♪ hello and warm welcome to our viewers joining us not united states and all around the world, i'm max foster in london. bianca off this week. just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> when have we had a president essentially incite an attack on

his own government? >> we believe that this evidence rises to the level of criminal culpability. there is an escalating level of concern inside the biden administration about the exploration of title 42. >> thousands of migrants are waiting for the opportunity to go into the united states. monday even the argentinian national football team lionel messi will come back to baun knows air res. that's when the atmosphere will be definitely a big party. ♪ >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom," with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it's monday, december 19th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where in just a few hours the house committee investigating the january 6th capitol riot will hold its final hearing and release a report on their findings. committee members say they will

consider referrals for lawmakers and individuals who failed to comply with congressional subpoenas as well as attorneys who did legal work to overturn the election. but in large part, the hearing will be presenting the evidence for potential criminal referrals against former president donald trump. those referrals will be passed on to the u.s. department of justice for potential criminal prosecution. >> i think there's sufficient evidence to charge the president. this is someone who in multiple ways tried to pressure state officials to find votes that didn't exist. this is someone who tried to interfere with a joint session, even inciting a mob to attack the capitol. if that's not criminal, then i don't know what is. >> the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol is set to hold its final public hearing on monday. a source tells cnn that 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 an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government. now, these referralscarry a ton weight. doj does not take its cue on who it will prosecute and bring criminal charges. they think this is important for the historical record. they believe they found evidence of criminal wrong doing and it's part of their duty to lay that evidence out and lay these referrals out the the department of justice. all of this comes as a sort of politically and legally perilous time for former president trump. we know he is under doj scrutiny. we're also learning with sources familiar with the matter, special grand jury investigating donald trump and his allies in a criminal investigation there is set to wrap up its work. it will be up to the district attorney there to decide whether

she's going to bring charges against donald trump or his of his allies. sara murray, cnn, washington. >> want to make it clear, no one is being charged with insurrection related to january 6th. the committee will present evidence to prosecutors but it's up to the department of justice to actually charge the former president. former federal prosecutor says it doesn't mean the committee's work goes unnoticed. >> i think they've made the case that he violated his oath, that he acted abomb bli in a way you would never want a president to act. they made very good case against him in the sense of the kind of case that they were trying to make. a criminal case is something different. the committee had no burden of proof. they had no unanimous jury to convince. they didn't have elements of statutes they had to satisfy. so doj is looking for something a little different here. and the problem really is the committee didn't make enough of their evidence public for us to say definitively whether you can actually meet those burdens

beyond a reasonable doubt. the doj has a way to go. i can't say for sure what has been released publicly by the committee is enough, but i think doj has more and i think we're eventually going to see it in the norm of charges. i don't think whatever decision doj makes says anything negative about what the committee did which is really extraordinary work that they managed to do. but doj, as you said, is a different animal. they are not looking at this politically. they're looking at exactly what i said a moment ago. they had elements of statutes that they're trying to meet by competent evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. did this man commit offenses we can charge and win in front of a jury and then should we? do we need accountability for this in orderer to make sure that it's never tried again. so that's the question they're trying to answer. it's not about politics. it's really about rule of law and accountability. >> be sure to stick around for

cnn's special coverage of the committee's final hearing beginning later today at 1:00 p.m. in washington and new york. 6:00 p.m. here in london. meanwhile, the justice department continues to pursue people involved in january 6th. jury selection begins on monday in the trial of former proud boys national chairman enrico. four other members of the far right group are on trial with him. the trial is taking place weeks after two leaders of the oath keepers were convicted of seditious conspiracy. if convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison. also happening this week, a high stakes meeting on capitol hill focussed on donald trump's tax returns. the democratic-controlled house ways and means committee is set to meet tomorrow to discuss and perhaps decide what, if any, personal tax information to release about the former president. time is running out for democrats to decide what they'll do with just two weeks until republicans take over the house majority and democrats lose control of the committee.

