blazer who smashed through the glass ceiling. what she said was her true legacy. the suspect in the murders of four idaho college students has now waived extradition, new details on his studies of criminology. he asked former prisoners how they chose their victims fellow students tell us how he behaved the weeks prior to the murders, and our correspondent one on one with the police chief and the suspect s lawyer. did he kill these four students and before you pop that bottle of champagne, watch our report in this blind tasting, do people prefer a $200 bottle, or one for just $18 you both prefer the cheaper one. [ laughter ] announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening i m kristen welker in for jose on this christmas eve. on this new year s eve we re remembering two giants who left their mark on history. pope emeritu benedict xvi, and broadcasting legend barbara walters and the world is marking new beginnings, celebrations, biggest we v
the rain does not. all eyes trained on the waterford crystal ball, ready to welcome 2023. and stephanie gosk joins u from the center of it all, times square so steph, do they have any sense of how big the crowds are actually going to be this year reporter: yeah, they do they estimate more than 100,000 people will be here this year. that s a far cry from last year, during the omicron surge, when there were just 15,000 the year before that, the public wasn t invited at all. so it s really nice to look out here and see times square back to life on new year s eve. kristen? it certainly is stephanie gosk, thank you soap. hope you can stay relatively dry. all right, now to our other big story. today marks an historic turning point for the world s 1 billion catholics. pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away this morning at the age of 95. he became the first pope in more than 600 years to resign his death now putting a spotlight on his service, and raising new questions about the future o