that outage is still under investigation. cnn's carlos suarez has the latest on the blackout. >> the sweeping blackout hit tuesday morning. luma energy, which supplies power to puerto rico, said that crews would try to get the power grid back on in phases and that could take anywhere between 24 to 48 hours as of 1:00 on tuesday, about 3% of customers out of the 1.3 million users impacted had their power restored. the international airport in san juan and hospitals around the island are running on power generators. now, power outages have long been a source of frustration on the island since the collapse of the power grid in 2017. after hurricane maria, luma and a second private company have long come under criticism for failing to improve the electric system. they're now. in a statement, puerto rico's governor, pedro pierluisi, said, quote, we are

demanding answers and solutions from both luma and genera, who must expedite the restart of the generating units outside the fault area and keep the people duly informed about the measures they are taking to restore service throughout the island. luma said that an issue with a faulty underground line was to blame. carlos suarez, cnn miami. >> thanks for that, carlos. all right. those are this morning's headlines. let's toss it over now to kate bolduan. kate, out with the old. >> in with the new administration. 2025 is here. and in just a few weeks, republicans will take control of basically all of washington swearing in a new president and holding the majority in both chambers of congress. they all have an agenda that they will set forth. but the reality of governing is often a harsh reality check for anyone coming into power. so in the spirit of a new year, offers new possibility and a chance once again for everyone

to try and be better. let's apply that to our federal government. joining me right now is former trump white house associate counsel, mehlman and democratic strategist and former clinton white house official matt bennett. guys, thank you for being here. and yes, i know that we do need to remove our rose colored glasses at some point. but in the spirit of matt, let me jump in with you. what should do you think the new year's resolutions for democrats now being relegated to the minorities in congress? what should their new year's resolution be? work together with republicans or work to be the line of defense against donald trump? >> i think they have to do both, actually. i mean, look, every new president gets a honeymoon. this president will, to the american people, always feel fairly satisfied with their choice for a while. i mean, joe biden was in the high 50s, i think for the first six months or so. and so there will be a moment where trump has the wind at his back and, you know,

he's the fresh new face, amazingly enough. and he'll have the opportunity to do some things. and there are some things that he could do that i think democrats like me and others would find constructive. there's plenty of problems with our government, and if he can identify the right ones and fix them, then more power to him. but i also think democrats need to be prepared to fight back when he does things that we find either illegal or unconstitutional on the one hand, or just bad policy on the other, and making a distinction between those things is really important as well. >> yeah. i mean, one thing we know is donald trump loves a win. donald trump loves to claim a win. so there is opportunity there for democrats if they can find some common ground. but what then? on the flip of this, what then should the new year's resolution be for the new republican majorities in in the house and senate be? >> yeah. so i think that you need to show the american people that you are here to make their lives better. you ran on big promises of joe

biden, broke it, and i'm going to fix it. or, you know, kamala broke it, i'm going to fix it. and so now it's your opportunity to fix it. and i think one of the big opportunities and you see this with elon musk and doge is that there is an overregulation problem in our country where people are burdened by you look at the cost of a car, who can afford a car right now there there are car commercials every two seconds. it's like, good, good luck to you. and a lot of the cost of the car is built in with a lot of the regulations that that are just super burdensome. so i think that if you could get a deregulatory win, i think that if you could give people a tax cut, win a maha win, trying to get corporatism out of data, give people, empower people to know what will make them healthy in this new year. so there are a lot of areas that i think are broadly appealing and can show seriousness moving forward when it comes to if and i'll ask both of you this one, if you could advise a singular focus

in terms of what to do in the new year first, for the incoming trump white house, matt, what would you say it should be for them to be successful? >> it might not be a policy that you agree with, but for them to be successful. >> well, i mean, trump himself has made clear that he believes, i think correctly, that he won because immigration, sorry, not immigration and inflation were both things that americans were really worried about. i think on inflation, the thing he should do is have the guts to set aside the core of his economic message during the campaign and not impose tariffs. tariffs are inflationary. and if he really wants to deliver for americans and make their lives easier, he isn't going to make stuff more expensive. but tariffs are something he believes deeply in. so i don't have great hope that he will do that sometimes, you know, he threatens things and then claims victory and sets it aside. let's hope he does that. >> we will see. we will see if if it's a threat or something more than that. what do you

