welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm ken brunhuber. ahead, the january 6th committee

is likely to rev at least three criminal charges against donald trump to the department of justice. the details are just ahead. plus -- a state of emergency in peru as protests continue to rock the country leaving hundreds of tourists stranded. we'll tell you about efforts to get them out. and all eyes are the world cup final. we'll preview the game ahead this weekend. and we start with what would be an unprecedented condemnation of a former u.s. president. the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol is expected to vote monday that donald trump should face criminal charges for his role in the riot. insurrection, obstruction, and

conspiracy to defraud the government all could be among the recommendations. a spokesperson for trump issued a statement criticizing the panel writing, quote, the january 6th unselect committee held by show trials by never trump partisans who are a stain on this country's history. sara murray has more on the expected criminal referrals. we will never give up. we will never concede. it doesn't happen. >> reporter: the january 6th committee considering asking the justice department to pursue criminal charges against former president donald trump. >> we fight, we fight like hell. >> reporter: a source telling cnn those charges include obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government. and there could be more. members huddling behind closed doors to put the finishing touches on the final report they plan to unveil next week. >> i've spent countless hours along with the other committee members going through the report and the appendices looking at the footnotes, editing.

>> reporter: chairman bennie thompson saying the committee will lay out its top line findings in the meeting but plans to share a summary of the sprawling investigation, and perhaps even the bulk of the report if it's finished in time. >> we have made decisions that criminal referrals will happen. >> reporter: the committee also planning to reveal who they think should be held accountable. with referrals for possible state bar discipline, for campaign finance violation, referrals to the house ethics committee, and referrals to the department of justice for possible criminal prosecution. >> we have left no doubt, none, that donald trump led an effort to up end american democracy that directly resulted in the violence of january 6th. >> reporter: lawmakers especially focused in their hearings and public appearses on trump's potential incumbent cupp able. >> i think -- culpability. >> i think he's guilty of a crime. hee knew what was happening prior to january 6th.

>> reporter: the referrals will lay a marker for posterity -- >> where this will echo outest is not necessarily tomorrow, not in the justice department -- it's going to echo through the history books. >> reporter: trump is already facing scrutiny from the justice department in its probe into the attack on the u.s. capitol and effort to overturn the 2020 election. some of his top allies, lawyers rudy giuliani, john eastman, and former doj official jeffrey clark, also face investigations from state bars. >> hey, mr. clark -- >> reporter: clark's home also searched. he faces doj's scrutiny, as well. an unsealed court filing revealing federal investigators have accessed emails between clark and representative scott perry who refused to talk to the january 6th committee. when it comes to the committee, in addition to referring to doj that they've pursued charges of object strukds of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government, we're learning they're expecting to refer to doj a charge of

insurrection. these are all mostly symbolic. the justice department does not take its cues from congress, of course, but lawmakers on this committee have felt like it's important for the historical record and to sum up their work, they say they have found evidence of criminal activity and feel like it's important to put that forward to the department of justice. sara murray, cnn, washington. political analyst michael genovese, author of "the modern presidency: six debates that define the institution." thank you so much for being here. start off, how significant would it be for a former president to be referred to the justice department for criminal charges? >> it would be odd historically, and in and of itself it might not be of great cop sequence. in conjunction with all the other investigations and other possibilities of criminal charges that might be incurred, this is -- it adds to the weight that we see against donald trump. he's had a series of bad news over the last few months, and

all the news has been bad. donald trump will use this, i think, to continue his martyrdom and use of grievances. but it certainly can't help him, and it's historically unusual to go this far against a president or former president. >> yeah, i mean, you mentioned that it might not amount to much concretely because if the committee were to refer the criminal charges to the doj, i mean, it has no legal weight. but could it further complicate the doj's case because you have a democrat-led political entity doing this, essentially politicizing a legal case. >> that's right. and the justice department wants all of the tapes and interviews and everything that the january 6th committee has. that would be very helpful to doj. but the real problem for the department of justice is especially on the insurrection charge, that's -- i think you have enough evidence to pursue

