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heartfelt tributes are pouring in for american sports journalist grant wall who died after collapsing at the world cup. how he's being remembered. and the game wall loved so much is seeing history made. we'll look at what morocco's stunning upset means and who joins it in the semifinals. a powerful storm unleashes heavy rain across the western united states. we'll have a look at where the system is headed next. we start with tributes and mourning at the world cup after the death of acclaimed sports journalist grant wall. the american died doing what he loved, reporting on soccer at

the argentina/netherlands match on friday. the 49-year-old was passionate about the game, but he was also at times critical of fifa, world football's governing body, and qatar, over its human rights record. still, fifa honored wahl on saturday, saying he should have been there. flowers and a picture of the journalist were placed in the media section ahead of the england versus france match. cnn's don riddell has more on wahl's life and legacy. >> reporter: at the most extraordinary world cup game, the most devastating news as the quarterfinal match between argentina and the netherlands went into extra time. american soccer writer and broadcaster grant wahl died after collapsing suddenly in the stadium. just days before, the 49-year-old had spoken in his podcast about feeling unwell during the tournament. >> my body i think told me, even after the u.s. went out, dude, you are not sleeping enough. and it rebelled on me. and so i've had a case of bronchitis this week. i've been to the medical clinic

at the media center twice now. >> reporter: after collapsing on friday night, on-site medics reportedly spent 20 to 25 minutes treating wahl. news of his sudden death quickly sent shock waves throughout the football community. >> i was at the netherlands game last night when all this horrible drama was unfolding. i wasn't aware of it at the time. to wake up this morning and switch on my laptop and see the news was just devastating, really. >> reporter: wahl made his name initially as a writer for "sports illustrated," introducing then unknown high school basketball player lebron james to the world through a memorable cover story. >> very fond of grant. and, you know, having this -- that cover shoot, you know, me being a teenager, him covering that, it was -- it was a pretty cool thing. >> reporter: but it was as a soccer writer that he made his greatest mark. >> grant wahl -- >> reporter: 2011, he use campaign to run for fifa president to expose the

corruption within football's world governing body. wahl quickly emerged as a cheerleader for the beautiful game in north america long before it was fashionable. >> he was one of the first people to welcome me when i made my big move across the atlantic. almost a missionary in that sense. he would travel around the globe, telling people to take american soccer seriously. >> reporter: in the run-up to the world cup, wahl made it his mission to expose the deaths of migrant workers qatar had enlisted to build the stadiums. he continued to advocate for human rights as soon as the tournament got under way, refusing to follow the demands of stadium security to remove a rainbow shirt worn in solidarity with the lgbtq community. wahl told cnn he was detained by 25 minutes by qatari authorities for wearing the shirt. >> they forcibly took my phone out of my hands. they made me stand in front of a cctv camera. they continued to try to get me to take off my shirt. >> reporter: he went on to receive apologies from a fifa representative and a senior

member of the security team. after spending 12 years writing about the buildup to qatar, this tournament was wahl's eighth and final men's world cup. the tributes that have poured in have commended wahl's commitment to showing injustices in the support and cementing his legacy as one of the latest advocates of american soccer. a medical analyst, dr. leanna winn, spoke to cnn about wahl's death and what, if any, ties it may have ties to symptoms he reported earlier. >> there is so much that we just don't know. we heard about his sudden collapse, we heard about this viral illness that preceded it. but we don't know whether these two things are necessarily related. people get viral illnesses all the time. this is the season when many people have colds or the flu or other things. and especially for somebody who's generally young and pretty healthy, it's extremely rare for

them to die, much less to die suddenly from that viral illness. also for people who do die, it ends up it's not usually sudden. in fact, there is gradual deterioration. somebody may be getting short of breath, they're in the hospital, ept et cetera. that sudden death, it could be related. there are possibilities. maybe the viral illness -- we don't know this, but maybe the viral illness somehow affected the heart in some way. but there are other possibilities too, including whether the sudden death could be caused by a sudden heart rhythm problem or a heart attack or a blood clot. again, we just don't know. and again, it's just so tragic at this point. >> dr. nguyen also said she does not want to imply there's anything wahl could have done differently to prevent his death. the quarterfinals wahl have been covering have ended with a semifinal that few would have predilgted. we'll have highlights from those matches coming up a little later in the program.

