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 house ways and means

committee released donald trump's taxes on friday morning. eight days in and southwest is going to return to normal on friday. god gave me the gift. >> the mood is very much somber here outside the hospital where fans have come to pay their respects and to say good-bye to the king of soccer. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is friday, december 30th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here in washington, d.c., where we're expecting a house committee to release six years of former president trump's taurnls. it's set to happen in the coming

hours following a years' long legal battle. trump refused to release his tax returns when he ran for the white house. he fought every effort to get them released calling it 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 kristin holmes reports, the former president has a lot at stake here. >> reporter: after a years' long legal battle the house ways and means committee will release trump's taxes on friday. here's what we are expecting to see. they'll return six years, 2014 to 2020. it will 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 are 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 and a 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 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 on these taxes from the joint committee on taxation. they talk about his income tax. 2017 he paid only $750. in 2018, 1.1 million and in 2020 he paid zero dollars in income taxes. this same group also raised questions about his charitable deductions particularly in years

where he made deductions that were over a million dollars, most of them in cash. we'll see what comes out of these documents. again, a big deal. we're already hearing from republicans sailing this is setting a bad precedent. the former president said when republicans take control of congress they should immediately start investigating biden and their family and get them to turn over their tax returns. kristin holmes, cnn, washington. 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 his girl friend said they couldn't recall certain information. cnn's paula reid reports. >> reporter: this latest batch

of transcripts released by the january 6th committee has big names including donald trump jr., kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller. one of the common themes that's become clear across all these transcripts, both from this batch and the previous ones is the former white house chief of staff was at the center of a multi-faceted plan to undermine the results of the election. in this most recent batch of transcripts the committee presses donald trump on a series of text exchanges he had with the former white house chief of staff including on november 5th when donald trump jr. shared ideas to keep his father in power by subverting the electoral process. this looks very familiar. under questioning from investigators donald trump jr. said he didn't know who the author of that plan was, he could not remember but he shared

it because it looked to be the most plausible. now donald trump jr. is 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 capitol. we're learning of another transcript from christina babb that senator lindsey graham and mark meadows discussed ways graham could help them dispel the myth. he only needed five dead voters. he needed a little bit of information he could latch on to and amplify these claims. now there's also additional testimony from stephanie grisham, a top aide to former president donald trump and they said the first lady did not trust mark meadows who was concerned he was not giving her husband the best advice. he was telling him what he wanted to hear.

she had some concerns about his attorneys, sidney powell, rudy giuliani. two years later batsed on the information, all of this appeared to be well founded. all of this will go to special counsel jack smith to determine any criminal charges are warranted. paula reid, cnn, washington. a looming u.s. government shutdown is now in the rear-view mirror. president joe biden signed a 1.7 billion rm budget. the bill includes more aid for u krach and nato allies and a ban on tiktok from federal devices. the colossal holiday failure of southwest airlines may be nearing an end.

the company plans to run a full schedule friday. so far there have been 39 cancellations compared to more than 2300 on thursday. this capsule week of chaos that left tens of thousands of travelers abandoned, exhausted and outrained. the company was forced to cancel nearly 16,000 flights since last thursday and on thursday southwest issued a new site and the ways for people to get help. >> my personal apologies on behalf of myself and everyone at southwest airlines for all of this. the second, a pledge to do everything we can to workday and night to repair our relationship with you. >> 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. but it's too late for some

customers. >> reporter: eight days in and finally southwest is planning to return to normal operations friday issuing a statement saying with another holiday weekend we'll have important connections for our valued customers and employees, we are eager to return to a state of normalcy, but today it's still chaos for southwest passengers. >> the anxiety level has become crazy. >> reporter: one of the country's biggest carriers canceling nearly 2400 flights thursday capping a week of travel misery that stranded thousands more. >> it is very difficult. they booked me on a flight for january 2nd. my wedding is the 30th. southwest's cancellations meant she had to mitts meeting her fiance at the alter in belise. >> the most emotional has been between people and their bags. >> i just haven't had this bag