that, but do you have enough evidence to convince a jury? and if you think you don't have enough evidence, face it, if you have 12 americans on a jury, what happens if one or two are trump republicans or manage pa republicans? they might not worry about the evidence. they might just vote against conviction. so the justice department's big concern on the big issue which is insurrection is can i get a jury regardless of the evidence to vote guilty on such a controversial charge. >> yeah. we're still a long works a way there that -- a long way away from. that let's take the conviction portion out of it. just the fact that if he were to be charged, how far do you think that might go toward preventing the next insurrection? >> well, you know, sunlight is the greatest of disinfectants. the more you shine the light on what's happened and the more you demonize people who did this -- and many have already been charged, found guilty in court,

going to spend time in prison -- that's a real powerful dissuader, and you know, if you want to stop the next insurrection, you have to get to the roots of the current one. i think that's what we're doing. it's going very slowly, and that's why a lot of people are frustrated. but better to do it right and do it slowly than do it in a slid slipshod fashion. >> you refer to donald trump using this as -- further proof that he's a martyr and so on. i mean, how do you think it will impact his presidential campaign? >> i think his political future is very much in doubt today. much more so than it was four months ago. that's because the noose seems to be closing on donald trump. you've got the georgia inquest into whether or not he tried to illegally influence the georgia election, you've got this special counsel who's really moved very quickly, surprisingly.

you've got the department of justice which has moved slowly and cautiously and deliberately. then the january 6th committee. it's almost like they're piling on. donald trump, who has the identity of being a martyr and being picked on and it's me against the world, he likes that. he loves to collect -- to talk about how the bad guys are out there and they're going to get him. trying to get him and try to get you. he uses it to his open advantage. i'm not sure that he's going to be able to run with that very much more, especially as the noose tightens around his neck. >> that's just sort of the legal troubles you're speaking of there. we've seen that he's had waning political popularity in his campaign. the reaction has been pretty brutal to that supposed big announcement the other day which was the sale of these digital trading cards with some what farcical pictures of him as a race car driver, astronaut, and so on. even many of his supporters are wondering what the heck is going on here, why would he do there just as he's launching his presidential campaign?

do you think the scales are finally falling from people amy eyes? >> the grift goes on and on. he's using the white house and post-white house years to monetize his future, he's done that since day one of his presidency and since day one of his career. it's not out of character. a lot of republicans are starting to say, you know, 2024ing we want to get the democrats out of the white house. could donald trump do it? he has so much baggage. maybe, maybe we ought to think of the next step. maybe there's another maga candidate out there. maybe there's another candidate who will run with our issues but not run with the baggage that donald trump has. i think you've seen in the last couple of months the republicans are coming to more and more of a recognition that that might have to be what they do. they might have to put him in the rearview mirror. >> all right. always appreciate the analysis, michael. thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you, kim. ukraine is working to get

back on its feet again after a ninth wave of russian strikes on it its energy system. russian missiles struck cities across ukraine on friday including the capital, kyiv. a short time ago its mayor said the water supply and subway are restored. power is back on for two-thirds of the city, while half residents have heat again. nine power plants were hit on friday which took more than half of generating capacity off line. a heartbreaking end in the search for an infant who was buried in a building hit by a missile. officials have recovered the body of an 18-month-old body. his parents and two other people were hit when a missile hit the apartment friday. 13 others were injured. president zelenskyy says ukrainians will prevail despite the hardship. >> translator: whatever the rocket worshippers from moscow are counting for, it won't

change the balance of power in this war. they still have enough missiles for several such massive strikes. we will have enough determination and self-belief to return what is ours after these strikes. >> ukraine also says friday's strikes involved something never seen during this war -- russia using its strategic bombers to launch some of the missiles. when they started falling on kyiv, some residents went underground to find safety. will ripley reports. >> reporter: without warning a massive russian missile attack targeting cities across ukraine on friday. the military says around 40 of those missiles aimed at the capital, kyiv, forcing thousands underground. subway stations becoming temporary bomb shelters. train service suspended for hours. scores of students like katya had to miss school. >> i sent here about three

