good morning. somber breaking news on this new year's eve. the vatican announcing pope emeritus benedict xvi died at 95. >> his death comes as we learn of the passing of barbara walters. she died at the age of 93. we will look back at both of their remarkable lives. it's december 31st. this is "today." >> breaking news. the passing of a pope. pope emeritus benedict dies overnight at the vatican. he was 95 years old and in failing health. we will have a live report on his life and legacy from vatican city. also breaking overnight.

death of a giant and first female a anchor of t the "today show. barbara walters passed away on friday. we will celebrate her trail blazing career and celebrate the interviews of celebrities to heads of state. >> are you sorry you didn't burn the tapes? >> yes, i think so. >> condolences from the media and beyond. under arrest. seven weeks of the slayings of four college students, a 28-year-old man is in custody. how the police caught the killer and what his background tells us about the motive in the case. we're live with the latest. trump taxes released. reveal new fallout from the release of the former president's tax returns. republicans blasting the move,

but critics say the details raise more questions. what the documents show. and all that plus so long to 2022. we're just hours away from the famous ball drop as new york city gets ready for its biggest celebration in years. we're live in times square as the world gets set to ring in 2023. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with peter alexander and kristen welker. welcome to "today." we thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. on this final day of 2022, sadly, we are marking the overnight passing of two giants. retired pope benedict xvi and broadcaster barbara walters. she will be celebrated as a pioneer for women in journalism. she was an icon of journalism at large. >> she inspired, i think, it is fair to say every journalist of our generation. her range was extraordinary. we are going to look back at her

life and her legacy. we do begin this morning with the news out of the vatican. pope benedict xvi has died at the age of 95. >> he has been ill and his health declined in recent days. we will look at his life and legacy and the complicated issues he leaves hint. we have molly hunter with reaction from the faithful. molly, good morning. >> reporter: peter and kristen, good morning. you see the huge crowds. many did not know the news would break. we arrived and started to speak with tourists and people offering their prayers. everyone felt it was important and meaningful they got to be around here faithful and

believers. we received word from the holy see and we understand his body will lie in state on monday in the basilica to bid final farewell. we know his funeral will take place on thursday at 9:30 a.m. as expected, pope francis will preside over the funeral mass. this is the first time a current pope presided over a former pope's funeral in centuries. no word on the details of the funeral or whether or not it is a state funeral. it is in st. peter's square. it is open to the public. the only detail we know is it is in the mode of simplicity as were his wishes. we assume benedict would be involved in the history setting of the planning of his funeral and burial. kristen and peter. >> molly hunter, thank you so much. he broke barriers. we want to bring in anne thompson who has the life and

legacy of the pope. anne, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. pope emeritus benedict was a scholar and strict enforcer of catholic doctrine and the first pope to meet with abuse victims. he will be defined by a shocking and courageous act. stepping down. the theology professor shocked the papacy and stepped down in 2013. >> i think it may be his finest legacy to the church. he brought the papacy into the modern age. >> reporter: 85 years old when he made the decision. benedict cited advanced age and the inability to give leadership. the cardinal edwin o'brian was in the room. >> a shocking silence for a

while. for a minute and a half or two. >> reporter: benedict left a church growing in africa and asia and tarnished by scandal in europe and u.s. the man many hoped would reform the bureaucracy from the church, was betrayed. his butler revealing fighting and corruption and speculation of the investigation into the scandal ordered by benedict dominated the final weeks of the papacy. the sexual abuse once dismissed the american church, penetrated the europe church. stories of molestation shook the most faithful. >> i express my deep sorrow to the innocent victims of the crimes. >> reporter: in the u.s. and united kingdom, he met privately

with victims and listened to the stories. the role of pope was not a natural fit. academic. he wanted to retire to bavaria to write books. at age 78, he was elected to succeed john paul ii. the most influential popes in history. benedict came with the cartoonish reputation. as cardinal joseph ratzinger, he was known as god's rottweiler. speaking out against climate change and putting solar panels on the vatican. benedict used an ipad to send his first tweet and setting up a youtube channel. benedict created a problem for the church. two living hopes.