think on this topic? >> yeah. so on on trade, i guess i think that there is a huge opportunity. and if i were to say that there's one thing that the president actually cares about, that no matter how popular it was, it would be trade. i think that there is a rightful understanding that american workers are the best in the world. they are the hardest workers. they are the most skilled. and give them an opportunity. give them a chance to compete. and so however that's using tariffs, however, that's using reshoring, building up our defense industrial base, making sure that we're safe, that if there was another pandemic that we have the capacity to build for ourselves. and so tariffs are part of that solution. but it's a broader solution too. so i think focusing on empowering the american worker to compete and be the best in the world, that that's a positive message for all of us. >> it is interesting because on that topic, it does seem like trade and tariffs and that that that issue and that policy area poses a huge amount of

potential opportunity. and also as you're getting at a huge amount of risk as well, that is definitely one to be keeping an eye on. so, matt, outgoing biden, white house, outgoing biden administration, what should their new year's resolution be as they are heading out the door? >> i think any administration that's leaving kind of in good faith, as i believe the biden team is, has to wish their successor well, no matter how forcefully they disagree with virtually everything that trump is promising to do. they've got to hope that he succeeds. you cannot root against america and be in public life, in good faith in this country. so i think every democrat from the president on down has got to hope that trump succeeds, that america does. well, i think we're deeply skeptical about that for a lot of reasons. but i would guess that president biden will leave a note on the desk as as all of his predecessors have done, basically wishing trump success. and i think he will believe it, given that it's

impossible to guess what's happening tomorrow in the world we live in, let alone next week. >> let's do the real impossible may and jump ahead. give me a prediction. if you had to predict what we are going to be talking about in terms of the political headline come new year's day 2026, what is your guess? >> so i have two guesses. i think one is immigration. i think there's going to be a lot of immediate focus on border security, but border security is not immigration. i think that one of the reasons we have such a problem on our border is because there are so many people who want to come into this country and who would do so legally, but that we have a very outdated immigration system. so i think that after the border is secured, which the border must be secured, that is step one. then you can start thinking about step two. so i think we'll start talking about real immigration reform and and potentially having some solutions there. i think we're not going to be talking as much

about cultural issues. this is my prediction. but i do think that the democratic party will ultimately, like seth moulton from massachusetts, wants to come to sort of agree with the american public on some of these big hot, hot button cultural issues, and it will become less of a topic. >> matt, last word to you. >> i basically agree on the culture side, although i do think there could be some real damage done that democrats are responding to, especially around reproductive freedom. on immigration, though, i think if the president keeps his word and does a huge mass deportation push in the first year, i think the stories that we're going to be dealing with this time next year are going to be really heartbreaking. tales of people who've been in this country a really long time have been paying their taxes and raising their kids here who are sent back to countries that they don't even know. so i worry that the deportation effort is going to sweep up people that it shouldn't. i hope that it does not.

>> guys, thank you so much for, i guess i'll say, playing along with me on this one or indulging me may. matt. thank you both. >> thank you. >> coming up, the top moments that gripped the nation in 2024. we are counting them down. plus, how to keep your faith in an increasingly divided world. hear from christian, muslim and jewish religious leaders about how they are approaching the new year. >> i want to be the greatest player that i could possibly become. harry, harry, harry. >> sore throat. got your tongue? >> mucinex institute. sore throat, medicated drops uniquely formulated for rapid relief that lasts and lasts. that's my baby. try our new sugar free cough drop ins to soothe kenya riva. >> support your brain health,