activists and politicians alike are warning of a looming policy era. trump title 42 has allowed border agents to quickly turn away migrants to slow the spread of covid-19. 10,000 people could be waiting to cross into the u.s. from mexico in the coming days. cnn has more from the mexican side of the border. >> reporter: this group of venezuelans are using the leftover clothing in trash they find on the mexican side of the rio grande to stay warm and witness the people who are crossing the rio grande to get into the united states. oftentimes they tell them to wait, not to cross right now. they encourage them to wait until title 42 expires on wednesday, arguing they might have a better chance to remain on the united states. yet we see time and time again, once they get here, they need to

get across as soon as possible to turn themselves into the border patrol in el paso and try their chances that way. the flow of migrants continues. it's been constant group of 20, 30 people 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 of chihuahua are telling me that the migrant situation is not different for them. yes, there are more than in other times, but their 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 crossing -- at the legal crossing points, creating a longer waiting time for the people who want to go and spend their money, spend christmas with their relatives in el paso. this is high season nor crossings in this area. on the mexican side, that is the main concern. >> the border town in texas is seeing the influx of migrants firsthand. a local democratic congressman tells cnn he would like to see more action from the biden white house. president biden appointed vice president kamala harris to work with central america on the migrant issue, but representative gonzalez says both parties have to go beyond just showing up of the border. >> this is not a problem from

just this administration. i've been in office through both democratic and republican administrations. when republicans are in office, democrats come down here and point fingers at them and say you're doing a horrible job at the border. democrats are in office, republicans do the same thing. this is an american problem. we need to solve it together. we need real proposals. i don't want to see people coming down here for photo ops. you have a ton of members from all these red states across the country came down the last election season that have much bigger problems in their home city here taking photos in my district saying, hey, the sky is falling. instead, come down here and say we have a proposal. we have a solution. we have a plan. and i haven't seen that from anyone. >> he also says he's looking for support from the white house 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. the white house says it needs congress to act on immigration

reform. >> the president has been working very closely with our partners across the globe to address this global issue, but we also need partnership at home. we need partnership from congress. we need to focus on what this decades' old issue is. and that issue is making sure that we have comprehensive immigration reform, not focussing on trying to impeach the homeland security secretary. so we're going to keep working around the clock and simply because people don't see the president at the border, doesn't mean that he's not working. >> well, meanwhile, nonborder cities like new york are nearing breaking points as they struggle to accommodate the tens of thousands of migrants coming their way. new york's mayor says two buses carrying migrants arrived in the city on monday and 10 to 15 more are expected in the coming days. he's urging state and federal officials to increase funding for migrant services or some city programs may have to be

cut. new york governor's office says they have state $20 million in related migrant costs and deployed 700 national guard members to support new york city. nearly 260 million americans could feel the impact of an arctic blast just day before christmas and could affect holiday travel at airports and on the roads. in the midwest and northern and central plains, wind chills may dip down as low as minus 40 degrees, which is the same temperature in celsius and fahrenheit. this includes portions of wyoming, dakotas and nebraska and minnesota. dangerously cold temperatures are forecast for the region east of the rockies. it's expected this cold arctic air will spread across east and the deep south where cities like atlanta could see temperatures dipping as low as 30 farenheit. ♪

argentina! argentina! argentina! >> euphoria in buenos aires after argentina captured the world cup title. thousands of fans poured into the streets to celebrate. they screamed for joy. some celebrated the top of a giant o on lesk. this shows a person coming out of the monuments window. images of the team are project on that structure. argentina lifted the trophy after a thrilling final against france. it was the third world cup title for the argentines and first for their superstar lionel messi. he scored two goals of the match which may be his last world cup appearance. let's get more from amanda davies in doha. jim bittermann joins us from france. amman ad they are -- some people

are calling this the best world cup final ever. what's your final summation? >> reporter: yeah. max, i have to tell you, it was one of those nights where i feel really sorry for people who don't have an interest and don't watch football. if you weren't watching and you're not a fan, honestly, you missed out. please, please get involved with this crazy, beautiful game. i know it's my job to try to put it into words, to sum it up, but i am struggling. it was the most insane, nerve-jangling, sensational couple of hours. that was as a neutral. i can only imagine for the fans, the players involved in those moments what it was like. the fifa world cup account very quickly declared it the greatest world cup final in history. for me, what is always a really good marker is how other sports people, the greatest at the top of their games react to