he continued to wear white and took the name pope emeritus and moved into vatican city. a short walk from francis. at the end, benedict spent his final days out of sight from the church he led. a man of principle and great intellectual power deeply rooted in his faith. benedict leaves a complicated and mixed legacy that will be debated by scholars and catholics for years to come. kristen and peter. >> anne, it is extraordinary. you took us into the room that moment he announced he was going to retire. there has, of course, been so much speculation for years that pope francis might eventually step down with pope benedict's passing. what does this mean for the future of the papapapacy? >> reporter: pope francis said benedict opened the door to resignation to retirement, if you will, something that was

unheard of before benedict's action. this past month, pope francis revealed he signed a letter of resignation should he become incapacitated. kristen, you will see new rules going forward about what because if there is one thing catholics on all spectrums can agree on, this was an awkward experiment and there need to be guardrails going forward if we are going to see more popes resign in the future kristen. >> it is a complicated legacy. anne thompson, thank you so much we appreciate it now to the other breaking news from overnight. barbara walters, the legendary and pioneering journalist, first woman to co-anchor the "today" show has died at 93. she transformed the world of journalism, breaking barriers and paving the way for women in

television savannah guthrie has more on her impact >> reporter: barbara walters invented the get the news making interview. in her half century on television, she got just about everyone >> always likely >> reporter: more often than not, walters asked questions others wouldn't touch. >> you showed the president of the united states your thong underwear. where did you get the nerve? who does that? >> reporter: she sat down with generations of american presidents >> are you sorry you didn't burn the tapes? >> yes i think so >> reporter: and went head-to-head with world leaders. >> we read you are unstable. we read that you are mad >> reporter: and convicted killers. >> i'm just a normal kid >> erik? you're a normal kid who killed your parents >> reporter: she joined "today" in 1961 as a writer. >> barbara is with me right now.

>> reporter: her goal was to be taken seriously on camera. no easy feat for a woman in her era. >> no feeling that a woman could do the news. nono one would take them seriously. >> reporter: at first she got the fluff assignments like playboy bunny school. >> i felt awkward. i'm m not a bunnnny. i'i'm a reportrter for the nati broadcasting company >> reporter: she also proved herself on stories that changed history. >> these are the honor guards who have been guarding the casket of president kennedy. >> reporter: walters became a regular on "today. in a shadow of frank mcgee >> i could not ask a question until he asked three the only way i could do an interview with great substance is if i got itit myself. >> repeporter: shehe kept landn one big interview after another. >> everybody is as difficult as a daisy. >> reporter: when mcgee died in 1974, walters was the first female co-host of "today."

her career soared. >> i went to china for the "today" show i did d interviewsws with presidential candidates. i went to the conventions. little by little, people could see, here is a woman doing the same thing the men are doing and it's okay. >> reporter: she left for abc news two years later. >> i love you all. i will miss you all. >> reporter: abc offered her a record-breaking million dollar contract her priorities, she said, was her adopted daughter >> that was not my major reason for going. i was making pretty good salary. i went because i had a 7-year-old i wanted a normal life >> reporter: still, greater success brought greater scrutiny >> hello >> reporter: parodied on "saturday night live." walters would make co-anchor of 2020, where she conducted hundreds of interviews over 25

years. walters also booked the world's biggest stars and newsmakers for her two annual shows academy award special and profiles of her ten most fascinating people she also launched the 307u popur show "the view," leaving in 2014 after 17 years more than two dozen of the top women in television dropped in to mark her retirement in 2014 to honor her for paving the way for their own careers. >> this is my legacy these are my legacy. >> reporter: a legacy she st started building here at "today," coming full circle when she visited us for our 60th anniv anniversary. >> esen lsenessentially, it's rd the same you wake up, is the world still there? is it okay we're the people you trust >> reporter: barbara walters transformed television. >> an amazing career, beyond anything i could have imagined my cup runneth over.