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anyway, um, you know, there's polarization in this country. there's infighting even when it comes to politics within families. there's the israel-hamas war, the ukraine war, and economic hardships that that people, you know, have been feeling. so i'm curious what you do to soothe your souls and those of others. >> you know, sarah, a long time ago, a priest, he was actually one of the co-founders of aa, had this great quote, and he said that heaven is a new pair of glasses. and it always kind of stuck with me because it strikes me that perspective is so much i mean, you can see all of the devastation you just spoke about, or you can see all of the hope around us and all the potential and possibility and the goodness and the love. and so what we focus on really matters. i mean, you mentioned that i'm working at manhattan university now. well, before i got there. everyone was so down

talking to me about young people. you know, and they're so individualistic and they're so disconnected. and, you know, that's not been my experience. i've seen young people volunteering to feed hungry people to visit migrants and shelters. we have a whole group going for a whole week during their winter break, coming up to tutor disadvantaged youth and to feed hungry people in homestead, florida. i mean, they're giving up their time just because they think it's something good to do. so i mean, that kind of stuff gives me hope. i think it's your perspective and where you're choosing to look. a lot of times i love the change your glasses idea. >> imam feisal abdul rauf, yes, well, as religious leaders, our role is to give our congregations faith despite the challenges that life presents us on a daily basis. >> and we do this by noting that god tests us in our lives. in fact, god informs us in the quran that he created us to

test us, and we are tested in both times of difficulty and times of ease for our gratitude to him. and knowing this serves as a guide and a reminder to us that having been created as god's stewards on earth and in his image, and to bespoke um, i'm sorry, and and in his image, our role is to serve as god's ambassadors on earth and to be spokespeople and champions of the values that he has taught us through his prophets and messengers. therefore, we are to be agents of good, promoting the good, prohibiting the bad, and keeping our faith in god. our ultimate destiny. destiny is in the hereafter where god will reward us for our actions on earth, or for our good actions on earth, or exact justice for our bad actions on earth. in my community, the result of the the the bombing on on on on on gaza

created a lot of of pain in our community. and i had to remind my, my, my community that god tells us in the quran that whoever dies is as an innocent soul will be rewarded with the with the reward of the martyrs in paradise, because our souls, being created in god's image are indestructible. so whereas our bodies may be destroyed, our souls are immortal. so how we respond to the tests that that that life throws at us on a daily basis is, is the key to our ultimate destiny. >> rabbi, i'm curious to get your thoughts on on what advice you'd give people to to be able to to be resilient, to, to have hope. >> thank you so much. our work at jewish federations of north america is built around looking inwards and then reaching outwards. and at a season such as this, we need to look inwards and reflect and take

stock and hopefully find a modicum of peace. and then we need to reach outwards. yes, jewish federations of north america has worked tirelessly to physically protect jewish communities across the continent. we've done so with grants for security, but in addition, we've made very clear that the jewish community is not going to thrive in isolation. and so we need to reach out and build friendships, even though in the last year and a half, anti-semitic hate crimes, according to the fbi, have increased seven fold, we still have countless allies. and so we are reaching out, building deep and authentic friendships. and new year's day this year is actually the last day of hanukkah, and there's something really beautiful about the way that we light the menorah. we light one additional candle every night, bringing more light into the world. one wonders what it would be like if every jewish person on the continent made one new friend this year, in honor of each night of hanukkah

from a different community, reached out, learned and understood how other people see themselves, and related how jews see themselves, and made very clear that we are, in fact, stronger together and we are safer together in communities that are diverse, in communities that have a deep wellspring of love and friendship. >> thank you to you. rabbi joshua stanton, imam feisal abdul rauf, and father edward beck. happy new year to you guys. my pleasure. >> happy new year to you too. >> thank you so much. >> still ahead, president-elect trump will have a host of foreign policy challenges to deal with on day one. we'll discuss the path forward on some of the major issues he will face in the new year. >> five good things. listen, wherever you get your podcasts. >> we're in a volcano to test finish ultimate against tough,

