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♪ good afternoon. i'm sara sidner in for victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." the january 6th committee just released yet another big batch of witness interview transcripts from their investigation into the capitol insurrection. the new list includes interviews with 19 witnesses including the former president donald trump jr. and kimberly guilfoyle, christina baab, stephen miller and those to try to overturn the election like doug mastriano. cnn's paula reid is joining me now. you're going through this. i know it's a lot. there are hundreds of people with many, many pages...

Black and white television, because he's not done it in this game. >> i was going to ask you about the comparisons. 1281 goals in his lifetime. you talked about him winning three world cups. one of the stories that i had heard about him and always struck me was during 1967, there were factions that were fighting a civil war in nigeria. and this is the power of pele. they agreed, two sides fighting, agreed to a cease-fire so he could play an exhibition match in nigeria. it just goes to show you the power that this man had to almost bring people together. he literally stopped the fighting so tha...

Game was stopped several minutes to celebrate his landmark achievement. in 1967, pele learned that he and his team had the power to stop other things, too. when they visited nigeria prompted warring factions to call a 48-hour creease-fire in e war. >> they stopped the war because people are so crazy about football. they loved football. they stopped the war to see the ball played in africa. something you cannot explain. >> reporter: by the time pele returns as a footballer playing for the cosmos, he amassed 2,281 goals. for pele, that was a lifetime ago. he served as a u.n. ambassador for ecolo...

Edson arrantes de -- we all know him as pele, he's gone from earth, but his memory remains. thank you so much, chris wittyngham. now to closed here closed were roads and we'll take you there live. and a fresh apology from southwest airlines. all while the airlines, new steps it's going to take to reimburse passengers whose holiday travel was ruined. those detatails are up next. the majority of people sawaw 9% clearer skin even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have a...

>> reporter: who else always been a global icon, but in his native brazil, he'll always be regarded as a national treasure. his passing is cause for national mourning and as he so humorously put it himself, there will never be another pele. >> to do that again would be very difficult, because my mother and father. >> what an incredible life, player and person that was cnn's don riddell. joining us now on the phone is chris whittingham, soccer analyst and commentator. first, to you about the impact of pele. everyone knows his name, even if you're not a sports fan, he is an icon in his own right...