i thank you, thank you, thank you. >> it is hard not to feel a little emotional she paved the way for all of us, the next generation of journalists. i had the honor of meeting her when i was in high school and i got to tell her how much she meant to me and how much she inspired me. i could barely get the words out just like right now. >> if you were a girl or boy who wanted to be a journalist, you looked up to barbara walters i did, as well her primetime specials were unforgettable. unforgettable, interviews with interviews with qaddafi, the menendez brothers. spectacular. she writes she wasn't just atop her game, she was ahead of her game because of the changing landscape of media these days, no one will ever be barbara walters again. >> her range was extraordinary from dancing with patrick swayze to intervow viewing heads of

state. savannah captures, her legacy is the next generation of journalists. >> we send our love to her family. >> we will have more on barbara walters's legacy and most famous interviews later in the show. there is other news to get to today this morning, relief in the idaho community as the suspect accused of brutally murdering four college students has been arrested the 28-year-old bryan christopher kohberger was taken into custody in pennsylvania 2,500 miles from the murder site this has been a gut-wrenching case that stunned the small college town and infuriated the families of the college town. wehave dana griffin in moscow, idaho this morning with the latest. dana, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. according to law enforcement sources, dna played a key role in linking the murders to kohberger. how they got that evidence has yet to be revealed. this morning, a sigh of relief for a community on edge. 48 days after the murders of

four university of idaho students. >> we have an individual in custody who committed these horrible crimes. >> reporter: 28-year-old bryan christopher kohberger was taken into custody in monroe county, pennsylvania. drone video shows police murder. drone video shows police at the suspect's home on friday with the biggest public clue in the case is a white hyundai elantra was removed. the arrest comes the same day the crews cleaned out the home where kaylee goncalves, madison mogen, xana kernodle and ethan chapin were found murdered all four were asleep when they were attacked. some had defensive wounds. two other roommates home at the time were never hurt police say they were not involved this case has drawn national attention from internet sleuths who speculated about the suspect and motives, leading police to over 19,000 tips while dispelling unfounded rumors. police vowing this case would not go cold.

>> these murders have shaken our community and no arrests will ever bring back the young students however, we do believe justice will be found through the criminal process >> reporter: kohberger is listed as a ph.d. student in the department of criminal justice at washington state university investigators also revealed they have not found the murder weapon >> provide any details might taint the criminal prosecution or have alerted the suspect of her progress >> reporter: one of the missing pieces to the puzzle is a motive as the investigators connect the dots kohberger is expected to be in court on tuesday if he fights extradition, it could be several weeks if not months before he is brought back to idaho peter, kristen >> so much relief for that community. dana griffin, thank you. >> that is for sure. joe fryer is joining us now

with another huge story we are covering, new year's eve peter and kristen, we are hours away from ringing in the new year one of the biggest celebrations in the world is back on. this year with no covid restrictions nbc's kathy park is joining us from new york's times square kathy, good morning. >> reporter: joe, good morning in just a couple of hours from now, times square will be packed officials anticipate the streets will be at full capacity, so it's a return to crowds and heightened security. many people we spoke to say they have been looking forward to this day this morning, the crossroads of the world counting down to 2023. >> three, two, one happy new year >> reporter: the new year's eve celebration and crowds returning after two years of scaled back festivities due to the pandemic. this year's theme? the gift of love >> i didn't know if it would happen again after everything that happened.

it's surreal >> reporter: with no covid restrictions, officials estimate 1 million revelers in times square with heightened security in the city. >> at this time, there are no specific credible threats to new york city or any events surrounding new year's eve >> reporter: from boston to atlanta, other cities are ringing in the new year like years past the holiday weekend is not just about the party, but also making plans to get back home after days of mass cancellations leading to travel chaos for southwest passengers, they appear to be back on track as of friday with far fewer disruptions. >> it had been mad but memorable. >> reporter: southwest issuing a public apology and pledging to make it right. the last hours of the year marked by frustration. >> they owe everybody. literally. i should get all of our flights for free >> reporter: and celebration >> what does it mean to see times square come alive like this

