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viewers watching from around the world, i'm laila harrak, and ahead on cnn newsroom -- former president donald trump's tax information is finally about to go public after his years-long fight to keep it secret. what we can expect to find out in the coming hours -- plus -- one of russia's largest strikes yet. that's ten months into the war, russia launches dozens of missiles into ukraine, just days before the new year. and remembering a football legend. tributes pour in from around the world for pelé. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we have laila harrak. >> we begin with the latest chapter of a legal battle that has been playing out in washington for years. in the coming hours, u.s. house lawmakers will release some of former president donald trump's tax returns. he refused to make them public

when he ran for the white house, breaking with a presidential tradition going back decades. and he fought every effort to get them released, calling it an abuse of power and a witch hunt. but a congressional committee led by democrats is now forcing their release, saying mr. trump was not properly audited while in office. as kristen holmes reports, the former president has a lot at stake here. >> after a years long legal battle, the house ways and means committee, led by democrats, will release trump's taxes on friday morning. so, here is what we are expecting to see. these are going to be returns for six years, from 2015 to 2020. these are going to be his personal federal tax returns as well as the returns of some of his businesses -- it will also include irs audit materials. this is a big deal for a number of reasons. trump himself has built an entire brand on being a wealthy,

and therefore, successful businessman. and in that process, he has done everything in his power to protect that image. and that meant shielding his finances for decades. that includes his net worth, who he did business with, how exactly he made his money. and the big question now is what this pulling back of the curtain is going to reveal. will it have a political impact? one thing to remind you of here is that when trump ran for office and when he was president, he became the first president in modern history not to release his tax returns. now we do have some information. there was an analysis done this from the joint committee on taxation that talked about his income tax. -- in 2017, he paid only $750. in 2018 and 2019 he paid 1.1 million. and in 2020 he paid zero dollars in income tax. now this same group also raised questions about his charitable

deductions, particularly years where he made deduction that were over 1 million dollars, most of them in cash. so, we will see what comes out of these documents. but again, a big deal, and we are already hearing from republicans saying that this is setting a bad precedent. the former president himself has said that when republicans take control of congress they should immediately start investigating biden and his family and get them to turn over their taxes. kristen holmes, cnn, washington. >> the january 6th committee has released a new connection collection of transcripts, including interviews with donald trump junior and kimberly guilfoyle, the former presidents son and his fiancée repeatedly told investigators they could not recall key details of other speeches at a rally before the riot started. well, the latest transcripts also provide interesting details about melania trump's role in the white house. cnn's paula reid reports.

>> this latest batch of transcripts released by the january 6th committee involve some big names, including donald trump junior, kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller, and also former white house adviser stephanie grisham. one of the common themes, though, that becomes clear across all these transcripts, both from this batch in the previous ones over the past week, is that former white house chief of staff mark meadows, who is really at the center of a multi faceted plan to try to undermine the results of the election -- in this most recent batch of transcripts, the committee presses donald trump junior on a series of text exchanges he has with the former white house chief of staff, including some around november 5th, when donald trump jr. shared ideas for how to keep his father in power by subverting the electoral process. now this plan looks very similar to one that was adopted by the former president and his allies over the next two months. now under questioning from investigators, donald trump jr. said he did not know who the author of that plan was he

could not remember, but said that he shared it, because it looked to be the most plausible. now donald trump jr. is also texting mark meadows two months later on january 6th, urging him to get his father to hold an oval office address, to do something more forceful to denounce the violence that was taking place on the capital. we are also learning from another transcript, with an interview with trump attorney, christina bobb, that senator lindsey graham and mark meadows discussed ways that graham could help amplify these false claims of election fraud. graham told meadows that he only needed, quote, five dead voters -- he just needed a little bit of information that he could latch onto and then amplify these claims. now there is also additional testimony from stephanie grisham, a top aide to former president trump and also to his wife melania. stephanie grisham testified that the first lady did not trust mark meadows. she was concerned that he was not giving her husband the best advice, that he was telling him what he wanted to hear.

