has died at the age of 95. we will have a live report from the vatican in just a moment. plus, new year and even more legal troubles for the former president of the united states after decades of flying under the radar was 2022 the year that accountability finally caught up to donald trump? plus, the halls of congress will be crawling with election deniers in 2023. with a divided republican party set to take over the house, you can put democracy at the bottom of the gop agenda. good morning. it is saturday, december 31st, new years eve. i am mehdi hasan, sitting in for my friend ali velshi this morning. not only is today the last day of the year, it also marks the official end of the january 6th committee. it s a series of blockbuster public hearings dominated the news this year with its many revelations about donald trump s desperate and anti-democratic attempts to cling on to power. the committee repeatedly made the case that trump was culpable and liable for the insurrec
i am in the west. i m mehdi hassan filling in for my good friend ali velshi. i want to start this morning with a little bit of a quiz for you. do you know where and when he went to college? do you know if you attended college? do you know where he worked? do you know if you are jewish or not? of course, you know all the answers to those questions. for republican congressman elect george santos, there have been tough questions, we really tough questions. over the past couple of weeks, he s been caught lying in spectacular and fantastical fashion about each and every one of those things and more. george santos did not attend or graduate from any institute of higher education. he did not previously work for citigroup or goldman sachs. he did not found an animal rights charity. he tweeted that, quote, 9/11 claimed my mother s life. five months later he, tweeted a conflicting statement saying his mother died only five years ago in 2016. we don t know when exactly george santos s m
just days away from being seated, despite an avalanche of lies about almost every facet of his life. helping him, out the fact that kevin mccarthy needs santos and every single vote he can get to win his bid for speaker of the house. we will have a bit the latest on that battle ahead. but first, millions of people around the world already saying, hello to 2023. here are some live pictures from dubai where the clock is striking midnight. just a beautiful spectacular display at the world s tallest building. the burj khalifa. and, earlier australia rang in the new year with fireworks along the sydney harbor. and, crowds in new zealand were among the very first to enter 2023. here is a look at how they ring in the new year on pretoria island in, victoria harbour i should, say in hong kong. gorgeous colorful display there. and, here in new york we have still got several hours to go, but revelers are getting excited for the times square celebration with no covid restrictions for th
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yasmin vossoughian. new, deadly attack in a city of kyiv as the residents of the ukraine capital running for cover. two major deaths were following this afternoon. pope benedict, the man who gave up the pope, passing away just hours ago. and tributes also pouring in for a giant and broadcasters, barbara walters. we also have the latest information on a suspect arrested in the murders of fort university of idaho students. and on trump facing new revelations from his just released tax returns, and depositions from the january six committee. i m also gonna be talking with the two men who have spent a year with trump s true believers. do you think that trump is still in power right now? what do you think? you think biden is not the current president. no sir, no sir. i don t believe it. the good buyers, coming up with the best of what they heard this year. all of that, we are following new year celebrations around the world as more countries are already crossing into 202