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hello and welcome to our viewers 20th from the united states and all of the world. today u.s. lawmakers will reveal a bit of what former president donald trump has kept hidden for years. his tax returns. what to expect ahead. plus -- pure joy for one traveler after finding his lost luggage! we will bring you an update on a chaotic holiday for flyers and have a look at some systems that could cancel some flights ahead of the new year. rest in peace, pelc. the world mourns the death of a football legend. we will have some of the attributes pouring in. >> live from cnn center , this is cnn newsroom . >> 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. 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 and he fought every effort to get them released. but a congressional committee led by democrats is now forcing the move, saying that mr. trump was not properly audited while in office. as kristin holmes explains, the former president has a lot to lose. >> trump himself has built an entire brand on being a wealthy and therefore successful businessman. in that process he has done everything in his power to protect that image. that meant shielding his finances for decades. that includes his net worth, who he did business with, how exactly he made his money. 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. >> we already have some idea about mr. trump's finances from a congressional analysis of his income taxes. it showed he paid only $750 in 2017, more than $1 million in each of the following two years, and no taxes at all in 2020. the january 6th committee has released a new collection of transcripts, including interviews with donald trump jr. and kimberly guilfoyle. the former president's son and fiance reportedly told investigators that they couldn't recall key details about speeches at a rally before the riots started. the latest transcripts also provide interesting details about melania trump's role in the white house. paula reid reports. >> reporter: this latest batch of transcripts released by the january 6th committee involves some big names, including donald trump jr., kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller and also former white house adviser

stephanie grisham. one of the common themes that becomes clear across all these transcripts both from this batch and the one over the last week is that former white house chief mark meadows was at the center of a multifaceted plan to undermine the results of the election. in this most recent batch of transcripts, the committee presses donald trump jr. on a series of text exchanges he had with a former white house chief of staff, including some on november fifth. when donald trump jr. shared ideas of how to keep his father in power by supporting the electoral process. this plan looks similar to the one that was adopted by the former president and his allies over the next two months. under questioning from investigators, donald trump jr. said that he didn't know who the author of the plan was and said he could not remember but he shared it because it looked to be the most plausible. now donald trump jr. has also

texted mark meadows urging him to get his father to hold an over office address and do something more forceful to denounce the violence that was taking place on the capital. we are also learning in another transcript from an interview with a trump attorney that senator lindsey graham and mark meadows discussed ways that graham could help them to amplify the 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 his wife milani a. grisham testified that the first lady did not trust mark meadows. she was concerned that he was not getting her husband the best advice that he was telling him. she also had concerns about some of his attorneys. basil we

learn from this investigation and the transcripts, those concerns appear to be well- founded. all the evidence gathered by the committee will go to special counsel jack smith who will have to determine if criminal charges are warranted. paula reid, cnn, washington. u.s. congressman elect george santos is facing new scrutiny over his claims that his mother was inside the world trade center on 911 and that the terror attack played a role in her death. the new york republican has spent the past week trying to explain a number of falsehoods, including a story that his grandparents survived the holocaust. >> reporter: the legal scrutiny surrounding george santos is intensifying. there are now investigations at both the local and federal level looking into his lies as well as whether any potential financial crimes were committed. that includes the nassau county

district attorney's office which said in a statement that his fabrications are, quote, nothing short of stunning. meanwhile his web of lies continues to unravel. the latest claims that are coming under scrutiny is that his mother was in the world trade center on 911 and that she died on 9/11 or that it played some role in her death. on his website he claims that his mother died a few years later from a battle with cancer. there is also an obituary that says that his mother died on december 23rd, 2016. so more than 15 years after the 9/11 terror attacks. our team has also uncovered some additional falsehoods, including a claim that santos said that he went to an elite private school in new york and was forced to drop out after his family fell on hard times. however, the school says that there is no evidence that he ever went to this school. santos has claimed that his mother had a historically jewish last name. genealogists say that there is

