attacks as vladimir putin marks the new year with a combative speech. [ cheers ] plus, the world welcomes 2023 from the land down under to asia and beyond. new york getting ready for its biggest celebration in years. oh, i ve always seen it on tv, so i decided to be here today. and later, the rubik s cube fast approaching 50. why the color-matching puzzle is showing no signs of aging. whenever i m bored and i don t know what to do, i just play with this. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening. there is only one pope today. benedict xvi died today ending an unprecedented decade in which the catholic church had two living popes, one reigning, one retired. in 2013 benedict became the first pope in 600 years to resign saying that at age 85, he was no longer up to the job. his successor, pope francis, is 86. the path could be clear now for him to step down. cbs chris livesay is in rome tonight with more on the death of
women. how did it happen? and the mission to rescue tourists stranded in the grand canyon caverns randed 200 feet underground. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we will never know exactly how much higher the death toll would have been in yesterday s school shooting in st. louis had police not killed the attacker but today there is chilling new evidence the 19-year-old killer intended it to ba bloodbath. today, police revealing the gunman used an ar 15 style rifle to shoot his victims. a teacher and a student were both killed four others wounded. in addition, three people were injured during the chaos at central visual and orming arts high school authorities also saying the shooter, a former student, was carrying 600 rounds of ammunition■v but the most revealing evidence may be what police say they found in his car entries in a notebook that may offer a disturbing roadmap into his state of mind emilie ikeda is in st. louis tonight with
the question about what nixon knew, was well nixon knew everything today he was implicated in awe, draw parallels between the hearings and the january six public hearings that are now unfolding half a century over so far this look committees presenting compelling evidence that that president donald trump knew he lost the election, and that president trump knew s election fraud, they knew the plot over joe biden s election was illegal among constitutional evidence that trump was cheating around pence letting him down even after he knew he had breached the capitol. and yet, despite all of that trump went ahead with his scheme, his spot, his tweets the whole january 6th attack on democracy anyway, and well richard nixon resigned rather than face impeachment. while nixon left opposite of his own volition, trump probably wants to be president again. and turn that up at a right-wing conference the day after the third 16. hearing the day after the president, to murdering his vice
my interview with ukraine s former president about what is going to take to end russia s brutal invasion of his country. why is florida governor ron desantis undermining covid ccination efforts again and endangering the lives of young children in the process? also, isn t it time for universal health care? good evening, i m mehdi hassan, what did the president know and what did he know that was the seminal question that drove the watergate hearings, amazingly current events make this weekend s anniversary since five burglars were caught trying to break into the headquarters at the watergate complex here in washington, d. c.. it makes that question as fresh and relevant as ever and if the arms of the senator beg the question about what nixon knew, was well nixon knew everything today he was implicated in it all, drawing parallels between the hearings and the january six public hearings that are now unfolding half a century over so far this select committees presenting compell
nearly $2 trillion covid relief plan into law, meaning millions of dollars will flow into bank accounts and the hands of americans. another 12,000 americans filed for first-time unemployment claims, lost their jobs just last week. tonight s prime time speech is a new time for the president. look behind with sorrow, look ahead with hope. we re one year into the start of the new world. sports stopped, offices and schools began closing. the world health organization one year ago today called covid-19 a pandemic. one year. nearly 30 million cases here in the states, 118 million plus globally, soon to be 530,000 american deaths. the president will outline his two-track path to post-pandemic life tonight. a spring surge in the covid vaccine rollout and a surge in economic help to families, small businesses and to schools. but the president s hope does come with a messaging challenge. telling folks if there are ball games or a family picnic coming up, mask up and be extra careful ju