world, i m laila harrak. at the vatican the first holy mass of the new year will commemorate the late pope emeritus benedict. we re live from st. peter s square. and the year begins with flooding and evacuations in california as over 25 million could be affected by extreme weather. details and the forecast ahead. and defiance as ukraine enters the new year untd a barrage of russian missiles. we will hear from the ukrainian and russian leaders on two very different visions of what lies ahead. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. from new zealand to the u.s. most of the world has now ushered in 2023 with a mix of hope, excitement and flare. hours ago new york held its traditional ball drop in front of a jam packed times square. it was a spectacular show complete with fireworks, music and a ton, literally a ton, of confetti raining down on the crowd. celebrations were also held across europe, africa and asia and in the next hour hawa
one of the best defenses in the country. of course we would be remiss if we didn t mention how most teams would love a trip to the sugar bowl but the alabama crimson tide not one of them. they lost two games this season by a combined four points both on the last play of the game against texnnessee and lsu, so they miss the playoffs. they ll face kansas state tomorrow, some of the georgia fans in our sports department told me to remind you you can t spell sugar bowl without uga. i apologize for that. i ve been to the sugar bowl more times than i can count on two hands. spent a lot of time in new orleans in college. she was so annoyed we were doing the sugar bowl situation in the show. i ll be watching tomorrow. we kickoff at noon, it s fine. actually love nick saban said yesterday this has been one of the most enjoyable nonplayoff bowl preps they have had. that s one way to see it. yeah. coy wire, we ll be watching. roll tide. thank you so much. all right. cnn
what happened to the mayor. thanks for your time. newsroom takes over right now. a very happy monday afternoon to you. it s already a busy start to 2023. right now the man charged with killing four idaho college students is planning to waive extradition. what more we re learning about him. plus, tens of thousands of people paying respects in-person to former pope benedict and soccer legend pele. two men who meant so much to so many. we begin with the machete attack on three new york city police officers. sources saying the teen was on a watch list. gloria, what more are we learning this hour? reporter: right, akbby. traveled from maine to attack these police officers new year s eve not far from times square as thousands were pouring into the area to watch the new year s eve ball drop celebration. also just heard from police officials who told me trevor bickford charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and two counts of assault. he remains in
Brazilian football has lost one of its greatest legends, Mario Zagallo, who was a player and manager for Brazil, has passed away at the age of 92. Zagallo was a five-time World Cup finalist, winning four of them, and he played an instrumental role in Brazil’s victories in 1958 and 1962. He was the first […]
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