no evidence of that name in his family tree. they say there is no evidence that he had ukrainian or jewish heritage at all and his family tree. just incredible stuff here about george santos, but so far gop leaders remain silent. cnn, washington. one possible reason about the silence on santos is the republican leadership vote. kevin mccarthy still appears to be short of the votes he needs to become house speaker. numerous gop sources tell cnn that mccarthy in recent days has offered a key concession to party holdouts. but he still has not secured their commitments. with the house speakership hanging in the balance, it seems unlikely that mccarthy would risk losing a vote by asking santos to step down at this time. a looming u.s. government shutdown is now in the rearview mirror after u.s. president joe biden signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill on thursday. he was vacationing in the u.s.

virgin islands while lawmakers passed the measure after weeks of political wrangling while 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 southwest airlines that it will face consequences if it fails to compensate passengers left stranded and inconvenienced. the airline has canceled nearly 60,000 flights since december 22nd, leaving hundreds of thousands of travelers in limbo. now the company says it is ready to resume regular service, but it is too little too late for some customers. nick valencia reports. >> this is been a crazy time. >> reporter: southwest airlines aiming for a turnaround by friday and expecting to have normal operations with minimal disruptions on friday. airline staffers are already

informed. >> mostly full schedule come friday. that is what we are hearing. >> reporter: while southwest has seen more than 2300 cancellation since thursday, another sign airline is recovering after a week of travel nightmares. this southwest airlines customer ecstatic after finding his lost luggage. >> i am just glad to be here and i'm glad i have my bag. they better give me some compensation for a week. >> our luggage has arrived so we are very excited about that. >> reporter: amid the mess, stories of compassion with southwest passengers coming together to help one another, like the three strangers from wisconsin stuck at the airport in st. louis who ended up carpooling to milwaukee. >> he saw my packers had, nice wisconsin guy, assumed i was going to milwaukee. >> reporter: or the denver couple stranded in minnesota

who ended up hitching a ride with a stranger. >> she jumped right up and said, if you guys want to join me going to denver, i would be happy to take you guys! >> reporter: sadly for some, the outcome is more heartbreaking. this st. louis bride was forced to cancel her wedding in belize. >> we tried to rebook and there was nothing. southwest booked me on a flight for january 2nd. my wednesday is tomorrow, december 30th. >> reporter: wednesday, the chief commercial officer released a video apologizing for the debacle. >> my personal apology on behalf of myself and everyone at southwest airlines for all of this. you know by now all the flexibility and planning that we put in place to deal with the storm just wasn't enough. >> reporter: this travel nightmare has gone on for more than a week, and southwest airlines officials are telling 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. a significant storm is taking aim at the u.s. west coast this weekend, bringing with it the threat of heavy rain, snow and strong winds. more than 16 million people are under a flood watch through saturday night and in parts of california. much of the country will see higher than normal temperatures, and some new year's eve celebrations will be met with rain expected in new york, washington, d.c., los angeles and san francisco. a husband and wife who are both pastors rescued more than 100 people and provided a safe place for them to stay during this historic blizzard that hit buffalo, new york last week. after days of being buried under mounds of snow, the city is slowly getting back to normal. cnn's athena jones reports. >> reporter: hi there.

the city of buffalo is getting back to normal. city hall opened on thursday, as did a nearby courthouse and the erie county executive offices. the driving ban has been lifted and the mayor tweeted that as of friday morning the regular trash pickup will resume. things are certainly getting back to normal as the city continues to dig out from the storm. they have made a lot of progress. a lot clearer roads. you can see the work going on behind me. that will continue until all of the snow is cleared. a bit of work that is still going on is about the death toll. the medical examiner for erie county has confirmed to some 39 deaths as of noon on thursday but we expect that number to rise. listen to what the county executive mark poloncarz said about that. >> there are some autopsies that still need to be done, including a one-year-old who died on christmas day.

