good morning, everyone. happy new year! and welcome to this special edition of cnn this morning. s this sunday, january 1st, 2023. i got to say it first, boris. i m amara walker. 2023. isn t that crazy, amarah. where does the time go? yeah. thank you so much for joining us on this new year s day. i m boris sanchez. we hope your new year is off to a fantastic start. is it, amara? it s too early to say, but i ll tell you this, i do not set new year s resolutions, because i just disappoint myself. i take it literally day by day. let s survive today, january 1st, and see what the next day brings. i am fully with that sentiment. here s what s ahead for you this hour on cnn this morning. the new year comes with new rules when it comes to filing your taxes. why that could mean a larger paycheck this year. plus, if you ve been to the store lately, there s a good chance that there s an unexpected item in the bagging area. sound familiar? coming up, we ll talk about those
i m amara walker. happy new year. we hope your new year is off to a great start. just ahead, home prices spiked in 2022, pricing many people out of the market, so what can we see and expect to see this year? we ll take a look at that, coming up. plus, inflation hasn t stopped people from spending, but they re not necessarily spending it on clothes and shoes. the concerns that retail stores could see losses this year, and what people are spending their money on, instead. but first, let s get you caught up on this morning s news headlines with whitney wild. good morning and happy new year, boris and amara, and to all of you watching at home. we begin this morning in vatican city, where thousands have gathered for the first mass of 2023, just one day after the death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. benedict passed away saturday at the age of 95 at his home in a monastery on the grounds of the vatican. and beginning monday, his body will be moved to st. peter s basilica, wher
it s december 31st. i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. good morning. good to be with you. i m amara walker. thank you for spending part of this final day of 2022 with us. we re following breaking news. pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. his health had been faming prompting pope francis to ask for prayers. for the first time in modern history, pope benedict resigned, which paved the way for pope francis to take control of the catholic church. cnn cnn s deana gallagher has more. a german childhood, he lived in the shadows of hitler s nazi regime, he was referred to as god s rottweiler. years caused accomplishments to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world to go with a zero carbon footprint and bringing in electric vehicles including a hybrid popemobile. he was cardinal and pope dur the year whence the catholic church sex scandals came to light. it was too little too late for some, but it wa
in politics, president biden has just made his first visit to the border since taking office. he did not see or meet with any migrants, though. we ll speak to the mayor of el paso about the crisis happening on the ground there in his city and biden s new crackdown on the immigration search. in sports, damar hamlin set to be released from the hospital as trib butes pour in. we ll take you exclusively to the field as his teammates speak on the team s thrilling and emotional return. she has been missing for nine days now, and the husband of the massachusetts mother has been arrested, but she s still nowhere to be found. details on the charge and the search straight ahead. in a revealing new interview with cnn s anderson cooper, prince harry says he long believed his mom had faked her death and reveals why he blames camilla for the negative stories about him. anderson will join us live in just moments. cnn this morning starts right now. so we ll begin this morning with
well, would you look at that, that s an attack on democracy with echos, of course, of january 6th. good morning, everyone. what you ve been looking at are protesters in brazil storming three seats of power, the presidential palace, congress and the supreme court, over election conspiracies. familiar, right? yes. and those questions about not just familiarity but the connection between the two. so what sparked these riots we ll tell you all about it in a little bit here. and president biden visited the southern border for the first time since taking office but did not meet with any migrants there on the ground. how the white house is explaining that. also this. do you speak to william now? do you text? currently, no. yeah. a really, revealing interview, prince harry opening up about his brother, his late mother, all of the royal leaks to the media. why he accuses the queen consort of being, in his words, quote, dangerous. we ll begin with what s called brazil s