for santos. federal and local prosecutors now investigating the incoming congressman, who is set to be sworn in next week. joining me now former rnc communications director doug high and scott jennings, former special assistant to president george bush. all right, doug, in your professional opinion, can santos survive this? or would you advise him to step down? well, if we were talking five years ago, i would say there s no way that he could survive anything like this. but what we have seen over the last several years, you re allowed to get away with a lot more. the question here, and this is what one of the people in the package emphasized, isn t the lies, as awful as they are. it s whether or not he broke the law. so these $199.99 itemized expenditures on things it s not
millions are offering prayers around the world today to honor the life and legacy of pope emeritus benedict, who passed awe way at the able of 95 at the vatican saturday. his coffin will lie in state. pope francis marked the start of the new year by praying for his predecessor. [ speaking non-english ] translator: in particular, this salute is to pope emeritus benedict xvi who yesterday morning passed away. we salute him as a faithful servant of the gospel. cnn s fred pleitgen joins me live from vatican city. of course, a solemn occasion, but a day to celebration new beginnings in the new year. what is the mood there in vatican city right now? reporter: i would say it is still very solemn, but people are ringing in the new year here in the vatican, and in general
week s vote. if i can say quickly on that, there is a difference between say being the senate majority or minority leader and being speaker of the house. this is a constitutional office. so any move to vacate the chair, and paul ryan and john boehner had to deal with this, any threat of this that started with mark meadows puts us in a constitutional crisis. this isn t parlor games, this gets serious in a constitutional way that those people who talk about the constitution the most and the loudest should be mindful of. i see some consensus on the panel with that. on friday, we got to see trump s tax returns. one of the revelations is during his years in office, he paid more in foreign taxes than u.s. taxes. in the final year of his term, he paid zero income taxes. what do you think of that? well, look, donald trump is
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thousands of people crowd the area around times square, hoping to get a peek at the ball drop. and he commended their actions the way they responded, and how they proceeded to work even after the incident took place. one of the officers heard from the police commissioner and i just a few days ago at his graduation. which just goes to show you, the actions police officers must take every day are life-threatening situations. reporter: now, we are waiting to learn more about that 19-year-old subject suspect i should say. this is an ongoing investigation. both the fbi and the joint terrorism task force are involved in the investigation, and i should say that last night both the mayor and the police commissioner stressed that there is no credible threat to the city of new york at this time.