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world, i'm laila harrak. at the vatican the first holy mass of the new year will commemorate the late pope emeritus benedict. we're live from st. peter's square. and the year begins with flooding and evacuations in california as over 25 million could be affected by extreme weather. details and the forecast ahead. and defiance as ukraine enters the new year untd a barrage of russian missiles. we will hear from the ukrainian and russian leaders on two very different visions of what lies ahead. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with laila harrak. from new zealand to the u.s. most of the world has now ushered in 2023 with a mix of hope, excitement and flare.

hours ago new york held its traditional ball drop in front of a jam packed times square. it was a spectacular show complete with fireworks, music and a ton, literally a ton, of confetti raining down on the crowd. celebrations were also held across europe, africa and asia and in the next hour hawaii will become one of the last places on earth to welcome the new year. ♪ pope francis is at the vatican celebrating sunday mass at this hour, one day after his predecessor former pope benedict passed away at age 95. the vatican announced that the pope emeritus, who was the first to resign the papacy, says the 15th century will lie in state

from monday at st. peter's basilica. at benedict's request the vatican says his funeral on thursday morning will be, quote, simple. pure y'all will be in the paypal tombs. the worshippers have been paying their respects behind you? >> reporter: we've been seeing people filtering into the square all morning, this is the new year's day mass. we can expect that pope francis will say something about pope benedict in this mass and then there will be the noon blessing which he does every noon but it's especially important on new year's day and we expect him as well to speak about pope benedict at that moment. it's an interesting moment when these celebrations were already in place and pope benedict's death has added a certain poignancy to it. to have two popes inside vatican city at the same time is something that hasn't happened

in 600 years and pope francis and pope benedict had a cordial relationship. pope francis speaking highly of him and asking every one to do the same. >> do we expect pope francis to pay tribute to the pope emeritus during the holy mass? >> reporter: yes, we do expect him to make mention of it, especially during that blessing, but he's mentioned him last night during his -- and during his mass as well. let's listen to what he had to say last night. >> translator: we are moved as westerly him as such a nobel person, so kind and we feel gratitude to to our hearts, gratitude to god for giving him to the church and to the world. gratitude to him for all the good he accomplished and above all for his witness of faith and prayer, especially in these last years of his life. only god knows the value of his sacrifices for the good of the

church. >> reporter: and, you know, what's really important about that messaging is that pope benedict really did a very complicated legacy. he was -- a lot of people blamed him for a great deal of the cover up of the clerical abuse, not while he was pope so much but while he was head of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith. pope francis we're hearing trying to change the messaging back to his dedication of his life to the church, all of the things he did, and even during his ten years of retirement he continued to write, he continued to have audiences, he continued to give interviews, he was very influential and didn't get in pope francis' way. i think what we're seeing a pope francis saying, okay, let's focus on the good that this pope did and celebrate as they celebrate his -- his life and his legacy. >> barbie nadeau reporting, thank you so much. bryan kohberger the suspect

in the stabbing deaths of four idaho college students is awaiting extradition from pennsylvania where he was arrested on friday. authorities say he made the cross-country drive home from washington state with his father who flew out to make the trip with his son. but even though a suspect is in custody, the investigation is far from over. the moscow idaho police chief says more than 400 calls came into authorities after they announced kohberger's arrest. the chief welcomes the information and he says he hopes tips will lead to the murder weapon and provide more details about the suspect. >> now we are at a new point. now we know who we're looking at. we want information on that individual. we want that updated information so that we can start building that picture now. every tip matters. everything -- every piece matters. so we just want, you know, our community and the nation to continue to send us that.

>> in nearly seven weeks since the students were killed investigators say they have conducted more than 300 interviews and checked approximately 20,000 tips. kohberger faces four counts of murder in the first degree and one count of felony burglary. cnn's jean casarez is in pennsylvania with more on the suspect's arrest and what happens next. >> reporter: bryan kohberger remains right here at the monroe county correctional facility, and we do know that it was on friday in the early morning hours that he was arrested at his family's home in brightsville, pennsylvania, a small town about ten miles away from here, but what has been not known is exactly what happened at the time of his arrest. the chief public defender for monroe county told me after speaking with his parents that happened. >> his father, michael, answered the door, and he was cooperative from that point forward. >> reporter: and then bryan came

