i'm tom foreman, and it's worth asking how did we get past through the past 12 months? many of us hoped it would be easier in recent tumultuous years. and there were moments of accomplishment, community, and joy. but we were also challenged, divided over issues and often unable to agree even on what we want. and it was widely apparent where we begin with the biggest news stories of the year. ♪ >> the worst big news for many americans started in their pocketbooks. >> the economy this year was an absolute emotional roller coaster. >> unemployment was down, earnings were up. at any moment, a lot was going well. >> but even then, for a lot of people a lot just didn't feel quite right. >> it's flying high in april, shot down in may. ♪ that's life that's life ♪ ♪ that's what all the people say ♪ >> worries about inflation, bank failures, and debt became an inferno of fear fanned by the most unaffordable housing market since the early 1980s. >> i'm a millennial. we don't buy houses. >> i think the reality for a lot of people is they haven't seen any benefit of the growth in ec

tom foreman. >>> "outfront" now, tom ryan our legal analyst.ed sadoff a genius and he's well-known in georgia. and he knows rico and that is what this is about. this is, i guess, now is the largest rico claim unless that -- so any indication in court today of his strategy in that case? >> so, i thought he equipped himself very well. and he was formidable. and a strategy i think is delay, delay, delay. it is trump's strongest card and what he had to do was make a procedural argument that would allow the judge to reconsider the prior rulings to allow them to entertain a first amendment claim before the trial even begins. that is what he wanted. which would create a huge delay. and that is a uphill battle to get the judge to reverse himself from his prior rulings. he may have managed to do that. the judge seriously took into account his arguments and might result in delay. >> but you thought that he -- he's basically saying if he he's successful here, 2029 is when this would come and that is significant because the georgia case is where you can't

tom foreman joins me now with a fact check of some of the governor's claims. tom? >> abby, one of the things that he went after is something that seems to worry everyone in this country, and has for quite some time now, gas prices. listen to what he said. >> we are going to have an energy boom in this country. we are going to be independent, we're going to be dominant, we're going to lower your gas prices, and we're going to lower energy costs altogether. >> well, that sounds a grand idea. the problem is the united states under president joe biden is producing more oil than it ever has, more than it did under donald trump. it is now the leading oil producer in the world. and yet, the price of oil is governed by the world market. so you cannot really separate it from the conflict in ukraine, from opec saying they're going to cut back on some of the price of the production out there, which would drive prices up. so, though that may sound like a great promise, other presidents have made that promise before. it doesn't really come true because of the nature of the oil

tom foreman joins me now with a fact-checked of some of the governors claims. tom? >> abby, one of the things he went after is something that worries everyone in this country, and as for quite some time now, gas prices. listen to what he said. >> we are going to have an energy boom in this country. we're going to be independent. we are going to be dominant. we are going to lower your gas prices. we are going to lower energy costs. >> that sounds a grand idea. the problem is, the united states, under president joe biden, is producing more oil than it ever has, more than it did under donald trump. it is now the leading oil producer in the world, and yet, the prices of oil are governed by a world market. you can't really separated from the conflict in ukraine, from opec, saying they're going to cut back on some of the price production out there which will drive prices up. that may sound like a good promise, other presidents made that promise before. it doesn't really come true. it's the nature of the oil market. abby? >> that is a common one. you hear that from candida

vivek ramaswamy said, i want to bring in tom foreman. tom, obviously it is not a surprise that he was talking about january 6th. but it was part of the most animated part of his town hall and of his message that he was pushing to voters. what did he say? and what are the facts about what he said? >> this is a message, kaitlyn, that he has pushed before. and he always gets very energetic about it, and the crowd, to some degree, always responds. listen to what he said. >> if you had told me that january 6th was in any way an inside job, the subject of government entrapment, i would have told you that was crazy talk. fringe conspiracy theory nonsense. i could tell you now, having gone somewhat deep in this, it's not. >> so what he went on to after this was to say things like they rolled out the red carpet, the capitol police, to let the people come inside, that there were federal agents in the crowd instigating the violence. he nibbled around this in many appearances, did it again tonight, that they were involved in this and there was suppre

