welcome to inside politic ts requests. thank you for sharing your day with us. the hate-based spot, a man charged with scheming to murder jews serving in state government. the attorney general says she is among those targeted. plus president biden rallies democrats on capitol hill this hour. the president warning republicans want devastating spending cuts in exchange for letting the government borrow to pay its bills. the house speaker says that s not true. says it s the president dragging things out instead of negotiating. and surprise meeting. the top american and russian did you want did you want, but it ran barely ten minutes. today proof there s no end in sight. we begin the hour with the arrest of the michigan man and the frightening outburst of hate that led to it. a man now in custody threatened to kill any jews working in michigan state government and vowed to use deadly force against anyone who attempted to stop him. michigan s top law enforcement officer, says
. 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
ironically, from the chase department in charge of mitigated risk. my colleague, christine romans watching this hearing from her post in new york. the department that s supposed to mitigate risks made these risky trades and now he is having to answer questions. it s obvious why congress wants to know why these stupid trades were made. yeah. he says, you know what? i m not going to defend it, because it violates common sense. it shouldn t have happened. what was, maybe should have been a legitimate, bona fide macroeconomic hedge, morphed into something else, he says, and he did not defend it. talk about, you say a grilling. a civil discussion. in part because he is so contrite here. the conversation just now turning into something more about what do you think about dodd-frank and the volcker rule and new regulations he has been vocal against. but as far as that trade, he says, no, you re right. it shouldn t have happen and we re sorry for that. in particular, let me tell you
ron brownstein in person. editorial director of the national journal. and will cain. was that familiarity or disappointment? with love. will cain who i always like to see sitting next to me. good morning. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. it was a tough week obviously with the death of whitney houston and really at the end of the week an opportunity to remember her and her legacy. she was laid to rest yesterday in westfield, new jersey. the private moment followed a service in newark, new jersey, on saturday. family, friends, and stars paying tribute. it was a beautiful service. it was whitney houston s own voice that ended the ceremony. so good-bye please don t cry we both know i m not what you you need the service lasted four hours and it was interesting to talk to the baptist pastors who were there who said, listen, we want to make it very clear, this is a religious service. this is not a performance. this is not a concert. this is a homegoing. re