to the door? >> yes, and bryan was also very cooperative. he went with state police to the barracks, i don't think there were any issues and he was cooperative. >> reporter: i asked the chief public defender for monroe county, pennsylvania, if he had all talked to his client about having a psychological assessment at this point because defense attorneys many times want to get that mental state right from the beginning. he said he spoke with his client but he does not know who is going to represent him once he gets to idaho. >> obviously given the charges and the serious nature of the offenses it's likely that it's going to be a capital case, so there is a select number of people in idaho that can actually try the case and represent bryan. >> reporter: the next legal proceeding for bryan kohberger will be in monroe county on tuesday, it will be the extradition proceeding. we do know from his attorney he will waive that and then he will be on to idaho to face those very serious criminal charges.

back to you. people in northern california are being told to shelter in place and avoid the roads as heavy rains caused widespread flooding there. officials in one area using armored rescue vehicles to evacuate residents and also providing emergency sandbags and plastic sheeting to residents and businesses. the national weather service says the san francisco bay area is close to breaking the city's record for the single wettest day because of the nonstop rain. about 250,000 homes and businesses are without power in california and nevada due to the storm. there is one spot of good news, the california highway patrol is reporting that all lanes of u.s. highway 101 have reopened to all traffic. it had been closed due to major flooding. more than 25 million people are under flood watches across california and parts of nevada

as heavy rain, strong winds and snow continue to pummel the area. the snow is expected to spread to the rockies late sunday and into monday causing hazardous driving conditions. meantime, residents of buffalo, new york, are working to dig out from under more than 4 feet of snow that fell during last week's historic blizzard. in the coming days temperatures are expected to rise well above freezing, putting the area at risk of flooding as well as all that snow and ice melts. erie county officials say they've prepped -- they are prepped stockpiling pumps and generators and digging drainage ditches for melting snow. after mass cancellations and chaos during christmas, southwest airlines says it's back on a full schedule. the u.s.-based carrier had only five cancellations on saturday as the vice president of the airlines pilots association is

urging people to give them another chance. >> i do encourage them, though, to give us a shot, another shot. i think we're going to end up fixing this going forward. you know, it does take a pretty -- a very large weather event to make this happen and the union -- the pilots union is definitely going to be pressing the company very hard on making sure things get fixed. >> the airline canceled more than 15,000 flights since december 22nd stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers. luggage was almost lost, misplaced or delayed, prompting the department of transportation to send the airline is formal warning. officials in alabama are investigating why an airline worker was killed at montgomery's airport on saturday. the incident involved an employee who was on a ramp where an american airlines rege nt jet was parked. the airport shut down operations following the incident. in a statement american airlines

offered condolences to the worker's family and called the death an accident but circumstances of the death have not within released. new york's police commissioner says three officers are in stable condition right now following a machete attack near times square. according to police the unprovoked assault happened about two hours before midnight near a screening site to get into times square. one officer reportedly received a skull fracture and a large cut on his head and another officer also suffered a laceration. the third ster's injuries were not specified. while police say a 19-year-old man began swinging the machete at the officers without warning before he was shot and wounded. mayor eric adams praised the officers' professionalism in subduing the suspect while still maintaining security for the new year's celebration. ukraine's capital is not backing down in the face of

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north korea is starting the new year by showing off its super large multiple rocket launcher. the country says it tested the weapon this weekend and presented it during a meeting of the north korean workers party. north korean leader kim jong-un hailed as it as a key offensive weapon. he said it's capable of carrying tactical weapons and all that all of south korea is in its range. ukraine's president is telling russians they will be fighting a losing battle in 2023. volodymyr zelenskyy spoke to them directly in his evening address on saturday. he said russians are not fighting nato as moscow keeps telling them, he says the truth is they've been sent to war to keep president vladimir putin in power for life, but in his new

year's message to fellow ukrainians, mr. zelenskyy made a wish for the entire country. >> translator: we woke up on february 24th to another life, being another people, another ukrainian, the first missile finally destroyed the lib rint of illusion. we don't know for sure what the new year 2023 will bring us, but ready for anything. new achievements, we will be happy. new hits, we will be steadfast. continuation of the fight, we will fight. and when we win, we will hug. i want to wish all of us one thing, victory. >> kyiv rang in the new year on a patriotic note, including by decorating the street in the colors of the ukrainian flag. but the ukrainian capitol showed its defiant side shortly after the new year was ushered in.