in a week. i've been wearying other people's clothes. >> reporter: they are getting people new flights in the bad weather. bob jordan said the systems were too outdated. >> the tool we use to recover from bad weather 99% of the time. clearly we need to double down to upgrade systems for the extreme circumstances so that we never again face what's happening right now. >> they say they've been ringing the outdated whistle. >> we've been harping on them since 2015ish. every year we've seen a meltdown happen. >> they should have committed our i.t. infrastructure could handle that growth and change the way we operate. >> reporter: southwest has promised to reimburse customers

but good luck reaching an agent on the phone let alone in person. >> nobody's giving us any direction. >> southwest is bustling some passengers from airport to airport in order to bring some relief amidst a total airport. >> i'm still stranded and i need to drive 9 more hours. i'm stressed, tired, i hate this. >> southwest offering roughly 1/3 of a schedule. the airline says it's planning to return to normal on friday with minimal disruptions with the cascading effect. take a look behind me. this mountain of suitcases here at denver's airport. i have friends who are in town who have yet to be reunited with their bags. southwest did hire extra staff to help sort through all of these pieces of luggage but of course even though the airline's planning to return to normal by friday, it's probably going to take days for all of these bags to be reunited with their rightful owners.

cnn, denver. at least 39 people lost their lives in the historic blizzard that hit buffalo, new york, last weekend. officials say that figure is likely to continue to rise as snow melts and more bodies are found. cnn's athena jones. >> reporter: hi there. the city of buffalo is getting ba being to normal. city hall opened on thursday as did a nearby courthouse and the erie county offices. the driving ban has been lifted. may yorp byron brown said as of friday morning the travel ban will be lifted. they've made a lot of progress, a lot of clearer roads. the work going on behind me, that will continue until all of the snow is clear. one bit of work that is still going on is about the death toll. the medical examiner for erie county has confirmed some 39 deaths as of noon on thursday.

we expect that number to rise. listening to what the county executive said about that death toll. >> there are additional bodies that have been received that we believe are believed to be blizzard deaths but they need to have autopsy and additional work done including a 4-month-old that died on christmas day. >> reporter: when it comes to the deaths, there is additional work to be done. that is something we'll be keeping watch on. one piece of good news, authorities are no longer quite as concerned of the issue of flooding. that was going to be an issue because of the fast snow melt as temperatures reach around 50 on friday. today county executives said that's not as much of a concern. we should note if flooding does happen, governor kathy hochul says there are 800,000 sand

bags, 300 pumps and generators. right now there may be some waterways that crest but they don't expect flooding to be a major issue. athena jones, cnn, buffalo, new york. higher than normal temperatures and rain are forecast for much of the u.s. this weekend. this as denver, colorado, deals with the impact of half a foot of snow. cnn meteorologist allison c chinchar has that and new year's eve. >> reporter: that same system that dumped all of that snow in colorado now exiting that area and pushing into sections of the midwest all the way down to the gulf coast. that's where it's going to be from that system as we head into friday, but on the other side of the country back on the west coast, we're looking at another system that will be pushing back in. the this is 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. by friday morning all of these areas dealing with very heavy rain across northern california, areas of nevada and very heavy snow across the intermountain west as well as the sierras. this is not a very fast-moving low pressure system. just the very next day, 24 hours later, that low pressure system has not moved very much. what you will notice is that shift south ward. that will bring rain to central and southern california. widespread amounts, 4 to 6 inches but not out of the question for in excess of 7 to le inches in southern, california. snowfall ranges picking up 6 to 10 inches. temperatures are expected to stay mild in the eastern half of the country. we'll start to see things change in the western half of the country. now the big question, what about new york on new year's eve?

unfortunately while temperatures will be mild and well above the average of 41, we do unfortunately have rain in the forecast for saturday evening. not necessarily enough to ruin the plans but maybe just to have that umbrella handy. >> thanks, allison. he reached the pinnacle of football greatest. how the great pele is being honored and remembered. plus, how republicans leaders are now reacting to george santos. later on, ukrainian forces are experiencing heavy losses on the eastern front lines just a day after russia launched a wave of massive attacks across the country. we'll have the latest on the fighting. jill and i are a team. if s she tells me to do something, i usually jump on board. golo w was doable, it's realistic, and it's something we can do the e rest of our lives.

