas prices were high several years ago, but it isn't selling as well now.

"It's absolutely about supply and demand," laments Johnson. "Consumers have decided they are choosing not to buy small cars."

GM and the UAW stress that the job losses in Lordstown and Lansing this week aren't because of Mexico (or anywhere else overseas).

Still, there's no love in Lordstown for the U.S.-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement NAFTA. Even union Democrats like Johnson hope Trump will follow through on his promises to push for " fair trade."

"I think NAFTA was a mistake," says Johnson. "Ross Perot pretty much had it right when he called it a 'giant sucking sound.'"

For now, there's extra reason for the GM workers to watch Trump's inauguration. They are banking on this president.

"We need these jobs," says Lexso, who fears the town will be let down. "People here put their faith in Trump."

To contact the reporter about GM jobs or other U.S. jobs, email heather.long@cnn.com.

CNNMoney (Lordstown, OH) First published January 18, 2017: 9:43 AM ET

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He's one of 2,000 GM factory workers losing their jobs on Friday, the same day that Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president. Sheridan -- and thousands like him -- are desperately hoping Trump will save their jobs. "Please help us in Lordstown," says Sheridan, a soft-spoken Midwesterner with three kids.

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Both President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush are now in a Houston hospital and will not attend Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

The 92-year-old former president on Wednesday was moved to intensive care at Houston Methodist Hospital after being admitted on Saturday, his office said in a statement.

"Shortly after our previous report on President Bush's condition, he was admitted to the ICU at Houston Methodist Hospital to address an acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia," the statement read. "Doctors performed a procedure to protect and clear his airway that required sedation. President Bush is stable and resting comfortably in the ICU, where he will remain for observation."

Barbara Bush, 91, was admitted Wednesday morning as a precaution after experiencing fatigue and coughing, officials said in a statement.

The 41st president previously sent a letter to Donald Trump expressing his regrets he could not attend Friday's presidential inauguration, adding he and the former first lady "will be with you and the country in spirit."

In his letter -- penned Jan. 10, before he was hospitalized Saturday for breathing problems -- the former president quipped, "My doctor says if I sit outside in January, it likely will put me six feet under."

"So I guess we're stuck in Texas," wrote Bush. "I want you to know that I wish you the very best as you begin this incredible journey of leading our great country," he wrote. "If I can ever be of help, please let me know."

Bush is the father of former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who ran in a heated -- and, at times, contentious -- contest against Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.

Jeb Bush will not be attending the inauguration, but George W. and former first lady Laura Bush will be in attendance, as will Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The elder Bush, who served as U.S. president from 1989 to 1993, has a form of Parkinson's disease and uses a motorized scooter or a wheelchair for mobility. He was hospitalized in Maine in 2015 after falling at his summer home and breaking a bone in his neck, and was hospitalized in Houston the previous December for about a week for shortness of breath. He spent Christmas 2012 in intensive care for a bronchitis-related cough and other issues.

Despite the loss of mobility, he celebrated his 90th birthday by making a tandem parachute jump in Kennebunkport. Last summer, Bush led a group of 40 wounded warriors on a fishing trip at the helm of his speedboat, three days after his 92nd birthday celebration.
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Both President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush are now in a Houston hospital and will not attend Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The 92-year-old former president on Wednesday was moved to intensive care at Houston Methodist Hospital after being admitted on Saturday, his office said in a statement.

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Hector Cabrera is 18, Hispanic -- and the only Trump supporter in his family.

"I believe in strong immigration reform," he says. It's a position that puts the California college freshman at odds with his immigrant parents.

His mom and dad met in Mexico, came to America legally in the 1990s and are now citizens -- which is how Hector believes it should be.

"I feel like there's a lot of hardworking people in Mexico who would like to come here and they're waiting a legal way," he says.

"And then these people are taking the illegal shortcut. And they're just taking the opportunities from the people who could have come here legally."

Most of his family, though, are registered Democrats. His sister was a Bernie Sanders supporter.

In the months leading up to the election, politics was a big topic of conversation at the dinner table and family reunions.

"The tensions really came out," he says.

His parents would ask him, "Think of it if you were in other people's shoes. What if you were the child of an illegal, what if we didn't have papers, and how would you feel?"

"What I say is, 'Luckily, I'm not in those shoes so I don't have to think about that.' That's usually my response."

His parents, he thinks, have empathy for immigrants since they have "been in those immigrants' shoes, they know what it feels like."

Hector grew up in Bakersfield, California, surrounded by family -- aunts, uncles and cousins. His father, an auto mechanic, lived in America on and off during his childhood. His mother, a stay-at-home mom, came here only after getting married. Her family still lives in Mexico, and she returns to visit regularly. But Hector has been there only once.

"They obviously don't agree with my immigration policy," Hector says. "I think they just want everyone to come here, you know, with no restrictions, almost an open border system.

"They didn't like that I was a Trump supporter, they didn't understand any reason behind it," he says. "They wouldn't listen."