the january 6th committee says its final report on the attack at the u.s. capitol will be made public by december 21st. and it may include a number of criminal referrals to the u.s. justice department, including former president donald trump. committee members will finalize that list when they meet later today. cnn's marshall cohen has our report. >> reporter: members of the january 6th committee are meeting sunday to talk about possible criminal referrals that they will include in their final report as they wrap up their work. the committee has been working aggressively for almost two years now to investigate the january 6th insurrection and everything that led up to that catastrophic day for american democracy. as part of that final report, lawmakers might include criminal referrals to the justice department identifying people that they believe have committed

crimes. now, who might be the target of these referrals? obviously the committee has been looking very closely at donald trump, but they have also zeroed in on some of his top associates. like mark meadows, his white house chief of staff. rudy giuliani, his longtime attorney. john eastman, a lawyer that worked on some of the post-election attempts to undermine the democratic transition. and a man by the name of jeffrey clark, who was a senior justice department official that schemed with trump on how to use the powers of the doj to stay in office. now, whether the committee decides to go forward with these referrals, it's important to remember that the committee is made up of politicians, not prosecutors. and any decisions on a criminal investigation or a criminal indictment would be made totally separately by the justice department. switching gears, in another trump investigation, the

mar-a-lago investigation, a federal judge on friday declined to hold former president trump in contempt over noncompliance with a subpoena. this investigation is all about whether or not trump or his closest advisers mishandled highly sensitive classified documents and national security documents when they left the white house in january 2021 and brought those materials to mar-a-lago, his resososo and ho in south florida. the criminal investigation has been ongoing for the better part of the last year, and as part of that probe, prosecutors wanted to hold trump in contempt. that's because he did not fully comply with a subpoena that was issued in may that demanded the return of all classified documents. back in may and june, his lawyers handed over some documents, but dozens of additional documents with classification markings were later recovered. the doj wanted to ramp up the pressure and have a judge hold him in contempt, but on friday

the judge declined to do so and she told both sides to work out their issues separately, without a contempt finding. and of course, the investigation, the criminal investigation, is still ongoing. it's being overseen by special counsel jack smith here in washington. marshall cohen, cnn, washington. los angeles is about to have its first female mayor. later today, karen bass will be sworn in by u.s. vice president kamala harris. bass will become the city's 43rd mayor, but she won'tmally take over from eric garcetti until monday. bass is a u.s. house democrat who beat real estate developer rick caruso in last month's election. she will also be the first woman of color to hold the city's top spot. she's taking office amid a homelessness crisis, and as the city council faces fallout from a racism scandal. wnba star brittney griner

continues to undergo a medical evaluation at a u.s. army hospital in texas following her 10-month detention in russia. griner's wife posted an update on saturday saying in part, as b.g. and i start our journey to basically our minds, bodies, and spirits, i want to personally say thank you to some of the hands, seen and unseen, that helped to make it possible for me to see my wife again. while griner was arrested in moscow last february, for a small amount of cannabis oil, given a nine-year sentence, most recently she had been laboring at a penal colony where she struggled to stay warm in the frigid temperatures. once the euphoria of being home wears off, griner will likely experience some difficulties readjusting to a normal life. one person who knows all about that is a former oil company executive who was detained in venezuela for five years before

his release in early october. he spoke earlier to cnn about that experience. >> i recall when i just landed in san antonio, so with that flow of adrenaline, so it was -- i felt great. the taste of freedom, the smell of freedom. and you never think about any, you know, aspect as a consequence of your captivity. but as the time passed by, so you start getting -- you're getting to the normal life. you notice that, you know, reintegration means challenge. and everything, you know, becomes a challenge. so -- but you know, the challenge represents, for instance, your relationship with your family. so in my case, i spent almost five years in captivity. so it's a long time. so your relationship with your