>> it is a whole sense of community. everyone is grateful to be back and healthy and time to celebrate. >> reporter: now this is a big change from new year's eve 2020 when a handful of frontline workers were allowed in to times square today is first come, first serve. good luck navigating the large crowds and good luck getting your hands on the popular souvenirs. happy new year >> popular item there. happy new year, kathy. >> i don't know about you, but i'm happy to be in my jammies at home on the couch. watching it all unfold >> 9:00 is looking late for me i don't know if we will make it. we have the look at the new year's eve forecast for you who aremore ambitious than us. somara >> you want to stay inside and cozy up with a blanket it will be raining overnight on the east coast. here is a look right now at your new year's eve plans we have get the rain moving in tonight. it is out of here by sunday. it is not going to be present for sunday plans

if you are planning on being out in the streets tonight, make sure you are ready for the wet weather. it is not just the east coast, but out west with 31 million people at risk for flood alerts. rounds of heavy rain from from eureka, california, bakersfield and los angeles. they will see heavy rain we have flood watches out there. not only that, we have the winter weather alerts. winter storm watches out in sioux falls and casper and cedar city winter storm warnings and as far we should start to see improvement tomorrow unfortunately, that means we will see travel delays here is a look at this holiday hub from boston and logan and dulles and parts of atlanta and charlotte, moderate to major delays things really looking better for the second half of the weekend on sunday.

a good saturday morning, stormy morning from the bay area on this last day of 2022. we're taking a live look in dublin where we're seeing some ponding on the road. satellite and radar showing us this storm is definitely hitting the west coast. all of that moisture from as far as hawaii and beyond. we are going to see storm ranger picking up on this rain, heavy rain over the north bay, san francisc and that's the forecast in your neighborhood. joe, kristen, peter. back to you. somara, thank you. still to come. the fallout after the release of former president trump's tax returns. we will have reaction from both sides of the aisle and what the documents show. and the four college students case seemed to be getting cold after months, but we'll talk to an expert on how police f finally cauaught th susp

suspect. we're back after this.

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, december 31st. i'm kira klapper. we're under a microclimate weather alert right now. rain is pouring hard across the bay area. we have new video just coming into our news room that shows flooding in west sonoma county. you can see it right there. this is on highway 1 near valley ford road west of petaluma. the road is closed in both directions. as you can see, there were signs warning drivers about the closure. officials warn if you see standing water, be sure to turn around and not drive into it. let's check in with cynthia with

a quick look at what's going on out there? >> that's a very good message we want people to keep in mind. turn around, don't drown. that water might seem shallow. it could be deeper than that. a live look outside in san francisco, a very stormy saturday, last day of the year. we're going to get hit with a lot of intense rainfall as the day goes on. it will clear for our new year's eve plans. let's take a look at satellite and radar. you can see the moisture coming in from the pacific. it's right into the bay area. you can see san francisco, all the san francisco bay area getting hit with intense rainfall. that is this orange color that we see on your screen right now. let's zoom in a little closer, neighborhood by neighborhood. novato, heavy rain right now, same into southern marin, too. it's pushing into solano county, vallejo, into fairfield. we can see more intense rainfall. shades of red over in concord, lafayette. san francisco, we're about to get hit with a lot of rainfall

in the next couple minutes. you can already see downtown getting hit with intense rainfall as 5:57 rolls around. it's going to start to move over to the peninsula, into areas such as palo alto. san jose, a little rain shadow effect. a lot of rain out there that will move into the tri-valley as the next couple minutes roll on. we are under a couple of advisories, warnings, not just here in the bay area but up in tahoe as well. we'll monitor all of this coming up at 7:00. i hope you join us. we have a lot of information to go through. whether you're staying home or traveling this holiday weekend, our nbc bay area app is a great resource to have. just type in your city and we'll send you up-to-the-minute weather alerts straight to your phone. the app is free to download. coming up at 7:00 on "today in the bay," we're tracking the storm as it continues to come down across the bay area. you're getting a live look

outside right now. we will have team coverage on this recent round of showers, also bringing high winds and flooding along with it. that plus

what kind of a tree are you? >> you think you're a tree. >> actually an oak tree. >> yet another iconic moment in the life and legacy of barbara walters. we are back on this saturday morning, december 31st, 2022, and we are celebrating the work, the trail blazing career of barbara walters, who passed away at the age of 93, famously asked that unique question of katharine hepburn there. >> one of a kind. there will be no more barbara walters in this business.