she also had concerns about some of his attorneys, including sydney powell, -- ellis and also rudy giuliani. two years later, based on what we have under this investigation and from it ease transcripts, those concerns appear to be well founded. now all of these transcripts and the evidence gathered by the committee will go to special counsel jack smith, who will have to determine if any criminal charges are warranted. paula reid, cnn, washington. >> -- allowing u.s. government shutdown is now in the rearview mirror after president biden signed a new spending bill. he signed the 1.7 trillion dollar bill on thursday while he was vacationing in the u.s. virgin islands. while lawmakers passed the bill after weeks of political wrangling, the government operated on temporary funding. the bill includes more aid for ukraine and nato allies as well as an overhaul of a federal vote counting law and a ban on tiktok from federal electronic devices. the u.s. department of transportation has warned that

southwest airlines that it will face consequences if it fails to compensate passengers left stranded and inconvenienced. the airline has canceled nearly 16,000 flights since december 22nd, leaving hundreds of thousands of travelers in limbo. well, now the company says it is ready to resume regular service. but it is too little too late for some customers. cnn's nick valencia reports. >> this is been a crazy time. >> southwest airlines, aiming for a turnaround by friday, expecting to have normal operations with minimal disruptions on friday. airline staffers are already inform. >> most scheduled to come on friday. that's what we are hearing. >> while southwest has seen more than 2300 cancellations so far thursday, another sign the airline is finally recovering after a week of travel nightmares -- >> -- >> the southwest airlines customer was ecstatic after

finding his lost luggage. >> i'm just glad to be here. and i'm glad i have my bag. they better give me some compensations for a week. >> similar scenes are playing out in airports across the country. >> my luggage has arrived, so we are very excited about that. >> amid the mess, there's stories of compassion, with southwest passengers coming together to help one another, like three strangers from wisconsin stuck at the airport in st. louis, who ended up carpooling to milwaukee. >> he had seen my packer hat, and a nice wisconsin guy, assumed i was going to milwaukee -- >> for the denver couple, struggled stranded in minnesota, struggled to rent a car, who ended up hitching a ride with a stranger. >> and she jumped right up and she said, if you guys want to join me, i'm going to denver, i would be happy to take you guys. >> sadly, for some, the outcome is a little more heartbreaking, like it is for this st. louis bride, forced to cancel her wedding in belize. >> we were and i was in shock. we tried to re-book and there

was nothing. southwest actually booked me on a flight for january 2nd. my wedding is tomorrow, december 30th. >> wednesday, the airline chief commercial officer released a video apologizing for the debacle. >> my personal apology, on behalf of everyone myself and everyone at southwest airlines, for all of this. you know now all the flexibility in planning that we put in place to deal with this storm just was not enough. >> this travel nightmare has gone on for more than a week. and southwest airline officials are telling their passengers to hold on just a little bit longer, announcing in an email that they expect to return to normal operations with minimal disruptions as early as friday. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >> higher than normal temperatures and rain are forecast for much of the u.s. this weekend, this as the denver colorado area deals with the impact of about a foot of snow. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar has that and the new

year's eve forecast. >> that same system that dumped all of that snow in colorado now is exiting that area and pushing into portions of the midwest, all the way down towards the gulf coast. that's where the focus is going to be from that system, as we head into friday. but on the other side of the country, back into the west coast, we are looking at another system that will be pushing back in. and this is going to be one of a series of systems that makes its way into the west coast over the next week, bringing a tremendous amount of rain as well as snow to several western states. here's a look at the forecast radar. so, by friday morning many of these areas are already dealing with very heavy rain across northern california, and areas of nevada and very heavy snow across the intermountain west as well as the sierras. you will notice this is not a very fast-moving low pressure system. so just the very next day, 24 hours later, that low pressure system really has not moved all that must. but where you will notice is that shift southward, and that