hours. i want to go home. >> reporter: ukraine says air defense shot down most of the missiles but not all. several deafening explosions shook the country. the strikes killing at least three in central ukraine. terrifying people near the points of impact. thurlal and hydroelectric power plants and substations taking direct hits. triggering an energy emergency with widespread blackouts. ukraine's president says, "all their targets are civilian, the energy and heat supply facilities. sfarlt of this war, the meaning of the word terror for most will be associated with the crazy actions of russia." ukraine's second-largest city, kharkiv, also plunged into darkness. no light, no heat, no water. even no way to cook. many forced to brave freezing temperatures just to line up for a warm meal. "people need to be fed," she

says, "we're cooking on a wood stove." ukraine's military monitored russian jets above belarus during the strikes. moscow and minsk staging joint military drills in recent days. kyiv is warning of a possible attack from the north. belarusian president lukashenko announcing his friend and ally, russian president vladimir putin, will be in minsk on monday. two strong men strengthening their alliance. "we will never be enemies of russia, we will never look disapprovingly at russia," he says, "it -- if it were otherwise we would be ukraine." this democracy under siege defying danger with a smile. will ripley, cnn, odesa, ukraine. for more analysis we're joined by international security expert maria abdiva, she's a

research director at the european expert association in ukraine, and she is in kyiv. thank you so much for being here with us. i want to ask you about the situation in the capital where you are. poignant to hear from that student there in the package who was sheltering in the subway who said she just wanted to go home. how are folks coping with the impact of all these strikes? >> i have been yesterday to kyiv subway, and i saw people sheltering there for more than four hours because the air raid started after 8:00 in the morning. and people were very resistant and calm, but of course it's difficult for them especially those with children to spend so much time in the shelters. and we must understand that during the air raid, the schools are not working, and the children from the schools and from the kindergartens are going to the shelters, as well. the hospitals, children's hospitals, and this -- all this

russian continuous missile strikes are targeting purely civilian infrastructure and trying to harm as much civilians as possible. >> in terms of traveling around, i understand the metro is back now. how hard was it for folks to get around with the subway not working and no traffic lights in much of the city? >> yeah. it's still difficult in kyiv. the metro is now iranian, but kharkiv metro is off. and in cities such as kharkiv, odesa, kyiv, the traffic is very important, and in the dark hours it's very difficult to get around in odesa still. the electricity situation is very difficult, and the -- the public transportation is not working. so people are trying to somehow get out of the situation, be flexible, be adaptive, and in

this times, ukrainians show the remarkably resistance to this. everyone that i've been speaking told me they are not afraid, they are not terrified, they are becoming more angry and ready to stand by and resist no matter what other steps russia takes. >> yeah, i mean, we hear that word time and time again -- resilient. we saw pictures of people dancing together in the subway there in a show of defiance. still, despite all this, the psychological effects of this day after day after day, it must be taking a toll. >> this is what russia is trying to do to provoke social unrest so that people will go out and protest. and this is what the information campaign is aiming at. they praise the new strikes on critical infrastructure in

ukraine, showing everywhere on russian social media and channels to show how important it is to ukrainians to resist and keep going on. but the mood is very high. the morale is high for ukrainians because ukrainians know now quite well that ukrainian army is one of the best. it's capable to liberate more and more territories. the success on the battlefield was amazing, and this gives people the strength and belief to go through this winter. everyone understands that it will be difficult, but people are ready to continue going on, and nothing will stop them. >> with these latest bombardments, we see yet again kyiv is firmly back in moscow's cross hairs. i mean, do you think russian troops will actually try to retake the city? >> that's what ukrainian military are telling us. we know that president putin is

with lukashenka on the 19th, will try probably to push him again to join russian forces on the ground offensive. but we know very well what -- how it ended up for russia back in february when putin was saying he will be able to get the capital of ukraine in several days. this type the situation will be the same. what russia will -- they might try this, of course, but ukrainian troops are now more ready for this offensive. ukraine now has more weapons, especially taken into account the latest supplies and from the u.s., as well. so people believe here that this -- if even russia tries it, it won't be successful. but of course we must be prepared, and ukrainians are prepared. >> yeah. you mentioned the supplies from the u.s.

