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JONES (on camera): So you're both young women. There was a lot of controversy about that tape that came out, a lot of controversy about things that he said. That didn't impact you guys?
ANGELO: No.
CANZONETTA: No.
ANGELO: I guess, for me, it's easy to portray that you're this perfect person and you've never had sex or sent a nude picture or said the "P" word before, but more people than people think do those things on a daily basis. And for me, I look at it like a lot of those things wouldn't have come out if he wasn't running for President. That's how I feel.
JONES (on camera): I've said that a part of what was going on with the Trump phenomenon was that it was a White lash, that there's an element of the Trump phenomenon, not the whole thing, there's an element of it, that does seem to be very animated by racial resentments against Mexicans, against Muslims, against Black people, et cetera. Have you seen any of that?
CANZONETTA: I can't say I personally have. I think it just boiled down to we've had a failed presidency for the last eight years. And, yes, some things good came out of it, but at the end of the day, you know, jobs were taken away. Manufacturing was gutted. And I think, especially in this county, you see that these people lose jobs and I think a lot of people, you know, looked at that and you know, felt that emotion, and Trump's happen to speak about it.
JONES (on camera): Yes.
CANZONETTA: And that's where they connected at. That's personally.
JONES (voice-over): Job loss, especially manufacturing jobs, is definitely an emotional topic in Trumbull.
RANDY LAW, CHAIRMAN, TRUMBULL COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY: A large number of folks here feel very disenfranchised from both parties, frankly.
JONES (voice-over): Randy Law is the GOP Chairman in Trumbull County.
LAW: This is R.G. Steel or the former R.G. Steel plant.
JONES (on camera): But it's just a big vacant lot.
LAW: Yes, they erased this about between a year and 18 months ago.
JONES (on camera): It must have been heartbreaking to see?
LAW: It has been.
JONES (voice-over): He shows me mills and factories that have shut down or scaled way back in just the last few years.
LAW: This is a 100-plus-year-old motor company, and they've shut down in the last six months or go. This is Delphi Electric. They used to employ 18,000 people in our community.
JONES (on camera): That's a lot of people.
LAW: They will be lucky to have 600 and we're going to have to fight to hold on to those jobs. And this G.E. plant held well over 100 years.
JONES (on camera): Now gone?
LAW: Six months ago.
JONES (on camera): So what you're saying is that while the Democrats are running ads showing Donald Trump saying offensive things to women, arguably offensive things about women, people are looking out their window and they're seeing factories shut down in the middle of the campaign season.
LAW: Oh, yes. This is Copperweld Steel.
JONES (on camera): Whoa.
LAW: This was just a vital facility to us here for years, employing tens of thousands of people. I believe they poured steel here last about 18 months ago. They're in the process of gutting this plant out and tearing some of it down.
JONES (on camera): You feel like people here feel abandoned?
LAW: Yes, I think that was a big factor in this entire election. People feel disenfranchised, abandoned, a little bit of everything. And it's a lot of disaffected Democrats who came into the primary headquarters and said, we're switching over. This is the first guy I've heard that speaks what I'm thinking. At the end of the day, it's economics. It's jobs. It's trade.
We voted big for hope and change with President Obama. It didn't get delivered here and people were willing to look for that other change, sort of give another guy a chance, and I think a lot of votes were driven that way.
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[18:35:02] HARLOW: Fascinating, Van. Thank you so much for that.
Straight ahead for us, my colleague, Bill Weir, on the man being called the Dutch Donald Trump. A preview of tonight's brand new episode of "THE WONDER LIST" in the Netherlands.
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HARLOW: Bill Weir might just have the best job in television. I think, hands down, he does. He travels the world to disappearing places. He dives deep into untold stories. And tonight, on a special airing of "THE WONDER LIST," he takes us to Amsterdam for a city that, for centuries, has been one of the most liberal cities in the world. But in this episode, he uncovers a different sentiment. He meets with Geert Wilders, the so-called Dutch Donald Trump.
