to cancel student loans, they have to do it the old-fashioned way through legislation. that is it for this week's show. thanks to all of you for watching. happy new year. we hope to see you right here in 2023 next week. molly: catholics here and around the world mourning the death of pope benedict xvi whose decision to step down from the papacy changed the course of the catholic church. nevada - the vatican preparing to hold his funeral mass when the current pope, francis, will honor his predecessor and friend. welcome to fox news live. rich: we are following several big stories this new year's

eve. police arrest a man in the case of last month's grizzly myrtle is -- murders of idaho college students. the moscow, idaho, police chief says they are confident they have a killer in custody. >> we are putting this together. it doesn't stop just because we make an arrest. actually it begins an hour investigators will do hundreds more interviews to finish this picture. rich: barbara walters's many interviews with world leaders and celebrities made her a star. she's dead at 93. >> she is not only the most famous female journalist of all time, but one of the most famous journalists on the planet. if a manor, pushed all she did, that would be an incredible career and she did it with kind of a joy and kind of a verve. you know you're getting the real thing.

molly: we begin with the death of benedict xvi, former head of the catholic church was 95 years old. he made history as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. charles watson with a look at his impact on the church. >> us leaders and president biden are mourning the loss of pope emeritus benedict xvi along with millions of catholics across the world, the president released a statement earlier today reading in part, quote, pope emeritus benedict xvi will be remembered as a renowned theology and with a lifetime of devotion to the church guided by his printable and faith. nancy pelosi called pope benedict xvi a leader whose devotion, scholarship and message stirred the hearts of people of all faiths and he had quite the story.

for decades, joseph ratzinger was a key advisor to john paul the second turning a reputation as a staunch conservative when john paul ii died after 25 years as pope, it took the cardinals two days to get the job to a 78-year-old german, a scholarly man who didn't appear to want it. as pope benedict xvi he battled relativism, the idea that what is true for one person might not be true for someone else. pope benedict's 2,008 visit to the united states will be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground 0 and mass at yankee stadium but by the way he addressed the catholic church, sex abuse crisis that would haunt his papacy. >> excuse pedophiles from sacred ministry, this -- who is really guilty, cannot be priests.

>> reporter: there were other critiques, benedict offended muslims with a speech suggesting islam could be a violent religion and sparked a global uproar when he lifted the commute occasion for four renegade bishops. benedict wasn't a politician, the pope was above all an intellectual and a priest with a surprisingly well received by the masses. >> we will miss him very much. we are sad. but we also praise almighty god for the gift that he was. >> reporter: benedict was the first pope to step down in more than 600 years and he will be the first in a long time whose funeral will be presided over by a reigning pope. molly: thanks. >> reporter: religious and political leaders from around the world are paying tribute to pope benedict. ryan is live in london with more.

>> reporter: condolences have been pouring in around the world from leaders all over the place for 12 hours. not enough time to go through all of them but i will give a few starting with german chancellor scholz who described the late pope as, quote, a formative figure of the catholic church. that statement as bills rang out from munich cathedral where benedict served as archbishop for a number of years but when benedict took over from pope jean-paul he became the first pope from germany in more than a thousand years. easy-to-understand the german connection. french president emmanuel macron speaking about pope benedict saying he worked with soul and intelligence in a more fraternal world. at least half of france was thought to identify itself as catholic. not want to be left out russian president vladimir putin, praised pope benedict as a

defender of traditional christian values in his new year address to the nation. president boudin likes to fancy himself a defender of traditional orthodox christian values. the kremlin and pope francis have been at odds over some of pope francis's language about how he described the vatican operating to mediate between russia and ukraine. finally, benjamin netanyahu, who was just sworn in as israel's prime minister for the fifth time two days ago issuing a statement saying my deep condolences on behalf of all of the christian world. pope benedict made a historic visit in 2,009 to israel and visited auschwitz to pay homage to victims of the holocaust. since pope emeritus benedict xvi was the first as you just heard pontiff in 6 centuries to resign from the job the