spouse, your children, even my grandchildren. so that i'm now building a new relationship, because when i was detained, they were just babies. so the aspect of the family is important. but also some other aspects of the normal lives, such as your career, your normal activities. i used to be a marathon runner, as an example. so how can i go back to running? and then minor things that becomes true challenges or source of anxiety. such as driving. so you feel insecure to drive. so there's so many things that you need to deal with. >> one of the former citgo six detainees explaining the difficulties of reintegrating after a long captivity. tropical cyclone mandos has

killed at least four people, damaging dozens of homes. up to a quarter of meter of rain fell in the state capital, more than the average precipitation for december. a local official said that more than 9,000 were moved to safety to some 200 relief camps as authorities tried to remove uproot trees from the roads. this kind of thing happens pretty regularly in italy's famous floating city. high tide is flooding saint mark's square in venice, but the tourists keep on touring. besides elevated walkways, there are also glass barriers to protect the interior of the historic basilica. but that was damaged during a flood three years ago. those barriers, they were not activated this time. climate change is apparently making the problem worse. a major winter storm is

pummeling parts of the western u.s. with heavy snow and rain. at least 9 million people in more than a dozen states are under storm alerts through monday. flood warnings are up for parts california, while some places in the sierras can expect up to 3 to 5 feet of snow. and of course, after lashing the west, it will move eastward. for the latest update, let's go over to cnn meteorologist britley ritts. what are you seeing? >> this area of low pressure now continues to spin onshore. and it's far from over, laila. we are watching a lot of moisture get pulled into california early this morning and even some lightning. so yes, there's enough energy with this lightning offshore, and we can expect rumbles of thunder rolling into san francisco early this morning. heavy snow continues to fall. all across the sierras. this is where we're focused now. the system continues to track

eastward. heavy snow expected across parts of the central rockies and back into the upper midwest here in the upcoming 24 to 48 hours. you mentioned over 9 million, yeah, we're up to 12 million people who are under some sort of winter weather alert, winter storm warnings still in effect for the sierras. winter storm ws morning. heavy snow is expected here through monday. so the heaviest snow back through parts of the sierras above 5,000 feet. these areas could get up to 6 feet of snow through the rest of today and into monday. it's not just the snowfall that we're focused on. we're still focused on the coastline of california where we do have flood alerts in effect. an additional 1 to 2, possibly 3 inches of rain expected to fall over the next two days. the system itself treks eastward and across parts of the central plains and into the lower mississippi and tennessee valley where we've already picked up

heavy rain due to a stalled boundary. we're adding 1, 2, possibly 3 inches of rain there too. the flooding threat, but also one of the bigger concerns, the threat for long-lived dangerous tornados. especially as we roll into tuesday across southern arkansas and back into northern louisiana. and this is just going to continue on into wednesday, pushing closer to the florida panhandle. laila? >> so many bracing for that major storm. britley ritts, thank you so much. russia feels ukraine's wrath after its latest attack on ukraine's energy system. still ahead, the latest as kyiv takes aim at russian-held targets after a major ukrainian city was left in the dark. plus vladimir putin's war takes center stage at the nobel peace prize ceremony. how a russian laureate is condemning russia's assault on its neighbor. shortening brand!nd highly recommend it! zifans love zicam's unique zinc formula.

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minister. the rally was organized by the bangladesh nationalist party. the country's main opposition. the demonstrators blame the prime minister for rising fuel prices and the soaring cost of living. they want her to step down for new elections under a caretaker government. the prime minister has called opposition leaders arson terrorists and western officials have expressed concerns about her government's response to the protests. at least 20 people were injured during clashes in southern peru. four of them police officers. the mood for saturday's protest is not clear, but it took place in one of several towns where people have taken to the streets demanding the release of ousted and now jailed former president pedro castillo. meanwhile, peru's new president

berate named her new cabinet days after castillo was sacked and later arrested for rebellion and conspiracy. castillo has been accused of attempting to dissolve the legislature to prevent an impeachment vote. reports that ukraine is firing back after russia knocked out power to the city of odesa. president volodymyr zelenskyy says iranian-made drones hit key power facilities around the city on saturday, leaving it largely in the dark. this is how he described the situation in his evening address. >> translator: the key for today is energy. the situation in odesa region is very difficult. after the night strike, the strike by iranian drones, odesa and other cities and villages in the region are in the dark. 1.5 million in the odesa region are without electricity.