He tried to persuade them to vote based on issues he thought would affect them more directly than immigration -- issues like taxes and job creation.

"Youth unemployment is pretty high," Hector says. "As we bring back jobs, it would benefit me and my generation."

Hector works 18 hours a week at Costco while taking a full college load. In four years, he hopes to have graduated college and found a job. His sister is a receptionist. He says he's always dreamed of getting an office job, moving out of his parents' house, and starting his life.

"My father, he was always pushing that we did well in school so we would have a better life than him."

Such aspirations are part of his parents' immigrant dream.

She's Muslim and wants to be president

For every hateful comment she's heard, Azanta Thakur also tells the story of a supportive friend.

In the days and weeks after the election, Azanta says she heard people say "Here comes the Taliban" when she approached in her hijab. Her father, a gas station owner, got death threats from customers.

"Someone told me to get ready to go back to my country," says Azanta, an 18-year-old Muslim-American who is the daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants.

But Azanta spent her entire life growing up in one house on one street in a Florida beach town -- the place where she learned about the American dream, where the same neighbors with Trump yard signs also helped her family patch up their house after Hurricane Matthew punched a tree through the roof.

She tells of peers who offered to walk her to class after the election if she was scared.

"Yes I can be afraid," she says, admitting to fears of getting on a plane in her hijab. "But I can't let that be the overwhelming winning emotion."

Instead, she's dreaming big. A quintessentially American dream: She wants to grow up to be president.

"Every time I say it I'm just so worried about my own reactions," the bubbly college freshman says, hesitating uncharacteristically. "I want -- I want to be president one day."

"We just elected another white man to office. We haven't elected a woman yet."

Azanta says she was "devastated" by Trump's win. She says she would have voted for Clinton but only turned 18 three days after the election.

"If I could ever become president, I would be the first Muslim female."

Azanta has begun working toward her dream: A freshman at Boston University, she's taking classes in international relations and political philosophy, and has an internship lined up next semester with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat.

"I'm a big fan of hope," she says.

But she also knows the inherent and complex realities of being not only a Muslim American but also the daughter of immigrants.

"That whole American dream was appealing to them. But it didn't turn out to be all it's said to be. It really disappointed my dad," she says. "They're afraid to hope and they're afraid to dream."

Her father's brother, a dentist, studied at Harvard University and brought his brothers to America. Her father worked as a paperboy in New York in 1984 and moved to Daytona Beach in 1989, buying a gas station with his siblings' help. Azanta's family has lived there ever since; both parents work at the station.

But they wanted more for their children. Azanta has an older sister, and their mother hoped one of her girls would become a doctor. It's the "classic immigrant story," Azanta explains: Her parents grew up in Bangladesh and had an arranged marriage. For Bangladeshi women, she says, "you might go to college, but you're going to get married, have kids, and essentially be a housewife for the rest of your life."

Her sister also majored in international relations. She's now married, lives at home with her parents -- her husband is still in Bangladesh, waiting for a visa -- and works part time as a history teacher. In some ways, Azanta says, she feels like she's her mother's "last hope."

Azanta calls her mother "the feminist in my life," the person who taught her that she could do anything and be anything.

But they also have their own dreams for their youngest daughter: major in pre-med, become a doctor, get married, have children and settle in a relatively small town like they did. They're worried the Warren internship will distract from her classes.

Azanta hasn't yet told her mother that her own American dream is bigger: that she doesn't want to have a medical practice, a white picket fence and a nuclear family, that she wants to chase her dreams to Washington, that she wants to be president one day.

She says she once tried to mention it jokingly, asking her mom, "What if I became president?" She remembers her mother laughed and said, "Azanta, don't even think about it, don't even try."

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How to visit Europe's first underwater museum, now open to divers on the the seafloor of Lanzarote's Las Coloradas bay

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Letter from 9/11 mastermind to Obama reportedly reaches White house.

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A 2014 letter from the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks to President Barack Obama reportedly reached the White House.

A White House source confirmed the delivery of Khalid Sheik Mohammed's letter to the Miami Herald on Monday, but failed to say whether Obama had read it.

Mohammed's lawyer David Nevin told the Herald that the 51-year-old wrote to Obama about "Muslim oppression at the hand of the West in general and the United States in particular."

Nevin also said the letter also delves into Iraq during the time of U.S. sanctions and touches on Palestine and Gaza "over the years."

The Miami Herald reported that the Guantanamo Bay detention center refused to deliver the letter, until Army Col. James L. Pohl made a point of getting the package to Obama before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Pohl reportedly ruled there was no "legal basis for continued sealing of the letter's contents." The prison was allowed to scrub the letter of so-called "sensitive information" before it can be posted on the Pentagon war court website.

Mohammed is currently waiting a death penalty trial at Guantanamo.
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Friends and family of a missing Missouri woman launched a desperate search Tuesday after she failed to return home from work over the weekend -- and they said they feared the worst after a mysterious text from her emerged. Toni Anderson, 20, disappeared Sunday morning after telling co-workers she was headed to a Kansas City gas station

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Toni Anderson, 20, disappeared Sunday morning after telling co-workers she was headed to a Kansas City gas station, Fox 4 KC reported.