is going to bring some heavy rain even two areas of central and southern california. in total, there is widespread amounts, about 4 to 6 inches, but not out of the question for some of these areas you pick up in excess of seven or eight inches of rain in california. snowfall wise, it's very widespread amounts into the mountain west. a lot of these areas are picking up at least 6 to 10 inches, some picking up over a foot. temperatures are expected to stay mild in the eastern half of the country but we will start to see some things change in the western half of the country next week. now, the big question -- what about on new year's eve? well, fortunately, while temperatures temperatures will be mild and well above the average of 41, we do unfortunately have rain in the forecast for saturday evening, not as fairly enough to ruin the plans but maybe to just have that umbrella handy. >> three days of national mourning are underway in brazil, after the death of global football all legend pelé, one of the greatest ever to play the game, and one of the most famous athletes of all-time. the brazilian president says he

transformed football into art and joy and took the name of brazil to the world. the country's famous christ the redeemer statue lit up in pelé's honor, while fans have been getting outside the santos stadium in sao paulo state. that is where he got his plane start. and that is where his wake will be held starting on monday. his coffin will be placed at center pitch and then, on tuesday, a funeral procession will carry it through the streets of santos. brazilian fans have been sharing what pelé meant to them. >> translator: he was the biggest athlete of the 20th century. as a person, he represented more than 8 -- and to lose someone like him, it is like losing a bit of the country's heart, more so after we lost the world cup in the way that we lost it. brazil lost twice this year, with the presidency, and the cup. we only lost. it is time that we win again.

>> with me now is world sports patrick snell. patrick, it's so good to have you. explain to us the magic that pelé brought to the field. what made him so unique and special? and how did he become that global face of football? >> laila harrak, there's so many factors at play here. it has been an emotional last few hours this past few hours covering this. and of course, our deepest condolences to pay lays pele's family. -- where he would be. out of the depth, i think it's fair to say that relative poverty as a child when he grew -- up he and his teammates -- they did not even have boots on their feet at one point, to get from that point to a world cup winner, in just 17 years of age, that was at sweden, 1958 tournament the only player ever to go on to play when 3 world cups, such a humble, humble, humble beginning. and just one word, pelé, and

everyone knows who you are talking about the world over, it does not matter where you are. it does not matter if you have zero interest in sports, you know who pelé is. the sports first global megastar -- you know, wherever he played in the world, they would just roll out the red carpet for him, i think the beatles, the pope, that kind of impact. people just celebrated him as if he was one of their own, part of the family. and i love the promise, laila harrak, that he made to his dad when, day as a youngster, that he would one day win the world cup. boy, he did not disappoint. in fact, why when when when he could go on to win 3, right? it's a joy -- when i think of pelé, i think of the joy, the elation, and the expression that he really coined for me, the beautiful game. he played with such passion, such joy, a smile on his face, and that iconic yellow brazilian shirt. i think of that 1970 world cup-winning team, an amazing dribbling, the overhead kicks, trying to score from halfway all-round, the haters, and took

a pioneering life as well -- after he was done as a player, he would go on to yield 1200 career goals, a world record. but this is a man who cared about people. he stayed in the public eye, of course, through those endorsement deals. he had the platforms. but he championed the poorer. he never forgot his roots. he cared about the poor in his homeland. he support for vulnerable children -- children were especially dear to him. and no surprises, then, that the tributes have been pouring in over the last few hours, since pelé's passing was confirmed. i do want to get to this -- and again, it's another example of how we just transcended just across the sporting sporting world. -- sprinting legend usain bolt, said, a sporting legend, rest in peace pelé. a great from the world of tennis. rafael nadal, says -- i was always lucky, but i was always told and thought that he was the king of football. and former england international --

