viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m laila harrak. ahead on cnn newsroom [ speaking non-english ] pope francis beginning the new year by celebrating mass right now at the vatican. this after pope emeritus benedict s death. we will examine the late pontiff s complicated legacy. and it took weeks but police have a suspect in custody in the idaho murder investigation. we will look at the case police are building against the man now facing four counts of first-degree murder. plus ukraine s capital kyiv rings in the new year with a barrage of missile attacks. a live report on the very latest on the war. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. from asia to europe and now the hawaiian islands, the world has been ringing in the new year with new spectacular celebration after another. five, four, three, two, one! in new york thousands watched as the traditional ball drop marked the beginning of 2023. it was
maybe still alive, the lobster. at least it s better than on the floor. what do you remember most about the world cup? what s your first memory of the world cup? the first one was in germany, probably the best one, which obviously i remember in germany going to the stadium and it was actually the night before the game, we were all in the treatment room, getting worked by the physios and there was a big cadre outside the window, we kept look out and there were thousands of fans singing all the players names. every now and then one player popped out, in the song, it s the shame that that s the best memories, but it probably was. it was great to have seen the
moment. brian: he brought a big cadre. secretary of energy, former governor of texas. elaine chao, labor secretary. she s also someone who was going to get people back to work. a lot of people are going to give answers and you can get a little closer than the president got. he s able to come down and maybe roll up his sleeves a little bit. i think we will see that on saturday from the president. eboni: a couple days later. i think the temperament from vice president pence is very different than president trump. both entitled to their style, but i think it seems like from the optics we are seeing, a little more hands-on, a little more of an emotional tone from vice president pence. for some people, that s nice. brian: in a situation like this, there s going to be a lot of people coming up to you saying help me. anne: i think pence has
difd mccullough will give us perspective on the present through the lens of the past. why in the world is not a tiny nation about to skip over a date entirely? i ll explain. next up, a fascinating look inside spy games. both the fictional and nonfictional varieties with columnist and novelist david ignatius. then a look at innovation with the master architect frank gehry. finally, why president bush might have offended some italians on inauguration day. first, here s my take. we hear a lot about leadership these days, mostly in the sense of the failure of leadership, the absence of leadership. certainly that s the view of many people who oppose president obama. but there are also many democrats who believe that president obama has been a disappointment, a bad manager, an ineffectual leader. the conventional wisdom is that obama just doesn t have what it takes to be the kind of leader we need, the kind we have had in the past, someone, for example, like bill clinton,
both the fictional and nonfictional varieties with columnist and novelist david ignatius. then a look at innovation with the master architect frank gehry. finally, why president bush might have offended some italians onnationrati inaugurat. first here s my take. many talk about the absence of leadership, especially those who oppose president obama. many democrats believe that president obama head doneas bee leader. the conventional wisdom is that he doesn t have the leadership he needs to be the leader that we need, the leader that we have had in the past. such as bill clinton, a gifted leader, a legendary player. now, i have a huge admiration for clinton. i think he was a very good president, and he s almost prenaturally a politician. let s recall what his first few years looked like. he began his presidency with the fiasco of gays in the military and moved to two failed nominees for attorney general. remember zoe baird? then went on to try and failed spectacularly to pa