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Pete Sanchez, Anderson's boyfriend, told the station that she was a server at Chrome, an entertainment bar, and left work shortly after 4 a.m. He added that she was "adamant" about going to the gas station.
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"It was exactly 4:42 when she texted me and said, 'I just got pulled over again.' She said 'again' because she gets pulled over all the time," Anderson's friend Roxanne Townsend told Fox 4.

Kansas City police said a North Kansas City officer did stop Anderson for an illegal lane change -- but he simply gave her a warning and watched her head to the gas station. What happened next was a mystery.

"After that QuikTrip, it's almost like she vanished," police spokesman Darin Snapp told the news station.

Sanchez said he was asleep at the time Anderson was getting off work and nothing was unusual about the night.

"Every time I leave the house, I hope the next face I see in public is going to be her," he said.

Sanchez said that he and Anderson have lived together for two years and that she never once disappeared. Sanchez said that Anderson likes to review local music festivals in the area.

Anderson is described as having blond hair, green eyes and a lean stature. She was last driving a 2014 black Ford Focus with the Kansas license plate number 998 GAX.

A GoFundMe account has been setup in hopes the family could hire a private investigator to find Anderson.
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Missouri woman, 20, vanishes after traffic stop

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Friends and family of a missing Missouri woman launched a desperate search Tuesday after she failed to return home from work over the weekend . TWO RHODE ISLAND GIRLS ABDUCTED IN 1985 FOUND IN TEXAS; MOTHER ARRESTED Toni Anderson, 20, disappeared Sunday morning after telling co-workers she was headed to a Kansas City gas station, Fox 4 KC reported.

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2018 Mustang gets 10 gears, more power, Ford just revealed updates for one of America's most famous cars. The 2018 Mustang is going to get a more powerful engine and a 10-speed transmission.

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Ford just revealed updates for one of America's most famous cars. The 2018 Mustang is going to get a more powerful engine and a 10-speed transmission.

But the most noticeable change for the Mustang will be its new face. Designers sloped the car's nose down lower over the grill, a change that makes the front end appear longer. Also, new headlights are smaller and more intricately shaped. Overall, the reworked front end gives the Mustang more of a sleek "sports car" image and less of a blocky "muscle car" look.

On the back end, new taillight lenses have a more complex angled shape than the simple vertical blocks on the current model.

Inside, the new Mustang's gauge cluster will be all digital. Essentially, it will be a wide computer screen displaying customizable gauges that vary with each driving mode; Normal, Sport and Track.

The 10-speed transmission will, of course, be an automatic. (Drivers won't have to shift through all those gears as they merge onto the highway.) It's a transmission Ford developed in cooperation with General Motors . With increasing fuel economy demands, we can expect to see it used in more cars in the future.

Generally speaking, more gears means more efficiency. On the other hand, more efficient use of engine power car can also mean better performance.

The new transmission will be flexible enough to serve both needs, said Carl Wildmann, Ford's chief program engineer for the Mustang. For instance, the transmission won't always shift gears sequentially but will be able to quickly go from, say 10th gear right down to 6th gear if the driver punches the gas pedal for a burst of speed. With that many gears to choose from it should always be able to find the perfect one for any given driving situation, Wildmann said.

The base transmission will still be a six speed manual but that also has been improved, according to Ford.

The new Mustang will be available with either a 5.0-liter V8 or a 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The V8 engine will produce more horsepower than the same-sized engine in today's Mustang, Wildmann said. He isn't saying, yet, just how much more power.

The four-cylinder will provide more torque -- a measure of raw pulling power -- than the one offered in today's Mustang. Its total horsepower output, a measure of power and speed combined, is expected to remain about the same at 310.

The 300 horsepower V6 engine offered as the low-priced option in today's Mustang will no longer be available. Given that, it seems likely that the starting price for the new Mustang will be a little higher -- the four-cylinder costs about $1,000 more than the V6 -- but Ford hasn't announced final pricing for the car yet. It's expected to go on sale some time this year.

CNNMoney (Detroit) First published January 17, 2017: 11:07 AM ET

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NFL denies it asked Lady Gaga to stay silent on Trump

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The NFL denies it gave singer Lady Gaga instructions to avoid political commentary during her upcoming Super Bowl halftime show, according to a statement from the organization.

"It's false," Natalie Ravitz, senior vice president of communications for the NFL told CNN. "This is unsourced nonsense from people trying to stir up controversy where there is none. The Super Bowl is a time when people really come together. Lady Gaga is focused on putting together an amazing show for fans and we love working with her on it; we aren't going to be distracted by this."

Representatives for Lady Gaga confirmed the NFL's statement.

Entertainment Tonight reported on Tuesday that the NFL told the singer that she could not "say anything or bring anything up about the election, or mention Donald Trump," according to sources close to the halftime show.