the most vinyl footballers enjoys of man, he played a game only a few chosen ones have come close to. he may have left us but he will always have footballing immortality. and i want to kind of put a bow, a ribbon on this, by my favorite quote from pelé that i came across today. the great pelé once saying, i was born to right, -- michelangelo's born to paint. >> could not have said it better. you can back it up as well. talk to us about the teams because they also featured him. >> within hours of teams -- across europe -- learning of pelé's we got to see some really powerful images. i want to hone in on this from the south of france on thursday night. this is at marseille's staff velodrome. and you can see here. from players, to a man, breaking out, applause-ing, celebrating the life of the iconic pelé and this was the

marseille -- la liga against to lose toulouse -- and a great man and flashed himself lashed up against the screen, and it's that smile, that joy mentioned earlier, with which he played, the spirit that he embodied. that is why i said at the top, he's universally adored, respected and revered. we shared more in his passing. of course, we should. but we should also celebrate an incredible life. >> an incredible life indeed. thank you so, much patrick snell, for that lovely tribute. thank you. fans of fashion world wide are mourning the death of style legend vivian westwood. -- with her family at her side. westwood rose to fame designing clothes worn by the group the sex pistols in the 70s. she would go want to create what became the look for the punk scene, with her designs ending up in museums around the

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bakhmut in the donetsk region. officials say about 90% of the city has been evacuated, though nearly 9000 residents were made and live under constant shelling. be on the eastern, front damage assessments are underway across ukraine, after what kyiv describes as one of russia's largest missile barrage since the war began more than ten months ago. ukraine's state emergency service says the nationwide attacks thursday killed at least three people and wounded seven. and in this latest onslaught, russia, again appeared to target ukraine's electrical grid, knocking out power in several regions. residents in kyiv describe a harrowing experience. >> translator: i was at work. my granddaughter called me and said, grandma, our houses on fire, we have been hit. my mother was thrown, she is lying unconscious. that is all i could hear. >> translator: they flew here they. had a corridor here.

they constantly fly along this corridor here. they are shot down sometimes. but there has been nothing like this before. >> for more on this, cnn's nada bashir joins me now live from london. nada, what more do you know about the strikes out of the new year holidays? >> laila, we heard from the last few days, from ukrainian as well as from western intelligence officials, of an intelligence of russia's bombardment of ukraine, more than anticipated for the new years by the appears to have come some days earlier, as you described there. one of the largest barrage of missile attacks the country has seen in the last ten months of russia's invasion. this targeting across the country and the capital kyiv, where we saw all residential neighborhoods being targeted but also in the west in lviv -- and of course, also, on those eastern front lines, in odessa and kharkiv, of course we've seen the last few days in kherson experiencing a real doubling down of russia's military bombardment. i have learned from ukrainian

military officials. they were able to successfully intercept 54 out of 69 believed cruise missile launches from russia. but there has been significant damage to ukraine's infrastructure when it comes to energy. of course, a power supply there has been deeply impacted and that has long been a concern, long been a concern target by the russian forces, leaving some parts of the country now experiencing-limited power supplies. so, a significant concern there -- but there has been a staunch response from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, saying last night in his nightly address, he said, this provided further evidence that the russian on forces, that president putin, he's engaging in acts of terror in ukraine. take a listen. >> translator: with every rocket attack, russia is getting into that dead end. russia has left rockets. but the status of the biggest terrorist in the world will

have a deeper impact for a long time for russia and its citizens. every missile will only show that the tribunal will be right at the end of this. >> and look, laila, the ukrainian armed forces and of course president zelenskyy our already assessing the potential next steps for the russian armed forces. a lot of the focus now is on the city of bakhmut and donetsk. as you mentioned, it is believed that the russian armed forces are re-diverting the resources to support their military campaign there. >> and nada bashir, before i let you go, vladimir putin is set to have a meeting with chinese leader xi jinping today. what more can you tell us about? that >> that's right. we are expecting a video call between the two leaders later today to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries. and as well as regional issues -- so, ukraine is likely to be a key topic there. but this comes just a week after the chinese leader met with the former russian president and dimitri men devolve, where the two leaders

discussed not only those bilateral relations but the war in ukraine. president xi jinping at that point expressed his wish for the conflict to be resolved through political means. however, they also discussed the potential for further cooperation, while on the economic front and on the economic front, as well. so, that could certainly be a key topic for president putin and president xi jinping today during that call. laila? nada bashir, thank you reporting live from london. thank you so, much nada. >> -- coming up, we will bring you the latest from the vatican on his declining health. plus, tributes are pouring in for the only man to win three football world cups as a player. i will speak with a brazilian journalist about what pelé meant to his country in the world.