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BILL WEIR, CNN HOST: Amsterdam, every historian will tell you, became this intellectual, rich capital because it was the most open-minded, accepting, tolerant society of the time.
GEET WILDERS, FOUNDER, PARTY FOR FREEDOM: I agree. Yes.
WEIR: You're going against everything I thought the Dutch were about.
WILDERS: Yes. WEIR: How can Amsterdam be Amsterdam with your ideas?
WILDERS: Well, that's a good question. And I think the problem is that we, Dutch, are known for our tolerance. We are a tolerant people. We are a tolerant country. But in the process of the last decades, we made one mistake. And that is that we started to become tolerant to the intolerant as well. To the ideology of hate that has no tolerance for us, we became tolerant as well.
And hey, we have in Holland, whether it like it or not, and enormous problems with the Moroccan community. Of course, not with everybody. And I pick Moroccans because both when it comes to the dependency on social benefits as when it comes to the public crime rates, they are over represented enormously. I didn't say and I didn't mean that all Moroccans are wrong or bad people or Moroccans should leave. I would never say that. But less Moroccans? Yes, indeed.
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[18:40:07] HARLOW: Bill Weir, host of "THE WONDER LIST" joins me now. Nice to have you back.
BILL WEIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good to see you, Poppy.
HARLOW: After more world travels.
WEIR: Yes, it's good to be back in the zone.
HARLOW: Tell us more about him, about Geert Wilders. Who is he? And he's really popular. This wave of populism resonating here.
WEIR: Exactly. And that's what was so interesting is, you know, the Dutch, they built that country out of salty marsh. Nobody wanted it.
HARLOW: Literally, it should be under water.
WEIR: It should be under water and as a result, they're been one of the more tight-knit communities, very open-minded, most liberal society. But those values are being challenged in the age of immigration and ISIS terror, these sorts of things. And he was actually a member of the Liberal Party years ago but just came out with -- he's from a rural part of the country -- this one thing that Islam, as a religion, does not belong in this democracy. They're intolerant --
HARLOW: At all?
WEIR: At all. And he was just lone voice crying in the wilderness. Now, he's favored to win the Prime Minister --
HARLOW: Wow.
WEIR: -- become Prime Minister of Holland next year.
HARLOW: He's obviously not the only voice you talked to in this.
WEIR: No.
HARLOW: You also sat down with Amir, a Palestinian who left home, Syria, to go to the Netherlands. What did he say life is like for him there under this scenario, under this situation?
WEIR: Well, he's a wonderfully generous spirit. And he is a professional musician so the country has embraced him in ways, you know, it would be more difficult for a carpenter or someone.
HARLOW: Correct.
WEIR: But his story is so telling about just how hard it is, first, to get to a country like the Netherlands then to go through their system. Five different camps or different settlement areas. And now, he's in. But the mayor of Rotterdam is a Muslim from North Africa. He says it took him 15 years. He had to learn to ride a bicycle so he could get to the lessons where he could learn Dutch.
So you know, the pressures of all these people wanting to come to this country and the time it takes for them to ingratiate is a shock to the system, even for a very open society like the Netherlands.
HARLOW: I mean, it's interesting. When you watch tonight, people, wait for the opening shot. It will catch you by surprise.
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HARLOW: It's a great shot, but it exemplifies how open and liberal this culture is especially in Amsterdam is.
WEIR: Yes.
HARLOW: Did you leave there, Bill, thinking it is changing?
WEIR: Very much.
HARLOW: I mean, why are people drawn to him and his ideology? What is it?
WEIR: It is everything that you see happening in the United States. It was such sort of a mirror of what's happening here. You had people on the coast going, Donald Trump, come on. You had people in the industrial, the farming centers go, "Hey, I like what this guy is saying. He's saying what I'm thinking."