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quarter in new orleans. emergency officials said that early wednesday this incident happened on canal and bourbon street. you can see ambulances right there from just overnight in the early morning hours. cnn's working to get further details. and as soon as we get that, we'll bring you updates on that story. 2025 gave us a warmer welcome than what we're used to this time of year, certainly in new york, but it's going to get chilly in the coming days. for more on this, we have meteorologist allison chinchar. you've been tracking it all. happy new year. >> allison, good to see you and happy new into the weekend. in the short term, however, we're still dealing with some rain and snow showers across portions of the great lakes and the northeast this morning. you can see a lot. most of it is kind of focused, more interior, but you do still have some heavy rain across portions of coastal massachusetts as well as maine. you've also got very strong winds, and that's not just limited to the northeast. it stretches down through the mid-atlantic, all the way down into portions of the southeast,

georgia and the carolinas. looking at some of those wind gusts up around 40 to 55mph. now, that system this morning is going to finally start to wrap up as we go through later on into the day today. but right on the heels we have our next system. this will be spreading into the midwest as we go through the day. thursday could end up bringing some snow showers to areas just south of chicago before it spreads into portions of indiana by later on into the evening. those temperatures we talked about they are going to be coming down 31 for the high today in chicago, down to the 20s by the weekend. washington, d.c., new york, 50 degrees today, but barely above freezing by the time we get to the weekend. >> oh, man. so i only have a little bit of time to enjoy this warm weather. allison chinchar, thanks so much as always, appreciate it. and it is now officially 2025. and cnn teams have been across the globe welcoming in the new year from confetti and concerts to fireworks. take a look at some of the best moments from overnight.

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>> seconds. we're now just 10s away from ringing in the new year here in paris. let's listen in to the countdown. here we go. >> it's about to be midnight in angola and it is. >> happy new year from luanda angola feliz, ano novo. and the fireworks are up in the sky. it's all going down. three, two. >> one. happy new year! >> happy new year from london. wow!

>> we had so much freaking fun. i love it. all right. to this now big ben striking midnight with its unforgettable chimes was resonating across london, especially as we rang in 2025. cnn's isa suarez went behind the scenes of the world's most famous clock to see just what it takes to keep that 165 year machine running on time, big ben. >> yeah. what does it sound like to you? you want me to imitate it? yeah. oh, no no no no no. ding dong, dong ding ding. bom bom ding dong ding dong. that's good. that's very good.

that's the one. prepare yourselves for this moment. london. >> the old metropolis has been having a lot of fog lately. >> for 165 years, the bongs of big ben have kept londoners on time, consistently ringing in the changes. big ben is a favored spot for social media users. but one night a year, the bell and its bongs get a much bigger audience. it's now impossible to imagine a new year's eve in london without big ben. but what makes big ben tick, you ask? let me show you. come with me. let's go up. oh finally. how do you feel when you. when you hear that? >> it always sounds like a

stern friend reminding you not to be late. this is the our bell here, big ben, which is seven foot six, high, 13.7 tons. it's the weight of a small elephant. >> how do you keep it regulated on time? >> i have a specific app built on my phone specifically for time in the clock. as soon as the hammer hits the bell, i press the button and check the time. the majority of the time, within a fifth of a second of the correct time. so the regulations that we're making are actually very, very small, and especially for something like new year, it's really important that the clock is on time. >> oh, here we go. >> this is amazing. >> they're just fabulous aren't they? the dials are about 2020 three foot across and

they have 324 individual panes of glass. the minute hand is about 14 foot long and it weighs about 240 pounds, including its counterweight. and the hour hands weigh about 672 pounds from both of us here in the south face of big ben. >> a happy new year, happy new year. >> magnificent. love that report. and actor jon hamm rang in the new year by celebrating a big win for his saint louis blues in the nhl winter classic. defenseman cam fowler scored two goals in his 1,000th career game. can you believe that? to lead the blues over the chicago blackhawks at wrigley field and the power play won six two? >> we won. we scored early and often and and we thoroughly dominated. it was excellent. >> the blackhawks have played in five winter classics. their record. oh, and five. and we're