newsmakers all over the place, but she was the one who always seemed to get it. >> she really was. >> she knew how to ask the questions and got everyone's attention and got the great answers. >> i got her to reflect on that moment where she asked katharine hepburn that question and had a little bit of fun as well. for all of the seriousness and legacy and incredible work she left behind, she had a lightness. >> the first female co-anchor of the "today" show. coming up, we will take a look back at some of the more famous interviews. >> we are looking forward to that. we begin with the check of the headlines. england is growing the list of countries set to require a negative covid test for travelers entering from china. starting january 5th, passengers will have to submit a negative covid test before boarding flights bound for the country. covid numbers have surged in china in recent weeks following the relaxing of the country's so-called zero-covid

restrictions. to the stock markets now where many investors are looking forward to the next year. friday's bell signaling the end of trading perhaps not the end of the bear market. the dow, nasdaq, and s&p all ending the year lower than where they started and making it the worst year for the markets since 2008. record-high inflation of course and a crash of the crypto market capping off a volatile year for those investors. the federal reserve attempting to bring down inflation by raising interest rates seven times in the last year. to college football now. in friday's orange bowl it was joe milton throwing 251 yards and three touchdowns leading his tennessee volunteers to a 31-14 win over the clemson tigers. the gator bowl, the fighting irish came up with the win. tyler buckner was responsible for bringing his team to the highest scoring gator bowl ever, beating south carolina 45-38. the college football playoff games get under way today.

georgia take on ohio state in the late game. the cinderella story of the season, tcu will go head to head with michigan in the early game. big day of football in house how woulds across the country. in washington this morning there is new fallout of a congressional committee released tax returns of former president trump after a years-long battle. republicans blasting the release saying it sets a bad precedent. lawmakers who support the move say the returns reveal important information. garrett haake has more on what the documents show. >> reporter: former president trump is vowing retribution against democrats in congress after a house committee made public six years of his federal tax returns on friday, ending the three-year legal battle that went all the way to the supreme court. >> the radical democrats' behavior is a shame upon the u.s. congress. this precedent must now be applied to the corrupt democrats themselves. >> reporter: the thousands of pages of the tax returns showed the former president paying

relatively little in federal taxes from 2015 through the end of his term, including a zero dollar federal tax bill in 2020 as his businesses struggled. the returns showing that despite a pledge to donate his $400,000 presidential salary, he reported no charitable contributions in . also showing the billionaire losing money in four of the six years appearing to undercut his success as a businessman. >> what trump does is collect money from businesses he has and the businesses lose money and he uses the losses to offset the income that flows into his pocket. he is a terrible businessman. >> reporter: the filing show he maintained foreign bank accounts in china, united kingdom and ireland. he had greater losses across 15

countries. including china, qatar and turkey. the supreme court ruled in the committee's favor in november. the committee authorized the release with redactions last week. the committee democrats arguing the break with precedent and refusing to release returns as a candidate made this necessary. if the house would like to retaliate, they can go after biden's returns which are already public. peter and kristen. >> thank you. >> let's get to somara with the latest on the forecast. a lot of people are counting on the weather. we are tracking severe weather for some of us. listen up. you may have plans out there from pan an -- panama city to tallahassee. we could see strong winds and a

risk of severe weather. lock in with me for monday. this color is concerning when we see enhanced risk from lufkin and shreveport. we could have strong tornadoes possible on monday for the area from houston and far as springfield, missouri. keep it in mind if you are traveling back. a lot of this fueled by the warm air. warmer than average. new year's . and the bay area getting hit with a lot of rainfall on this last day of the year. let's take it into storm ranger, scanning the skies right now. we can see a lot of heavy rain just starting to move into solano county, into concord right now and over san francisco. as we zoom through, we can see novato is seeing rainfall, and san francisco will get hit in

