bye. and from there things get a bit interesting georgia boise state arizona state get the other byes. the biggest debate centered around whether alabama deserved to get in ahead of smu. three loss. bama had a much tougher schedule, but didn't make their conference title game. smu had just two losses. one of them to clemson in the acc title game. on a last second field goal, the committee sided with smu. they will go to penn state while clemson plays at texas. the other matchups are notre dame hosting indiana and ohio state hosting tennessee. john, the first round games kick off december 20th and 21st, with two of them on our sister channel tnt. >> i'm super excited about this, but i still don't quite know how to process the whole college football playoff thing coy well, i'm with you. >> i think all of us are just getting the hang of it but a lot more excitement for many more fan bases this time of year. >> and it starts soon. it starts like in a week, which is awesome. all right, coy, thank you very much. brand new hour of cnn news central starts

right now developing this morning, the stunning fall of the assad regime in syria after five decades of brutal dictatorship. >> but the world is wondering just who is in charge now. as fears grow of a resurgence of isis and the u.s. works to bring home a journalist captured there 12 years ago. new disturbing allegations against jay z. in an amended lawsuit first filed against sean combs the accuser saying she was assaulted by both men when she was just 13 years old. this morning, jay z forcefully denying those accusations and president elect donald trump laying out sweeping and aggressive plans he wants to enact as soon as he returns to the white house, including possible pardons for january 6th. rioters. i'm jessica dean in with john berman. kate and sarah are out today. this is cnn news central

and happening now, a remarkable first look inside syria. this morning with brutal dictator bashar al-assad now out of power. our cnn crews are inside the capital city of damascus. now that assad has fled and the world watches and waits to see what happens next in the volatile region, with rebel forces now in charge. cnn's clarissa ward is one of the first western journalists on the ground there. and the communication extremely challenging, as you can imagine but she was able to file this report just a few moments ago you can see there are a lot of people out on the streets today. it's not scenes of celebration. it's not scenes of looting like we were seeing today. now people are trying to make sure that they have stocked up on all the supplies that they might need. >> take a look at this line here. we're outside a bakery these people say they've been waiting more than half an hour.

some of them, they're waiting for bread. >> we've seen lines like this around the city. people are lining up for cash. they're lining up for gas. they are trying to make sure that they have enough food to ride out this transitional period where nobody really knows what's going to happen. >> now you can see behind me at the end of the road, there that is the central bank of syria. yesterday there was extensive looting there. a lot of people in the city started to feel a little bit concerned that this was going to be a chaotic period. then more rebels arrived in the capital. the looting appears to have stopped it does seem very calm on the streets. of course, there are many people who are elated that bashar al-assad is finally gone but there is also the day to day that people need to focus on to ensure that they have enough bread enough gas, enough cash, enough supplies to get them through this tenuous transitional period. clarissa ward, cnn damascus.

>> and that was our first look at clarissa in damascus. remarkable to have her there. so interesting to see the calm on the streets there, the lines of people waiting for things. but as of now, the situation, at least for clarissa, is apparently under control we'll stand by to hear more from her. but as i said, remarkable to have her presence in the syrian capital city so this morning, the fall of the assad regime, it almost certainly impacts the case of austin tice, the american freelance journalist held in syria since 2012. president biden says he thinks austin tice is alive. he confirmed that, but he wants to wait and see how the situation unfolds in the region before making a decision as to how the administration will proceed in trying to get him home. the family joins us this morning with us now simon robert tice austin's brother, and meagan tice malone, austin's sister. thank you so much for being with us. i have to say, events have been moving so quickly.

let me just ask you simon, first, any new information about austin in just the last 24 hours? >> thank you so much. first of all, for having us on and i would like to say that. yeah, well, we know that austin is alive and we know that austin is in syria. and so at this point, we are encouraging anyone who's in a position to do so to provide him assistance and help him to return safely home to us. >> megan the administration had made comments that they believe the syrian government was holding austin, that syrian government is no more. so who do you believe has there is holding austin now you know, in our opinion it is you know, austin is our brother and we just want to appeal to anyone who has the capability and the authority to help reunite us