people shouted "glory to ukraine" and "glory to heroes" as russia unleashed new attacks on kyiv. the city's mayor said air raid warnings were activated. the strikes came on the heels of missile attacks on new year's eve. ukraine said they left at least six people dead and more than two dozen wounded across the country. let's get you more on these developments, clare sebastian joins us from london. we heard earlier from mr. putin. what did the russian leader have to say. >> reporter: he was pretty steadfast in his talking points, stick to go his traditional justifications for the war, making clear he has no intention of compromising really on anything. the optics were interesting. he usually delivers the address standing in front of a lit up moscow kremlin, this year he did

it on a visit in the southern district of russia, not far at all from the ukrainian border, about 75 miles visiting soldiers there. you can on the left of the screen last year, on the right of the screen this year, standing in front of what appears to be soldiers in uniform. he already delivered the highest military honor to the russian general commander the forces in ukraine and said that russia is working in ukraine to protect its own people in its historical territories referring to the regions that it has illegally annexed. he has railed against the west accusing of fomenting this conflict and using ukraine for its own end. take a listen. >> translator: the west lied about peace, but was preparing for aggression and today they openly admitted without shame and ukraine to weaken and spread russia. we have never allowed and never will allow anyone to do this.

>> reporter: so russia presenting this as a war not with ukraine but with the west and almost as those words, that speech was being released there was this big cruise missiles attack across ukraine, ukraine saying it repelled 12 out of 20 cruise missiles and that followed up overnight by what seems to be a pretty large scale drone attack. the ukrainian air force said it shot down about 45 drones in kyiv the regional military administration says that around three dozen drones were launched at that region reporting damage to infrastructure though as of yet in casualties. >> clare sebastian reporting. thank you so much as ever. a ukrainian orchestra won last year's your revision contest. the band's front man tells cnn how their tune is unifying the nation. here is christina mcfarland.

♪ ♪ >> reporter: you wrote your song "stefania" for your mother but what has it now come to symbolize to the people of ukraine? >> translator: for me it will always be a song about my mom and was above all dedicated to my mom. yes, it was a song about my mom which then passed our national selection and later won your revision. when the full-scale war happened this song was everywhere to hear and call it the anthem of our war. >> reporter: he says winning your revision was a victory for all of ukraine.

>> translator: it was the same in lviv, i mean, for all of ukraine it was a celebration, a great victory that cheered everyone up. >> reporter: you have been making a lot of new music i understand back in ukraine. how difficult has it been to be creative when you're living and working in a war zone? >> translator: at first after the start of the full-scale war it was very difficult to gather ourselves and understand what to write and how to write at this time. but then we realized that we needed to write and support people in any case so we have already somehow got accustomed to it. >> reporter: as putin tries to destroy ukraine and its coal tour he says the work of every musician was taken on more meaning. >> reporter: i think this is a valuable contribution both ours

and that of every ukrainian performer, musician, artist. what's very important is we see our culture has really taken off and this is good. we hope that this is just the beginning and that our culture will be even bigger and shared even more widely around the world. >> reporter: the rap and folk music lit up in the stage in the mtv europe music awards this year and they have big plans for what's next. if there was one artist in the world that you would like to collaborate with musically, who would it be? >> reporter: we want to work with eminem. i'm not joking i'm a fan of his and i have always wanted to do it. if he happens to come to you, ask him to get in touch. >> reporter: what message do you have from the people of ukraine to the world as we look ahead to 2023? >> translator: our message is that every person can help us, not necessarily financially or

whatever, one can help out with information, volunteer or in some other way. if everyone makes at least some effort, this war will end sooner because together we are strong. in iran a song by a singer who was arrested was become an anthem for anti-government protests, it's rapidly spread across the movement in iran and around the world. nada bashir has more. ♪ >> reporter: for my sister, for your sister, for our sisters, lyrics inspired by a series of tweets highlighting the many reasons as to why the people of iran are protesting. it was created by an iranian singer-s singer-songwriter. he was arrested after the song's release on charges including spreading propaganda against the regime, but the peace has since been described as the unofficial

