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rebuke of former president donald trump for his role in the january 6th right. what we expect to hear, and what is likely to come next. fears of the humanitarian crisis at the border, cities in the u.s. are seeing a surge of migrants with thousands more waiting to cross from mexico in the coming days. we will explain why. a party hasn't stopped in argentina after what many are calling the best world cup final ever. we will take youtube when osiris and back. >> live from cnn, this is cnn rude newsroom. >> the u.s. house select, the investing the january 6th capital riot will hold its final public meeting on monday. we expect to learn which criminal referrals will be sent to the u.s. justice department.

those referrals would be nonbinding, and it's up to the department to decide whether to pursue them. cnn has learned the committee is weighing multiple alleged crimes committed by former president donald trump. here's what one member of the committee had to say. >> if you look at donald trump's acts and you match them against the statute, it's a pretty good match. that statute hasn't been used in a long time but whenever we had a president essentially insight an attack on his own government? >> while the committee's report will be released on wednesday, sarah mary has more from washington. >> the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capital is said to hold its final public hearing monday, a source tells cnn they are expected to refer former president donald trump to the department of justice for criminal prosecution on at least three charges. those include insurrection, obstruction of official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the government.

these don't necessarily carry a ton of weight with the justice department, doj doesn't take its cue from lawmakers on who is going to bring criminal charges against on who it is going to prosecute, but lawmakers said they think this is important for the historical record, in talking to some of them they believe that they found evidence of criminal wrongdoing that is part of their duty to lay the evidence out and delay the referrals out that it apartment of justice. all of this comes at a politically and legally perilous time for former president trump, we know he's already under doj scrutiny, for activities around january 6th, efforts to subvert the 20/40 election we are also learning from sources familiar with the matter that a special grand jury has been investigating donald trump and his allies in a criminal investigation, set to wrap up its work, to decide whether she's going to bring charges against donald trump or his allies. cnn washington. >> reporter: it's basically the committee saying we have this evidence, and we believe that this evidence rises to the level of criminal culpability.

so, we are a political body, we can't actually prosecute a former president, but you, department of justice, can. based on the information that we have, the witnesses that we have interviewed, the documents that we have obtained, we've made the judgment that you should go forward, you can prove these criminal violations be on a reasonable doubt. but again, it's up to the department of justice, and i know that there were discussions from the house select committee as to whether or not it would help or hurt the department of justice in making an independent assessment, if the house committee gave a referral. >> you partially answer the next question, these charges will be, is this in and of itself carry legal weight, and why not if it doesn't? >> no, in the sense that their decision to say we are referring charges, does that separately carry legal weight? what carries legal weight is

the basis of the decision. it's the evidence that i believe they already largely if not completely turned over to the department of justice, but, the department of justice in making a decision as to whether or not to move forward, they won't look at whether or not, members of congress voted in favor for criminal referral, in deciding whether or not they can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, that's a separate issue, this is a political decision, the house select committee wants to go down in history as saying, based on what we saw we can't stay silent and we think that there should be criminal charges in this case. >> and who makes that decision to move forward of the doj? >> in the first instance it's going to be the independent counsel who was appointed by mayor garland, and ultimately the book does stop with him, and he will look at what the recommendation is, you'll probably go by that recommendation, but he does

have a role to play. >> you can watch the full interview with the professor about the legal issues surrounding the january 6th committees referrals in our next hour. you can also watch the january 6th committees final public hearing live today, starting at 1:00 p.m. in washington and 6:00 p.m. in london right here on cnn. activists and politicians are warning of a looming humanitarian crisis on the u.s. southern border. a trump era policy known as title 42 is expected to end on wednesday. the mother has allowed border agents to quickly turn away migrants to slow the spread of covid 19. now it's estimated that as many as 10,000 people could be waiting to cross into the u.s. from mexico in the coming days. we have more from the mexican side of the border. >> this group of venezuelans are using the leftover clothing