with him this new rebel group that toppled bashar al-assad megan hayat tahrir al-sham what is your belief of their intentions in regards to the some of these prisoners, some of the hostages that have been held you know, i can't speak specifically to that, but i can say that we are seeing prisoners being freed and we are seeing them being reunited with their families, people that have been held for years. >> and you know, these joyful reunions and so we are just exceedingly hopeful that that will be the case for our family in the coming days as well. >> simon absolutely. that is all of our hope here at hope's here as well. simon, you said, you know, you said you have information that austin is alive. how do you have that information? from whom are so unfortunately, it's too much of a dynamic situation for us to feel comfortable sharing

those sorts of details but we can say that what we're seeing is on the ground hostages and people in captivity are being released, and they're being reunited with their family after these extensive periods of time, like we've seen and we're just hoping for that. >> and pushing for that as much as we can. >> and simon, i just spoke to john kirby from the white house who said, obviously they have those same hopes that you do, and they're waiting and watching this situation unfold to figure out what opportunities there might be. what have been your contacts with the white house in this period, really, that only goes back at this point where the assad regime fell you know, 48 hours in the last 48 hours, what's your contact been with the white house well we had a long plan to arrive here as a family in force at this time to push the president really to do everything that he can to bring austin home and although the situation is a bit chaotic, right now, our message has not

changed to president biden, which is to please help us. >> and we have the same message for president-elect trump, which is please help us do everything that you can to bring austin safely home megan, how satisfied we have been go ahead. >> megan. we have been in contact with government officials. we've had meetings at state in the white house and various different you know, they're extremely involved how satisfied are you with with their outreach and what they're doing for you? well, austin isn't home yet i can understand that, to be sure. >> how do you think the change in regimes changes austin's situation megan, you know, it's really hard for us to speculate again. >> i mean, i know i keep saying it, but we are just incredibly encouraged by seeing that, you know people are being freed and reunited we do believe that in

chaos, there is opportunity. and that is why we feel so strongly that now is the time to have anyone who has any kind of authority to you know, use every available resource to bring austin home. >> and simon just so i can understand the timeline here, you guys had planned to have these contacts with the biden administration these in-person contacts now independent of what's happening in syria and the syrian government. just happened to fall basically during this time when you've been meeting with the biden administration that's exactly how i would characterize it. >> yes, we had planned here, planned to be here since around july and we had no idea that we would be here at such a historic moment. and so we really see this as an opportunity and we're hoping that that opportunity leads to austin being reunited with us as do we all. >> i have to say, simon and

megan, i really appreciate you coming on this morning. i appreciate the messages you're sending. i understand how complicated it is and precarious it is and why there are certain things, especially now you are careful to say and not say so. please keep us posted on what i hope is over the next several hours, or maybe the next several days, and maybe we'll have some really, really wonderful news to discuss. so thank you we hope so too. >> thank you so much for having us. >> all right jessica. >> all right. sending them the best as well. new allegations this morning against music mogul jay-z, saying he and sean diddy combs sexually assaulted a 13 year old girl. how the superstar is fighting back this morning. plus bird flu has been spreading in dairy cattle for months. the new steps, the agriculture department is taking to protect the milk supply. and this morning we will find out who's been nominated for the golden globe awards. will wicked lead the way can't fool myself. >> it was the most exciting time in the world. >> his life has truly joyful moments and some really

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whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away would you not agree? he added my only heartbreak is for my family my wife and i will have to sit. our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims and explain the cruelty and greed of people. joining us now, joey jackson, cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. there's a lot to unpack here. joey, i want to start with just the statement from jay-z which is so forceful in its denial. i just read a teeny part of it. it's long where he says that that they should file a criminal complaint is that even possible at this point? so baseon the allegations jessica, good morning. good to see you. i think that it could. it certainly could be. why do i say that now? he of course, is more than annoyed would be an understatement. he has a family and he has a lot to protect, including his brand. but to the extent that he's saying, hey, come after me criminally, that could be likely. why do i say

that? because rape in new york and what's alleged in this complaint is forcible compulsion. what that means in english is that it's saying that he held her down, raped her, and that of course, the allegation allegation is that mr. combs did the same thing. and so if those facts are actually accurate, it would require an investigation by prosecutors. and if true, right you could pursue it criminally. now with respect to the evidentiary value. yes. it happened 24 years ago. right. more than 24 years ago. but in the allegations, there's a few things. number one, there's allegation that another celebrity was present at the time. right. in addition to other people. number two, there's the claim by the victim, right, that she left that she went and she was seen by a gas attendant who saw her in distress. number three, that she phone called her dad, who showed up, the 13 year old and now removed her so civil complaint simply allegations need to be proven in a court of law. but if true, it could rise to the level of criminality.