>> reporter: there is concern that bodies can be found under snowbanks or under vehicles or houses. that is something we are keeping watch on. one good piece of news we learned is that authorities are no longer quite as concerned about the issue of flooding. remember that that was going to be an issue because of fast snowmelt as temperatures reach around 50 on friday. today the county executive said that that is not as much of a concern. we should note that if flooding does happen, equipment and personnel have already been dispatched along with things like sandbags. more than 300 pumps and generators have been dispatched to deal with overflow of water should that be a problem. right now county officials say that there may be some waterways that crest, but they don't expect flooding to be a major issue. athena jones, cnn, buffalo, new york. tributes are pouring in for football's first global

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the world is morning one of its most renowned athletes. football legend pelc. murals are appearing along sao paulo's main boulevard, avenida paulista. pelc passed away following complications from colorectal cancer. he is set to be honored by his boyhood club santos. amanda, share with us some of the ways that pelc has been honored and some of the reactions. >> reporter: hey, layla. pelc is a man who has led the way since day one. there was a video doing the rounds on social media just a

couple of weeks ago. all the skills that your favorite players produce, pelc did it first. that is how he lived his career, really, from the age of 15 at santos, when he was set to be the greatest football player in history to them becoming brazil's youngest ever world cup player, then to become the only man to win a world cup, men's world cup three times. he was a man who could create emotions with a football unlike any other player. that is what we have seen, an outpouring of over the last 12 to 15 hours or so with the new since his passing. we had some information on what to expect when it was revealed that he was back in hospital just a

month ago. the well wishes being sent to him from qatar and from the world cup. but as you would expect, the hospital where he spent the last month of his life in sao paulo has become something of a focus for brazilians at least. and this is how one fan paid tribute. >> translator: pelc emma for us, was not just a santos player. pelc was a part of our life. it feels like we are losing a family member who didn't dream of being pelc. >> reporter: he inspired not just a country, but a number of generations of individuals, footballers around the world. neymar, the brazilian star of today paying tribute. he said, i would say that before

pele, football was just a sport. he gave visibility to brazil . he is gone but his magic remains. pele is forever. cristiano ronaldo, for his part, said a mere goodbye to pele will never be enough to express the pain that engulfs the entire football world. tributes that we saw paid on the pitch in france on thursday night just an hour after the news emerged of pele's passing ahead of marseille's game against two loose. use expect that these will be scenes we will see echoed around the premier league and spain over the coming days as well. the mourning period goes on. so many people have their own memories of pele. i want to just bring up this picture that i grew up with. on the wall at home in my

house, they say that where pele went, many others followed. the nasl in the states is another of those places. and this man was signed by new york cosmos to replace pele after his retirement. he sold his house in manchester to my mom and dad, who are the couple in the middle there. they paid a trip to new york to visit dennis and joan and pele and remember that very fondly. that was the picture that i grew up with on the wall at home. >> what an amazing memento! lovely! thank you for sharing that! amanda davis reporting for you. lovely tribute. thank you. the english premier league tweeted that pele transcended our sport and inspired millions. i want to bring in now our sports journalist. a towering figure, peerless almost. how did he transform the sport?

>> reporter: i think that pele , really, the greatness of his achievement in transcending sport was that everybody needs a little bit of luck. football had its luck with pele , but particularly because his achievements with the brazilian world cup-winning team in 1970 came at a time when suddenly color television was on us. people around the world suddenly have these colors thrown at them. the greatest colors of all were the bright yellow of brazil shirts on the green pitches of mexico and the wonderful technique of pele in leading brazil to that third world cup victory. i think that those images really lifted soccer to another plane altogether in terms of world visibility. >> now, keir, if you think of

pele you can't help but think of mary donna. why are they compared? >> they are compared because they are two of the greatest football players of all time. they were both south american. of course there was the age-old rivalry of brazil and argentina. i think that maradona was happy to promote and pursue his status with pele. i think that pele tried to distance himself from it and rise above it. they were very different characters. very different people, but they both achieved wonderful things in soccer. i think pele will always be remembered because of his modesty, his humility, his great sportsmanship. i had the privilege of being his ghostwriter at various world cup's.

