felipe rodriguez, thank you so much for your analysis on this. we really appreciate it. we are going to continue to follow this breaking news. again, a person of interest is in custody in new york after a woman was killed after being lit on fire in a subway car. we're going to stay on top of that. other top stories. we're going to take a break. we'll be right back andy, take a seat. >> anderson. >> look at this. you're wet. disheveled. there's debris hitting you. we need to be ready for new year's eve maybe you are ready. >> new year's eve, live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn. when you live with diabetes, progress is having your coffee like you like it without an audience the freestyle libre three plus sensor tracks your glucose in real time, so everyone else doesn't have to, and over time, it can help lower your a-1c confident choices for more control of your life. this is progress. learn more and try for free at freestylelibre.us it's the most wonderful time with the kids. >> jingle. be of good cheer it's the most one. >> whether your phon

felipe rodriguez, jennifer rodgers, thank you both for your time. >> erica, thank you. danny. >> thanks. new today, the house ethics committee releasing a final draft copy of its report on former congressman matt gaetz finding, quote, substantial evidence. gaetz paid thousands of dollars for sex and drugs on multiple occasions, including allegedly paying a 17 year old for sex in 2017. the bipartisan panel concluded gaetz violated florida state laws, including the state's statutory rape law. gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. katelyn polantz is following all of these developments for us. there is a lot in this report. walk us through what else, what else we learned from this. erica, the big picture here, the house committee is finding matt gaetz was paying at least 20 times for women to have sex with him or for drugs. that is the bottom line, where they are able to say, then they believe through witness testimony that they've taken through text messages, through tracing payments, that they believe matt gaetz engaged in commercial sex. so paying for sex, engaged

john miller, felipe rodriguez thank you so much for your expertise look, cnn exclusively speaking with another guest of that upper west side new york city hostel tonight, matos toronto, providing this video from inside of the hostel, telling cnn's erin burnett this when asked whether or not the suspect could have had a gun there. listen i mean, it wouldn't be that hard. >> like if he put on, like, his luggage or something. um because there's no metal detector there's nothing like that. so i think just go inside and it would be all good. >> cnn shimon prokupecz is outside that very hostel where police say the suspect stayed. shimon you have seen investigators there throughout the day. what have you learned yeah so they've been here through the day trying to talk to people who have been staying here. >> we know from people inside that the it looks like the person that they've been wanting to question, the person of interest that was staying on the fourth floor here at the hostel at the hostel. and it's been a relatively busy day here at the hostel hostel, we've seen people come and go. w

retired nypd sergeant felipe rodriguez is here with me. do you think the police know right now about where he moved after committing this crime? this is new york. there are cameras everywhere. so do you think they have a decent sense of what direction he was going in? >> of course, the direction is going to be obvious. we have so many cameras, both private and nypd cameras it's just basically now it's footwork. detectives have to go now and canvass building. by building, they have to actually be able to pull this out. what they have is the technical assistance response unit. taru that's going to assist with that and good detective work. they have to go building by building and get whatever they can. >> and the fact that this gunman left a cell phone potentially and it sounds like a water bottle, first of all, those are two big clues. what does it tell you and what can detectives learn from them? >> they're great clues. you know, at this point but we also have to get into that phone and we have to jailbreak it. right. and try to be able to

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felipe rodriguez is with the john jay college of criminal justice. >> they are very simple to be madeu know, all you need is a computer program, a 3d printer, and time. like i tell people all the time, it is not a complicated process. if you know how to work a laptop, it's a very simple thing. >> reporter: mangione has 's hearings scheduled in court here on december 28th, and on the 30th, and on that day his attorney could once again ask for bail, as his team continues to fight that extradition. norah? >> norah: lilia luciano, thank you. donald trump was named "time" magazine's person of the year today and returned to new york city to ring the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. with just over a month until he assumes office, the incoming president is also providing details on some of his policies. here is cbs's nikole killion. >> reporter: a wall street welcome for president-elect donald trump. the business mogul was fully in his element, ringing the opening bell at the new york stock exchange, celebrated as "time" magazine's person of the year. >> i have to say, "time" for

felipe rodriguez is with the jon jay college of criminal justice. >> it's very simple to make. computer program, a 3d printer and time. i tell people all the time. it's not a complicated process. if you know how to work a laptop, it's a very simple thing. >> reporter: mangione has hearings scheduled here in court on december 23rd, and on the 30th. at that date, his attorney could once again ask for bail as his team continues to fight that extradition. lilia luciano, cbs news, hollidaysburg, pennsylvania. >>> still ahead on "cbs news roundup," we talk with the man behind the blockbuster hit "squid game" as the second season prepares to drop. what would it take for my child to only miss half a day of school for treatment? (♪♪) what would it take to find a cure for childhood cancer? it would take all of us to come together to support the research — research to discover more effective treatments for the 1 in 285 children in the u.s. who will be diagnosed with cancer. children's cancer research fund is a national nonprofit dedicated to ending childhood cancer. join us. go to childre

professor adam lankford of the university of alabama and former new york police detective sergeant felipe rodriguez. he's also an adjunct professor at john jay college of criminal justice. thank you both for being with us. felipe, you just heard mangione attorney there casting doubt on some of the science behind the evidence that police say connects mangione to the scene. is that science credible? >> the science is credible. >> but you got to remember his number one responsibility is to do what? cast doubt. cast doubt on how the evidence was collected. to make sure that we don't have the situation with cross-contamination could have occurred. cast doubt on the partial fingerprint saying that you know what? this just aren't enough ridges. whorls, you know, to make sure that we have a positive identification. he's trying to pick it apart just from the beginning, and that's the job of a defense attorney. >> yeah. and also, i wonder. adam, there's so much. and it's hard to say, but it's true. there's popularity for this suspect. we're seeing that you heard bragg lamenting that. and i wonder if you see

for more on this, let's talk more with former nypd detective sergeant felipe rodriguez. he's now an adjunct professor at john jay college of criminal justice. thank you, philippe, for being with us on this christmas eve. first, i just want to get your reaction to this new information that is just so troubling that the suspect allegedly fanned the flames after setting fire to this victim. >> it's one of the most heinous things i've ever seen in 31 years of law enforcement. >> the fact that he's actually, you know, fanning the flames like that, it's almost to the point of being almost torture, because here we are. >> you're actually increasing, right? the temperature of the flames and fueling them. so it's something on an annual something almost out of a horror movie that we're seeing in the new york city subway system at this time. >> philippe, can you explain to me from your perspective how important it is to actually learn the suspect's motive in this case? why would that be helpful at this point? >> well, it is it goes towards, you know, the charging offenses that we'r

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