connected to that first chinese spy balloon down over the atlantic ocean near the south carolina coast. officials said afterwards that the leading theory is that those three objects downed were likely benign. but, of course, we ll be looking for the president, from the white house and from the biden administration to talk more about the chinese spy balloon as recovery efforts are over and the analysis part continues in virginia. pa paula. jasmine wright, thank you so much. for more, i m joined by california congressman john gary mundy. member of the house armed services committee. vice president kamala harris was in munich speaking at the security conference. she says the u.s. has formally determined that russia has committed crimes against humanity. what should the u.s. response be now in wake of her declaration?
of your former office, the southern district of new york, that has drawn comparisons to the bernie may approximate tkauf case. reporter: yeah, paula. this happened real quickly. the prosecution of sam bankman-fried. it took just a coup of weeks between ftx and the federal indictment. the allegations are essentially fraud. bankman freed took his customers s money and used it for his own personal purposes and investments. now, he has been extradited from the bahamas. he is facing prosecution and potential trial in the southern district of new york, my former office. we have a long and storied history of prosecuting. the biggest many frauds from the junk bond traitors through we will see in 2023 weather he joins that list. next up, the supreme court and affirmative action. big one pending here, this
well, riding a camel during your live shot comes with technical difficulties. thank you to all our reporters and ali the camel. tonight cnn will ring in the new year live from times square with your host anderson cooper and andy cohen. the action gets started at 8:00. it s going to be an action-packed show. and we re getting a preview of some of the things to come. let s go live to cnn s stephanie elam who got the dream assignment in the bahamas. stephanie, you re joined by a special guest? reporter: i am. paula, you know, i ve got to tell you, i am at the atlanta paradise island in nassau, the bahamas. the people are warm and friendly and so is the entire vibe at this resort. and i don t want to pit competition against my domestic correspondents, but i think i won. we re here where they will have a big old party tonight. they are telling everyone they
watching in 2023? it s two cases. i cheated here. it s the special counsel s investigation, jack smith, who s in charge of not just january 6th investigations but also the mar-a-lago documents case. he was made special counsel by merrick garland in november and now he is off and running with both of these cases, paula. important to keep in mind how this is going to work. the special counsel gets to make the first requirement, indictment or no indictment but ultimately it goes to the attorney general merrick garland. he will have the final say. he has to give weight to whatever the special counsel wants to do but the buck stops with the attorney general, paula. we know that special counsel jack smith is still rekrupcoupig from this bike injury but he s expected back in the united states soon and i m sure we ll be covering every nuance of this case in 2023. it s a great list. i feel like five isn t enough. you need ten. you need the hunter biden investigation and the idaho
ukraine s prime minister says russia is trying to leave the war-torn country in the dark for the new year. kyiv suffered further attacks today. at least one person is confirmed dead, 20 others injured according to the city s mayor. ben wedeman was on the roof when some of the strikes hit. let s take a listen. reporter: okay. there have been several loud explosions. we have seen three points of impact. ben wedeman is with us now. ben, that was scary. a couple of hours ago. you barely flinched. it s dark. what is the situation on the ground? reporter: paula, we are 20 minutes to the beginning of nightly curfew. below us we saw a garbage truck when one of the squares cleaning up. there is a handful of people