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thankfully, tom foreman will have much more. thank you very much. you can catch all the best, all the way this friday at ten pm eastern, and pacific with tom foreman right here on cnn. the news continues with the source with kaitlan collins starting now. >>> tonight, starting this ice, a trump victory and michigan. i demand for recusal in maine, and a looming appeal and colorado. the fight to keep or kick the former president off the ballot across the country. plus, 19 days out from the first votes of 2024, new ads and new strategies from trump's republican rivals. the question is, will it make a difference? also, a new frontier of one of america's biggest media companies now going to battle with artificial intelligence and what it means. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, two state supreme courts with two very different outcomes over whether or not donald trump is disqualified from seeking the presidency for a third time under the 14th amendment's insurrectionist ban. and michigan, justice is rejecting an effort to boot trump fro

thankfully, tom foreman will have much more. thank you very much.an catch all the best, all the way this friday at ten pm eastern, and pacific with tom foreman right here on cnn. the news continues with the source with kaitlan collins starting now.

on behalf of everyone at anderson cooper 360 and the cnn family worldwide, i'm tom foreman wishing you all of the best and none of the worst in 2024. anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. i'm anderson cooper. you may have noticed that dining out right now is a little different than it was before the pandemic. >>> welcome to the whole story, i'm anderson cooper. you might have noticed right now dining out

. >>> from disappointment to pure elation, tom foreman brings us the best moments of 2023 in u.s.> reporter: in sports the best team was the chiefs who edged out the eagles in a barn burner. >> just two points shy of tying the highest scoring super bowl ever. >> and the rihanna halftime show, she did it pregnant. >> i think this game represented a takeover with tom brady retiring, this was not patrick mahomes' league. >> serious injury on the field bigger the bills/bengals game. >> reporter: best comeback, give that to damar hamlin who suffered a terrifying cardiac arrest at the start of the year but was back on the field this fall. >> i didn't think it was possible. >> reporter: in baseball, the arizona diamondbacks were run over by the rangers in the world series. >> rangers were really, really good. >> reporter: when it is not a competitive world series, it is not as much fun. >> reporter: and in the nba, laker lebron james made the best basket, the one that took him past kareem, karl, koeb and michael to grab the all-time scoring record. >> oldest player in the record, he is i

on behalf of everyone at "anderson cooper 360" and the cnn family worldwide, i'm tom foreman wishing you all of the best and none of the worst in 2024 . >>> live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim bruin hibber. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> unexpected missile strikes hit ukraine, russia hits back with more attacks on ukraine. > >>> israel's prime minister says the war will continue on for months. >>> the 2023 economy turned out better than most had reason to expect. what could 2024 have in store? >>> moscow has fired the latest shot in a wave of cross-border attacks and counterattacks between russia and ukraine. it came sunday morning when ukraine reported a russian drone strike on its second-largest city, kharkiv. several apartment buildings were hit. hours before ukraine says russian missiles pummeled the same city, wounding 26 people. those strikes damaged residential buildings, hospitals, businesses, and government offices. >> translator: this is our new year. what a present

on behalf of everyone at anderson cooper 360 and the cnn family worldwide, i'm tom foreman wishing you all of the best and none of the worst in 2024. anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. i'm anderson cooper. you may have noticed that dining out right now is a little different than it was before the pandemic. >>> welcome to the whole story, i'm anderson cooper. you might have noticed right now dining out is different than it was for the pandemic. and according to researchers. with higher prices and added service charges that many restaurants say are vital to keep them running. more restaurants are offering takeout and delivery services. they're booming. in short restaurants have had to adapt and evolve in order to survive. one of the establishments that didn't survive is bobby flay's restaurant, gato. he's a well-known chef and host of the food network, which is owned by cnn's parent company. he closed the doors of gato just days after lockdown began, and that experience led him to think about who made it through the pandemic and why. over the next hour, bobby flay takes us to r

i want to bring in cnn's tom foreman. tom, obviously it's not a surprise that he was talking about january 6th, but it was part of the most animated part of his town hall. and of the message that he was pushing to voters. what did he say, what are the facts about what he said? >> this is a message caitlin, that he has pushed before he. always gets very energetic about, it and the crowd, to some degree always response. listen to what he said >> but if you had told me that january six wasn't any way an inside job, the subject of government entrapment, i would've told you that was crazy. top fringe conspiracy theory nonsense. i can tell you now having gone somewhat deep in this it's, not barrasso. what he went on to after this was to say things like, they rolled out the red carpet at the capitol police to let the people come inside. there were federal agents in the crowd that were instigating the violence. he nibbles around this in many appearances, he did again tonight that they were involved in this, and that there was supp