The singer, a Hillary Clinton supporter who performed at the Democratic presidential candidate's final rally in North Carolina, is no stranger to making political statements, especially against President-elect Trump.

Following the election in November, Lady Gaga stood on top of a sanitation truck outside Trump's New York office and held a sign that read, "Love Trumps hate." The pop star also called out future First Lady Melania Trump for her stance against online bullying, calling it "hypocrisy" and saying in a tweet that Trump's husband "is 1 of the most notorious bullies we have ever witnessed."

The rumors about the halftime show come after a season that has been politically charged for the NFL.

The league opened the 2016-2017 season with San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick sitting in protest during the National Anthem. Kaepernick said he did not want to "show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color." The move sparked an intense debate, and led to other players in the league to follow suit.

Last year's Super Bowl halftime show stirred controversy after a performance by Beyoncé that some argued was anti-law enforcement.

Lady Gaga was booked as the halftime show performer for Super Bowl 51 back in September.

On Monday, the singer posted a video of her rehearsing in her backyard for the upcoming performance.

The Super Bowl takes place February 5 on Fox.

CNNMoney (New York) First published January 17, 2017: 6:46 PM ET

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Dog survives being stuck in animal trap for 18 hours during ice storm

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ARNOLD, MO (KTVI) - A frantic search for a missing dog ended in what neighbors are calling a miracle.

Cindy Bess' Schnauzer mix, Dillon, disappeared Thursday afternoon.

"I went to check on him again and he wasn't out there," Bess said.

Dillon managed to venture pass the invisible fence at Bess' home in Arnold. Bess and her husband immediately called on friends and neighbors for help.

"There was a whole night of texting; everybody texting," Sue Ziegler said. "Someone said they were praying to St. Anthony; that was really awesome."

Panicked about the incoming ice storm, Bess and others searched the area surrounding the home.

"They were out there with flashlights, driving around, looking for him. I had a lot of help," Bess said.

Bess said she hardly slept Thursday evening. The next morning, neighbor Julie Drew affixed her running gear to help her maneuver through the icy terrain.

What happened next set everyone in an emotional frenzy.

"We kept seeing tree stumps that would be wet," Drew said. And they were black, so we thought it was the dog, since [Dillon's] fur is black. And I wasn't even looking his direction but just I saw his head faintly move. And I said, 'Oh my God, I think I see a dog!'"

Dillon's leg was stuck in a trap in the woods.

"That was painful to see. And to see that it was chained to a tree. He had no way out," Drew said.

Cindy Bess took Dillon to a nearby vet. No broken bones, she said, but he did suffer a soft tissue injury.
Dillon had been out in the cold for nearly 18 hours, she said.

"I just felt like it was a miracle. Because of the ice storm. And I knew one more night, that dog wouldn't have survived out there," Ziegler said.

An emotional Bess said she is thankful for the support she received from friends and neighbors.

"You hear so many stories about ugly things happening in this world. But when you can get people and pull together," she said. "Don't know anything about who you vote for, what your religion is - I don't care about that. But they stopped to help. And I'm eternally grateful for it."

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Steelers think its going to be hard to beat the Patriots

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PITTSBURGH -- In four tries in 14 seasons the Pittsburgh Steelers have never beaten a Tom Brady-led New England Patriots team at Gillette Stadium.

Their only win at the venue for Sunday's 6:40 AFC Championship game came against Matt Cassell in 2008. To make the Super Bowl, a bunch of players who have only been a small part of that history have to change it.

Here's what three Steelers said when asked why they thought this go-around could be different:

Le'Veon Bell, RB; 0-1 vs. Brady-led Patriots at Gillette Stadium

"I think I'm a lot more confident, you know, in myself. I think our team is confident. We feel like we can beat anybody right now. We're going to go out there. It's going to be a great challenge. When they came to our house, they beat us. We got a little chip on our shoulders and we feel like we owe those guys one and they're going to be tough. It's going to be a tough game. We got to go out there and play our A-game -- probably better than our A-game to beat those guys and obviously it'll be a good game."
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Stephon Tuitt, DE; 0-1vs. Brady-led Patriots at Gillette Stadium

"It's going to be a special game. It's going to be a fun game. We already know that the Patriots are top dogs so we got to make sure we practice this week with detail [in] our work, everything we have, go out there and it'll be another dog fight."

Vince Williams, ILB; 0-2 vs. Brady-led Patriots at Gillette Stadium

"Man, we're not even paying attention to that man. We're paying attention to our game. We got to play our game. You can't focus on other folks like that just like you couldn't focus on the Chiefs like that. We got to come together as Steelers, play a complete game, offense defense and special teams and let the chips fall where they may."

Which Steelers are injured, how badly this week

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Mr. Kohl- Betsy DeVos, the billionaire activist took the hot seat at her Senate confirmation hearing for the education secretary job. She’s a big advocate of charter schools and voucher systems (the ones that use taxpayer money to pay for students to get privately-run educations).