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stadium in sao paolo stadium. his coffin will be placed at the center pitch and then on tuesday a funeral procession will continue through the streets. he passed away after a battle with colon cancer. he had been hospitalized in the past month with complications. his daughter posted this picture. the everything we ask is thanks to you. we love you endlessly. rest in peace. world sport amanda davies appeared with a closer look at his brilliant life on and off the pitch. no matter what made pele so special. >> it was an amazing video around on social media a couple of weeks ago, pele with your favorite footballers doing the skills that they are known for but pele did it first.

that is essentially what summed him up. from the word go he was doing it first, from making his debut when he would then build to bmg the greatest footballer of all time to the youngest greatest brazilian of all time and the only man to win three world cups. he is a man who could create emotions with a football unlike any other player in history. and that really is the outpouring of emotions we've seen. it very much mirrors that. we've got a sense of it over the last few weeks. when there were reports that we'd see the brazilian team, fans in the stands starting to send well wishes. i put that emotion through. very quickly we're seeing more and more people speak out and

share their memories. we saw in france last night ahead of the game against peluse. they lined up to pay tribute. that's something you would expect to see, english premier league games, la league. you get a sense just how great, rej again dairy they are when other top sports figures from different fields obviously are in awe of what they did. usain bolt paid his tribute saying a sporting legend, rest in peace king pele. barack obama, former u.s. president said pele was one of the greatest to play the game and one of the most recognizable to understand the power of sport. our thoughts are with family and everyone who loved and admired him. it's not what he did off the pitch as on it.

the first black mobile sporting icon. he played the majority in brazil and he spent the last few years playing in the united states. he was a huge part of soccer in the u.s. and where pele went, others followed. i just want to bring up one photo because it's a photo that means a lot to me and my family. on the right there is another one of those people who went to the states following pele. he used to play for manchester city. he went to new york, replaced pele and he is there with his wife joan and in the middle my mom and dad, david and susan. when he moved to the u.s. he sold his house to my mom and dad. it was the first house that i grew up in and they were very

excited and they met dennis jones and pele. >> thank you so much and for sharing that memory as well. sports broadcaster and be author ian staffer is with us now live from london. ian, tell us about your reaction to pele's passing and what he leaves behind? >> well, we knew he was ill and i had been working on a project with pele and his management for some time so we knew he was slipping away. it doesn't make it any less sad, of course, because you knew -- you pray for a itching mel and -- but hopefully he's in peace now. i think it's reawakened people's

memories and thoughts and standings on pele. everybody is saying, there we go, it's prove of he's the great of all time. that's the modern thing to say. anybody under 45 may not fully appreciate what pele did. for those of us who are older or any sort of sporting historians or those who know football, pele was the first to do anything. he was the first to do that. his stats are better than anybody else's. he will always be -- he may not always be but up till now he's the only man to ever have won the world cup on three occasions and in two of them he was massively influential. so on the pitch he was the greatest, but obviously it has

to be more than that. like muhammad ali, who's the greatest sports person of all time. ali is often up there. pele is the second greatest sports person of all time. jesse owens who was before tv, the world knew to appreciate jesse owens at the time. pele was pretty much the first global black sporting superstar, and he became the greatest name in south america let alone brazil and he had to carry that burden on his shoulder at a time when brazil was -- especially in the mid 60s onwards politically very difficult to be there and there was a coup, an army takeover. everybody wanted pele on the

side. he was a boy born in france. he used a sock as a football. he had no boots and from those extremely humble beginnings he became at the age of 17, he went to sweden. he never left brazil in his life. he went to sweden in the 1958 world cup. scored a hat trick. think about that, a hat trick in the world cup semi-finals and then two goals in the final at the age of 17 and from that point onwards, the legend that was pele was born. so, his -- i mean, he'll stay in the annals of history forever. very hard to see anybody emulate what the man achieved, and i think when you look into all those, even the likes of both ronaldo, messi, they all bow and fall to the feet of the

footballer who they still look up to and say, yeah, we were good but he was the best. >> thank you so much for joining us. the queen of punk fashion vivian westwood has died. they announced the british fashion designer had died peacefully on thursday at her home in london with her family at her side. westwood began her career in the 1970s rising to fame designing clothes worn by the group the sex pistols and creating what became the look for the punk scene. westwood's look would go global with her signs all around the world. she was 81 years old. cnn and other outlets are exposing even more lies from george santos. new questions about his mother and the 9/11 terror attacks just ahead. plus, the number of dead is