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now more on the major headlines we are watching today. law enforcement officials made an arrest in the brutal murders of the four university of idaho students that took place in november. >> 28-year-old bryan christopher kohberger was apprehended 2,500 miles away from the crime scene in pennsylvania. >> for more on this case, we are joined by casey jordan and

professor at western connecticut state. casey, thank you for being here. >> good morning. >> casey, i want to get to this. clearly this is a major break in the case that many feared had gone cold. we had been waiting for answers for seven weeks here. we have learned more about this suspect. 28-year-old bryan kohberger. he was getting a ph.d. in criminology. he had a fascination with crime. while the authorities won't detail about anything of a motive, what does what we're learning about him tell you about a possible motivation for the murders? >> i wasn't surprised at all to find out he was studying criminology and his fellow students said he was interested in forensic psychology. we have seen with killers of this nature and serial killers. we don't know if he would have

committed this crime again or in the past. they can be groupies of criminology. doing case study after case study and wanting to become experts. helps fellow students in the ph.d. program said he was awkward and he would be quiet and give them long stares. the biggest thing is he wanted to be an expert on everything. he would overexplain everything. he wanted to be super academic. they turned to class after these murders happened and he was extremely isolated and perhaps manic. >> casey, we know investigators were pouring through 20,000 tips. keeping the details of the investigation very close to the vest. they had been trailing this suspect for some time. what do you think ultimately led to this arrest? >> the white hyundai elantra was the lynchpin. it was footage from a door bell

camera or security footage camera on a residence on a side street that they were able to track down to the very specific timeframe when cars would pass through at 4:00 in the morning. not that many cars passing around at 4:00 a.m. focusing on the white hyundai elantra. i suspect the car had come back into the area and picked up more than once. we know sometimes killers like to return to the scene of the crime. find the hyundai elantra that belongs to the student in the area and the profile would have been somebody 18 to 28 and male who lived in the area. i don't believe he knew the students, but once they had the hyundai and then they were able to do familial dna from dna at the crime scene and find distant relatives of the current suspect and use the profile to figure out the number one person of interest.

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we are back on this saturday. new year's eve. joe has the "popstart."

>> we have "avatar." the sequel is living up to the predecessor. the blue heroes takes us to the land of pandora. it faced actors to train for months to hold their breath for five minutes or longer. so far, "avatar" raked in $1.17 billion worldwide. it shows no signs of running out of oxygen. cameron says the film needs to make $2 billion to break even. first "avatar" was a success in $2009 raking in 2.9billion at the global box office. up next, two former teammates. tom brady and rob gronkowski are no longer on the same football team. gronk retired this year. the pair is taking part in

friendly ribbing. back in october, brady announced investment in a pickleball team. when asked who might be good at the game. brady said gronk would be really good. gronk is taking it one step further. claiming he could 100% beat brady. gronk admitted he has been practicing and wants to continue playing in 2023. that is what they call a volley. brady, the ball is in your court. who wins that? >> we await his response. >> i like to see gronk walk on the court with the tennis short shorts. >> a highly anticipated match. thank you, joe. >> one couple adding more joy to christmas with a huge surprise an no

still to come on "today," tom brady's back-up quarterback is being hailed a hero after rescuing four after a helicopter crash in tampa. and how to pick the bubbly for new year's eve celebrati

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weather alert right now as the rain is pouring across the bay area. we have new video showing flooding in west so no, ma'am ma county. the road is closed in both directions. as you saw, there are signs warning drivers about that closure. officials warn that, if you see standing water, be sure to turn around and not drive into it. there is a lot of standing water out there this morning. let's check in with cynthia with a look at the microclimate forecast. >> turn around, don't drown. a lot of heavy rain will be falling over the bay area in the next couple hours before we dry out for a nice new year's eve. i've been keeping an eye on the dublin cam. there is ponding on the roadway. keep both hands on the wheel and drive safely to where you have to go today. satellite and radar is doing a nice job of painting this picture. a lot of moisture coming in from the pacific and hitting the bay

area directly. we are under that bullseye of that heavy to intense rainfall which is the yellow and the red we see on your screen. right now the bay area getting a lot of that intense rain. let's zoom closer with storm ranger which, of course, is an option on the nbc bay area app. we can track the rain neighborhood by neighborhood. let's start in the east bay. a little bit ago it was pushing into areas of concord and we have more strong rainfall over antioch, discovery bay. it's pushing z into areas of stockton, san francisco, through the peninsula, this orange, intense rainfall right around storm ranger. we'll going to see we push on through into the south bay by about 8:00. right now san jose seeing a little light to moderate rain. of course, a lot is piling up on the santa cruz mountains. this is a wider picture of what's going on in the bay area. we'll be tracking all this rainfall all through out the day. coming up at 7:00 we'll walk you through all these conditions.