Because we live in economically scary times, as human beings, we're just naturally tribal -- who's that guy? Does he look like us? You know, and the most homogenize societies, which the Netherlands was for a long time, tend to be the happiest. But, yes, I think it's part of a global thing that's happening from Brexit across Europe, western Europe, this liberal open-border democracies, you know, have seen better days for sure.
HARLOW: And you ask the question in "THE WONDER LIST," what happens to such an open-minded place when so many minds and borders are slamming shut. Did you answer that question? WEIR: I hope I did. I hope that what you find there are people who very much care about their values. They're proud of being one of the most progressive places in the world, but they're coming to grips with this. This is life on a more crowded planet. You know, some of the notorious pot-smoking coffee shops have shut down. The red light district in Amsterdam is gentrifying.
So in some ways, if things become more uncertain day to day, people become more conservative in various ways. And this is just a fascinating place because we owe so much to the Dutches, Americans. Freedom of speech --
HARLOW: Of course, as New Yorkers, the New Amsterdam.
WEIR: Yes, New Amsterdam. Freedom of speech and religion and trade, democracy.
HARLOW: True.
WEIR: They invented the book and the newspaper. And we're also seeing what they have cooking for the future, how they're imagining life, a better life, especially in big cities.
HARLOW: Well, it's beautiful and beautifully shot. As always, thank you so much.
WEIR: Thanks, Poppy.
[18:44:10] HARLOW: Nice to have you back. Watch it tonight, a special episode of "THE WONDER LIST WITH BILL WEIR." It's tonight, 10:00 p.m. Eastern only right here on CNN. We'll be right back.
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HARLOW: We are following developments in Jordan tonight where at least 10 people are dead at a popular historic tourist site. Officials there calling it a terrorist attack. Take a look. This is the middle of a gun battle between police in southern Jordan and a still unknown number of attackers who, witnesses say, opened fire on the police and visitors, including some foreigners. Jordanian officials now say four gunmen are dead. Our Jomana Karadsheh is in Jordan's capital, Amman, tonight with what we know thus far.
Jomana?
JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Poppy, Jordanian officials say the attack is over. What is ongoing right now is clearing and combing operations following what they have described as a terrorist attack. And they say what is ongoing right now is clearing and combing operations around the area of the main attack, around that castle in the city of Karak, to the south of Jordan.
They say four attackers, who they described as terrorists, were killed in this operation. They say they found a large number of automatic weapons on them as well as a large amount of ammunition. Also, in the house that these attackers described as terrorists were using in a town near Karak, they say that they found suicide vests and explosives there.
According to Jordanian authorities, this was multiple shooting incidents that took place in southern Jordan. To the north of the city of Karak, in the town of Qatranah, their security forces came under fire and also in Karak itself, these two shooting incidents, one where a police patrol came under fire. But the deadliest, most serious incident was when gunmen positioned themselves in the Karak castle, that 12th century crusader castle, one of the main tourist attractions in southern Jordan, and they opened fire on a nearby police station there. They were surrounded by security forces and gun battles ensued for a few hours.
This type of attack is rare in this country. Jordan really prides itself with its security and stability in the midst of this turbulent region. But this key U.S. ally has been a target of terrorist organizations according to the officials here who say they have thwarted several terror plots over the year, including one by ISIS.
[18:49:56] It is still unclear who is behind this attack on Sunday being blamed on terrorist groups by Jordan where the government says that it is investigating their identities and their affiliations, Poppy.
HARLOW: Jomana, thank you very much, live from Amman tonight. We appreciate it. Quick break. We'll be right back.
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HARLOW: The hunt for Dow 20,000 is on, but that is not all Wall Street is watching this week. Paul La Monica is New York with more. Hey, Paul.
PAUL LA MONICA, CNN MONEY DIGITAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Poppy. The big question on Wall Street this week, will the rally keep going? The Dow hit a major milestone last week. Now, I'm not talking about Dow 20,000. It's now the strongest post-election rally of all time.
