the air national guardsman accused of stealing and sharing classified documents appears in court. and the government says he has a history of threatening to kill people. then, dozens of americans trapped in sudan, begging the u.s. government to help them get out. why do u.s. officials say they can t help, even though other countries are carrying out evacuations? plus, tears, smiles, and laughs. brittney griner holds her first news conference since her release from a russian prison. never going overseas unless i m representing my country at the olympics. what the basketball star had to say about her famgame and th other americans still being wrongly detained in russia. welcome to the lead, everyone. i m in for jake tapper. we start today with our national lead. this afternoon, the man accused of leaking classified u.s. intelligence on the internet appeared in court where a judge decided that the suspect will stay behind bars, at least for now. prosecutors argued th
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world, i m laila harrak. at the vatican the first holy mass of the new year will commemorate the late pope emeritus benedict. we re live from st. peter s square. and the year begins with flooding and evacuations in california as over 25 million could be affected by extreme weather. details and the forecast ahead. and defiance as ukraine enters the new year untd a barrage of russian missiles. we will hear from the ukrainian and russian leaders on two very different visions of what lies ahead. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. from new zealand to the u.s. most of the world has now ushered in 2023 with a mix of hope, excitement and flare. hours ago new york held its traditional ball drop in front of a jam packed times square. it was a spectacular show complete with fireworks, music and a ton, literally a ton, of confetti raining down on the crowd. celebrations were also held across europe, africa and asia and in the next hour hawa
leader predicting the deaths of human beings from starvation. it was casualness. he could of been describing the weather or a trip to the dry cleaners it will be real. then recounting a conversation with european allies he told us all about it. he said they spoke about how we can increase and did i seminate more rapidly food shortages. that s what joe biden said, verbatim on tape. here the president of the united states is pledging to increase food shortages at a press conference. that seems like a news worthy event. not a single news organization in this country know it happened or did the white house correct it. that ended up on social media. facebook flagged as false news. strict whraoe speaking there is nothing false about the video. nobody contest pugh that. apparently facebook users were to understand that joe widen is senile and not accountable for his own words. taking joe biden literally qualifies as misinformation. we will leave that episode for you to a
emotions you d expect from a leader predicting the deaths of human beings from starvation . none of that, and said there it was pure, nonchalant, descr casual this biden could havee been describing the weather or a trip to the dry cleaners ap is going to be real. then biden continued recounting a conversationallies with european allies.e to he toldld u us all about it n he met with the group. biden said they spoke about, quote, how we could increaseinat and disseminate more rapidly food shortages. mothat s what joe biden said verbatim. verbatn tape. soim o here you have the presidt of the united states pledging to increase food shortagesease t a press conference that seemed like a newsworthy event, but not a single news organization in this country seemed to notice it happeneind, nor did the white house correct it. but others were watching. so within days, that clip wound up on social media and facebook flaggeds fals immediately as , quote, false news. now, strictl