and you know, we'll see what happens. or if the d.a. looks and investigates so what happens now? so what happens now is, is this is simply a civil complaint and in a civil complaint it goes through the technical legal process. now the distinction jessica, between civil and criminal. of course is that civil is for monetary damages. right. the system can only reward you with money. there's allegations that this 13 year old is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder suffered depression. et cetera. so now you go to fact finding right before that, just briefly, there was a demand letter sent and a demand letter is a letter being sent by a lawyer saying, hey, i don't have to sue you. we can sit. we can mediate it. if we reach an agreement it never sees the light ofy z saying, i don't care about your demand letter i look at it as blackmail. you want to sue me? sue me? you want to look at it criminally, look at it criminally. but it will go to the fact finding process. if a trial is necessary to determine the facts that's what will happen. but it will be deemed civil. no indication at this

point as to whether or not any criminal investigation will ensue as a result of this. >> yeah. and jay z came back incredibly forcefully against these allegations and really singled out that attorney as well for for being i'm paraphrasing here, but greedy saying he's out to get money and calling that letter essentially blackmail. yeah. >> and and and in addition to that, jessica also suing the attorney, saying he's intimidating him harassing him. et cetera. now demand letters are not new. what lawyers do is they send them out as a matter of protocol and practice so that you can expedite the process at the same time, there are certain ethical standards that you have to use, and you have to have a good faith, factual belief that this is true. now, you can argue this complaint was filed in october, right? could have mentioned jay z. then you didn't why it was amended now to include him. are the factual assertions true? are they fact or fiction is it a money grab or not? all of that will be litigated in a court of law, but according to jay z, this never happened. is pure fiction. it is a money

grab and he's fighting for his name, reputation and certainly innocence and justice in his view, which is he didn't have anything to do with it. >> yeah. and you touch on a point too, that i wanted to ask you about, which was that this was an amended this was an amendment to this already existing lawsuit. what are people to take away from that? the fact that they're coming back and adding to this now with this, this specific name? yeah. >> you know jessica. so it depends. that's also common. you could amend lawsuits, right? as a matter of course. and you do to include certain factual allegations. the interesting thing to me in terms of your question and the takeaway if you had this information about jay z, it happened allegedly in september of 2000. why not include it in the original complaint? what happened between october and now that necessitated you putting in? and it's a question of credibility. was he a celebrity? a right as was noted in the october complaint is this pure fiction? and what's interesting in the complaint is he really that is, the lawyer tries to tie jay z to mr. combs in so many ways.

right. birds of a feather is the argument that he's making. you can make that argument. you need the facts to sustain it. let's see if they come up with any facts. >> all right. we will see. all right, joey jackson, thanks. so much. president-elect donald trump lays out an aggressive plan to deal with immigration. what it could mean for dreamers and children with birthright citizenship. and a passenger tries to force a commercial airliner to fly from mexico into the u.s. >> welcome to times square that's not on my mind that was so embarrassing. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn streaming. >> when a tough cop finds you on the go, it's would be silly. hey, trying to rob a juice pack with the power of robitussin and every bite easy to take. cough relief anywhere. chew on relief. chew on a

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here at a very young age, and many of these are middle aged people now. >> they don't even speak the language of their country. i will work with the democrats on a plan, and if we can come up with a plan. but the democrats have made it very very difficult to do anything. republicans are very open to the dreamers now he's correct there that there has been bipartisan support for dreamers among, again republicans and democrats. >> but for years congress has struggled to gain any consensus to pass legislation to extend protections to that group of the undocumented population. i'll also note that some of his remarks were contradictory on the one hand, he showed an openness to this part or these undocumented immigrants, those who arrive as children, but also said that he'd be willing to deport all of those who came illegally. now, he suggested that his mass deportation plans go beyond criminals, but he didn't detail who exactly he was referring to, and also conceded that it is, quote, a very tough thing to do. and that's true. >> there are limited resources for detention, deportation and