for now, back to you. whether you're staying home or traveling this holiday weekend, as cynthia mentioned, our nbc bay area app is a great resource to have. you just type in your city and we'll send up-to-the-minute weather alerts straight to your phone. the app is free to download. coming up on "today in the bay," we're tracking the storm. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, and raindrops on our camera lens there. this round of showers bringing with it high winds and flooding. we will have live team coverage. we'll have that plus all your other top stories coming up at 7:00. we hope you join us. right now,

good morning. breaking news -- the passing of a pope. pope pope benedict xvi died overnight at the vatican. he was 95 years old and in failing health. we'll have a live report from rome. also breaking overnight, the death of pioneering tv journalist and the first f fema anchor of the "today" show, barbara walters passes away friday. we'll celebrate her trail blazing career and some of her most famous interviews from celebrities to heads of state. >> yes i think so. >> condolences pouring in from

the media world and beyond. and counting down to 2023. we're getting a head start on our new year's eve celebrations, trying out some budget friendly bubbly. and then our wine expert will recommend some of the best cocktails to have on hand for your designated driver. today, saturday, december 31st, 2022. good morning and welcome back to "today" on this saturday morning, new year's eve, and it is a somber end of 2022 with passing of these two diamonds. >> we'll celebrate those lives and also look ahead to the year that's coming and give you the forecast if you're planning something. >> we sure are. we want to begin with this breaking news out of the vatican. pope emeritus benedict xvi has died at the age of 95. >> he had been ill for some time and declined in recent days as pope francis asked the faithful for their prayers.

molly hunter is at the vatican where people are reacting to the news of his passing. good morning. >> reporter: joe, peter, kristen, good morning. we have now learned and we now have the answers to some of the questions we've had over the last couple days about what exactly happens when a former pope passes. according to the holy see press office we know the pope will lie in state starting on monday, a chance for the faithful to bid their final good-byes. his funeral will take place outside in st. peter's square on thursday, january 5th, at 9:30 in rome, presided by pope francis, but still the first time this will have happened in more than 600 years. no details on the funeral whether it will be a state funeral. we understand from the press office it will be, quote, in the mold of simplicity as per his wishes. we can understand, we can assume that benedict had a hand in all of the planning not only surrounding his funeral and

these final few days but also in his burial. this is also a moment for vatican analysts that the church may pick this moment to normalize what pope emeritus did when stepping back from the papacy. his legacy will be his scholarly accomplishments and he was pope for eight years but really defining his legacy, the fact he retired in 2013 and possibly ohmed the door for future popes to follow in his foot steps. back to you. >> becoming the first to retire in more than 600 years. molly hunter, thank you so much. this morning to the death of a legend, the trail blazing journalist barbara walters dying overnight. she was 93. of course walters was a towering figure in broadcast news and she perfected the art of the interview, getting newsmakers and celebrities to open up in unforgettable ways. >> lester holt is looking back

have lester holt with more on how barbara walters made her name. >> barbara walters landed big interviews and got big questions. >> i read that you proposed to mrs. nixon the first time you met and mrs. nixon turned you down at that time. >> reporter: then, barbara made it personal. >> your life is insulate. >> reporter: no matter who she was talking to. >> it has been said that your wife is one of your closest advisers and influences. >> reporter: asking henry kissinger about his reputation and ladies man. >> you are called a swinger. >> reporter: or lady bird johnson about her husband's same reputation. >> he was a ladies man. a flirt. i wonder how mrs. johnson felt about that. how did you feel? >> reporter: she found a way to

broach the most difficult subjects. here with president kennedy's mother rose on the fifth anniversary of his assassination. >> the question most people want to know is what sustains you? what gives you the courage to keep going? >> reporter: and with martin luther king's widow. she could ask tough questions of politicians. >> could you run and win? >> reporter: but barbara walters was just as comfortable talking to celebrities, lauren bacall. >> is there anything you like to get off your chest besides this microphone? >> microphone. >> reporter: part confidante and shrink with lawrence olivier. truman capote. >> when you were a child and

