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. good morning, everyone. welcome to "cnn this morning." its december 31st. yes, its the last day of the year. happy new years eve to you, martin. >> happy new years eve to you as well, amara. thank you. we are, of course, following breaking news this morning. pope benedict emeritus has died. pope francis had been asking for prayers. >> for the firstet time in modern history he resigned in 2013, citing advanced age, which paved the way for pope francis to head the church. cnns delia ...

those attacks in kyiv. friday, explosions in kyiv and elsewhere this morning two days after putins bridge to crimea was damaged. >> reporter: yeah, certainly was a rude awakening for us here in kyiv early in the morning. a little past 8 when the first explosion happened. ill get out of your way so you can see whats going on here, rescue recovery crews have been working this whole time. right now theyre taking away some of the cars that were absolutely mangled by the explosion. we belie...

southwest. of. >> 2800 u.s. flights already canceled today, 2500, about 90% are southwest. >> challenge for our flight crews being stuck in locations not where they need to be along with the aircraft. at this point were working to accommodate our customers as best we can and offer the most options we can. >> cnns lucy kafnov is in denver. >> i wasnt anticipating a nightmare but it is. >> reporter: christmas is over but for thousands of customers the travel nightmare goes on. >> they ca...

john berman here in for anderson. answer for that will depend on the answers for a string of other questions. can the committee in the coming weeks make the ambitious case it laid out last night. what will the justice department that already brought hundreds of charges in capital assault do with the information the select committee uncovered and will the hearings generate the kind of political census that might be needed before the attorney general decides to aim as high as the select ...

televised hearings next week. ryan noble at the capitol with us for the very latest. what are two contempt charges he is facing . >> reporter: so these are reled to the defiance of the subpoena sent to him via the january 6th committee, one has to do with his refusal to hand over documents the committee is interested in as part of their investigation, the other is his refusal to sit in deposition for interview with the committee, both could result in serious jail time and a hefty fine,...

brutal lockdown but will newfound freedoms last? lets go "outfront." good evening, everyone, im poppy harlow in for erin burnett, several developments in the investigation of the school massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead. texas officials tonight revealing the incident commander during that shooting, pete aradondo is now not repeating to investigators request for a follow up interview, this comes aztecsous department of public safety tonight confirms the elementary s...

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Get a lot more oil, but would that be good for our national security? hes looking at easing sanctions on venezuela, that will get us more oil but is that good for human rights and so forth? short term, draining the strategic petroleum preserve, not a good idea. it will make us more vulnerable to price shocks in the future. the sad reality is any president, republican, democrat, when it comes to these short-term gyrations in oil prices, we dont really have much power to control that unfortunately...

Intended consequences of that action is beyond what they could stomach right now. >> well this debate will certainly continue in the coming days and weeks. but we have to leave it there. ambassador bill taylor and mark kimmet, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. do stay with us because were talking about ukraine and texas. how it took an entire community to reunite two sisters and bring one of them to safety. also in just a little more than a month, trump era border re...