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together. english premier league club arsenal tweeted, the club is truly saddened to hear the news have his passing, saying, we have the privilege of hosting pelé in 1981. and from liverpool -- a legend, icon and true great of the game who will forever be remembered. those are just a few tributes pouring in right now. marcelo is a brazilian correspondent for tnt sports and comes to us from barcelona. it's so good to have you with, us marcelo. first i want to get to the action. what did you think when you heard the news today? >> -- it was expected. because we knew about pelé's state of health. and it was in a way expected but also very sad because he was a legend. you were saying, not just in sports but, i think he was one of the greatest --

or one of the -- greatest brazilian that we have a head. it was like an ambassador -- around the world -- brazilian people talk to you about pelé and he was retired for almost 50 years. so, the legend and the legacy that pelé leads for brazil and also for world sports -- and i think not only world sports -- is huge. -- i think no one can see how a sports player and a football player can have this influence that he had, and the legacy to be taken forever. >> marcelo bechler, explain to us a little bit, if you can, what led to him becoming so revered around the world? because, if i understand correctly, he spent most of his career in brazil. but his fame was on a global scale. >> yes. at that time, and at 50-60 and also in the 70s, he went to play in the u.s. -- but at that time, football was

not all about europe. and now the top players and the top players in the top leagues -- you can see here at gentle sleek and -- lead -- here in europe. but at that time -- greatest brazilian players in -- uruguay in players, there were players of -- south america. so, it was normal to play in a local team or international team, like pelé did and also has this importance. and i think the legacy that he takes and he lives is about that. he was very important to develop the game, to develop the sport, because now we do have television, we do have social media. so, if you want to see lionel messi, if you want to see cristiano ronaldo, you can do a quick search and you have all the matches and the plays that they did. but to see pelé at that time, pelé had to go to you. so, pelé did this. -- describe his discussions with -- and brazilian national team, to play in africa, asia, central america, to play here in the big stadiums in europe, to show

to the world how football could be good, how football could be well played. as you say, in brazil, there is -- how football could be something very pleasure to the people, and they said -- the stadium was full of people that they want to see pelé. so, in the time, we only had stations and newspaper, who had heard about petty pelé and had listened about pelé. but you see pelé playing, they had to go to and that is why the legend is so big. >> i don't know if this debate it all rages in brazil. i think you partially answered my question. but do people debate about whether he is the greatest player of all time, the way maybe people in argentina debate whether maradona or lionel messi are the greatest to play the game? >> this is -- because in brazil this is a closed debate. there is no debate.

its offensive if you can say that someone can be greater than pelé. but i live -- in for 8 years. -- that lionel messi is the better and that lionel messi is the greatest and also now that lionel messi won the world cup with argentina. -- i think that it is hard to say who is the best playing -- just playing football, i think the legacy of pelé lives. it is untouchable. i think that lionel messi will be the greatest that pelé was and what he lives. but at the pitch, it is hard to say. i know that in the u.s. you can say that michael jordan is better than lebron james. but someone can discuss that. the sport is developing, the sport is in constant evolution. so playing now, it's harder than in playing that at that time. i can accept this debate. i think it is harder to play now and playing in the 50s and 60s. so, i think that lionel messi can play better than pelé. but to be the greatest, to be the biggest, i think that the legacy is also very important.