i know you're a movie guy, tom foreman looks back at 2023 at the movies. ♪. >> let's go to the moviesm was more in the pink than "barbie." she elbowed the side of he-man memories to be one of the best box office hits with global ticket sales close to $1.5 billion, that is with a "b" as in barbie. >> i think it is an absolute triumph. i've watched it many times. >> disclosure -- i work for the same company that barbie works for, but it was a wonderful movie. >> barbie is my favorite coworker, by the way. other than you, harry, do you have a favorite, a 2023 film? >> i'm a barbie girl in a barbie world, john, so i'm with you on that, and of course, we work for warner bros discovery, so i'm a company man. >> we're happy to have her. harry, thank you for being with us and happy new year to you. a reminder to catch all the best and worst tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific right here on cnn. another reminder, do not miss cnn's extensive new year's day coverage with anderson cooper and andy cohen on new year's day all night long despite what harry says, do not go to sleep, and the nex

tom foreman, thank you for that fact check. joining me now scott jennings and anna navorro. 33 days to go before the iowa caucuses, which is the critical kick start to this race. is elevating a january 6th conspiracy theory the way to win over those voters? >> no, i don't think so. i don't think his campaign is in very good shape truthfully. i think he's playing for the future, whether that's a donald trump surrogate in the near term, whether that's as a future presidential candidate in 2028, i mean, he is a young man. so, no, i -- i don't -- i don't think this is the way to -- i mean, but this was the most decaffeinated we've seen vivek ramaswamy. i mean, he has been a very hyper candidate through all the debates and other. but the most animated he got tonight was on january the 6th and pushing this -- this idea that it was an inside job. i mean, it was an inside job. the head of the federal government at the time was sort of encouraging it, if you want to go down that road. but that was the most animated. everything else he w

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tom foreman looks back at 2023 at the movies. ♪ you can hug me under the lights ♪ ♪ diamonds under my's go to the movies, where no film was more in the pink than "barbie." >> barbie in the real world. that's impossible. >> she elbowed aside a pack of heman heroes to become one of the best box office hits with global ticket sales close to $1.5 billion. that's with a b, as be barbie. >> i think it is an absolute triumph. i've watched it many times. >> disclosure. i work for the same company that barbie works for. but it was a wonderful movie. >> barbie is my favorite coworker, by the way, other than you, harry enten right now. do you have a favorite? >> i'm a barbie girl in a barbie world. so, i'm with you on that. and of course we work with warner brothers discovery. so, i'm a company man. >> you're a company man. barbara, we're happy to have her. come on board. harry, happy new year to you. a reminder, you can catch all the best, all the worst tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific right here on cnn. another reminder, do not miss cnn's extensive new year's eve coverage with anderso

british 0scar—nominated actor tom wilkinson, best known for his role in the full monty, has died aged 75, his family have announced. he played the former steel mill foremaned for two oscars for "in the bedroom" and "michael clayton". entertainment correspondent colin patterson told us about some of tom wilkinson's biggest roles. he was almost 50 when he was cast in the full monty in the role of gerald, the foreman of the steel mill who was unemployed and hiding his unemployment to his wife and decides in desperation to become a male stripper, and one of the standout scenes in that film for people who have not seen it is when he goes to the dole office, where you sign on for unemployment benefits, and all the male strippers are standing in a queue and the song they are routine as to starts playing and they can't help themselves dancing. they all start shuttling in the queue and the scene ends at the climax with tom wilkinson spinning round right after he has collected his dole cheque. that movie brought him to the attention of hollywood and the following year he was in shakespeare in the love, playing a financier and a film that won best picture at the os