only critical infrastructure is connected and as much as it is possible to supply electricity. >> but now ukraine says its missiles later hit the occupied city of melitopol. a russian news agency says the same happened in the russian-held eastern ukraine. while unconfirmed social media reports are describing widespread explosions across the crimea peninsula. meanwhile, the european union is moving to give ukraine a head start in future reconstruction. on friday the eu council approved more than $18 billion in loans for ukraine's short-term financial needs. that includes repairing its infrastructure and making the first steps toward postwar reconstruction. the proposal still needs to be approved by the european parliament, and that could happen as early as next week. convicted russian arms trafficker victor bout, now back

in russia, is voicing his full-throated support for moscow's invasion of ukraine saying he would volunteer if he could. bout had been serving a 25-year prison sentence in the u.s. when he was set free on thursday in a controversial swap for american basketball star brittney griner. while many u.s. officials opposed the trade, fearing bout would use his trafficking skills against ukraine and the west, a russian lawmaker said on social media that the first thing bout asked him was, how can i help donbas? barbie nadeau is monitoring developments in ukraine. we understand ukraine has targeted occupied crimea and med med. >> a strategic move on the part of ukraine, this was described as a giant russian military base. much of the infrastructure there in that city is occupied by

russian forces. there are -- there's military hardware in residential areas, we understand. a direct hit on this is a very strategic move for ukraine, fighting back now, taking the war to russia. and these explosions in crimea are very much the same. this is going to be unsettling for the kremlin, obviously. because you see ukraine fighting back harshly now. they're no longer just a country being invaded, they're taking the war to russia now too. >> and barbie, less than 48 hours after his release, a notorious russian arms dealer, victor bout, sits down for an interview expressing his support for russia's war in ukraine. russia wanted him back bad hi. could he play a role in the war? >> he is playing a war in the role to a certain extent because he's very useful for the propaganda machine in russia right now. he's not going to be very useful on the battlefield. as you mentioned, he said he'd be happy to volunteer. it's unclear if he has the skill set to actually fight. but he does have a voice right

now, and he's expressing his support of vladimir putin, said he kept a photo of him in his federal prison cell in the united states. he's getting a boost because this prisoner trade is really seen as a diplomatic success for russia. they were able to get this man back. now they're using him very much to voice his support for russia, and that's something that probably the russian people are very much in need of right now, some good news, if you can call it that. >> barbie nadeau reporting, thank you so much. a russian nobel peace prize laureate is blasting president vladimir putin and his invasion of ukraine. yan rachinsky is the chairman of the russian human rights group memorial. at an award ceremony in norway on saturday, he slammed russia's, quote, insane and criminal war. >> translator: in russia, hatred is incited against ukraine. its culture and language are publicly declared inferior and

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in the united states and canada. i'm laila harrak, you're watching "cnn newsroom." health officials in new york are urging residents to mask up this holiday season as three potentially deadly viruses are rapidly spreading. officials say they have seen an unusual spike in covid-19, rsv, and flu cases in recent weeks. cnn's brian gingras has more. >> reporter: the new york state department of health saying this is a complex challenge with the fact that these three viruses are really spreading through communities. rsv, covid-19, and the flu. now, as far as new york is concerned, let me point to something that the department of health said.