catholic church already has a successor in place you know as pope francis. pope francis went to st. peter's square and met people to pay tributes to pope benedict and said he was a good man and paid his respects as well. rich: thank you. lauren greene will have reports from rome starting tomorrow as we remember the life and legacy of pope emeritus benedict xvi. hochul reaction to the arrest of a suspect in last month's gruesome murders of four idaho college students, family members of the victims among those speaking out. dan springer is live with more on this and the search for clues about the suspect. >> a big relief for everyone in this area. this area has two universities,

and fairly small college towns that have never seen a crime like this but nobody was happier than the families of the victims. >> it feels like the first joy we had in 7 days. we have this over your head and just a little bit of weight and things are on the right track. >> reporter: a statement from ethan chapin's family saying we are relieved this chapter is over because it performs some closure. we miss ethan, the family is forever changed. on the campus of washington state university where brian coburg or lived since august since he started his phd program. police searched his apartment and his office which is also on this campus.

today i learned investigators had only locked in on bryan christopher kohberger a few days ago but a police source said genetic genealogy played a key role in pointing them to bryan christopher kohberger. that means they must have had dna from the killer left at this crime scene to match it to the dna of a family member. learning more about this and other evidence they had against bryan christopher kohberger when he was extradited to idaho to face counts of first-degree murder. haven't been able to learn much about bryan christopher kohberger from people at this apartment complex because it is fairly vacant as people are still on break. they don't start for another week or so in washington state. this is university housing for most grad students. we understand there are a lot of families here. molly: a lot of curiosity about his connection to the victims. rich: prosecutors charge 28-year-old bryan christopher

kohberger with four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the brutal stabbings of four idaho students. he was a grad student at the university a few miles from the house where the killings took place nearly 7 weeks ago. laura ingall has more on this where the suspect is in custody. >> reporter: we have new information about how bryan christopher kohberger is being held at the monroe county correctional facility. law enforcement sources tell fox news he has been put in a suicide prevention vest in the jail behind me. as news of bryan christopher kohberger's arrest settles in after nearly 7 weeks of searching for a suspect in the grisly murders of moscow, idaho, there are many unanswered questions but no answers we have to share with you. the police chief telling fox news's christina corbin the white elantra was found at his parents house where police arrested the 28-year-old on a fugitive from justice warrant

friday morning. if that white elantra is the car investigators are looking for it appears the suspect drove it here over 2500 miles from the crime scene to his parents home. >> we believe we have the individual who committed these crimes. the events -- the evidence will take you where you need to be just like this one did. >> reporter: police are still looking for the murder weapon, a fixed blade knife and they are hoping members of the public will still come forward with tips about the suspect in this case. rich: thank you. molly: let's bring in maryellen o'toole, director of the forensic science program at george mason university. thank you for giving us time this new year's eve. in the wake of this arrest and your profiling experience, from what we know about the suspect,

is this the type of person you inspected to be arrested in this case? >> there is so much more we need to learn about him and there's no one box these offenders go into so they are all studying at school, they are all a certain height, a certain weight, so they never matched particular profiles so you have to go point by point by point and in this case, one of the most interesting things is this suspect was able to blend back into her social life after the homicides and that is important because after a homicide like this, the general public tends to think of someone that looks like freddy krueger, someone who's very scary looking, who appears to be more like a monster. more often than not, when offenders are arrested, people will comment they don't look like they could have done

something like that or i live next door to them and i thought they were very nice, i thought they said hello to me in the morning. it is important to realize people who commit these crimes can come looking like you and me. molly: its chilling the suspect stayed in the area for weeks following the murders. another thing you may be able to offer your expertise on is the forensic angle of this. we have information from sources telling us genetic dna played a role, there's a link to a family member that helped lead to the suspect and also the vehicle they were searching for, the elantra. is that car going to be somewhere to look for a lot of clues? and your thoughts on the potential dna? >> reporter: the car will be a

viable source of physical evidence and possession of that car may have become a problem for the suspect. in other words do i leave the car in washington? i don't have resources to buy another car. law enforcement could find this car. better drive back to the east coast for the holidays. that car presented a problem because of the evidence in the car and as far as the dna, this was a remarkable show of how effective dna can be. if they found his dna at the crime scene it had to be special dna, it couldn't just be a hair or fiber but something very compelling which means it came from blood or semen. they matched it with a family memory using genealogy and had to take a step further and get an actual dna match from him which they do in other cases.