and what pelé did for the sport or what -- did for this game, it's very hard that someone can do it now. >> a peerless legend. and marcelo bechler, talking to us from barcelona, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> the that can has announced a special mass on friday for pope emeritus benedict -- closely monitoring developments for any changes in his house. for what we do, know here is cnn's delia gallagher. >> it's relatively good news from the vatican on thursday for pope benedict. they say he rested well during the night but he is still in serious condition but stable, they say. and interestingly, they say he is absolutely lucid and vigilant. so, they are painting a picture today which is slightly different from yesterday's rather alarming news of the deterioration of the pope emeritus's health.

of course, we are talking about a 95-year-old man. and, as anybody knows, with elderly people, there can be ups and downs in their declining years. so what we do now is wait for any updates from the vatican. we are here in vatican city. the pope emeritus's houses just behind st. petersburg to look at their. the vatican gardens and then up a hill is the house, which they call a monastery, which he has been, of course, since resigning in 2013 and we are the vatican let us know on wednesday, he is surrounded by his doctors, again, in a stable but still serious condition -- delia gallagher, cnn, rome. >> groups of both israeli's and pal the means are protesting the new hard-line government that officially took power in israel on thursday. weijia demonstrators rallies outside the knesset to protest benjamin netanyahu's record

sixth term as prime minister. outside the building, mr. mr. netanyahu outlined the typewriters of his administration. take a listen. >> [speaking non-english] >> >> translator: we need to accomplish three big missions. the first is to thwart iran's efforts to develop a nuclear bombs arsenal, which will threaten us and the entire world. we will guarantee israel's military advantage in the region by unceasing empowerment. the first mission that the members here are yelling, the canceling, is that it is important. it is to make sure that iran won't annihilate us with nuclear bombs. the third mission, to continue expanding the circle of peace with arab states in order to end the israeli arab conflict. >> while a new israeli cabinet is described as the most right wing in the country's history -- and that has stood up a lot of fear and anger among palestinians.

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>> south korea's joining the u.s. on a short list of other countries now requiring a negative covid test for visitors arriving from china. beijing is easing restrictions, leading to a flurry of travelers leaving the country, where covid cases in china are surging. almost half of the passengers arriving in milan, italy from china tested positive on monday. italian prime minister wants the european union to follow rome's lead and test all passengers from china. but eu health officials say that is not justified. now to continuing search and rescue operations in cambodia. after a fire swept through a can see no, killing at least 24 people -- emergency crews are back in the burnt outbuilding, looking for dozens of people who are still missing. the structure near the thailand

border also includes a hotel. witnesses say some of the victims jumped to their deaths in an attempt to escape the fire. and some people were trapped in the hotel rooms as flames tore through the building. for more, we can now talk to manisha, who joins us from singapore. manisha, can you tell us about the cause of the fire? what do we know? >> unfortunately, we do not know much about the cause of the fire. what we do know at this stage is that it started in a lower section of the huddle. emergency crews that got their early on in, this fire, which flame for about 12 hours or so, has spoken to cnn and told us that, initially it seems as if the fire started in the restaurant. in fact, there were eyewitness videos that have been circulating, where you can see 80s like a restaurant sort of area, and to one side they were slot machines -- of course, this is quite a popular hotel and casino complex. so, from there it went upwards and are a lot of people who

feed upwards as well, thinking that they could get out. and that's how we have seen these awful scenes of people going to windows and getting out on ledges, because they felt trapped. also, we know that the electrics went out in the building. that meant that the key card systems were not working, the lifts were not working. and i think that's probably one of the most disturbing aspects of this situation, as the people were trapped. and that made it very difficult for rescue crews also to do their job. as you say, they are back -- the search and rescue crews. so, to give you an idea of just how big this effort is, to locate the missing, there are more than 300 police officers who have just deployed, more than 11 fire trucks. we know that the couple of helicopters as well -- but authorities on the thai side as well as on the cambodian side are trying to help. and in terms of context, most gambling is illegal in thailand. so, a lot of people go across the border -- just across the border -- to this town in cambodia to go