challenges, for with some countries who refuse to take back those who are repatriated. >> but in addition to all of that, he said that he would end birthright citizenship. >> now, that would require congress. >> of course, that is in the constitution, and there are over two dozen countries who also offer birthright citizenship. >> so the u.s. is not alone on that front, but that is one of the most controversial plans. >> and actions that his incoming administration has talked about, and that they say that they are planning behind the scenes. so certainly all of this starting to take shape ahead of january. jessica. >> all right. more to come on this. priscilla alvarez. thanks so much, john. >> all right. with us now is congressman adriano espaillat, a democrat from new york, who will be the incoming chair of the congressional hispanic caucus. they were just talking about birthright citizenship. and the president elect was as well. just so people know where that comes from it's the 14th amendment. it's in the u.s. constitution. let me read you that part. all persons born or

naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside. he says he's going to end that. what's your reaction? >> well, this is enshrined in the constitution and the constitution is an elastic document that to amend. it is a very vigorous process. it will require two thirds of both houses and to ratify, or three quarters of both houses. i don't think he has the votes and the house of representatives will be a very tight vote at some point during the next session. it may be as tight as one person, one member of congress. so i don't think he has anywhere near the kind of margin of votes that he needs to do. that is a very vigorous process, as it should be because amending the constitution is not a weekend in cancun it is a very rigorous

process that requires the input of not just congress, but of the american people. >> will you fight it? >> oh, we will definitely fight that. i think that that concept of birthright citizenship, it's sort of like the backbone of america. it is very much a part of the history of our nation, and it should continue as such all right. >> you heard priscilla talking about the dreamers and the comments that president-elect trump made about that that he wanted to work with democrats to find a solution for those people in the country who were brought here when they were young not legally, but are still here now, he said he wants to work with you. i imagine how well we are open to have a good discussion. >> in fact, we already had bipartisan discussion. the dignity act, which is sponsored by maria elvira salazar, a republican from florida, has been one that we've spoken about and we're open to a constructive discussion about dreamers farm workers, family reunification. these are issues that i think are important to the american people. and that

poll very well. dreamers may be polling over 75% of the country. so we're willing to support good things. but we will oppose rigorously bad things. >> what are bad things bad things is the end of birthright citizenship bad things is roundups and churches and emergency room and schools of people that may be committed an infraction not a criminal act of vicious violent murder or anything like that, but somebody that maybe got stopped with a taillight in some street of new york city. you say you're going to oppose that is your anticipation that president elect trump, when he comes back into office, will do the mass deportations he's promised we will see. >> it requires a level of infrastructure and support from government agencies to really carry this through. but we will educate people of their rights. we will try to provide the

legal back background and support that they need, and everything should be done within the parameters of the law. we are still a nation that's governed by the rule of law. we shouldn't violate that concept that also is a very important part of america. >> how will you fight that in the minority? i mean, you are taking over the congressional hispanic caucus at a really interesting time. >> we will approach that as we come through. again, we want to have a constructive relationship with things that are good. the president wants to work on dreamers. we will go to the table with that. if he wants to work with farm workers and family reunification we will do that as well. but if we're going to come in and do massive deportation, which often turns messy if not inhumane, we will oppose him. >> if i can ask you about a question of parochial interest, new york city politics, mayor eric adams of course, under indictment is a democrat now. but he was asked whether he intends to stay as a member of

the democratic party. let me play a little sound of him talking about this. listen you were enrolled as a republican from 1997 to 2001. >> would you ever consider rejoining the gop? >> the party that's the most important for me is the american party. i'm a part of the american party. i love this country so that wasn't a no. that wasn't a yes either. >> do you think he would consider going back to the republicans? >> that's his choice. and i work with the mayor, and we will have that discussion and we will cross that bridge when we get there. i will support the democratic nominee to be mayor of the city of new york, even if it's not him whoever that may be. >> all right, congressman adriano espaillat, the incoming chair of the congressional hispanic caucus, thank you so much for being with us. thank you. >> thank you for having me jessica. >> there are new clues in the massive manhunt for the killer of a health care ceo. are police any closer to catching the suspect and jurors returned to deliberations this morning with fewer charges to discuss