if you throw away a bottle or coffee cup you are able to get dna from that but it is a remarkable display of how powerful dna can be. molly: the people going to ancestry.com to find relatives they never knew existed, it's common knowledge now if dna is found somewhere even though you may not have a criminal record, you could potentially be found or relatives you don't know, for the suspect in particular, this long history of studying criminal justice, what are your thoughts, something that he could potentially know since it is common knowledge, the fact that he so extensively studied criminal justice as a phd student. >> reporter: the fact that he's a phd student doesn't mean he is all-knowing about all things in 4n 6 and criminology.

the suspect was focused on the criminal mind and what was going on in the criminal mind on crimes committed. they might have been aware of it, the suspect may not have been knowledgeable about how does that work, when you hear about this crime scene, it is stunning because the offender went into a crime scene and murdered four people with a weapon that appears to be a knife and left a lot of evidence behind, you don't have the time to clean up after that. having a phd in chronology you would think would make one think about - maybe that is not a good thing to do. apparently he didn't and let's keep in mind the suspect is a 28-year-old person. a lot of 28-year-old people are not at the point where they are

critical thinkers yet, they don't think through every part of what they are about to do and they make mistakes. and going for an advanced degree in chronology. molly: thank you for your insights and we wish you a happy new year. rich: what we are learning about the suspect and some people are carrying him -- comparing him to an infamous serial killer. a look at the legacy of news icon barbara walters who died yesterday at the age of 93. >> are you sorry you didn't burn the tapes? >> yes, i think so because they were private conversations subject to misinterpretation. every year we try to exercise more, to be more social, to just relax.

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>> we are learning more details about the idaho murder suspect's background including disturbing reports from his youth and his time as a criminal justice student in washington as police are urging anyone who knew him to come forward with information. matt finn is live with more. >> reporter: fox news digital has spoken to former classmates and a neighbor of bryan christopher kohberger and the common description is he is a shy person who at various

stages of his life was trying to fit in. he was extremely intelligent and perhaps obsessive-compulsive. he is strictly vegan, would not use pots or pans that have been used to cook meat. fox also spoke to some of the suspected killer's classmates at pleasant valley high school in pennsylvania. one. describes bryan christopher kohberger as a shy genius and others bleed and mocked him and some were creeped out by him. at northampton community college one classmate tells as he was awkward, extremely intelligent and his grades were among the best even in his high level classes. bryan christopher kohberger with a phd student studying criminology at washington state university where the ap reports he was a teaching assistant. it's believed he was living in washington for short time after finishing his masters on the east coast in pennsylvania. a neighbor at his apartment building says he was quiet and did not seem to do anything out of the ordinary. the ap reports his fellow

students say he recently seemed exhausted and was late to class and there's also a redit post that has surfaced revealing bryan christopher kohberger was looking to speak to people who committed crimes as part of a research for school. in a post he wrote in part i'm inviting you to participate in a research project that seeks to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime. since the story of these unspeakable murders broke last month speculators have been making comparisons to ted bundy and now some say bryan christopher kohberger's mug shot said physically visible ted bundy. they are trying comparisons how bundy stocked and killed college students and they both went to a university in washington state. hochul molly: americans are mourning the death of trailblazing television icon barbara

walters. she was 93. walters was the first woman to anchor a network evening news program, inspiring countless women to follow in her journalistic footsteps. alexandria half has a look at walters's legacy and how she's being remembered today. >> reporter: barbara walters was able to command an interview with warmth, and provide the same transparency into her own life she saw from others. the daughter of a nightclub owner, she majored debut on the today show, relegated to topics that required little seriousness. she spoke about the early trace of her career in the men she worked beside, unworthy of hard news topics and yet her coverage and popularity grew. in 1976 walters joined abc news as the first woman to anchor an evening news row graham. bob iger, ceo of the disney company shared this, quote, barbara was a true legend, a pioneer not just for women in