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Germany’s top court Tuesday rejected a bid to ban the extreme-right National Democratic Party, arguing that while the party resembles Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party, it poses no serious threat to German democracy.

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Germany's top court Tuesday rejected a bid to ban the extreme-right National Democratic Party, arguing that while the party resembles Adolf Hitler's Nazi party, it poses no serious threat to German democracy.

The ruling comes after the German parliament's upper house had filed a plea to ban the party in 2013, arguing that the NPD, the party's acronym in German, espouses neo-Nazi views in violation of Germany's constitution. The NPD itself argued that a ban would be incompatible with democracy.

Germany's constitutional court said that the NPD is itself an anti-democratic party.

"The NPD intends to replace the existing constitutional system with an authoritarian national state that adheres to the idea of an ethnically defined 'people's community'," said Andreas Vosskuhle, president of the constitutional court. "Its political concept disrespects human dignity and is incompatible with the principle of democracy."

But the court's eight judges unanimously ruled that the legal requirements for banning the party weren't met because the party had no means to achieve its anti-constitutional goals. Mr. Vosskuhle said there was "a lack of specific and weighty indications suggesting that this endeavor will be successful."

Support for the NPD has been on the decline after a surge in popularity in the 1990s. The party today has less than 6,000 members, lost its last representation in a regional parliament last year in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and never garnered enough support to win a seat in the federal parliament. It currently has one representative in the European parliament.

The debate over whether to ban the party and Tuesday's ruling illustrates the difficult task for a democratic state in fighting ideologies that aim to curtail freedom and subvert democracy while preserving the political liberties that a democracy seeks to protect.
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Germany's top court Tuesday rejected a bid to ban the extreme-right National Democratic Party, arguing that while the party resembles Adolf Hitler's Nazi party, it poses no serious threat to German democracy. The ruling comes after the German parliament's upper house had filed a plea to ban the party in 2013, arguing that the NPD, the party's acronym in German, espouses neo-Nazi views in violation of Germany's constitution.

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Robert Sheridan is a 40-year-old GM worker who voted for Donald Trump. He can barely contain his excitement about Inauguration Day, even though it will be a rough day for him on a personal level.

He's one of 2,000 GM factory workers losing their jobs on Friday, the same day that Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president.

Sheridan -- and thousands like him -- are desperately hoping Trump will save their jobs.

"Please help us in Lordstown," says Sheridan, a soft-spoken Midwesterner with three kids. "This is a great middle class job. You can't find one better around here."

These are GM's first layoffs in six years. About 1,200 workers in Lordstown, Ohio (where Sheridan works) are getting the ax and another 800 in Lansing, Michigan -- both key states that led to Trump's victory. Given the vote totals, many of these workers likely voted for Trump, breaking ranks with the United Automobile Workers union that backed Hillary Clinton.

Trump appeared to hear their outcry. In early January, he slammed GM in a tweet.

"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border," Trump tweeted.

"Trump's tweet really gave us hope," Sheridan says. He's worked at GM for seven years and makes $25 an hour installing brake lines. It's the kind of pay that finally allowed him to buy a house and decent sports equipment for his kids. Other factories in the area pay only $9 to $12 an hour.

Related: Donald Trump's childhood home heads to auction

GM still doing layoffs in Ohio and Michigan

This week, Trump did a U-turn and thanked GM. The car giant announced Tuesday it would invest heavily in the U.S., generating about 2,000 "new and retained" factory jobs in the coming years. Trump cited it as another example of how he's delivering "big stuff" for America, although GM said the plans had been in the works for awhile.

But that doesn't help workers in Lordstown and Lansing. Those 2,000 workers are still losing their jobs now, GM confirmed. On top of that, another 1,300 factory workers in Detroit are scheduled to get the ax in March.

It's another blow to America's Rust Belt.

"This county has been going downhill, slowly," John Fowler, a retired GM worker, lamented as he gazed out of the McDonald's window in Warren, the town next to Lordstown. The region is about an hour's drive from Pittsburgh or Cleveland.

Related: GM to invest $1 billion in U.S. plants

Counting on Trump to bring back jobs

Just about everyone in the Lordstown area knows someone who has worked at GM. Cars are in everyone's blood. Local diners and Dairy Queens are decorated with clocks and posters depicting American-made cars. Anyone driving a foreign car is likely to get a look ... not a friendly one.

"GM is the pride of this town. We build these cars. And we buy these cars," says Heather Lexso, a 41-year-old mom of three, who has worked at the GM plant in Lordstown since 2012.

GM is the top employer in the Trumbull County, where the plant is located. The county voted solidly for President Obama in 2008 and 2012. But in 2016, it went 51% for Trump.

Like many in the region, Fowler voted Trump for one reason: "Trump wants to bring the jobs back to this country. We need jobs here."

In its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the GM plant in Lordstown employed about 15,000 in the factory. Now it's down to 4,500. After Friday, the factory will employ barely over 3,000 workers, meaning GM will no longer be the top employer in the area, according to the county.