that modesty, humility, friendship and friendliness stayed with him. >> what is your favorite memory of pele? >> it is when i was meeting him to write a column for him. the pressure on him from fans, from hangers on was intense, going from the tv studio to the hotel to the football stadium. throughout it all, he managed to remain calm and pleasant and polite and be friendly to people around and continue to maintain his focus, which, for me at that time, quite a simple one, really, was just talking about football. i think that is what he loved to do more than anything else. >> thank you so much for sharing that with us.

thank you. ukrainian forces are experiencing heavy losses on the eastern front lines just a day after russia launched a massive wave of attacks across the country. we will have the latest on the fighting. plus, benjamin netanyahu returns to power in israel, this time leading the most right-wing government inin the country's history. a rereport from jerusalem after the break.

welcome back to our viewers around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. in ukraine, the presidential adviser says that the country's forces have experienced heavy

losses in the east. the adviser says that russia has lost more. this comes a day after ukraine's military warned that russia has diverted resources from other areas to the battle for bakhmut. kyiv is described as one of russia's largest missile barrages since the war began more than 10 months ago. the ukrainian defense ministry says that the timing of the missile attack was intentional, but moscow's aim is to force ukrainians to celebrate the new year in the dark and cold. in this latest onslaught, russia appeared to target ukraine's electrical grid, knocking out power in several regions. authorities say that the attacks killed at least three people and wounded seven. the ukrainian military says that shot down 54 of 69 russian missiles along with 16 iranian-

made shahed drones. president volodymyr zelensky condemned russia in his address. >> translator: with every rocket attack, russia is getting into a dead-end. russia has less rockets, but the biggest terrorists in the world will have a deeper impact for a long time for russia and its citizens. every missile will show that the tribunal will be right at the end of this. >> ukraine says that missile records that landed in belarus might have been a deliberate provocation from russia. on thursday the russian defense ministry said the fragments of a missile were found in its territory in a village near the border with ukraine. in response, kyiv accused moscow of launching missiles in a trajectory that would draw interception in the airspace over belarus. meanwhile, the kremlin says that

russian president vladimir putin will speak with chinese leader xi jinping in the coming hours. the two men are set to discuss regional issues and their strategic partnership during a video call later today. residents in key have remained defiant despite the massive barrage of missiles. some of them told cnn that they will not let the attacks dampen their spirits. >> reporter: don breaks and the strikes begin. phone video captures a russian cruise missile heading towards kyiv. russia fired nearly 70 missiles plus drones in targets across ukraine. air defenses managed to take down most of them, but this key have suburb did not escape unharmed. the mayor of kyiv says that all 16 missiles fired in the direction of the capital were successfully intercepted, but as a result of those

interceptions, debris fell to the ground in this location. massive destruction. a 14-year-old girl was injured as well as her mother and a man nearby. tatyana was at work. her granddaughter called her, desperate for help. she was really scared and in hysterics, tatyana says. she cried, grandma, the house was hit! it is on fire! my mother is unconscious under the rubble! not for the first time, the crews worked to clear the rubble of the homes shattered by war. how is it possible that we do this to each other, he asked. i understand that the rocket didn't target this place, but how is it possible to show

peaceful people? in another part of kyiv, 79- year-old leah need is still in his bathrobe. he was jarred awake when missile debris smashed into the ground near his house. setting his son aleksander's car on fire and ripping up trees by the roots. yet he remained stoic. i was born in world war ii, so i am very calm about explosions, leonid says. he said i am only worried about my son. his son is fine. kyiv mayor vitaly klitschko is blunt. >> the russians want to bring us to a black time without lighting and without heating.