journalism but for journalism itself. during walters's career she interviewed everything president from nixon to obama which i spoke with fox news's howard kurtz, host of media buzz about walters's astounding career trajectory. sheet >> she started as a today show girl which was a big break at the time and ends with the coanchor ship of the abc news. she goes on from there to interview presidents, celebrity's, murder suspects and in midcareer starts of you. >> reporter: started in 1997, the view proved influential to say the least. here's more review cohost and former cohost of "fox and friends" of elizabeth hassle back. >> always prepared, i learned to interview and learn more about the person you're interviewing than they knew about themselves. >> reporter: on her last show walters talked about what her legacy would be. >> how proud when i say all the young women who are reporting

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molly: police on high alert at times square as thousands flock to the crossroads of the world to celebrate the ball drop and ring in the new year. times square open to full capacity for the first time since the covid pandemic. alexis mcadams live in the middle of it all. >> reporter: happy new year. people are flocking to times square because there are no restrictions. they are excited and ready, a lot of fun expected but security remains top of mind. >> a full deployment in its place of detection canine teams, heavy weapons teams, drone detection and interdiction teams, radiation detection teams will have the bomb squad present. >> we expect hundred of

thousands, crews setting up for the massive event in times square. it is the first time since the covid pandemic there are no restrictions for this major event. on the top of the ball at times square, it raise 10,000 pounds that is covered with 2,000 crackles and 32,000 led lights. the ball will drop drop and it will take 60 seconds. everyone will be here to countdown to midnight. federal, local and state resources working together to ensure everyone remains safe. expect major street closures and offices will check and screen backpacks, coolers, and alcohol. >> we will be back like we were in 2019, one of the most fabulous celebrations, people are coming to new york city to celebrate with us and we are ready to have fun. >> you see the crowds continuing to grow.

people have been there since 9:00 or 10:00 this morning, these people are ready and prepared, they know there is no bathrooms and they are ready to ring in the new year here. molly: thank you, happy new year. molly: the third year of the pandemic, there's new concern about a fast spreading omicron sub variants known as x bb one. 5. data is showing covid hospitalization admissions are up slightly from last week, adults 70 and older are recording the highest hospitalization rates, 7 times higher than the average for all age groups. let's bring in dr. janette nesheiwat, founder of bcboost.com. i want a sense of what you are seeing that, seems like everybody knows somebody who is sick today.

what are your patients telling you that you are seeing. >> it is not just covid that i am seeing, 45 patients and a handful of them took it for covid. others that influence a, rsv, we are seeing a variety of everything. we will see a little spike, a surgeon the number of cases because we have a holiday. that is expected. as far as the variants, viruses naturally mutate so we expect that. the key in 2,023 is to be prepared and take precautions. when i say be prepared, make sure there are enough tests and therapeutics and antivirals, staffing in case we have an emergent situation but i believe 3 years into this pandemic we have progressed tremendously, we've come such a long way, we have the tools to manage this virus and it will become considered an endemic disease. we see for example israel at

the end of january is going to claim the end to the pandemic and consider covid similar to that of influenza. rich: the latest statistics from the centers of disease control, last month this variant was 6 tenths of one%, is now 40% of the cases and as you see the rest of the variants as they scroll down, as for the proportion, new england seems particularly susceptible to this, 75% southwest, 20% west coast and the great lakes at 6%. how has this variant behaved? do you have a sense, we always seem to be asking is it more resistant to some of the vaccines out there? how long does it last? have you seen how this is behaved? >> i have taken care of 20,000

