At home. The rock icon talks politics, family, and beauty of workinwith people hes loved for decades. Its friday, october 25th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The wind coming down the canynyon from here, is sounded like a rocket. I could see the whole structures on fire. Im not getting stuck behind that. Thousands flee from californias wildfires. It was outpacing us, and we just couldnt really keep ahead of it. Mike pence weighs in on the nba versus china saga. In silencing free speech, the nba is acting like a wholly owned subsidiary of the authoritarian regime. Reporter the Houston Astros have fired their general manager for a locker room outburst at female reporters. The truth is the comments were inappropriate, and we werent going to tolerate that. Confronted by two young performers at a new york bar. I would to stand four feet from a [ bleep ] rapist and nobodys going to say anything. Attorney general william barr has launched a criminal investigation int
a warm welcome to bbc news. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bell chimes this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome the bells ringing in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january 5th. the first pope to do so in recorded history. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pop
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
she passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. there is joy and celebration this morning as countries are starting to ring in the new year. we are counting down until 2023. right now live pics from seoul where it just turned midnight. fireworks. all right. [ speaking non-english ] [ speaking non-english ] if you play this day right, you can celebrate almost every single hour. one of the biggest bashes will be happening in new york city. gloria pass mean owe is live in times square. no pandemic restrictions this year. a lot of celebrating expected. how big of a crowd are organizers expecting tonight? reporter: we are expecting thousands and thousands of people. as you said, this will be the first time that covid restrictions will be lifted. the past few years this event had been significantly scaled down. you know, phil, this is an iconic location, an conviction kay of bringing in the new year. there is no place like it. times square in new york city, t