especially now. at new year's. >> reporter: for now, ukrainians just clear away the wreckage and carry on. cnn, kyiv. waves of demonstrators turned out on thursday to protest benjamin netanyahu's return to power. lgbt rights activists blocked a major thoroughfare to show their anger. they fear discrimination under the new government, which includes far right figures who are strongly opposed to lgbt equality. the new israeli cabinet is described as the most right- wing in the country's history, and that stirred up a lot of fear and mistrust among palestinians. for the latest, here we have more from jerusalem. >> reporter: it was never in

doubt. earlier in the day as heckling lawmakers were ejected, he outlined his government's priorities. the first, to thwart iranian efforts to develop a nuclear arsenal, which will threaten us in the world. we will guarantee israeli military primacy in the region by seizing empowerment. the first mission that the members here are yelling as if it isn't important is to make sure that iran won't annihilate us with nuclear bombs. and you dismiss it as if it isn't important. as if it is small. the third mission is to continue expanding the circle of peace with arab states in order to end the israeli-arab conflict. >> reporter: but these aren't the plans vexing the protesters outside. they worry about the erosion of israeli democracy, rise of discrimination and ultra-

orthodox-backed discrimination as well as plans to build settlements in the occupied west bank, one of several proposals that they wrote could do serious damage to israel's foreign relations. outgoing prime minister yair lapid expressed his reservations in a state saying we pass you a state in perfect condition. try not to ruin it. we will be right back. ultimately, this government will be judged not by its words but by its actions. elliott gotkine, cnn, jerusalem. still ahead, who is requiring a negative test and who says that it is unjustified? plus, why myanmar's former

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the deposed leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has been sentenced to seven more years in prison after she was found guilty on counts of corruption. the former nobel peace prize winner now has to serve a prison term of 33 years, including three years and hard labor. the sentence means she could spend the rest of her life behind bars. she was previously convicted of charges ranging from graft to election violations. suu kyi has always denied the charges brought against her. friday's verdict was the last of several rulings handed down against her by the military

regime. china's decision to ease covid travel restrictions is not sitting well with a short but growing list of countries. south korea is joining the u.s., japan, italy and india in requiring negative tests for passengers arriving from china. italy wants the rest of the european union to follow suit, but eu health officials say that the restrictions are unjustified at this time. cnn contributor is live for you this hour and we will begin out in hong kong. kristi, do we know more about the scale of infections in mainland china? >> reporter: layla, official figures from china are unreliable. according to one uk-based research group called affinity, they are recording 1.9 million infections from china. as the rate of infection surges, there is ongoing global debate about the necessity to

screen chinese officials. officials say that it is not necessary. a number of other countries disagree, including south korea. earlier today south korea announced that it plans to require covid-19 tests for all chinese travelers upon arrival. the concern is because of the lack of transparency in covid- 19 reporting from china and also concern about the possibility of a new variant emerging as china deals with this runaway outbreak. china insists that it has the covid-19 outbreak under control, but countries are taking precautions. let's show you the list here. the following countries are imposing curbs. the united states, india, china, taiwan, south korea, italy as well. but public health experts say that the testing requirements are simply not effective and even alarmist. we heard this from joe kwong on

the counsel of foreign relations who said i don't see any reason to justify this move. so far we don't have any evidence as to whether there are such variants emerging in mainland china. we also have this from karen griffin, who says that we do not have scientific evidence to support the practices. she adds that the restrictions that were put in place on plane travel last year did very little when omicron emerged, as you recall. >>'s are going by that, what has been the reaction from chinese authorities to these countries introducing mandatory tests for travelers from china? >> reporter: it has been posed by the minister of foreign affairs, and the response was that china is calling for a science-based approach in order to boost economic activity between countries and what they call person-to-person exchange, just to keep people fly again. china likes to make a pivot and point out, look. there are a number of countries