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said that there's nothing left to bomb in gaza, but the operation there continues, and there has been a continuing mop up operation against iranian targets inside syria. now, netanyahu, by the time, uh, trump gets sworn into office, may have mopped up all of the israeli defense force wish list targets and deliver to trump the gift of what looks like a quiet battlefield. but that's left a lot of, uh, revenge stored up. and a lot of actors who are ready to strike back the moment the israelis stop hitting. >> max, do you think netanyahu's how do you think netanyahu's behavior and actions would change or will change in this new trump presidency? >> very hard to say. i mean, i think that netanyahu will feel more compelled to listen to trump than he listened to biden

because he relies so much on the republican party and the right wing in america for his political base of support in the united states. >> but remember, netanyahu also has pressing domestic imperatives in that the right wing members of his cabinet have made clear that if he makes a hostage deal, which results in the release of palestinian prisoners, or if he involves the palestinian authority in any way in governing the gaza strip, they could very well leave the government and topple netanyahu. so i expect that trump will continue to press as biden pressed for an end to the war in gaza, because obviously it doesn't look good. and trump wants to claim to be a great peacekeeper, peacemaker. but, uh, you know, i think netanyahu will be pressed from the other side and he may very well listen to his domestic constituency more than he listens to anything that that any president of the united

states says. >> all right. a two part question to each of you here, max, one year from now, what do you think the best case scenario for ukraine is? and where do you think the realistic scenario for ukraine is? >> well, i think the best case scenario is that trump convinces russia to stop attacking and convinces ukraine to temporarily accept russian occupation of about 20% of its territory, without ukraine accepting any limitations on its armaments or its ability to defend itself. and with european forces coming into ukraine as peacekeepers to guarantee the ceasefire lines, i think that's that's the best case. i think the worst case is that, uh, you know, trump forces ukraine into a very one sided deal where ukrainian sovereignty is fundamentally compromised,

where the ukrainians, uh, have to agree not to have a large standing army, have to agree not to accept foreign weapons, not to accept foreign support, and basically, that would turn ukraine potentially into a country like belarus, which is, you know, basically a satellite state of moscow. so i think that's that's the worst case scenario. >> kim. >> to pick up on max's point, in the worst case scenario category, i can see a total breakdown coming between zelenskyy, europe and trump, where trump tries to get zelenskyy to accept something that the ukrainian people simply cannot stomach, as tired as they are of war, some sort of collapse of sovereignty that makes them say, you know what? even without u.s. military aid, we've got to keep fighting. that could also create a big, um, cleaving in europe between

those european countries that see russian aggression as a threat. and they want to keep supporting ukraine. and those who are either tired of war or their populations are divided and some are pro-russian. so you could see a real diplomatic chaos, um, breaking down from that. i got to say, on the positive side, what max outlined, where you've got a cessation of violence and european nato forces on the ground in nato to keep the peace, that that would be a pipe dream of most ukrainian officials. >> that's think about that. compared to what they were thinking or hoping maybe two years ago. right. i'm going to give you a quick last word on china, like 30s or less. where do you think this relationship's going? >> you know, trump is doing this olive branch thing where he is invited xi to his inauguration, but he's bringing in a lot of hawks. and there's also a lot of bad blood, bipartisan bad

blood between the u.s. and china. now that we found out that china has the ability currently through hacking to listen to any american phone call or read any american text message that hasn't gone through an encrypted app. so download those encrypted apps, folks. that's a bad stage on which to start the relationship and the new year. >> yeah, that's a good new year's resolution. download those encrypted apps. happy new year to both of you. kim dozier. max boot, great to see you. thank you very much. we're going to have much more ahead on this special new year's day version of cnn news central. >> kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it's one of the most remarkable stories in sports history. >> i don't want to be remembered as just a basketball player. >> kobe premieres january 25th on cnn. >> hank used to suffer from what felt like a cold and flu medicine hangover in the morning. then he switched to

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diagnosis announcement came weeks after we learned king charles was also battling an unspecified cancer, following a procedure for an enlarged prostate in january at number eight, dramatic footage of a passenger plane in brazil falling from the sky in august. the shocking video showing the twin engine turboprop plane spiraling out of the sky into the city of veneto before hitting the ground, killing all 62 people on board. no one on the ground was hurt. number seven, it is really kicked up. hurricane milton making landfall on florida's west coast. >> look at that huge tree limb just blowing through the intersection. >> it was a dangerous category three storm. this fence came down earlier right here behind me, here. and now it seems to be breaking apart. >> the wind and the storm surge associated with this hurricane that is right now pushing its way inland. >> milton dropped about 18in of rain on saint petersburg,