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three of which have detected bird flu in their cattle herds. three of which haven't. so they're really trying to get a handle on maybe in the states that haven't found this yet does this exist? this is going to start rolling out december 16th. and what it will require is nationwide testing of unpasteurized milk. so raw milk before it's gone into pasteurization. this isn't just milk that's intended to be sold raw. we have also heard about some h5n1 found in raw milk samples in california for example. but this is a nationwide testing strategy for milk that is unpasteurized. that is going into the pasteurization process. the goal, according to the agriculture secretary, is really to put the u.s. on a path to stopping and being able to control h5n1 in dairy cattle as we've seen 15 states at least have detected h5n1 in dairy cattle herds. so this is something that you know, we call this bird flu, but this year, of course, has really been found widespread through dairy cattle and multiple

states. >> john, you said 15 states overall. what's the status of bird flu in the united states? right now yeah. >> so we know that it is a multi-state, ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle, though california really is the one that's been reporting this most frequently in wild birds. the cdc notes. of course, this is widespread. we also see this in poultry flocks as well. and so when you start to see the human cases, those come both from exposure to dairy cattle as well as to poultry. this year, according to the cdc, there have been 58 confirmed human cases. and actually we've been hearing from states and more local municipalities that there may even be a few more than that right now for people. the cdc says the person to person spread. they say that there is none and that the current public health risk is low. of course, the risk to people who work with animals is higher. and that's what this testing strategy is designed to do. if you can understand that this is in dairy herds, for example, you can put into place better biosecurity measures and really

try to stop that from infecting more people yeah, a lot of different complexities here with different implications. >> meg tirrell thank you very much, jessica. >> the jury in the daniel penny trial in the subway death of jordan neely is headed back to the courtroom for deliberations on a lesser charge after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on a manslaughter charge. penny now facing just one count of criminally negligent homicide in nellie's death. and cnn's gloria pazmino is outside court with the latest gloria, do we have any sense at this moment how these deliberations might go today well, jessica if it's anything like they went last week, this is a jury that has demonstrated that they are having a hard time getting to an agreement. it was two times last week that the jury came back and told the judge they were hung on the first charge, the most serious charge of the two manslaughter in the second degree. and it was after the jury came back and said, we cannot get to an agreement that the da floated the idea of dropping the first

charge and the judge eventually ended up approving that motion to dismiss. now they are looking at this second charge. the lesser of the two criminally negligent homicide. now just because one is gone doesn't mean that the second charge is necessarily any easier on this jury. >> and they have a lot of evidence that they need to go through. >> so far, they've shown that they are engaged and they have been looking at the evidence and the testimony that was presented here throughout the past six weeks. so we'll see if they get to an agreement today or if this will continue to go on for a few more days. and gloria what's the defense said about this drop charge well, look, this was a very positive development for the defense team. daniel penny lawyers told me last week that they were happy to see the first charge go away but it was also another opportunity for them to once again, a motion

for mistrial. they said that they should not be dropping charges and just asking the jury to move on to the next one, because it is in their words, coercive so they are certainly setting up the path for a potential appeal down the line. >> but there's no question that they were relieved on friday when their client in the span of a day, went from facing a maximum of 15 years in prison, had he been convicted on the first charge to now just four years in prison? >> if he is convicted of this second charge? so it was certainly a positive development for them they told me that they remain confident that the jury will evaluate the evidence and choose to acquit their client. jessica. all right. gloria pazmino with the latest from that new york courthouse. thank you so much, john. >> all right donald trump has promised to pardon the january 6th rioters. his first day in office. how do voters feel about that and taylor swift for

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enten. so what do voters think about it in a word, they think it's a terrible idea terrible, terrible, terrible pardon? >> pardoning for the january sixth. protesters oppose it 64%. about two thirds of americans oppose it, just 30% favor it. >> and more than that more than that. this ipsos poll asked, you know should he prioritize it to be like the first thing he does when he gets into office? just 1% say it should be trump's top priority. so in a word, it's a terrible terrible idea. i guess that's two words. and the idea is a third word in there for trump to pardon the january 6th protesters even among republicans, it's only a slight majority of course, usually trump gets, you know, 80, 90% among republicans in this case he's getting less than 60% on the idea of pardoning the january 6th protesters. so no voters really dislike it. how about this? americans strongly dislike the idea of these pardons for the january 6th protesters. >> when you see numbers like this, it's not just on party lines here. the sort of bipartisan condemnation of the