the latest attacks on kyiv you've said that they highlight the need for patriot missiles. what difference would they make? >> of course because the air defense is now crucial for ukraine and the people here are really looking forward to this system because they will -- and more of them -- because they will allow to defend ukrainian cities. ukrainians are very good on the battlefields, as we see. but to protect the sky, ukraine needs more and more air defense because the territory is so big. and what we have is insufficient. for example, kyiv, on kyiv only yesterday, 40 missiles were launched. 37 were intercepted, but other three hit their targets. and if there would be more air defense system, probably this wouldn't happen. and this is what ukraine asks for because we have other big

cities which are under constant russian attacks like cities as kharkiv, dnipro, which also need to be defended. >> all right. we'll have to loaf it there. thank you so much for speaking to us, maria. appreciate it. >> thank you. congress reject one of the key demands of protesters. the latest on the political unrest gripping the country. a storm system that battered the south over the past week is still generating misery, but this time in the northern u.s. the forecast is next. stay with us. i choose airborne. unlike some othehers, airborne gives y you vitamin c and so much more. it's an 8 in 1 immune support formulala. airborne. do more. and it's easier than ever to■ get your projects done right. inside, outside, big or small, angi helps you find the right so r whatever you need done. with angi, you can connect with and see ratings d reviews.

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a deadly storm system that spawned dozens of tornadoes in the south is now unleashing its fury on the northern u.s. the storm is causing widespread power outages to the region. the vast majority in vermont and maine where more than 30,000 homes and businesses are without power in each state according to poweroutage.us. in northeastern pennsylvania and up through new england, they're seeing widespread snowfall, more than a foot in some places. cnn's jennifer gray looks at what's ahead. much of the snow will be

wrapping up later this morning, but we still have winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories in place for interior sections of new england. also a lake-effect snow warning. this is going to get interesting in and around buffalo. we could see about 18 inches of snow over the weekend. it's going to make that buffalo bills home game quite interesting later today. you can see from the forecast radar, especially the storm system, that's just scraped over much of the country, finally leaving. we are getting much of the snow out of the way later in the day. so here's your snow forecast. the total accumulation through sunday. we're looking at anyfrom, say, 12 to 18, maybe 24 inches of snow, and you can see the snow right around buffalo, especially around the south side. we could pick up over a foot of snow there due to the lake-effect snow. temperat temperatures are going to stay very cold. below normal across much of the region.

extremely cold temperatures will be on the way early next week and to the middle part of next week with the entire eastern half of the country below average. look at some of these temperatures as we get closer to the christmas weekend. highs will only be in the single digits in minneapolis and then looking at places like chicago, high temperatures only makinging it to 20 degrees by the end of next week. so a brutally cold air mass will be working in by next week. the u.s. is getting hit with multiple respiratory viruses this winter, and health experts are encouraging americans to make sure they're up to date on all their flu shots and covid boosters. for instance, the flu hit early and hard as of december 10th. the cdc estimates there have been at least 15 million illnesses, 150,000 hospitalizations, and 9,300 deaths from flu this season. now as for covid, according to survey data there the kaiser family foundation, new study are

emphasizing the effectiveness of the bivalent covid boosters compared to no vaccine at all. the updated vaccine is 56% effective against emergency room or urgent care visits. but only about four in ten u.s. adults say they've gotten the updated booster or plan to do so as soon as possible. health officials are warning this is particularly dangerous for those with weakened immune systems. >> if you have heart disease, asthma, diabetes, obesity, or a weakened immune system from cancer, you are at higher risk of disease from flu or covid. >> another respiratory disease is also getting attention from health experts. the centers for disease control is investigating a rise in strep a infections in the u.s., especially among children. health officials say it's too soon to say whether the numbers are rising beyond what they normally see or if it's just a return to pre-pandemic levels. strep isn't fatal for most people and can be treated with