different from other kids, did they make fun of you? >> reporter: and princess grace. >> your highness, i have to ask the question. are you happy? >> reporter: of course, a great question is one that gets a great answer like the time she asked former first lady mamie eisenhower of the prospect of the female president. >> a what? >> female president! >> i haven't thought of such a thing. i don't think we're ready for that yet. >> it is fun to look back at barbara walters' career. what strikes me is watching the interviewee. their eyes as she delivered the dagger. >> she asked the question no one else would. >> fearless. the question that was on our minds. >> incredible. now it is time for the weekend morning boost. joe? >> this one falls under the category of, i would say, cute. we have a cute morning boost. it is always fun telling you're

expecting especially when they aren't expecting it. that is what happened to one family in indiana as they geared up for the annual holiday picture. >> three, two, one. >> maya's pregnant. >> what? >> what? >> are you serious? >> what? >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god! >> that is maya and her boyfriend giving the family the best christmas present. news of a baby on the way. at first, some were not sure if it was real. they thought it was a ploy to get them to smile. when the sonogram was revealed, they knew it was real. congratulations to maya. it did feel like a trick to get everyone to react.

>> expressions were priceless. somara is counting down the hours to 2023. >> guys, we are almost there. take a look. we have showers on the east coast. tracking rain and snow on the west coast. by midnight, we should see rain clearing out. that is good news. i want to get to the ball drop forecast. i know a lot of our friends are headed to new york city and if you are, be prepared for showers, especially during the time you are waiting for the ball to drop and right after is when the rain will clear. temperatures are we are seeing a very stormy last day of 2022. let's take a look at storm ranger and see where the heavier pockets of rain are. it's pushed from the north bay into the east bay. brentwood, stockton, you're seeing heavier rain. in the peninsula, flooding around half moon bay has led to

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>> we have priscilla thompson with more. >> it has sunk. they look like maybe three or four people floating in the water. >> reporter: a water rescue after a helicopter crashed off the coast of florida. >> we have one passenger on board. here at boat ramp on the channel side. the others are on jet skis. >> reporter: the pilot pulling people to safety. other three saved by the good samaritan. >> two yamaha jet skis. >> reporter: the stranger? the tampa bay back-up quarterback blaine gabbert. >> i have one. >> reporter: gabbert said he was jet skiing with his brothers and heard a noise. he found a downed helicopter submerged near the davis islands with four people thrown overboard. >> it looked like a crew boat in the water that broken up in four

pieces. the youngest kid had just came up and said he was pinned. >> reporter: the passenger was 28-year-old hunter hupp. >> we were trapped and i had so many cables and wires and head sets. >> reporter: he was under water for nearly a minute and wasn't sure he would survive. >> i'm astounded i'm standing here. >> reporter: hupp and his parents were on the sight seeing tour of tampa bay thursday when the chopper's engine failed. >> i asked the pilot if he hit something. he said it wasn't good. >> reporter: the pilot made an emergency landing and crashing as onlookers watched in disbelief. >> it was crazy and insane. >> reporter: all four passengers escaped uninjuuninjured thanks

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we are back on saturday morning with the festive buzz in the air as we countdown the hours to new year's eve. >> if you are planning to toast at home or with friends, we have the drinks here for you. >> we have ray here with you. happy new year.

>> it is good to see you. >> great to be here. i brought the sparkling wine. >> you did. everyone thinking of sparkling wine for new year. what are good deals? >> you can't touch champagne for $30 or $40 a bottle. i go for preseco. this bru. it is a beautiful sparkling wine that prosecco has. it is under $15 a bottle. >> it tastes good. >> it sure does taste that way. cava from spain is the other for us. it was a 14th century watch tower. again, you know, made the same way as champagne, but spanish grapes instead of french. beautiful bottle the. under $15. >> a lot of people are not thinking of regions, but looking for a good deal. what should you look for when

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right now at 7:00, rain, wind and slick conditions. this is a live look outside across the bay area. as you can see, heavy rain already falling out