on these gambling holidays. but we also know that there would have been holidaymakers there as well. it's also a transit point for people who are heading further into cambodia to visit temple complexes, for example. this is a very popular destination in southeast asia. and i think that that gives you a sense, also, that there may have been hundreds of people there. we know from initial ports that 700 -- at least thai citizens, we believe, approximately -- were rescued in the early stages and taken to thai hospitals. but there are still tens of people, dozens of people who are unaccounted for. and the hope is that they will be found. but sadly, it is expected that the death toll will creep up. >> yes. very harrowing scenes that we saw there also in the footage. manisha tank, live for us in singapore, thank you. they deposed former leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has been sentenced to seven more years in prison, after his she was found guilty for five counts of corruption.

-- total prison term of 33 years, including three years of hard labor. the sentence could mean she will spend the rest of her life behind bars. she was previously convicted of charges ranging from graft to election violations. on some suu kyi has always denied the charges brought against her. friday's verdict was the last several rulings handed down against her by the military regime. >> the world of fashion is remembering british designer vivienne westwood. coming, up why those in the business believe her style on and off the runway will continue to be an inspiration for future fashionistas.

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during paris fashion week in october. a model from that show, bella i.d.'d, posted her tribute on that instagram, saying she was grateful for the time she spent in westwood's orbit, while british vogue's editor in chief described a design as an irreplaceable force in the industry. the singer boy george called westwood the undisputed queen of british faction. vivienne westwood was 81 years old. and we are joined now by murrell ginsburg merle ginsberg, so good to have you with us. -- >> she started out as the godmother of punk. all she wanted to do was rip down any one that was revealed, in royalty, and instead of beautifully shaped clothes, she ripped t-shirts apart. everything was safety pins. everything was, i hate the monarchy. and what is interesting is that

i think her whole career was about being british. and at first she wanted to tear it all down. and then, in the end, she became a coutourier -- from british paintings that inspired her clothes and she became a dame. so, she had a really interesting journey. >> very interesting. i was going to ask you about that. she is so quintessentially british. when you think about one of the preeminent designers from the uk, you think vivienne westwood. and as you outlined, she was so hourly non conformist and started out as this antiestablishment icon but then, as you point out, became a dame, and her warm clothes were worn by the queen consort. >> look, what's interesting is that she always cared about society, meaning, culture. she became an environmentalist.

she was very upset about people who ate meat. an activist in many ways -- she's a champion of julian assange. even being a couture person and -- a >> trail blazer also in her activism. so, talk to us about how she's the runway, not just for fashion, but also to make political statements. >> t-shirts that said crazy things, putting a safety pin in the mouth of the queen on the runway. but then going further, past the punk point, doing many cranial in -- and giant platform shoes. a lot of her models had a hard time getting out and down the

runway. very often, these giant skirts -- men -- she did beautiful, beautiful tailoring. but the men's colors where the kinds of colors and prints from women's clothes. and she also is one of the first designers to really believe in the idea of unisex. >> how did she transform british society? >> well, she and malcolm mclaren, who was her partner in the 1970s, absolutely changed not just british society but the world in bringing this punk, the heck with you sentiment to -- they kicked the disco age of the 70s out the window and started over. and of course, punk traveled the whole world. it completely influenced hair, makeup. this sunday there was a show uncalled pistol on hulu, which was all about the sex pistols. and they were characters playing malcolm and vivienne

westwood. they are subversion and there -- she was constantly sending everything up, even if it was beautifully made and course it'd corsetted in gorgeous tab bricks. she was connally saying, i'm going to invert this in some way and i'm going to surprise you. >> in a few words, how do you think she will be remembered? >> the godmother of punk and the great coutourier at the same time. >> merle ginsberg, thanks so much. lovely tribute. >> and thank you for joining us. i'm laila harrak. we will be back with more news after a short break.

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