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm bianca nobilo. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top story. americans will get to see what's in former president trump's tax returns. a house committee is set to release the documents in coming hours. plus, new revelations from new rounds of witness transcripts released from the january 6th committee. witnesses described trump's

request to find dead voters. u.s. congressman elect george santos is facing new scrutiny over his claims that his mother was inside the world trade center on 9/11 and that the terror attacks played a role in her death. new york republican spent the last week trying to explain stories and he said he embellished his resume when he said he attended an elite college and worked on wall street. we have the latest. >> reporter: while the legal scrutiny around george santos is intensifying, there are now investigations both at the local level and the federal level looking into his lies as well as if any 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 play out. his latest is his mother was in the world trade center on 9/11 and that she died on 9/11 and it played some role. 9/11 claimed his mother's life but on his website he said his mother died a few years later from a battle of cancer. there's an obituary that says his mother died december 23rd, 2016, more than 15 years after the 9/11 attacks. we have additional falsehoods including claims santos said he went to the elite school and was forced to drop out however the school said there is no evidence he went to the school. santos has claimed his mother had an historically jewish last name. genealogists say there's no evidence of that in his family tree. there's no evidence he had ukrainian or jewish heritage.

just remarkable stuff on george santos. so far gop leaders remain silent. ukrainian officials say russian forces continue to bombard the kherson region shelling the city and surrounding areas dozens of times in the past 24 hours. earlier a presidential adviser said ukraine's forces experienced heavy losses in the east, namely around the towns of bak bakhmut. they say russia has lost more. this comes after they learned russia diverted resources to other areas to the battle of bakhmut. damage assessments are underway. one of the largest missile barrages since the war began more than 10 months ago. as the war rages vladimir putin says his country intends to strengthen military operations with china. he spoke with chinese leader xi

jinping. during their opening remarks mr. putin invited xi to get together in a couple of months. joining me in the studio is cnn's nada bashir. ment nada, we're hearing in kyiv, there was an alert telling residents to take shelter and also the governor said there have been more drone attacks today. what are we learning about what is happening? >> look, as you described, you've heard from ukrainian officials, one of the largest barrages has grown over the last ten months. the missiles targeting ukraine across its territory from kyiv to the eastern front lines and lviv in the west. what we've heard from the ukrainian officials, that this was largely targeting as we have seen in the past, ukraine's energy infrastructure but, in fact, there were significant

damage. we have seen the civilian lives lost as well. we did hear from the ukrainian military. they say they were able to intercept successfully the majority of crude missiles to be launched by the russian armed forces. we are seeing a doubling down across ukraine much as they had anticipated around the new year. we heard from president zelenskyy. he said this was further evidence that russia is, in his words, engaging in terrorist activity in ukraine. take a listen. >> translator: with the rocket attack russia is getting to that dead end. russia has less rockets but the status of the biggest terrorists in the world will have a deeper impact for a long time for russia and its citizens. every missile will -- only will show that the tribunal will be right at the end of this.

>> several powerful entities were hit on thursday leaving some regions with a limited power supply. ukrainian officials say they're assessing potential next steps. a little earlier we are hearing russia is diversifying its resources. >> this phone call or this virtual meeting between mr. putin and mr. xi is hugely significant. do we have a readout or any details on that? obviously it's very important for putin to try to demonstrate that you've got china's back? >> absolutely. i think ahead of this there had been questions whether we were seeing china becoming isolated in operating the long standing support. it has so far refused to condemn the invasion of ukraine and has taken the side of russia when it comes to laying the blame on the united states and nato. we have not seen the opening

remarks from president putin speaking to president xi. he said the relations were the best they had ever been and he focused on the potential for the cooperation between the two. he described that being a stabilizing factor, his words, on the backdrop of increasingly deep political tensions in the world. he spoke about deepening those relation when is it comes to military cooperations. that would be key. we're hearing from two leaders and from president xi and the deepening of military cooperation. >> will cause alarm, i'm sure, from the u.s. thank you for joining us. the death toll from a huge fire that gutted a casino in cambodia has fwroen to at least 24 people. officials are concerned the number could still increase as emergency crews search for more