something like that. those people who know what it's like to deal with the pressure, perform under the pressure. you have the likes of usain bolt, serena williams, roger federer absolutely declaring it the best. and it had been billed as kylian mbappe against lionel messi, but it was so much more than that. it was the roles of their surrounding cast as well. we had advantage argentina, then the momentum very much swinging back to france. then back to argentina. then back to france. then finishing on a penalty shootout, which is always great for the neutrals. horrendous for everybody involved. ultimately, as you said, lionel messi being crowned world cup winner for the first time in his career. that long-awaited moment. i was there watching. so emotional being embraced by his mom. incredible moments on the pitch with his family, his wife and his children being able to enjoy

the moment. and this is what he was able to say afterwards. >> translator: it's madness that it happened the way that it did, but 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. >> reporter: so a lot of people talking about perhaps it was fate. perhaps it was written in the stars. max, i have to tell you, if that was the case, it would have come much more easily to argentina than that. that was hard fought. it was a battling performance. it was epic. lionel messi had said, you know, that was going to be his last world cup performance in an argentina shirt he said after the match he wants a few runouts to enjoy this moment as a world champion. so we certainly haven't seen the last of him yet. >> really was well deserved on the side. but jim, also, you know, you have to feel for mbappe getting three goals in a world cup final and still not winning.

how is france feeling today? >> reporter: well, i think they've resigned themselves to the defeat last night, max. but i'll tell you, it was one heck of a match, as amanda has already summarized. and, in fact, i think it's the best headline in the papers this morning is this one from the parisian, which says part of our -- that being the name of the team is a nickname of the team. but it's also kind of a summary of the mood here. president macron was at the match last night. and he tried his best to offer a little consolation to the team and to the nation. here is what he said. >> translator: you have the heart, the finish, the desire and the talents to be here. and that's why i wanted to come see you to say thank you. you have woken up french men and women who needed it. thank you to you.

>> reporter: and so, that was president macron in the dressing room. the sports minister of france basically said the team was inconsolable but dignified in their defeat. they have decided not to take the usual parade route as they return home tonight because that's pretty much reserved for victorious teams. instead, they decided to have some kind of a celebration in the concord in the heart of paris and expect to be a lot of people out there for that. so, it's kind of a resign but not so sad really because the team really did acquit itself very well, max. >> okay. jim, thank you so much. mbappe will be there the next few tournaments. it's not over for him. amanda as well. thank you very much indeed. >> exactly. >> now severe turbulence sent two dozen airline passengers to hospital with jubilee. ahead, the nightmare trip from

arizona to hawaii. then victor boout in ukraine, the freed russian arms trafficker is seen over the weekend in one russian-occupied city. we'll have the details in a live report just ahead. later, elon musk is polling twitter users, asking if he should keep running the social media company. he says, he'll abide by those results.

♪ rescue efforts are under way in the gulf of thailand after a royal thai navy ship sank earlier this morning. 33 of the ships 106 crew members are missing. bad weather in the area is complicating the search and rescue mission. the navy says strong winds caused the ship to tilt and water to flow into its electrical system shutting it down. u.s. aviation authorities are investigating the severe turbulence on a hawaiian airlines flight. it happened yesterday on a flight from arizona to hawaii leaving at least 36 people injured. this video shows the aftermath of the incident once the plane had landed, passengers described

what it was like. >> i was scared. my life flashed before my eyes. >> the plane shook and went into a sudden drop, how you would go into a drop on a roller coaster. my mom wasn't buckled, so i turned to my right. i saw she hit the ceiling and hit the floor. there were several other people that hit their head. when we landed, paramedics came and they were wheeling people out. and i saw a few -- a handful of people with lacerations on their head and blood dripping down. >> well, authorities say 20 people were taken to emergency rooms. 11 were in serious condition. 14 month old child is amongst those hospitalized. cnn's pete muntean has more details on what happened. >> reporter: this flight, an air bus a-330, very large airplane had to hit very extreme turbulence for this to happen. the faa calls it severe turbulence, but an air bus like this weighs about a quarter of a

million pounds, $274,000 pounds. very large. you probably been on one before. they usually fly on transatlantic, transpacific routes. this turbulence had to be very, very extreme to cause injuries like this. this is very rare. it's something that investigators at the faa and also the ntsb have been looking into for a long time, just sort of underscores why flight crews tell you to stay in your seat with the seat belt on even if the air is smooth. things can go awry very quickly and can hurt people, too. north korea says its finished an important step to develop a spy satellite. state media reports a test was conducted. photos reported will take bn by the new equipment shows a major south korean city. cnn is unable to verify the images come from the test. russian president vladimir putin is set to travel to belarus today where he'll meet

