german chancellor lived in the shadows of hitler s regime, referred as god s rottweiler. years caused him to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world with zero carbon footprint. putting solar panels on its rooftops and bringing in electric mobiles including a popemobile. he was the pope when sex scandals came to light and he spearheaded towards a zero tolerance policy. it was too little too late for some but cardinal ratzinger who ordered the response to the scandal including a special downstairs handle cases extending and in some cases eliminating the statute of limitations for victims and as pope apologizing. i am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured. and i assure them as their pastor i do share in their suffering. reporter: one of his first acts after being elected pope was to condemn a popular church figure for sex abuse. something that had not happened sooner because of masseyal s w
. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it s december 31st. yes, it s the last day of the year. happy new year s eve to you, martin. happy new year s eve to you as well, amara. thank you. we are, of course, following breaking news this morning. pope benedict emeritus has died. pope francis had been asking for prayers. for the firstet time in modern history he resigned in 2013, citing advanced age, which paved the way for pope francis to head the church. cnn s delia gallagher with more. reporter: in many respects, benedict xvi was the pope who got a bad rap. nearly 24 years as pope john paul ii eternal enforcer and the german chancellor lived in the shadows of hitler s regime, referred as god s rottweiler. years of anything tev publicity caused many of his accomplishments to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world with a zero carbon footprint, putting solar panels on its rooftops, and bringing
through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: well done, that was beautiful. jp performing the national anthem as we welcome you live from the wildhorse saloon in nashville, tennessee for new year s eve. rachel: we will be here for a long time. pete: it is 6 a.m. eastern am eastern time, 5 am local. i haven t done the math yet. in 15 hours, 16 hours we will start ringing in the new year into 2,023. rachel: if i know pete, the parting will start sooner than that. pete: maybe even started yesterday. we hope you will join us tonight. we are hosting fox and friends weekend live from nashville. great job by jp burr and you were saying you walked a cool thing about nashville is going bar t
the prime minister has been replacing those members of his cabinet, who have either resigned or have been fired or shifted into other positions. that is a work in progress. a big work in progress for the prime minister, because so many of his senior officials have stepped down in the past 24, 36 hours, but that precise understanding of how the party will handle this moment is yet to be made clear. and if the prime minister, again, as he did yesterday, appears to want to dig in and refuse to go and wants to hold on, on his terms, until the fall, that could bring an addition to this already historic level of chaos that is surrounding this transition, absolutely huge. historic, without precedent, boris johnson had more people resign from his cabinet and senior positions in 24 hours than any other prime minister has had during history. these are monumental moments and monumental hours and minutes we re waiting for right now. bianca, what is the argument for boris johnson to sti
office in ohio completely stomach the president yesterday. said to be doing more to help their cause ahead of november. kellyanne conway says the failures of this white was impossible to ignore. cutting loose biden and harris, and look, the conspiracy or not the force of these. the democrats and liberals and biden and harris and the rest of them have always used as a stalking horse blaming that for that one. they can t do it anymore. good morning, mark. good morning. polls for the economy ahead of mine for voters. president biden knows he cannot avoid the topic. on wednesday, i was in cleveland, ohio, is plan passed congress last year. the president telling the crowd the economy has improved since the crop years but he admits admiration is a real problem americans face today. president biden: we got a long way to go because of inflation because of i call it the putin tax increase. all that great he is keeping from being able to get to the market. now i m fighting