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south korea is joining a short list of countries requiring a negative covid test for visitors arriving from china. india and japan are imposing similar restrictions. beginning next week all passengers traveling to the u.s. from china must provide a

negative result 48 hours before boarding a plane. earlier this week in italy half the travelers tested positive. the italian prime minister wanted the european union to test all travelers. spain's health minister said passengers arriving from china will be required to show a negative test for covid-19, or proof of full vaccination. let's bring in barbie nadeau. barbie, obviously if italy is imposing restrictions, or spain, it does risk inequities. what are we hearing and what are the leaders urging the eu to do? >> reporter: certainly here in italy, the restrictions, the testing is fundamental. italy was the first epicenter, the first round outside of the

pandemic three years ago. george milone will be so happy to find out spain is offering restrictions. she wants spain to do the same. let's listen to what she had to say. >> translator: this measure risks not being completely effective if it's not taken at the european level. we know we can do it for flights arriving from china but not those arriving elsewhere. i asked the health minister who immediately reacted in this sense to write to the european commissioner and asked the european union to take measures in this sense. >> reporter: so, you know, you've got that urgency here in italy. you see an effort here like in rome, like a fine oiled machine. they didn't stop testing people that long ago. one of the last countries to lift restrictions as the pandemic was getting better

around the world. you have a number of flights from milan. here they're testing every single person on every direct flight from china. they will continue to do so until at least the end of january. >> barbie nadeau, thank you. a special mass will be held in rome for pope benedict who is reported to be very sick. cnn correspondents have been watching for any changes in his help. pope francis broke the news on wednesday. on thursday the vatican reported the 95-year-old benedict is stable but that his condition does remain serious. let's bring in cnn's delia gallagher for more on this. delia, as expected with a 95-year-old man, it does look like there are ups and downs in this and different levels of alarm from when we initially heard that he was in more trouble with his health. what are you hearing today? >> reporter: well, bianca. now friday morning. the last update we have from the

vatican was from yesterday. let's just have a read of that one, which is the latest that we have. the vatican said he is absolutely lucid and vigilant and today while his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable. that's relatively reassuring sounding the alarm on wednesday but we are hoping for another update today. as you mentioned, bianca, we are talking about declining health of a 95-year-old. the vatican said on wednesday that the deterioration of his health is due to old age. we are in a sort of waiting situation day by day because i think at this point it's even difficult for doctors to predict exactly what the time line might be. there can be ups and downs in these situations with elderly people. we are hoping, as i say, for another update. there will be a special mass. being held in rome. that's all around the world responding to pope francis's

request for prayer for the pope emeritus. >> thank you. the deposed former leader of myanmar aun sung sue chi has been p sentenced to 7 more years. she has to serve a total prison time of 33 years. it could mean she'll spend the rest of her life behind bars. she was previously convicted of charges from fraud to election violations. suu kyi has denied the charges against her. the u.s. military is accusing a chinese pilot of an unsafe maneuver during a close call over the south china sea. a chinese fighter came 20 feet

from the plane. the u.s. military said its plane was in international air space at the time. south korea is preparing for possible drone attacks. the military held drills after five north korean drones crossed into the air space. one returned three hours later. the dallas cowboys have already clinched a spot in the nfl playoffs, but now they're shooting for the home field advantage. highlights from their clash next.

jooch the nfl playoffs are just a few weeks away and the dallas cowboys are heating up at just the right time. running back ezekiel elliott opened the scoring in the match-up thursday night with the tennessee titans. it's his ninth straight game with a touchdown. tennessee was playing without the first string quarterback and running back. the loss to dallas is their sixth in a row. they could still make the playoffs. final score in this one, dallas 27, tennessee 13. the. now we turn to basketball

where there's no one more awesome than luca doncic. he scored 35 points with 12 rebounds and 13 assists to lead the dallas mavericks to their fifth straight win. jaylen green led houston with 23 points but it wasn't enough to keep the rockets from their seventh loss in eight games. final score dallas 129, houston 114. with just two days left in 2022 we wanted to bid a fond food farewell to some treats. choco taco was cutting it with you klondike says there could be a come back. le mcdonald's mcrib is gone nationally, at least for a while, despite being a cult favorite. chile's original chicken tenders. burger king's chik ki ng.

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