with president lukashenko. this will be a work visit but the trip is raising concerns about belorussian joining the fight in neighboring ukraine. meanwhile, freed russian arms dealer viktor bout was in ukraine over the weekend visiting luhansk. bout, exchanged in a prison swap with wnba star brittney griner, attended an opening event for the luhansk branch liberal party of russia. what do you expect to come out of this meeting in minsk? >> this is significant. putin and lukashenko, head of belarus, have met a lot of time, a lot of photo opportunities in various parts of russia since the beginning of this war, but this is the first time that president putin traveled to belarus in more than three years. every trip he takes overseas should be closely watched. but belarus is a very close ally of russia. they have been very supportive of this war as russia becoming increasingly isolated. some of the original invasion

was launched from belarusian soil. ukrainian officials are concerned that this relentless aerial bombardment could proceed a new ground offensive. now, we don't know. there's no indication that belarus would join the fight. they haven't yet. no sense of mobilization there. but they did contact snap drills last week. there's a new grouping of russian forces on belorussian soil. they are conducting exercises. various things sort of raising concerns, perhaps it's also that russia just wants to keep ukraine focussed on a potential threat from this northern border. perhaps to distract attention away from the other front lines. >> viktor bout, very high profile figure being seen in ukraine. why do you think he was there? >> it's pretty quick, right? less than two weeks since he touched down on russian soil after that prisoner swap with brittney griner. he is clearly paying the favor to the russian government for securing his release. he joined the ldl kremlin

friendly party. there to attend an in the event occupied luhansk. this is clearly the kremlin maximizing the propaganda value of this release, this negotiation. they want it to be clear that they one-upped the u.s. in their eyes in this negotiation. able to secure his release and now he is expressing his full support for the war in ukraine. so i think that's kind of what's going on here. >> thank you. just ahead, ftx founder sam bankman-fried's legal battles continue later today and he could find himself back in the u.s. pretty soon. plus a cnn investigation how iranian authorities are using social media to crack down on protesters. that exclusive report up next. to grandma. then, gertrude found something for it. delsym. and now what's going around isis 12-hour cough relief. and the giggles. and the great dane pup. and grandma's gluten-free gooseberry pie.

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♪ welcome back to "cnn newsroom" i'm max foster if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date. the house investigate committee will soon hold its final public meeting to present summary and possible criminal charms against former president trump. days title 42 is set to expire. border officials say there are at least 10,000 migrants waiting at the u.s./mexico border adding to the growing humanitarian crisis there. disgraced former ftx ceo sam bankman-fried is expected to appear in a bohemian courtroom today. bankman-fried will wave extradition. once that happens, he would likely return to the u.s. quickly. bankman-fried 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. elon musk is giving 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, shall i step down as the head of twitter? ly i will abide by the results thof poll? musk faced controversy and backlash over mass layoffs, botched rollouts of new features, banning journalists and his handling of previously banned accounts as well. the latest controversy, he just reversed his decision to ban tweets that link to other social media platforms. a policy that lasted less than 24 hours. last check, 58% of users in that poll said yes, musk should step down. the poll is set to conclude on monday night. now, in iran, there are reports another soccer player has been arrested for allegedly supporting anti-government protests.

a pro-government news agency says former team captain was detained for participating in demonstrations in germany. a football agent says the player was banned from leaving iran four weeks ago and wasn't allowed to attend his team's training camp in dubai. the agent says the player expressed his support for iranian women in an instagram post which has been deleted. he has played for a german club and is a dual german-iranian national. protests continue across iran, cnn learned that authorities are using technology to gain access to protester's cell phones and social media accounts. the government is then using this information as evidence to suppress and arrest in many cases prosecute them. here is this, collusive report. moody, reflective, like many teenagers, considered her instagram page a safe space for self expression. but her death on september 20th,

during protests in iran turned her into an icon. and her instagram page into a blank slate. who disabled and why became yet another mystery surrounding what happened to her. cnn previously revealed evidence suggests she was detained a 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 meta, instagram's parent company investigated her account after she disappeared, concluding they themselves were not involved in disabling it. in other words, it was either nika herself or crucially 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 raises the question of whether social media platforms can keep accounts secure. when protests erupted in iran, nika used instagram as a diary