representing a more than 1 in 1000 year rainfall for that area. number six. in september, explosive attacks in lebanon targeting pagers used by hezbollah members. the blasts killed 12 and injured more than 2300. cnn learned israel was behind the attack, which was a joint operation between israel's intelligence service, the mossad, and the israeli military. the lebanese government condemned the attack as criminal. israeli aggression. number five police in illinois releasing body camera footage of the deadly police shooting of sonia massai in july. the 36 year old black woman had called 911 for help to report a possible prowler at her home in springfield. >> i heard somebody outside. >> we didn't see nobody. >> nobody's out here. >> the body camera footage shows the deputy continuing to interact with massai. but things take a turn when she goes back to check on a pot on

the stove. >> your hot, steaming water away from my hot, steaming water? yeah. oh, i rebuke you in the name of jesus. >> i shoot you in the navy. you better not. i swear to god i'll shoot you in your face. okay. i'm sorry. drop the top. drop the pot. >> three shots were fired. killing massai. no intruder was found. the deputy was fired from his job and charged with first degree murder. he pleaded not guilty. at number four on the list, the presidential historian who correctly predicted nine of the last ten presidential races, makes his pick for the 2024 winner, vice president kamala harris. >> have you ever changed your prediction? >> i have never changed my prediction. once i've made a final call. >> unfortunately for allan lichtman, this year's pick did not pan out for him. number three on the list, baltimore's key bridge collapse. video shows the moment a cargo ship crashed into the bridge in

march. six members of a road crew who were working on the bridge at the time were killed. a preliminary report by the ntsb found the ship had a pair of catastrophic electrical failures minutes before the crash, and experienced two blackouts a day before the preliminary report does not conclude a probable cause. >> if you want to really see something that said, take a look at what happened. get down, get down, get down, get down. >> at number two, the failed assassination attempt of donald trump in july. trump was speaking at his rally in butler, pennsylvania, when shots rang out. trump grabbed his ear, dropped to the ground and was quickly surrounded by secret service agents. i got you, sir. let me get my shoes on. trump was seen with blood on his ear and cheek as he was rushed off the stage. the shooting left one person dead and two others critically injured. another video from that day shows the moment

people attending the rally spotted the shooter on top of a nearby building. >> yes, i was on top of the roof. look, there he is, right there, man. >> right there. you see him? he's laying down. you see him? >> yeah, he's laying down. >> moments after the 20 year old gunman opened fire, he was killed by a secret service sniper. and the number one viral video of 2024 disturbing hotel surveillance video of sean diddy combs. in may, cnn published exclusively obtained video from 2016. in it, you see the hip hop mogul physically assaulting his then girlfriend cassie ventura in the hallway of a hotel. combs previously denied ventura's allegations of assault, which were the basis of a now settled federal lawsuit filed by ventura in 2023. soon after the video was published, combs apologized for his behavior. in a video statement posted to instagram. now in federal custody. combs was arrested in september after a sprawling

federal investigation. he's awaiting trial on numerous charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. he's pleaded not guilty. combs is also facing dozens of civil lawsuits accusing him of a range of sexual misconduct and other illegal activity. attorneys for combs deny the claims. >> all right. president biden is preparing to hand the reins to donald trump in just a matter of weeks. our panel is grading his first term next. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good morning. i'm danny freeman in new york city. it is wednesday, january 1st. we begin with this really tragic breaking news out of new orleans this morning. ten people are dead and at least 30 others are injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in the french quarter. emergency

officials say it happened overnight near canal and bourbon street. you can see the scene right there. a lot of police activity overnight. we've been seeing ambulances you see on your screen right there. truly a frightening scene. as you can imagine, a number of new year's revelers out and about on this new year's day early morning and then waking up to this news. the latest that we have from the new orleans ready, their emergency alert system is that their eighth district, they're working on a mass casualty event. that is how they have described it so far. and again, we got that news just a matter of moments ago that at least ten people have been killed and dozens more were injured. we're also learning some more information from eyewitnesses who have described some of the scenes, frankly, and some of the horror and panic after a vehicle slammed into the crowd. that's the word from some of