Still, it's a coveted job because of the pay. Many GM workers in Lordstown make about $60,000 a year, the UAW says.

"If you could get a job at GM, it was like winning the lottery," says Lexso, who will also lose her job on Friday, which also happens to be her husband's birthday. "I don't think I'll ever earn $25 an hour again."

CNN wants to know: Is your town losing jobs?

Many ask why workers like Lexso and Sheridan don't pack up and move somewhere else for a job. GM says it's trying to find other openings for workers. Some are heading to Tennessee.

But it's not that easy, especially for people with deep roots and family ties. Lexso has three children. Her husband nurses an injury from his factory job at another plant and she's also caring for two sick uncles.

Her best hope is for a job to open up again in Lordstown or at the GM plant in Parma, Ohio, about an hour away.

Related: U.S. inequality keeps getting uglier

"I'd like to see everything brought back here," says Glenn Johnson, the president of UAW Local 1112 in Lordstown. He remembers walking into GM as a "19-year-old kid" in the late 1970s, when jobs were fairly easy to get. Today he faces a deluge of workers coming by his office to shout or cry.

"We're a hot spot in Ohio. The Democrats underestimated how many angry people there were here," says Johnson. He credits President Obama for keeping the auto bailouts going and saving many jobs a few years ago. Johnson has a photo of Obama on his office wall.

U.S. car sales have surged in recent years, hitting records in 2015 and again in 2016. All that demand made places like Lordstown boom.

But people don't buy new cars every year. And there are fears these layoffs in Lordstown could be a sign of what's to come elsewhere if the industry slows down.

Related: The party may be over for car sales

The Lordstown plant is especially hard hit because it produces just one car: The Chevy Cruze sedan. It's a small car that was in huge demand when gas prices were high several years ago, but it isn't selling as well now.

"It's absolutely about supply and demand," laments Johnson. "Consumers have decided they are choosing not to buy small cars."

GM and the UAW stress that the job losses in Lordstown and Lansing this week aren't because of Mexico (or anywhere else overseas).

Still, there's no love in Lordstown for the U.S.-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement NAFTA. Even union Democrats like Johnson hope Trump will follow through on his promises to push for " fair trade."

"I think NAFTA was a mistake," says Johnson. "Ross Perot pretty much had it right when he called it a 'giant sucking sound.'"

For now, there's extra reason for the GM workers to watch Trump's inauguration. They are banking on this president.

"We need these jobs," says Lexso, who fears the town will be let down. "People here put their faith in Trump."

To contact the reporter about GM jobs or other U.S. jobs, email heather.long@cnn.com.

CNNMoney (Lordstown, OH) First published January 18, 2017: 9:43 AM ET

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Donald Trump´s pick for EPA,Scott Pruitt testifies that climate change is no Hoax:President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, is testifying today at his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, telling lawmakers that climate change is no hoax and acknowledging that human activity is a contributing factor to the phenomenon.

"Science tells us that the climate is changing and that human activity in some manner impacts that change," he told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. "The ability to measure with precision the degree and extent of that impact and what to do about it are subject to continuing debate and dialogue, and well it should be."

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President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, testified today at his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, telling lawmakers that climate change is no hoax and acknowledging that human activity is a contributing factor to the phenomenon.

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"Science tells us that the climate is changing and that human activity in some manner impacts that change," he told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. "The ability to measure with precision the degree and extent of that impact and what to do about it are subject to continuing debate and dialogue, and well it should be."

Responding to one senator's question about whether he agrees with Trump's declaration that climate change is "a hoax," which the real estate developer tweeted in 2014, Pruitt said, "I do not believe that climate change is a hoax."

In November, though, Trump told The New York Times, "I think there is some connectivity" between human activity and climate change.

.@ScottPruittOK, Donald Trump's pick to lead @EPA: "I do not believe that climate change is a hoax." https://t.co/vJQwvKEPYE pic.twitter.com/aSucQHlnWR
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Pressed later by independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the controversy, Pruitt said, "I believe the ability to measure with precision the degree of human activity's impact on the climate is subject to more debate on whether the climate is changing or whether human activity contributes to it."

"So you are applying for a job as administrator for the EPA to protect our environment, overwhelming majority of scientists say we have got to act boldly, and you're telling me that there needs to be more debate on this issue?" Sanders went on to ask.

"No, senator, as I've indicated, the climate is changing," Pruitt said, declining to offer his opinion on the matter, saying his personal position is "immaterial."

Pruitt, 48, a lawyer and Kentucky native, has argued that global warming is not a scientifically settled phenomenon.

"Healthy debate is the lifeblood of American democracy, and global warming has inspired one of the major policy debates of our time," he wrote last year in a National Review opinion piece. "That debate is far from settled. Scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind."

He also told lawmakers today that his role at the EPA would be to "make things regular" as the administrator of the nation's environmental regulations and that he believes the EPA plays a vital role in ensuring water and air quality and in enforcement on matters that cross state lines.