anthem of iran's ongoing protest movement. and has inspired artistic displays of defiance across the globe. >> it's more of the most powerful shared languages we have that can create unity and stir strong emotions and engage audiences and inspire people to take action and that power is threatening to an authoritarian regime. >> reporter: it's this desire to inspire action which chose this woman to create a viral outspoken word piece. >> the deaths of all the martyrs we have lost won't be in vain. >> if i were in iran under the islamic republic regime i would either be kidnapped, raped, maybe even killed for writing and reciting that mow yes, ma'am. i have no freedom to create outside of the country so it's my duty. >> reporter: more than three months passed since protests first began in iran, the

movement has grown to become a national uprising calling for rish sheem change but the fight for women's rights remains at its heart and despite a brutal and deadly crackdown by the regime women continue to protest, removing their mandatory hijabs and dancing in the streets. acts long forbidden now symbols of freedom. >> reporter: their defiance has inspired acts of protests from many iranian creatives and displays of solidarity across the globe. >> their fight is our fight. >> reporter: from art installations in new york, the word "baraye" displayed here featuring the names of those believed to have lost their lives at the hands of the regime and musical renditions of the globally celebrated protest song. to this rousing performance in

buenos aires. an iranian actress joining british band coldplay, together singing the now unforgettable chant of women, life, freedom. ♪ >> reporter: nada bashir, cnn, london. after years of crippling covid restrictions china is now hoping for better days in 2023. details on their economic goals this new year.

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in the united states and canada, i'm laila harrak and you're watching "cnn newsroom." in new york thousands of nurse right side threatening to go on strike next week. the state's nurse association says at least 16,000 caregivers have delivered notices to eight private hospitals. they want a new negotiation of their union contract. the president of the association tells cnn hospitals aren't doing enough to invest and retain nurses. >> we need to have enough nurses to care for our patients. you cannot have a nurse working in a medical/surgical unit where she should have five nurse -- five patients and that nurse is taking care of 12 patients. there are nurses in the emergency room that are caring for 20 patients. we are asking in this contract to have proper safe patient to nurse ratio. we are also asking for wages that is equal to the inflation. that is all we're asking for. we are not asking for a strike.

>> well, the potential strikes come as hospitals are already short staffed and grappling with three major viruses, covid, flu and rsv. air travelers from china are facing a growing number of restrictions around the world, including a ban on entering morocco starting on tuesday. canada and australia will require a negative covid test before those travelers can board a plane. that applies to all travelers, regardless of nationality. on friday england and france joined the u.s., spain, south korea and other countries in announcing similar restrictions. all this comes as beijing's rapid draw back of its zero covid policy has led to a huge outbreak in coronavirus cases. taiwan's president, meanwhile, has offered to assist beijing in dealing with that surge. she made the comments in her new year's message. >> translator: we have seen the

recent escalation of the epidemic situation in china. as long as there is a need, based on the position of humanitarian care, we are willing to provide the necessary assistance to help more people get out of the pandemic and have a healthy and safe new year. as china eases its covid restrictions ands begins to reopen, officials are now shifting their attention to economic growth. as sel selina wang reports, the country has high expectation force 2023. >> reporter: people in china will take any opportunity to celebrate. the country is finally opening up after years of lockdowns, abandoning its zero covid policy. there's hope that 2023 will look more like that. this year china even managed to pull off the beijing winter olympics. i flew into beijing for my previous posting in tokyo to cover the games in january. first thing i saw walking off the airplane is a sea of hazmat

suits. people literal walls separating us from the rest of china. he said the police will take me if i walk out of the gate. the country growing more isolated as ties fray with the west and grow tighter with russia, military tensions rise over taiwan. while the man who is calling the shots, xi jinping, stepped into an unprecedented third term as china's supreme leader this year, his goal is to make china great again and turn it into a technological super power and not just on earth. this year china successfully launched crewed missions to its space station, fueling national pride. 2022 also marked a milestone for china's national animal. 15 panda cubs were born at the research base alone and next year china is preparing to host

the asian games an event that people hope will boost the covid battered economy and morale. there's relief and joy that people have their freedom back finally in 2023 there's hope people in china can party and travel without fear just like they used to. selina wang, cnn, beijing. still ahead, a divided congress and a series of investigations. u.s. president joe biden is facing a number of political challenges this new year. we will take a look at how he plans to address them. nothing kills more viruses, including the covid-19 virus, on more e surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect.