idea why why, why? >> well, what's a word to describe the january 6th protesters patriotism patriotism comes in at just 33%. i think a lot of those who want those folks to be pardoned believe that they were patriotic in their actions. on january 6th, 2021. but voters don't see it that way. how about insurrection, which is a word a lot who don't like the january 6th protesters say insurrection 53%. the majority say that the actions on january sixth was in fact an insurrection so the idea that there's opposition to pardoning them makes a whole heck of a lot of sense, when the fact is most folks oppose the actions of the january sixth protesters, and most of them thought that they were taking part in an insurrection, which is a very very strong word. and yet, the majority of americans here, 53% say that is a word to describe the january sixth protesters. >> and when you look at this, right, when you look at it right here, you still see 64% oppose it. how then did donald trump get elected yeah, this is, i think, the most interesting little nugget here, right. >> which is donald trump tells you what he's going to do. and then he goes ahead and does it.

so take a look here, which was will trump try and pardon the january 6th protesters. this was a poll that was taken before the election. and the vast majority of voters believed that he would 81% said that he would try and pardon most of them. just 19% said no. he would not. and of course, this 81% includes folks who are opposed who are opposed to the idea of pardoning, pardoning. those january 6th protests. yet they still voted for donald trump. i think what's going on here, john, is pretty simple, which is folks knew he was going to do it, and they just really didn't care all that much. yes, they were opposed, but it was low down on the sort of list of important issues for them. there were issues that were more important. the economy, for instance, was more important. the idea essentially, you know, that joe biden's approval rating was only about 40%. most voters thought the country was going in the wrong direction, so they were willing to look past some of the actions that they thought that donald trump would do in office, actions that they didn't like for the things that they thought that he would do, that they would like. and so they were willing to vote

for him, even though they didn't like the idea. and they thought he was going to do it anyway. >> that's just an interesting number. 81% thought he would do it, 64% oppose it. what that tells you people just didn't care. >> people just didn't care, donald. they do donald trump does a lot of things voters don't like and they just don't care. and i think trump knew that and that's why he said it, or at least not enough to make that decision. >> the polls. all right, harriet, thank you very much jessica and on our radar this morning merriam-webster's 2024 word of the year polarization. >> that is defined as a division into two sharply contrasting opposites. the online dictionary site says searches for that word grew dramatically over the past year. also this morning, ten people are recovering from injuries. after a scary moment during a holiday parade in palm springs california. a police traffic officer on a motorcycle crashed into bystanders. that bike sliding into the crowd witnesses said the officer was popping a wheelie and lost control, but thankfully none of those injuries are said to be life threatening. but an

investigation is underway and a passenger on a domestic flight in mexico is in custody after authorities say he tried to divert that aircraft to the united states. kind of a wild story that happened there that actually did not happen. the the plane actually made an emergency landing in guadalajara and the man was detained on in the flight was gone went on as scheduled. john. all right. >> thank you so much, jessica happening now. and by that i mean like actually happening at this moment golden globe nominations being announced as we speak. so far there have beenominations for wicked, gladiator two, the bear, shogun, slow horses and so much more. cnn's elizabeth wagmeister is here. we're lucky to have you here. so give us the dirt. >> so this is going to be a big awards season for wicked, right? this is already one of the biggest movies of the year. and now getting four nominations for the golden globe awards. and with the golden globes, it's really the kickoff to awards season. john

so i'm already looking ahead to the oscars, which are in march, and it's being predicted that wicked could actually win for best picture at the oscars. and i think the showing today, ariana grande and cynthia erivo getting nominations and of course, for the film, i think is a very good start for this major film. >> this just in, i saw wicked friday night with my wife well, my wife's been seeing it nonstop since then, so no matter how i feel about the movie, my feelings are a little bit tainted by by how much i've been hearing it since friday night. but that's an aside. talk to us about the tv shows they've been nominated tv show. >> so one of your favorite shows, john hacks got tons of nominations. yes, i love hacks too. so there's a lot of our ing favorites that are nominated. everything from hacks to the bear only murders in the building. fun fact with only murders in the building, selena gomez a double nominee this morning being nominated in the tv and film category the film amelia perez, which is also one of the most nominated films she got a nom for that and only murders in the building, but also on the tv side some new, really buzzy

