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. good morning, everyone. welcome to "cnn this morning." it's december 31st. yes, it's the last day of the year. happy new year's eve to you, martin. >> happy new year's 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. cnn's delia gallagher with more. >> reporter: in many respects, benedict xvi was the pope who got a bad rap...

Process. and at breakfast, lunch and dinner in the very large hotel. you will see them meet in twos and threes and 10s and 20s. and that's really where the conversation goes on. what happens inside the 16th chapel is ceremonial. the politics is everything that happens on the outside. >> john allen. thanks so much for bringing that perspective to us from rome. the earth will get a close encounter with a large asteroid this weekend. rest easy, though. the giant space rock that is about the size of a city block won't get closer than 600,000 miles. the moon is less than half that distance away. it...