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here in the u.s. representative-elect george santos has been under intense scrutiny for false claims about his family history and resumé. and now some finance experts are questioning santos' explanation that dozens of election campaign

expenses all came to the exact amount of $199.99. that's one penny below the dollar figure which the federal election commission requires campaigns to keep receipts. santos' attorney says all campaign funds were spent in compliance with the campaign finance laws, he also said the suggestion that the santos campaign engaged in any unlawful spending of campaign funds is irresponsible at best. president joe biden is spending the new year in the u.s. virgin islands. it's his last chance to rest before a busy political season in the weeks and months ahead. cnn's arlette saenz looks at the challenges he faces. >> reporter: president biden is ringing in the new year here in st. croix, has a big decision about a possible campaign in 2024 is looming. his advisers say they're taking the president at his word when he says that he intends to run

for president once again and they're starting to make the plans to put those mechanisms in place should he decide to launch that campaign in the coming months. the president has said that he would spend these holidays speaking with his family about that decision and he was asked about those conversations while he was out to dinner here in st. croix. [ inaudible question ] >> happy new year. >> did you talk to your family about running for reelection, sir? >> there is an election coming up? i didn't know that. >> reporter: in addition to making the decision about a 2024 campaign president biden is set to return to washington in a new political reality as republicans are about to take control of the house, taking control of a chamber of congress for the first time since biden has been in office. as he's entering this era of divided government biden said he hopes there will be areas for bipartisan cooperation but the white house is also fully cognizant of the resistance that they could meet in the coming years. one thing the white house is

watching very closely is the race for house speaker to see been kevin mccarthy will be speaker of the house coming up in this next term in congress. additionally the white house has been preparing for an onslaught of congressional investigations spearheaded by republicans. republicans have promised to look into things like hunter biden's business dealings with the white house, believes it's actually politically motivated, to issues like the withdrawal from afghanistan. biden for the first time will be in office during the divided government with a very steep climb ahead for getting any of his agenda passed in congress. arlette saenz, cnn, traveling with the president in st. croix. brazil is bringing in the new year with a new president. the inauguration for lula da silva is hours away to be followed by a massive party with his supporters. here is one lula fan ready to celebrate. >> translator: i am very happy. very excited.

this victory is much bigger than a party or a candidate. it is the victory of a country, of people who believe that we can renew our hope and repair all that has been taken away from us. this is victory of democracy against fascism. >> outgoing far right president jair bolsonaro won't be at the inauguration, he left the country on friday and headed for florida. his administration says it's cooperating with the transition of power even though mr. bolsonaro hasn't publicly conceded defeat. and brazil is making preparations for the public wake for football legend pay la. the ceremony will begin monday at this said numb in soo paulo state, thousands are expected to show up and pay their respects. earlier fans honored the soccer icon with a drone display. it depicted him scoring a goal and holding one of his many trophies. pe will. e died last week after a battle

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whenever i say at a white lotus i always have a memorable time, always. >> "the white lotus" is one of the most popular tv shows of 2022 so what's ahead for one of its biggest stars? cnn's leyla kincade sat down with theo james to talk about his personal and professional goals for 2023. >> theo james, happy new year. >> happy new year. how are you? >> i'm well. i have to say i watched "the white lotus," emmy award winning show. i love it, but i hate every character. >> yeah. >> i hate every character, but it works, right? even your character. >> i mean, especially my character, geez, he's a scumbag. i was watching a clip of him and

i was repulsed by my own self. yes, that's what mike does so well is he creates unlikable characters but in a strange way you have empathy for them or you understand them. >> i've seen a lot of guys make all this money and they just start acting different. >> that's fun. >> there is nudity, there is sex scenes involving you. do you get nervous? >> it's always a bit awkward but not nervous, you're about to go on stage, if you know what i mean, because you have to figure out the mechanics of it. >> do they close the set? is it a smaller crew? is everyone there? >> no, they hand out popcorn and people come in. no, thankfully they close the set and they make it small and, you know, as intimate as it needs to be. >> this current season of "white lotus" is set in sicily, picture perfect location.