and trash they find on the rio grande to stay warm and witness the people who are crossing the rio grande to get to the u.s. often times they told him to wait, not to cross right now, we encourage them to wait until title 42 expires wednesday, arguing that they might have a better chance to remain on the u.s., yet we see time and time again how people decide that once they get to war as they need to get across as soon as possible, to turn themselves in to the border patrol in el paso, and try their chances that way. the flow of migrants continues, has been constant, are taking several times, an hour, we see the border patrol dealing with them here at the border, to be taken into el paso where now the mayor has declared a state of emergency. arguing that the number of people crossing over is more

than the city can handle and he fears that come wednesday, the number is going to be much greater and the situation could get out of control. on the mexican side, city and state authorities in the state are telling me that the migrant situation is not different for them. they are more than another times but the main concern is what's going to happen if more border agents are having to be moved to deal with the surge of migrants, and abandon or not do their daily duties at the legal crossing point, creating a longer waiting time for the people who want to spend their mornings, spend christmas with relatives in el paso or other parts of the u.s. this is the season for crossings in this area and on the mexican side, that's the main concern.

cnn, mexico. in another border town, at texas, the local democratic congressman tells cnn he would like to see more action from the biden white house. you may recall that president biden appointed vice president kamala harris to work with central america on the migrant issue. representative gonzales says both parties have to go beyond just showing up. >> it's great for them to visit the border, a lot more can be done, but, this is not a problem for this administration, i've been an officer democratic and republican administrations and republicans are in office democrats come down and point fingers and say you're doing a horrible job and when democrats and republicans do the same thing. this is an american problem, we need to solve it together we need proposals, i don't want to see people coming down here for photo ops. >> gonzales also says he is looking for support from the

white house for what he calls the safe zone act, it would create a system where migrants from south of mexico would be required to process their asylum claims at the guatemalan border. a peruvian railway operator says train services to and from the ancient city of machu picchu are resuming on an emergency basis. they've been interrupted since tuesday because of the ongoing political unrest in the country. which began earlier this month after the arrest and impeachment of former president prader castille. the protests have led to disruptions of airport and railroad services throughout peru. as many as 300 tourists from around the world have been stranded in machu picchu as a result. about 260 million americans could feel the impact of an arctic blast just as the first day of winter arrives. dangerously cold temperatures are forecast for the region east of the rockies. it's expected this cold arctic

air will spread across the south and east in the midwest and northern and central plains, wind chills may dip down as low as -40 degrees. which is the same temperature in celsius and fahrenheit. this includes portions of montana, wyoming, the dakotas along with nebraska and minnesota. a passenger is speaking out about a nightmare flight where severe turbulence injured at least 36 people, it happened sunday on a hawaiian airlines flight from phoenix to honolulu. authorities say 20 were taken to emergency rooms, 11 were in serious conditions, and a 14- month-old child is among those hospitalized. the college student who share this video's of the turbulence felt normal at first, but escalated to the point where the plane felt like it was freefalling. items were tossed around the plane and once it was over a crew member asked any trained medical or military personnel to help with those injured.

emergency crews met the plane once it landed in honolulu. rescue efforts are underway in the gulf of thailand after a royal thai navy ship sank early this morning. 33 of the ships 106 crewmembers are missing, and bad weather in the area is complicating the search and rescue mission. strong winds caused the ship to tilt, and water to flow into its electrical system shutting it down. still ahead, a clash of football heavyweights for the ages, we will go live to qatar where he took care of unfinished business, and added world cup champion to his resume. later this hour the presidents of russia and belarus are set to meet in minsk, we will have a live report on what to expect from vladimir putin's visit.

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legendary sports commentator, it happened when the announcers home country, argentina, scored a goal at the world cup final where it defeated france in an instant classic, led by superstar leonel, it marked the first world cup title for the legendary striker. and the 3rd for his country. >> it's madness that it happened the way that it did. it's amazing. i said at one point that god was going to give it to me. i don't know why i foresaw it, i felt like it was going to be this one. >> in windows iris, fans celebrated the wind by waving flags and screaming for joy. they had waited 36 years for this emotional victory. and the scene as they look at the moments that made sunday's final so special.