for her instagram. this online activity may have worked against her. after her death, the iranian state published evidence like this cctv footage attempting to clear the state of any involvement in her death. first they said she was pushed from this building. then she fell from it. next, they referenced suicidal messages in documents extracted from nika's mobile and instagram accounts. but she's not alone. as flames engulfed the notorious prison in mid october,ed in was this woman accused of sharing activist posts like these on telegram, the encrypted social media platform. we changed her name for her safety. he words are read by an actor. >> i think they had my telegram chats because they often talked about it. there were certain photo. i had shared relatively politically photo. they would show me the photos from that telegram to claim i was the admin, but i kept

denying it. >> reporter: she says the iranian authorities had obtained these chats despite not yet having her phone. she believes they hacked her account and she nows faces six years in jail. she says they tried to see who tried to contact her and revealed a network of activists she was in touch with. the same tactic may have been used with nika's telegram account. weeks after her death, two of her friends noticed her account was back online. it disappeared shortly after. >> reporter: nika's 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 cnn's request for comment. meta said they couldn't share specifics on her account. telegram told cnn in every case they had investigated the device had been confiscated or the user

unwittingly made some 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 tech companies are doing all they can to protect their users as the world wakes up to tin creasingly tech savvy ways regimes such as iran are using to monitor and hunt down activists. >> there will be more cases, aren't there? this is just one you found out about and publicized and probably got a quicker reaction from facebook as a result. what more have you lirned about how they did it? >> reporter: max, it shows just how sophisticated this is now becoming. this is not just what they're currently doing remotely but still using the old fashion methods forcing people in person to hand over their devices. just means they're adding more to their play book effectively in terms of how they may be accessing not only your phone but your social media accounts.

some of these platforms are encrypted. users feel secure and safe using them, particularly telegram. it's been widely used by activists throughout iran during these protests. it does call into question whether tech companies are doing all they can and whether they're well i quipped enough given how sophisticated the apparatus is that the iranian government is using. >> thank you very much indeed. u.s. congress is barrelling towards a funding deadline. that could bring a government shutdown by next weekend. what's at issue and how likely we are to see a deal next on "cnn newsroom." plus, china reported first covid-related death since easing pandemic restrictions. we'll look at why some experts fear the situation could still get worse. bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relieff from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season.

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away from the opening bell on wall street. investors are hoping to see the markets rally after closing in the red on friday. new data out of this week could show the u.s. housing slump is likely to continue. but it could offer some signs that the worst will soon be over with the job market still strong and wages growing. the clock running down for u.s. lawmakers on capitol hill. they have until friday to pass a new funding bill to keep the government up and running. if they can't meet the deadline, the government will have to shut down. our daniela diaz has more on what's to come. >> reporter: time is running out. and lawmakers race against the clock to try to pass a government funding bill before friday at midnight. that is when the current funding legislation is set to expire and could trigger a government shutdown here in the united states. however, lawmakers have expressed optimism they'll be able to bake that deadline and pass a bill before then with them announcing republican and

democratic aappropriators just last week that they have reached a top line number for government funding. $1.7 trillion to fund the united states government, starting december 24th. that was negotiated for weeks. they were not able to reach agreement on domestic spending here in the united states. but now that they reached that top line number, they're just riding the bill text. which we expect to come out in the next 24 hours. once that bill text comes out, then starts the whole process to pass the bill here on capitol hill. we expect the senate to take it up first. there will be some delays as some republicans, a handful are expected to oppose this bill, but we do expect it to pass. then go to the house for passage with just a simple majority before it goes to president joe biden's desk by friday for signature. now, while there still is no bill text, we do not expect a government shutdown should negotiators be able to really meet that deadline, which they have expressed to us time and

time again in the last couple of days they will be able to do that and prevent a government shutdown. daniela diaz, cnn, washington. recession in hong kong estimate china's death toll could reach 1 million over the course of the country's reopening. the study comes as china related its first covid related death since easing pandemic-related restrictions earlier this month. health officials announced two patients died in beijing but gave no other details on those cases. china has now reported more than 5,200 deaths from covid since the pandemic began. but experts outside of china believe that number is much higher, saying many deaths have gone unreported. so far president xi jinping has mostly been silent about the unraveling covid zero strategy. ivan watson is with us with more on this.