Trump, in a YouTube video announcing his priorities for his first 100 days in office, pledged, "On energy, I will cancel job-killing restrictions on the production of American energy, including shale energy and clean coal, creating many millions of high-paying jobs."

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Pruitt also received tough questioning from Democrats over his multiple suits against the EPA (some of which are still active) and his connections to the oil and gas industry.

On pending litigation, Pruitt said he had "every willingness" to recuse himself from active suits at the direction of EPA lawyers. That pledge fell short of appeasing some Democrats, who say he should take the initiative to recuse himself to avoid any potential conflicts.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today presented a blown-up copy of a letter that Pruitt sent to the EPA as Oklahoma attorney general that was heavily drafted by oil company Devon Energy.

"Why do you need an outside oil company to draft a letter when you have 250 people working for you?" Merkley asked.

"That was an effort that was protecting the state's interest in making sure that we made the voices of all Oklahomans heard on a very important industry to our state," Pruitt replied.

"But you only sent it on behalf of a single voice, the oil company," Merkley shot back.

Pruitt also responded to a question about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where residents continue to grapple with the fallout from contaminated tap water.

"As you know," he said, "under the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act, if there's an emergency situation, the EPA can enter an emergency order to address those kinds of concerns. I think there should have been a more fast response, a more rapid response to Flint, Michigan."

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., followed up on the Flint question later in the hearing, asking Pruitt whether he had studied what happened in the city.

Pruitt said the EPA holds a degree of responsibility for the water crisis there, adding that the agency needs to be "proactive."

ABC News' Michael Edison Hayden contributed to this report.

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Robert Sheridan is a 40-year-old GM worker who voted for Donald Trump. He can barely contain his excitement about Inauguration Day, even though it will be a rough day for him on a personal level.

He's one of 2,000 GM factory workers losing their jobs on Friday, the same day that Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president.

Sheridan -- and thousands like him -- are desperately hoping Trump will save their jobs.

"Please help us in Lordstown," says Sheridan, a soft-spoken Midwesterner with three kids. "This is a great middle class job. You can't find one better around here."

These are GM's first layoffs in six years. About 1,200 workers in Lordstown, Ohio (where Sheridan works) are getting the ax and another 800 in Lansing, Michigan -- both key states that led to Trump's victory. Given the vote totals, many of these workers likely voted for Trump, breaking ranks with the United Automobile Workers union that backed Hillary Clinton.

Trump appeared to hear their outcry. In early January, he slammed GM in a tweet.

"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border," Trump tweeted.

"Trump's tweet really gave us hope," Sheridan says. He's worked at GM for seven years and makes $25 an hour installing brake lines. It's the kind of pay that finally allowed him to buy a house and decent sports equipment for his kids. Other factories in the area pay only $9 to $12 an hour.

Related: Donald Trump's childhood home heads to auction

GM still doing layoffs in Ohio and Michigan

This week, Trump did a U-turn and thanked GM. The car giant announced Tuesday it would invest heavily in the U.S., generating about 2,000 "new and retained" factory jobs in the coming years. Trump cited it as another example of how he's delivering "big stuff" for America, although GM said the plans had been in the works for awhile.

But that doesn't help workers in Lordstown and Lansing. Those 2,000 workers are still losing their jobs now, GM confirmed. On top of that, another 1,300 factory workers in Detroit are scheduled to get the ax in March.

It's another blow to America's Rust Belt.

"This county has been going downhill, slowly," John Fowler, a retired GM worker, lamented as he gazed out of the McDonald's window in Warren, the town next to Lordstown. The region is about an hour's drive from Pittsburgh or Cleveland.

Related: GM to invest $1 billion in U.S. plants

Counting on Trump to bring back jobs

Just about everyone in the Lordstown area knows someone who has worked at GM. Cars are in everyone's blood. Local diners and Dairy Queens are decorated with clocks and posters depicting American-made cars. Anyone driving a foreign car is likely to get a look ... not a friendly one.

"GM is the pride of this town. We build these cars. And we buy these cars," says Heather Lexso, a 41-year-old mom of three, who has worked at the GM plant in Lordstown since 2012.

GM is the top employer in the Trumbull County, where the plant is located. The county voted solidly for President Obama in 2008 and 2012. But in 2016, it went 51% for Trump.

Like many in the region, Fowler voted Trump for one reason: "Trump wants to bring the jobs back to this country. We need jobs here."

In its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the GM plant in Lordstown employed about 15,000 in the factory. Now it's down to 4,500. After Friday, the factory will employ barely over 3,000 workers, meaning GM will no longer be the top employer in the area, according to the county.

Still, it's a coveted job because of the pay. Many GM workers in Lordstown make about $60,000 a year, the UAW says.

"If you could get a job at GM, it was like winning the lottery," says Lexso, who will also lose her job on Friday, which also happens to be her husband's birthday. "I don't think I'll ever earn $25 an hour again."