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those seeking asylum to remain in mexico or go to their home nations instead of being allowed to cross the southern u.s. border. the biden administration is expected to stop enforcing the measure this wednesday. and in el paso, texas, officials are trying to find resources for the hundreds of migrants who are crossing the u.s./mexico border every day. here's ed lavandera with the challenges they're facing. >> reporter: it's 39 degrees and getting colder. this is roberto's first night sleeping on the el paso streets. he says he's never experienced anything close to homelessness. he left cuba last month and is hoping to get to miami soon. [ speaking non-english ] he says this is the first time in his life he's ever had to spend the night on the street, and he feels completely lost. a thin pair of new york giants socks and unlaced shoes won't be enough to get through the frigid

night. everything that he's wearing now, the jackets and the heavy clothing, is donated, people who dropped it off here. roberto hopes there's something else to keep him warm in the back of sandra grace martinez' car. for days she's handed out donated goods. >> they're in survival mood. fight or flight. >> reporter: the long lines of migrants from juarez, mexico, waiting to get escorted into mexico by border patrol agents has significantly dwindled. a sign that the latest migration surge has slowed down for now, but that could change next week with the title 42 public health rule set to expire. that order allows for the swift expulsion of migrants at the border. as more migrants arrive in el paso, officials plan to bring in more buses to move migrants to their destinations in the u.s. faster. hoping to prevent a backlog of people on these streets. >> so with that, that might bring in transportation in forms of buses to get them to that

transportation hub. whether it's dallas or denver or phoenix or whatever that next large airport or bus terminal is, it's to move them onto those locations. >> reporter: el paso emergency management outreach teams are helping migrants find shelter space at night. but albert robles and his wife have been sleeping on the street, buried under blankets, since monday night. their bus ticket to connecticut isn't good until this weekend. [ speaking non-english ] he said the first night that he was sleeping on the street it was drizzly and cold. it was almost like a fatal feeling. but he thought he's been dreaming of this moment for so long that there was no way he was going to turn back. >> city and county public officials have been meeting with the federal government including customs and border protection officials. they're all in the process of planning and preparing for what's to come next week if and when title 42 is lifted on wednesday. ed lavandera, cnn, el paso,

texas. lawmakers in peru have rejected a key demand of protesters by voting against a constitutional reform to move up elections. at least 20 people have died in the unrest gripping the nation since the ouster of former president pedro castillo, in addition to early elections protesters also want castillo to be freed from detention and for his successor to step down. he was arrested and impeached last week after attempting to dissolve congress. he's been ordered to be held on charges. conspiracy and rebellion. peru's government says it's planning to evacuate the hundreds of tourists stranded by the unrest gripping the nation. many of them are americans, and the u.s. says it's in touch with those trapped there. cnn's raphael romo spoke with tourists whose dream vacations

turned to a nightmare. we were out a few times when some of the initial protests were beginning. >> reporter: it was the trip he had been looking forward to. michael reiner, an american tourist, lives in washington, d.c. says he was very excited about traveling to peru with another seven americans, friends from college and others. >> we arrived in lima last thursday night. we left friday morning from lima to kusko. from there we went three days in part of the sacred valley between matchchu picu. >> reporter: they realized the whole country was in turmoil and their safety was no longer guaranteed. >> to be a tourist in a country where there's political unrest taking place before our eyes is a whole new way of experiencing a country. >> reporter: deadly protests around peru have rocked the

south american country for more than a week after the former president tried to dissolve congress. lawmakers responded by impeaching him, and the attorney general put him in jail, accusing him of conspiracy and rebellion which prompted thousands of his supporters to violently take to the streets. eight provinces throughout the country are now under curfew, but lima, the capital, is not included so far. in addition to regular provens, the chaos -- peruvians, the cases on is impacting hundreds if not thousands of international tourists who are stranded in peru right now. people like john royer, an american from baltimore, who's traveling with his girlfriend and currently stuck. >> my girlfriend was in -- in the restaurant and all of a sudden we heard whistle blowing, and all the shops started slamming their doors. and everybody ran off the street.

