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His wife taken off life support. he says it was her wish. but under texas law, he can't because she's 18 weeks pregnant. cnn's pamela brown has more on this story. >> reporter: it's a crushing decision texas paramedics hoped they would never have to make for one another. >> we talked about it. we were both paramedics. we've seen things out in the field. you know, we both knew that we didn't want to be on life support. >> reporter: but last month, he found his wife collapsed and unconscious on the floor inside their home. she was rushed to a hospital, but it was too late. doctors suspect she su...

He wore dark sunglasses so no one could see if his eyes twinkled or not or his jolly crime spree. and he dashed away, dashed away, dashed away all. speaking of dashing, the beautiful jennifer gray, our cnn meteorologist with our frigid christmas temps. >> yes, it is cold. you know, finally feeling like the holidays. we were worried for a little bit. we were in the 60s just a couple days ago. it looks like a few folks in the north will wake up to a white christmas. we could see 2 to 4 inches in places like minneapolis, green bay, milwaukee, detroit even picking up a little bit of snow during th...

Mission accomplished. that's how nsa leaker edward snowden actually summed up his past year in an interview with "the washington post." snowden says that he wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself. the reporter who interviewed him spoke to cnn and he says that snowden wasn't gloating but did feel he had done something very important. >> what he means by mission accomplished is he wanted the public to know what was being done in its name and what was being done to it in terms of surveillance, and he wanted it to be possible that decisions be made outside the secr...

Systematic spying at the highest level. this was all revealed in an interview with "the washington post." our joe johns, crime and justice correspondent, knows all about it. he actually used the words "mission accomplished." i think we all remember what that means. >> yeah, we definitely do. but probably everybody would agree not in the same context. so snowden says he's already done what he set out to do. the quote from the article say, in terms of personal satisfaction for him, the mission's already accomplished. he said he already won. as soon as the journalists were able to work, everythin...

Approve of how he's handling the job. supporters are especially pleased with his very down-to-earth style. >> he tends to be a surprise because he does things that are normal but are very abnormal in terms of the papacy. he brought three homeless men into the place where he's living to have breakfast with him on his birthday. >> that's pretty remarkable. cnn's erin mclaughlin live in rome. what are we expecting from pope francis? >> reporter: well, we're expecting a celebration as well as powerful messages for the world's 1.2 billion catholics. final preparations are underway at the vatican fo...