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
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
capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, also with us, frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi. he is also an msnbc national security analyst. ryan, what do we know and not know about the attack at this hour? reporter: well, the biggest open question right now, jose, is motive. there doesn t appear to be a lot of clear answers right now as to why paul pelosi was targeted inside his san francisco home early this morning. we do know that the attack was violent, and it was enough for him to be rushed to the hospital. he is in the hospital now and the spokesperson for pelosi s office says that he is receiving excellent care and is expected to make a full recovery. the speaker herself, though, was not in san francisco at the time. and of course, jose, this comes against the backdrop of an increasing number of threats directed at members of congress and their families. capitol police put out a report over the summer that said there s bee
get out the dictionary. we ll define recession for you. here is the bottom line. the biden economy is shrinking as the fed unleashes rapid fire rate hikes to stave off the highest inflation in 40 years. let s get right to it. maria bartiromo joins us now. go ahead and give us the news because they projected .5% on the positive side. the number was a negative .9. we are now in recession and we can confirm that because it is two quarters straight of contraction. the economy shrank in the second quarter by 9/10 percent on top of shrinking in the first quarter by 1.6%. now so far all of the commentary that i m hearing is talking about a shrinking of the economy but the good news for the economy is that job growth has stayed strong. that was why some people were questioning well maybe it is different this time. it is hard to believe that job growth can be up to 300,000 in one month when you are in a recession. what s different this time is that we have an inventory build-up. a l
hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. this just in to cnn, sources confirm a lawyer for former president trump signed a letter in june asserting there was no more classified information stored at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. but when the fbi executed a search warrant on monday, agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents with at least one marked as top secret/sci which is one of the highest levels of classifications. the newly unsealed court documents outline three potential crimes that are being investigated. so far, the doj has not filed any charges. plus new today, the department of homeland security and the fbi say they are investigating violent threats made against federal law enforcement, courts, government personnel, and facilities in the wake of the fbi search warrant. the fbi says the number of threats against the bureau are, i m quoting now, unprecedented. cnn s katelyn polantz is here with more details on the s