favorites. the netflix show on the menendez brothers getting some nominations. and also, if you haven't seen this, you have to watch. but nobody wants this, which is a rom com starring adam brody. my teenage crush on netflix. both adam brody and kristen bell getting nominations this morning. >> i am familiar with that. just on the bear is it nominated as a comedy comedy again? it is. >> i know it's the constant debate, right? >> it's not a debate. it's not a comedy. >> it's not a comedy. we're settling it right here. it's not a comedy. >> all right. the golden globes can't get that right. all right, so the taylor swift is all over. like taylor is done like we're never going to talk about taylor swift again. >> yeah no. never ever. but never ever getting back together actually. so last night she wrapped up her eras tour 152 shows. and since we're talking about movies and wicked, to put this into context, the eras tour has been going on for so long that wicked went into production, filmed part one and part two, and was released all in the time that taylor was on her eras tour. it's been almost two years. >> john that's a long tour. a long tour so what does she do

next whatever she wants, really. >> but during the eras tour, she released three new albums and we have more on this. let's take a look here with us at the eras tour. we are taylor swift takes her final bow of the eras tour in vancouver wrapping up 152 sold out shows my name is taylor in 21 countries on five continents over a span of almost two years. in front of 10 million screaming fans singing along to every lyric while taking in the epic productions shows lasting more than three hours, the pop superstar performed an impressive set list up to 44 songs each night play, play, play, play play. the eras tour launched in march 2023 as the world was emerging from the

covid pandemic. >> shake it off, shake it off welcome to the eras tour when tickets first went on sale, ticketmaster site crashed. >> taylor's estimated take in the ballpark of $2 billion, easily the highest grossing tour in music history in fact, swift already made history before the tour was even halfway over when eras became the first tour to ever cross the $1 billion mark. the tour covering her entire 18 year career. the set list representing the many hits from each era of her music repertoire swift's star power now right up there with elvis presley and the beatles and her personal connection to her fans, the swifties is unrivaled these are songs that i have written about my life or things i felt at one point in time. they made her spotify's most streamed artist for two years running shake it up, shake it up they've even made the earth shake. swifties dancing to the

beat of swift's performance of shake it off during her tour stops in seattle, caused seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake gary treichler presidential election. swift's influence setting off shockwaves in politics to please register to vote for something else. >> it's very important for mahmoud basal fans rushed to theaters for her eras blockbuster movie in 2023 into by the eras tour book, when it was released last week, becoming the fastest selling new book release of the past four years, a phenomenon coined the taylor swift effect boosted hundreds of industries, venues and even local economies where her concerts were held. >> but swift's eras tour isn't just about the music, it's also about the unforgettable memories we pinky promise to be best friends for life as swift ends. one era to enter another, she now gets to focus on her family and friends. >> my boyfriend travis

everything this man i'm really not kidding. >> when i said that she released three albums during this tour, she did, and one of them, the tortured poets department, was a double album. so when you ask what's next? i think it's just taylor's world and we're all living in it. but probably another taylor's version coming soon. >> yeah. look, i grew up. i really did grow up during this whole tour. i feel like i've, you know, entered a new stage of adulthood. why, why, why canada? i mean, i love i love canada, don't get me wrong, canada is awesome. but if you're doing a world tour, 152 shows, you're from the united states, why end there? >> she should have ended it here. so we could have gone together last night, and then we slept and we would have come singing all the songs together today. >> well better that than wicked. all right elizabeth wagmeister, thank you very much. great to see you. a brand new hour of cnn news central starts right now where is the gunman who killed a health care ceo on the

streets of manhattan? >> the search, now entering its sixth day as police release new pictures of the suspect and comb through new clues. meantime president-elect donald trump laying out an aggressive plan for tackling immigration in his second term. and it includes a willingness to work with democrats to craft a plan to protect immigrants, known as dreamers. a forceful denial from jay-z this morning after an amended lawsuit accuses both him and sean "diddy" combs of sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl. i'm jessica dean alongside john berman, sara and kate are out today, and this is cnn news central all right brand new this morning, the fbi offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest. >> and conviction of the suspect wanted for killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. the manhunt is now in it