>> it was great to be there and also, you know, that's a bit of a theme of this show, it's about sex, sexual politics and italy is so rich for that, isn't it, historically and, you know, exte existe existentially. >> i have three daughters, the youngest has turned two. i understand you have a baby girl. >> i do, two and a half. >> congratulations. >> thank you. and you too, too. >> how do you like the role of being a dad? >> i love it. i love it. you know, i think it enables you hopefully to become a better person, you know, but also to care deeply much more about something outside yourself, you know, to is shifts your -- as you know from having three kids -- it shifts kind of in a cheesy way your outlook on the world. before kids you can be quite self centric and suddenly it changes and you realize that none of that really matters at all. >> will she get a sibling? >> yes, i hope so. yeah.

i don't know where we will find a sibling. on the street maybe. >> the two stages of training, the first is physical, push your bodies to the breaking point. >> you did the divergent films. >> yes. >> i read that you felt type cast after that. in what way? >> those type of films because what they're based around is to, you know, be seen by the widest possible, you know, audience and as a result it can sometimes make the themes in it a big less acute. as a result it can be less fulfilling as an actor and, yeah, you kind of find yourself, you know, seen in a very specific way. >> if a casting director came calling for the role of james bond, would you take it? >> i don't think they would take me. >> why on earth o not? >> i'm too greek. i would be called bond --

opoluos. >> a good looking british guy who can do action film. >> i think now is the time for it could go in a different direction. i think it needs diversity, it needs a change. would you do it? would you be bond? >> do you think there would be a female james bond one day? >> i like the idea of that. >> so you work with unhcr. >> yes. >> how did you get involved? what's your connection? >> my grandfather who was greek, during the second world war as the nazis came into athens he had to escape by boat, you know, across the aegean, then he had to take basically refugee status and go, you know, on foot and ended up being, you know, helped in damascus. so it was the other way around, you know, europeans flooding out and seeking refuge in syria. i'm also interested in, you know, male mental health and

young men after they lose their homes, they have to travel, they lose identity and you get very high levels of anxiety and deep depression in men and women, but, you know, because i'm a young man it's a way of kind of reaching across that divide a little bit and i understand that. >> so 2023, what are your hopes for the year ahead? >> i'd love to have as much time with family, one to one, you know, suddenly as you know with kids suddenly a year goes by and they have changed and grown up and evolved, but i don't want to miss any of that, you know. it's hard when you are away a lot. >> you have trips to australia to see family in coming months. >> yes, very soon. we have a big family, i come from a big family, there's five kids and, you know, we are all going out to have is a big kind of reunion. >> should we have a coast? >> yes, please.

>> happy new year! >> happy new year! years to 2023 and to us. >> and to good health. >> and to good health. here is a look at what we can expect in space exploration in the coming year. in march spacex plans to fly polaris dawn a private human spaceflight on the crew dragon capsule, the mission is expected to include the first commercial space walk. the next month the european space agency is set to launch its jupiter ic moon's explorer, it's goal is to make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean bearing moons. and in october nasa will launch its psyche spacecraft, nasa says that mission will be a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the sun between mars and jupiter.

and the spacex starship will conduct a lunar fly by with its deer moon project funded by a japanese billionaire. they will embark on a six-day mission flying on a single trajectory around the moon. and finally this hour 2023 was welcome with hope for the future and breath-taking displays of sound and light. here is a look at some of the best and brightest new year's scenes . >> welcome to 2023 in sydney, australia. ♪

>> happy new year! >> an incredible site here in hong kong. this is the first time i've seen fireworks over the hong kong harbor in almost three years. wow, this really feels like a new beginning. happy new year! >> taiwan is reopening to the world after three years of pandemic. this is a democracy that is ready to showcase a positive message of peace on earth. ♪

>> from dubai, the tallest fwlg building in the world with over 160 floors and certainly one of the most famed. it's always ready to ring in the new year. and that wraps up this hour of "cnn newsroom." thank you so much for watching. i'm laila harrak. i will be back after a short break. when they're sick, they get comfortable anywhere and spread germs everywhere. wherever they rest protection nothing kills more viruses, including the covid-19 virus, on more surfrfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect.

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those smiles. that's why i do what i do. that and the paycheck. just look around. this digital age we're living in, it's pretty unbelievable. problem is, not everyone's fully living in it. nobody should have to take a class or fill out a medical form on public wifi with a screen the size of your hand. home internet shouldn't be a luxury. everyone should have it and now a lot more people can. so let's go. the digital age is waiting. held low and welcome to our