they said the number of laboratory-confirmed flu cases has nearly tripled the past three weeks and flu hospitalizations have more than doubled. in addition, covid-19 continues to pose a significant threat particularly for under vax it inned or undervaccinated new yorkers as the virus remains one of the leading causes of death in the united states. the department of health is urging especially children, people with immunocompromised, 65 years and older, to possibly wear masks, saying, let's put out a mask advisory, it's not a mandate but it might be a good idea as these viruses continue to spread. not just here in the state of new york, it's happening all across the country. 80% of hospital beds are full right now. they are taxed. and also this statistic coming from the cdc. 26 hospitalizations for flu for every 100,000 americans, a number they haven't seen for more than a decade. it's so important to take those precautions. that is what health officials are urlging right now, to stay vaccinated, possibly mask, make

sure you take care of yourself and others, particularly as we head into the busy holiday season and going into the new year. i'm brynn gingras, cnn, new york. after waves of unprecedented protests in china over the country's strict zero covid policies, beijing overhauled its pandemic rules last week. the government's new 10-point plan capped some restrictions but rolled back mass testing, scrapped health code tracking for most public places, and will allow many people with covid to quarantine at home. chinese officials said the changes are keeping pace with the times and many people are expressing happiness and relief at the new freedoms. but there are also concerns about the impact the adjustments will have. just in the last month, china has reported an all-time pandemic-high number of new covid cases. i want to bring in yen john

wong, a senior fellow for the global health council on foreign relations. he joins me now from east hanover, new jersey. good day, sir. we're seeing a significant policy shift in china. the loosening of restrictions in some areas. is a country the size of china prepared for easing of restrictions right now? >> well, if you're talking about the ability of health care system to withstand the spike of cases, then i would say it's not very well prepared. you look at the icu beds per 100,000 population. you look at the vaccination rate for the elderly. it's lower than many countries in the world. especially its asian neighbors and developed countries.

so in that sense, the rapid policy shift arrived at a time when it's not fully prepared for the reopening. >> of course we've got a big holiday coming up. are there worries about the lunar new year that could see potentially millions travel if they're allowed to? >> well, many experts indeed expressed concerns that with arrival of the spring festival, the traveling season where you're going to see probably more than 200 million people traveling across the country, that means the virus also travels with the mobile population. in the meantime, the reopening occurred at a time we're seeing the seasonal influenza and possibly rsv also going to spread in china. so you can just see a double,

even triple viral wave in china. that is certainly going to put stress on the fragile health care system. >> china seems to have abandoned its goal of eradicating covid. what will these changes mean for the people of china after three years of zero covid? >> well, i think for many of the people who are complaining about excesses of zero covid policy, i think they're happy to see that this policy finally has been abandoned. local governments too. they want to resume the normal social and economic life. they seize the moment to call for economic recovery.

but in the meantime, i think the main challenges, again, whether the health care system has the ability to withstand the coming spike of cases. >> and a final thought and a final question to you. from a global public health perspective, if there are high infection rates in china, what could that possibly mean what would that mean? >> well, something could have implications for the trajectory of the virus in other parts of the world. some experts pointed out that because china has such a huge immunological naive population, they could harbor the virus for many months. that, according to a leading epidemiologist based in hong kong, that could mean millions

more units for the virus to evolve. but in the meantime, also some experts say, don't worry. as long as the chinese population, most of them are not oh posed to the omicron variant. so there will be less pressure for the variant to evolve, to evade the immunity further. so that is certainly good news. so -- but i think it's too early to say how -- you know, what that is going to mean for the rest of the world in terms of the evolution of the virus. >> yanchong huang, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you.

at the world cup in qatar, france secured a thrilling victory over england to continue its hunt for a second straight title. it was another hard-fought contest that was decided in the closing minutes. the french scored an amazing header to take the lead toward the end. england's harry kane had a chance to tie it, but he missed a crucial penalty kick. with that, france earned a 2-1 victory and booked a spot in the semifinals. morocco also advanced to the final hour -- final four, rather, after pulling off another stunning upset. they toppled ninth-ranked portugal on saturday and became the first african team ever to clinch a semifinal berth. france and morocco are scheduled to play each other in the semifinals this wednesday, but first, argentina will face

croatia on tuesday in the first match of the final four. morocco's run at the world cup has been nothing short of remarkable. time and again they've defied the odds with their grit and tenacity. it's a cinderella story that's inspiring fans all across africa and the arab world. >> reporter: what to say. what a joy. i never imagined it. we're the first african country to reach the world cup semifinals. what can i say? >> translator: we made history today for all the arabs and africans. congratulations to all moroccans around the world .