tom wilkinson has died aged 75. he won a bafta for his portrayal of a steelworks foreman in the full monty. for the films michael clayton and in the bedroom. colin paterson looks back at his life. this was the role which changed tom wilkinson's life forever. he was about to turn 50 when he was cast in the full monty as gerald, the former steel mill foreman, hiding his unemployment from his wife and turning to male stripping for money. # hot stuff! it won him a bafta while the full monty beat titanic to best film. suddenly, after a career almost entirely on tv, hollywood was calling. actors are ten a penny, and i, hugh finnerman, hold your nuts in my hand. the following year, he played a financier in shakespeare in love. it would win best picture at the oscars. american directors started to use him to add gravitas to theirfilms, with both his oscar nominations coming for roles in which he had an american accent. can't you find something? you know, like some piece of evidence? that happens. doesn't that happen? there was in the bedroom, playing a doctor whose son falls in love with an older w

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tom wilkinson has died aged 75. he won a bafta for his portrayal of a steel works foreman in the full monty.michael clayton and in the bedroom. colin paterson looks back at his life. this was the role that changed tom wilkinson's life forever. he was as gerald, the former steel mill worker hiding unemployment from his wife. it won him a bafta when the full monty beat titanic to best film. suddenly after a career almost entirely on tv, hollywood was calling. actors are ten a penny and i hold your lots in my hand. the following year he played a financier in shakespeare in love, which would win best picture at the oscars. american directors started to use him to add gravitas to their films with both his oscar nominations coming from roles where he had an american accent. can't you find something like some piece of evidence, doesn't that happen? in the bedroom he played a doctor whose son falls in love with an older woman. you think you have the horses for that? good luck and god bless. and starring opposite george clooney in michael clayton is an attorney struggling with his health. many stando

british 0scar—nominated actor tom wilkinson, best known for his role in the full monty, has died aged 75, his family have announced. he played the former steel mill foremaned for two oscars for in the bedroom and michael clayton. staying in the uk, the new year honours list has been announced, with people recognised from the worlds of sport, entertainment and charity. the authorjilly cooper is made a dame, and there's a knighthood for michael eavis, who co—created the glastonbury music festival more than 50 years ago. and in a great year for women's football, there's recognition for three of england's lionesses. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has all the details. her books have sold in their millions. noinlly cooper has been made a dame for services to literature and charity. can't quite believe it. so lovely. i mean, when they told me i got the letter, and i thought, gosh, this can't be me. but it was lovely, i was thrilled to bits. michael eavis has been welcoming festivalgoers to glastonbury for more than half a century. he's been knighted for his music and charity work. also receiving knighthoods — wetherspoons boss tim martin, who says

and tom, son of mine is bethlehem's foreman, may or can we cause same decisions were made at least twice during both in default as violence palestinian mass uprisings against israel. and it is not, it's about solidarity. we are, and both of them or in jerusalem or in my lovely, i've bought over there, but i've seen in the people and where i'm not the sort of a so and so did that it to dollars of we are still have the same stuff inc and we have the, the same cutting in the middle of the square with famous christmas tree is placed every year. preparations are on the way to set up an installation of a different kind nativity on the rubble. there's nothing that they wouldn't be shown as bombarded by the as the alien aircraft. we are showing baby jesus. why vision mary? carry out him, do it on a way to egypt in order to protect him from the decision that has to be taken by her or those to can or kids in the for him. and it is very similar in what's happening and goes through nowadays the people, the families of taking their kids to assess a place to protect them from the is that are in occupa

tom wilkinson's life forever. he was about to turn 50 when he was cast in the full monty as gerald, the former steel mill foreman hidingturning to male stripping for money. # hot stuff! it won him a bafta while the full monty beat titanic to best film. suddenly, after a career almost entirely on tv, hollywood was calling. actors are ten a penny and i, hugh fennyman, hold your nuts in my hand. the following year, he played a financier in shakespeare in love. it would win best picture at the oscars. american directors started to use him to add gravitas to their films, with both his 0scar nominations coming for roles in which he had an american accent. can't you find something? you know, like... ..like some piece of evidence? that happens — doesn't that happen? there was in the bedroom, playing a doctor whose son falls in love with an older woman. you think you got the horses for that? well, good luck and god bless. and michael clayton, starring opposite george clooney as an attorney struggling with his mental health. indeed, many of his standout roles would be characters dealing with inner turmoil. there were also blockb