>> argentina are world champions for the third time, lionel messi has his hands on the only trophy to have eluded him, and heartbroken france have just been beaten in an absolute thriller. those the headlines here, after what has been an extraordinary evening, our senior sports analyst is here to discuss with me. we've seen 120 minutes down and a penalty shootout, how can you find the words to describe we've seen? >> it's difficult, but we have seen one of the great, scrap that, we have seen the greatest world cup final of all time. one of the greatest football matches of all time. we have seen history made in terms of argentina, getting the world cup back for 1st time since 1986. we have seen lionel messi live up to the pressure of delivering what diego married donna did in that year, only two years since the he is

managing to honor his memory in the most fitting way possible. i cannot stress to our viewers enough the magnitude of what we have witnessed tonight. >> and it's worth stating, repeating that often, the most high games failed to deliver, the more excited you are about to match the worse it's going to be. it's unusual to have a game like this go the way that it did. of course, he's going to be the man that everybody talks about, what does it mean to him and his legacy that he's finally done it? >> it puts him, it consolidates his position, he's already in there, he's won the award for the best player in the world, a record seven times, and he scored the kinds of goals that seduce you into falling in love with the game. there are hundreds of them

because that speaks to his consistency, but that's achievement here, what he's done in the stadium, it will stand the test of time, generations will speak about the night that he lived up to the hype, delivered for his country, and brought home the world cup. >> and it really hurts to lose a game like this, i feel sorry for him, he scored a hat trick in the world cup final, and he's going home with the losers medal, i feel sorry for him. but they should be proud it was an incredible night, and a remarkable climax to what has been a memorable tournament, thanks so much. back to you. >> joining me now is joshua robinson, and the co-author of messi versus renaldo, so good to have you with us, argentina, france, water performance, i understand you watched this thriller in person, what was that like? >> for the first hour we

thought it would be a procession, he was ahead 2-0 and he was heading to the world cup that seemed to be destined for him. after that it turned into the craziest world cup final, maybe the craziest game i've ever watched. >> he has his world cup, finally, there's a lot of debate and discussion whether he's now the greatest of all time, what is next for him? >> the thing is, you wouldn't blame him for retiring today, if he would surprise a lot of people if you did that, but he's completed one of the rare perfect sports careers. it's very rare that an athlete gets the hollywood ending like that. that they get to check off every achievement that was expected of them, the multiple champions leagues, and now the world cup that he's been chasing since his argentina debut 17 years ago. pressure was thought to be too

much for him but he's played completely inspired, and go get the world cup is one of the most impressive sports achievements in history. >> unprecedented, as you point out. watching the reaction from team argentina and their national coach, there was unbridled joy, and also a lot of tears, it looked like a massive weight was lifted off their shoulders, a lot of relief, how much pressure was this team under? >> that's the important thing to understand about soccer in argentina, the pressure is in enormous and there's a lot to live up to. when you have an all-time great from your country, you're always being compared, and eight managers before had been tasked with getting the best out of him, and all of them failed. and he is an unlikely character, he wasn't supposed to have this job, he's only 44

years old, he was a former journeymen player. but he took over the job in 2018, brought him back to feeling happy with the national team and they won the 2021, and now the ultimate triumph. all those years later. >> how do you look back on this, how does it compare to previous world cup finals? >> this is far and away the craziest world cup final, we've never seen a team take the lead twice, lose it twice, then come back and win the game. the mental fortitude argentina showed to come back and witness on penalties was extraordinary. >> we've witnessed heartbreak, during the tournament, we've seen the crowds, a lot of drama during the tournament, what games will go down in history and remembered for years to come? >> extraordinarily this is not, this is only one of several crazy games that argentina played at this tournament. they lost their opening game

against saudi arabia, inside the same stadium in a wild atmosphere, where fans had traveled in huge numbers. they were 2-0 against the netherlands in the quarterfinal, and still ones on penalties, is worth remembering the england game which turned on a late missed penalty by england's harry kane, we've seen extraordinary drama. >> everybody at this tournament has been incredible, let's talk about off the pitch, who do you reflect on this world cup, did it go as you expected? what did you make of the role they played in this tournament? >> the legacy of this tournament is complicated. on the pitch we saw some historic moments that will be indelible, off the pitch, we know that building on the stadiums relied heavily on migrant workers, and there were significant migrant worker abuses. we know that this is bigger than football for qatar, a tiny