covid patients and what i can tell you from taking care of my patients is so far everything seems the same. i expect more variants, we expect the virus to mutate, the dominant variant in the united states to be f7, to the xp be, we will hear these different letters and numbers but so far from what i am seeing my patients, the vaccines are doing a good job preventing severe disease and trying to minimize hospitalizations especially for our most vulnerable group, our senior citizens, those over the age of 65 and those with underlying medical conditions, heart disease, obesity or anyone with a weak immune system like undergoing chemotherapy or radiation from cancer, those are the folks we need to focus on and make sure we bring our resources towards them because statistically that is who is impacted the most. i don't see any significant changes. i expect to see a bump in

january, i believe my colleagues and i are prepared in the united states to take care of any patients and manage any uptick we expect to see. rich: viruses have spiked of late. to try to avoid them as much as possible and stay safe in the holiday season. >> the basic one hundred one, handwashing especially to help prevent the spread of influenza, handwashing, and disinfecting. if you haven't got your flu shot it is not too late. if you are a high-risk senior citizen and haven't gotten your covid booster that something to consider and if you are sick, stay home, seek medical care. all the basics can help everyone, not just the most vulnerable moving into 2023. >> reporter: thank you and happy new year. >> happy new year. molly: a one.

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molly: tomorrow marks 7 weeks since the gruesome murders of four idaho college students and a suspect is finally in custody. investigators say this is when the real work begins. here's what we know so far. police have arrested 28-year-old bryan christopher kohberger at his parents home in eastern pennsylvania, this happened early yesterday morning. they say bryan christopher kohberger was a criminal justice grad student about 8 miles from the home in moscow, idaho where the victims were stabbed to death. moscow police chief james frey

says the hyundai elantra sees from the home was reportedly spotted near the home in idaho around the time of the murders. police are still searching for links between bryan christopher kohberger and the victims and urging people to continue submitting tips. we will have much more coverage in the next hour in the big saturday show and tonight in the fox report at 6:00 pm eastern. rich: president biden making some appearances during his vacation in the virgin islands, one included a stop at a restaurant where reporters outside asked him about his 2024 plans. jackie heinrich is live in st. croix where the president and his family are staying. >> reporter: back in november, the president targeted this week's big vacation to confer with his family about his reelection plans. the first lady's office previously confirmed to fox that she and the family are supportive. biden said a few times he

intends to run again, but we are awaiting any word on a decision and he didn't give any clues last night. >> have you talked about running for reelection? >> president biden: there's an election coming up? >> what are your priorities for 2023? >> reporter: we expect an announcement one way or the other early in the new year but a recent fox news poll shows 64% of voters would prefer biden not run again albeit an improvement from july when 71% said he shouldn't seek reelection but a wall street journal op-ed said one of biden's biggest challenges in office could work in his favor if he plays his cards right, quote, ronald reagan called inflation a cruel tax and the thief of the middle class, the issue help him with election to the presidency in 1980. as absurd as it may seem to voters but president biden intends to run again in 2020 for a grand compromise with republicans to unleash the us economy might get him

reelected. not heard of any such compromise with republicans on the horizon. the president has not released much of an agenda for the second half of his current term. more often than not what we hear from officials is blame toward republicans for standing the way of things like canceling student debt and lifting title 42. >> i don't want to get ahead of the president. i will let him speak to that when the time comes. >> reporter: other than a golf outing with his grandson yesterday we have not seen much of the president during his vacation here. we heard a bit from him, two statements commemorating the depths of pope emeritus and barbara walters but we don't have any plans that have been made clear to us from the white house on how he will ring in the new year. rich: thanks very much. molly: the war in ukraine, the crash of crypto currency