>> reporter: part of this is that there's been a lot of research on the covid pandemic and all the other countries around the world. china has succeeded in holding off just uncontrolled spreading of the virus through these very severe lockdowns and quarantine camps it created over the course of nearly three years now. and it has announced in just the last month that it is doing away with very many of those measures. as omicron has basically burst china's zero covid bubble. so now it is going to face the kind of infections and illness that every other country in the world has basically faced. that's where these projections are coming. the report that you cited coming out from hong kong university has yet to be peer reviewed. it's projecting that if china stays with the current status quo, if it doesn't manage to ramp up its vaccination levels or get more anti-viral

medication out, that it could face up to 1 million people dying as a result of the illness. other projections put that even higher at 2 million or lower. but at the end of the day, it's going to be in the hundreds of thousands of people who are likely going to die. the most vulnerable people are senior citizens. that's where china is at its weakest point right now, where you only have 42% of chinese people over the age of 80 who have gotten all three necessary doses of the locally-made vaccine to protect them. so that's a huge, very vulnerable portion of the population where you could see those highmoralty figures. the other part that is so bewildering, it was just last month that the chinese government was talking about a crusade against covid, where if you were in contact with somebody who had covid, you could get sent away to a quarantine camp. now we're getting messages from

local governments if you're a public sector worker and you have an asymptomatic case of covid or mild symptoms you can still go to work as usual. so that's a big, sharp u-turn, serious whiplash for a population that's been told for the better part of three years that covid is a deadly, deadly disease that should be avoided at all costs. >> ivan watson live in hong kong. thank you indeed. still ahead this hour -- euphoria in argentina. sunday's world cup victor offered much-needed relief during uncertain times. we'll have a report from buenos aires next.

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2022 fifa world champion. and the people behind me that have taken over the streets of buenos aires clearly have no sign, no intention of going back home. it's a moment that argentina has been waiting for for more than 36 year since the late, great won in 1986. and it's a moment that come at perhaps a very dire time for argentina. the country is in deep financial trouble with over 90% of annual inflation rates and also with deep political polarization. but all of these troubles have frankly been swept away this sunday, but a triumph of lionel messi and his teammates in qatar, giving back trophy that has been waited and longed for so long. it's also a moment to rejoice for messi himself. long called the greatest player of his time, but actually never winning a world cup until sunday

when he finally achieved the only trophy that was missing from his cabinet. and from buenos aires, soon as the penalties were over, people just simply took over the streets. there were signs of celebration and joy. there are thousands of people now really just celebrating together. week 15 in the nfl saw some exciting finishes meanwhile but perhaps none crazier than the las vegas raiders victory over the new england patriots. on the final play of regulation with the game tied at 24 a piece, patriots receiver jacoby myers threw a wild lateral trying to keep the play alive, but defender chandler jones took the ball away, rumbling 48 yards for the game-winning touchdown against his former team.

raiders win, 30-24. tennis star venus williams will participate in the australian open again. seven-time grand slam champion was awarded a wild card entry into the tournament which is next month. in a statement she said it will be an honor to play for the fans again. this will be her 22nd time in the open. it will also mark the first competitive match williams has played since this year's u.s. open where she lost in the first round. 30 years after the original movie the sequel to the block buster film avatar is now in theaters worldwide. >> i know you think i'm crazy. but i feel her. >> "avatar:way of water" topped the box office giving james cameron his first $1 million. it is less than analysts

predicted and may make it difficult for the movie to turn a profit. it's estimated the sequel needs to make more than $2 billion to do that given how expensive it was to produce in the first place. and finally this hour, a fitting thank you from one of the biggest action stars on the planet. while filming the next "mission impossible" movie in south africa, tom cruise took a moment to thank the fans for watching his "top gun" sequel while jumping from an airplane. >> are you coming? >> not on your life. good luck. >> okay. we'll see you down there. >> thank you for supporting "top gun:maverick" as always, thank you for allowing us to entertain you. it truly is the honor of a life time. >> can you believe it, he is 60 years old. mission impossible dead reckoning part i is set to release this july with a sequel due out the following year. thank you for joining me here on "cnn newsroom."

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