state that is trying to carve out its place on the international stage, there was a lot more at stake here than just sports. we know the problems with this world cup, and issues overexpression over support for lgbtq rights. so, it's a very complicated legacy going forward, it's going to be hard to separate football from everything else. >> final thought from you, what is your verdict now that it's all wrapped up on how controversies were dealt with? >> it will be important to remember that with this world cup was about more than sports, what was being used to achieve for the state of qatar, and that while it went smoothly from an operational standpoint, that there were big limits on what could and couldn't be said, here. it's extremely important to remember that the stadiums were built at a huge human cost.

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fears among officials that they have voiced publicly that the aerial campaign that we continue to see from russia will be accompanied fairly soon by a new ground offensive, and we know that belarus is one of the sites, the staging areas from which they launched their initial invasion in february. we've also seen in the lead up to this meeting significant increase in military cooperation between the sides. in october they set up a joint grouping of forces, there are new images from state media showing that grouping during training exercises in belarus, we saw joint military exercises between the sides this month, there have been images circulating of heavy equipment on the move in belarus, so ukraine's president on sunday saying they are now really stepping up in defense of that border, focusing on the northern border, and russia's perspective even if they don't launch a grand offensive from belarus, it's in their interest to keep ukraine focused on that border because it diverts

attention and potentially also manpower from the other frontlines. this is significant because while the two leaders have met a lot since the start of this war, putin has not traveled to belarus in over three years. this trip will be closely watched. >> closely watched. recently, a freed russian arms dealer visited occupied ukraine. >> this is happening very quickly, it's less than two weeks since he set foot on russian soil after being freed in a prisoner swap but trying to repay the favor, perhaps the russian government secured his release, he has now reportedly joined a political party for the kremlin, he traveled with the leader of that party to occupied luhansk to take part in an event, he spoke at the event and touted the determination of the people he said he's been watching their fate for the past eight years, and, i think clearly the kremlin trying to maximize the

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>> china has reported its first covid related death since easing pandemic restrictions earlier this month. health officials announced sunday the two patients died in beijing. they gave no other details on

those cases, china has reported more than 5200 deaths from covid since the pandemic began. experts outside of china believe that number is much higher. many deaths have gone unreported, and researchers in hong kong estimate china's covid death toll could approach 1 million over the course of the countries reopening. the president xi jinping has mostly been silent about the unraveling of zero covid, ivan watson is with us now with more on all this. ivan? >> you had such a dramatic reversal take place in mainland china, from close to three years of the country and its government bowing to maintain this bubble against covid, calling it the dynamic zero covid strategy, and locking down cities for months at a time, having people stay in their apartments that led to lots of complaints, packing people off to quarantine camps,

no we've been hearing for some days about cases just exploding across the capital beijing, and the city feeling very empty as many people have stayed at home and they are showing up for work. there are now projections from epidemiologists who have been studying how covid has played out around the rest of the world, who, like in the hong kong university report are projecting that if the virus behaves as it has in other places, with the levels of vaccination, and the lack of relative immunity, that the chinese population has right now, that you could have potentially close to 1 million dead as a result of the virus, omicron, spreading across the country. the study goes on to say that this could be improved

somewhat, the terrible mortality figures, if china manages to ramp up vaccination, particularly of the elderly. the vaccination rates are quite low among those over 80 in china, only 42% have the three doses of the locally made vaccine, that supposed to provide protection against the virus. the study says, if you ramp up the vaccination, if you get more antiviral drugs out there, you could potentially lower the mortality projections 25 to 35 present. you are still talking about hundreds of thousands of people who would potentially die, so, quite serious, this poses a challenge because the chinese government has been somewhat mocking other governments around the world, saying that they had eight lie flat approach to covid, that china has prioritized his economy, over people's lives, with the

