looking back at the that was and what it can tell us about where we are heading next. up first, from the world at war, to female change-makers. and the promise and peril of artificial intelligence. how the biggest stories this year will shape our world next year. it feels like it has been one of those perfect storm years where everything is just piled on, one after another. also, this hour, freedom calling. we re-visit my unprecedented interview with iranian american implement, inside the infamous prison. i know what it feels like to be left behind. and i wouldn t wish it upon my worst enemy. then the citizen soldiers of ukraine s drone school. taking the fight right to the russians. and, swapping presidential palaces for planet earth. why the great outdoors is yo-yo ma s most rewarding setting ever. the time that i spend in nature is what brings me back to something much bigger than myself. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour in london. mu
dollars. they were spending money like they were drunken sailors. now lyle and erik menendez face the death penalty, first-degree murder. greedy rich kids kill ozzie and harriet on a sunday night in beverly hills, and there s much more to the story than that. the courtroom at the l.a. superior courthouse in van nuys was actually a very tiny courtroom, and so there were a dozen media people that got to see the trial in the courtroom every day. writer dominic dunn appeared to hear opening statements. i m just a writer here covering this. i had just gotten out of school and started as a cub reporter at this legal newspaper. i got one of the seats in the courtroom. there were the lawyers and the brothers. my editors and i knew from the get-go that it was going to be captivating as [bleep]. okay, now opening statements by the prosecution. thank you, your honor, and good morning. the only time i ve ever thrown up during a trial was right before opening statement
instant horror of where is she what had happened to baby savanna? the answer would come decades later and astonish the world. it happened so fast, couldn t fathom what was going on imagine, your mother fugitive. your father stranger. your home, your name your past was any of it real? the first thing i felt, jus a pit in my stomach. i jus felt like it was my fault. a mother s crime. a father pain what kinds of emotions di it stir up when you would se that crib? it would just make me cry a daughter forced to face the shattering truth i was shocked and i was jus terrified. hello and welcome t dateline a father left childless and daughter left questioning he very identity. it was a case that started as custody battle, but turned int an international mystery tha spanned two decades and took investigators nearly 10,00 miles around the world all driven by a determined dad searching for answers and hi daughter here s andrea canning with finding savanna. in
speaker kevin mccarthy said the talks are, in his view, making headway. i think we re making progress. we re all working together to find a solution. the new concessions first reported by cnn include what was once a red line for mccarthy, agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member of the house to call for a vote to oust the sitting speaker. we re learning this morning that the new concessions are not going over well with some gop moderates who mccarthy cannot afford to lose. he needs all those votes. we re following all of the latest developments on capitol hill this morning. let s begin with cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju. so a lot of talks underway last night. you had a late one. more talk this is morning. where does everything stand? reporter: highly uncertain at the moment. it may happen or collapse. we simply don t know. he still doesn t have the votes to become the speaker of house. last night re reported about the key c
walker paid for her abortion. it comes as walker doubles down on his defense. and what a dramatic cut in it oil production overseas could mean for the price we pay at the pump here at home. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, october 6th. thank you for starting your day with us. one week after hurricane ian made land fall in florida, president biden is warning the more is coming. the president visited the battered state yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, the president and governor ron desantis put politics aside as they met with residents in the ft. myers area. we were very fortunate to have good coordination with white house and with fema. i think one thing that you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy. we re cutting through the red tape. and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president. so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a