In the five weeks since the election, the Dow is up more than 8 percent. That's better than 1996 when the Dow jumped 5 percent in the five weeks following Bill Clinton's re-election. The industrials went on to gain 22 percent during the first year of Clinton's second term.
We'll also be watching the U.S. dollar this week. It's sitting near a 14-year high. Since November, the greenback is up nearly 10 percent against global currencies. Good news for travelers, you're getting a better exchange rate for your U.S. dollar, but bad news for U.S. multi-national companies like IBM, G.M., and Coca-Cola. That's because it makes their goods more expensive overseas -- Poppy.
HARLOW: It does, indeed. Paul, thank you so much. And remember to check out the new CNN MoneyStream app.
Meantime, let's have a little fun, all right? The halls of the White House may be decked out with boughs of holly, but it's President-elect Donald Trump who decides who has been naughty or nice. It is the subject of Jake Tapper's "STATE OF THE CARTOONION." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
[18:55:08] JAKE TAPPER, CNN CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): It's the most wonderful time of the year.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES: Merry Christmas, everybody. We're going to start saying "Merry Christmas" again.
TAPPER: And this year, Donald Trump wants to make Christmas great again. And he's starting right inside Trump Tower, which closed down early this week for its annual Christmas party.
TRUMP: Ho-ho-ho.
TAPPER: We in the press were not invited, so we have to imagine the festivities, such as Kanye singing carols.
One imagines that Santa Trump has a list of naughty or nice, which he is definitively checking more than twice. There are plenty of gifts he has to dole out, such as this one for former Texas Governor Rick Perry.
CROWD: Yay!
TAPPER: Others, however, should probably expect a lump of coal. I'm looking at you, Governor Romney.
TRUMP: Happy New Year, but merry Christmas.
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HARLOW: Pretty awesome, Jake. Thank you for that.
All right. Coming up in the next hour of CNN NEWSROOM, ominous words on Russia from Republican Senator John McCain who warns of a possible unraveling of the world order because of Moscow. We'll hear what more he said on that.
Also, President-elect Donald Trump tweeting his irritation with a last-ditch effort to try to stop him from becoming President. Folks, this is highly unlikely. We'll talk about the Electoral College and that vote tomorrow. Straight ahead.
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[18:59:58] HARLOW: Seven p.m. Eastern, you're live in the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Poppy Harlow in New York. So glad you're with us. We begin tonight with a dire warning from prominent Republican Senator John McCain telling our Jake Tapper Russian hacking that's influencing the U.S. election threatened to, quote, "destroy democracy."
(Byline: Poppy Harlow, Muhammad Lila, Ben Ferguson, Michael Nutter, Rosa Flores, Van Jones, Bill Weir, Jomana Karadsheh, Paul La Monica, Jake Tapper )
(Guest: Andrew Miller Tabler)
(High: Just in the past few moments, news that the mission to evacuate thousands of families and children out of Aleppo is now back on. Prominent Republican Senator John McCain slamming President Obama's response to the Russian meddling in the U.S. election. Tomorrow, the 538 members of the Electoral College meet to formally select the nation's next president. Trumbull County, Ohio is historically Democrat but turned Republican red in the last presidential election. Voters in this county say loss of jobs was a driving force during the elections. Geert Wilders, the so-called Dutch Donald Trump, is leading the race for Prime Minister in the Netherlands. Ten people were killed during what Jordan officials are calling a terror attack, a gun battle between unknown attackers and police in Karak castle. Officials say terror attack is over and clearing and combing operations are underway. The Dow hits a major milestone, getting up more than 8 percent as of last week. Will this strong post-election rally keep going?) ((Spec: Aleppo, Syria; Middle East; Refugees; War; World Affairs; John McCain; Russia; Congress; Government; Policies; Electoral College; Elections; Politics; Europe; Death; Terrorism; Economy )