Welcome to 2020, two headlines highlights, and history. We are coming to from times square in the heart of new yor city, home to the famous bal drop that marks the beginning, and and of every year. I am and im Savannah Sellers but the next hour, we ar taking a look back at th biggest stories of 2022. It started with the war i ukraine,s Supreme Court retirement, and the oscar slap the shook hollywood. And it is ending with a tripledemic, looming recession fears and a world uniting on the soccer field along the way there were celebrations, loss, an hopefully some lessons to take until 2023 first, lets remember the headlines that fine 202 were seismic, and historic europes Largest Armed conflic since world war ii, a suprem Court Decision that overturned more than four decades o precedent. The death of a monarch who had rainforest 70 years. Yet, in its earliest days, 202 seemed more like a copycat wit the worst qualities of the two previous years staggering new covid numbers, deadly cases
highlights, and history. we are coming to you from times square in the heart of new york city, home to the famous ball drop which marks the beginning and end of every year. i m joe fryer. i m savannah sellers. for the next hour, we re looking back at the biggest stories of 2022. it started with the war in ukraine, a supreme court retirement, and that oscar slap that shook hollywood. it s ending with a tripledemic, looming recession fears, and the royal view uniting on the soccer field. along the way, there were celebrations, losses, and a lessons we can take into 2023. let s remember the year that was. the headlines that defined 2022 were seismic and historic. europe s largest armed conflict since world war ii free abortion not a manned. it supreme court station which overturned for decades of precedent. the death of a monarch who had reigned for 70 years. in its earliest days, 2022 seemed more like a copycat, limiting the worst qualities of the previous years
now, an interesting fact is that the prefect of rome today, italian media expects during those days between that and the future, tearing the, fifth next thursday, he expects about 60,000 people to come down for that occasion. compare that to the more than 4 million pilgrims who came down for the funeral of the last pope who died, who was, of course, john paul the second. then on thursday, the vatican said that the funeral wouldn t be held in the morning, in st. peters square. you will be presided by pope francis, again, the first time in modern times we know that a pope has presided over another. then, the body will be buried in the vatican grotto, which is a tumult near st. peters to me, below st. peters basilica, and an interesting fact about that is that is where john paul the second was buried before he was moved to the final resting place inside st. peters basilica. claudio, i want to ask you here. have you been able to chat with anybody? what is the lasting legacy you
the world. i m whitney wild. the death toll from that huge winter storm keeps rising. it is now up to 62 deaths across 11 states. of those by far the greatest share were in erie county, new york, where at least 37 people died. a horrible storm with too many deaths. we know without the work of these first responders and others, more people would have died. first responders are still checking on callers they couldn t reach in buffalo which was buried under nearly 52 inches of snow. overnight buffalo lifted a driving ban. cnn s miguel marquez has more on the digout. reporter: buffalo digging out. officials here responding to criticism they should have done more. 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts for three hours straight with less than a quarter mile visibility. monique alexander died in the storm on christmas eve. a buffalo native who had been through many snowstorms here thought this one was the same. we were waiting for her to come home. i knew something was wrong right a
welcome to 2020, two headlines highlights, and history. we are coming to from times square in the heart of new yor city, home to the famous bal drop that marks the beginning, and and of every year. i am - and i m savannah sellers but the next hour, we ar taking a look back at th biggest stories of 2022. it started with the war i ukraine, s supreme court retirement, and the oscar slap the shook hollywood. and it is ending with a tripledemic, looming recession fears and a world uniting on the soccer field along the way there were celebrations, loss, an hopefully some lessons to take until 2023 first, let s remember the headlines that fine 202 were seismic, and historic europe s largest armed conflic since world war ii, a suprem court decision that overturned more than four decades o precedent. the death of a monarch who had rainforest 70 years. yet, in its earliest days, 202 seemed more like a copycat wit the worst qualities of the two previous years staggering new