you know, into the shops. >> reporter: every year thousands of foreign tourists are drawn to world-famous sites like the machu picchu citadel. the problem now is that many of them are trapped in different cities because some airports are closed, and they can't take flights to make a connection in lima to leave the country. >> there's something bigger happening here than just our travel experience. and having been to many parts of the south america, i know that the priority should be with supporting the peruvian people. >> reporter: the president declared a state of emergency wednesday hoping that some of the measures like banning large gatherings and suspending some personal freedoms would bring an end to the chaos. raphael romo, cnn, atlanta. every soccer fan dreams of attending at least one world cup match, but how about attending every single game of the month-long tournament? we'll have details on the fan that's about to reach that goal. stay with us. new science shows it gets in betweenen teeth

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the final leg of the world cup in qatar will start just over five hours from now. first croatia and morocco will face each other in the battle for the bronze medal. morocco wants to become the first african team to finish in third place while croatia is trying to end the international career of its captain on a high note. then day after that match, france will play argentina in the long-awaited world cup final. let's get more from doha. how would you compare this to previous welcomes? >> reporter: i'm here. mrs. lewis is wondering if i'm ever going to go home. just a couple more days. the reason everybody wants to stay is because it's been a wonderful, colorful world cup, more fans at games, more tv viewers around the world.

confirming yesterday, five billion people have been watching the world cup on tv. there has been more accessibility to state here because everything is based in one city. no trouble which has been a feature of previous world cups. and many people feel because of the lack of alcohol and the real coming together of the cultures to create what has been described correctly as a joyful atmospherement a lot of people are going to go home with a feeling that this has been a fantastic festival of football. >> all right. let's look again ahead here, the third-place match, it's often looked down on, seen as a waste of time. many players just want to go home now that there's no chance of winning the big prize. morocco's coach called the game a booby prize. there are reasons the game could be fascinating and historic, despite that. >> indeed. it is generally the game that nobody wants to win largely because the teams that get this

far, generally the established teams, the teams that have won it before or teams on who there is a lot of pressure because they've got star names and stellar lineups. but these are two teams, let me tell you, they have done incredibly well to get here, as you've been correctly saying. morocco for the first time reaching this stage as a african country. and croatia, a country of just 3.9 million. the second time they've managed to get this far. i know the moroccan coach has described it as a booby prize, but he was sulgsuggesting that compared to some. but the moroccans, pictures of their players dancing with their mothers after the games -- it's been one of the most enduring images of this entire world cup. have a listen to what he's been saying about what it means to the moroccan players and the people. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: it's extraordinary. i think we had played six world cup games in 20 odd years, and

now we will be playing seven games in a month. this is priceless. even in terms of experience, it's as if we are gaining eight years. if we consider that we get knocked out every time in the group stages. to play six matches, we need to consecutive world cups. now we have done two in ath and help even more, and that's beautiful from an experience point of view. >> and beautiful from the point of view of the many friends that they've won around the world because they've been a wonderful team, a wonderful experience, an adventurement even though the two stellar teams, france, argentina, play tomorrow, kim, obviously back up against lionel messi at 35 years of age. they are the two best players in the world, there will be something special about this match to wave good-bye to two teams that have really entertained us over the course of the past -- >> absolutely. i can't wait. hopefully it's more exciting than the 0-0 when they met in the group stage.