>> re . >> translator: it was a fairly close match. portugal played well, well done to them, but we're stronger. >> translator: it was a great game today. the team did not let us down. instead, they made us proud. they made our country proud. they made the arab world proud. >> let's discuss this now with mohammad amin al hambri, sports journalist from morocco. they pulled off another stunner. they weren't always this good. what changed, what brought about this massive transformation and this incredible run at this world cup? >> good morning.

thanks for having me. i think what changed, the shift in mentality. i think it's the spirit. because what happened is -- the head coach of morocco, named august 31st, just talked at this time that morocco would not be playing only three games at world cup, meaning group stage. so i think the spirit is there. the motivation is there. and obviously the sporting performance is there. so i think he largely brought the mentality shift for morocco. >> what does this all mean for morocco? >> everything, everything. people are passionate about football. seeing our national team performing like this and going all the way to the world cup semifinal, it just means everything. after 2 1/2 years of covid crisis and all its consequences,

i think moroccan people not only in morocco but throughout the world needed this kind of joy and pride in their national team. >> after spain, which was another nail biter game, were you surprised that they still had enough reserves left to take on a team like portugal? >> to be completely honest, i think we broke a glass ceiling. not after spain, but after beating belgium in the group stage. and holding croatia to a stalemate. so it was a happy surprise, because obviously portugal has got one of the most -- the best teams around the world. but it was half a surprise, considering the motivation and considering the team that has been sacrificing, giving so much effort. >> all right, let's look ahead. france and morocco are facing off in the semifinals. these two countries, they share history, they share cultural and linguistic ties. will it be a loaded game?

do you expect the moroccan squad to do anything different? >> no, i don't think so. i think we like this underdog status that we have. playing against france is obviously, like you say, just another page of history, of our common history between the two countries. let's not forget spain also and portugal had really great ties historically. mor morocco, colonization, cultural ties. france, it's the same story, and we're hoping for a slam dunk. >> so many people, they're rooting for team morocco. not just moroccans but people around the world expressing their support for this particular squad. how do you explain that? >> i think it's not only the cinderella fairytale, but also people identify when the

underdog goes into a game against a much bigger team than them. i've been having calls from as far as vietnam, iran, sweden, wherever. and people just saying, morocco is representing all of the developing countries. i think that's a great, great -- it actually gives me goosebumps to hear that. it's so much joy and pride. >> as a collective, as a team, what makes them so special? >> i think it's a concept called moroccaniti. in morocco, it doesn't matter where you're born, where you're raised. it only matters what values and what principles you carry on. and that goes in the family. and i think this team is a great family. for once i think there is no feuds. there is no differences. everybody speaks the same language, which is football.

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a bumpy ride after a series of delays due to technical glitches and bad weather. but nasa says once its mega rocket got off the ground, it's been smooth saling. >> we got to witness the world's most powerful rocket take the earth by its edges and shake the wicked out of it, and it was quite a sight. >> reporter: after 3 1/2 weeks in space, filled with engine burns, lunar 30-byes, and stunning views of the earth and the moon, nasa's orion spacecraft is almost home. but before its splashdown, it needs to pass a critical test. in one of the most nail-biting types of the re-entry process, the orion capsule will separate from its service mod duel, then complete a skip maneuver off the edge of the earth's atmosphere, which will bring it closer to its landing site and cut down on the g-forces future astronauts will have to endure.

after that, all eyes on the heat shield as orion blazes back to earth at temperatures twice as hot as molten lava. nasa says the heat shield has been tested more than 1,000 time times and making sure it can take the heat is one of the primary goals of this mission. from the outset, the uncrewed artemis mission has been a dry run to make sure the spacecraft is safe enough for astronauts to . >> we are stressing it and testing it in ways that we will not do to a rocket that has a human crew on it. >> reporter: if artemis 1 is success, it will be followed by artemis 2 which, like the first mission, will fly around the moon, but this time with a crew. that will be followed by artemis 3, which intends to return astronauts to the moon's surface, including the first woman and person of color. later missions will aim even further, with the goal of

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and that wraps up this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm laila harrak. we'll be back with more news after a quick break, please stay with us.