attacks as vladimir putin marks the new year with a combative speech. [ cheers ] plus, the world welcomes 2023 from the land down under to asia and beyond. new york getting ready for its biggest celebration in years. oh, i ve always seen it on tv, so i decided to be here today. and later, the rubik s cube fast approaching 50. why the color-matching puzzle is showing no signs of aging. whenever i m bored and i don t know what to do, i just play with this. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening. there is only one pope today. benedict xvi died today ending an unprecedented decade in which the catholic church had two living popes, one reigning, one retired. in 2013 benedict became the first pope in 600 years to resign saying that at age 85, he was no longer up to the job. his successor, pope francis, is 86. the path could be clear now for him to step down. cbs chris livesay is in rome tonight with more on the death of
back for another hour. here are the big stories we re watching. another tidal wave of plight cancellations for southwest customers today, thousands left stranded and baggage grave yards across the airports and exhausted customers fighting for answers. i ve spent about nine and a half hours trying to get through to southwest, just on hold with them. probably about 17 calls. and every time, i get about two and a half hours in, it just drops. the line just drops. in buffalo, snow is starting to melt as the death toll mounts. with mounting snow of this volume comes rapid flooding for search and rescue teams to deal with. the latest on their efforts and the blame game over the county s response to the historic blizzard in just a minute. new developments on capitol hill. the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of deposition transcripts, and there are some familiar trump world names on the list. speaking of donald trump, after almost four years of legal battles,
attacks as vladimir putin marks the new year with a combative speech. [ cheers ] plus, the world welcomes 2023 from the land down under to asia and beyond. new york getting ready for its biggest celebration in years. oh, i ve always seen it on tv, so i decided to be here today. and later, the rubik s cube fast approaching 50. why the color-matching puzzle is showing no signs of aging. whenever i m bored and i don t know what to do, i just play with this. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening. there is only one pope today. benedict xvi died today ending an unprecedented decade in which the catholic church had two living popes, one reigning, one retired.
would a potential funeral look like. it will not be the same as a sitting pope. and the vatican has not released any information. the expectation that we are getting from those who watch it ve, very closely, is that he will likely be buried in saint peter s basilica like other popes behind me and the current pope, pope francis, will likely preside over that funeral. this is an extraordinary moment for the catholic church, to have two living popes, and then to have one preside over a possible funeral in the future of another pope. so really watching closely and we will keep you posted if we hear anything from the holy see press office. certainly a unique and extraordinary situation. molly hunter, thanks for joining us live from rome. and brand new research published this week shows a link between covid infections and a heart condition known as pots, a disorder that is known to cause a rapid heart rate, fainting and light-headedness, here is nbc news correspondent kristen
his papacy. but despite the peaceful nature in which celestine v resigned and because of the violence and instability surrounding the resignation of benedict ix 250 years earlier, the new pope must make sure that celestine is never heard from again. after celestine retired and boniface became the pope, he felt that it was dangerous to have two living popes. you can t have another pope knocking about and threatening the pope. immediately after celestine leaves the vatican, boniface has him attacked and locked up. he didn t want celestine