appreciate that. thank you so much. >> reporter: thank you, kim. this weekend one world cup fan could accomplish something that's never been done before -- if he goes to the final match and the bronze medal playoff. he's become first person to attend every single game of the world cup tournament. i think i've been to about 15 world cup games. i was feeling really good about that until i heard about your exploits where you've been to every single game which is just amazing. testimony me about it. >> so far. i've gone to 62 of the 64, the matches are spread out and -- we're waiting for the biggest game of all. it's been -- i'm shattered. probably been the biggest challenge i've done in my life. especially when it came to that match day three where there were four games, two of which at the same time. two different parts of the day. so we were going to matches in the morning where we had to stay there for a little bit and then run off. we didn't know how long we could stay at a match. which moments we're going now miss. lou long will the taxi take,

should we get the metro, all these decisions were going through our head in a small amount of time we had to wait. it's been a challenge, but i loved it. the idea came about when i got challenged at one of the fifa partners. they're like, we'll give you a ticket to every single match as long as up test yourself to challenge to go to all of them. i was like, you know what, let's do it. i didn't really know what i signed up beforehand. once you're out here, you get a feel for the place. yeah, the idea came about from them. but it's been incredible. and i've loved it. >> reporter: of course, this challenge would have been impossible at any other world cup because you'd be in flights between the gamesment here it's a cab or metro ride as you say. have you had a favorite game so far? >> number one has to be when morocco caused the first upset against belgium. it's just like -- they found a way, and fans got behind the team. [ cheers ]

[ speaking non-english ] >> it was just insane. that's the best atmosphere i've seen in a stadium out here in qatar. i've been amazed that we could get that level in national football. >> early on there were four games a day. they were at different times. >> yeah. >> close enough to milwake it awkward to navigate. how were you timing departures and arrivals? >> it was difficult. we had to figure out a plan where we'd leave in the first ten minutes, meet the driver somewhere near the stadium which was a complete haas eel -- if you know what the country is like, trying to find the driver, it's mayhem. find him, get out there with the traffic, get near the stadium where we can get in. there as long as we made it between kickoff and full time, we counted that as we complete the challenge. >> reporter: coming into this tournament, i remember when qatar won the bid in 2010. and it's been 12 years of fairly negative coverage about qatar

since then. what were your expectations given the coverage, and what has your experience been like? >> what i expected coming out here was a mixed bag. i didn't know what it was going to be like. you hear a lot of people question a lot of things in this country, but having been here, it's just been so good. hosp hospitable, the locals are welcoming, everything has been perfect. the metro system is free, and you can get anywhere in the city which is helpful on our trip to go to every match. there's different areas of different parts of downtown which actually feel like they've got a lot, sense of community, people questioning that. and there's been fans gathering in the fan parks, people didn't expect that to happen. the stadiums have been perfect. and the atmosphere has been great. people questioned if the atmosphere was going to be rubbish. so there's been a lot of debunking of myths to what the media has said before coming out here. and i've been able to provide comfort to showcase that. and so it's clear i've had a great 30 days. i'm looking forward to the

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wall street amid growing recession fears. stocks tumbled yet again friday on with the dow ending down nearly 300 points. matt egan with more on what's behind the market selloff. >> reporter: recession fears are back on wall street in a big way. u.s. markets finished lower on friday, ending an ugly week for stocks. this selloff really got started almost exactly at 2:00 p.m. eastern time on wednesday. that's when the federal reserve announced its interest rate decision. the fed's statement and projections raised fears of more fed rate hikes ahead. and remember, the more the fed does, the greater they risk that they do too much and that they cause a recession. jerome powell's press conference only reinforced these concerns further. this is not just about the fed. thursday's weaker than expected reports on retail sales and manufacturing suggested that real cracks are forming in this economy. so if you add a tough-sounding

fed to weakening economic numbers, you get rising recession fears. i would note, though, that powell and the fed, they're probably just fine with this selloff. their inflation-fighting campaign requires tighter financial conditions. they don't want the markets to boom. and they know the more hawkish they sound the less work they have to do. in some ways the supermarket in a lose-lose situation now. because good economic news is being treated as bad news by investors because it means a tougher fed. and bad economic news is bad for investors and everyone as it raises the risk of recession. still, some investors i talked to argue that this selloff is getting out of hand. veteran market strategist art hogan told me it's too soon to sound the recession alarm bells and this drop is likely overdone. what's clear is the market it pricing in the greater risk of a recession. what's less clear is if the

market is right. back to you. >> all right. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm ken brunhuber. i'll be back in a moment with more news. please do stay with us.

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