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molly: stocks slipped to end rev 2022 as wall street wrapped up its first year since 2008. the dow fell 9% for the year, the s&p 500 fell 19% and the nasdaq fell a whopping 33%. let's go to associate editor on the wall street journal, john, thanks for joining us, we are delighted to have you. if anyone was looking at their 401(k)s they saw this here. will things be better in 2023? >> that will be affecting people's 401(k)s. a supply chain disruption around the world not just in the united states appears to be abating a little bit but the fed is still wrestling with that. the chinese are going through

what we went through regarding covid. you are likely to see more factory shutdowns as a result of the rapid spread of the disease and overwhelming their healthcare system in china. that could easily lead to more supply chain disruption and further inflation but there are good signs on the horizon that this is a period of adjustment globally and in the united states economically. there is reason for optimism. molly: will there be relief on these aggressive interest rate hikes? >> the fed is trying to bring inflation down and the way it does that is by raising interest rates, making it more costly for everybody to borrow money, to buy a house, to expand a business. when they raised interest rates the expectation is that the economy would slow down and as a result of slowing down there is less demand for goods and prices begin to drop, that is inflation coming down.

there are good signs that they have raised interest rates aggressively this year and expect to raise them more next year. consumer demand growth has abated slightly. you have seen initial claims for unemployment begin to take up, housing prices have come down and inflation has come down some. it is still very high. that is the good side. the bad side, this sounds kind of weird because these are good numbers. there was a 3. 2% expansion of the us economy in the third quarter of this year. that's really robust for an economy of our sides, $25 trillion. that means the economy is doing well and you had pretty good job growth, more jobs added in november. you still have a lot of pressure on the fed, on the economy doing well, a good time to be looking for work still.

the fed has to somehow slow that down with mortgages in the coming year. molly: let's look at the asset performance we saw in 2022, the dollar up, crude oil up, tech stocks and bitcoin down 64%. will this be the year for crypto currency? perhaps not. what are your thoughts when people are looking at potential investing pockets positive spots could be? >> i think most people are in the core part of the market and that is they are in stocks and bonds they have been for years, they view it not as a casino but a place to invest. we are thinking 5, 10, 20 years out, having money so they can put the kids through college and retire. crypto does feel like that casino. it affects a minor number of investors thinking about the

total us investor community. it is a sideshow, it is unregulated, a bit of a greater fool theory. i don't think that is a bellwether that people should spend a lot of time thinking about. the bigger issue is where is the core economy going to go? are you going to bet on the us economy long-term or are you not? that is the one solid investment decision anybody could make. the fed is looking at this even though they are raising interest rates, talking about this being catastrophic, looking at it at an unemployment rate of 4. 7% by the end of next year. it is now 3.7% which is historically low. 4.7% is near historic lows. even the fed with these interest rate increases sees a

minor adjustment in the employment horizon for the us which is probably a good sign and a good sign for investors. molly: we could use some good signs, associate editor of the wall street journal, thanks for joining us and happy new year. rich: the countdown to 2023 is on. we will look at how major cities around the world are ringing in the new year. ♪ even if you got ppp and it only takes eight minutes to qualify. i went on their website, uploaded everything, and i was blown away by what they could do. getrefunds.com has helped businesses get over a billion dollars and we can help your business too. qualify your business for a big refund in eight minutes. go to getrefunds.com to get started. powered by innovation refunds.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> that it is liable to times square. about seven hours until the ball drops. they will ring in 2023. celebrations around the world have already begun. australia was among the first setting off fireworks at the iconic sydney harbor. officials said they had the crowd since before the pandemic. thailand is also welcoming millions of people for a fire show in bangkok. often ranked as many top destinations in the world to ring in the new year. and hundreds of drones running up the skies in dubai and a spectacular new year's show. the city also holding parties with performances like singers like irene kaye and glace he is. fox the ringing in the new year live from nashville. starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern with the countdown to the all american new year, don't miss it. so molly are you excited for 23

or what? >> i am i'm ready for. we are going to have a good new year. lots of exciting things on deck. quarks look forward to doing some traveling at 23 how about you? >> yes i'll be great i love to travel. i have kids socio- forget you never know. you can live the dream. [laughter] happy new year everybody. we'll be back in 2023. join us tomorrow. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hello everyone i am emily along with tom, alicia and joe. welcome to "the big saturday show". here is what is on tap tonight. >> airlines are desperate to get back on track after thousands of cancellations. -- holiday hopes and loss of luggage have been traversing enough is enough. cooks and migrants pouring over the border now pouring ont