welcoming chinese travelers with open arms. i'm not sure if we have this graphic available for you. but a lot of countries are welcoming chinese travelers back. so much so that they have gone online on chinese social media to literally say, do you plan to travel, go overseas? we will welcome you. back to you. >> let's go to barbie in rome. barbie, so i understand that there are no new variants of covid detected among passengers who arrived in italy so far. were you assured by that? >> yeah. the italian prime minister giorgia meloni says that there were no variants detected. italy was of course the first epicenter outside of china three years ago. if you look at a busy airport like in rome or in milan as

well, direct flights coming in from china, it is important for italian authorities to test everybody that gets on this flight. they are concerned about the transparency in china in terms of the vaccine. they say it is probably not as effective as what is being used in europe. if a flight comes into paris and they connect in rome, they are not testing those passengers. but in rome it is a finely- oiled machine. this was one of the last airports to lift restrictions during the pandemic. mask mandates, testing before flights, testing on arrival, that was very much in effect in italy long after it was lifted in other parts of the world. >> but still, it seems like italy is a little isolated in the eu. is the block receptive to efforts to introduce bloc-wide testing for travelers from china?

>> reporter: no, italy is not going to move from this requirement. they're not going to budge. then you have other countries like france that are not going to budge and start testing people. so to get 27 countries to meet in the middle to come up with some sort of mandate that will work for everybody doesn't seem like it is in the cards, at least not right now. of course there is a new variant or change in the pandemic, that could change. but for now italy does not plan to lift this restriction. they want to test everyone that is coming directly from china, and that will be for the foreseeable future. >> to be continued. thank you both. a quick look now at other stories making headlines around the world. the u.s. military is accusing a chinese pilot of an unsafe maneuver during a close call over the south china sea. officials say that a chinese fighter jet came within 20 feet from a u.s. reconnaissance plane last week, forcing the u.s. pilot to make an evasive move. while the u.s. military says

that it's plane was in international airspace at the time. the death toll from a huge fire that gutted a casino in cambodia has grown to at least 24 people. officials are concerned the number could still go up as emergency crews look for dozens of people who are still missing. a cambodian official says that his government will investigate the cause of the fire. south korea is preparing for possible drone attacks. the military held drills this week after five north korean drones crossed into its airspace on monday. one of them flew for three hours before returning to north korea. it is not clear what happened to the others. former pope benedict is said to be in serious but stable condition right now. coming up, we bring you the latest from the vaticacan on hi declining health.

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authorities in rome are closely monitoring developments for changes in his health. for the latest on what we know, here is cnn 's delia gallagher. >> reporter: relatively good news from the vatican for pope benedict. they say that he rested well during the night and that he is still in serious but stable condition, they say. they say that 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 we will wait for any updates from the vatican. we are here in vatican city. the pope emeritus's residence is just up the hill, where he

has lived since resigning in 2013 and where the vatican let us know on wednesday that he is surrounded by his doctors, again in a stable but still serious condition. delia gallagher, cnn , rome. fans of fashion worldwide are mourning the death of style legend vivienne westwood. the british designer died peacefully on thursday at home in london with her family at her side. westwood rose to fame designing clothes worn by the group the sex pistols in the 70s. her designs would end up in museums around the world. >> i just use my fashion as an excuse to say what i think about political culture, really. but i do think that fashion does do something. i think that my fashion gives you an incredible choice in an age of conformity.

it makes you look great and it helps you to express your individuality. >> vivienne westwood was 81 years old. now returning to one of our top stories, the u.s. space agency, nasa, is paying tribute to paley, posting an image of a spiral galaxy in the constellation which includes the colors of the brazilian flag, green, yellow and blue. the post included the message to mark the passage of the legendary pele, the master of the beautiful game. and that wraps up this edition of cnn newsroom. i hope to see you tomorrow .

hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'm bianca nobilo live from london. max foster has the day off. just ahead on "cnn newsroom." after a year's long legal battle, the hous