. 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
learning new details about his life. welcome to new day . it is saturday, may 21st. we re thrilled that you are starting your weekend with us. good morning, amara. good morning to you, boris. thank you, everyone, for joining us today. with he begin with the nationwide plight, testing the most basic function of parents. the ability to feed their child. the baby formula shortage is throwing the white house into crisis mode as parents face empty shelves. the situation is so severe, not only has the president invoked a war-time measure to increase production, but now a military plane will be used to carry formula from overseas. the defense department ordered the first flights to leave this weekend from germany. and just this morning, president biden signing a new bill into law in response to the severe shortage. it allows the waiver of certain program requirements in the special nutrition program for women, infant and children, also known as wic. they are trying to expla
Down a bit, as for the 10year note yield and oil, really oil and perhaps becoming more important yet again to our broader equity markets it is up rather sharply extending gains from oh. From friday after the strong jobs number. To our road map and it starts with walmart buying jet. Com for 3 billion in cash and 300 million worth of walmart shares. That will be paid over time. The biggest acquisition of an Ecommerce Company ever. More on the deal coming up. Plus, delta trying to get back to normal after all flights were grounded across the world due to a computer problems. Shares lower this morning. And from the pool to the beach, all the highlights from rio, including Katie Ledecky and michael phelps, both of whom wowed the crowd last night. I could watch that swimming all the time. Just love it. Being thats what i do. More important on the troubles of brazil. Just watch the competition. The competition is incredible. It is. Moratorium on the life. Heres the problem with the water, the
Q a reporters. Well bring it to you as soon as it gets under way. Meanwhile at the white house the Coronavirus Task force is expected to begin a briefing any minute. The president not expected to attend. Were not expected to see or hear from donald trump at all today if you dont count the disinformation hes sending out from his tweet feed. The National Daily death toll of coronavirus cases approaching 2,000. Donald trump has no public appearances scheduled for today. His lawyers, if thats what were calling them, are out in force today including whats being described as a dangerous press conference in washington rife with conspiracy theories and hair dye running down the side of Rudy Giulianis face. With trump still holed up in the white house, the narrow window we have as to how the president is spending his team, shows trump consumed by the vote, not the virus. In a revelation reported by the a. P. , shows how hes spent some of his time. Hes been calling local Election Officials on th
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