CNN wants to know: Is your town losing jobs?

Many ask why workers like Lexso and Sheridan don't pack up and move somewhere else for a job. GM says it's trying to find other openings for workers. Some are heading to Tennessee.

But it's not that easy, especially for people with deep roots and family ties. Lexso has three children. Her husband nurses an injury from his factory job at another plant and she's also caring for two sick uncles.

Her best hope is for a job to open up again in Lordstown or at the GM plant in Parma, Ohio, about an hour away.

Related: U.S. inequality keeps getting uglier

"I'd like to see everything brought back here," says Glenn Johnson, the president of UAW Local 1112 in Lordstown. He remembers walking into GM as a "19-year-old kid" in the late 1970s, when jobs were fairly easy to get. Today he faces a deluge of workers coming by his office to shout or cry.

"We're a hot spot in Ohio. The Democrats underestimated how many angry people there were here," says Johnson. He credits President Obama for keeping the auto bailouts going and saving many jobs a few years ago. Johnson has a photo of Obama on his office wall.

U.S. car sales have surged in recent years, hitting records in 2015 and again in 2016. All that demand made places like Lordstown boom.

But people don't buy new cars every year. And there are fears these layoffs in Lordstown could be a sign of what's to come elsewhere if the industry slows down.

Related: The party may be over for car sales

The Lordstown plant is especially hard hit because it produces just one car: The Chevy Cruze sedan. It's a small car that was in huge demand when gas prices were high several years ago, but it isn't selling as well now.

"It's absolutely about supply and demand," laments Johnson. "Consumers have decided they are choosing not to buy small cars."

GM and the UAW stress that the job losses in Lordstown and Lansing this week aren't because of Mexico (or anywhere else overseas).

Still, there's no love in Lordstown for the U.S.-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement NAFTA. Even union Democrats like Johnson hope Trump will follow through on his promises to push for " fair trade."

"I think NAFTA was a mistake," says Johnson. "Ross Perot pretty much had it right when he called it a 'giant sucking sound.'"

For now, there's extra reason for the GM workers to watch Trump's inauguration. They are banking on this president.

"We need these jobs," says Lexso, who fears the town will be let down. "People here put their faith in Trump."

To contact the reporter about GM jobs or other U.S. jobs, email heather.long@cnn.com.

CNNMoney (Lordstown, OH) First published January 18, 2017: 9:43 AM ET

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McDonald's Big Mac is getting even bigger. And smaller.

For those who think the Big Mac is a bit too big, McDonald's is coming out with the Mac Jr. For those who think the Big Mac isn't quite big enough, McDonald's is unveiling the Grand Mac.

McDonald's said it's going company-wide with the burgers after successful test markets earlier this year in Ohio and Dallas/Fort Worth.

The Big Mac is distinguished by the fact that it has two burger patties instead of one, and it also has the famous "special sauce." The Grand Mac adds more beef to the two patties, totaling one-third of a pound of beef. The Mac Jr. has just one larger patty, loses the middle bun, but keeps the special sauce.

Related: Father of the Big Mac dies at age 98

The Big Mac was invented in 1967 by Michael "Jim" Delligatti at his franchise in Uniontown, Pa. Delligatti, who eventually owned 48 franchises, died at age 98 in November, just weeks after McDonald's first announced plans for the Grand Mac and Mac Jr.

This is the latest change from Steve Easterbrook, who became CEO in 2015. Easterbrook has experimented with fast food innovations, including self-order kiosks, mobile pay options, updated interior design and table service. He also pioneered the all-day breakfast menu, which has helped to drive revenue and profits.

CNNMoney (New York) First published January 18, 2017: 11:26 AM ET

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Crowds of visitors have been flocking to Circle B Bar Reserve near Lakeland, Florida, in the hopes of spotting "Humpback," a massive alligator that made international headlines earlier this week after a video of him went viral.

The video, which was taken on Sunday afternoon, shows the gigantic reptile appearing out of some brush and then slowly walking across a patch of grass on the reserve's Marsh Rabbit Run. Bystanders can be seen in the background peering at the wild animal through camera lenses.

Though officials for the county's natural resources division said they appreciate the newfound attention on the nature reserve, they are also concerned about the safety of visitors and wildlife.

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"We're really nervous about people being foolish and doing things they shouldn't do," said Jeff Spence, director of Polk County Natural Resources, at a news conference on Wednesday. "We don't want people just going wherever they can go to try to get a picture of this."

Spence said that park officials already had to ask one individual to leave after he "jumped off a viewing platform and ran back to a piece of land that was not a trail just so he could try to get a photograph of this gator."

"Humpback," who is estimated to be at least 12 feet long, has "lived his life out here, and we want him to live the remainder of his life out here," Spence said. "We don't want to have to destroy him because somebody was doing something they should not have been doing."

Visitors are advised to stay on the trails and not approach nor feed any animals they encounter, Spence said.

ABC News' Julia Jacobo contributed to this report.

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