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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...

those attacks in kyiv. friday, explosions in kyiv and elsewhere this morning two days after putin's 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. i'll get out of your way so you can see what's going on here, rescue recovery crews have been working this whole time. right now they're taking away some of the cars that were absolutely mangled by the explosion. we believe the impact crater is where those people are standing around there. you can see that water com...

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 we're working to accommodate our customers as best we can and offer the most options we can. >> cnn's lucy kafnov is in denver. >> i wasn't anticipating a nightmare but it is. >> reporter: christmas is over but for thousands of customers the travel nightmare goes on. >> they canceled our flight. they said they can't help us so we don't know what to do. >> reporter: southwe...

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 committee is already suggesting might be necessary. >> president trump summoned the mob, assembled t...

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, so far he has been defiant as he was pri was prior to the subpoena issued, he claimed he had execut...