lockdowns, now, we are starting to hear about deaths, there are people that are getting infected, and it's quite clear that all of those cases are not being reported to the authorities, now china will have to start dealing with the potential loss of life, and it's trying to reframe the disease from something that needs to be eradicated completely, to now, downplaying its threat, in china, trying to say, we should call it the coronavirus cold instead of this terrible thing that must be eradicated at all costs. layla? >> ivan watson reporting from hong kong, thank you very much. north korea claims it has conducted an important final stage test to develop a spy satellite. state media reports the test was conducted to evaluate functions like satellite imaging and data transmission. photos reportedly taken by the new imaging equipment apparently show black-and-white aerial pictures of south

korea's capital, and a major port city, cnn is unable to independently verify if the images came from a test. time for a quick break for our viewers in north america, i'll have more news for you in just a moment. for international viewers, world sports is next, you are watching cnn. i remember when i first started flying, and we would experience turbulence. i would watch the flight attendants. if they're not nervous, then i'm nonot going to be nervous.

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giant obelisk. for more on what the title means, as the star player, we have this report from witness iris. >> reporter: is already a few hours since argentina between became the 2022 world champion, the people behind my back who have taken over the streets of when is iris clearly show no sign of giving up, and no intention of going back home. it's a moment that argentina has been waiting for, for more than 36 years. the times who won it in 1986. it's a moment that comes when argentina is in dire straits, the economy is in trouble, and the political polarization is really as high as it has ever been. but, this sunday all of these troubles have been simply swept away, by the joy of football and the greatness of the

achievement, the triumph that the national football team managed in qatar, it's a football team that has embodied the spirit of argentina, it gave all these thousands of people that are here in the streets of what is iris a region to feel proud to be argentinian. it's a moment to rejoice, the captain of the national team for many considered one if not the greatest player of his time. but still, without a victory, sunday messi did manage to conquer the only trophy that was still missing from his cabinets. by doing that, he gave it a joy beyond comprehension to these in argentina that are here with us. in when is iris. and on sunday, for once there were cries of joy from these countries. for cnn, what is iris,.

>> in iran there are reports another soccer player has been arrested for allegedly supporting antigovernment protests. a pro-government news agency says former national team captain was detained for participating in demonstrations in germany. a football agent says the player was banned for leaving iran four weeks ago and he wasn't allowed to attend his team's training camp in dubai. the agent says the player expressed support for iranian women in an instagram post, which has been deleted. they have played for a german club, and he is a dual german iranian national. as the situation remains volatile in iran, belgium is urging its citizens to leave the country, the foreign ministry says there is a significant risk of arbitrary arrest and detention, and the embassy in tehran has limited ability to provide consulate protections. after iran sent us a belgian

aid worker to 28 years in prison last week, as campaign was detained for diplomatic and geopolitical reasons. amnesty international has strongly condemned his arrest and is calling on iran to immediately release him. as protests continue across iran, cnn has learned that authorities are using technology to gain access to protesters cell phones and social media accounts. the government is using this information as evidence to suppress, arrest, and in many cases prosecute them. katie has this exclusive report. >> moody, reflective, like many teenagers, she considered her instagram page a safe space for self-expression. but, her death on november 20th during protests in iran turned her into an icon, and her instagram page into a blank

slate. who disabled it and why became yet another mystery surrounding what happened to her. cnn previously revealed evidence suggesting she was detained at the protests shortly after this video was filmed, but the iranian authorities have always denied any involvement in her disappearance or death. now, cnn can exclusively reveal that matter, instagram's parent company, investigated her account after after she disappeared, concluding they were not involved in disabling it. in other words, it was herself or someone with access to her account that took it down. and as recent reporting by the intercept revealed iran's highly sophisticated system for phone hacking erases the question of whether social media platforms can keep accounts secure. when protests erupted in iran, she began using instagram as a diary for activism. this online activity may have ended up working against her. after her death, the iranian states began publishing evidence like this footage,

attempting to clear the state of any involvement in her death. first they said she was pushed from the building, then she fell from it. next, they referenced suicidal messages in documents extracted from her mobile and instagram conversations. it was an open acknowledgment they were accessing her phone and her social media accounts. but, she's not alone. as flames engulfed the notorious prison in mid- october, inside, she was accused of sharing activists posts like these on telegram, the encrypted social media platform. we've changed her name for her safety. her words are read by an actor. >> i they already have my telegram chats because they often talked about it. there were certain photos i had shared relatively political photos, they would show me the photos from the telegram to claim i was the admin, but i kept denying it. >> reporter: she said the iranian authorities obtained the chats despite not having

her phone. she believes they hacked her account, and she now faces six years in jail. while in prison the iranian authorities reactivated her telegram account, she says to see who tried to contact her and reveal the network of activists she was in touch with. the same tactic may have been used with her telegram account. as weeks after her death two of her friends noticed her account was back online. it disappeared shortly after. her family are still reeling from her death, one close family member told cnn authorities are still refusing to return her phone. the iranian authorities have not responded to her request for comment, while mehta said they couldn't share specifics on her account, they confirmed they did not originally disable it. telegram told cnn in every case they had investigated the device had been confiscated or the user had unwittingly made such access possible by not setting a two-step verification password or using a malicious app impersonating telegram.

still, questions remain as to whether meta-, telegram, and other companies are doing all they can to protect their users as the world wakes up to the increasingly tech savvy ways regimes such as iran are using to monitor and hunt down activists. cnn, london. elon musk is getting all twitter users a chance to weigh in on whether he should continue to run the social media company. the tesla and spacex founder tweeted this, should i step down as the head of twitter? i will abide by the results of this poll, and in just a few short weeks as ceo, he has faced controversy and backlash over mass layoffs, botched rollouts of new features, banning journalists and his handling of previously banned accounts. in the latest controversy he just reversed a decision to ban

tweets that link to other social media platforms, a policy that lasted less than 24 hours. at last checked 58% of users in that poll said yes. musk should step down. the pole is said to conclude monday night. disgraced former ftx ceo sam beckman freed is expected to appear in a bahama courtroom in the coming hours. a source familiar with the matter tells cnn he will waive extradition, once that happens he would likely return to the u.s. quickly. he faces federal criminal charges in an eight count indictment for alleged fraud and conspiracy. as the investigation unfolds u.s. authorities could file more charges against him. one of the ways ftx raised its profile was through endorsements from a-list celebrities. they have been sucked into the ftx collapse scandal. we have the story.

>> reporter: disgraced founder and former ceo sam beckman freed is in jail, accused of carrying out what a prosecutor called one of the biggest financial frauds in american history. beckman freed earned the backing of prominent figures across hollywood, sports, and politics. now several celebrities who endorsed crypto currency are all under fresh legal scrutiny, including seven-time super bowl champion tom brady, supermodel gisele, and four-time nba champion steph curry. they are among some named in a class-action lawsuit followed filed last month. after his company suffered a liquidity crisis, collapsed, and filed for bankruptcy. at least 1 million people can't access their funds. he is denying defrauding customers. the lawsuit alleges they did not properly disclose the scope and amount of compensation they personally received in exchange for the promotion of ftx. one of the plaintiffs in the proposed class action suit,

says as a new england patriots fan my entire life, you can imagine the influence that tom brady would have a, claiming he moved nearly all his money from another crypto exchange to ftx. the lawyer and the plaintiffs told the washington post, you have very rich people we all love telling us that they checked this out and it was okay. why shouldn't they be held responsible? this is just the tip of the iceberg for the crypto fallout, another lawsuit was filed earlier this month by crypto currency investors against the nft series yacht club. >> we are part of the same community, >> reporter: in the complaint 37 defendants are named including paris hilton, jimmy fallon, justin bieber, madonna, serena williams, and steph curry. the lawsuit accuses the creators of enlisting a listers to mislead their followers into buying bad investments at inflated prices. actor ben mckenzie testified before the senate banking committee wednesday, describing crypto as a bill of goods sold

to tens of millions of americans. >> they have been lied to in ways both big and small. by a once seemingly mighty crypto industry whose entire existence depends on misinformation, height, and yes, fraud. >> christie reporting, that wraps up this hour of cnn newsroom. we will be back after a short break. ps reduce. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. nucala is not for sudden breathing problelems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your asthma specialist about a nunormal with nucala.

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